Chapter 498: Time-Stop Talent

"This time, your team completed the mission very well."

"I hope you can look into the talent abilities of Yun Luo and Lan Fa to see if they can be awakened."

"Currently, our Yan Country team has reached a bottleneck in the area of talent development."

"Before entering the Haoshen Abyss, could I ask you, Ye Bai, to lead the research in this area?"

"Furthermore, we also hope you can help us screen for enough talent."

"Talents like those of Lan Fa and Yun Luo were all discovered and unearthed by you."

"Three days from now is the national Talent Awakening Ceremony."

"I hope you can serve as the host for this year's event."

Yellow Dragon Marshal said suddenly.

To host means to take full charge of the Talent Awakening Ceremony.

Every year, there are several million people who undergo the Talent Awakening Ceremony in Yan Country.

It requires specialized personnel to grade those with special talents, so that corresponding resources can be allocated to promote their growth.

"Does Yellow Dragon Marshal mean that you need me to come up with a plan?"

Yellow Dragon Marshal had exactly that intention.

"Yes, this Talent Awakening Ceremony is extremely important to our Yan Country."

"If Yan Country wishes to continue growing stronger, the addition of fresh blood is of the utmost importance."

"I hope to find some talented individuals with special abilities and increase the intensity of their training."

"As for your trip to the Haoshen Abyss to report to the Youji Pillar of the Nation, that can wait until after the Talent Awakening Ceremony concludes."

"At the same time, Ye Bai, you have another very important task this time: to find the mole."

"Every year during our Talent Awakening Ceremony, a large amount of intelligence is leaked."

"Although we have increased the intensity of our investigations, the results have not been very obvious."

"The number of gifted individuals assassinated every year still reaches the count of two hands, which truly makes our hearts ache."

Ye Bai felt that this task would not be easy to complete.

"It would be best if we could ferret out the mole; only then can we guarantee the safety of the students."

Ye Bai nodded; it didn't matter, the system would help him.

Since Yellow Dragon Marshal had emphasized it so many times, he estimated the system would tell him the list of moles tonight.

"Alright, Yellow Dragon Marshal, I will think about the plan for this Talent Awakening Ceremony."

This task, however, was not easy to resolve.

It wasn't as if Ye Bai hadn't experienced assassination before; hadn't his own green-tea desk mate back then been assassinated by a killer from the Beautiful Country?

However, Ye Bai had always been curious about how the intelligence was transmitted.

Why was it that as soon as the results of the awakening ceremony were out, the Beautiful Country already had the information?

Which link in the chain was the one that went wrong?

"Ye Bai, next, Lady Bat will take you to the Awakening Ceremony Center."

"Once there, you will contact the super-brain Shennong."

"Super-brain Shennong is the super-brain system independently developed by Yan Country after Fuxi and Nuwa."

"Its functions may not be as powerful as Fuxi or Nuwa, but its confidentiality is top-tier."

After hearing these words from Yellow Dragon Marshal, Ye Bai was speechless.

If the confidentiality was top-tier, then how did the Beautiful Country's killers know?

Watching Ye Bai's surprised expression, Yellow Dragon Marshal also realized he had said the wrong thing.

He coughed a few times and turned his face away.

"Alright, does anyone else have anything to entrust to Ye Bai? Otherwise, we shall adjourn."

Just then, Qilin Marshal had a question.

"Currently, the Big Dipper has not been fully gathered; besides the awakening of the North Star Sky Wolf Blade and the Wuqu Peacock Fan, there are still five Soul Weapons that have not found their hosts."

"This mission must continue; we have already begun engraving the Guo Yun Da Zhen."

"The sooner the Big Dipper is gathered together, the greater the rise in Yan Country's Qi luck will be."

"I certainly do not wish for us to still be missing the Big Dipper when the armies of angels and demons descend."

"Ye Bai, do you have any good methods to quickly gather the Big Dipper without the intelligence being leaked?"

Upon hearing Qilin Marshal's concerns, Ye Bai once again pinned his hopes on the system.

"How about this, Qilin Marshal, I will prioritize searching for the suitable candidates for the remaining five Soul Weapons."

"I will try my best to find all the suitable candidates after the Talent Awakening Ceremony."

Qilin Marshal was very satisfied with Ye Bai's answer: "In that case, once the suitable candidates for the Big Dipper are found, they can go with you to guard the Haoshen Abyss."

"It will be just right to build up the team's chemistry."

It was strange to say, but currently, the remaining five Soul Weapons had no reaction at all.

