Chapter 92: Could It Be Second Rank Upper? The Shocked Trio of Cousin Tang Qi!

“Qi-jie.”

Just as the three were silently speculating.

With a laughter-filled voice, a young man pushed through the crowd and appeared before their eyes.

The young man was tall and sturdy, his aura calm, dressed in a simple black T-shirt and long pants.

It was Xu Jingming, arriving from school.

Seeing her cousin Xu Jingming appear before her, Tang Qi froze slightly, momentarily unable to react.

“Qi-jie, it’s been over two months—don’t you even recognize your own cousin?”

Xu Jingming half-jokingly took the suitcase from her hand.

Tang Qi finally snapped out of it, her cheeks slightly flushed, quickly denying:

“No no, it’s just that I didn’t expect you to change so much—I didn’t recognize you.”

She was telling the truth.

Two months ago, Xu Jingming had won the provincial top score in Jiangnan Province.

But back then, his appearance and aura still looked youthful, clearly identifiable as a high school student.

But now, Xu Jingming was completely different.

Not only was his physique stronger and taller than before,

his aura was also profoundly steady, faintly radiating a subtle oppressive presence of a superior.

Facing this Xu Jingming, Tang Qi felt as if she were looking at the powerful psychic instructors from her high school.

She unconsciously grew tense.

Just over two months ago, he hadn’t been like this at all.

“A lot has happened in these two months.”

Xu Jingming nodded, offering no further explanation.

At that moment, Zhou Mingyang beside them smiled and greeted:

“Xu the Top Scorer, long time no see.”

Yesterday, over the phone, Xu Jingming had learned from his cousin Tang Qi that she would be coming to the Magic City with Zhou Mingyang and another female classmate.

So Zhou Mingyang’s appearance didn’t surprise him.

He held a certain fondness for Zhou Mingyang—the man who had briefly crossed paths with him during the Wu Ke exam and had worried he couldn’t handle the beasts, offering to help.

Thus, in response to Zhou Mingyang’s teasing, Xu Jingming smiled back:

“Lightwind Sword, Zhou Mingyang. Long time no see.”

Hearing Xu Jingming mention the title “Lightwind Sword,”

Zhou Mingyang’s face instantly flushed red, as if his past shame had been exposed, and he begged:

“Bro, I’m begging you—don’t call me that again.”

Seeing this, Xu Jingming couldn’t help but smile: “Alright, I’ll just call you by your name from now on.”

To add flair to the Wu Ke exam, each province and city often bestows flashy titles upon their top student candidates.

Such titles, once the Wu Ke exam ends, become black history.

“Hello, I’m Meng Di, in the same class as Tang Qi.

During the exam, your brilliant performance in the core zone—I and Zhou Mingyang saw it clearly.”

Meng Di also joined in, introducing herself while extending her right hand.

At the same time, her gaze toward Xu Jingming carried unmistakable heat.

After two months, the Xu Jingming who had risen like a comet had grown even more handsome and powerful.

“So you were on the rooftop back then too.”

Xu Jingming smiled and shook her hand.

During the core zone, he had spotted several drones circling far off on the rooftop.

He’d assumed Zhou Mingyang was among them—never expecting Meng Di was too.

“Let’s go—we can talk on the way.”

After the introductions, Xu Jingming, as a semi-host, led the three out.

They all came from Jiangcheng and had once taken the exam at the same testing center.

Conversation flowed easily, with plenty of topics, no awkward silences.

Soon, they all grew familiar with one another.

And Tang Qi, his cousin, gradually relaxed, occasionally letting out bell-like laughter when something amusing was brought up.

At the Magic City high-speed rail station, each university had arranged buses to directly transport new students to campus.

But since Xu Jingming had come, they naturally wouldn’t split up to board different school buses.

So after exiting the Magic City high-speed rail station, the four of them hailed a taxi and headed straight for the Magic City University District.

“By the way, when we got off the train, we were just guessing your rank.

Now that we see you, Jingming, you must be First Rank Upper, right?”

In the car, Tang Qi smiled and said.

Her personal coach was a First Rank Middle psychic.

Xu Jingming’s aura was even stronger than hers—so he must be First Rank Upper.

She also felt a quiet pride.

Indeed, her cousin wasn’t as simple as she’d imagined.

“First Rank Upper? No wonder top-tier universities—this cultivation speed is insane.”

Zhou Mingyang and Meng Di both looked at him with envy.

Before the Wu Ke exam, they’d struggled hard just to reach First Rank Lower.

Two months later, their ranks hadn’t improved at all.

Yet Xu Jingming had already evolved from an Awakened into a First Rank Upper psychic—how could they not envy him?

Of course,

they knew that beyond school cultivation, this also came from Xu Jingming’s own efforts.

“First Rank Upper?”

Xu Jingming in the front passenger seat blinked in surprise.

Remembering that the three beside him, still at First Rank Lower, lacked the spiritual strength to accurately sense ranks, he smiled and explained:

“I broke through First Rank Upper a month ago—I’m now a Second Rank Upper psychic.”

Regarding his own rank, whether at school or among friends, Xu Jingming had never hidden it.

After all,

in the Magic City Psychic University, where prodigies were everywhere, only by revealing your strength and potential could you gain more resources.

Hiding your power, waiting to shock everyone at the critical moment—that was the stupidest approach!

True prodigies must show their sharp edges.

Compete with other prodigies on the same stage, determined to crush them beneath your feet!

Those obsessed with pretending to be weak, if they play the fool too long, soon become actual fools.

Though by normal standards, his advancement speed was absurdly fast—there had never been such a precedent!

So what?

Just because no one’s seen it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist!

He was an S-class psychic awakener, a rarity seen once every few years in all of Daya—what’s wrong with cultivating fast?

In the backseat, Tang Qi and the other two froze at his words.

Second Rank Upper?

The director of the Jiangcheng Education Bureau was only Second Rank Middle.

Only two months passed, and Xu Jingming was already stronger than the education bureau director?

Did we mishear? Or did he misstate?

So Tang Qi couldn’t help asking: “Jingming, are you really Second Rank Upper?”

Xu Jingming smiled faintly, saying nothing.

He simply raised his right hand—a thin thread of lightning flickered at his fingertip.

The lightning was extremely faint, as if it might vanish at any moment.

Yet the three in the backseat all simultaneously felt an extremely dangerous aura emanating from that tiny spark!

Goosebumps rose on their skin, beads of sweat forming on their foreheads.

This was the body’s instinctive reaction to mortal threat!

More importantly, the aura Xu Jingming now revealed

was several times stronger than that of the Second Rank commander outside the Wu Ke exam center!

“This aura—definitely Second Rank Upper!”

Tang Qi, Zhou Mingyang, and Meng Di all wore expressions of stunned awe on their faces.