Chapter 163: 【Reset】Upgrading, what exactly is the grade of her talent?!

Li Qingqing's talent upgrade is extremely unusual!

Yet an hour passed.

The Mending Heaven Stone hovering above Li Qingqing's head was still emitting a hazy white light!

As time passed, the white light grew dim.

"Student Ye Bai, hurry, replenish the Spirit Stones!

Student Li Qingqing's talent is definitely the same as Xuanyuan Mu's; although it is S-Grade, it is only because the highest talent grade is S!"

"So, for her talent to complete its upgrade, ten thousand Merit Points worth of Spirit Stones is simply not enough!"

The middle-aged man realized something, and his expression changed.

Only then did Ye Bai realize what had happened!

The middle-aged man had said long ago that if a talent grade is very high, Spirit Stones worth ten thousand Merit Points would not be enough to complete the upgrade.

Yet he hadn't expected that Li Qingqing would actually fall into this category!

Fortunately, Ye Bai had reserved forty thousand Merit Points after paying the tuition, and when he contacted the middle-aged man, he had also asked him to bring an extra forty thousand Merit Points worth of Spirit Stones.

He pushed the fourth pile of Spirit Stones to Li Qingqing's side.

As the pile of Spirit Stones turned into powder, the white light of the Mending Heaven Stone returned to its initial brightness.

Ye Bai's heart finally settled.

However.

Another hour passed.

There was still no sign that Li Qingqing had completed her talent upgrade!

When Qin Churan and Wang Xiaopang upgraded their talents, he hadn't even gone to the restroom once.

With Li Qingqing upgrading, he had already gone twice!

The critical thing was that the white light of the Mending Heaven Stone was once again becoming hazy...

The Spirit Stones were not enough again!

Ye Bai's Merit Points had also been spent!

"Senior, can you lend me that portion of Spirit Stones first?"

"Don't worry, I can upgrade my own talent after paying off the Merit Points!"

In his desperation, Ye Bai could not care about anything else.

He did not know that if the talent upgrade process is suddenly interrupted, it actually has an irreversible negative impact on a Martial Artist's talent.

He only knew that Li Qingqing was one of the most important people to him.

He absolutely would not allow any accidents to happen!

"Student Ye Bai, don't panic. Just in case, I actually brought an extra twenty thousand Merit Points worth of Spirit Stones!

I'll lend them all to you now; you don't need to rush to pay them back. After Student Li Qingqing finishes her talent upgrade, you can just upgrade your talent as normal."

The middle-aged man brought Ye Bai some good news.

Li Qingqing's talent continued to upgrade!

One hour, then another hour.

Unknowingly, it was already twelve o'clock at night.

Fortunately, after nearly four hours, when the hazy white light of the Mending Heaven Stone dimmed once again, the young girl opened her eyes.

"Ye Bai, I'm sorry, I didn't expect that my talent upgrade would take so long..."

"I will find a way to pay back the Merit Points..."

She looked at Ye Bai immediately, her eyes filled with apology.

She had originally intended to give all her Merit Points to Ye Bai that night.

As it turned out, not only did she use up a Mending Heaven Stone upgrade opportunity, but she also made Ye Bai spend an extra thirty thousand Merit Points.

"You're saying this to me?"

However, upon hearing this, Ye Bai was instead unhappy.

"You are my girlfriend; isn't it only natural for me to spend money on you?"

"Don't you dare say these things again; tell me about your upgraded talent instead!"

Li Qingqing felt as sweet as if she had eaten sugar.

This was the man she liked.

Even though he had been oppressed by Yang Hai like that and didn't tell her, he was still so concerned about her now.

Yang Hai, bad person!

Once she is also a Grandmaster, she must find trouble for Yang Hai!

However, she didn't reveal her upgraded talent immediately, but instead gave the middle-aged man a meaningful look.

