Enlightenment: Attaining the Dao at Age 8

Chapter 59: Chapter 57: Su Ruobing’s Shock

[Opening Rebirth Forum. Opening Evolution Path Review Section!]

[Please upload your desired Evolution Path to this section. A dedicated staff member will review your submission under the supervision of the Rebirth Mark to ensure fairness and impartiality!]

[Friendly Reminder: This section is for official business only. Uploading information unrelated to Evolution Paths will result in severe administrative penalties!]

[If you have any questions, you may consult your local Reincarnator Association or the Human Martial Arts Alliance directly!]

The Rebirth Forum didn’t just serve everyday functions like chatting and selling items.

It was also a massive administrative complex for Reincarnators, where answers to all related matters could be found on this huge official forum.

The ’Evolution Path Review Section’ was considered the most strictly moderated and confidential section of the forum.

Uploading any meaningless information was strictly forbidden.

Li Chang’an renamed the improved “Taiping Body Refining Divine Skill” and “Taiping Qingyu Divine Skill,” collectively calling them “Basic Martial Arts Truth.”

After a moment of thought, to make future ’patching’ more convenient, he also added “1.0 Version” to the title.

And so, a brand-new, freshly-compiled manual, “Basic Martial Arts True Understanding 1.0 Version,” was hot off the press.

After uploading the cultivation technique to the review section and confirming it had been submitted,

Li Chang’an then opened his communication terminal. He sent a message to Su Ruobing, getting straight to the point, “Chairman Su, I’ve uploaded the Martial Dao evolution path I mentioned before. When you have a moment, could you please help me get it through the review?”

Uploading an evolution path required passing through multiple layers of review to have any chance of receiving a reward.

The usual process was: from the prefecture city to the provincial capital, and if it was determined to have potential, it would be sent from the provincial capital to the Reincarnator Association headquarters in Kyoto. Once it reached the Reincarnator Association headquarters, most evolution paths with average potential went no further. Only a very small number of exceptional paths were sent on to the Human Alliance Headquarters.

For a second-tier prefecture city like Linjiang, it was rare for even a single evolution path to make it to the Reincarnator Association headquarters every year or two. Most were stopped at the prefecture level, let alone sent to the Human Alliance.

The entire review process could take a week if it was fast, or ten to fifteen days if it was slow.

This speed might not seem particularly impressive.

But in reality, the efficiency was already pushed to its absolute limit.

After all, with so many Reincarnators and their diverse evolution paths, just fully analyzing the characteristics of each uploaded path was a terrifying amount of work. If it weren’t for the Rebirth Mark helping to handle some of the tedious details, the review time would be at least three to five times longer.

And since Li Chang’an uploaded his Martial Dao evolution path from Linjiang Prefecture, the first stop in the review was Su Ruobing, Chairman of the Linjiang Reincarnator Association.

This was the main reason Li Chang’an had given her a heads-up.

After receiving his message, Su Ruobing was slightly surprised but didn’t think much of it.

After all, the Martial Dao evolution path was already considered quite complete.

Even if an ordinary cultivation technique was very innovative, its impact on the entire Martial Dao path would be negligible.

Besides, Li Chang’an was just a rookie Reincarnator; it was still up in the air whether his uploaded cultivation technique was redundant or not.

Of course, despite her thoughts, Su Ruobing replied very dutifully, “Wait a moment. I’ll handle it right away!”

She still had a rather good impression of Li Chang’an’s behavior from that morning.

This young man was not only talented but also level-headed, with an untamable pride hidden beneath his low-key demeanor.

Even in Kyoto Province City, which was teeming with Celestial Pride Gates, it would be quite difficult for a scion of a great family his age to have such accomplishments, let alone in a mediocre little place like Linjiang.

Such a rare talent, as long as he didn’t meet an untimely end, was destined for great things and was worthy of her extra effort and attention.

Therefore, as soon as she received the message, Su Ruobing logged into the Rebirth Forum and opened the Evolution Path review section.

Among the dozens of newly uploaded evolution paths, Su Ruobing spotted the cultivation technique Li Chang’an had submitted at a glance. Her expression was rather odd as she muttered, “Basic Martial Arts True Understanding 1.0 Version? Why does that name sound so sloppy?”

Although the grandness of a cultivation technique’s name wasn’t necessarily linked to its content,

it still held significant referential value.

A sloppy name most likely meant the content was crude, and crude content meant it had no potential to supplement the evolution path.

Seeing her frown slightly, seemingly lost in thought, Vice-Chairman Cao Shuran tentatively asked, “Chairman Su, is something wrong?”

The two of them were currently in their office in Linjiang Prefecture City, tallying the list of people who had passed the recent Reincarnation Assessment and their specific results.

For Su Ruobing to be distracted at a time like this was clearly quite unusual.

Hearing his question, Su Ruobing shook her head. “No, it’s just that Li Chang’an uploaded a cultivation technique for the Martial Dao path. I’m reviewing it for him now!”

