Starting Cultivation in Wasteland-Chapter 529 - 399: Above the Supreme

Qu Jianlei was a bit curious. Did Granny Jia simply use the title of an A-level to intimidate the patrol guards?

It wasn’t just him; even those responsible for the investigation were somewhat puzzled.

After leaving the library, someone couldn’t help but ask, "Boss, it’s just an outdated A-level, still in the library..."

The library’s security classification was high, but its diminishing popularity and lack of prospects were well known to all.

The boss, a middle-aged man with a stern expression, snorted coldly, "Who are we supposed to investigate?"

Someone immediately answered, "Investigate Black Heaven," "Wrong, it should be Tian Hei," "No, it’s just the suspect."

The middle-aged man spoke coldly, "The Quantum Pioneer Team suffered a great loss this time and originally wanted to send someone to identify the suspect. Do you know that?"

"I’ve heard about this," anyone from the city guard to the patrol guard could grasp this piece of information, "they don’t dare come."

At this point, everyone couldn’t help but show a hint of ridicule on their faces.

Almost everyone knew that not only did Quantum not dare to send anyone again, but the four A-levels currently on the planet didn’t dare to leave either.

Those four were hiding out in Plant City; this was already an open secret, at least to these law enforcers, it was transparent.

The middle-aged man snorted coldly, "They don’t dare come, and they expect us to risk our lives for them?"

"Boss, that’s not what you mean," a rough man spoke up; he was a C-level with the Earth Attribute, strong and powerful.

"We’re not risking our lives for Quantum, we’re doing it to maintain the long-term peace and stability of Star No. 2."

"The long-term peace and stability of Star No. 2?" The middle-aged man sneered, "Do you think what we’re doing now is that?"

The rough man nodded, "Yes."

The middle-aged man looked around and spoke in a deep voice, "Who else here shares the same thought?"

This investigation team was just one of many teams, and he was just a B-level.

But in this team, he was the top B-level; many teams’ strongest were just C-levels. Who would dare disobey?

Seeing no one respond, he coughed lightly, "Everyone knows it’s Quantum causing the trouble, Black Heaven was merely retaliating!"

Actually, this was all speculative. Whether Black Heaven was involved was debatable, but... it was probably not far off, right?

The rough man was stubborn, "But boss, the battle at Wangjiang Tower... did indeed affect the image of Green Water!"

"What do you know!" The middle-aged man’s figure flashed, directly kicking the rough man seven or eight meters away.

What invincible strength was useless, he had been a seasoned B-level, could he not handle these little brats?

After the kick, he snorted coldly and looked at the others, "Do you know why I hit him?"

The group was speechless, most thinking: Isn’t it just because you have a bad temper?

However, some frowned in thought, pondering what he meant.

The middle-aged man, seeing no one speaking, continued, "You only saw the battle at Wangjiang Tower and thought security was poor?"

"Quantum had four A-levels quietly taken away, the suspect didn’t even harm the janitors, just knocked them out!"

"What does this indicate? Not only is the person powerful, they are also unwilling to kill easily..."

Saying this, he coldly scanned the room again, and after a pause, spoke slowly again.

"Do not provoke someone who acts like this easily. It’s not that they can’t kill, it’s just that they don’t want to."

"Doing our line of work, if you want to live long, it’s not just about how strong you are, but also whether you have discernment."

Finally, someone reacted, "So, what you’re saying is, don’t push on things that don’t matter."

"Isn’t that the case?" someone else chimed in, "They can handle the Supreme, what do our little arms and legs matter?"

Similar conversations took place not only in this investigation team; many understood this well.

In the end, it was because Qu Jianlei acted with consideration. For most superpower warriors, ordinary lives meant nothing.

His style of conduct, imperceptibly, reduced others’ hostility towards him. Naturally, they preferred peace over conflict.

As a result, when the library was investigated twice, no one intentionally made things difficult for him.

That evening, Qu Jianlei returned to the small courtyard and opened the file bag, finding many items inside.

There was much information related to star realms, including maps, minerals, resources, and even relevant contacts.

There were a few trade agreements, two property titles, two fake identities, and related information.

Additionally, there were some cultivation insights, travel notes, and such.

And... just as Granny Jia said, which Supreme doesn’t ponder the ancient script? There was a handwritten booklet on ancient script research.

Qu Jianlei opened the booklet, and sure enough, the first page contained the familiar "Celestial Profound and Earthly Yellow, Universe and Primordial Chaos."

While on the Garbage Star, he had a suspicion, but later when he contacted A-levels, few ever discussed "ancient script."

Now it seemed that the need for information concealment was specific to Garbage Star, whereas on Zarif Star, there was no interest in discussing it.

It wasn’t until arriving on Hope No.2 Star, mistakenly encountering the Earth Scholar organization, that he learned of "ancient script."

