187: Chapter 187 Second Awakening and [Forbidden Objects]

A pair of newlyweds spent three shameless and reckless days in the Song family's manor.

President Song Ming also "coincidentally" busied himself at the Rubiks Chamber of Commerce for three days.

"Ding-dong!"

"Ding-dong."

Two consecutive notification sounds came from the communicator.

The morning sunlight shone on his face as Chu Hong slowly opened his eyes, moving the delicate little foot resting against his cheek—which seemed to be urging him to answer the call—to the side.

Looking down, he saw the little glutton, Song Jiaojiao, lying on top of him, shielded by a censered holy light perfectly positioned from this angle.

"Mm…"

A soft hum with a hint of spoiled coquettishness escaped from the sleeping Song Jiaojiao's mouth.

This person actually fell asleep halfway through eating a midnight snack…

Reaching out to grab the communicator from the side and opening his mailbox, he saw two latest messages.

Sure enough, the admission notice from Longming Sacred Academy arrived as expected.

And while Chu Hong was toying with a suet jade-like little foot in front of his chest, reading the contents of the admission notice in the email, and listening to the protesting hums of a certain hard-mouthed little witch—

The communicator suddenly received a communication request.

It was the old city lord, Jiang Xingdong!

"Hello, Lord City Lord…"

On the other side, in the City Lord's Mansion, Jiang Xingdong's laughter was full of cheer: "Little Hong, I hope I'm not interrupting you young people's date, right? You should have received the admission notice, shouldn't you?"

"Right, if you have time, come over and bring your little girlfriend and that young man named Wang Suming to the City Lord's Mansion together. There are some things this old man wants to brief you all on."

"…"

After chatting naggingly for a few more sentences, Jiang Xingdong hung up the communicator.

At this moment in the City Lord's Mansion, everyone unanimously congratulated President Song Ming, who was also present.

"Congratulations, President Song. You've truly gained a fine son-in-law this time! Goodness me, the assessment lasted for three days, and all three scores were cliff-like leads. Not to mention seeing such a thing, I've never even heard of it!"

"Now your daughter belongs to Longming Sacred Academy, and your future son-in-law does too… The Rubiks Chamber of Commerce is going to be unstoppable!"

Everyone wore faces full of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Especially President Sha Lie of the Shazhou Chamber of Commerce who was present; deep within his exceptionally well-hidden eyes, they were filled with a gloomy and sinister look.

When Chu Hong brought Song Jiaojiao and Wang Suming to appear at the City Lord's Mansion,

the moment he saw the latter appear full of life right before his eyes, President Sha Lie's heart was thrown into complete chaos.

"It turns out to be true… He's really not dead…"

His pupils constricted slightly. He had seen Chu Hong's head chopped off by Jiang Long with his own eyes inside a box back then, which definitely couldn't be fake.

And when Lan Yujing stepped forward and offered her congratulations with a smile: "Student Chu Hong, the last time I saw you, you were still at Qiyuan Realm Stage Four. Now, it's only been half a month, and you've already reached Ninth Stage of Qiyuan Realm."

"This promotion speed is truly terrifying; it's probably one-of-a-kind even in Longming Sacred Academy."

"What?! Ninth Stage of Qiyuan Realm?!"

Hearing this, President Sha Lie's heart trembled fiercely once more. He hadn't paid attention earlier, but looking closely now, wasn't the aura emanating from Chu Hong precisely that of Ninth Stage of Qiyuan Realm?

This brat…

While President Sha Lie was secretly startled, he suddenly couldn't help feeling heated up.

This brat definitely possessed an unimaginable, massive secret on him!

It was very likely some kind of massive treasure that could rapidly boost source energy!

And perhaps… more than one!

In the reception hall.

Chu Hong sat on one side of the long table, while Song Jiaojiao didn't sit on her father President Song Ming's side; instead, she quietly chose to sit beside Chu Hong, making the smile on Jiang Xingdong's face grow increasingly amiable.

He nodded and couldn't help sighing with emotion: "What a truly golden pair of youths."

His expression then grew a bit more serious.

"Xialong Base City has already sent people to the base city, and they are expected to build a teleportation diversion tower in the base city within a few days. At that time, you only need to spend source energy points to teleport directly to Xialong Base City. This can be considered the greatest misfortune among fortunes."

"Because of the quasi-hell-grade [Cliffside Epidemic Hospital], Huangshan Base City's tier evaluation actually increased by one level."

"So, since there's no need to waste time taking an airship there, this old man will talk with you all about the serious business you will face next…"

In the reception hall, everyone listened quietly to Jiang Xingdong speaking.

Even people with faces and reputations in Huangshan Base City like President Song Ming and President Sha Lie did not choose to leave.

