1862 Geno Art in the Moonligh
There was no use in watching the livestream now, because the moonlight was like a curtain that obscured everything that lay beyond.
Han Sen stood inside the palace. He could feel the moonlight going into his skin. His bones and cells felt alive, as if they were being thoroughly cleansed by blessed water.
"Weird. The power of that moonlight..." As Han Sen wondered about all this, his Jadeskin started running.
The beams of moonlight drifted toward Han Sen and landed on him, as if he were their exact target.
"Ah! They are the same element. That is why I felt that it was similar to Jadeskin." Han Sen was very happy about this. When the moonlight came through him, his Jadeskin developed even faster.
When the Jadeskin had become xenogeneic, it looked as if it had gone as far as it could possibly go. But now that he had the benefit of the moonlight, it felt like it was going even further. This made Han Sen incredibly happy.
When Han Sen absorbed that moonlight, the light wasn't reduced. In fact, the luminosity only increased. Within the moonlight, Han Sen was also able to see some sort of text that stood out brighter than the rest of the moon's light.
When Han Sen read it, he noticed that it was a geno art.
But it did not have a title. So, Han Sen kept reading it, until he realized that it was something quite similar to Jadeskin.
It had not been created by the same entity, but the thought process behind it was surprisingly similar.
That geno art inside the moonlight was more suitable for the geno universe. Jadeskin was tuned for the sanctuaries it originated from, after all. It was impossible to tell which of the two was flat-out better, and that was because the environment was different.
"I am so lucky. I was thinking about how I could modify Jadeskin, and now I have this. Although I cannot copy it directly, it will be perfect if I can find a way to integrate it with Jadeskin for now." Han Sen was so happy, and he did his best to memorize the content of the text he could see above.
There was more and more moonlight entering him, and it almost started to feel like water. It was like a liquid, thickly flowing into Han Sen.
Han Sen's body was like jade now. He stood within the glow of the moonlight like an ice statue, letting the moonlight penetrate him. His delicate bones were cleansed by the moonlight, making him as squeaky clean as any statue.
More and more moonlight bathed his body, until his xenogeneic genes started to evolve.
"Am I going to become a Viscount now?" Han Sen was super happy with the prospect of this. Although it was the xenogeneic gene of Jadeskin that was evolving, it was still good enough for him.
Recently, Han Sen had been wondering about how he might make himself a Viscount. And now it seemed that Jadeskin would be the trigger.
Han Sen cast Jadeskin to absorb as much of the light as was possible. He had to make sure that his body received as much as it could. His other body parts were bathed in the moonlight, but what benefitted him most was the xenogeneic body.
His jade-looking body began to glow with a halo. It was a sign that he would soon become a Viscount. After becoming a Viscount, Han Sen could unleash his xenogeneic powers through smoke, fire, and light.
Jadeskin's power could very well be a light-element one.
Outside of the Moon Palace, moons were rising. Every time a moon rose, the Moon Palace would become brighter.
"I wonder how many moons he will be able to raise?" Yisha was looking at the palace with a fond smile.
She did not expect that Han Sen would be able to raise many, as he was essentially just there to practice. He was only a Baron, and he only had knife powers. She didn't expect he'd manage to do too well.
With the Moon God power, it was very good for an outsider to be able to raise twelve moons. The most a Rebate had ever raised was thirty-six.
Han Sen was not a Rebate, so Yisha would be happy to see him raise ten moons.
"You can fight to get a higher rank, but not more moons. Twelve moons should be the max an outsider can achieve. Over the past few hundred years, only four or five outsiders have ever been able to raise twelve. The best managed to raise twenty-four," Icebird Duke said.
The Nobles and civilians were watching the moonrise keenly. They kept counting, each time a new one rose.
One, two, three, four, five.
The moons kept rising, and there were now ten of them above the palace. People were shocked.
"He managed to get ten moons! Han Sen is lucky," Night River King commented calmly. He was currently playing chess with Black-Moon King.
