An hour later, Chu Nan saw Yang Xirui in a small but exquisite restaurant not far from his hotel.
After sitting down and greeting, Chu Nan could not help but feel puzzled and asked, “Miss Yang, how did you know that I’m on Earth and in Central City?”
“It’s very simple, because of it.”
Yang Xirui opened her personal terminal and displayed a video that lasted about half a minute on the virtual screen.
Chu Nan focused his gaze and discovered that this video was the scene of him teaching the three provocative fellows a lesson at the registration point.
“It was actually taken by someone.” Chu Nan was a little surprised.
However, thinking about how there were so many people at the registration point and how he had received so much attention at that time, it was not strange for such a thing to be recorded by someone.
“Yes, this video has already spread on the Milky Way Network.” Yang Xirui sized up Chu Nan and suddenly smiled, “Firstly, I have to congratulate you.”
“Congratulations on what?” Chu Nan was stunned.
“Congratulations on improving your strength greatly again.” Yang Xirui pointed at the scene on the virtual screen, “From your performance, you should have already broken through to the Internal Breath Realm, right? In less than half a year, you were actually able to break through from the third-stage Overlord Body Realm to the Internal Breath Realm in a short period of time. Many people find it unbelievable. Don’t you think I should congratulate you?”
Chu Nan shook his head. “I haven’t broken through the Cosmic Heaven’s Gate. There’s nothing to congratulate me about.”
Hearing the words “Cosmic Heaven’s Gate”, Yang Xirui’s expression quickly became serious.
“Speaking of the Cosmic Heaven’s Gate… Chu Nan, this is the question that many people are puzzled about. Why did you think of applying to Star Cloud Academy?”
Chu Nan glanced at her, “You also think it’s impossible for me to break through the Cosmic Heaven’s Gate?”
Yang Xirui immediately shook her head, “No, at that time, in the West Cloud Planet’s martial arts competition, I personally saw you create miracles again and again. In the end, you even surpassed the difference of an entire level and defeated Maruk. Therefore, I have more confidence in you than anyone else. I feel that you can definitely create miracles again and break through the judgment of two Star-Grade Martial Artists to break through the Cosmic Heaven’s Gate!”
Yang Xirui’s tone was very firm and there was no hesitation. It could be seen that she was really confident in Chu Nan.
Chu Nan was a little touched and nodded with a smile. “Thank you. Then, why do you still ask why I came to register for Star Cloud Academy?”
“Because I don’t understand what’s special about Star Cloud Academy that attracts you. Even if you enter Star Cloud Academy, it won’t help you break through the Cosmic Heaven’s Gate in the future, right?”
“Then what do you think I should do?” Chu Nan asked.
“I think… what you should do the most is to find a powerful martial artist who is willing to carefully teach you. If such a person is willing to help you with all their might when you break through the Cosmic Heaven’s Gate in the future, you’ll be more prepared.”
“The teachers of Star Cloud Academy are also very powerful and should be willing to teach me carefully.” Chu Nan smiled.
“That’s different.” Yang Xirui shook her head. “Teachers in the academy are different from true masters. There are many things that a master will do his best to teach and help you, but a teacher won’t.”
“Yes, you’re right.” Chu Nan nodded, “In fact, there was indeed a powerful martial artist who was willing to take the risk to take me in as his disciple, but I rejected him.”
“Why?” Yang Xirui was stunned.
“Because I feel that if I want to become a truly powerful martial artist, I have to walk my own path. I can’t completely rely on others. My martial artist path is different from many martial artists, so I might as well explore it myself.”
Yang Xirui silently looked at Chu Nan for a moment before suddenly sighing.
“I suddenly realized that you’re very similar to someone.”
“Hmm? Who does he look like?”
“Two hours ago, I just interviewed Feng Mingxi. Do you know who he is?”
“I don’t know.” Chu Nan shook his head obediently.
Yang Xirui was a little speechless.
