Chapter 193: Auntie's Exclamation! Xu Jingming's Rapid Growth!

After finishing lunch, just to be safe,

Xu Jingming still told his aunt and the others about the situation with Tianming Sect and the family protection plan arranged by Mo Da.

"So those people were arranged by Mo Da. No wonder I always felt like there seemed to be more strangers around our home lately."

His aunt Xu Qingwan exclaimed in sudden realization.

"One fourth-tier and two peak third-tier ability users protecting us at all times.

Our security treatment is probably even better than our mayor's."

His uncle Tang Daolin said with emotion, though he was also clear about the seriousness of the matter, and said solemnly:

"Xiao Ming, don't worry. We'll be extra careful during this period."

After more than a month of the nation's vigorous publicity efforts, even ordinary citizens now know how terrifying Tianming Sect is.

"Tianming Sect won't be arrogant for much longer. In at most half a year, they'll be completely eradicated.

By then, there'll be no need to worry this much."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly, then took out four extra spatial rings and said with a smile:

"Oh right, Auntie, Uncle.

These are spatial rings with a capacity of one cubic meter. Sister Qi already took one.

You pick one too. It'll be more convenient for carrying things in the future."

"Spatial rings?"

His aunt Xu Qingwan was slightly stunned. She naturally knew about such things.

But how did Xiao Ming have so many? Aren't these extremely precious items?

Though puzzled in her heart, his aunt Xu Qingwan still instinctively refused:

"These are too valuable. We can't accept them."

"Xiao Qi having one is enough. It'll be more convenient for her when she goes in and out of the wilderness zones. We two can pass; there's no point for us to have one."

His uncle Tang Daolin chimed in agreement.

Xu Jingming persuaded them a few more times, but seeing his aunt and uncle's resolute attitude, he finally took the spatial rings back.

Instead, he took out a batch of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, along with pills:

"You don't need spatial rings, but surely you'll have use for these?

This portion is Grade B cultivation resources. Sister Qi, if you use them, your advancement speed should be even faster.

Also, these are second-grade pills. Auntie, after you and Uncle take them, they'll strengthen your bodies..."

In fact, Xu Jingming also knew that spatial rings were of little use to his aunt and uncle.

The spatial rings were merely a setup for the second gift.

And these heavenly materials and earthly treasures were all specially purchased from the school's official website some time ago.

As for the pills, they were refined by Jiang Chuxuan.

It is worth mentioning that

the exotic flowers and rare herbs he had harvested during his research trip had only been fully refined into pills by Jiang Chuxuan a few days ago.

"Jingming, you still need to consume resources for your cultivation at school. How can you give them to us?"

Watching Xu Jingming rattle off his inventory like a pro, his aunt Xu Qingwan hurriedly waved her hands in refusal.

"It's fine. I don't need these resources anymore."

Xu Jingming grinned.

In the past month, he had continuously completed Tianming Sect missions, and his student account had accumulated a whopping 50,000 credits!

Recycling various spoils back to the school also earned him a large sum of cash, with a bank card balance of 210 million!

These resources are worth at most around 20 million, which really isn't much to him.

Moreover, heavenly materials, earthly treasures, and pills are different from the system; consuming them in large quantities will cause damage to the body.

Xu Jingming already has enough sixth-grade Return-to-Origin Pills; other Grade B and Grade C resources that would only yield slow improvements after consumption are better off given to his aunt.

"Auntie, let's leave it at that for now. I haven't been home in half a year; I need to hurry back and tidy up."

After tossing out this line, Xu Jingming hurried off, leaving his aunt's family staring at each other in bewilderment.

"This..."

His aunt Xu Qingwan was at a loss for what to do.

If she accepted them, this batch of resources was clearly worth a fortune.

If she didn't accept them, she had already refused once, so it didn't seem quite right either.

"When did Xiao Ming learn this trick? It makes it hard for me to refuse."

Only now did Xu Qingwan realize the purpose behind Xu Jingming's first gift of spatial rings.

"Let's accept them. It's also a token of Xiao Ming's affection."

In the end, it was Tang Daolin who made the final call and settled the matter.

"But speaking of it, it's only been half a year. Not only has Xiao Ming's level risen to third tier, how does he have such an abundance of cultivation resources?

The value of this batch of resources must be at least over 20 million, right?"

With his broad experience, Tang Daolin easily judged the value of this batch of resources.

