Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution

"How difficult can it be to practice? Show me," Tian Buluo extended his hand to Tian Qingyu, asking for the manual of the fist technique.

Tian Qingyu opened Tian Buluo's palm and said solemnly, "Such secret skills should not be casually shown to others."

"Yu, are you even guarding against me?" Tian Buluo said dejectedly.

"If I don't guard against you, then who should I? With your big mouth, if I let you see it, it won't take many days before it spreads throughout the universe. This is Tian's secret skill, not to be disclosed," Tian Qingyu responded.

"When have I ever had a big mouth?" Tian Buluo retorted, not convinced.

"The matter of that concubine from the Tian Jue Family, who let that news slip out?" Tian Qingyu said with a smile.

Tian Buluo opened his mouth but eventually closed it, sitting down powerlessly on the ground before muttering, "Fine, I won't look. I just wanted to help you, that's all."

"Thank you, just take care of yourself," Tian Qingyu said, then turned to Lin Shen, "Tian, your secret skill is indeed difficult to master. Could you provide some guidance?"

Lin Shen shook his head reluctantly, "It's not that I don't want to teach you, but this skill is quite unique. I mastered it after practicing it myself, but when others tried, they could not even enter the threshold no matter what. After a long study, I still couldn't figure out the reason. It might be an issue of congenital aptitude. It's like expecting a wolf to eat grass; it's really hard for them. Right now, it seems this skill is very much up to fate. If you can master it, then you can. If not, no one could teach you."

Tian Qingyu knew Lin Shen was telling the truth and nodded slightly, "Perhaps my opportunity hasn't arrived yet. I'll practice more when I get back, maybe I'll succeed."

Unable to find an answer with Lin Shen, Tian Qingyu could only return to continue studying Twenty-Eight Fists, hoping to make a breakthrough.

"I refuse to believe that I can't master these Twenty-Eight Fists." Tian Qingyu left Celestial Star and returned to Sky Pinnacle Star to look up many resources, aiming to uncover the secrets of Twenty-Eight Fists from another angle.

Tian Xun's mood had been quite good recently, as the Celestial Court had entrusted her with the task of eliminating the Night Ghost Tribe, including Ye Kong and the other four Pureblood Night Specters, under her command.

The implied message was clear; with so many turned into Hybrid Night Ghosts, it would be too wasteful to simply dispose of them all, making it difficult to replenish the manpower of Giant Ring Star in a short time.

Therefore, Tian Xun was to use Ye Kong and the other four to lead these Hybrid Night Ghosts within the Pioneer Corps, and continue the development of Giant Ring Star.

By doing this, in effect, the entire control of Giant Ring Star was handed over to Tian Xun. The situation of the Chi Family goes without saying; they already lost any chance of setting foot on Giant Ring Star.

The situation of An 117 wasn't much better. With so many of his subordinates turned into Hybrid Night Ghosts, all falling under Tian Xun's leadership, his power suffered greatly, not to mention the loss of numerous resources—practically a deathblow to him.

An 117 had always suspected that Tian Xun and Lin Shen had stolen his treasury, but unfortunately, he had no evidence.

Now at Giant Ring Star, one could say Tian Xun had become the de facto ruler of an entire star.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Representatives from the An Family and the Chi Family had already fought hard in the sessions of the Celestial Court. There was a chance to fight for control over Ye Kong and the others, or at least to get one or two of them. But it was unexpected to many that Emperor Tianshu, who had not participated in the sessions for a long time, attended this session personally and, despite all opinions, directly assigned Ye Kong and the other three Pureblood Night Specters to Tian Xun's command, leaving her to sort out the aftermath of Giant Ring Star.

This move thwarted many who were eager to offer their support at Giant Ring Star, understanding the value of the four women from Ye Kong. Whoever controlled them effectively held the key to developing Giant Ring Star.

Everyone was hoping Dean An would refute the Heavenly Emperor, yet this time Dean An chose not to speak.

The Heavenly Emperor pointed out coldly that Ye Kong and the others were captured by Tian Xun herself and that she also stabilized the situation on her own. "If Tian Xun alone can solve the problem, what indeed do the families want at Giant Ring Star?"

With such a statement, none of the families could step forward to explain. In reality, they wanted to take advantage of the situation, but nobody wanted to earn such a reputation.

With the assistance of Ye Kong and the other three women, Tian Xun's work on developing Giant Ring Star went much smoother.

The Star Belt and the sea were directly under her jurisdiction, while most of the pioneering work on the land that was under An 117's control had stopped since he no longer had sufficient manpower. Without further support, he simply didn't have the capacity to develop so many areas.

But replenishing such an amount of manpower was not an easy task.

In order to compensate for the losses and to gather the resources needed for the next submission, An 117 had to seek help from Tian Xun, agreeing to share a portion of the pioneering resources with her.

After negotiating a price, Tian Xun sent the Hybrid Night Ghosts to help An 117 with the pioneering work.

Once Tian Xun had arranged everything, she set out alone towards the Utmost Darkness Domain, intending to take on the trial left by the Little Wine Emperor.

If Chi 118 and Chi 96 could make it through, there was no reason she couldn't.

However, upon entering the trial, Tian Xun realized she had underestimated the Little Wine Emperor. The initial trials posed no difficulty for Tian Xun, who easily breezed through them.

But she was stumped by a test called "Three Cups of Wine."

The "Three Cups of Wine" trial was straightforward: of three cups of wine presented, one contained poison. The challenge was to choose one of the three to drink.

If one picked the poisoned wine, even a Nirvana Level expert would undoubtedly die.

With just a one-in-three chance to choose the poison, the odds were quite low. According to the message left by the Little Wine Emperor, this challenge was meant to assess the challenger's fortune—someone with bad luck, even if they obtained the Wine Emperor's legacy, would not avoid an early demise.

If one couldn't even make the correct choice with a two-thirds chance of surviving, then they should recognize their limits.

Tian Xun observed for a long time but found no differences among the three cups. She dared not risk her own luck trying.

Luck, who can be certain of it? It is fickle by nature, and no one can control its highs and lows. What if her luck was low just then?

Therefore, at this test, Tian Xun gave up and did not continue.

When Chi 118 and the others faced this challenge, Ye Ya herself drank all three cups, forcibly getting them past it.

After consuming the three cups, Ye Ya's body nearly turned to a skeleton. If it weren't for her Undead Talent, anyone else would have died long ago. Find more chapters on empire

Lin Shen could have passed this challenge as well, but unfortunately, he was not on Celestial Star at the moment and unaware of such a test in the trial.

Even if he had known, given his personality, he probably wouldn't have risked it.