Permanent Martial Arts

Even though Lin Feng did not know what kind of treatment ordinary Metamorphic Realm martial artists would receive, he had a feeling that the benefits offered by these factions were just too generous.

Lin Feng did not ask Long Duo either. Instead, he entered the forum of the Myriad Academy.

The discussion on the forum was mostly about the events in Dragonlith City, including Lin Feng breaking the genetic lock, parasitic dire beasts, and the Invincible Sage’s attack. The most lively topic was naturally the Invincible Sage’s attack. That “video” was on the top of the forum.

After all, the Nine Sages of humanity rarely fought in public. Moreover, the Invincible Fist Sage was the founder of Myriad Academy, so the students of Myriad Academy naturally worshiped him.

These discussions were mostly exclamations and praises. They were not actually very meaningful. Lin Feng lost interest after reading a couple of them. He started searching for posts, mainly to check posts related to the “genetic lock”.

After searching, countless posts regarding the genetic lock actually showed up. Lin Feng searched for a while and found some useful information.

After spending about two to three hours, Lin Feng browsed through all the posts regarding the genetic lock on the forum and gained a rough understanding of it.

It was indeed as he had guessed previously. Ordinary martial artists who broke the genetic lock and became a Metamorphic Realm martial artist would not receive such treatment at all. Although the five major factions would also rope them in, their conditions paled in comparison to Lin Feng’s. There was simply no comparison.

The reason behind this was actually very simple. Even Lin Feng himself could think of a few points.

Firstly, Lin Feng was very young. Up until now, he was only 20 years old, and not yet 21 years old. Although he had only started practicing martial arts after obtaining the genetic fusion device, it had been less than a year since then. Breaking the genetic lock by practicing martial arts in a year’s time was unheard of. Of course, even if other factions investigated, they would not be able to investigate it so thoroughly. After all, Lin Feng had been afflicted with a strange illness since he was young. He was also “practicing martial arts” at that time, and it was just that it had no effect. However, even just looking at his age of 20, there were no more than five people who had broken the genetic lock at a younger age than him in the past few decades.

Secondly, after Lin Feng broke the genetic lock, his body had yet to undergo a complete metamorphosis, yet he was able to suppress the 30 demons. He had practically turned the tide and saved the three million citizens of Dragonlith City. If not for Lin Feng’s eruption, the three million citizens of Dragonlith City probably wouldn’t have been able to hold out until the Invincible Fist Sage’s arrival. He was already extraordinarily strong just after breaking the genetic lock, even stronger than Long Duo, a senior expert of the Mortal Molting Realm. This had been tested through actual combat. The five major factions naturally saw this, so they had to fight for him with all their might.

To put it simply, Lin Feng had great potential and was strong. He was a rare genius. It was not easy for a genius like Lin Feng to come into being. The five major factions would naturally compete to rope him in.

However, Lin Feng was also very sober. He must not get carried away at a time like this. Choosing a faction and joining it was crucial to his future growth. Lin Feng still had to analyze things carefully.

Firstly, the Freelance Cultivators Union could be excluded from the five major factions first. Although the Freelance Cultivators Union was very sincere, this faction’s overall strength was indeed weak. Be it in terms of martial arts, wealth, honor, and so on, they could not give Lin Feng much, and were far inferior to the other four major factions. Hence, it was the first to be excluded.

Then, there were the military and government factions. Comparatively speaking, these two forces provided very generous treatments. It was a fact that Lin Feng could become a Major General as soon as he entered the army. Lin Feng’s second brother had stayed in the army for so many years, but if he wanted to become a General, he would have to work unthinkably hard, and it was still nowhere in sight.

However, the military and government factions alike were tightly organized factions with very strict management. There was even a military court. Once a Metamorphic Realm martial artist violated the rules, they might even be sent to the military court.

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The management was too strict for Lin Feng to feel comfortable. Hence, although it was a shame, he would not consider the military and government factions.

The remaining consortium and academic factions were almost on par. No, the consortium faction even offered more generous terms. They had all the martial arts, wealth, resources one could wish for. Their sincerity was immense, and even Lin Feng was moved.

As for the academic faction? It seemed like apart from Long Duo, Lin Feng had yet to come into contact with other representatives sent by the academic faction. Even Long Duo had not told Lin Feng about any benefits after joining

“No, the academic faction can’t possibly be indifferent. Perhaps I overlooked something.”

Lin Feng frowned and thought carefully. He had followed the Invincible Fist Sage and interacted with him for a period of time. Apart from the matter of “Nonuple Body Tempering”, Lin Feng really could not think of any other benefits after he joined the academic faction.

Being able to obtain the last few levels of the Nonuple Body Tempering martial arts was indeed an advantage, but this should be a treatment that all martial artists who joined the academic faction would receive, and could not be considered a special treatment for Lin Feng

Hence, Lin Feng carefully recalled his conversation with Long Duo again. Suddenly, an idea struck him.

“Hero of Humanity? That’s right, Long Duo once mentioned the Hero of Humanity Medal. Could it be that the special treatment the academic faction offered me is the Hero of Humanity Medal?”

Lin Feng did not know what the Hero of Humanity Medal represented, but he could research about it. With the omnipotent network and omnipotent forum, he quickly found information regarding the Hero of Humanity Medal.

It turned out that as long as someone made a major contribution to humanity, be it martial artists, technicians, or others, they would all receive certain medals.

These medals were divided into three types, corresponding to the contributions made.

The person who obtained the third-class merit was the Protector of Humanity Medal. For awardees who obtained this medal, their relatives and themselves would receive all aspects of care from the human society.

Regardless of school, housing, work, entrepreneurship, retirement, and so on, they would receive the best coverage. It could be said that once one had obtained the Protector of Humanity Medal, their status would be equivalent to that of senior government officials and generals in the army.

If one obtained a second-class merit, they would be rewarded with the Hero of Humanity Medal, which was even more impressive. In addition to the aforementioned treatment enjoyed by the Protector of Humanity, one could also obtain discounts when purchasing goods from the five major factions.

They would automatically receive a 20% discount for all goods! Just this point alone was enough to make countless people envious. However, there were very few people who could obtain the Hero of Humanity Medal. Forget about the Metamorphic Realm, even those in Divine Realm or Meta-divine Realm might not be able to obtain the Hero of Humanity Medal, and could at most obtain the Protector of Humanity Medal.

There was also a third type of medal called the Meritorious Service Medal! It was awarded for major contribution to humanity, and could only be obtained with unanimous approval from all the Sages.

As for what benefits a Meritorious Service Medal would bring, the forum did not provide an answer. After all, ever since the establishment of the medal system, there had only been five people in history who had obtained a Meritorious Service Medal. Even most Sages had not obtained such a medal.

The three medals, Protector of Humanity, Hero of Humanity, and Meritorious Service to Humanity, served as both examples and incentives. All three types of medals were all extremely precious. Even for the Protector of Humanity Medal, many Metamorphic Realm martial artists might not be able to obtain this honor in their entire lives.