Chapter 232: The Approaching Temptation! This Sentence Is Ambiguous!

With Tianming Sect's Yidazhu Sect Blood Kill being slain and Li Canghai arrested and imprisoned, the exhausted Xu Jingming finally had a chance to rest.

It is worth mentioning that with Vice Principal Hearing Ling Shuang by his side, it only took a single spatial gate for the two of them to return to the villa's bedroom.

This couldn't help but make Xu Jingming feel greatly amazed — how exactly did Ling Shuang's spatial-type ability work, how could it be so precise?

But he really was too tired, so he had no choice but to temporarily suppress his doubts.

Only after Ling Shuang left the bedroom did he quickly strip off his bloodstained battle suit and fall into bed asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Xu Jingming slowly awoke from his slumber.

He instinctively grabbed his phone from the nightstand and lit up the screen.

"Holy shit?! It's already the 19th?"

Xu Jingming's eyes went wide, the lingering drowsiness instantly vanished, and he leapt up from the bed, anxiously starting to put on his clothes.

It was now 5 PM on February 19th, which meant his remaining time in the Lei Ting secret realm was only two hours.

"Two hours to comprehend the Liquid Condensation realm — isn't this a scam?!"

Xu Jingming had assumed he would sleep for at most 24 hours, which was why he hadn't set an alarm.

He hadn't expected to sleep for two whole days and nights in one go; the exhaustion was indeed all gone, but the remaining time wasn't quite enough either.

Bang—

Xu Jingming, now changed into a casual outfit, opened the bedroom door, and the moment he stepped out, he saw Vice Principal Hearing Ling Shuang in the living room.

He saw her wearing a pale-black long robe, eyes slightly closed, levitating cross-legged in mid-air, with majestic primordial energy swirling around her.

"The principal is actually in the villa?"

This was something Xu Jingming hadn't expected; he had thought Ling Shuang would only be protecting him from a nearby villa.

As if sensing Xu Jingming's appearance, Vice Principal Hearing Ling Shuang slowly opened her eyes.

A pair of beautiful phoenix eyes looked over, and a crisp, pleasant voice rang out:

"Rested well?"

"I did rest well, but the time left for comprehending natural Lei Ting isn't much either......"

Xu Jingming said with a bitter smile, shaking his head.

"Don't worry, Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall's Hall Master Wang has already upgraded your S-rank pass to a permanent pass.

From now on you can freely enter and exit the Lei Ting secret realm, no need to worry about time limits anymore."

Ling Shuang descended from mid-air, a pair of bare, crystalline jade feet stepping onto the floor, and said softly.

"Oh?"

Xu Jingming's face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly thanked her: "Many thanks to the principal for your help."

"I didn't really help with anything — it was Hall Master Wang who took the initiative to upgrade your permissions, he must think very highly of your potential." Ling Shuang shook her head.

"Without your face, Principal, Hall Master Wang wouldn't have been so willing, would he?" Xu Jingming chuckled.

He had a clear sense of self-awareness — judging by the potential he had displayed so far.

Even if Hall Master Wang wanted to give him something, an S-rank pass would be the absolute limit.

Being able to upgrade to permanent pass permissions was only because of his not-shallow relationship with Ling Shuang.

After all,

in their eyes, both he and Ling Shuang were S-rank ability users.

But one was third-tier upper-rank, the other was eighth-tier mid-rank — any fool would know who to curry favor with first.

"You do see things pretty clearly."

Ling Shuang neither agreed nor disagreed with this, then shook her head:

"It's just that they still don't know you're an SS-rank ability user. If they knew you were an SS-rank ability user,

they probably wouldn't even need to rely on my influence — they'd be scrambling to upgrade your pass.

Of course, the matter of your ability evolving to SS-rank can still be kept hidden for now.

Once the National Collegiate League begins, it'll most likely be exposed, so you need to prepare yourself mentally in advance."

The power gap between an SS-rank ability and an S-rank ability was enormous.

Ordinary ability users might not be able to tell, but any ability user who had ever seen an S-rank ability could discover that Xu Jingming's ability's power wasn't merely S-rank.

In fact,

those people from Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall probably had their suspicions too, they just didn't have conclusive evidence.

And as one of the most powerful nations on Blue Star, the Great Xia's National Collegiate League would also be broadcast live worldwide.

As the saying goes, when the youth are strong, the nation is strong; when the youth are weak, the nation is weak.

