Chapter 1191: A Good Candidate! The Bewildered Su Tianrui!

"Xu Jingming actually won! Captain, your intuition is insane!"

"Odds were 1 to 10—Captain, you just made 50 million credit points!"

"Not to mention, the Ninth Prince still has 100 million credit points on the line—this adds up to 150 million credit points total!"

"......"

On Ye Lan's side, her teammates were nearly driven mad with envy.

They risked their lives just to earn 200 million credit points per mission.

Just one bet—Ye Lan earned this much; it's simply incomparable!

"It was just luck this time; there won't be another chance like this."

Ye Lan knew well that if she hadn't accidentally witnessed Xu Jingming forming his Law Form that day,

she would never have placed the bet, never agreed to the Ninth Prince's request, and certainly never reaped this many credit points.

"Maybe I should invite Xu Jingming to dinner later—he's the one who made this possible."

Ye Lan thought silently to herself.

"True, no one expected Xu Jingming to pull off such a shocking reversal.

His talent is truly insane—he formed a Law Form in such a short time."

One teammate exclaimed in awe, while another suddenly thought of something and smiled at Ye Lan:

"Captain, isn't your teacher preparing for the Sacred Grounds Exchange Competition in five months?

Xu Jingming formed a T7 Premium-grade Law Form—why not invite him to join?"

"Invite him?"

Ye Lan paused to think, then nodded. "He's a solid candidate."

The Noah Empire was merely a primitive civilization universe state, under the jurisdiction of the intermediate civilization universe state, the Lingshu Empire.

According to the Lingshu Empire's regulations, the 30 primary civilization universe states under its jurisdiction must hold an exchange competition every ten years.

Five months from now is precisely the scheduled date for the once-in-a-decade Sacred Grounds Exchange Competition.

This time, the competition's lead representative for the Noah Empire is her teacher, Niki.

Contestants must be between Starlight Rank One and Star Rank Nine.

A total of 18 competitors are needed, plus 18 substitutes—36 contestants in all.

She currently holds the Star Rank Two slot.

With Xu Jingming's strength, he qualifies for the Starlight Rank Four category.

Of course,

this is only her thought—final approval still depends on her asking Teacher Niki.

"So? How strong is Bazil?"

No sooner had they left the virtual universe than her senior brother Jies's figure appeared before her, smiling.

With his Universe Rank Six power, he could arrive at any location on Blue Star in an instant.

His appearing here was no surprise to Xu Jingming.

"Average—not particularly strong," Xu Jingming shook his head.

"Haha, you formed a T7 Law Form based on a higher-tier domain!

Among all geniuses in the Noah Sacred Grounds, few in your rank can match you—though a few higher-ranked ones exist."

Jies laughed. "But by demanding two hundred million credit points right before the Ninth Prince's face, you've definitely made him your mortal enemy."

"I made him my enemy the moment I defeated Bazil—this one step doesn't change anything."

Xu Jingming remained calm.

Two hundred million credit points—there was no way he'd let the Ninth Prince renege.

"True," Jies nodded slightly.

In the past, one might have worried.

But now, Xu Jingming has revealed his talent.

If the Ninth Prince dares to play any tricks, he must be ready to face the wrath of an Immortal Deity!

"Your teacher is probably already eager to give you the Lightning Law Seed—when are you returning to the Sacred Grounds?"

Jies asked again.

"I can leave tonight," Xu Jingming murmured.

The Star Tower's operation is confirmed stable, and the Meltcore Blood Dragon has been slain—he has no reason to stay longer on Blue Star.

"Fine. I'll come find you at nine tonight."

Jies nodded, then vanished instantly from his spot.

Xu Jingming also rose and prepared to return to Metropolis to make final arrangements.

At noon, scorching sunlight poured down.

Xu Jingming had arrived at the villa in Metropolis.

He sat beside the bed, playing with the twins in the crib.

"Xinghe, Xinglan, look at Daddy."

Tiny black lightning arcs danced at his fingertip.

They took the shape of two miniature thunder birds, fluttering lightly before the infants.

His son, Xu Xinghe, stared with wide round eyes, reaching out chubby hands to grab them, giggling.

His daughter, Xu Xinglan, was quieter—her silver hair slightly curled—as she tilted her head to watch, occasionally cooing softly.

"Xinghe is lively and energetic; Xinglan is calm and well-behaved—their personalities are quite different," Song Qiuyun leaned against the headboard, smiling warmly.

The girl of the past had already completely transformed into a young married woman.

Already beautiful and charming to begin with, she now appeared even more mature and alluring.

Xu Jingming had already experienced it firsthand — she was indeed very smooth and supple.

"That's the opposite of both our personalities," Jiang Chuxuan said with a giggle.

Song Qiuyun was quiet and gentle, while she herself was comparatively livelier, yet their children had turned out the other way around.

"Seems like that's really the case. I wonder if their personalities will change when they grow up."

Xu Jingming smiled faintly, about to keep teasing the child.

Suddenly his heart stirred, and he turned his head to look out the window.

In the distant sky, primal energy gathered like a vortex, with faint flashes of Lei Ting.

"This aura — is it Senior Su?"

Xu Jingming sensed a familiar ripple of aura — it was Su Qingli's father, Su Tianrui.

"Jingming, my dad's come out of seclusion!"

Su Qingli's clear, melodious voice rang out from outside the window.

Lei Guang flickered as she flew over there first.

"I'll go take a look."

Lei Guang flashed, and Xu Jingming likewise left the villa, arriving later but first — reaching the vicinity ahead of her.

He saw Su Tianrui beneath the primal-energy vortex, swallowing primal energy nonstop like a whale gulping its fill.

His aura climbed steadily from the peak of the ninth rank, only slowly coming to a halt after breaking through to the Star Radiance rank.

"My dad's broken through to the Star Radiance rank!"

Su Qingli's graceful figure appeared at his side.

"Over a year of closed-door cultivation and he completes the breakthrough — Father-in-law truly is a heaven-gifted talent."

Xu Jingming broke into a smile.

As early as a year ago, after gravely wounding Li Chen of the Li family, Su Tianrui had entered death-seclusion to prepare his breakthrough to Supreme-tier.

When the Molten Fire Beast appeared, he was fully confident, so he did not wake Su Tianrui.

All the way until later, when he left Blue Star, Su Tianrui still had not emerged from seclusion — who would have thought the man would only awaken after he returned to Blue Star.

"Xiao Li, I've finally broken through to Supreme-tier!"

Lightning flashed, and Su Tianrui was already standing before them, his expression excited:

"With this, my Great Xia has another Supreme-tier expert — our national strength must rank first among the six great powers!"

"Dad, Blue Star no longer has any great powers now — there's only the Great Xia Empire."

Su Qingli said, covering her mouth with a light laugh.

"Great Xia... Empire?" Su Tianrui was still a little dazed.

"Dad, too many things happened while you were in seclusion. Let's head back first and we'll talk then," Xu Jingming said with a smile.

When Su Tianrui returned to the villa and finished hearing everything that had happened on Blue Star during his seclusion, he was utterly dumbfounded.

Blue Star had actually been unified, the world-ending crisis of the Molten Fire Beast had already been resolved, and even the entire Blue Star was beginning to step into the interstellar era.

"How long was I actually in seclusion? A hundred years? Or a thousand?"

Su Tianrui wore a blank, bewildered expression.

He had clearly felt that he had only been in seclusion for a little over a year.

Yet the development of the entire Blue Star seemed as if it had gone through hundreds, even thousands of years.