Once touching upon this threshold, naturally, there were people who communicated with him about the ancient script, without much concealment.

However, Qu Jianlei did not delve deeply into ancient script nor did he want others to realize his grasp of it.

Now Steve’s pamphlet finally tells him: perhaps all supreme considerations of divine script start from Celestial Profound and Earthly Yellow.

Then Qu Jianlei recalled that back on the Garbage Star, not only Xiao Moshan but others had asked him the same question.

After the Celestial Profound and Earthly Yellow and the universe and primordial chaos, is there anything else?

Now he can finally confirm that this is one of the methods used on the Garbage Star to investigate the identities of outsiders.

He flipped through the manual’s analysis of "divine script" and felt... it pales in comparison to the incomplete Three Character Classic from the Rare Books Tower.

However, this was normal, as the incomplete Three Character Classic came from the Imperial side and was annotated by elite talent interpreting divine script.

Though Steve is supreme, he falls short in this professional domain.

Anyway, after a casual browse, he found that this booklet wasn’t of much help to him, only confirming the Celestial Profound and Earth’s Yellow conjecture.

Instead, many of Steve’s analyses could be considered jokes,

yet the supreme’s cultivation insights were highly beneficial, providing numerous referable ideas.

Interestingly, Steve recorded many failed attempts, which could help Qu Jianlei get a more comprehensive understanding of the cultivation system.

After all, he started off as a maverick.

His calculations with Little Lake were based on the Daoist Sect’s classics, having never systematically encountered the superpower cultivation system.

Qu Jianlei didn’t plan to abandon this Daoist Sect system—it was like self-cultivation for him.

The notion of being attributeless he internally dismissed, not believing he could be that lucky.

Getting attention like Black Heaven could be compared, but luck need not be mentioned.

He believed the core of his cultivation was Daoist Techniques, and those so-called attribute techniques were merely superficial.

But mastering the superpower cultivation system would make it easier for him to help others with calculations, leaning more towards perfection.

Anyway, external ideas can refine internal gems; getting exposed to diverse thoughts is never a bad thing.

Even more interestingly, he found some failures deemed by Steve to be workable within his system.

This was an unexpected discovery, further indicating from another perspective that his cultivation technique likely didn’t belong to the superpower system.

However, this conjecture needed verification and calculations by Little Lake, possibly consuming significant time and energy.

When he summoned Little Lake several times, he was stunned to find the Big Head Butterfly unresponsive, as if vanished.

Remembering the creature’s "supplementation" yesterday morning, Qu Jianlei couldn’t help but guess: did the mischievous thing overeat?

He called again several times, but still got no response, causing a distraction and annoyance in his heart.

Though he knew it was probably okay, he wasn’t in the mood to ponder the cultivation content any further.

So he started browsing through Steve’s travel notes.

Most of these travel notes were written a century or so ago, documenting his experiences of wonders, dangers, and delicacies.

In recent decades, Steve hasn’t written travel notes anymore; perhaps he became too accustomed to the wonders.

Watching the travel notes gradually transition into diary entries, Qu Jianlei felt slightly uninterested—who writes diary entries seriously?

But upon further reading, a message in a diary entry piqued his interest.

It was a genuine diary entry, on an overcast day more than fifty years ago!

Steve indignantly wrote a sentence, "Reject me? Ha, no wonder you’re all stuck at supreme!"

Qu Jianlei analyzed the core idea of this statement: above the supreme, there is a higher realm!

Whether it corresponds to the Nascent Soul in cultivation is hard to say, but Steve’s complaint shows the Imperial presence of such existences.

As for why Steve was so angered with added sarcasm?

It’s probably not because he possessed the secret to surpassing the supreme, or others would have fawned over him.

More likely, there was an opportunity to attempt breaking through to a higher level, but the other supremes didn’t include Steve!

However, this was normal; fifty years ago, Steve hadn’t been an advanced supreme for long, so why grant him the chance?

This message, aside from confirming a conjecture, held little significance for Qu Jianlei; he wasn’t even supreme.

He continued flipping through the diary and accidentally stumbled upon another message dating back over thirty years.

"Met Jia Shuqing, who failed in breakthrough beyond the supreme, aging and no longer radiant, yet still arrogant."

Granny Jia seemed to... be called Jia Shuqing, right? Qu Jianlei was genuinely a bit shocked this time.

Granny had also attempted a breakthrough beyond the supreme? And even survived failing a realm breakthrough?

This revelation instantly woke him up—attempting to reach Nascent Soul without assurance wasn’t just about being bold, right?

However, this information also highlighted how pervasive social circles truly were.

The widely shared information within the supreme circle was unheard of outside it.

The next day at noon, Qu Jianlei found Granny Jia again, "I heard you’ve attempted to go beyond supreme?"

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