"Well, Student Ye Bai, my wife just called me, I'll go out and take it first!" Although the middle-aged man considered himself affiliated with the Military Department and loyal to Great Xia, he left very consciously.

"After my talent upgraded, not only do I master more Martial Techniques and my Qi and Blood increase faster, but now I also have a bonus: the more Martial Techniques I have, the greater their power."

Li Qingqing then told Ye Bai the details of her upgraded talent.

"Heaven-defying!"

Ye Bai immediately felt that four hours and forty thousand Merit Points were not a loss!

It was even a huge profit!

During the Ladder Tournament, the young girl had used facts to interpret what it meant when all fear comes from a lack of firepower!

Now her firepower had once again risen in a straight line!

And as time passed, it would become even more terrifying!

"Qingqing, you're amazing!" Qin Churan was also genuinely happy for Li Qingqing from the bottom of her heart.

Wang Xiaopang...

Hmm, he was still sleeping.

Ye Bai was becoming increasingly curious about what exactly was going on with his best friend's talent after the upgrade.

He remembered that before Wang Xiaopang's Martial Arts Talent was upgraded, it only increased the efficiency of absorbing Pills?

"Ye Bai, you should start upgrading your talent!"

Then, Li Qingqing looked at him with anticipation and urged Ye Bai.

She wanted to know the situation after Ye Bai's talent was upgraded.

Although she always wanted to be above Ye Bai.

She still looked forward to her man becoming even more outstanding.

Upon hearing this, Ye Bai hesitated a little at first.

Because he felt that his talent wasn't as simple as Grade A...

Fortunately, the middle-aged man had finished his phone call with his "wife" and returned at this moment.

He vaguely saw what Ye Bai was worried about.

"Student Ye Bai, don't be nervous. Before I came, I had already filed a report with the higher-ups.

As long as there is any sign that your Spirit Stones are insufficient, I can bring in a new batch of Spirit Stones within two minutes!" he said very casually.

Hearing this, Ye Bai finally felt relieved.

He began to charge the Mending Heaven Stone.

Soon, the Mending Heaven Stone, emitting a hazy white light, floated above Ye Bai's head!

However, it is worth mentioning.

The middle-aged man on the side thought silently to himself at this moment:

"If I haven't guessed wrong, Student Ye Bai's talent upgrade should only take forty minutes."

Yes, the middle-aged man didn't think that Ye Bai would need additional Spirit Stones during the talent upgrade! This was the reason for the very casual tone he used when answering Ye Bai just now!

The higher-ups had a contingency plan only because Ye Bai's reward was bestowed by that person, so the supply of Spirit Stones had to be guaranteed!

It was common knowledge that Ye Bai only had a Grade A Talent!

How could it be possible for him to need "extra time" like Li Qingqing?

It's just that...

Forty minutes passed quickly under the nervous and expectant gazes of Qin Churan and Li Qingqing!

"Senior, it's almost been an hour. Should you bring the Spirit Stones over in advance?"

Li Qingqing asked the middle-aged man at this moment.

"No rush."

The middle-aged man initially thought Li Qingqing was just worried and confused; upgrading a Grade A Talent, even if forty minutes wasn't enough, fifty minutes would certainly be enough.

"It's been fifty-five minutes...

Why hasn't the upgrade finished yet?!"

"The Mending Heaven Stone has appeared more than a dozen times, but there has never been a case where upgrading a Grade A Talent took this long!"

After another dozen minutes passed, the middle-aged man became uneasy.

Especially when he noticed that at this moment, Ye Bai's physique suddenly became aged, and then recovered after not much time.

He felt this was an anomaly caused by the talent upgrade.

"Quick, quickly send the Spirit Stones over!

Ye Bai's talent is very likely not Grade A! Everyone was wrong!"

The middle-aged man couldn't care about anything else.

He contacted the higher-ups at the fastest speed!

"Good thing I made it in time..."

"Otherwise, if the Spirit Stones weren't delivered in time, it would be my professional negligence, and I would have to take out my own Spirit Stones."

