Chapter 132

"Please apply, applicant."

"Input the third resource into your identity device."

The prompt sounded once again.

Jiang Jian walked to the table and lowered his gaze to look.

On the tabletop, a jade tablet was suspended.

The jade tablet felt ice-cold to the touch, with fine textures; mountains, rivers, the Earth, and the moon were engraved upon it.

On its back, the words "Chang'an Prefecture Heaven-Responding Department" were inscribed.

In the bottom right corner, there was a serial number.

"33176."

Jiang Jian took the jade tablet and examined it carefully.

The material of the jade tablet was very special; there were no arrays inscribed within it, so it was not a piece of technological equipment.

The strangest thing was:

This jade tablet also had no introductory data.

"This thing needs to be input into the identity device before it can be used."

Jiang Jian opened his identity device and gently swiped the jade tablet across it.

Beep.

A prompt sounded.

The jade tablet shattered instantly, turning into countless specks of dust that faded away.

On the identity device, a new description appeared under the citizen permissions column.

"Chang'an Prefecture, Heaven-Responding Department."

"33176."

Jiang Jian checked carefully; everything on the identity device was as usual.

Compared to before, there was no difference at all.

Although there was no data introduction.

Jiang Jian could vaguely guess in his heart.

This jade tablet should be the proof issued by the "Chang'an Prefecture Heaven-Responding Department" for the prodigies they focused on.

The second resource, the "Star Ring Essence," was the best evidence.

After all.

Not every Level 5 resource pack would contain "Star Ring Essence."

He turned off the identity device.

Jiang Jian turned around and walked toward the tightly closed mechanical door.

"Verification successful."

The prompt sounded.

Amidst a series of clicking sounds, the large door opened.

"Top student of the two prefectures, congratulations, your resource pack collection is complete!"

The staff member stood at the doorway, his face full of smiles.

Facing Jiang Jian, who had Level 5 talent, he had not dared to be the slightest bit negligent from beginning to end.

Linjiang Prefecture had seventeen God-Gifted Universities.

Every year during admissions, Level 4 talents would appear more or less.

But a Level 5 talent had not appeared for a very long time.

In the neighboring Hanjiang Prefecture, two had appeared all at once this year alone!

Jiang Jian here had tested for Level 5 talent at the Two Prefectures Discourse.

He had already become an object of explicitly ordered care by the Linjiang Prefecture government!

Section Chief Xu, who was responsible for the daily affairs of the prefecture government, had even given repeated instructions to serve Jiang Jian well and ensure he successfully collected his resource pack.

That was why the staff member was acting so obsequiously.

Jiang Jian smiled: "Thank you."

"Don't say that at all, this is all what I should do."

The staff member hurriedly waved his hands.

Jiang Jian walked out of the Resource Management Department.

Above in the firmament, the boarding ramp descended.

The staff member saw him out, but did not return; he remained standing under the pavilion, watching Jiang Jian with lingering reluctance.

"The look that person gave you was really strange."

As the cabin door closed, Xue Ji couldn't help but complain.

Jiang Jian shook his head gently and said: "He was just afraid that if a mistake occurred, he would be punished."

"At this very moment, he must feel a sense of relief."

The Cross-Boundary Shuttle rose into the air.

It left the foothills of Mount Tianzhu.

It headed toward that distant, vertical black line at the edge of the firmament.

Xue Ji lay by the window, glanced down, and said: "It really is, he's wiping his sweat right now."

"Xue Ji, go organize the communications."

Jiang Jian gave the order and sat down on the floor, the spiritual light of his gold-threaded white robe surging.

Extremely dense spiritual Qi instantly permeated the cabin.

When Jiang Jian cultivated, he could clearly sense it.

His cultivation speed was far more efficient than before.

Part of the reason was the huge boost provided by the Su Xue Yi.

Another reason was because of consuming the "Star Ring Essence."

This had led to a terrifying improvement in his foundational cultivation depth.

