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"After each deep learning session, you feel tired, but at the same time you also feel relaxed, is that right?"

"Ah."

Ye Mingqiu nodded again. It was that feeling of complete comfort that made him fall in love with learning. He had once thought it was the ease of becoming stronger.

Then, Feng Xinglie asked Ye Mingqiu a few more questions, making him gradually realize that although he had left the battlefield on the surface, he had never been completely at ease.

"I have a crystal ball here. Place your hand on the crystal ball, and it will reflect the shadow in your heart."

Feng Xinglie took out a crystal ball. The crystal ball was crystal clear. When he held it, a few wisps of uneasy cool wind were reflected inside, blowing randomly.

"I'm worried about your safety, that's why the wind is blowing."

He coughed twice, handed the crystal ball to Ye Mingqiu, and said, "Take this and connect your will with the crystal ball. It will reflect your subconscious mind."

"Ah."

Ye Mingqiu took the crystal ball.

Almost instantly, the originally crystal-clear white crystal ball was stained red, turning into a crimson blood sphere that emitted a ferocious and terrifying color. Inside the crystal ball was a blood-red mist, within which seemed to hide a terrifying ferocious beast.

monster!

An absolute monster!

Feng Xinglie stared wide-eyed at the blood-red crystal ball, saying incredulously, "This is the first time I've ever seen a crystal ball like this. A bloody and terrifying crimson illusion, concealing the terrifying phantoms of blood beasts, as if they might jump out of the crystal ball at any moment to devour you. Are you a monster?"

"Incredible! You actually managed to stay rational! You actually managed to remain rational in this state! It's absolutely incredible!"

"As for it?"

Ye Mingqiu frowned. Although he could tell that something was wrong with the crystal ball, he felt that his mental state shouldn't be that bad.

"I can't save you."

Feng Xinglie snatched back the crystal ball very quickly, as if he was afraid that if Ye Mingqiu held it for too long, it would crack his beloved crystal ball.

The crystal ball reflects the mind, but not everyone's inner world can be contained within it. Clearly, the crimson reflection of Ye Mingqiu's mind is about to overflow the crystal ball. If he continues to remove it, the crystal ball might really explode.

That won't do! The crystal ball is a priceless treasure!

"Keep meditating and contemplating your soul; that might allow you to live a little longer," Feng Xinglie sighed, his lowered eyes darting around.

Ye Mingqiu turned his head and looked at Tang Ruobing, who was accompanying him to the doctor, with a puzzled expression.

“He’s a good person and wouldn’t lie. You must have some special quality that allows you to remain normal in this situation,” Tang Ruobing said with a sigh.

A certain trait?

Characteristics?

Ye Mingqiu's eyes lit up as he suddenly remembered the second characteristic of [Killing Intent Wave].

Killing Will: Killing Will accumulates for each unit killed. The stronger the Killing Will, the stronger the mental shock effect. When enough Killing Will is accumulated, the skill level can be increased.

Is it possible that my subconscious reflection of a blood-red world is because I've committed so much killing that my killing intent has accumulated to a very high level?

After a brief hesitation, Ye Mingqiu decided to demonstrate the characteristics of his skill to Tang Ruobing, because she knew his background from the beginning and had always treated him very well. If even she couldn't trust him, then perhaps he had no one in this world he could trust.

"This is."

Tang Ruobing stared at the [Killing Intent Fluctuation], her eyes widening in shock. She never expected that Ye Mingqiu could comprehend a will-based ability at level 1 and even directly form a 2-star skill that could continue to grow.

What kind of insight is this?

If that's the case, then perhaps his symptoms aren't as severe as Feng Xinglie imagined, and a large part of them are due to the accumulation of too much killing intent.

That's good.

Tang Ruobing breathed a sigh of relief. She took Ye Mingqiu's hand and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to learn military Zen and practice meditation."

"Ah."

After the two left, Feng Xinglie trembled as he watched Ye Mingqiu's retreating figure, muttering to himself:

"Just how many people did this guy kill? Thousands? Or tens of thousands? This kind of blood energy, condensed to the extreme, is definitely not something a normal person can achieve!"

"Sigh, I guess I'll just play dumb. A monster that can kill so many people in at most two spirit realm explorations! Absolutely a monster! I must never mess with this guy again!"

Chapter 86 Enlightenment! The Zen of War!

