Chapter 387

The Blue Star has a vast variety of heavenly treasures, some of which emit no sign even when ripe.

Others, upon ripening, trigger disturbances as grand as celestial phenomena.

What Xu Jingming now encounters falls into the latter category.

Such heavenly treasures are typically rated S-class or higher!

"Judging from the direction of the yuan energy convergence, it shouldn't be far—let's go take a look."

With a flick of his right hand, the Radiant Thunder Staff was stored in his space ring.

Xu Jingming's body swirled with thunder, transforming into a golden phantom as he surged toward the source at breakneck speed.

With the Deep Blue System at his side, heavenly treasures weren't especially important to him.

But with something like heavenly treasures, no one ever turns away excess—finding more was always better...

"Tsk tsk, I never expected the one who wiped out three city ruins in a row is just a fifth-rank adept."

On the other side,

a group from the 12th Squad of the Black Dragon Legion couldn't help but discuss the Xu Jingming they had just witnessed.

The speaker was the tall, thin young man who had earlier insisted Xu Jingming was a sixth-rank adept.

"Who says otherwise?"

The squad leader shrugged helplessly:

"Each of those three city ruins housed more than one sixth-rank ferocious beast, yet Xu Jingming wiped them all out alone.

His true combat power is certainly above mid-sixth rank!"

"A low fifth-rank adept achieving combat power equivalent to mid-sixth rank?

And this Xu Jingming looks so young—how did Thunder Martial Arts Gym even find such a powerhouse?"

The tall, thin young man sighed.

The Thunder Martial Arts Gym's Elite Training Camp was renowned throughout Greater Xia.

Its admission screening had a 90% rejection rate!

Everyone who entered was a one-in-ten-thousand elite adept!

Even so, killing a sixth-rank low-tier ferocious beast while being a fifth-rank upper-tier adept was already considered formidable.

After all, under equal ranks, ferocious beasts vastly outclassed adepts in every aspect.

Yet now, here stood a powerhouse who crossed an entire rank to slay a sixth-rank ferocious beast.

None of them had ever heard of such a thing before.

"Xu Jingming... I think I've heard that name before, but I can't recall where."

One squad member frowned in confusion.

Due to the National University League, Xu Jingming had gained some fame.

But for these sixth-rank adepts stationed long-term on the frontline, it meant little.

"Such prodigies are likely already well-known—you probably heard the name somewhere, that's normal."

Squad leader Wu Shuo didn't care much, smiling as he said:

"Looks like the Thunder Martial Arts Gym's recruitment will be worth watching—I plan to go check it out. You coming?"

"If the squad leader's going, how can we not?"

"Count me in—I'm going too!"

The Thunder Martial Arts Gym's Elite Training Camp included sixth-rank adepts.

Such competitions held great reference value for them too.

So when the squad leader announced his intent, the others quickly chimed in agreement.

"Pop—"

As they discussed heading over together, a crisp sound suddenly rang out.

Immediately, dense yuan energy began coalescing in the sky ahead.

"Huh? That's the disturbance of a heavenly treasure emerging!"

Squad leader Wu Shuo's eyes lit up. "Let's go take a look!"

With a wave of his hand, he hurriedly led his squad racing toward the source.

Whoosh—

Whoosh—

Wind howled past his ears as Xu Jingming sprinted through the forest like a sleek panther.

Golden thunder flickered with each step, carrying him over ten meters per stride!

After only ten minutes of sprinting through the forest, his view suddenly opened up—a clearing appeared before him.

"The source of the yuan energy turbulence is right here."

He halted, lifting his gaze forward.

Before him stood a tree over seven meters tall, lush with foliage, its leaves a vibrant green.

Among the dense leaves hung six fruits, each the size of a papaya, glowing a deep orange-red.

At this moment,

yuan energy from the heavens and earth flowed ceaselessly into them, deepening and plumping their color.

"This is... Yuan Spirit Fruit?!" Xu Jingming recognized the fruit.

Yuan Spirit Fruit was an SS-class heavenly treasure.

Swallowed directly, it could significantly accelerate an adept's yuan energy absorption for a long time, shortening the time needed to advance—without side effects!

This effect was extremely potent, useful not only to low-rank adepts, but also to seventh-rank Masters and eighth-rank Grand Masters!

Even an eighth-grade Yuan Energy Pill, crafted using Yuan Spirit Fruit as its main ingredient, was an SS-class cultivation resource!

After consuming it, yuan energy absorption would accelerate further!

Xu Jingming had only ever seen Yuan Spirit Fruit in Moc University's Heavenly Treasure Compendium—he never expected to encounter it here by chance.

"This area is under the Dragon Spear Guild's control. This zone has been sealed off. Friend, you'd better take another path."

As Xu Jingming thrilled at discovering the SS-class heavenly treasure, a low voice sounded from the side.

Immediately, a five-member squad emerged from the opposite forest.

All five wore identical combat uniforms, clearly belonging to the same faction.

The speaker was a bald middle-aged man leading them, holding a battle knife.

From the faint aura radiating off him, his rank was at least low sixth-rank!

The other four behind him exuded faint auras of peak fifth-rank.

"Your territory?"

Xu Jingming swept them with a glance and said coldly: "The territorial boundaries of all guilds and legions within the No. 4 Demon Cave were long ago defined.

I've never heard this area belongs to the Dragon Spear Guild."

He had heard of the Dragon Spear Guild before.

Their guild master was merely an eighth-rank Grand Master—far too low-ranked to claim any territory within the No. 4 Demon Cave.

The reason they said this was clearly to monopolize the six Yuan Spirit Fruits.

"Are you pretending not to understand, or are you just stupid?

Our captain says it's our territory—it's ours! You're just a lowly fifth-rank—dare you question us?"

Before the bald man could speak, a short-haired man in the squad sneered.

The other squad members all watched like spectators at a show.

They had indeed come here drawn by the heavenly treasure's emergence, just arriving nearby.

But that didn't stop them from seizing the Yuan Spirit Fruits.

After all, the opponent was merely a low fifth-rank adept.

Any one of them could easily overpower him.

Simply warning him off was already being generous.