Chapter 155: Golden Thunder? Yang Zhentian Was Stunned!

With the Deep Blue System, cultivation resources critical to other psychics were of little importance to Xu Jingming.

Having elevated his psychic ability to SS rank, what he most wanted now was to improve his control over it.

But the response from Eva made Xu Jingming frown slightly.

Hedong City—he knew it, located in the central-northern part of Jiangnan Province, less than a hundred kilometers from his hometown, Jiangcheng.

Its economy wasn't particularly advanced, ranking mid-tier within Jiangnan Province.

Before this, he had never heard of a Thundering Realm in Hedong City.

Fortunately, Eva quickly explained:

"The Thundering Realm was originally Cang'er Town in Hedong City, due to unknown reasons.

Seventy-eight years ago, thunderclouds suddenly gathered over Cang'er Town, and lightning continuously struck down, continuing to this day.

Initially managed by the Hedong City government, it was later taken over by the Thunder Martial Arts Academy.

They transformed it into the Thundering Realm, unknown to ordinary people, exclusively for training the academy's elite geniuses.

Outsiders wishing to enter must possess a pass.

This S-rank Thundering Realm pass is sufficient for one month of training within the realm."

"I see."

Xu Jingming suddenly understood.

According to his Elemental Academy instructor, there were only three ways to improve lightning-based psychic control.

The first was continuous practice using the psychic ability.

The second was observing natural lightning, seeking commonalities among thunderbolts to better control one's own lightning psychic ability.

The third was consuming rare heavenly treasures or pills to enhance it.

However, compared to the first two methods, the third carried minor side effects.

What Eva offered was precisely the second solution.

"Hedong City is in Jiangnan, and winter break is coming soon—I'll just make a trip there."

Spring Festival falls on February 14 next year; Magic University will officially close on January 24.

Xu Jingming had originally planned to spend the entire winter break hunting beasts in the Wildlands.

The appearance of the Thundering Realm gave him a new option.

"By the way, Eva, are there beasts in the Thundering Realm?"

"Yes, and most of them can control lightning."

"Good."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

It seemed the Thundering Realm would be his best destination for the coming month-plus of winter break.

Of course,

the school's resource repository surely still held S-rank cultivation resources that could better enhance psychic control.

But even S-rank resources varied in quality—the Grade Seven Breakthrough Pill given by Jingda.

Among S-rank cultivation resources, it was neither particularly good nor particularly bad.

Exchanging it for a pass granting one month of training in the Thundering Realm was still worthwhile.

Thus, Xu Jingming no longer hesitated and immediately called for staff.

He exchanged his Grade Seven Breakthrough Pill for a Thundering Realm pass.

With the study trip over, first-year courses would resume in three days.

Xu Jingming had no intention of going to the Wildlands during these three days.

He planned to train and rest well on campus.

After continuously battling beasts in dangerous Demon Caves for over a month, then enduring a surprise attack by the Fate Cult, even iron would crack.

So, after obtaining the Thundering Realm pass,

in high spirits, Xu Jingming hummed a tune as he left the Resource Department, heading back to his dorm.

On the way, he idly opened his phone and launched the messaging app.

Since entering Magic University, he'd used the app less and less.

During the recent study trip, he hadn't opened it once.

Now, when he opened it, every group chat showed 99+.

There were also numerous individual messages from friends and relatives.

Among them was a message from his cousin Tang Qi:

"Jingming, free recently? Let's get together sometime?"

This message had been sent half a month ago, when he was still fighting for his life against beasts in the center of Demon Cave Seven.

Thinking back, since the September semester began, after picking up his cousin and Zhou Mingyang and others at the station,

they'd only met once in October, and never since.

They were all in the Magic University City, yet their chances to meet were so rare.

Xu Jingming couldn't help shaking his head.

Of course, the main reason was that he'd been too busy.

"Alright, I'm free these next few days."

Xu Jingming casually replied to his cousin and continued checking for any missed messages.

After replying to all necessary messages, he browsed the group chats.

Xu Jingming had joined many group chats: his high school group, and after entering Magic University, the "Freshman Group," "Class Group," and others.

