Chapter 861: The Two Women

"After this, I'm not leaving anymore."

Facing Song Qiuyun's question, Xu Jingming smiled and said, "I've been appointed as the Demon City Inspector of Lei Ting Martial Arts Academy; from now on, Demon City will be my base."

"Demon City Inspector?!" Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan were stunned.

Keep in mind that

Lei Ting Martial Arts Academy is one of the two top martial arts academies in Daya, and every branch's director is extremely powerful.

Especially in critical regions like Demon City, the regional leader of the academy must be at least an Eighth-Rank Master Zongshi!

They also knew the organizational structure of Lei Ting Martial Arts Academy—the Demon City Inspector oversees three regions: Demon City, Jiangnan Province, and Suzhou-Hangzhou Province.

The power is absurdly immense!

Even Song Family at its peak in Song Qiuyun's former household had to treat the Demon City Inspector with utmost respect.

"But I remember this position requires at least an Eighth-Rank Peak Master Zongshi, right?"

Jiang Chuxuan finally recovered from her shock and asked in confusion.

Three years ago, she just entered Demon City Psychic University.

At that time, the previous Demon City Inspector had just been reported dead, causing a huge stir.

News outlets covered it continuously for three or four days; she remembered it vividly.

"Eighth-Rank Peak Master Zongshi? Such a person is nothing but a single Thunder Spell away for Jingming."

Ling Shuang gently tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and smiled.

"Jingming's combat power is already comparable to an A-Rank Ninth-Rank Wu Sheng."

"What? Ninth-Rank Wu Sheng?!"

Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan were plunged into endless shock.

Ninth-Rank Wu Sheng?

What does that even mean?

Including the General Chairman, Daya has only forty-one council members total!

"So you're saying Jingming, you're now one of those dozens of council-level powerhouses in Daya?"

Song Qiuyun murmured.

"It's not that exaggerated."

Xu Jingming smiled, "Daya probably still has some strong individuals who haven't reached Ninth Rank but possess A-Rank Ninth-Rank power."

"My strength ranks within the top hundred in all of Daya."

In truth, this was already a conservative estimate; based on Daya's publicly known strength, he could at least rank within the top sixty.

"Top hundred?" Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan were dazed.

Especially Jiang Chuxuan.

As an orphan, even after entering Demon City, her greatest dream had only been to become a Seventh-Rank Master Zongshi after graduation.

Yet now, before she'd even graduated from university, her man had already become one of the elite at the very top of Daya...

"It's roughly like this..."

Xu Jingming briefly recounted the events in the Yer Secret Realm, including his SSS-Rank Psychic Ability.

"SSS-Rank Psychic Ability?" Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan were stunned again.

Good heavens!

In the entire two-hundred-year history of the Psychic Resurgence, only one or two SSS-Rank abilities had ever appeared.

Who could have imagined Xu Jingming's ability would evolve to this level!

After a long while, Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan processed the news and recovered, then worriedly said:

"Jingming, you killed so many people from the Tianming Sect—what if they retaliate?"

"Ling Teacher and I are fine; the concern is you two."

Xu Jingming pondered, "The academy has arranged a highly secured villa district just for us."

"Once my aunt arrives, we'll all move in together."

"Okay." The two women clearly understood the gravity of the situation and nodded in unison.

"The Tianming Sect's influence in Daya isn't strong; with the academy's protection, you don't need to worry too much."

Seeing the two women tense, Xu Jingming offered a slight reassurance, then added:

"Also, you can stop attending classes at Demon City University."

"I've arranged for two Eighth-Rank instructors to come directly to the villa to teach you."

Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan's current teachers at Demon City University were quite good—one was the Dean of the Element Academy, Seventh-Rank Peak; the other was the Vice Dean, Seventh-Rank Upper.

But that was only relative to Demon City University; for someone like Xu Jingming, Seventh-Rank was no longer particularly impressive.

Eighth-Rank—even Eighth-Rank Mid or Upper—was the ideal level for their mentors.

With his current strength and status, finding two such instructors for them in Demon City wasn't difficult.

"Eighth-Rank Grand Masters coming to the villa to teach us?"

Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan exchanged glances, each seeing shock in the other's eyes.

Students always went to their teachers' places—how could teachers come to the students'?

And not just any teachers—Eighth-Rank ones.

Yet thinking of Xu Jingming's current status, the two women felt this somehow made sense...

Over the next two days, Xu Jingming stayed in Demon City.

He also took time to visit Demon City University, had a drink with Professor Yang Zhentian, and met with the members of the Deep Blue Society.

He even found time to visit Magic University, had a drink with Teacher Yang Zhentian, and met up with the members of the Deep Blue club.

I have to say, these people really were enthusiastic—Xu Jingming spent a full two-plus hours signing autographs before he could leave.

August 8th, 8:00 AM.

At the coldest reaches of Antarctica, the southernmost edge of Blue Star, the light here was dim, and the entire ice plain was utterly still.

But above the ice plain, a hazy world was ceaselessly seeping into this space.

The entire sky above the ice plain was covered in dense, countless spatial rifts.

Yet between that hazy world and the present one, a single layer of separation still remained.

Suddenly—

With a deafening boom, the space—already riddled with spatial rifts—was violently torn apart!

A spatial passage had been blasted open!!

"Hahaha, the High Priest's prophecy was right! We've finally returned from the spatial maelstrom!!"

A streak of dazzling cyan light swept past, and amid the booming laughter, a young man burst out of the spatial passage.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!......

In quick succession, five more dazzling streaks of light flashed, and another five people stepped out of the spatial passage.

These six, clad in different battle uniforms, each radiated an overwhelming aura.

"Meng Ke, don't be so impatient—first confirm whether we've truly returned."

A low voice rang out. One of them flipped his right hand, and a metal sphere appeared in his palm, which he immediately tossed out.

"Collecting atmospheric data......"

"Data collection complete. Nitrogen content 78%, oxygen content 21%, noble gases 0.94%......"

"Atmospheric data collection complete. Matches Water Blue Star standards. Proceeding to energy concentration analysis......"

"Energy concentration analysis complete. Origin energy concentration 31%, ice element concentration 45%, water element concentration......"

"......"

Beams of virtual light shot out from the metal sphere hovering in mid-air, ceaselessly gathering data and running analyses.

After a full two or three minutes, the metal sphere finally delivered its conclusion:

"Based on the collected atmospheric and energy data, there is a 97% probability this is Water Blue Star, and a 3% probability it is an unknown planet."

"We've really returned! I knew the High Priest's prophecy couldn't be wrong!!"

The earlier speaker, Meng Ke, said triumphantly.

The remaining few were equally stirred. The man at their head nodded as well and said:

"Since we've confirmed our return, let's begin operations according to plan.

According to the High Priest's prophecy, Water Blue Star should have once again developed a civilization."

"Then I'll head off first—I'm dying to see what kind of strong experts this civilization has!"

Meng Ke grinned, and with a single bound, leapt several dozen meters into the air.

Then, mid-air, his body suddenly transformed—savage bone wings sprouting from his back.

With a powerful beat of both wings, snow and ice swept up, and he shot off into the sky.

Immediately after, another person took to the air on his own and followed.

"Let's go too."

The remaining four, also pairing off in twos, flew off in different directions.

Soon, the entire ice plain returned to its original stillness, leaving only a hazy stretch of space drifting among the spatial rifts......