At this, Cao Shuran raised his eyebrows in surprise. “Oh? That kid brought back Martial Arts Techniques from his first Rebirth? Not bad!”

Previously, after taking Li Chang’an to the information registration center, he had returned to proctoring the assessment. Although he’d heard bits and pieces about what happened afterward, he didn’t know the full details.

Su Ruobing nodded and gave a wry smile. “But the name of this cultivation technique is really a bit sloppy. I hope I can find something of value inside…”

Now, Cao Shuran was a perceptive man.

The moment he heard that, he knew Li Chang’an’s Martial Dao evolution path was likely not very valuable.

However, he still said cheerfully, “What kind of young person would he be if he didn’t have some ideas? Regardless of the technique’s value, this kind of initiative should be encouraged. Chairman Su, don’t take it too seriously!”

He was fair-skinned and plump, looking just like a Maitreya Buddha, and he didn’t hide his admiration for Li Chang’an in his words.

Su Ruobing also smiled, feeling that her expectations for a young man who had just entered the Rebirth World were indeed a bit too high.

Shaking her head, she stopped overthinking it, opened the cultivation technique’s contents, and focused on reading.

TICK…

TOCK…

The mechanical clock on the wall ticked rhythmically, and time passed, second by second.

At first, Su Ruobing’s expression was quite calm. She just wanted to finish reading quickly and give Li Chang’an a consoling reply.

After all, no matter how insubstantial the uploaded cultivation technique was, Li Chang’an’s initiative was commendable.

She couldn’t discourage his enthusiasm.

However, after reading a third of the way through, Su Ruobing’s expression began to change, shifting from casual indifference to rapt concentration.

Time continued to pass.

By the time she was halfway through, Su Ruobing’s expression had become completely solemn, and the hand clutching her communicator couldn’t stop trembling slightly.

At first glance, the cultivation technique Li Chang’an had uploaded could even be called crude. Yet, this very same crude technique could allow an ordinary person with sufficient qi and blood to become a Martial Artist through training!

’How is this crude? It’s clearly so refined and complex it’s absurd!’

After finishing the last page of the cultivation technique, Su Ruobing looked dazed and muttered to herself, “A flourishing Martial Dao, with everyone like a dragon… A flourishing Martial Dao, with everyone like a dragon!”

Something the Human Alliance had striven to achieve for so many years, yet failed, might now be casually solved by a newcomer Reincarnator who had just passed his assessment.

’If news of this gets out, I can’t even imagine the shockwaves it would create!’

Seeing such a drastic change in her emotions, Cao Shuran, who was beside her, grew curious as well. However, as the vice-chairman, he didn’t have the authority to view evolution paths, so he could only ask, “Chairman Su, how is it?”

Su Ruobing didn’t answer his question.

At that moment, she was still completely immersed in Li Chang’an’s grand blueprint for the future of the Martial Dao, unable to pull herself away.

After muttering to herself several more times, she suddenly opened her eyes, shot to her feet, and said, “I have something to attend to at the Xiangnan Province Mansion. I’m leaving everything here in your hands!”

After giving her instructions, she didn’t give Cao Shuran any chance to ask questions and walked out without looking back.

Just as she reached the door, she seemed to remember something and stopped abruptly. Her gaze fixed on Cao Shuran as she said coldly, “Chairman Cao, I hope no third person finds out about what just happened here. You understand what I mean, right?”

Cao Shuran was stunned.

His direct superior was giving him a gag order; of course he understood what that meant.

But it was precisely because he understood that he found it all the more unbelievable!

After being stunned for a long moment, under Su Ruobing’s increasingly icy gaze, Cao Shuran finally snapped back to his senses and said with a solemn expression, “Rest assured, Chairman. I will not leak a single word of what happened today!”

Su Ruobing glanced at his Rebirth Mark, then nodded and turned to leave.

The cultivation technique Li Chang’an had uploaded had already shown her the immense possibilities it contained!

If it could truly be popularized, it might not be long before the rule in the Main World that ’ordinary people can hardly achieve the Extraordinary’ would be completely rewritten!

Under these circumstances, maintaining secrecy beforehand was absolutely necessary.

Otherwise, if the news spread prematurely only to be proven false later, it would be a huge blow to the reputation of Li Chang’an himself, and even to the entire Linjiang Prefecture City!

Thinking that the creator of this cultivation technique, which could very well change the entire order of the Main World, was just a newcomer who had just stepped into the Rebirth World, Su Ruobing couldn’t help but tremble all over.

’Such terrifying talent, such a keen instinct… It’s truly hard to imagine that both could exist in a young man who had just turned eighteen!’

Even though she had already taken Li Chang’an under her wing and marked him as a priority for cultivation, Su Ruobing couldn’t help but feel a sense of relief, as if she had just survived a disaster.

’If such a terrifying super-rookie had been snatched away by that beast Gu Ruilong, I would have probably regretted it so much my heart would bleed.’

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