One hour had officially passed.

The middle-aged man replenished the Spirit Stones in time, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

"There is a three-hour reserve of Spirit Stones; this should definitely be enough now, right?"

Taking another look at the Spirit Stones lying quietly in the Storage Ring, the middle-aged man felt even more confident.

"Tsk tsk, I really didn't expect that Ye Bai actually has a talent exceeding S-Grade. No wonder he could take first place in this Ladder Tournament!

Now that he's upgrading, not only is there real hope of competing for the number one in Great Xia, but maybe there's even hope of being rated as a Saint-level Heaven's Pride?"

"The first person in this generation of Great Xia with the potential to be a Saint-level Heaven's Pride..."

His thoughts were constant.

However.

Time passed quickly for another three hours!

"No, something isn't right?!"

"Why hasn't the upgrade finished yet?!

And why has Ye Bai's life aura declined so many times during this period?!"

The middle-aged man went from being full of confidence at the beginning, to being confused, and now to being suspicious and uncertain!

A total of four hours had passed!

It had already exceeded the time taken for Li Qingqing's talent upgrade!

If Ye Bai's talent upgrade hasn't finished within this last hour, that would be a full five hours!

"No, I must hurry and have the higher-ups dispatch Spirit Stones..."

This time, the middle-aged man didn't dare wait until the last few minutes to report it.

The reason the Spirit Stones were delivered quickly last time was because that batch of Spirit Stones was originally pulled from the Jiangcheng resource vault!

But Jiangcheng was in last place in the previous Ladder Tournament, and this year's resource allocation hasn't arrived yet, so the Spirit Stone reserves won't be very large.

If he doesn't have the higher-ups mobilize Spirit Stones in advance, the middle-aged man worries that Ye Bai's talent upgrade will fail because the resources can't keep up!

"Jiangcheng really has no Spirit Stone reserves left, and a new batch of Spirit Stones needs to be transferred from the nearest Chengcheng, which will take about forty minutes..."

"Thank goodness, thank goodness!"

After a series of calls, the middle-aged man received a reply, and the heart he had been holding in suspense finally settled.

"Ye Bai, oh Ye Bai, you really have given me a huge shock!"

Looking at Ye Bai again, the middle-aged man's gaze was incredibly complex.

Before, he was too shocked, so he didn't have time to think about so much.

In reality, four hours was already the longest time record for upgrading a talent using a Mending Heaven Stone since Wensheng brought them back from there!

The longest time record for upgrading a talent using a Mending Heaven Stone!

Li Qingqing belongs to this tier.

It symbolizes that after the upgrade is finished, it is the highest-level talent among humans, excluding those four!

That is why he went out without hesitation at a single look from Li Qingqing.

As it turns out, Ye Bai is even more outrageous than Li Qingqing!

"My intuition tells me that five hours is also not enough..."

"Could the final record be ten hours? 2.5 times the previous highest record?"

Ye Bai, he definitely has an SSS-level talent, right?

After the upgrade, it will be 4S-ji, the first person in a hundred years!!

The middle-aged man actually knows the classification of talent levels after S-Grade.

Double S, triple S, and 4S-ji!

Because an S-Grade talent is already one in a million, and being able to exceed this level to reach SS is even one in a hundred million.

The human high-level leadership considered that this ratio would damage human confidence, so they did not announce these higher talent levels.

And if one must make the talent levels correspond to the Heaven's Pride ratings, they would correspond to King-level, Saint-level Heaven's Pride, and half-step Emperor-level respectively!

It is only a half-step Emperor-level because, in the last hundred years, not even one Emperor-level Prodigy has ever appeared!

At this moment, in the middle-aged man's eyes, Ye Bai is undoubtedly an SSS-level talent, even before using the Mending Heaven Stone to upgrade!

Now after the upgrade, he is even 4S-ji!

Enough to rival those four sages who led humanity to gain a new life amidst destruction!