Spiritual Qi cultivation speed, spiritual Qi circulation speed, operating speed, spiritual Qi conversion efficiency, aperture depth, foundational cultivation depth, spiritual Qi control level, the subtlety of manipulating spiritual Qi, and so on.

Star Ring Essence was an all-around improvement.

All cultivation foundations were included.

The final reason was the replacement of his second talent.

The higher the level of the talent light orb.

The greater the impact on the Shenque.

Even if the second talent was not a cultivation-assisting talent at all.

But after all, it was placed in the Shenque aperture.

As its level increased, it would passively affect the Shenque spiritual Qi.

"Little sister sent a communication."

Xue Ji swiped the identity device and opened the communication: "She has already settled down and, together with Zhong Ling, has been assigned to the First Academy."

"This is the result of the strong insistence of Professor Zhang Jian, the head of the First Academy department."

Speaking of this.

Xue Ji swiped his paw: "Besides this, little sister also sent some daily updates and asked about your situation."

"There are also communications from classmates like Liu Tiezhu, Shan Ye, Yin Yin, and others."

"The third-year martial arts competition has ended; Gu Qi led the martial arts team and took 3rd place."

"1st place and 2nd place were both martial arts teams from Hanjiang Prefecture."

"The individual martial arts competition has already begun."

"However, there are fewer people signed up than for the team competition."

Jiang Jian cultivated while letting Xue Ji organize the communications.

Ten-plus minutes later.

Xue Ji finally finished organizing all the unread communications.

"Send a congratulatory letter to Gu Qi."

Jiang Jian said softly: "Include 1.5 million Alliance coins in the letter."

"Then."

"Reply to the communications from Liu Tiezhu and Yin Yin separately."

"Tell them I'm going to the Taiping Prefecture Heaven-Reaching Tower and am temporarily not at school."

"Make a real-time call to Shan Ye."

Hearing this.

Xue Ji did not hesitate in the slightest, directly found Shan Ye's avatar, and pressed the identity device.

Beep.

Beep.

The communication connected.

"Classmate Jiang Jian, are you not at school?"

Shan Ye asked.

Jiang Jian said: "The Taiping Prefecture Heaven-Reaching Tower cultivation opportunity is rare, I want to go and try it."

Shan Ye laughed: "Such opportunities are indeed rare, it's a special reward that can only be obtained by taking first place in the martial arts competition."

Jiang Jian responded and said: "By the way, Classmate Shan Ye, my little sister went to the First Academy; if there's anything she's unfamiliar with, please take care of her for me."

"No problem," Shan Ye agreed: "Leave it to me."

Her tone was light: "Yin Yin and I will take her to do study tasks."

Jiang Jian said: "Thank you."

The communication hung up.

Jiang Jian then made a real-time call to his little sister.

"Jiang Zhao, how are you settling in?"

His little sister received the communication and seemed quite happy: "Everything is very good, the teachers are very gentle, and the classmates are also very friendly."

After listening to his little sister talk about some daily trifles.

Jiang Jian responded: "I have to leave school for a period of time to cultivate properly."

"Don't worry," Jiang Zhao said: "I'm cultivating very fast now."

Jiang Jian hung up the communication.

It was already late at night, he didn't know when it had happened.

In the dim firmament, the galaxy was brilliant.

The Cross-Boundary Shuttle traveled rapidly, cutting a long crack through the vast, boundless sea of clouds.

White clouds surged.

This crack recovered as before in the blink of an eye.

In the distance of the firmament, that vertical black line was getting closer and closer.

Xue Ji was a bit tired from flying the ship, so he switched to autopilot.

He jumped to Jiang Jian's side and opened the identity device.

He helped Jiang Jian check the data on the Heaven-Reaching Tower.

"Heaven-Reaching Tower, leads directly to the Star Ring."

"There are two ways to cultivate."

"First, cultivation inside the tower."

"This cultivation method has no danger at all."

"Each cultivation opportunity is for seven days."

(End of chapter)