The Giant Gate Shield, Lu Cun Abacus, Wenqu Iron Pen, Lianzhen Twin Axes, and Broken Army Spear—these five Soul Weapons floated quietly above the Qi Luck Hall.

Under Ye Bai's summons, they descended from the air and submerged into Ye Bai's Beast Taming Space.

"Usually, once a suitable candidate appears, a Soul Weapon will automatically go to find them."

"That was how the North Star Sky Wolf Blade found you back then."

"But these five Soul Weapons haven't had any movement at all, so I have a hypothesis."

"Could it be that the suitable candidates for the Soul Weapons are too weak in strength, which is why the Soul Weapons haven't sensed their existence?"

Qilin Marshal's words made a lot of sense, and Ye Bai also supported this theory.

"If my conjecture holds true, it really might be impossible to assemble the Big Dipper before the arrival of the angel and demon armies."

Qilin Marshal was feeling more or less depressed.

"By the way, Ye Bai, there is another report here, it is about the Ten Thousand Dragon Slash."

"In Qiyu County, a prince's tomb was discovered, and it is said that there are many traces of the Ten Thousand Dragon Slash inside."

"This prince, in order to become Emperor, specifically designed to slash away many dragon veins."

Marshal Zhuque suddenly announced this news, which actually made Ye Bai feel a surge of joy in his heart.

If the Candle Dragon Spirit wants to evolve into the Ancestor Dragon Spirit, the Ten Thousand Dragon Slash and the dragon Qi dissipated from dragon veins are indispensable.

Every time the Ten Thousand Dragon Slash cuts a dragon vein, it seals the dragon vein's spiritual consciousness and dragon Qi into the sword body.

The older the Ten Thousand Dragon Slash, the stronger its power will be.

After all, everyone calls them Ten Thousand Dragon Slash; some are One Hundred Thousand Dragon Slashes, and some are just Ten Thousand Dragon Slashes.

There is still a difference between them.

"I will tell you the location; the tomb has already been sealed. Whenever you have time, go and take a look at that tomb."

"If the tomb owner has turned into a corpse, just kill the tomb owner directly."

After Ye Bai came out of the Qi Luck Hall, cold sweat had already soaked his back.

No other reason, it was simply that the Marshals were too enthusiastic.

They were all impatient to stuff tasks onto him.

Currently in Yan Country, what is lacking is high-end combat power.

Every task for the Pillars of the Nation is piled up full.

The Marshals naturally would not let Ye Bai have any leisure time.

After Ye Bai returned to Imperial Capital University, he first met with his grand-teacher.

"Ye Bai, I have heard about you destroying the Abyss Gate; you did very well."

"However, there is one point you still need to pay attention to."

"The civilization of the Old One is much higher than our Blue Star."

"You must be careful of the gods' retaliation."

"This time, thanks to you destroying the Abyss Gate, the school has decided to grant you the status of associate professor and have you preside over a discipline."

Ye Bai blinked his eyes.

The status of associate professor is fine, but what the hell is presiding over a discipline?

Don't tell me they want me to teach.

"Yes, it is just as you are thinking right now; I want you to go teach."

"However, you probably don't have that much time, so how about we..."

Ye Bai did not get the words "forget it"; instead, Su Qingxian asked him to livestream online classes.

She felt that Ye Bai was very formidable in research, and if he spread his experience, he could certainly create many talents.

"That's fine, if I have time, I will start a livestream."

Ye Bai planned to wait until he arrived at the Haoshen Abyss and the situation stabilized before starting the livestream.

"Then it is settled."

Ye Bai could not refuse Su Qingxian's invitation; after all, she was his grand-teacher and had given him a lot of help.

She is currently the president of Imperial Capital University, and from the school's perspective, Su Qingxian must prioritize the big picture and cultivate more excellent talents.

It seems the Breeding House cannot be opened for the time being.

Originally, the work of Kuimulang was already not easy.

Now that he had become part of the Big Dipper, he had originally thought there wouldn't be too many tasks.

As a result, they were all dumped on him at once.

However, thinking from another perspective, if the Breeding House does not open, then Ye Bai can completely expand his business to the Haoshen Abyss.

After all, the Pet Beast Masters stationed at the Haoshen Abyss have needs for pet beast evolution.

Ye Bai can completely conduct some research by evolving pet beasts.

"In that case, I should carefully take a census of what pet beasts the Pet Beast Masters stationed at the Haoshen Abyss have."

"For one, it allows me to see the value of cultivation, and for another, it can form a legion war and improve strike capabilities."

Ye Bai had been turning around for these three days, sometimes even unable to find time to eat.

