Chapter 164: Emperor-level Prodigy, This Trip Was Not in Vain!

"I have actually witnessed the birth of a Half-Step Emperor-Grade Prodigy with my own eyes!

This trip was not in vain, not in vain!"

The middle-aged man could not stop the emotions surging in his heart!

He felt that what he had witnessed today was a miracle!

"Student Li Qingqing, and Ms. Qin, it is already very late. Would you like to go and rest first?"

"It should still take some time for Student Ye Bai's talent to complete its upgrade! I will call you when the time comes!"

Once he regained his composure, he said to Qin Churan and Li Qingqing with a gentle smile on his face.

It was very likely that Ye Bai would not finish upgrading his talent until tomorrow morning.

Li Qingqing now possessed an SSS-ji talent, and Qin Churan was not only Ye Bai's guardian but also Li Qingqing's guardian.

It was fine for him to be a bit tired, but he could not let these two be exhausted.

"Senior, I am not tired. I want to stay here and accompany Ye Bai." Li Qingqing shook her head.

"I... also want to stay and accompany Xiaobai..." Qin Churan hesitated for a moment before saying.

"Alright then..."

The middle-aged man realized that the two women were not entirely at ease with him.

After all, the two women did not know he had his own private stash, and they assumed he had a prior record of almost failing to keep the Spirit Stones supplied.

He immediately gave a sheepish smile.

However, this time he truly felt confident in his heart.

He had estimated that Ye Bai would complete the upgrade in ten hours.

But this time, he had not only applied to have a batch of Spirit Stones transferred from Chengcheng.

He had also asked his superiors to transfer the reserve Spirit Stones from the even more distant Ningcheng!

The second batch of Spirit Stones would arrive in over an hour.

In total, it would allow the Mending Heaven Stone to run for another seven hours!

"Even for an SSS-ji talent upgrade, it is impossible to exceed ten hours.

On top of that, I have prepared an extra 20,000 Merit Points worth of Spirit Stones; how could it possibly still not be enough?

Unless Ye Bai's Martial Arts Talent was originally SSSS-ji, but is that even possible?"

However.

Six hours passed in the blink of an eye!

The sky had already brightened.

"Ten, ten hours have passed..."

"It's still not over?!"

The middle-aged man was stunned yet again!

He looked at the Mending Heaven Stone, which was still emitting a hazy white light.

He looked at Ye Bai, who had just undergone that bizarre phenomenon of aging and then becoming young again.

The corners of his eyes twitched wildly!

He felt the nervous gazes of Li Qingqing and Qin Churan beside him.

"Th-that, let's wait another ten minutes. If Student Ye Bai still hasn't woken up, I will apply to the higher-ups to transfer another batch of Spirit Stones over?"

The middle-aged man asked weakly.

It was not that he was against transferring Spirit Stones in advance.

Although there was still two hours' worth of Spirit Stone reserves left.

But a new batch of Spirit Stones had to be transferred from a more distant city, which naturally required more time.

He just felt it was embarrassing!

He had not expected Ye Bai to be truly this resilient!

"Sorry to trouble you, Senior..." Li Qingqing said.

Ten minutes later, seeing that Ye Bai still showed no signs of waking up.

The middle-aged man hurriedly took out his phone and made a call.

The phone rang a dozen times before it was answered.

"Sima Cheng, you had better give me a reason not to beat you up!"

On the other end of the line, the voice of Sima Kong, the Commander-in-Chief of the Shengcheng Military Department, came through, full of anger.

It was his morning grumpiness.

He had been busy with the Spirit Stone transfer last night, only getting home at three and falling asleep after four!

"Big Brother, I need more Spirit Stones!"

Sima Cheng was concise and to the point.

"Are you a child? If you need something, can't you buy it yourself!?" Sima Kong did not realize the problem at first.

"Wait, what did you say you need? Spirit Stones?!

Ye Bai's talent upgrade hasn't finished yet? The Mending Heaven Stone is still running?!"

Then, he was suddenly shocked.

His whole body jumped up from the bed!

The entire building shook three times at that moment!

"Sima Cheng, tell me quickly that you are not joking!"

Sima Kong said again, his tone still not calm!

