This High Martial World is Too Crazy!!!

Chapter 48: Chapter 48: The First of All Time

Inside the Lieyang Martial Arts Hall, Fang Can sat in his wheelchair, looking at the green-skirted young woman with her hands on her hips.

”I can’t believe you don’t even know about the Celestial Secret List. You’re not from some backwoods mountain ditch, are you?” Ye Qingshi said, incredulous.

After all, in her experience, people who didn’t know about the Celestial Secret List were probably rarer than the Immortal-like Martial Artists of the Heaven-Ascending Road.

Since his cover was blown, Fang Can dropped the act and asked directly, ”Miss Ye, could you explain in detail what the Celestial Secret List is?”

”Does that even need an explanation?” Ye Qingshi said. ”The Celestial Secret List is a ranking of Martial Artists published by the Celestial Secret Tower. It’s mainly divided into two lists: the Submerged Dragon List and the Rising Dragon List.”

”Both lists are for Martial Artists at the Transcendent Body Realm. The Submerged Dragon List ranks the top one hundred Transcendent Body Martial Artists in the world by strength.”

”As for the Rising Dragon List, it’s ranked by the rate at which a Martial Artist climbs the ranks. The faster you climb the Submerged Dragon List, the higher your rank on the Rising Dragon List.”

”Both lists are published monthly, and every Transcendent Body Martial Artist in the world dreams of having their name on them.”

”Oh.” Fang Can raised an eyebrow, questioning, ”What rules are these lists based on? Does the Celestial Secret Tower have influence over the entire world, allowing it to monitor every Martial Artist?”

”It seems you really don’t know anything,” Ye Qingshi said, exasperated. ”Everyone knows that the Celestial Secret Tower’s legacy is passed down to a single disciple each generation. The rankings and operation of the lists all depend on the current Tower Master.”

”A single person can judge the whole world?” Fang Can found it absurd. ’What kind of bogus ranking is this?’

”Of course,” Ye Qingshi nodded. ”After all, legend says that the skull of the first Tower Master, Bai Xiaosheng, is enshrined in the Celestial Secret Tower.”

”Er... is there something special about this skull?” Fang Can scratched his head. ’It’s just a dead guy’s head.’

”According to popular legend, the first Bai Xiaosheng loved to discuss martial arts. He often enjoyed debating the relative strengths of Martial Artists at different Realms with others and would publish his findings.”

”And after Bai Xiaosheng entered the Heaven-Ascending Road, he didn’t choose any of the existing sect inheritances. Instead, for the sake of his discussions, he began to build an entirely new system himself.”

”The new inheritance he created is called the [Yongle Encyclopedia]. It’s said that it can collect, record, and compile all the knowledge in the world out of thin air. You could say it’s omniscient,” Ye Qingshi said.

’Is this fucking Martial Dao?’ In his wheelchair, the corner of Fang Can’s mouth twitched.

’This world’s Martial Dao feels more abstract than superpowers. You can get any ability you want just by daydreaming about it, and it actually works.’

’Other lunatics who love rivers of blood build abilities related to slaughter after they reach the Heaven-Ascending Road.’

’But this first Tower Master of the Celestial Secret Tower didn’t like killing. He was just some forum-trolling bro who loved to argue, and he actually managed to manifest such a bizarre inheritance.’

Fang Can worried that if someone like Hitler came along, an inheritance like [Jewish Annihilation] might be born.

’The omniscient Yongle Encyclopedia...’ A bad feeling arose in Fang Can’s heart. ’This ability must have some limits, right? Otherwise, it’d be ridiculous if it really knew everything.’

Seeing Fang Can lost in thought, Ye Qingshi couldn’t help but smile faintly. ”Hey, what are you thinking about? You’re not thinking you’ll make the list, are you? Don’t even dream of it...”

”The entire top ten of the Submerged Dragon List is occupied by Great Chu and Great Zhou barbarians who are at the Eighth or Ninth Layer of the Profound Gate and have awakened their Heart Images. It’s been several years since anyone from the Great Yan Country has made the list.”

”As for the Rising Dragon List, that’s competing against tens of thousands of Martial Artists from all over the world. To move up a single spot is like having to defeat a thousand Martial Artists ahead of you.”

”As for you...” Before Ye Qingshi could finish, she saw Yan Zhi running over from a distance with a small booklet. He handed it to Fang Can and said, ”Young Master Fang, I’ve bought the Celestial Secret List.”

