Grotto Heaven.

Lin Fan awoke and, holding a pitch-black pill in his hand, his face showed a strong shock, "It can actually..."

He was already a high-level player and had practiced martial arts on his own, never having received a pouring of experience from Er Ha; he actually had a substantial reserve of experience points.

He didn't even need help from Snow Viewing Tower and had already exchanged for a 'Body Tempering Pill' at the first opportunity.

Then, he truly saw this elixir pill in the real world!

Lin Fan held the 'Body Tempering Pill' in his hand, observing it carefully.

The pill was not large, about the size of a normal pearl, with a surface so pitch-black that it was rather unimpressive, and smelled of nothing in particular.

But for some reason, looking at it, Lin Fan felt an overwhelming craving, like a person starved to the point of death beholding a feast, with every cell in his body screaming out for it.

"Transcendents, with power returning to their own bodies, is supposed to be a very private matter... and with the opportunity for real-world transcendence, even more so..."

Lin Fan had called Jiang Shang earlier, half in a probe, feeling that he had been too careless in revealing himself before.

But it couldn't be helped, originally it was just a game; no one thought it would involve so much.

To his knowledge, many players have now begun intentionally destroying their own real-world information, resolutely avoiding any mention of related content when communicating.

It was obvious... everyone was smart, not wanting to one day be abruptly put under official scrutiny.

It would be one thing to be invited to cooperate with the investigation and research by the reasonably reputable Da Xia officials, but to be captured for dissection by some private companies, tycoons, or criminal gangs, that would really be a stroke of bad luck!

"I originally just sought a quiet place to practice martial arts, to break through, but in reality..."

Lin Fan clenched his fists tightly, "Since I can't hide it, since my information has already been leaked, then the only option is to rapidly enhance myself. I can't rely on anyone else, only on myself. If I were at the sixth-rank martial artist realm in reality, who would I fear?"

A seventh-grade martial artist moves like an agile cat, and as long as one isn't foolish enough to directly confront hot weapons, you could fight a guerilla war in the city. If the official forces don't dare to use mass-destruction weapons, you'd still have the power to protect yourself.

What's true for the seventh grade goes without saying for the sixth.

Hiding out in the wilderness would be truly foolish.

The power of missiles is becoming more terrifying by the day, with an explosion covering the area of a soccer field; even a fourth-grade Tu Qianqiu might not be able to escape...

To increase his own power was another half of the reason Lin Fan had phoned earlier.

With the help of the guild, he would soon be able to get a second Body Tempering Pill and perhaps even a third!

As for testing the medication or the possibility of it being toxic?

As a martial artist, he had experienced too many dangerous situations, not to mention he didn't have the audacity to believe the game officials behind Divine Skills would design to secretly harm him.

Even with risks, if real-world diehard martial artists were given the choice, there likely wouldn't be much hesitation.

"Anyways, I'm not capable of analyzing its composition..."

Lin Fan stared at the elixir pill in his hand for a while more and then, suddenly opening his mouth, swallowed it down.

The pill dissolved as soon as it entered his mouth, immediately releasing strands of cool energy that rose from his lower abdomen.

A strong joy appeared on Lin Fan's face; this was the 'vital energy' from that game world!

He quickly began to meditate, digesting this unique treasure of the real world.

With his status in the game as a sixth-rank martial artist, operating his mental method, he quickly digested this dose of vital energy.

Moments later, Lin Fan clenched his fists and felt a tough layer of skin form over his fists, and even his body, already at its peak, broke through a bit more!

"I've truly broken through..."

Feeling the change in his body, although it was over ten times weaker than the martial body in the game, it was ultimately his own real body, which held an entirely different significance!

"The game's mental method in reality is nothing but a show, but combined with vital energy, it's transcendence... It's just that in our world there is no natural vital energy, and all vital energy must be drawn from elixir pills... As a ninth-rank martial artist, I may be weaker than in the game, but it can't be helped!"

"And now, I'm just equivalent to a beginner who has refined the skin on his hands, I still need to continue refining my limbs, torso... only then can I achieve Copper Skin Great Success and step into the ninth-rank martial artist realm."

Lin Fan estimated, "Two more... I need at least two more Body Tempering Pills before I can become a ninth-rank martial artist in reality!"

Once promoted to ninth grade, it goes without saying, he would undoubtedly become the top ancient martial arts successor in reality!

"Now, there are two paths before me, one is to hide completely or go abroad... but it doesn't feel quite right. After all, my identity information has always been with the guild leader... with transcendence manifesting in the world, the officials must have a response! To run away now, wouldn't that be akin to treason?"

Although Lin Fan was obsessed with martial arts, he was not foolish and began to consider his safety issues.

He didn't know that the world's governments were still under the influence of Zhong Shenxiu's meme, not paying any attention to the ramblings of a game and a few players.

"The second path is to become famous! Become very famous! As the premier ancient martial artist, become an internet live-streaming star!"

Lin Fan clenched his fists, "As long as my influence is high enough, and my fame large enough, and since I haven't broken the law, if something happens in the future, the officials will at most ask me to assist with their research, they wouldn't imprison me... Otherwise, public opinion would be in an uproar."

Transcendence is personal!

Actually, given the choice, Lin Fan would prefer the first option of obscurity—there's absolute freedom in it.

But alas... his personal information had already been leaked, and all the old players knew that Snow Viewing Tower had an ace fighter named Lin Fan, a successor of ancient martial arts practicing Eight Trigrams Palm, and later even romanced an NPC, making it irresistible to want to have a burning curiosity...At this moment, after thinking it through, he figured he might as well become famous as soon as possible.

He paused, took out his mobile phone, and dialed a number, "Hey... is that Brother Dog?"

He was an agent that Lin Fan knew, quite capable, who had even tried to cajole him into competing, but was refused.

After long observation, Lin Fan thought this person was fairly decent, at least he had a good reputation in the circle and had never tricked anyone into fighting in illegal matches.

"Is that Lin Fan? What's up? You've finally come around?"

Brother Dog said in surprise on the other end; he felt that Lin Fan was not only a good fighter but also had good looks and charisma, which meant a natural fan base.

With competitions becoming commercialized, could those huge and rough, bear-like fighters get commercial endorsements? It's time they looked in the mirror and went to bed!

"Yes, I have, but I'm not short of money, I want to be famous! Please arrange an official match for me as soon as possible... Besides that, I'm planning to start with the ancient martial arts circle, kick my way through one martial arts club after another... You can send someone to live stream it, and by the way, make a fuss about it. Isn't that what's-his-name, the fake grandmaster of ancient martial arts getting a lot of attention? I want to have a fight with him!"

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