“You should know him. Feng Mingxi is the grandson of the Feng family’s master, Supremacy Feng Nanshan. He’s 18 years old like you this year. He comes from such a martial arts family. Originally, there were many powerful martial techniques of the Feng family waiting for him to learn, but he was unwilling. Instead, he found some martial techniques that were unrelated to the Feng family’s martial arts inheritance to cultivate. In the end, he still became a powerful fifth-stage Internal Breath Martial Artist and was only a step away from breaking through the Cosmic Heaven’s Gate. I feel that he’s very similar to you. You both hope to walk your own martial arts path.”
“Is that so?” Chu Nan was silent for a moment before shaking his head with a bitter smile, “I don’t think I’m very similar to him. He clearly has a very good choice, but he doesn’t want to choose it. As for me… I have no choice.”
Hearing Chu Nan’s last sentence, Yang Xirui’s expression dimmed and she fell silent.
Chu Nan was right. He was indeed different from Feng Mingxi.
Feng Mingxi was born as the grandson of the Feng family and was born with extremely rich martial arts resources. However, he stubbornly did not choose these and wanted to challenge the difficulty himself.
However, Chu Nan came from an ordinary background. When he was young, he did not have enough martial arts resources to choose from, so he did not break through to the Internal Breath Realm before he became an adult. It would be extremely difficult for him to break through the Cosmic Heaven’s Gate in the future.
Although the two of them wanted to walk their own martial arts path now, their starting points were different, causing their paths to be completely different.
It could even be said to be extremely ironic to compare the two of them.
“I’m sorry,” Yang Xirui suddenly said softly.
Chu Nan looked up at her in surprise.
“I shouldn’t have said that you’re very similar to Feng Mingxi. The two of you can’t be compared.” Yang Xirui sighed, “If it was you, Chu Nan, in Feng Mingxi’s environment, your current strength would definitely not be inferior to his.”
“That’s not necessarily true.” Chu Nan smiled.
If he had changed positions with Feng Mingxi, he would not have accidentally obtained a powerful data ability. With his talent, even if he had the rich martial arts resources of the Feng family, he might not be able to become a fifth-stage Internal Breath Martial Artist now.
Speaking of which, Feng Mingxi was indeed admirable.
He abandoned the profound martial arts of the Feng family and chose to cultivate some other martial arts. To be able to cultivate to the fifth-stage Internal Breath Realm at this age was enough to prove how outstanding his talent was.
“In addition, speaking of Feng Mingxi and Chu Nan, you need to pay attention to another thing related to him.” Yang Xirui added.
“What is it?”
“Star Cloud Academy’s entrance examination results will also be recorded in the total results of entering the academy, and it’s also a large proportion. Students who perform well in the entrance examination will obtain more advantages after entering Star Cloud Academy. Therefore, you should try your best to obtain good results in the entrance examination. However, with Feng Mingxi around, the difficulty of obtaining the first place will probably be very high. Many people think that he will definitely obtain the first place in the entrance examination,” Yang Xirui explained.
“Is that so?” Chu Nan thought for a moment and shook his head, “I don’t have to obtain the first place. I can only try my best.”
“However…” Yang Xirui hesitated for a moment and continued, “I heard Dong Fang mention before that you seem to be very interested in the S-rank martial technique, the Arhat Overlord Golden Body, in Star Cloud Academy?”
Chu Nan was stunned, “Damn, this kid even told you this?”
“He mentioned it when we were chatting previously.” Yang Xirui smiled, then said seriously, “What I want to tell you now is related to this.”
“Hmm?” Chu Nan looked at Yang Xirui in doubt.
“Although Star Cloud Academy has never officially admitted it, according to the results of my investigation, in the past, only one student in every batch of students in Star Cloud Academy usually hoped to obtain the inheritance of an S-rank martial technique. There are even many batches of students who don’t even have one.”
Chu Nan frowned, “You mean to say that… if I want to learn the Arhat Overlord Golden Body, I have to be the best among this batch of students?”
“Yes.”
“The best one?” Chu Nan narrowed his eyes and pondered.