Such a tournament concerning the strongest of Great Xia's younger generation —

not only would large numbers of domestic factions and ability users be paying attention, foreign powers would pay special attention too.

To better analyze the strength of Great Xia's younger generation, foreign powers had even established many specialized intelligence analysis organizations!

Top-tier artificial intelligences like Eva weren't nonexistent either.

The moment Xu Jingming took the field, his ability rank and type would definitely be analyzed!

By then, the entire Blue Star would know that Great Xia had produced a prodigy possessing an SS-rank ability.

"What kind of mental preparation do I need? Please enlighten me, Principal." Xu Jingming was somewhat puzzled and hurriedly asked for guidance.

"Money, power, fame, profit — and of course, beauty as well."

Ling Shuang's beautiful eyes gazed at Xu Jingming, as if trying to see through his inner thoughts:

"Although you are the only S-rank ability awakener to appear in our Great Xia in the past three years,

in reality, the number of S-rank ability awakeners appearing across all of Blue Star each year isn't that few — at least over ten.

But SS-rank is different; the number appearing across all of Blue Star is extremely rare!

The last time an SS-grade psychic awakened was four years ago.

That man came from a small country in Africa, and after his SS-grade psychic ability was confirmed,

he immediately chose to acquire American citizenship and was given priority cultivation.

Precisely because SS-grade psychic awakeners are so rare, once your SS-grade psychic ability is confirmed at the university league tournament,

all the temptations I just mentioned will come flooding in.

These temptations won't come only from within the country—they'll come from abroad too, and their appeal might even double.

The principal hopes you will hold fast to your original heart and not be led astray by these temptations.

If you ultimately lose your original heart, are defected by foreign forces, or even acquire another nationality,

what awaits you will be endless pursuit and extermination by Great Xia."

Hearing Ling Shuang's gaze suddenly sharpened, like blades.

No country likes traitors, especially Great Xia.

You pour massive resources into cultivating your own nation's genius, only for him to turn around and join another nationality—how can you possibly play this game?

Decades ago, Great Xia once experienced such a scandal.

A Grade-S psychic from Jingda, the state invested enormous resources to cultivate him.

He was nearly at the seventh-rank Master level, yet in the end he switched to American citizenship.

At that time, the nation's high leadership nearly spat blood from rage.

Precisely because of this, Great Xia is so hypersensitive about such matters.

Although, based on Hearing Ling Shuang's understanding of Xu Jingming, Xu Jingming would never do such a thing.

Still, to be safe, she couldn't help but warn and advise him again.

"Student understands." Xu Jingming's heart tightened, and he nodded quickly.

Joking,

with the Deep Blue System, he didn't need money to buy extra cultivation resources.

As for power, fame, and other things—once his rank rises, aren't those just side effects?

Why would he need others to give them to him? That would be so undignified.

"I'm not too worried about fame, wealth, power, or money. The only thing I'm worried about is beauty."

Hearing Ling Shuang said with implication:

"Foreign forces will send women trained in special methods to do everything possible to obtain your genetic information.

These women have top-tier physiques and appearances; very few men can resist their temptation—this is something you must pay special attention to."

In Hearing Ling Shuang's view, Xu Jingming was almost like a hermit ascetic.

Every day, he did nothing but cultivate, hunt ferocious beasts, and carry out missions.

But Xu Jingming was only nineteen years old, at the peak of youthful vigor.

For such a vigorous young man, beauty could easily become a weak point.

"If you truly have any needs, and even the two girls who often train with you can't satisfy them,

you can tell me—I'll do my best to help you resolve it."

Scanning Xu Jingming's tall, muscular frame, Hearing Ling Shuang added another line.

Better the water flow to the home field than to the neighbor's.

Rather than let foreigners take Xu Jingming's genetic information,

it's better if someone from our own country takes it.

After all, the state long ago had contingency plans and specially cultivated a group of women.

Or rather, the state would actually be delighted if an SS-grade psychic like Xu Jingming left behind more descendants.

Xu Jingming nearly choked, never expecting such words to come from the lips of Vice Principal Ling Shuang, who was so cold and aloof in temperament.

Xu Jingming nearly choked—he never expected such words to come from the cold and aloof Vice Principal Hearing Ling Shuang.

And what do you mean, "I'll do my best to help you resolve it"?

【104】 That phrase just feels incredibly ambiguous...