Chapter 1174: Ye Lan's Apology! Is This Right?

'Deep blue.'

He murmured the words in his heart, and Xu Jingming opened his own system panel.

【Name】: Xu Jingming

【Level】: Starlight Tier 2

【Ability】: Sun-Devouring Doushen Shenlei (T7+ grade), Desolate Ancient Canglong (T9 grade)

【Physique】: 58.433 million Qi and Blood (+)

【Spirit】: 62.862 million Hz (+)

【Skills】: Spear Art (Mastery), Fist Art (Mastery), Lei Ting (T9 grade, Mastery), Lei Gang (T9 grade, Mastery)......

【Body Tempering】: Three-Turn Doushen Shenlei Indestructible Body (T9 grade, Thirteenth Layer)

【Spirit Refining】: Star Meditation Visualization Method (T9 grade, Tenth Layer)

【Domain】: Lightning Domain (Eighth Layer), Destruction Domain (Fifth Layer)

【Dharma Aspect】: Lei Yuan Sun-Devouring Aspect (Entry)

【Source Points】: 11.2

'Hm? My ability evolved?!'

Xu Jingming's heart gave a jolt.

The original T9+ grade Chaotic Doushen Shenlei had directly transformed into a T7+ grade Sun-Devouring Doushen Shenlei!

No wonder he felt his lightning had undergone quite a change.

'So it wasn't that abilities couldn't evolve — it was that I hadn't found the right method!

In truth, the Dharma Aspect is the best way to evolve an ability!'

Xu Jingming suddenly understood.

No wonder others found it so difficult to condense a single Dharma Aspect.

For ability users, this was absolutely a qualitative change!

'Sun-Devouring Doushen Shenlei......'

Xu Jingming raised his palm, willed it, and instantly pitch-black arcs of electricity flickered in his palm, crackling sharply.

He could clearly sense the difference between the Sun-Devouring Doushen Shenlei and the Chaotic Doushen Shenlei.

The Chaotic Doushen Shenlei originally carried only a wisp of the Law of Destruction, whereas within the Sun-Devouring Doushen Shenlei—

Destruction and the Law of Lightning each occupied half!

'Worthy of a higher-tier Law — merely raising lightning's share to half has already pushed the ability's grade up to T7......'

Xu Jingming let out a soft breath.

Moreover, under the empowerment of the "Lei Yuan Sun-Devouring Aspect" behind him,

his Sun-Devouring Doushen Shenlei surged by roughly more than tenfold in might!

This was an amplification that simply releasing the Lightning Domain and Destruction Domain could never achieve.

"But the consumption is greater. With the total amount of origin energy in my body,

maintaining the 'Lei Yuan Sun-Devouring Aspect' at full power — I probably couldn't hold on for even half a minute."

Xu Jingming's brow furrowed slightly.

A man who can't last simply won't do.

"Looks like I still need to raise my level as soon as possible. I'll have to make another trip to the demonic beast trial area later."

The Dharma Aspect behind him slowly dissipated as he exited the Dharma Aspect state.

Sky-filling Lei Ting surged into his body like a hundred streams returning to the sea, and the entire world returned to calm.

Immediately after, his figure flashed, and he arrived before Ye Lan, respectfully saying, "Senior Sister Ye Lan."

He had already sensed her presence around the villa long ago.

It was just that at the time he was in the state of condensing his Dharma Aspect, so he had paid her no mind.

At this moment, he saw Ye Lan's chest rise and fall slightly, her towering curves faintly visible beneath her battle suit.

She took a deep breath before calming her shock, and a pair of beautiful eyes looked at Xu Jingming as she said:

"Junior Xu, you... have already mastered the Lei Yuan Sun-Devouring Aspect?"

"A fortunate entry," Xu Jingming replied modestly.

At the same time, he secretly sized up this senior sister who had once looked at him coldly aboard the spaceship.

Up close, Ye Lan was even more coolly beautiful and captivating than in his memory.

Especially those almond eyes that seemed as if they could speak — at this moment swirling with complex emotions.

"Entry?"

