Chapter 406 (2/2)

Fang Xingjian said nonchalantly, “There’s no point in asking. It’s impossible for me to lose.”

Hearing that, Gardner could not help laughing coldly to himself. He pointed at Fang Xingjian and said, “Alright, but I’ll still have to let you know beforehand in case you go back on your words later.

“If you lose, you must give up on participating in the Martial Techniques Grading Plan. Do you have a problem with that?”

“You’re being annoying. Let’s just start quickly.”

Faced with Fang Xingjian’s arrogance, Gardner became even more spiteful of him. To Gardner, Fang Xingjian was just someone who had grown in a small place and ended up becoming extremely arrogant just because he had managed to get some results due to his talent.

‘What a fool. Your outlook on life determines your achievement. It is totally beyond your imagination as to how deep the waters of this world are. For you to be so arrogant just because of the bit of talent that you have… You’ll get into big trouble one day.’

Thinking this, Gardner even felt slightly reproachful toward the Holy Orison. Why had the Holy Orison recommended for such a person to participate in the Martial Techniques Grading Plan?

At the side, James, Governor Devitt, and Fang Xingjian started communicating to each other through information currents.

Governor Devitt said with worry, “Xingjian, the other party won’t do something which he has no confidence in. I think we should just forget about it. We’ll just get Lord Holy Orison to settle this.”

“That’s right,” James was also advising, “That Gardner seems too confident. I’m afraid that he will use some underhanded means.”

The Martial Techniques Grading Plan involved several billion gold worth of funds and was a massive transnational plan.

Even if Fang Xingjian were to get only 1% of the funds, it would also be a tremendous amount worth several million or several tens of million. It was no wonder that James and Governor Devitt were being so careful about it.

Moreover, when it involved such a massive amount of gold, Gardner clearly would only come up with this proposal because he had sufficient confidence.

Fang Xingjian shook his head and said, “Don’t worry. In a competition over the speed of learning sword techniques, there’s no one who can surpass me.”

Fang Xingjian then randomly picked out two sword techniques from the library’s Killing techniques and wrote them down on a piece of paper. Gardner also wrote two down two sets of sword techniques down on paper.

Seeing how leisurely Fang Xingjian was, Gardner continued sneering inwardly.

Then he looked down at the two sets of sword techniques which Fang Xingjian had written down. “Eventide Sword Technique and the Sanctuary Sword Technique?”

At the next moment, Gardner closed his eyes, and a faint white light radiated from his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. Then a book which emitted a white glow appeared in his hands.

He pressed his palm down on the cover of the book, letting out a soft bellow. The book moved despite there not being any wind, and the pages flipped by themselves. When it came to a stop, the information regarding the Eventide Sword Technique and the Sanctuary Sword Technique gradually appeared before him.

Then the numbers in his Stats Window started to jump. Eventide Sword Technique 1%… 2%… 3%…

This was a level 8 Universal Truth Divine Arts—Akashic Martial Techniques Enchiridion.

Governor Devitt and Head of Department James frowned. Both of them had a bad feeling about this strange scene.

The archbishop merely smiled and said, “This is the divine art Gardner gained after praying to god when his ether synchronization rate reached 100%—Akashic Martial Techniques Enchiridion.

“The God of Universal Truth knows of everything in the world and the universe, and the Akashic Martial Techniques Enchiridion records all martial techniques from the past and future. Gardner can spend half an hour daily acquiring three martial techniques to the maximum from the enchiridion. Although he isn’t able to impart these techniques and would forget about them the next day, it’s still a miraculous power.

“This is how mighty our god is.” The archbishop looked at Fang Xingjian who seemed to be in a state of shock. “Oh, God of Universal Truth, everything is born from you, and everything is nurtured by you.”

Head of Department James exclaimed in astonishment, “Why haven’t I heard of such divine arts before?”

The archbishop smiled and said, “The God of Universal Truth knows of everything in this world. Of course, we won’t be able to acquire all the divine arts he can bestow upon us even if we were to use up our entire lifespan. Gardner was only bestowed with this divine art during one of the exchanges with god, having managed to touch god with his strong faith.”