Chapter 152: SS-Rank Soul-Seed Seal! Powerful Mental Defense!

At 7 p. m.,

Xu Jingming rose and walked out of the training room, planning to grab a meal before returning to train again.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped out of the training hall, he received a call from Vice Principal Ling Shuang, instructing him to go to the temporary office.

"The S-rank combat technique scrolls from Jingda have arrived? That can't be this fast."

Xu Jingming hung up, puzzled, then immediately headed to the temporary office in the supply base.

"Principal, I'm here."

The door to the temporary office was wide open; Xu Jingming walked straight in.

Inside the office, Ling Shuang was unusually not seated behind her desk, but on the sofa.

Seeing Xu Jingming arrive, Ling Shuang nodded slightly and said softly, "Sit down."

Xu Jingming had been to this temporary office more than once; it contained only one sofa.

Hearing this, Xu Jingming had no choice but to sit beside Vice Principal Ling Shuang on the sofa.

"Let me introduce you—this is Liu Yushan, a member of the Great Xia National Council."

Ling Shuang said to Xu Jingming.

"Student Xu Jingming, hello."

Only when that deep voice spoke did Xu Jingming suddenly realize someone was sitting behind the desk!

He was a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in a black fitted suit, his expression calm and steady.

When those eyes—vast and profound as the starry sky—turned toward him,

Xu Jingming felt as if everything around him had ceased to exist.

And this black-clad man was the divine sovereign ruling all, causing Xu Jingming's consciousness to sink into hazy oblivion.

"Something's wrong!" Xu Jingming's face changed instantly.

Crackling—

With a thunderous roar, violent golden lightning surged out, swirling around him.

His fading consciousness instantly cleared.

"Huff, huff..."

Xu Jingming gasped for breath, silently astonished.

Only ninth-rank Martial Saints may serve as members of the Great Xia National Council.

Until now, he had only seen Martial Saints online.

He never expected that on his first real encounter, a single glance from the man had nearly overwhelmed him.

"Good. Very few third-rank psychics can resist even one of my glances."

Xu Jingming, your will is strong."

Liu Yushan nodded slightly and spoke thoughtfully:

"Vice Principal Ling Shuang has already informed me of your situation.

S-rank psychic abilities are rare, but every year, the human alliance still produces three or four new ones.

But SS-rank is different.

Since the Reawakening of Yuan Energy two hundred years ago, fewer than fifty SS-rank psychic awakenings have ever been recorded in human history.

Most of them perished before reaching their peak; those who survived became the pinnacle of our human alliance's combat strength."

Liu Yushan looked at Xu Jingming and said slowly:

"I hope you will one day become one of them—and we will provide you with sufficient support.

Of course, a flower grown in a greenhouse, no matter how beautifully nurtured, cannot withstand the storms of the outside world.

For prodigies like you, the Great Xia Nation

provides necessary resources but does not assign bodyguards or escorts to shield you at every step.

However,

as an SS-rank psychic awakener, we will not leave you entirely unprotected.

Vice Principal Ling Shuang has given you a survival-space talisman; I will add a layer of mental protection."

Liu Yushan's eyes blazed with brilliant light as his ninth-rank psychic aura erupted fully:

"Soul-Seed Seal!"

In just a moment,

a pale green seal, the size of a ping-pong ball and resembling a honeycomb structure, coalesced on Liu Yushan's open right palm.

"Xu Jingming, come here."

It was clear that after forming the seal, Liu Yushan was far more exhausted; his voice had grown hoarse.

Seeing that Vice Principal Ling Shuang made no move to stop him, Xu Jingming stepped forward.

Hum—

The pale green seal flew from Liu Yushan's hand and vanished into Xu Jingming's forehead.

Xu Jingming felt only that his thoughts had become slightly clearer,

and he could sense his most vital consciousness sea now wrapped in a thick, unbreakable layer of protection!

"The Soul-Seed Seal is an SS-rank mental combat technique I developed myself, and I have personally applied it to you.

From now on, no psychic, regardless of rank, can forcibly read your thoughts or memories.

Even someone like me—a ninth-rank—would need tremendous effort to break through it."

Liu Yushan slowly exhaled a deep, heavy breath.

Psychic abilities vary widely; some are powerful early on but weaken later.

Some are weak in the early stages and strong in the later stages.

And psychic-system abilities fall into the latter category!

A high-level psychic-system ability user can kill you with just a single glance.

They can even read your thoughts without a sound, alter your memories at will, and reach the point of body-snatching!

If it were as before, with four or five S-rank ability awakeners born on Blue Star each year, it wouldn't draw too much attention.

But Xu Jingming's ability evolving from S-rank to SS-rank is a different story.

Although few people know this news right now, as Xu Jingming's strength grows and he gradually makes a name for himself, it will definitely cause a widespread sensation.

By then, who knows how many demons and monsters will come knocking.

It's entirely possible that some psychic-system ability user will want to read Xu Jingming's memories!

With this Soul Seal, there's no longer any need to worry particularly about that.

"Thank you, Councilor."

Xu Jingming knew perfectly well he had gained a tremendous advantage, and hurriedly expressed his thanks respectfully.

"Don't thank me. This is the collective decision of the National Council. Once you're strong in the future, just help our Great Xia kill more enemies."

Liu Yushan waved his hand, then looked toward Ling Shuang:

"Principal Ling, the matters regarding Tianming Sect and Xu Jingming have all been settled.

I must return to Qingjing now to report back. If your three academies have any intelligence gaps, you can notify me by phone."

"Understood. Goodbye, Councilor Liu."

Ling Shuang rose respectfully and watched Liu Yushan leave.

Only after Liu Yushan disappeared from sight did Xu Jingming finally heave a sigh of relief, his whole body relaxing.

He considered himself strong-willed; the aura of high-level ability users rarely affected him.

But facing this Ninth-Rank Wu Sheng was entirely different—a single glance from the other party seemed capable of obliterating him effortlessly.

"Councilor Liu's Soul Seal—countless Eighth-Rank Grandmasters would beg for one and never get it, yet you, a Third-Rank ability user, got it first."

A faint smile appeared on Ling Shuang's delicate Bai Xi oval face, and her graceful figure relaxed as she leaned lightly back into the sofa.

Below Wu Sheng, all are ants.

Not only Xu Jingming—even Ling Shuang herself, an Eighth-Rank lower-position Grandmaster.

When facing Liu Yushan, she too bore Mo Da pressure.

"Still, your reaction just now was rather calm. Aren't you afraid this imprint might have some other purpose?"

Ling Shuang was somewhat curious.

Low-level psychic-system ability users were manageable, but the terrifying methods of high-level psychic-system ability users made quite a few other ability users deeply wary.

"I'm not afraid."

"I'm not some member of Tianming Sect. As our Great Xia's Ninth-Rank Wu Sheng, Councilor Liu wouldn't stoop to dealing with me like that."

Xu Jingming shook his head, then said with a smile:

"Besides, aren't you still here? You wouldn't just stand by and watch our Mo Da's most outstanding student jump into a pit of fire, would you?"

Of course, the most important thing was.

After just now breaking through Councilor Liu Yushan's first glance at him.

He somehow sensed that the existence of the Deep Blue System seemed to be undetectable by anyone else......