Chapter 840: Bountiful Harvest! Ling Shuang

"Xu Qianbei, wouldn't this be too aggressive? There might be trouble afterward..."

Luo Lan, upon hearing this, couldn't help but blink, whispering a warning.

Seizing every nation's space rings at once means you've offended every single country.

After leaving the secret realm, Xu Jingming's actions on the international stage may well draw targeted opposition.

"I didn't kill them—that's already not aggressive enough." Xu Jingming's voice remained calm and powerful.

"Xu Qianbei is wise!"

Luo Lan quickly chimed in agreement, inwardly astonished.

Everyone says Blood Kill My Lord is notoriously bloodthirsty, but now it seems Xu Jingming's killing instinct isn't low either.

"Xu Qianbei, these are all the space rings from my nation, Xiong."

"Qianbei, these are all the space rings from my EU."

Though deeply reluctant, the powerful figures from each nation gradually handed over their space rings.

A few minutes later, Xu Jingming held over two hundred space rings.

Space rings cannot be stored inside other space rings; all of them were piled on the ground.

Looking at the pile of space rings like a small mountain, everyone's eyes filled with envy.

Last time in the Yer Secret Realm, Daya harvested over a thousand tons of rare flowers and herbs—the most of any nation!

This time, with Xu Jingming seizing all the space rings, the quantity of rare flowers and herbs he acquired must be at least four thousand tons!

This is undoubtedly an extremely terrifying number.

"For the next period, Daya will likely enter a golden age of development."

A powerful figure murmured in awe.

These rare flowers and herbs, though mostly below B-rank,

are still sufficient for low-rank energy users.

The more low-rank energy users Daya has, the more powerful individuals it will produce in time—this is an eternal truth.

And Xu Jingming alone achieved this goal—truly a miracle!

"Ling Laoshi, help me sort through the rare flowers and herbs—pick out all the SSS-rank ones."

With so many space rings, checking each one individually would take at least half an hour.

So Xu Jingming directly called Ling Shuang over—his goal was simple: find the SSS-rank rare flowers and herbs inside.

After all, once taken out of the secret realm, these rare flowers and herbs can only be exchanged for contribution points.

It's certain that contribution points and the true value of rare flowers and herbs are not equivalent—perhaps only about one-tenth of their real worth.

If so, it's better to consume the SSS-rank rare flowers and herbs now rather than hand them over to the state.

"SS-rank Flame Flower, SS-rank Frost Snow Lotus..."

Although Xu Jingming knew these space rings likely held many valuable items,

when he finally used his spiritual force to scan every single one, he was still stunned.

There were already eight SS-rank rare flowers and herbs—and two SSS-rank ones!

Combined with Ling Shuang's tally, there were fifteen SS-rank rare flowers and herbs, and four SSS-rank ones!

"Pity—I didn't find any SSR-rank rare flowers or herbs."

Xu Jingming shook his head, though he wasn't overly disappointed.

After all, not every opening of the Yer Secret Realm yields an SSR-rank rare flower or herb.

Having this many SSS-rank ones is already excellent.

Of course, most of the SSS-rank rare flowers and herbs were probably already consumed by their first discoverers.

"Ling Laoshi, you pick one first." Xu Jingming smiled at Ling Shuang.

Before being refined into pills, rare flowers and herbs carry significant side effects.

For Ling Shuang, rare flowers and herbs below SS-rank are useless; between SS and SSS, she naturally chooses the latter.

After a moment's thought, Ling Shuang's crimson lips parted softly: "I'll take the SSS-rank Yuan Energy Spirit Ginseng."

Yuan Energy Spirit Ginseng allows an energy user to absorb vast amounts of spiritual energy in a short time.

It's a rare flower or herb required by eighth- and ninth-rank energy users to break through bottlenecks.

She has been stuck at mid-eighth rank for nearly two years; last time, she already consumed the SSS-rank Phoenix Tail Flower.

If she consumes this Yuan Energy Spirit Ginseng now, she may break through to upper-eighth rank.

"Alright."

Xu Jingming clearly understood this—he nodded and handed the Yuan Energy Spirit Ginseng to Ling Shuang.

Ling Shuang immediately swallowed the Ginseng.

Boom—

Instantly, vast amounts of Yuan Energy surged from the air, forming a tangible Yuan Energy hurricane that poured into Ling Shuang's body.

Ling Shuang swiftly sat cross-legged and began practicing her energy cultivation method.

As she cultivated, her aura grew stronger and stronger, absorbing ever greater quantities of Yuan Energy.

After another half hour, her aura, having reached its peak, suddenly surged again—ascending to an entirely new level!

"Is this... a breakthrough?!"

"I thought Ling Shuang was still under thirty-seven? A thirty-seven-year-old upper-eighth rank? Terrifying!"

"And she possesses an S-rank Space Energy ability—henceforth, Daya will have another terrifying figure."

"..."

Amidst murmurs of awe, countless envious gazes turned toward Ling Shuang.

Many of them had been stuck at mid-level eighth rank for four or five years without any chance to break through.

But Ling Shuang, aided by rare herbs and flowers, broke through directly—how could they not feel envious?

"Congratulations, Director Ling, on your breakthrough!" Roland also spoke up to offer his congratulations.

Ling Shuang's breakthrough to upper-level eighth rank meant she was now on the same level as himself.

Not to mention her husband was Xu Jingming—she deserved even greater respect.

Ling Shuang nodded, her face bright with joy as she walked over to Xu Jingming's side:

"Jingming, I feel my spatial ability's range has expanded significantly again."

"Mm, let's test the maximum teleportation distance after we leave the secret realm."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

Spatial abilities are extremely rare; S-rank spatial abilities are even rarer.

On today's Blue Planet, Ling Shuang is the only one—her higher rank will prove increasingly valuable later.

"There are still three SSS-rank rare herbs and flowers left..."

Xu Jingming glanced briefly, then selected one SSS-rank rare herb and ate it himself.

It was a rare herb called "Primordial Qi Lingzhi," whose effect was similar to Ling Shuang's Primordial Energy Ginseng.

But its effect was milder—it only accelerated absorption efficiency during spiritual ability training.

"With this, the ability points I need to break through to eighth rank should drop dramatically."

He practiced the spiritual ability training method for a short while.

Feeling the training speed boosted by more than a hundredfold thanks to the rare herb, Xu Jingming couldn't help but smile in satisfaction.

"Two SSS-rank rare herbs remain—we can't use them anymore."

"If we hand them back, it'd be a waste—how can we maximize their effect?"

After a moment's thought, noticing Roland beside him, Xu Jingming suddenly had an idea and asked with a smile:

"Roland, do you want a rare herb?"

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