Tang Ruobing's private training room

Ye Mingqiu sat upright in the center, took out the Blood Spear from his storage space, placed it horizontally on his lap, put his hands on both sides of the spear shaft, and closed his eyes to rest.

This is the most basic form of military Zen: to perceive the connection between the weapon and oneself, to regard the weapon as part of the body, to better understand and master the weapon, and to cleanse the mind through meditation, so as to calm the restless heart.

Appropriate military meditation can accelerate the understanding of special skills, familiarize one with weapons, enhance one's combat power, and cleanse the mind.

Although the Blood Spear has the property of [Mind Erosion], this property is only triggered in combat. Outside of combat, the Blood Spear will not have a negative effect on Ye Mingqiu, who is practicing military Zen.

Moreover, the Blood Spear, possessing a spirit, is more human-like than ordinary weapons and has its own will.

The crimson crystallized patterns spread from the spear shaft to Ye Mingqiu's hand. The crimson patterns gradually brightened and dimmed with Ye Mingqiu's breathing, making it easier for him to feel the sense of fusion with the weapon and enter a higher level of military meditation.

"Does this weapon have a spirit?"

Tang Ruobing looked at the blood-stained spear that was actively cooperating with Ye Mingqiu in his military meditation, and her heart trembled.

You should know that even though she's an 8th-level mage, her staff doesn't have a spirit, and it won't respond to her while she's practicing her martial arts meditation. Suddenly, she felt that the dark gold-grade staff in her hand wasn't so appealing anymore.

Equipment with growth potential doesn't necessarily have a spirit, but equipment with a spirit definitely has growth potential. Although the Blood Spear is currently only silver-grade, it has a high possibility of advancing to gold, dark gold, or even higher grades in the future.

[Hint: You have mastered the skill - Military Zen]

Military strategy (active/passive)

Rank: ★

Active effect: After entering the Soldiers' Zen state using the main weapon, you can quickly become familiar with the weapon and treat it as part of your body for training. When using this weapon in battle, the efficiency of improving special skills is increased.

Current primary weapon: [Blood Spear]

Passive effect: When bound to the main weapon and used for training, gain a 10% enlightenment bonus and cleanse your mind and will.

So this is the art of military strategy and Zen.

Ye Mingqiu felt his mind gradually lighten, as if he were gradually shedding his shackles. His sensitivity to the world around him gradually decreased, and fatigue followed, but he felt extremely comfortable, as if the whole world had become more beautiful.

So, I was under that kind of immense pressure the whole time? That was really dangerous.

If it weren't for her keen observation and teaching me the method of practicing military Zen, my condition would probably have continued to worsen the next time I entered the spirit world.

Ye Mingqiu turned around, looked at Tang Ruobing behind him, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry."

"Humph!"

Tang Ruobing gave a light snort and said, "Sit there and don't move. Let me lean against you for a while."

Inside the training room, the two leaned back to back. Tang Ruobing, as usual, kept her head down and read her book without interrupting her reading progress. Ye Mingqiu, feeling relaxed, closed his eyes again and continued to enter a state of military meditation to cultivate.

After school, at the school gate

Chen Ran leaned against a tree, staring at the people leaving the school, his gaze unfocused, but he soon spotted a familiar young man in the crowd.

Hey! Found it!

"Ye Mingqiu, come here, look over here!" Chen Ran waved his hand and shouted loudly.

"Ok?"

Ye Mingqiu looked in the direction of the sound and found that it was his old classmate Chen Ran. He also smiled brightly, waved in response, and walked towards Chen Ran under the tree.

"Dude, what happened to you? I couldn't find you anywhere at school this afternoon. You weren't in the classroom, at the convenience store, at the infirmary, or even in the private training room! Where did you go?" Chen Ran couldn't help but sigh and complain.

"I'm in my private training room," Ye Mingqiu replied matter-of-factly.

"You're kidding, impossible, absolutely impossible! I've been to your private training room so many times, and I've never seen you even once," Chen Ran said with absolute certainty.

"No?"

Ye Mingqiu was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized that he had been spending the past week in Tang Ruobing's private training room and had subconsciously regarded it as his own.

As for his own training room, it seems he has never been there even once.

"Ahem, then you can come find me in Tang Ruobing's private training room next time," Ye Mingqiu said, sounding slightly embarrassed.