Black-Moon King smiled and said, "I think he can do more than that."
"You think he can raise twelve?" Night River King said, after moving one of his pieces.
"More than that, even." Black-Moon King's smile did not go anywhere.
Night River King was shocked by the assumption, and so he asked Black Moon King, "You think he can manage to raise more than twelve moons?"
"I suppose," Black-Moon King said.
"In the past few hundred years, only five outsiders have managed to raise twelve. And there are tens of thousands of competitors this year," Night River King said.
"Knife Queen selected the boy as her student. She had a reason for making that choice. It wouldn't be all that surprising," Black-Moon King said.
"How about we make a wager? If Han Sen can exceed twelve moons, I will give you my Dragon Steel. If he is unable to, you give me the Steel Knife. Black Steel managed to get that Dragon Back Knife, so you don't need the Steel Knife." Night River King smiled.
"Okay." Black-Moon King simply agreed, and then put a black chess piece down on the table.
Eleven moons had managed to rise. The next would be the twelfth. To many of the Rebate, that would be the max he was expected to achieve.
Chapter 1863 Perfect
"Twelve moons? Han Sen is lucky! Being blessed by Moon God's twelve moons will have made him stronger." Moon- Wheel King was sipping on a cup of tea as he spoke.
Yisha smiled. She was satisfied that Han Sen had been able to raise a twelfth moon.
"Twelve moons? Han Sen is not bad."
"Of course. Otherwise, Knife Queen would not have taken him as a student."
"Would you say it is possible for him to achieve more than twelve moons?"
"I am afraid that might be too difficult. Over the course of a few hundred years, only four or five outsiders have been able to achieve twelve moons. The chances of him getting more are too low."
As everyone rabidly discussed this, another moon rose up into the sky.
"Thirteen moons? He broke through the expected threshold!"
"Interesting. Queen really did find herself a special student. Han Sen must be something special. He sure has a bevy of good luck."
Night River King was in shock. He didn't expect that Han Sen could bring up twelve moons.
Night River King had lost the Dragon Steel he had offered in the wager, but he did not mind. He said, "I didn't expect Han Sen to be this lucky. I will have the Dragon Steel delivered to Planet Black-Moon later."
Black-Moon King smiled and responded by saying, "Night River, would you like to make another wager?"
"What else can we bet on?" Night River King was shocked by the offer.
To see whether or not he can raise twenty-four moons," Black-Moon King said.
"Black-Moon, it sounds to me as if you really admire the boy. Do you honestly believe he is that talented?" Black River King looked at Black-Moon King with much surprise.
Yes, I do," Black-Moon responded.
"Okay. In that case, I will conduct this wager again, and I still want to compete for that Steel Knife of yours. What would you like?" Night River King said quickly.
Black-Moon King slowly said, "A Magic Steel."
Night River King frowned, but he nodded. "Fine. Since you have Dragon Steel, it is pointless to hold onto Magic Steel. Assuming you win, you can take the Magic Steel if Han Sen is able to raise twenty-four moons."
"Okay, then." Black-Moon King's lips were smiling.
The moons kept on rising, and before long, there were eighteen of them hanging in the sky.
"Wow, there is now eighteen of them. He must be all tapped out by now."
"Whoa, it is still continuing! He's at nineteen." "Interesting. Can this guy really raise twenty-four moons?"
Yisha was in a good mood, right now. It had been difficult getting him to evolve twice. But after that, she had been satisfied with every result following her expenditure. She was starting to think she had really lucked out by taking him on.
But thinking about how to get him to Viscount, Earl, Marquise, and then Duke was something that was giving Yisha a bit of a headache.
The Story of Genes' modifications had not gone well. If Han Sen practiced it, it'd cost a lot of resources each and every time. Getting him to the level of a Baron had already been very hard, so she couldn't even comprehend how much it might cost her if she brought him all the way up to Duke.
Icebird Duke was surprised Han Sen had been so lucky. He had eighteen moons now.
