Chapter 100

The audience in the capital of the Rexlar Empire was satisfied; His Majesty was a caring ruler who treated the common people well, and if he could do this for ordinary people, he would certainly do even better for a genius.

The Grand Duke of the Gels Principality also began to think about how to keep Gong Sun Murong and Nalasha when they returned.

He was also watching the broadcast, having paid for it. Part of the cost was for the crystal core consumption, and part was for the broadcast fee to the empire.

He also broadcast to the various major nobles, who would pay for merchants to advertise.

In the end, the cost was borne by other merchants in the same industry who advertised.

The price of goods would not rise, but with the advertisements, sales would increase, naturally taking market share from other merchants in the same industry.

So, advertising might not necessarily increase profits because of the advertising costs, but not advertising would result in fewer profits and reduced sales.

Therefore, almost the entire continent was watching the live broadcast, with only a few seconds of delay.

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On the spacecraft, Gong Sun Murong took out several satellites and placed them in the corners of the ship, deliberately avoiding the bathing area.

The contestants had known that someone could see them, and even with a new map, they were still uneasy, so they handled the details of their daily lives quite well.

Actually, they were overthinking it. Even if others saw, they wouldn't say anything. Who would dare to focus on such things? If someone dared to tell others, they would be beaten to death.

Everyone was watching the contestants' tenacious spirit, their hard training, their determined gazes, and their improving strength. If a viewer insisted on watching them bathe or use the toilet, they could think about it in their minds, but they must never say it out loud, or they would be beaten to death for nothing.

Now that the satellite angles were fixed, the contestants finally relaxed and no longer needed to cover up.

As for why the satellites didn't penetrate clothing, it was probably due to the habits of the civilization that designed them. **Privacy** was very important.

Wan'er was controlling the spacecraft to follow the energy transmission path.

Gong Sun Murong and Nalasha were relearning another type of knowledge, starting from the written text.

The contestants were using crystal cores and potions to cultivate.

The audience outside felt that their continent was the most powerful.

Many mischievous children were brought by their parents to watch the images, to let the children know that geniuses also work hard, or to deceive the children by saying there are no geniuses, only hard work.

They would say that geniuses are ninety-nine percent sweat and one percent talent.

But many people knew that anyone could put in ninety-nine percent of the effort, but that one percent of talent was something only Gong Sun Murong and Nalasha could possess.

With these two people specially preparing potions and condensing various elements into a liquid-like consistency for you.

But this was too difficult. Many alchemists couldn't do it, and even if someone could, would they be willing to put in such effort for just one person?

While the spacecraft was tracking the signal, it finally found a relay station. Instead of seizing it, they placed a coordinate transmitter on it.

Then they continued to follow the signal.

Over the past two days, while Gong Sun Murong was studying, he watched Nalasha break through to the 9th level of Earth Alchemist and then calculated her sleep time.

When Nalasha went to sleep, her strength would increase by several times, even tenfold, when she woke up.

Faced with this, Gong Sun Murong had to think of other ways to improve his strength and keep up with Nalasha's progress.

Nalasha improved while idle, while sleeping, and while cultivating.

He, on the other hand, only improved while cultivating.

He wasn't afraid that Nalasha would be stronger than him; he was afraid that Nalasha's race would be stronger than his.

Nalasha, no matter how strong, was still his family, someone he cared for.

But who said that Nalasha's race and his race had the same relationship?

He needed to find a way, not for himself, but for his entire race to be able to compete with Nalasha's race.

He knew, having seen many recorded images, which the intelligent butler had shown him.

Lagging behind inevitably leads to being beaten, beaten so badly that you can't even kneel, and you can only fight to the death.

The best way to deal with a tank is to have a tank; the best way to deal with a sniper is to have a sniper.

The best way to deal with a race that constantly improves its strength is to improve as quickly as they do.

So he took out acupuncture needles and began to study the relationship between acupoints and the absorption, storage, and use of energy in the body.

He arranged crystal cores according to certain cosmic rules to form an array.

He improved his mental power by adjusting his mindset and the microcurrents in his body.

He was thinking about every theoretical way to improve his strength and was working hard to turn theory into reality.

When Wan'er tracked the signal to another relay station, six days had passed.

Gong Sun Murong inserted the acupuncture needles into his body and finally felt the stimulating effect on the energy flow in his body.

But the side effects were significant, so he began to prepare potions to neutralize these side effects.

The traditional Chinese medicine theory he learned told him that with enough materials, there was nothing that couldn't be neutralized, as Chinese medicine emphasized yin and yang.

