Chapter 484: The Rest of the S-Ranks! You Want to Pick On Them?

Virtual world,

Inside one of the villas in the instructor district of the Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall headquarters area.

In the living room, Ling Shuang, wearing a red long dress, floated in mid-air.

Her thighs were fair and slender, a pair of exquisite jade feet casually exposed in the air.

Her beautiful eyes looked toward the very center of the living room.

At that moment, the space blurred, and Xu Jingming's tall figure suddenly appeared.

His gaze swept across, and he immediately saw Ling Shuang floating in mid-air, and hurriedly called out respectfully:

"Teacher Ling."

"Mm."

Ling Shuang nodded slightly, then said with a hint of a smile:

"I figured you had just entered the virtual world and hadn't experienced this kind of remote teleportation meeting yet, so I sent you the invitation.

This should be your first time teleporting in the virtual world, right? How was it? How did it feel?"

"It really is the first time."

Xu Jingming said with a smile, "Compared with teleportation in reality, this teleportation doesn't seem to feel uncomfortable at all."

A moment ago his vision had just gone black, and when the light returned, he was already here.

"Teleportation in reality is a true spatial teleportation.

Teleportation in the virtual world is merely switching some data scenes, so naturally you wouldn't have any special feeling."

Ling Shuang chuckled lightly and asked, "You should know where this is, right?"

"Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall headquarters?" Xu Jingming replied tentatively.

He had been to Teacher Ling Shuang's villa before, and the furnishings in the villa were very similar to this.

"That's right, this is the Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall headquarters."

Ling Shuang descended from mid-air, her bare feet lightly touching the floor, and sat down on the sofa:

"Jingming, you sit down too."

"It's really the Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall headquarters?"

Xu Jingming, sitting down on the sofa, was shocked, "This virtual world didn't simulate the entire Blue Star, did it?"

"It really did simulate the entire Blue Star, but compared with the real world, there are still some differences."

Ling Shuang shook her head and said softly, "For example, some of the more remote regions of my Great Xia weren't simulated.

But for important locations like the Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall, there's almost no big difference from reality."

"That's still impressive."

Xu Jingming praised, then asked curiously:

"From the way you speak, Teacher, it seems this isn't your first time entering the virtual world?"

This could be seen simply from the fact that Ling Shuang was wearing a red long dress, while he himself was still wearing plain gray clothes.

But wasn't the virtual world just released?

"Before the virtual world was released, many high-level ability users were invited to test it, and I happened to be one of them."

Ling Shuang said with a smile, "Also, the Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall's network has already been connected to the virtual world.

In the future you can use the network functions of the real-world Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall here, such as purchasing equipment, cultivation resources, and so on.

And as a member of the Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall's Prodigy Training Camp, you can also bind your login point to your villa at the martial arts hall headquarters.

That way, after logging in, the location will default to here."

"Oh?"

Xu Jingming's heart stirred, "Does this mean the virtual world will really stay open to everyone going forward?"

"That's right."

Ling Shuang nodded, "Functions like virtual trials will gradually be opened up after the Global Genius Exchange Competition."

"I see."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly, "With this, the strength of Blue Star's ability users will see a considerable wave of growth."

With the existence of virtual trials, at least the mortality rate of some novice ability users entering the wilderness regions for the first time could drop significantly.

"By the way, Teacher, my S-rank mission is already done.

The bets on the forum have also come to a result, so I'll return the points I borrowed from you right now."

Xu Jingming easily logged into his Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall student account through Eva, and transferred 90,000 points to Ling Shuang from it.

"I remember I only lent you 30,000 points, yet you actually returned so much?"

Ling Shuang was a little surprised upon receiving the points-arrival notification.

"This time I earned a total of 216,000 points from the bet. Without your help, Teacher, I wouldn't have been able to get so many.

The extra 60,000 points are your share."

Xu Jingming explained with a smile.

"216,000 points, and you gave me 90,000 — that's nearly half. You're quite generous." Ling Shuang praised.

She had already learned in the afternoon that Xu Jingming had completed that S-rank mission and earned a large sum of points.

She had also expected Xu Jingming to return more points, but she hadn't expected him to return three times the amount.

"It's only right." Xu Jingming said humbly.

"Since your mission is already done, when will you come back?"