Yet he was still somewhat puzzled by this.

Running a business in exotic flowers and rare herbs inevitably meant dealing with ability users.

And among the ability users he knew,

most of them spent the money they earned risking their lives in the wilderness zones on themselves, yet their strength still improved slowly.

But Xu Jingming was an exception. Not only was his level rise monstrous, the resources he consumed didn't seem to be that many either.

"Twenty million? That much?" Tang Qi's small mouth parted slightly as she said in surprise.

"What counts as a lot?"

Tang Daolin shook his head:

"That spatial ring on your hand is the most expensive thing. One cubic meter of capacity, official price around fifty million."

"This spatial ring is actually that expensive?"

Tang Qi lightly covered her small mouth; she had originally thought this spatial ring was only worth around ten million.

"A single spatial ring is actually equivalent to our family's accumulation of several decades..."

Tang Qi's pair of pretty eyes gazed at the ring on her own right hand, and she couldn't help muttering.

Adding this villa, her family's total assets were only a little over forty million.

"This is the difference in perspective. Treasures priceless to us are nothing to Xiao Ming."

Auntie Xu Qingwan let out a long breath, a look of relief in her eyes.

After Xu Jingming got into Modu University, she had known he would surely soar to great heights.

But she hadn't expected that, in just a single semester, Xu Jingming had already grown to a level even they couldn't read...

On the other side,

Xu Jingming also returned to the villa the Jiangcheng city government had assigned him.

One had to admit, Blue Planet's technological development being more powerful than his previous life was reflected in every aspect.

Even after half a year without anyone living in it, the entire villa was still nearly spotless.

"Head to the training room first and take today's Return-to-Origin Pill."

Unlike the villa at Modu, this villa's training room was on the first floor.

Xu Jingming had just stepped into the training room when a cheerful phone ring suddenly sounded—it was his high school class president Lin Qingyuan calling.

He casually picked up, and Lin Qingyuan's lilting, pleasant voice came through the other end:

"Jingming, are you back in Jiangcheng?"

"Yeah, just got here not long ago." Xu Jingming nodded.

"Alright, then our class reunion is set for tomorrow afternoon at six, at the Fuding Restaurant side. Will you have time to come?"

"No problem, I'll definitely be there."

Xu Jingming said with a smile.

Fuding Restaurant was considered a fairly decent restaurant in Jiangcheng, with per-person spending only around 200 yuan.

Their group of high school friends could all afford it.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Jingming entered the training room.

He swallowed the Return-to-Origin Pill and began cultivating in coordination with the ability training method.

A little over an hour later, Xu Jingming, who had finished cultivating, had both his qi and blood and his spirit rise by about 10 points.

"Although each Sixth-Grade Return-to-Origin Pill gives a small boost, it's still a continuous improvement."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly and took out his own Green Sky Black Flood Dragon Spear from his spatial ring.

Because his strength was improving too quickly, if he bought a new spear,

he would soon have to replace it again due to weight, hardness, and other factors.

Plus, he had mainly been practicing fist techniques during this period, so this spear had never been replaced.

"Practice spear techniques for an hour first, then fist techniques."

Although his spear techniques had hit a bottleneck, an hour of daily practice was still very necessary.

Just as Xu Jingming raised his spear and was about to begin practicing, the phone rang again.

This time it wasn't Lin Qingyuan, but his high school sworn brother Zhang Hao calling.

"Probably asking about the class reunion."

Xu Jingming answered with a smile.

"Ah Ming, you're in Jiangcheng, right? Did you see the announcement just posted in the group? The class president said the reunion is tomorrow afternoon—are you going?"

Sure enough, Zhang Hao came in with a triple question right off the bat.

"Just got here not long ago. I didn't see the announcement, but I know about the reunion—I'll be there tomorrow." Xu Jingming replied.

"How did you know about the reunion if you didn't see the announcement?"

Zhang Hao on the other end was a bit puzzled, but didn't dig deeper:

"I was originally saying if you weren't going to the reunion, we'd pull Ajie aside for our own get-together. Since you're going, then see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow."

Not long after Zhang Hao's call ended, Liu Jie also called, and the conversation was basically the same as Zhang Hao's.

After hanging up Liu Jie's call, Xu Jingming couldn't help feeling a bit of anticipation for tomorrow's class reunion.

After all, it had been a long time since he'd seen these old friends...