He finally formulated the relevant systems and requirements for the Talent Awakening Center and provided training on them.

Ye Bai also made corresponding changes to the process of talent awakening.

First, he divided talents into elemental, special, and combat types, with detailed subdivisions for each.

For example, the elemental type is divided into metal, wood, water, fire, earth, lightning, ice, wind, light, dark, space, holy, fighting, and so on.

When the school conducts awakenings, whichever category is encountered, that category is reported.

The smart brain system will perform screening and archiving.

For example, wind element affinity belongs to the wind elemental type.

Screening from the source like this can reduce the burden on the smart brain.

When the requirements for reform reached the schools, the teachers were full of complaints.

Because this added to their workload for no reason.

Usually, when they conducted awakenings, they only needed to report students with extraordinary talents, without needing to spend much effort at all.

But now they have to fill out forms, forms just like survey questionnaires.

Although there are usually only about forty people in a whole class, this workload is not small either.

During this period, the number of times Ye Bai sneezed also increased significantly.

At this moment, Ye Bai was sitting in the Talent Awakening Data Center, strictly monitoring the various fluctuations in the data.

He had to find out where the problem lay and by what means the mole was transmitting intelligence out.

At this time, the data for those who had already awakened began to be entered.

Ye Bai was typing on the keyboard while checking on students with special talents.

Just then, a talent was refreshed.

Ye Bai took one sharp look and his eyes widened instantly.

This guy's talent was related to time.

SS-rank talent: Time Stop!

My goodness, this year really is a great start; there is actually a student with an SS-rank Time Stop talent.

Ye Bai directly called for Lan Fa, had Lan Fa create a mirror Clone of himself, and used Space Transfer based on the school's address.

The one who possessed the Time Stop talent was a cute girl; she wore her hair in a bun, had a round face, and looked very honest.

"Tian Tian, I have already uploaded your talent."

"You need to stay calm now, don't walk around randomly, our school will be responsible for your safety."

At this moment, the Beautiful Country agent Anjilina saw the Time Stop talent and a smile appeared on her crimson lips.

With her slender fingers, she directly dialed a phone number.

"Yes, it's me, it's time for your organization to step in again."

"Yan Country, Tiannan Province, Tianbian City, Shenmen No. 1 High School, Class 24, Lijia possesses the Time Stop talent; I don't want her to see the sun later."

On the other end of the receiver, a middle-aged man in a suit listened to the call quietly.

They were the most formidable agents of the Beautiful Country and had presided over many assassination missions, so they felt that this time, they would certainly not fail.

It was just that they did not know that Ye Bai's speed of arrival was very fast.

When the Bullet Ant in their hands fired a bullet, it was intercepted by Ye Bai.

Bang! The Bullet Ant's bullet was blocked by a Holy Light Barrier.

At this time, Tian Tian's bun was already messy, her hair was loose, and she looked very disheveled.

"Hand her over to me, I will take her to a safe place."

Looking at the vigilant teacher, Ye Bai directly took out his Identity Card.

When she saw the four large characters "Big Dipper" written on the gilded black Identity Card, the teacher's face instead revealed a trace of vigilance.

"Big Dipper, I have never heard of this name in Yan Country."

"Who exactly are you?"

Ye Bai was very helpless; he took out a Token again, and on this Token, the three large characters "Kuimulang" were written squarely.

This was Kuimulang's Token; originally, after Ye Bai stepped down, he was supposed to turn the Token in.

But perhaps because the Marshals were too busy, no one had thought of this point.

The teacher recognized this Token.

She examined it carefully and knew it could not be faked.

"Then I will take Tian Tian back; you try your best to comfort the family members, don't let them cause a scene."

The Class Teacher shook her head: "I'm afraid I can't do that."

"Because Tian Tian's relatives have long since passed away."

"You take Tian Tian away; I will suggest to the school to help Tian Tian transfer her student status."

A talent like Time Stop is worth Yan Country cultivating with all its might.

Moreover, it is also necessary to prevent Tian Tian's talent from being stolen by others.

Ye Bai and Lan Fa joined forces, continuously creating Clones of Ye Bai and the Heaven-Swallowing Pelican.

They shuttled through the Space Rifts and continuously brought back students with extraordinary talents.

When Anjilina received the news that the agents had failed one after another, she was furious.

"Where exactly did the problem go wrong? We have been sniping at Yan Country for so many years, and they have never had a very good solution."

"How did they manage to continuously dispatch high-level Pet Beast Masters to take out our agents? I want to know what exactly happened."

"Isn't Yan Country's manpower very scarce right now?"

(End of this chapter)