He had felt alarmed as early as last night when the middle-aged man asked for Spirit Stones.

He never expected that Ye Bai, who everyone initially thought had Grade A Talent and whose ability to be rated as a King-level Prodigy was already a miracle among miracles, would actually have SSS-ji Talent.

And at that time, his thinking was the same as Sima Cheng's.

SSS-ji Talent should be Ye Bai's original talent level; it couldn't possibly be higher.

The Spirit Stones transferred over last night were definitely enough for Ye Bai to use!

"Big brother, why would I joke with you about something like this?"

"Ten hours and ten minutes have passed since Ye Bai started upgrading his talent, and he still shows no sign of waking up!"

"So I was thinking, although the Spirit Stones I have here are enough for about another two hours, it takes time to transfer more from other cities, so I wanted to ask you to send another batch of Spirit Stones in advance."

Sima Cheng said.

"Ten hours, and it's still not enough for his upgrade..."

Sima Kong was silent for a moment.

"Haha, good, good!

Heaven bless my Jiangnan Prefecture, oh no, Heaven bless my Great Xia, to have produced such an amazing young man as Ye Bai!" Then, he laughed out loud!

"Wait, I am issuing an order now to take the cities near Jiangcheng...

Oh no, take the entire Jiangnan Prefecture's Spirit Stone reserves and send them all to Jiangcheng!"

"Ye Bai's talent upgrade is only allowed to succeed, not to fail!"

With a few more words, Sima Kong decided to spare no cost to help Ye Bai's talent transformation!

"Student Li Qingqing, Ms. Qin, it's done!"

"I have already had the higher-ups send all the Spirit Stones in Jiangnan Prefecture over!"

"With at least 300,000 Merit Points worth of Spirit Stones, there will be no problem supporting the Mending Heaven Stone's operation for a few days; this time it is definitely secure!"

The call ended.

Looking at Li Qingqing and Qin Churan again, Sima Cheng's eyes finally regained their confidence!

"Thank you!" the two women thanked him sincerely.

"Qin Ayi, why don't you go get some sleep first?"

Then Li Qingqing saw that Qin Churan was very, very tired, and said.

"Ye Bai won't wake up that quickly, and you haven't reached Rank One yet; when Ye Bai wakes up and sees you so tired, he will feel heartache too."

"Just let me stay here and accompany him for now."

"Alright, then I'll trouble you, Qingqing." Because the Spirit Stone reserves were absolutely fine this time, and with Li Qingqing watching, Qin Churan finally felt at ease to go rest.

However.

Sima Cheng had made one phone call and had Sima Kong transfer over 300,000 Merit Points worth of Spirit Stones.

But was it really enough?

After Sima Kong issued the order at top speed.

The ones that sent Spirit Stones the fastest were the two cities closest to Jiangcheng.

They were Tiancheng and Beicheng, respectively!

The quantity of Spirit Stones sent by the two cities was also extremely considerable.

At the very least, it could allow the Mending Heaven Stone to continue operating for another eight hours!

That is to say, a Spirit Stone reserve worth 80,000 Merit Points!

When Sima Cheng received this batch of Spirit Stones, he was all smiles, feeling that it was completely secure.

Perhaps there wouldn't even be a need to use the Spirit Stone reserves sent from other cities.

The Spirit Stones sent by Tiancheng and Beicheng could satisfy Ye Bai's talent upgrade needs!

Sima Cheng brought the Spirit Stones into Wangxing Pavilion No. 38; the Mending Heaven Stone had been operating for about 12 hours and needed to be replenished with Spirit Stones again.

"To be absolutely sure, let's fill it with four hours' worth of Spirit Stones this time..."

Sima Cheng thought for a moment; he had been waiting here the whole time, his energy continuously depleting, and while there was no problem now, he might get sleepy at any moment.

He simply filled it with 40,000 Merit Points worth of Spirit Stones in one go.

He only prayed that Ye Bai's talent upgrade would not encounter any accidents!

However.

It would have been fine if he hadn't filled it with so many Spirit Stones at once...

As the 40,000 Merit Points worth of Spirit Stones were absorbed by the Mending Heaven Stone, visibly...

The hazy white light emitted by the Mending Heaven Stone became even more dazzling!