Chapter 107

Every class at the Metropolis Psychic University is assigned one counselor.

Unlike instructors who teach classes, counselors merely handle announcements and organize class activities.

In short, they’re just higher-grade workers.

Therefore, counselors rarely hold high ranks.

Take this Su Yu, for instance—her aura had barely entered the third tier.

“Good morning, Teacher Su,” Xu Jingming said politely.

“Student Xu, I’m officially handing you this safe that requires your fingerprint to open.”

Counselor Su Yu smiled and handed over a silver-white safe.

Xu Jingming took the safe, and Su Yu immediately added:

“By the way, here’s our Class 2 group chat—add it, please.

I’ll post all future notices directly to the group.

Also, here’s my contact info; if anything comes up at school, feel free to reach out to me directly for help.”

Xu Jingming pulled out his phone.

He added himself to Class 1, Group 2’s group chat and saved Counselor Su Yu’s contact.

“Alright, I’ve got other students to notify—I’m off then.”

After finishing all tasks, Su Yu hurriedly left.

“Big Ming, how’d it go? Any conflict break out just now?”

After Counselor Su Yu left, Liu Wentao rushed over eagerly.

His left eye bore the character “ Ba ,” his right eye the character “ Gua .”

“Conflict? What conflict?” Xu Jingming asked, puzzled.

He placed the silver-white safe flat on the coffee table.

“Song Qiuyun and Senior Jiang!” Liu Wentao exclaimed anxiously.

“What conflict between them? I dropped them off at their dorm and came right back.”

“No conflict happened? So peaceful?” Liu Wentao widened his eyes.

This wasn’t at all how he imagined the plot unfolding!

After a moment’s thought, a sudden realization struck him.

No wonder he’s Big Ming—he must’ve handled everything already!

“Ding—access granted—”

Xu Jingming was unaware of Liu Wentao’s inner thoughts.

He placed his finger on the fingerprint sensor, and the safe clicked open.

Inside lay two items: a ring and a pill.

The ring was ornate, its surface a noble white-gold hue.

The pill, about the size of a glass marble, was pitch-black as ink, emitting a faint, elusive medicinal aroma.

These two items were the 10-cubic-meter space ring and the A-grade cultivation resource awarded to the top finisher of the Freshman Competition.

Xu Jingming picked up the ring, imprinted his mental signature upon it, and immediately sensed a 10-cubic-meter space within.

“Finally, I won’t have to carry weapons around all day.”

A faint glow from the ring caused the Dark Cloud Wind Spear leaning beside the sofa to vanish into its interior.

“You’ve got a real diamond-daddy vibe going on, Big Ming.”

As Liu Wentao joked, glancing at the three rings on Xu Jingming’s right hand, he couldn’t hide a hint of envy.

As a top fifty freshman, he’d received a reward too—just 400 academic credits.

Nothing compared to Xu Jingming’s first-place prize.

Still, Liu Wentao knew full well the life-and-death crisis Xu Jingming had endured in the Wild Zone—it was rightfully his.

“I’ve got too many rings on my hand. Tomorrow I’ll visit the Equipment Department—they’ll probably reclaim these.”

Xu Jingming already owned two 1-cubic-meter space rings.

One was given by the head supervisor of the Source Water Supply Base; the other was taken from a slain third-tier elite psychic squad.

Now that he had a larger-capacity space ring, the other two were useless.

“And this pill—no instructions on what it does.”

Xu Jingming frowned slightly.

The school shouldn’t make such a basic mistake.

“Identify the pill? Easy. Eva, come out.”

Liu Wentao directly summoned Eva: “Eva, analyze this pill.”

“Understood.”

A pale blue light emanated from Eva’s holographic projection, enveloping the entire pill.

Moments later, the result appeared:

“This is a Grade Five Ningxin Pill, produced by the Metropolis Psychic University’s Pharmacy Division.

Effective for psychics of Grade Five and below; can be consumed only once. Upon ingestion, it significantly enhances mental strength. Rated as an A-grade cultivation resource.”

“Eva can analyze pills too?” Xu Jingming was stunned.

“I only discovered this after buying a pill once through the school’s official website.”

Liu Wentao explained with a smile. “And it’s not just pills—Eva can identify demonic beast materials, rare flowers, and exotic herbs too.”

“Of course. As an AI, those functions should be standard.”

Xu Jingming finally understood.

Too bad the top-tier AI “Eva” was exclusive to the Metropolis Psychic University.

Otherwise, he’d have wanted one for himself.

Then he wouldn’t have to memorize the traits of rare treasures—he could just let the AI identify them.

“Wait—there might already be AIs like this on the market.”

“I’ll check the school website later when I have time.”

Creating an AI like Eva was hard—but one designed merely to identify rare herbs? That should be feasible.

After all, Xu Jingming had already seen Jiang Chu’s AI capable of autonomous driving.

“Wentao, I’m heading upstairs.”

“Alright.”

After confirming the items were safe, Xu Jingming carried the safe to the second-floor training room in the villa.

He prepared to consume the Grade Five Ningxin Pill immediately.

Before taking the pill, Xu Jingming checked his attributes on the Deep Blue System:

【Physique】: 1321 Qi (+)

【Mental】: 987 He (+)

Physique and mental strength were the two fundamental attributes of psychics.

Among psychics with the same ability, the one with higher base attributes could sustain their power longer and unleash greater force.

These two attributes could only be increased through leveling up, consuming pills, ingesting rare treasures, or eating exotic herbs—nothing else.

Yet each tier had a maximum limit, like a genetic lock.

Once an attribute reached its cap, no amount of training could raise it further unless the tier was broken.

When he was still at the upper level of First Tier, Xu Jingming had tested this.

He could raise his Qi and mental strength only to 600 points—then no more.

The “+” symbol on the system panel would vanish.

Of course, most First-Tier psychics never even reached their attribute limits.

Xu Jingming only discovered this secret because of the Deep Blue System.

Also, as his rank increased, the base attribute value gained per psychic point decreased.

When he first obtained the system, one psychic point equaled 0.2 attribute points.

But after entering Second Tier, one psychic point only yielded 0.1 attribute points.

Xu Jingming guessed it was because his physique and mental strength had become too strong after Second Tier, making further gains harder.

Breaking from upper First Tier to Second Tier consumed 1,200 psychic points, raising his physique by 200 and mental strength by 150.

Had he converted those 1,200 psychic points directly into base attributes, he’d have gained only 120 Qi or 120 mental points.

Thus, exchanging psychic points for base attributes became an unprofitable deal.

So even if he had leftover psychic points now, he’d just let them accumulate rather than spend them on base attributes.

“Grade Five Ningxin Pill—I’ve never taken a pill this high before.”

Xu Jingming pulled the Ningxin Pill from the safe, examined it briefly, then swallowed it in one gulp!

"A fifth-rank Ningxin Pill—I've never taken this kind of pill before."

Moments after it entered his abdomen, Xu Jingming felt his thoughts sharpen dramatically.

He instinctively opened his system panel:

After swallowing it, Xu Jingming soon felt his thoughts become much clearer.

He instinctively opened his system panel:

【Physicality】: 1321 Qi Blood (+)

【Spirit】: 1037 He (+)

“Spirit power increased by fifty—broke a thousand!” Xu Jingming’s eyes glowed faintly.

Due to practicing the S-rank physical cultivation technique “Thunder Indestructible Body,” his physicality had always been even stronger than his spirit power.

His physicality had long since broken a thousand, but his spirit power only now broke through, remaining relatively lagging.

Of course, compared to the ordinary second-rank upper-tier psychics’ seven or eight hundred spirit power, this was already monstrous.