The tally of moons kept rising without slowing down. Eventually, Han Sen had reached the prestigious number of twenty-four.
"I lost." Night River King frowned. Han Sen's performance had surprised him a great deal.
But this was just the beginning. After the number twenty-four, another moon appeared in the skies above Moon Palace. "D*mn! Another moon? Twenty-five? He broke the outsider record!"
"Is he insane?"
"Queen really is sharp. He must be the luckiest outsider ever."
"Still rising... Twenty-six." Oh my god... Might he be a Rebate just pretending to be an outsider?"
"This is insane! This number is the average of a
Rebate. Many of the Rebate can't even reach this far."
"It looks like the Moon God really fancies him." "Sh*t! Twenty-seven! Surely he cannot reach
thirty-six."
After all the moons that had risen, Narrow Moon was losing its stability. Many people stood up and stared at the Moon Palace.
"Oh my god! Thirty!"
Many Nobles, like Night River King, Black-Moon King, and Yisha, were all shocked. No one had guessed that it was even possible for Han Sen to raise so many moons.
The Moon God's blessing wasn't normally very too powerful or beneficial, but when you reached that sort of number, the reinforcements turned into something special.
Another moon came up, and then Narrow Moon went quiet. It was the thirty-sixth. That was the highest any Rebate had ever been blessed with.
"He really did raise thirty-six moons! He is totally a fake outsider." Many of the Rebate had wry smiles. They felt extremely jealous.
Thirty-six moons was a very rare number amongst the Rebate.
"He is lucky." Moon Wheel King took a sip of tea and then let out a lengthy sigh.
The next second, he almost choked on the tea in his mouth.
Above the palace, another moon came up.
The whole of Narrow Moon was quiet. The Dukes, and everyone there, had their mouths open. And yet, no one spoke.
"Impossible." Night River King suddenly stood up. He stared at the Moon Palace's thirty-seventh moon.
Yisha was shocked, as well. Thirty-six plus one moon was something no Rebate had ever seen before, across a million years.
Everyone thought thirty-six was the highest he could achieve, but what they had just witnessed told them that it wasn't.
Icebird Duke wore a complex expression on her face. Her mouth was open wide, and she looked to be in disbelief.
"This is madness..."
Moon Palace now had thirty-seven moons overhead.
Someone couldn't help but scream.
All the Nobles felt very conflicted. Especially those of the Rebate. They were so proud of this festival, but now their pride in it was waning. The person who had been able to raise the most moons in the festival's history was no longer a Rebate.
And that was just the start of the insanity. All the Nobles were shocked, confused, and also suspicious. Another moon arose in the sky.
Chapter 1864 Moon God's Lesson
Seventy-two moons were out in the sky. It was an incredibly pretty sight.
The whole of Narrow Moon was silent. The elites like Yisha and Moon Wheel King were completely speechless. They had watched each moon rise.
The Rebate had only ever managed to reach thirty-six moons, but that prestigious number had not just been beaten—it had been doubled. No one had seen this before.
After that, though, no more moons rose. It brought the Nobles a modicum of relief. If it kept going, they were going to doubt everything they had thought true in their lives.
Boom!
Just as everyone thought Han Sen's blessings had come to an end, the seventy-two moons atop Moon Palace shone with exuberant brilliance. Basking in the glow of seventy-two casts of moonlight, Moon God Palace was luminous. The cells in Han Sen's body rapidly began to change, as a result.
Bzzt!
His bones screamed. The moonlight came out of Han Sen's body, like a robe to completely wrap him up. He was like a Moon King.
"Geno Body Jadeskin has ascended to Viscount class."
The same time this occurred, another noise shot through Han Sen's mind. It gave him a shock. He had received a body that was Viscount class. He could now cast energy on the outside.
When Jadeskin reached Viscount status, the moonlight across the palace was finally reduced. His body began to go back to normal.