The universe has positive and negative energy, the human body has yin and yang balance, and everything in the world is the same.

He was in awe of the wisdom of his ancestors, who, without understanding positive and dark space, could deduce the principles of yin and yang.

After countless generations of ups and downs, they never abandoned this theory, just as yin and yang themselves, when they reach their weakest, they become strong.

This theory was perfect for his use. Now it was almost ready, and he would test it on himself before giving it to the other contestants.

Gong Sun Murong prepared the potion and began to practice according to the theory he had developed or derived.

He arranged the crystal cores into an array, drank some potion, soaked in it, inserted the acupuncture needles into his body, and adjusted his mental power through his will.

The result was a flood of energy pouring in. Gong Sun Murong gritted his teeth and endured, thinking about how to improve.

It was really painful, not life-threatening, but the energy impact was not just physical but also mental.

He once thought his soul would be affected, but he underestimated his soul and overestimated himself. He wasn't yet capable of creating something that could impact the soul.

He really wanted to ask someone, if he couldn't touch his soul no matter how hard he tried, where did his soul space come from?

He didn't want to use one kind of technology to explain another 'technology,' but he wanted to understand the roots of any 'technology.'

During this period, he was defenseless, but his strength was rapidly increasing.

He broke through to the 8th level of Earth Alchemist, reached the 3rd level of 3rd stage Earth Warrior, and his Fuxi Technique reached the 6th level middle stage.

He made no attempt to hide it. The audience outside couldn't see the state of his Fuxi Technique, but they could see his alchemy and combat aura.

Almost all the audience stood up. They watched Gong Sun Murong enter the specially made wooden tub, thinking he was just taking a normal bath, but it turned out to be a method to improve his strength.

The improvement was too fast. A bath, and in less than a day, he had become this strong?

Nalasha, who was protecting him, was also stunned, not by his muscles but by his method of improvement.

"Wow, Brother Murong, you are indeed the best. I thought it was already great to improve my strength by sleeping for a month, but you can do it in a day's bath, though it must have been very uncomfortable."

Nalasha said admiringly.

"We need to adjust the dosage of two herbs. After I finish, you can use it, and then the others." Gong Sun Murong was almost exhausted.

Next was Nalasha, whose improvement was equally intense, reaching the 2nd level of 6th stage Earth Alchemist.

The other contestants also received assistance.

Another ten days passed, and the contestants' strength improved significantly.

Gong Sun Murong announced that the experiment was successful.

After so many days, Wan'er was still tracking. She wasn't flying fast, only about 30,000 kilometers a day, as she was afraid of losing the signal.

She was a very steady type, even fantasizing about getting a body and cultivating herself.

She had heard that an intelligent system had created a body for itself, and if others could do it, she should be able to as well.

Compared to Wan'er's steadiness, the audience outside was already in a frenzy.

They watched Gong Sun Murong research, try, and finally succeed.

They knew that Gong Sun Murong was aware of the signal transmission, so he adjusted the satellite positions on the spacecraft, for which they were very grateful.

They had repeatedly offered to raise money to help the empire with the broadcast.

They were willing to watch these children work hard, and what they saw was that even those who were warriors before were now at least 6th level Great Alchemists, and those who were alchemists before were now at least 7th level 6th stage Earth Warriors.

This was absolute dual cultivation in both combat and alchemy. Given the contestants' age, if they reached this level in just one aspect, they would have been among the twenty who initially competed for the spots.

What exactly did Gong Sun Murong research? Could it be popularized among the masses?

Just a few acupuncture needles, a bath, and some potions, and the speed of strength improvement was like flying.

We admit the Sunflower Family is powerful, but there must be a limit to how powerful they can be.

The spirit of the Sunflower Family is — no matter how heavy the pressure, they still rise towards the sun.

What pressure do you, Gong Sun Murong, have now? You just want to go home, right? When you come back, we can discuss it.

Your strength improvement is terrifying.

The most frightening thing is that you can help others improve, both in combat aura and alchemy.

The contestants had no time to complain. After improving, they immediately had to engage in battles, learn new knowledge, and become more proficient in operating the spacecraft.

The contestants were so busy that they had no time to think about other things, exhausted and dizzy every day.

Another two days passed.

Wan'er discovered a new situation. In front of her, at a relay station, six information exchange energy connections appeared.

"Let's go check one of them first." Gong Sun Murong was also very surprised and decided to try them one by one.