Chapter 183 A New Era

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-December. Xu Jingming and Li Miaomiao were watching some live broadcasts after dinner.

"Miaomiao, are you sure you want to have our wedding in the virtual world?" Xu Jingming asked. According to the original plan, they would register their marriage on New Year's Day and then find a good day to hold the wedding.

Li Miaomiao smiled and said, "Now that we're in the virtual world era, it's much easier to have a wedding in the virtual world, and we can arrange any scene we want. Friends from all over the country, even all over the world, can come... It's not easy for friends to come to a wedding in reality."

"Yeah," Xu Jingming nodded. "I just feel like it might be more formal in reality."

"I think it's good, after all, it's a new era, we have to adapt to it. Do you care that much?" Li Miaomiao asked.

"I'm worried about you."

Xu Jingming laughed, "Okay, it's true that holding it in the virtual world has many advantages. More friends can come, and the scene can be more shocking."

"Even government departments used to require going to the civil affairs bureau to register and have a premarital checkup," Li Miaomiao said. "Now that the evolutionary method is popular, premarital checkups have been canceled, and registration can also be done in the virtual world's civil affairs bureau."

"Information sharing," Xu Jingming nodded and said, "Most diseases can be solved by the evolutionary method, and those that cannot be solved are already recorded in the residents' information. So premarital checkups are no longer meaningful."

Initially, when both families sat down to discuss the marriage registration and wedding, it was still about a wedding in reality.

But the actual event would be in the virtual world.

"Times are changing too fast," Li Miaomiao said with emotion. "In the past six months, it feels like the whole world has entered a new era."

"The changes in the future may be even greater," Xu Jingming said.

In the future, will the Blue Star civilization have more contact with the universe?

Judging from the opportunity he had to possess 'Xuan' of the universe, the Blue Star civilization may already have deep contact with the human race in the entire universe, but it has not been fully disclosed.

In the face of this great trend, Xu Jingming did not dare to slack off in the slightest and worked even harder.

"Jingming, how have you been feeling about your cultivation lately?" Li Miaomiao asked.

"Progress is slow," Xu Jingming shook his head gently. "The further you go in the fourth level, the harder it is to improve. In fact, after summarizing the nine courses of martial arts, I did make rapid progress for a while. But then it slowed down again."

"On October 28th, I passed the fourth level of the Starry Sky Tower," Xu Jingming said, "Now it's mid-December, and my highest level spear technique, the Huahong Spear Technique, is only at the fourth level, 83%."

Li Miaomiao comforted him, "Didn't you say that the further you go, the slower the progress? This is normal."

Xu Jingming didn't say much.

In fact, he had never received a complete inheritance, only the possession of the universe legend 'Xuan'! Therefore, in terms of cultivation, he was mostly groping forward on his own, constantly summarizing.

Although he had also summarized his own system, this system was still very immature.

Many of the other top experts in the world should have complete inheritances.

"The total points ranking of the martial arts gym will be finalized at the end of the month," Xu Jingming thought, "Then I can exchange contribution points for a complete inheritance and see what a complete inheritance in the universe is like."

According to the information that Xia Guo had found, choosing a complete eighth-order inheritance would lead to faster progress in the early stages. Because there are detailed instructions for every hurdle along the way. Xu Jingming was now encountering many problems, but without detailed guidance, he had to rely entirely on his own exploration.

The benefit of choosing to possess a universe legend was that he might go further in the later stages. After all, he had come into contact with that realm in advance.

If there were enough resources, having both would make cultivation smoother.

"Jingming," Li Miaomiao also looked at the live broadcast programs on the screen and said with emotion, "The Blue Star Alliance's launch of the 'Martial Arts Gym', allowing top experts from around the world to teach martial arts, is indeed a brilliant move! In just over a month, a great martial arts craze has swept the globe, and even competition between different schools is fierce, giving it a sense of a hundred schools of thought contending."

"The collision of different martial arts ideas can spark many sparks," Xu Jingming nodded in agreement. "I've also watched a lot of people's live broadcasts and many people's teaching courses. They've all been quite enlightening."

The collision of different ideas allowed people around the world to have various understandings of martial arts.

Many times, the realm of martial arts also depends on cognition.

