Chapter 617: Silver Moon Commerce Guild! The Little Rich Girl Eileen!

The Obsidian-class fighter jet flew at tremendous speed.

Departing at nine in the morning, by six in the evening it had already reached the aerial port of Muben.

Compared to ordinary passenger planes, the fighter jet was far smaller in size.

But its ferocious supersonic jet nozzles and razor-sharp wings—

—still made it the most eye-catching presence in the entire aerial port, drawing sidelong glances from many travelers.

Hiss—

The fighter jet's hatch opened, and Xu Jingming and the others filed out one after another.

"Holy— that's Lei Di, isn't it?"

"Not just Lei Di, the Goddess is here too!"

"Looks like the top talents of this Genius Competition have started coming to Dayangzhou to temper themselves!"

"..."

The travelers around them who recognized Xu Jingming and the others' identities were all somewhat excited.

Especially the believers of the Holy See, who began praying to Catherine on the spot.

For such scenes, the many prodigies had long since grown accustomed to back in their own countries.

Expressions calm, they each went their own way.

But Eileen of the European Union stepped forward to Xu Jingming and handed him a business card:

"Let me reintroduce myself. I'm Haus Eileen, vice president of the Silver Moon Commerce Guild's Muben branch.

Our guild mainly deals in exotic flowers, rare herbs, and heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

If you wish to purchase anything, you can come straight to me — I can give you a ten percent discount."

Although Xu Jingming had taken the Thorn Sword Grass, for Eileen and her Silver Moon Commerce Guild,

Xu Jingming — today's number one of the younger generation — was absolutely a friend worth making.

Even other factions had no way to approach him; only someone like her, also a Top 32 contestant, could get close.

"Vice president of the Silver Moon Commerce Guild? Didn't expect you to have that identity."

Xu Jingming, taking the business card, was somewhat surprised.

The Silver Moon Commerce Guild was a transnational guild with an enormously vast industrial scale.

On Blue Star, nearly every one of its hundred-plus countries had a branch of the Silver Moon Commerce Guild.

In a guild like this, important positions — including vice president — were almost all held within the family.

From this alone, Eileen's identity and background must be far from simple.

"The president of the Silver Moon Commerce Guild is my great-grandfather."

Seeming to read Xu Jingming's guess, Eileen explained with a beaming smile.

"So it's direct bloodline. No wonder..."

Xu Jingming was enlightened, but a greater puzzlement followed at once:

"With your status, getting hold of a plant lifeform should be easy, right?

Why insist on searching for one in the Clear Peak Secret Realm?"

The Silver Moon Commerce Guild had originally risen by dealing in exotic flowers and rare herbs, eventually growing into a transnational enterprise.

Within the guild, there was no telling how many high-tier ability users there were.

He didn't believe they couldn't even get their hands on a few plant lifeforms.

Especially given that Eileen was direct bloodline — and so outstanding at that.

"Getting one is possible, but only the most ordinary plant lifeforms."

Eileen first shook her head, then proudly lifted her ample chest a little:

"Besides, rather than applying to the family for resources, I prefer to fight for things with my own two hands!"

"I really can't figure you family young ladies — clearly you could rely on your background, yet you insist on relying on yourselves."

Xu Jingming looked at Eileen with the gaze one gives a fool.

If it were him, he'd apply for as many resources from the family as he possibly could.

His whole principle: if you can live off a rich woman, never lift a finger yourself!

"You're not from an ability-user clan — there are a lot of things here you just don't understand. No matter how much I tell you, it's useless."

Shaking her head, Eileen didn't explain further and went on:

"My Silver Moon Commerce Guild has the best cultivation plan, which can help your Thorn Sword Grass grow and advance quickly."

"I'll send you a copy when I get back later. Whether you buy or not, we'll talk then."

"Alright, that's it for now. I need to report in at the guild too — just contact me directly if anything comes up."

With that, she swayed her figure and turned to leave.

"Silver Moon Commerce Guild — didn't expect this Eileen to actually be a hidden little rich girl."

Looking at the business card in his hand, Xu Jingming's face was full of emotion.

He had come to see it clearly: every contestant who achieved a certain result in the Genius Competition had a background.

Of course, that included himself.

Without the boost of external resources, no matter how good the talent, it was hard to accomplish great things.

Whether it was Magic University or Lei Ting Wu Guan, both were his solid backing.

Without them, even just searching for combat techniques and manuals would have taken considerable effort.

"Are you free tomorrow evening? Caesar Hotel — treat me to a meal."

After Eileen left, Catherine stepped up again and asked, utterly self-assured.

"Not necessarily." Xu Jingming shook his head. "If I'm free, I'll get in touch with you."

He hadn't been back for a month, and he didn't know whether Hearing Ling Shuang had arranged anything on her side.

He needed to return to the martial arts hall first to confirm before he could reply.

"Then I'll wait for your call." Leaving those words behind, a pair of pure white wings spread from behind Catherine, and she took to the sky.

That beautiful, sacred, and elegant figure caused quite a few believers of the Jiaotingde Sect nearby to pray devoutly on the spot.

In Daxia, cities forbid ability users from flying at will, but in Melbourne there was no such rule.

So Xu Jingming likewise spread his Thunder Dragon Wings and flew toward the direction of Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall.

"Welcome back, Head Coach Xu."

The villa had a sensory function,

and the moment Xu Jingming landed at the door, the villa's main gate opened automatically.

In the living room, Hearing Ling Shuang and Xia Lan were already waiting there.

On the large round table in the very center, all manner of delicacies were laid out.

"Sure enough, compared to coming back to the villa all alone like before, I still prefer a bit more liveliness."

Xu Jingming felt secretly relieved in his heart.

Good thing he hadn't let Xia Lan move out; otherwise Hearing Ling Shuang couldn't possibly be here welcoming him right now.

"Welcome back." Hearing Ling Shuang called out with a smile.

She was wearing a long crimson dress today, sitting casually on the sofa.

A head of jet-black long hair hung down over her chest, and beneath the hem of her dress two fair, slender long legs were crossed.

She wore no shoes; a pair of crystal-clear jade feet were exposed to the air, delicate and Bai Xi.

Xia Lan beside her was also in loungewear, looking very casual.

"Teacher Ling isn't working at the martial arts hall today?" Xu Jingming walked into the living room with a smile.

"It's the same amount of work whether I do it or not, so I came back early."

"I see."

"......"

During that month in the Qingfeng Secret Realm, in order to devote all his time to hunting fierce beasts,

Xu Jingming hadn't even bothered to roast meat, relying entirely on energy bars to replenish his energy.

Looking at this table full of delicious food, he didn't chat much and immediately began to eat heartily.

After the meal, Hearing Ling Shuang had originally wanted to bring up the matter of the Midie Sect.

But she suddenly received a message from the hall master Liu Shan, telling her to go to the martial arts hall's main building immediately for a meeting.

"Jingming, the hall master called a meeting. Let's go, we'll head over together." Hearing Ling Shuang rose from the sofa.

"I'm going too?"

The moment Xu Jingming asked, he realized he was already the head coach and indeed needed to attend the meeting.

So after Hearing Ling Shuang changed into her martial arts hall uniform, they headed to the main building together.

PS: Next month the author expects to start the million-word book-title test, which needs five book titles.

The requirements are very simple: fit the book's plot content, and the titles need to be attractive.

At the 500,000-word mark I came up with five titles, but now I really can't think of any good ones. I want to ask all you reader bigshots for help — do you have any good ideas?

The current two book titles for this book are "Global Abilities: Awakening Doushen Shenlei at the Start" and "Lightning Ability Infinite Evolution, How Will You Respond, Sir?"