Chapter 710: Kong Shen

Crackling—

In the restaurant private room, thunder roared, filling nearly all space with violent, brilliant Doushen Thunder.

Lightning arcs danced, yet not a single item in the room was shattered.

This was Xu Jingming's astonishing control over lightning.

Finally, after nearly ten minutes, Ling Shuang, who had seemed frozen in time, suddenly awakened.

"Shuang-jie, are you alright?" Xu Jingming asked with concern.

"I'm fine."

Ling Shuang shook her head, her beautiful eyes brimming with unprecedented excitement:

"Where did you buy this phoenix hairpin?"

"Zhenbao Pavilion."

Seeing Ling Shuang was unharmed, Xu Jingming exhaled in relief and asked curiously:

"What inheritance did you gain from this phoenix hairpin? You're so thrilled."

"An SSS-grade space-type combat technique."

Ling Shuang's face glowed with unhidden joy, "And this technique comes from Kong Shen, the supreme being of the Second Civilization Era!"

"You're this excited over just one SSS-grade technique? I thought it was SSR-grade."

Xu Jingming chuckled.

The Kong Shen Ling Shuang mentioned was the supreme being of the Second Civilization Era who possessed an SS-grade space-type ability.

"You don't understand what this technique means to me."

Ling Shuang shook her head and explained softly: "Space-type abilities are inherently rare.

In the two centuries since the resurgence of Yuan energy, fewer than thirty space-type ability users have appeared—rarer than S-grade abilities.

Most space-type users never even reached seventh grade before dying prematurely; those who attained eighth or ninth grade are vanishingly few.

Currently, the strongest space-type ability user on Blue Star is only a mid-ninth grade, and he's from Heizhou.

In our Great Xia, apart from me, history records only one eighth-grade space-type Grand Master.

My former space-type instructor was merely a seventh-grade Master.

After entering eighth grade, my seventh-grade teacher could offer no further help; every space-type technique had to be developed by myself.

But my abilities are limited—I could only develop SS-grade techniques, never anything higher like SSS-grade.

I once tried to excavate ancient manuals from relics of the primordial civilization, but all attempts failed.

The ninth-grade mid-level space-type Saint from Heizhou does possess an SSS-grade technique.

But he demanded I renounce my Great Xia citizenship and become his disciple before he'd teach it to me.

I could never accept such terms.

Thus, until now, I've never possessed a single space-type SSS-grade technique.

Now, do you understand what this SSS-grade space-type technique means to me?"

"Then this technique truly is important," Xu Jingming finally realized.

The difficulty of going from zero to one is entirely different from going from one to two.

Even if Ling Shuang is exceptionally gifted, an S-grade space-type awakening user,

without an SSS-grade technique as a reference, creating one from scratch is harder than climbing to heaven.

But now it's different—Ling Shuang has acquired an SSS-grade space-type technique.

And in the future, she may even use this technique to create a new SSS-grade space-type technique!

"Then I'll offer my early congratulations, Master Ling, on creating a new SSS-grade technique," Xu Jingming smiled in praise.

"A new SSS-grade technique is still far off—at least not until I reach ninth grade,"

Ling Shuang shook her head slightly.

But compared to before, she now had at least a reference—no longer stumbling blindly in the dark.

"By the way, how much did you pay for this hairpin?"

"Two million Blue Star credits."

"So cheap?" Ling Shuang was stunned.

Even ignoring the inheritance within the hairpin, the hairpin itself is a high-grade space-type elemental weapon.

Though severely damaged, its value should still exceed several billion Blue Star credits.

"With Yi Wa's help, I was able to acquire this hairpin."

Xu Jingming briefly recounted the entire story.

Including Yi Wa's origins and the nature of intelligent life.

Ling Shuang was now one of his own; revealing a little information was harmless.

"So Yi Wa is the former top-tier AI from Mo University! No wonder I always felt familiar whenever I saw her."

Ling Shuang suddenly understood, then sighed, "An intelligent lifeform that can recognize relics of supreme beings—Jingming, you truly have great fortune."

From this single discovery of the hairpin, one could infer Yi Wa had likely brought Xu Jingming many other advantages.

"If you can find one item belonging to Kong Shen, perhaps there's a second."

"Jingming, after we finish eating, let's go back to Zhenbao Pavilion together."

Ling Shuang's eyes gleamed faintly.

"Alright," Xu Jingming smiled, not refusing.

After all, it was just shopping—wherever was the same.

"By the way, you said Yi Wa has always been inside your smart bracer.

That means she saw everything we did in the cave yesterday?"

Ling Shuang suddenly realized this.

"Yes, Yi Wa not only saw it—she recorded a video."

Xu Jingming nodded.

He learned about the video earlier that afternoon from Yi Wa, during the virtual arena.

After exiting the virtual space, he even watched it.

Yi Wa was undoubtedly a master cinematographer.

The entire video had perfect audio and visuals, with excellent framing of every key angle.

Combined with the holographic projection's qualities, it made viewers feel as if they were there—heart pounding, blood surging.

"There's a video?" Ling Shuang's almond eyes widened sharply.

Thinking of her own actions during that moment, her fair face flushed crimson instantly.

"If you want it, Master Ling, I can send you a copy. With Yi Wa, this video will never leak."

Xu Jingming, sensing her reaction, teased deliberately.

The truth was exactly as he said: with Yi Wa, the intelligent lifeform,

there was absolutely no risk of a scandal like that of Crown Master.

Hearing this, Ling Shuang's face grew even redder, her breathing quickened, and her ample chest rose and fell slightly.

"Alright, no more joking. If you don't like it, I'll have Yi Wa delete it."

Xu Jingming smiled, preparing to call Yi Wa out—when Ling Shuang suddenly blurted out:

"Don't."

Even she herself froze after speaking, her flushed face betraying deeper embarrassment.

Yet at the same time, a quiet curiosity stirred in her heart—what exactly did she look like in the video?

"So Master Ling wants to watch it too? Then no problem."

Xu Jingming grinned, "When we get back, let's watch it together."

"Who said I want to watch it with you?"

Ling Shuang instinctively retorted.

But the faint anticipation in her beautiful eyes betrayed her true feelings.

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