Ye Lan let out a soft breath, gave a wry smile and shook her head: "Back then I spent a full 30 years just to reach what you call entry."

At the Starlight tier, she had spent 31 years condensing a T7 Dharma Aspect.

After breaking through to the Star tier, she had spent another 43 years before re-condensing a T5-grade "Twin Moon Wheel."

And within the Holy Land's gathering of prodigies, this was already considered an extremely fast pace.

It was hard to imagine exactly what kind of monster Xu Jingming was.

Probably those prodigies from the higher-civilization cosmic nations were nothing more than this......

"If possible, please don't spread this news widely, Senior Sister."

Xu Jingming said after a moment's thought.

Condensing a T7-grade Dharma Aspect in three hours was indeed a bit too monstrous.

He had originally not wanted to announce so soon that he had condensed a Dharma Aspect.

It was just that Ye Lan had come looking and, by accident, stumbled onto it.

"Alright."

Ye Lan gave a slight nod and said solemnly, "Actually, the reason I've come this time is specifically to apologize to you.

Last time on the flying ship, I mistook you for one of those back-door scions from the Holy Land, and I was quite discourteous to you."

She raised her eyes, her gaze sincere and clear.

"Senior, you're too kind. As long as the misunderstanding is cleared up, that's enough."

Xu Jingming didn't mind this at all, and Ye Lan secretly breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing it.

Against a monster like this, even she, a Star-level, didn't want to make an enemy of him.

"But are the scions inside this Holy Land really that arrogant? Enough to disgust even you, Senior?"

Xu Jingming was somewhat curious.

One had to remember, Ye Lan was a disciple of an Eternal God.

With such a backer behind her, he found it hard to imagine anyone who could provoke her.

"Because those people's backers are even bigger."

Ye Lan sighed softly and said in a low voice:

"The Noah Empire is a low-tier civilization cosmic nation. Its sovereign, Noah, is a peak Eternal powerhouse.

During the endless time he has ruled the empire, who knows how many offspring he has sired.

These offspring are collectively called the Imperial Clan, and some of them also enter the Holy Land to cultivate.

When the numbers are that large, naturally there will be arrogant, crooked melons and cracked jujubes among them.

Do you think these members of the Imperial Clan would particularly care about the Eternal God behind me?"

Once the words fell, Xu Jingming immediately understood.

On Blue Star, the strong prey on the weak — that was the norm. Switch it to the cosmos, and it was the same.

The sovereign of the Noah Empire, who gathered endless might upon himself, was naturally the sole ruler of the entire empire.

This was somewhat similar to the feudalism of ancient Blue Star.

Although it wasn't that extremely feudal, the sovereign and the Imperial Clan did possess privileges within the empire's territory.

Privileged scions bred under such privilege were a fairly common sight.

These people certainly wouldn't dare provoke an Eternal God, but a mere Star-level disciple — naturally, they wouldn't fear.

Presumably this Ye Lan had once offended them.

"So within this Holy Land, the ones you absolutely must not provoke are the Imperial Clan."

Seeing that Xu Jingming seemed to have grasped something, Ye Lan immediately continued, "This time I came not only to apologize, but also to invite you to join my Sprout Association.

Just like you and me, the members of the Sprout Association are all commoners' children.

Everyone together is like family, and when something comes up, we can look out for each other..."

When it came to the Sprout Association, Ye Lan suddenly began talking at length.

Xu Jingming was somewhat interested at first, but the more he listened, the stranger his expression became.

Why did it feel like it was all empty talk, with no actual benefits or treatment?

Hearing more, he couldn't help but interrupt: "Senior Ye Lan, if I join the Sprout Association, what benefits are there?"

"Benefits?"

Ye Lan was stunned for a moment, her red lips parting slightly as she instinctively said:

"You're a disciple of an Eternal God. Join our association and you can become vice president.

The association regularly holds exchange meetings to share cultivation insights.

Also, if you run into any trouble, the family members of the association will all step in to help."

After hearing all this, Xu Jingming was completely dumbfounded.

Wait — buddy, is this right?

This counts as benefits?