Most group chats were filled with trivial gossip.

Only one pinned announcement in the "Meteor Society" group caught Xu Jingming's interest:

"December 13, 6: 0 PM, meeting hall in Building 2."

"The 13th—that's tomorrow. I'll go."

Several months ago, Xu Jingming followed Senior Liu Ming's advice

and joined the Meteor Society, becoming its vice president.

Budebushuo, the perks of a top-tier society were indeed excellent.

Upon joining, he received 100 academic credits and one B-rank cultivation resource.

The regular exchange meetings were also interesting.

Psychics from different disciplines shared their cultivation and combat experiences, easily sparking cross-disciplinary insights.

Xu Jingming had attended the previous exchange meetings and had no intention of skipping this one.

Just as Xu Jingming finished reviewing all messages and was about to exit the messaging app, his cousin replied:

"My schedule's been full lately. Let's meet on Friday, gather at the university city entrance at 7 PM."

"Alright, see you then."

Xu Jingming had no objections.

Ordinary psychic university freshmen had packed schedules, Henbude students train 24 hours a day.

But Magic University, as a top-tier institution, was different: study if you want, skip if you don't.

From freshman to senior year, classes only ran from 9 AM to 6 PM.

Even Friday classes ended at 4 PM, designed with care.

Though management was relaxed, few Magic University students skipped class.

After all, each course instructor was at least a sixth-rank psychic; missing even one lecture was a great loss.

After replying, Xu Jingming put his phone back in his pocket and continued toward his dorm.

Space rings were convenient for everything, Kexi they blocked electronic signals.

So, except when entering the Wildlands, Xu Jingming kept his phone on his person.

The Resource Department was far from the student dorms—a half-hour walk or more.

Xu Jingming had barely walked a few minutes on the road

when he unexpectedly received a call from Professor Yang Zhentian, who said he had just returned to campus.

He asked Xu Jingming to come to the faculty villa to discuss the status of his divine blood absorption.

"Looks like my teacher is really eager—he just got back and wants me over immediately."

After hanging up, Xu Jingming shook his head and turned toward the faculty villa.

Ten minutes later,

Xu Jingming entered the faculty villa and immediately saw Professor Yang Zhentian in the living room.

He seemed to have just returned from the Wildlands, wearing a bloodstained black battle suit.

Around his body, faint but terrifying waves of thunder energy still lingered.

Merely sitting there, he radiated a formidable aura that made one's heart tremble.

"Huh? Jingming, you've reached Stage Three?"

Yang Zhentian had intended to ask about the divine blood absorption.

But a single glance revealed Xu Jingming had broken through to Stage Three!

His eyes widened in surprise.

"Yeah, I broke through during the study trip."

Xu Jingming smiled slightly.

Yang Zhentian's expression turned peculiar at this.

How could such a casual tone make it sound like breaking through the third-rank bottleneck was as simple as eating and drinking?

"You're already third-rank before the first semester of freshman year even ends—by graduation, won't you be a seventh-rank Master?"

Even Yang Zhentian, accustomed to Xu Jingming's monstrous talent, couldn't help but murmur in amazement.

After a long pause, he grew serious.

"Come, let's go to the training room and see what changes your body has undergone after absorbing the divine blood."

"Alright."

Xu Jingming followed his teacher Yang Zhentian to the training room.

"Teacher, do I need to perform any special movements?"

"No, just unleash your ability. I'll first observe your body's changes."

Inside the training room, Yang Zhentian's eyes shimmered with lightning, already prepared for observation.

The body-strengthening technique Thunder Unextinguishable Body was the culmination of his entire life's work.

If it could be enhanced by absorbing divine blood, its rank would surely exceed S-class!

Crackling—

At that moment, Xu Jingming activated his ability.

Instantly, brilliant and violent golden lightning, like spherical lightning, filled the space around Xu Jingming.

"Hmm?"

Seeing that brilliant golden hue, Yang Zhentian froze slightly.

What's going on? Xu Jingming's Purple Thunder Divine Lightning was blue-purple, wasn't it?

In just a month, how did it change color?