"Is this convenient?"

Chen Ran asked blankly, afraid that knocking on the door would interrupt something. After all, under normal circumstances, what kind of good person would run into someone else's private training room every day, as if it were their own home?

At the same time, he calculated the time and couldn't help but think to himself: His fighting power is really strong!

"What are you thinking? We're just studying magic together," Ye Mingqiu explained.

"Tch, studying magic, huh! I'm your deskmate, do you think I don't know you? You can't even pass your general education courses, and you want to study magic? Do you know how much you have to learn in the magic department?" Chen Ran retorted without any politeness.

"look."

Ye Mingqiu raised his hand, attracting Chen Ran's attention, but the latter looked casual and puzzled, unsure of what he was going to do next.

The next moment, the energy fluctuations gathered in his palm, and a bright red flame ignited. The shape of the flame reflected in Chen Ran's eyes, revealing the disbelief on his face.

"Fuck!"

Chen Ran subconsciously took a step back, looked at Ye Mingqiu, then at the flame in his hand, and forced himself to calm down before saying, "Don't lie to me. Xiao Guang told me that general spells are not difficult to learn and can be used to fool people, but they are actually useless."

"Oh."

Ye Mingqiu responded, and the flame in his hand rapidly expanded, transforming into the shape of a palm. The palm seemed to come alive, raising a middle finger at Chen Ran.

"I'm in a big trough!"

Chen Ran couldn't hold back any longer. This was definitely not a general spell; it was an advanced spell, symbolized by the mage statue.

Not a buddy?

We agreed to just give up together, but you went and quietly started studying magic? We're on the same page, and you're playing mind games with us? Advanced spells require both knowledge and practical experience, which can't be learned in a short time. Ye Mingqiu must have practiced countless times already.

"You're not switching to law, are you? Aren't you afraid the school will make you pay a penalty for breaking the contract? They need you to be a support student in the college entrance exam preparatory team!" Chen Ran asked worriedly.

"I'm a support class. I only learned magic to achieve better results in the Spirit Realm Trials. I don't know any special moves. Being an elite enhanced class like Xia Qingxue is the ceiling. I want to see a higher world," Ye Mingqiu replied with a smile.

"A higher world? In other words, your professional level?" Chen Ran's expression gradually became more and more interesting.

Ye Mingqiu just smiled brightly.

(Sorry, I'm useless. I was planning to update ten chapters today, but only updating eight is too lame.)

Chapter 87 Emergency Recruitment!

Outside the school, a coffee shop

Ye Mingqiu sat in the corner, bathed in the dim, soft light, and looked at Chen Ran in surprise, asking, "You said the trial is about to begin? Are you sure you're not joking?"

"No joke."

Chen Ran calmly sipped his coffee, taking occasional sips, and continued, "In this world, you're not the only one who's special."

"You've hooked up with a rich woman?"

"Don't talk nonsense, where did this rumor come from!"

"What rumors? I saw you following Xiaoguang before. Luckily, I kept my mouth shut, otherwise the entire support department would know by now."

"屮!"

Chen Ran cursed under his breath, unable to defend himself. He felt that the scene was somewhat familiar, as if it had appeared somewhere before, but he was not the protagonist.

He straightened up and said, "To tell you the truth, I signed a contract with Giant Pharmaceuticals. The price is that after becoming a support-type psionic user, I must receive the latest developed medicine while my body is healthy and have its effects recorded."

"Is it dangerous?"

Ye Mingqiu frowned and asked.

He remembered Giant Pharmaceuticals, which mainly focused on researching psychic potions, but had never achieved any results. As a byproduct, they produced the highly effective Rejuvenator, Titan, and Hydra series of potions, which were cheap and easy to use, but the downside was that they would make you feel terrible after using them.

"No, Giant Pharmaceuticals' medical team is quite impressive. They have top-notch medical equipment and top-tier psionicists skilled in treatment. It's just that the process will probably be a bit uncomfortable. Sigh!" Chen Ran sighed helplessly.

That's just how it is for ordinary people. How can you get more resources without taking risks? If you want to climb up, you have to give it your all.

"I came to see you today mainly to learn some experience from the Spirit Realm Trials. I had a feeling that your professional level was not simple, but I didn't expect it to be Lord level. You're really amazing."

"That's not the case."