After accepting the points, Ling Shuang blinked and asked.

"The person Teacher Su arranged to come for the handover will arrive tomorrow. If all goes well, I can come back after completing the handover tomorrow."

Xu Jingming said after a moment's thought, "But I plan to stay in Great Xia for a few days, then head back to the Myanmar side and continue hunting fierce beasts."

"Going to Myanmar again? You've signed up for the National Genius Exchange Tournament, right? Aren't you going to stay at headquarters and prepare more?"

Hearing Ling Shuang's delicate brows furrowed slightly.

"Being in the wilderness is the best preparation."

Xu Jingming grinned, "Only this way can my strength improve faster."

"That's true."

Thinking of Xu Jingming's terrifying rate of advancement before, Hearing Ling Shuang couldn't help but nod slightly:

"Also, let me tell you some news that isn't exactly great.

Among the participants of this Global Genius Exchange, there may be more than one SS-class ability awakener besides you."

"Oh?"

Xu Jingming's sword-shaped brows rose slightly, "Hasn't Blue Star gone over a decade without a new SS-class ability awakener appearing?"

"That's only the information on the surface."

Hearing Ling Shuang shook her head and explained, "Almost every country on Blue Star, after an SS-class ability awakener appears,

will immediately seal off all information and cultivate them in secret.

Only after they have the strength to protect themselves will they be exposed to the public eye.

If your SS-class ability had awakened directly when you were sixteen,

instead of evolving later, you would have received the corresponding treatment."

After a pause, Hearing Ling Shuang continued, "According to rumors, our Great Xia's younger generation, besides you, has another SS-class.

The United States also seems to have one; their levels have already reached sixth-tier, and both will participate in this Global Genius Exchange.

This information, before now, even we eighth-tier Grandmasters didn't know.

It should be that with the tournament approaching, they're about to step onto the field,

and the information lockdown isn't as strict as before, so it leaked out.

But it's also strange—rare SS-class abilities actually had two of them appearing several years ago.

It seems the rise in primal energy concentration has been happening all along."

"So that's how it is." Xu Jingming's gaze flickered, yet his fighting spirit hadn't diminished in the slightest.

The stronger the opponent, the more he looked forward to this Global Genius Exchange.

"Alright, I've said what I should. If you have nothing else, you can disconnect."

Hearing Ling Shuang, sitting on the sofa, waved her hand and lazily stretched.

Her delicate, curvaceous figure, hidden beneath a loose long dress, was briefly revealed a little.

One exquisite, delicate foot even tilted upward slightly, causing Xu Jingming to steal a couple of extra glances.

He immediately felt it was impolite and hurriedly shifted his gaze away.

But how could such a movement escape Hearing Ling Shuang?

She frowned slightly, then immediately smoothed her brow, and said with a half-smile:

"What? You want to pinch? Sure."

"????"

Xu Jingming's heart gave a start, yet he somehow, as if possessed, reached his hand over and gently pinched.

A faint warmth came from the exquisite foot, soft to the touch as if it were nothing.

Even within the virtual world, one could still feel the foot's flawless perfection.

"Hmm?" Hearing Ling Shuang was also dumbfounded.

She immediately reacted, her brows knitting.

Using her authority as the one who initiated the invitation, she directly kicked Xu Jingming out of the room.

Whoosh!

Xu Jingming's tall figure instantly vanished from the villa's living room.

"This guy... he actually dared to make a move!"

After Xu Jingming disappeared, Hearing Ling Shuang on the sofa gently bit her red lips, a faint hint of shyness in her beautiful eyes.

After noticing that gaze, she had only meant to tease Xu Jingming a little.

But she hadn't expected this usually steady-natured student to be so bold!

"Really couldn't tell—turns out he's still a little pervert!"

"But then again, if he weren't, he couldn't have had two girlfriends as pretty as flowers back at Magic University."

Her full bosom rose and fell slightly, and she felt quite a bit of regret in her heart.

If she'd known, she shouldn't have had the thought to play a prank earlier.

Not only did she fail to see any amusing expression on Xu Jingming's face, she ended up being the one taken advantage of......

PS: Chapter 189 was reviewed, and the images are gone as well. I have a feeling the illustrations in this book will become fewer and fewer...