Chapter 495: Send Off the Guardians! Depart Again!

After taking out the Soul-Energy Pills, Xu Jingming, Song Qiuyun, and Jiang Chuxuan each swallowed one, then entered a cultivation state.

It was fine not to cultivate, but once they did, the entire bedroom was enveloped in thick Soul-Energy.

This Soul-Energy came partly from the surrounding heavens and earth, and partly from the pills they had swallowed.

Thus, an endless stream of Soul-Energy was absorbed by the three, strengthening their bodies, mental strength, and abilities.

Two hours later, Xu Jingming was the first to open his eyes, his pupils gleaming with sharp light.

He could feel that this brief cultivation session had yielded nearly the same results as twenty days of normal practice.

"No wonder it's an SS-grade cultivation resource—the effect is truly formidable."

At a normal pace, Xu Jingming would need one to two years of cultivation to advance from Fifth Stage Mid to Fifth Stage High.

That means these ten Soul-Energy Pills could save two hundred days of cultivation!

Of course,

he also knew that the more pills of the same type one swallowed, the weaker the effect became.

Even so, ten Soul-Energy Pills could still match half a year's worth of cultivation time.

"No wonder families with deep backgrounds have their descendants cultivating so fast."

With pills like this as cheating tools, how could they not advance quickly?"

Xu Jingming silently marveled in his heart.

But others only had pills—he possessed something truly worthy of the name "cheating tool"...

"Jingming! The effect of these Soul-Energy Pills is incredible!"

Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan also exited their cultivation states and opened their eyes; Song Qiuyun exclaimed excitedly:

"If I combine this with the pills, I feel I can break through to Third Stage Mid in six or seven days!"

"I might be a bit slower than Qiuyun-sister, but not by much," Jiang Chuxuan nodded.

Though both possessed A-grade abilities, her cultivation talent was significantly inferior to Song Qiuyun's.

"That's good," Xu Jingming smiled faintly.

Then, with a faint flicker of his space ring, two towering figures over three meters tall suddenly appeared in the room.

Their bodies resembled liquid metal, constantly flowing, their eyes glowing with crimson light.

The moment they appeared, a heavy pressure radiated, causing Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan to both feel a jolt in their hearts.

"What is this? A smart robot?" Jiang Chuxuan asked in confusion.

Instinctively pulling the covers up, she covered her exposed body from those crimson eyes.

"Don't worry—they have no vision and obey me completely," Xu Jingming said with a smile.

In fact, even before entering this room, the smart armband housing Eva had already been shut down.

"These are... the Ancient Civilization relics' Flowing Gold Guardians?"

Song Qiuyun recognized their origin and asked hesitantly.

"Not Flowing Gold Guardians—these are the stronger Chi Mang Liu Jin Guardians."

Xu Jingming smiled, "Their strength equals that of a Seventh Stage Low Rank Master with a强化系 A-grade ability.

They also possess the properties of liquid metal and are immune to physical damage.

Even a Seventh Stage Mid Rank ability user would find them a headache."

The weakness of the Chi Mang Liu Jin Guardians lies in their control core.

But not everyone, like him, has cultivated the "Heart Net" technique to enhance perception.

"Here are their control crystals—whomever holds the crystal commands them.

These two Chi Mang Liu Jin Guardians—one for each of you."

"When I'm not around, they can protect you."

Saying this, Xu Jingming placed the control crystals into the hands of the two women.

At that moment, Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan were utterly stunned.

Chi Mang Liu Jin Guardians—Seventh Stage Master-level combat power—and he just gave them to them?

Song Qiuyun was somewhat better off; after all, she came from an Eighth Stage ability user's family and still carried an eighth-grade protective talisman from her clan.

But Jiang Chuxuan was different.

As an orphan like him, she had to rely entirely on her own efforts.

Even the sixth-grade protective talisman she wore now had been given to her by Xu Jingming.

She had never heard of Chi Mang Liu Jin Guardians before, but she understood the value of Seventh Stage Master-level combat power.

These two Chi Mang Liu Jin Guardians could easily serve as the foundational strength of an ability user clan!

Yet now, Xu Jingming casually gave them away—simply because he feared for their safety.

Thinking of this, Jiang Chuxuan nervously rubbed her thighs, her eyes radiating a seductive allure as if pulling threads.

Beside her, Song Qiuyun was no better—her gaze burned hotly as she stared at Xu Jingming.

Xu Jingming said nothing, only grinned, leaning back comfortably against the headboard.

"You certainly know how to enjoy yourself," Song Qiuyun, already understanding his intent, gave him a sultry glance.

Then she pulled the white-haired girl Jiang Chuxuan close, both pressing their faces toward him...

The next day, seven in the morning.

Due to the previous night's entanglement, Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan were still asleep; Xu Jingming went alone to the Magic City Ability University.

Since his student status was still active at Magic University, his student ID still worked normally.

With his student ID, he easily entered Magic University and arrived before Professor Yang Zhentian's villa.

"Student Xu, it's been a long time," the butler, Fu Bo, had already been waiting at the door.

"Uncle Fu." Xu Jingming also called out with a smile.

"Headmaster Yang got your call last night and knew you were coming over—he was over the moon about it.

He didn't sleep a wink all night, practicing his spear art the whole time!"

As he spoke, Uncle Fu led Xu Jingming into the villa.

Just as he stepped into the villa's living room, Xu Jingming spotted that familiar figure radiating a faint pressure.

"Teacher, I'm back." Xu Jingming bowed slightly and called out with a smile.

Yang Zhentian said nothing, only sizing him up carefully from head to toe.

After quite a while, he gave Xu Jingming's shoulder a hearty pat and laughed heartily:

"Fifth-tier mid! Vigorous qi and blood, muscles even and strong—Jingming, your progress is far faster than I imagined!"

"You're too kind, Teacher."

Xu Jingming gave a modest smile and sat down on the sofa.

After so long apart, Yang Zhentian was naturally curious about Xu Jingming's experiences.

Xu Jingming gave a rough account, and along the way handed over the SS-grade cultivation resource, the Yuanling Pill.

Besides that, he also handed over the SS-grade body-tempering art manual *Doushen Shenlei* that he had compiled not long before.

Hoping Teacher Yang could draw some inspiration from it and create another SS-grade body-tempering art.

Upon hearing this news, Yang Zhentian was naturally thunderstruck with admiration, and for the entire morning kept dragging Xu Jingming into discussions on body-tempering arts.

It wasn't until noon, after a meal together with Teacher Yang, that Xu Jingming was finally able to leave.

Back at the villa, after an afternoon of joint training with Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan.

He also arranged dinner with his cousin Tang Qi, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, along with Zhou Mingyang and a few others.

Over the next few days, he didn't go out again, but stayed in the villa keeping the two women company.

In addition, every day he would also set aside a few hours to enter the virtual world.

To continue discussing the SSS-grade spirit-tempering art *Lei Hai Visualization Method* with Teacher Su Qingli.

And so it was, at nine in the morning on September 16, that Xu Jingming boarded a warplane bound for Myanmar and left Modu.

At this point, only 45 days remained until the official start of the Global Genius Exchange Tournament......