The more profound the cognition, the further one can go.

"There are more and more god-level experts now," Li Miaomiao sighed.

"Just like hundreds of years ago, most people in Xia Guo were illiterate. Who could have imagined that later, Xia Guo's education would be universal, and almost everyone would have cultural knowledge?" Xu Jingming said, "People decades ago couldn't imagine the global welfare system, or even that everyone now has an evolutionary method and can enter the virtual world."

"This is a new era," Xu Jingming said. "The Blue Star Alliance probably hopes that more and more humans will reach the god-level, or even become more powerful."

"Now the god-level is no longer considered an expert," Li Miaomiao said, "In global battles, the god-level is just a newbie, the third level is considered an expert. The fourth level... is the top powerhouse in the world."

"The overall strength of people around the world will continue to improve," Xu Jingming said, "In the face of this tide, it's not easy to always stand at the very top."

"You are at the very top now," Li Miaomiao said.

"Haha, hard to say, maybe others will improve faster," Xu Jingming smiled, "Akinov, Zhao Fan, and the others are all making rapid progress."

As he spoke, Xu Jingming also checked the total points ranking of the martial arts gym.

"Your total points are currently ranked second," Li Miaomiao looked at it. "Your paid downloads are comparable to Master Liu Hai, but your rating is 8.6, while Master Liu Hai's is 8.7."

"Whether it's first or second, the contribution points are quite high," Xu Jingming felt that it was normal for his master to be ahead of him. His master's teaching was indeed more basic.

"But your rating is improving," Li Miaomiao said, "I see a lot of live broadcast rooms saying... that as they cultivate, they feel that your courses are better. There are many similar live broadcast rooms."

As she spoke, Li Miaomiao adjusted the program on the screen.

She easily found a live broadcast room.

"This old man is ninety-eight years old, and now my evolutionary method has reached the intermediate level, and my rank is god-level," a middle-aged and elderly man with black hair said with pride, "I have learned many schools, and I found that it's no wonder they are the three strongest in the world. Liu Hai, Xu Jingming, and Di Tiannuo's teachings are all very good, but... after cultivating for a long time, especially when encountering bottlenecks that are difficult to break through, Xu Jingming's method is the best."

"Master Liu Hai's method is to let you practice. Practice tens of thousands of times every day, accumulate experience, and eventually break through. But how many people can endure not making any progress? Constantly squeezing themselves?" The streamer shook his head. "Di Tiannuo's method is even more rigid. It's just following his training plan, constantly repeating and repeating. No progress? Repeat again!"

"Xu Jingming's method is the best. He explains the essence clearly. He gives you a clear direction to pursue."

"When you are stuck in a bottleneck, when you are confused, having a clear direction is very important. It gives you motivation and confidence to practice," the streamer said. "He describes the key to footwork, power transmission, relative speed... and various battles clearly. I strongly recommend giving Xu Jingming a full score! The rating can be modified once a day at most. As a Xia Guo person, you should give Xu Jingming a full score!"

Xu Jingming smiled as he watched.

"We didn't hire any trolls," Li Miaomiao said, "This ninety-eight-year-old grandpa is definitely a loyal fan."

"Actually, you, Master Liu Hai, and Di Tiannuo, the three of you have too many downloads. You have all exceeded five billion paid downloads, which means... that most people will pay to download yours. This has led to your total points being far ahead. Akinov is currently ranked fourth, with just over 1.5 billion paid downloads, less than a third of yours. So the competition from fourth to tenth is very fierce. Live broadcast rooms in various countries... are encouraging their own people to give their own experts full marks."

"Yes, the top three are stable, and the competition from fourth to tenth is fierce," Xu Jingming nodded. "Especially from eighth to tenth, the names change frequently."

Those in eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth place were desperately trying to increase their total points.

Various promotions around the world! Because only by entering the top ten can you get contribution points.

"However, you can't encourage people to give opponents a score of 0," Li Miaomiao said, "As long as any live broadcast room dares to encourage people to give low scores, the live broadcast room will be banned."

Xu Jingming smiled and looked at the overall ranking.

The top three were as steady as Mount Tai, the competition for the rankings behind was fierce, and those top experts from around the world were also trying their best.