Chapter 710

Crackling—

In the restaurant private room, thunder roared, and the furious, brilliant Dou Tian Shen Lei nearly filled all space.

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 and joy:

"Where did you buy this phoenix hairpin?"

"Zhenbao Pavilion."

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

"Shuang-jie, what kind of 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 delight, "And this technique comes from the supreme being of the Second Civilization, Doushen Shenlei!"

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

Xu Jingming chuckled.

The Doushen Shenlei mentioned by Ling Shuang was the supreme being of the Second Civilization 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 Yuan Neng revival, fewer than thirty space-type ability users have appeared—rarer than S-grade abilities.

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

Today, the strongest space-type ability user on Blue Star is merely a ninth-rank mid-tier one—and he's from Heizhou.

In our Daxia, besides me, history records only one eighth-rank space-type Master Zongshi.

My former space-type teacher was merely a seventh-rank Master.

After reaching eighth rank, my seventh-rank teacher could offer no further help; every space-type technique had to be researched 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 scriptures from relics of the primordial civilization, but all attempts failed.

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

But he demanded I renounce my Daxia 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 space-type SSS-grade 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 extraordinarily gifted, an S-grade space-type ability awakener,

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

Now it's different—Ling Shuang has not only acquired an SSS-grade space-type technique,

but she may one day use it as a foundation to create an entirely new SSS-grade space-type technique!

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

"A new SSS-grade technique is still far off—I'll need to reach ninth rank first."

Ling Shuang shook her head slightly.

But compared to before, she now has 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 Yiva's help, I was able to acquire this hairpin."

Xu Jingming briefly recounted the entire story.

Including Yiva's origins and the nature of intelligent life.

Ling Shuang was now one of his own; revealing a little information posed no risk.

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

Ling Shuang suddenly understood, then sighed, "An intelligent lifeform capable of recognizing a supreme being's relic—Jingming, you truly have great fortune."

From this single discovery of the hairpin, one could infer that Yiva had likely granted Xu Jingming many advantages in the past.

"If you could find one item belonging to Doushen Shenlei, perhaps there's a second."

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

Ling Shuang's beautiful eyes gleamed faintly.

"Alright," Xu Jingming smiled, not refusing.

After all, it's just shopping—wherever is the same.

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

So you're saying she saw that scene between us in the cave yesterday?"

Hearing Ling Shuang suddenly thought of this question.

"Yes, Eva not only saw it, but also recorded a video."

Xu Jingming nodded.

He learned about the video from Eva while in the virtual arena that afternoon.

After exiting the virtual space, he pulled it up and watched it.

I have to say, Eva is absolutely a master of photography.

The entire video had perfect sound and image, with excellent framing from every key angle.

Combined with the holographic projection's qualities, it made one feel as if truly present, heart pounding, blood surging.

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

Thinking of her own proactive actions back then, Bai Xi's fair face instantly flushed crimson.

"If you want, Teacher Ling, I can send you a copy. With Eva, this video will never leak."

Seeing her reaction, Xu Jingming couldn't resist teasing her, saying deliberately.

The reality was exactly as he said — with Eva, the intelligent lifeform, present.

There was absolutely no risk of a leak like the one involving Master Guanxi.

Hearing Ling Shuang's face grew even redder, her breathing quickened, and her impressive chest rose and fell slightly with each breath.

"Alright, no more jokes. Teacher Ling, if you don't want it, I'll have Eva delete it."

Xu Jingming smiled, preparing to call out to Eva, when Hearing Ling Shuang suddenly blurted out:

"Don't."

Even Hearing Ling Shuang herself paused, startled by her own words; the blush on her face deepened.

Yet at the same time, a quiet curiosity stirred in her heart — what exactly had she looked like in the video...

"So Teacher Ling wants to watch too? Then it's settled."

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

"Who wants to watch it with you?"

Hearing Ling Shuang instinctively retorted.

Yet the faint anticipation in her beautiful eyes clearly revealed her true thoughts.

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