He followed the clear signs in the hall, moved through the crowd, and entered the public transit station inside the Space Fortress.
It was like a giant spaceport, with hundreds of Cosmic Shuttles of varying sizes docked.
On the flight information board, Qin Feng quickly found the shuttle service he needed.
[Flight No.: GN-733]
[Destination: Canaan Star Martial Arts University - Admissions Assessment Department - Outer Docking Port]
He swiped his personal terminal and boarded the massive transport shuttle.
The interior of the shuttle was extremely spacious, large enough to accommodate over ten thousand people.
Qin Feng found a window seat and sat down quietly.
Before long, the shuttle gradually filled with people.
Qin Feng discreetly observed the passengers around him.
He discovered that the passengers on this flight were an extremely mixed group.
Many of them had auras as steady as mountains and were unfathomably deep. Merely by sitting there, they exuded an invisible pressure.
Qin Feng knew these were all Advanced Martial Artists whose strength far surpassed his own.
’I wonder what they’re coming to Canaan Star for.’
But the majority were a group of young Martial Artists like himself.
They were full of youthful energy, but without exception, their auras had all reached the peak of a Third-level Martial Artist.
They had clearly all come from various Educational Planets to apply for the Canaan Star Martial Arts University, just like him.
Every single one of them was a top-tier genius from an Educational Planet, one in ten thousand.
Qin Feng even sensed a faint, prickling sense of threat from a few of them, like needles on his back.
The feeling was just like being targeted by a fearsome Green Skin Lord on the Purgatory Battlefield.
He had no doubt that their strength was absolutely immense, no less than his own.
’It seems my title of "Qiming General Star" doesn’t count for much here.’
Qin Feng thought to himself. Instead of feeling discouraged, a strong sense of excitement and anticipation rose within him, the kind one feels when meeting a worthy opponent.
After a moment of thought, he came to terms with it.
Anyone who could get a letter of recommendation and come here was bound to be a "General Star" from their own Educational Planet—the number one student who fought their way out from among countless others on an entire planet!
And now, these top students from different planets were all gathered on this small shuttle, all for the same goal: the Canaan Star Martial Arts University.
Just then, a somewhat good-natured voice sounded beside him.
"Hey there, classmate. You’re here to apply for the Canaan Star Martial Arts University too, right?"
Qin Feng turned his head and saw a slightly chubby young man with a friendly face in the next seat, smiling at him warmly.
Qin Feng could clearly sense that this chubby young man’s life force index was also stable at around 30.0.
He didn’t sense any threatening aura from the other person.
Plus, several members of the Canaan Star Guard, each with a powerful aura, were patrolling the shuttle’s aisle, maintaining the flight’s security.
So, Qin Feng gave a slight nod in response.
"Yes."
"Haha, what a coincidence! Me too!"
Seeing Qin Feng’s response, the chubby Martial Artist immediately leaned in, acting as if they were old friends.
He extended his hand and enthusiastically introduced himself. "My name is Xiong Yanfu, from Qian Ruo Star. Hehe, it’s nothing special, but I just earned the title of ’Qian Ruo General Star’ on my planet. I originally thought I was at least one of the best among my peers. But I never expected that as soon as I got on this shuttle, I’d feel... well, how should I put it... a fatal sense of threat from you. And there are plenty of other terrifying people around, too."
"Qin Feng. Qiming General Star."
Qin Feng stated his name and title concisely, but at the same time, a trace of surprise rose in his heart.
Ever since training with Teacher Lin Yue for a year on Purgatory-VII Planet, he had used his powerful Mental Power to polish his aura until it was completely restrained and he could control it at will.
It was a life-saving skill learned from countless life-and-death battles. Logically, as long as he didn’t make a move, a Martial Artist of the same level should never be able to sense his true strength.
’Yet this seemingly harmless Xiaopang could see through me at a glance?’
’But then again, it makes sense.’
’I was able to train on the battlefield for a year and master this skill of concealing my aura.’
’He’s also a genius at the "General Star" level. It’s perfectly normal for him to have some unknown, peculiar perceptive abilities.’
’The Cosmos is vast, and geniuses are as numerous as stars. Never underestimate anyone.’
The chubby guy named Xiong Yanfu was clearly the type to get friendly quickly.
As the Cosmic Shuttle slowly started up and departed the Space Fortress, he and Qin Feng began to chat idly.
Soon, the topic naturally shifted to the admissions assessment for their destination—the Canaan Star Martial Arts University.
Xiong Yanfu lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "Brother Qin Feng, did you know? The admissions assessment for Canaan Star Martial Arts University is famous for being unpredictable; it’s different every time. However, based on the experience passed down by our seniors from Qian Ruo Star, there are still some patterns to it."
"Oh?"
Qin Feng’s interest was piqued.
"Generally speaking," Xiong Yanfu explained fluently, "the admissions assessment for Canaan Star Martial Arts University rarely involves one-on-one arena battles. They prefer to issue one or a series of ’admissions missions’ and then judge applicants based on their performance while completing them."
"And these missions are incredibly diverse and extremely complex. Sometimes, they might ask you to go to some Barbaric Planet to collect a rare plant. Other times, they might have you resolve an indigenous uprising on a mining planet. They’ve even had ’archaeological’ missions where you had to repair a section of an ancient Relic!"
"Their goal is to comprehensively test all of a student’s abilities."
"Personal strength, teamwork, physical potential, the tenacity of one’s Will, the talent for adapting on the fly, and even one’s comprehension of Martial Dao Cultivation Techniques... all of it is thoroughly assessed. If you’re deemed unqualified in even one of these areas, it doesn’t matter how outstanding you are in others—you still won’t pass the admissions assessment."
Xiong Yanfu clicked his tongue, a look of both longing and apprehension on his face.
"Tsk tsk, it’s truly worthy of being the undisputed number one Martial Arts University in our star system. These admission standards are just too strict."