Chapter 173: The Shop's Seventh Update!

Ye Bai discovered in astonishment that he had reached the Fifth Grade in both Mental Power and Martial Dao!

Furthermore, his Qi and Blood Value and Mental Power were so high that one had broken through 300,000, and the other had reached 100,000!

He couldn't even spare the thought of why he hadn't undergone Blood Changing, nor why the prerequisites for a Mental Power breakthrough hadn't been met, yet he had reached the Fifth Grade in both.

During the talent upgrade, he had truly been exploiting a system bug due to muscle memory!

More crucially.

It was very likely that Sima Cheng had been watching him the entire time!

And he knew nothing about Sima Cheng!

"This... senior, how long did my talent upgrade take?"

He slightly masked the change in his emotions and then tentatively asked Sima Cheng.

"Eleven days; to be precise, two hundred and eighty hours," Sima Cheng said.

"That long?!"

"Have you been guarding here the whole time? Then, during my talent upgrade, did any strange phenomena occur?"

While feeling alarmed, Ye Bai asked Sima Cheng even more cautiously.

"Strange phenomena? There were plenty. For example, you consumed a massive amount of Spirit Stone, and your Qi and Blood and Mental Power would increase every hour, followed by a cycle of youth to aging and back to youth!"

"However, student Ye Bai, don't worry. The increase in Qi and Blood and Mental Power is a good thing! As for you turning old and then young, I observed it carefully, and it had no negative impact on you!"

"After all, it is a God-Level Talent, and it's not strange to have some unimaginable changes while it's in the process of upgrading!"

Hearing Ye Bai's question, Sima Cheng assumed that Ye Bai had subconsciously sensed his own aging during the upgrade and was worried about lingering side effects.

Upon hearing this, the stone in Ye Bai's heart finally settled a bit.

It seemed Sima Cheng had not discovered his secret!

And after this conversation, he seemed like a reliable senior.

Since that was the case, things hadn't reached an unsalvageable point.

He just needed to think of a way to ensure Sima Cheng wouldn't tell anyone else about his "abnormalities"!

"God-Level... talent?" Ye Bai then spotted the key point.

"I knew you didn't know. I stayed here not only to see your talent upgrade succeed with my own eyes, but also to urge you not to tell anyone the specific effects of your talent in the future!"

"Wensheng personally said that your talent is one that has never appeared in human history, a God-Level Talent that would trigger an all-out war between humanity and the Three Great Alien Races if it were ever exposed!"

Sima Cheng said directly.

"Wensheng... Lord?!"

"Is it the Wensheng I know?!"

Ye Bai was completely shocked!

"Of course!"

"Senior, what exactly happened while I was upgrading my talent?!"

After Sima Cheng gave an affirmative answer, Ye Bai realized that a great many things had happened in the past two hundred and eighty hours, so he hurriedly asked.

Sima Cheng had intended to clear up Ye Bai's confusion anyway.

He told Ye Bai everything, except for matters involving Ye Shanhe and Qiguan Xiuxiu.

"The Spirit Stone reserves of the entire Jiangnan Prefecture weren't enough for your talent upgrade...

In the end, it alarmed the Four Saints, and Wensheng personally descended upon Jiangcheng with a vast amount of Spirit Stone..."

"He sealed everyone's memories, and then Master not only honored the Clear Heart Grass but also used up the priceless Monkey Wine..."

After listening, it would be impossible not to be shocked!

He had vaguely guessed that 【Reset】 was not simple.

But he hadn't expected it to be this extraordinary!

Others might not know, but he knew that his talent had never undergone a mutation.

From the very beginning, this talent was what Wensheng called God-Level!

"Many thanks, senior..."

Looking at Sima Cheng again, while the stone in his heart was lifted, a warmth also flowed through him!

Sima Cheng had voluntarily sealed his own memories.

During that time, he had even given him a lot of help!

He also silently remembered the contributions of others.

Li Qingqing, Xi Qian, Liu Qingtian, and many people from the Jiangnan Prefecture Military Department had all been helping him!

Even Zui Xiaoyao, whom he had always regarded as the representative of unreliability, had helped him in a big way!

"Why thank me? I only did what I should have done!"

"Alright, since I've told you everything, you should study your God-Level Talent after its successful upgrade yourself!

I should be going now!"

Having achieved all his goals, Sima Cheng left the next moment.

Even knowing that his memories would be sealed and modified, he had no intention of asking about Ye Bai's upgraded talent.

Ye Bai watched him leave, the warmth in his heart growing even stronger.

Not until Sima Cheng had completely departed did he withdraw his gaze and formally check his panel, which had undergone massive changes after more than ten days!

His Mental Power and Martial Dao were already both at the Fifth Grade, no need to mention that.

Then Ye Bai discovered that during this period, his Mental Power and Qi and Blood, which had been entirely exchanged for his lifespan, had not changed his Martial Arts Proficiency.

And then...

【Martial Dao Will: None for now】

Ye Bai discovered a brand-new item on the interface!

"This...

The items updated in the System Store this time aren't Blood Exchange Progress!?"

He was completely stunned.

He had long guessed that the System Store had updated once again.

After all, more than eleven days had passed.

He also remembered clearly that before everyone started upgrading their talents, he had already accumulated a consumption of over ninety thousand years of lifespan.

Plus the nearly three hundred thousand years of lifespan consumed during this period, the cumulative consumption since the last update was nearly four hundred thousand years!

However, he had assumed the seventh item was Blood Exchange Progress, so he hadn't taken this matter to heart at all.

【1. Qi and Blood Value】

【5. Bone Tempering Progress】

【6. Yellow Grade Low-tier Battle Weapon (exchangeable for 10 years of lifespan)】

【7. Blood Exchange Progress (crossed out) / Martial Dao Will (exchange 1% for every 900 years of lifespan)】

He silently recited to open the System Store.

The first six items had not changed, and since Ye Bai still did not know how heaven-defying the sixth item was, his gaze gathered directly on the seventh item after a glance.

It could be clearly seen that this seventh item had indeed originally been the Blood Exchange Progress that Ye Bai had expected, but now there was a red line through it, replacing it with Martial Dao Will!

An unprecedented experience!

"This system, could it have developed some intelligence of its own because I've consumed a massive amount of lifespan?"

Because of this, a thought popped into Ye Bai's mind that made him feel uneasy.

But this was just a guess, and Ye Bai was not someone who liked to overthink.

On second thought, it was a good thing the item was replaced.

He could exchange for Martial Dao Will in advance! And satisfy the hard requirement for the Fifth Grade to enter Grandmaster early!

Attempting the exchange had to wait until 【Reset】 could be used; Ye Bai then closed the store, preparing to get his phone.

Sima Cheng had said that because of Wensheng, others, including Qin Churan and the others who had left, all saw him as being in a state of critical injury.

He didn't know how worried those acquaintances were about him.

Moreover, it had been over ten days, and he still hadn't reported to Qingshan Martial Arts University.

The Mending Heaven Stone also still had one use left, which needed to be used!

These were all matters that needed to be handled quickly.

"Wait, why is my talent also displayed on the interface!?"

"Is this the detailed introduction of 【Reset】 after the upgrade?!

So heaven-defying?!"

But just as he was about to get up, Ye Bai discovered something wrong again...