Quickly, the moonlight around Moon God Palace began to evaporate until there was nothing left. Han Sen was left standing in the hall, looking up at the seventy-two moons. Suddenly, they started to shine again like suns.
Boom!
The seventy-two moons began shining back down into the hall, with a focus on one spot in particular.
Due to the moonlight being focused, people could now see into the hall. Everyone saw Han Sen, standing inside. And the seventy-two beams of moonlight weren't coming down on him, but on a spot that was about three steps ahead.
The moonlight looked tangible and solid. And inside those concentrated beams stood a woman. Looking a little closer, however, it was apparent that she was only a shadow. She did not look real.
The lady looked at Han Sen and pointed with her slender finger. She pointed it at Han Sen's forehead, then began moving her lips. No noise came from her mouth, but a voice sounded in the heads of all.
"By the name of Moon God, I bless you. It does not matter which race you hail from, for you are the Son of the Moon. You will be guided and protected by the power of the Moon."
The moonlight on her finger went straight between Han Sen's eyebrows. It spread out across his head, then cleansed the entirety of his body. After that, the pretty woman smiled at him. Her body faded away, and the moons became dim and disappeared.
Everyone in Narrow Moon had their mouths open. Only one thought ran through their minds.
"That was a genuine Moon God blessing. The one's before weren't anything like that, and Moon God never revealed herself. They weren't blessings, then!"
"This is the proper Moon God blessing. He has qualified to earn the title of Son of the Moon."
"Why him? After all these years, we Rebate never once received a proper Moon God blessing like this. And now, its an outsider who got one!"
"I wonder what the effects of a true Moon God blessing are. He earned the title Son of the Moon, and she told him he was protected by the moon. Even so, he should still walk out as a low-rank."
"Who knows? We will have to ask Han Sen ourselves. He is the only one who has ever received such a blessing. I don't think Moon Wheel King and Yisha know what this stuff is about, either."
Yisha looked at Han Sen strangely as she walked out of the palace. Aside from a troublesome geno art, her student was practically perfect. But that geno art would be harmful, and even Yisha herself did not think it was possible to bring it up to King class.
"If he succeeds, this King class geno art will be the scariest ever." Yisha glanced around nervously.
Han Sen's performance made her want to train him well, but the thought of the resources required to bring him up still gnawed at her. Especially if she was to bring him up to King class. She didn't think it was something she could realistically afford.
Icebird Duke looked as if she had a conflicted mind. She did not understand why Han Sen was so special. He had been taken in by Queen and found a King class weapon. He had now just received the true blessing of Moon God. It looked like everything good in the world happened to him, and him alone. He was far too lucky.
"Was he a virgin in ten previous lives, to receive so much luck now?" Icebird Duke wondered.
Night River King and Black-Moon King were in shock, as well. They were both thinking, "Queen's student got a King class weapon and the Moon God's blessing. He also has those weirdly brilliant shoes. Did he save the entire universe in his past life?"
This guy's luck is scary."
"He is over-powered."
"Nah, its nothing. He's just lucky. If I had his luck, I'd be even more over-powered."
The Nobles and commoners spoke about these matters a lot. While many were jovial about it, many expressed only jealousy.
Han Sen didn't think much about it, but eventually, he walked out of the palace. He wanted to teleport back to Planet Blade. He wanted to research the geno art in the moonlight.
But outside the palace, many people had gathered. They were all looking at Han Sen, and unless he chose to fly above them, his way was completely blocked.
"Excuse me." Han Sen blinked, and the young ones that had joined the festival woke up from their daze.
"Han Sen, fight me! You cannot run now." Night Giant God was holding a knife that was as big as a door. He was pointing it at Han Sen.
The other young ones surrounded Han Sen, refusing to let him run off this time.
They wanted to witness the performance of the first person to ever receive the Moon God blessing.
"Fight! Fight!" The people who were watching the livestream were all chanting. They wanted to see a fight, too. But of course, no matter how loudly they shouted, Han Sen wouldn't hear it.