Hearing Yan Zhi’s words, Fang Can took the booklet and opened it. Inside were dozens of pages of neatly printed paper.

The thought that all the information inside was ”searched from the void” by that so-called [Yongle Encyclopedia] was somewhat terrifying to Fang Can.

’Could the Yongle Encyclopedia have recorded my information too?’ Fang Can worriedly scanned the book in front of him.

Submerged Dragon List:

First Place: Xiang Longtao

Age: Eighteen

Realm: Profound Gate Ninth Layer

Cultivation Manual: World-Astonishing Overlord Tome

Cultivation Techniques: Berserk Demon Body, Blood Burning Divine Skill, Overlord City-Breaking Halberd...

Traits: Great Chu Royalty! Number One in Halberd Skills! Number One in Spear Skills! Number One in Killing Power! Number One in Burst Power! Number One in Heart Image!

Experience: A year ago, fought nine Eighth Layer and three Ninth Layer cultivators alone outside the capital, killing seven and forcing five to flee...

Seeing the first place on the Submerged Dragon List, Ye Qingshi clasped her hands behind her back, leaned in, and explained:

”This Xiang Longtao is that Great Chu barbarian. He’s been number one on the Submerged Dragon List for almost a year now. I heard that if it weren’t for the upcoming Tournament of Nations, he would have already broken through.”

Ignoring the young woman leaning in beside him, Fang Can frowned as he scanned the entire Submerged Dragon List.

The situation was just as Ye Qingshi had said. All one hundred names on the list were citizens of Great Chu or Great Zhou; not a single person from Great Yan was to be seen.

Moreover, the past battle records and Cultivation Techniques of every single person on the list were all described by the Celestial Secret List.

”What’s the point of looking at the Submerged Dragon List? It’s always the same few people hogging the top spots. We should look at the Rising Dragon List.”

Ye Qingshi urged from the side, ”I’m telling you, when it comes to the Rising Dragon List, we of Great Yan have nothing to fear from other countries. Let me see what new geniuses have appeared this week.”

Urged on by Ye Qingshi, and with a growing sense of unease, Fang Can’s fingers gently brushed across the booklet, turning from the last page of the Submerged Dragon List to the top of the Rising Dragon List.

When he saw the title page of the Rising Dragon List, his unease turned into reality.

As Fang Can fell silent, Ye Qingshi, who was beside him, had already started reading the contents aloud for him.

Rising Dragon List:

First Place: Fang Can

Age: Eighteen

Realm: Profound Gate First Layer

Cultivation Manual: Eighty-Eight Tiger Slaughter Grotto Heavens??? Great Sun Undying Demon Body!!!

Cultivation Techniques: Taming Tiger and Dragon Golden Body, Sixty-Six Stances of Tiger’s Hunger Fist Skill, Raging Prairie Fire Spear Skill, Gale Force Palm...

Traits: Abandoned Disciple of the Tiger Slaughter Sect...

When Ye Qingshi read Fang Can’s name, she still had a smile on her face, teasing him about having the same name.

But when she read ”Abandoned Disciple of the Tiger Slaughter Sect,” the young woman’s expression immediately froze. She turned her head stiffly to meet Fang Can’s eyes, which were as deep and brilliant as a starry sky.

A gentle breeze blew, flipping the page in Fang Can’s hand and revealing the full contents of the second page.

Traits: Abandoned Disciple of the Tiger Slaughter Sect! Number One in Immortality, Number One as a Human Cauldron, Number One in Aptitude, Number One in Stamina, Master of Spear Skills, Master of Swordsmanship, Master of Palm Skills, Master of Fist Skills, Master of Saber Skills, Master of Staff Skills, Master of Leg Skills...

Experience: An abandoned disciple of the Tiger Slaughter Sect. Sensed qi in a single day, manifested a Heart Image in eight days, and crossed the First Layer of the Profound Gate in less than a month of cultivation.

Three days ago, in the training hall of the Tiger Slaughter Sect, he fought several hundred fellow disciples alone. Though his strength was inferior, his technique was exquisite. He broke fist with fist, palm with palm, spear with spear, and sword with sword. Not a single person lasted more than 30 breaths.

His fellow disciples grew desperate. They abandoned all martial virtue, and several hundred of them attacked together.

Fang Can threw a punch, defeating a hundred of them, and emerged victorious.

In one month, he has surpassed 856,323,435 Martial Artists.

His potential is the greatest in all of history!