Chapter 592: New Mentor! Xu Jingming!

After training for over two hours and initially getting a grip on his surging physique,

Xu Jingming stopped training and swallowed a Bai Yu Soul-Condensing Pill.

Boom!!

The pill dissolved the instant it entered his mouth, and Xu Jingming immediately felt his consciousness become clearer than ever before.

The spiritual force in his sea of consciousness had grown considerably denser compared to before.

【Spirit】: He (+)

Checking the system panel, his spiritual force had risen by roughly 250 points compared to before.

"One Bai Yu Soul-Condensing Pill can raise it by 250 points; after taking all five, it'll go up by about 1250 points. Not bad."

Pills that raise spiritual force of the same type can usually only be taken once.

But this Bai Yu Soul-Condensing Pill could be taken multiple times.

Being rated an eighth-grade pill, this effect accounts for a large part of the reason.

The only drawback is that two pills must be spaced two days apart.

"The rewards for the Genius Tournament, apart from these cultivation resources and the SS-grade battle suit, also include entry qualification for the Clear Peak Secret Realm.

In previous Genius Tournaments, the notification to enter came about ten days after it ended. I wonder how this year's edition will be arranged.

But there should be advance notice when the time comes......"

Xu Jingming rose and left the training room, went to the living room, and sat down comfortably on the sofa.

At the same time, he took the combat technique manual for "Phantom Thunder Steps" out of his spatial ring.

This S+ grade movement-type combat technique was a bit harder than he had imagined.

Although he had already been studying it for two days, he still hadn't reached the point where he could directly add points to it.

Of course,

the ability points on the system panel were already exhausted, so there was no way to add points yet.

He planned to wait until tomorrow, after reporting to the Lei Ting Wu Guan, to first go find that weapons master and have a spear custom-made.

Then, he'd go check the city wall and inquire whether there'd been any beast tide invasions recently.

If there were, he'd directly join the city's defense ranks here.

If not, he'd first head out to the wilderness zone outside.

After entering the sixth tier, Xu Jingming's stamina was several times stronger than before.

Therefore, he didn't sleep that night, instead studying combat techniques through the night.

By seven o'clock the next morning, Xu Jingming and Xia Lan, led by Ling Shuang, headed once more to the Lei Ting Wu Guan.

This time, they finally met the branch's hall master, Liu Shan.

"Apologies, apologies—I was far too busy last night and couldn't receive you personally."

The moment they entered the office, Liu Shan came up to greet them with extreme enthusiasm.

If not for what had happened yesterday, and the listening device installed in the villa,

Xu Jingming would almost have thought this fellow was truly as warm as he appeared.

"Hall Master Liu, this time Hall Master Su arranged for me to come over mainly because......"

Ling Shuang briefly explained the relevant matters to Liu Shan.

At the same time, she also mentioned Xu Jingming's identity as a mentor.

"Double champion of the Genius Tournament! Blue Star's strongest prodigy! Truly, fame is no substitute for meeting in person—I recognized you the moment you walked in."

Liu Shan looked at Xu Jingming with a smile:

"Having you serve as mentor for our elite training camp is more than enough!

Zhao Song, gather everyone in the training camp and let these young people get to know each other first."

"Jingming, Xia Lan, you two go on ahead." Ling Shuang also nodded and said.

"Alright."

Nodding, Xu Jingming and Xia Lan followed behind Zhao Song and left together.

"The quality of the students in our elite training camp here, although it can't compare to the prodigy training camp at headquarters, their strength is still decent.

Among the 200 students, the highest level has already reached the sixth tier, and there are quite a few at the fifth tier.

They were all watching the Genius Tournament a while back. If they knew you were going to be their mentor, they'd definitely be very excited."

Zhao Song said with a smile as he led the way.

Xu Jingming, however, neither agreed nor disagreed.

If it were somewhere else, the situation might indeed be like this.

But after witnessing how Hall Master Liu Shan handled things yesterday, he always felt these students might not all be that simple.

There might well be a few troublemakers among them.

But in any case, he was only here to lend his name and show his face, not to be responsible for teaching.

Even if there really were troublemakers, he didn't need to pay them any mind.

On the second floor of the Lei Ting Wu Guan, in the spacious training field, most of the elite training camp's students had been called over.

Most of these students were locals from Dayangzhou, with people from Great Xia making up less than a fifth.

Yet when they talked among themselves, they all used the Great Xia language.

"What's going on? I was in the middle of training—why did they suddenly call us together?"

"I heard it's because our training camp has a new mentor."

"Really? Who? How come the head coach never mentioned it before?"

"It was notified suddenly recently. The new mentor seems to be Xu Jingming from the prodigy training camp."

"Holy shit?! Lei Di! For real?!"

Upon hearing that the new instructor was Xu Jingming, the trainees were instantly shocked.

But some trainees still wore calm expressions, clearly having been informed in advance.

Amid the trainees' curious murmuring, Xu Jingming, led by Zhao Song, quickly arrived at the second-floor training ground.

"It's Xu Jingming!"

"Lei Di! It's really him!"

"That aura, those eyes — incredible!"

"..."

Before Xu Jingming had even walked over, quite a few trainees were already letting out exclamations.

Of course, most of them were young, pretty girls.

At this, naturally quite a few young men also knit their brows slightly, feeling a bit annoyed.

By comparison, the blue-eyed, tall, beautiful woman walking beside Xu Jingming interested them more.

It had to be said, after entering the sixth rank, Xu Jingming's presence was indeed powerful.

A tall, strong build, a firm, resolute face.

Combined with the unique sacred aura bestowed by his SS-rank ability Doushen Shenlei, the whole of him radiated a faint pressure.

When he walked up before the trainees, that powerful presence made everyone stop their murmuring and fall silent.

"Everyone, I trust you all know this person.

He is Xu Jingming — the champion of both the Peak Match and the Attack-Defense Match of the Global Genius Exchange Tournament, known as 'Lei Di'!

For some time to come, he will also be your new instructor.

If you have any questions in the future, feel free to ask him."

Zhao Song introduced with a smile.

The trainees also burst into warm applause.

Ask him?

That'll have to wait until you can actually find him!

Xu Jingming silently added to himself.

With Zhao Song's introduction, the rest of the work was very simple.

Xu Jingming briefly introduced himself, said a few polite words, then excused himself on the pretext of having matters to attend to and left first.

Xia Lan had originally planned to return to the villa to continue her own training, but was stopped by several girls with burning gazes.

One of them, a Great Xia girl with big wavy hair, even stretched out her right hand and said openly:

"Hello, I'm He Xin. Welcome to our Elite Training Camp."