These were three supernova talents who were extremely likely to represent Huangshan Base City in the future and make a name for themselves throughout the Great Xia.

Getting familiar faces with them had a hundred benefits and not a single harm.

"The reason why newcomers risk their lives to pass the assessment and enter Source Energy University—the secondary awakening is the biggest reason among them. The secondary awakening requires a special thing called [forbidden blood crystal]…"

Chu Hong's pupils constricted slightly, while Jiang Xingdong gently nodded.

"That's right, it's something similar to that [forbidden object] you encountered when you faced the Black Hole Council in the secret realm, Little Hong!"

Chu Hong inwardly drew a sharp breath.

He still remembered that [forbidden object No. 832 Warhead] marked with the information 'Definitely not a secret realm product'. The Night Crow Society of the Black Hole Council used that kind of [forbidden object] to send the boss in the secret realm into a frenzy,

thereby increasing the secret realm's energy level to achieve the purpose of bursting the barrier and releasing a monster tide.

But no matter what, he never expected that—

This kind of thing was not only being used by those madmen of the Black Hole Council, but Source Energy University was using it as well?!

Seeming to see through his shock, Jiang Xingdong sighed softly.

"Everything has two sides. The so-called [forbidden object] is not a product within a secret realm, but rather… after a secret realm shatters, humans use powerful methods to capture bosses from the monster tide or some elite monsters with strong foundations alive, and study and extract the results through their bodies."

"Those madmen of the Black Hole Council use this kind of [forbidden object] to strengthen the monsters in the secret realm and destroy the secret realm."

"Whereas Source Energy University uses [forbidden object] to elevate Pioneers, providing those admitted Pioneers with the opportunity for a secondary awakening."

Chu Hong, Wang Suming, and even Song Jiaojiao were hearing about such a thing for the first time.

All three of them wore faces of shock.

Jiang Xingdong continued speaking.

"Although the [forbidden object] itself is not a secret realm product, it likewise has a grading classification like collectibles. The higher the grade of the [forbidden object], the higher the success rate of the secondary awakening, and the smaller the side effects after use."

Wang Suming seized the main point: "So, Source Energy Universities with higher assessment requirements must use [forbidden object]s of higher grades?!"

He looked pleasantly surprised, and Jiang Xingdong also smiled and nodded.

Throwing down a bombshell.

"The reason why Longming Sacred Academy is so difficult to enter is because they will prepare a red-quality [forbidden object] for every newcomer who is admitted!"

"Hiss!!!" Wang Suming drew a sharp breath and grabbed Chu Hong's arm.

"Holy crap! Brother Hong, did you hear that? Red quality! We actually get red-quality items delivered upon enrollment!"

However,

at this moment when he was extremely excited, he suddenly discovered that both Chu Hong and Song Jiaojiao were looking at him with calm expressions.

Only then did he suddenly realize—

these two scumbags both already had red-quality items.

Especially his Brother Hong, who had already pulled out more than one in the assessment secret realm!

Wang Suming: "…"

Human joys and sorrows truly cannot be shared.

"The production conditions for [forbidden object] are already harsh to begin with, and precisely because of this, the assessments of Source Energy Universities every year are so difficult—it is precisely to screen out the outstanding newcomers most worthy of cultivation."

"All countries on Blue Star are like this."

Seeing that Chu Hong and the others had listened and understood, Jiang Xingdong nodded.

"And the reason this old man called you here is also for this matter… Red-quality [forbidden object]s are not so easy to touch and use. Without powerful source energy as support, even if you enter Longming Sacred Academy, that [forbidden object] will only be registered under your name."

"Only after you pass the academy's source energy assessment and meet the standards will it be distributed and permitted for use."

His gaze looked toward Wang Suming and Song Jiaojiao by Chu Hong's side.

"I'm not worried about this kid Chu Hong; Ninth Stage of Qiyuan Realm safely meets the standard. But the two of you… If you don't want the gap between you and him to widen too much, you'd better seize the next few days to work hard and raise your source energy!"

"At the very least, raise it to Qiyuan Realm Stage Seven!"

"This means that upon enrollment, you can directly use the [forbidden object] to complete the secondary awakening."

In the conference room, Jiang Xingdong earnestly instructed them.

There is inherently not that much fairness to speak of in this world; all resources must be fought for.

Luck is likewise the same.

Take the window period of Chu Hong and the others these past few days, for example.

If a top-secret, officially deduced quasi-hell-grade secret realm like the [Cliffside Epidemic Hospital] had not appeared around Huangshan Base City, or if Huangshan Base City had not been able to withstand the destruction of the Black Hole Council,

there would not be today's Huangshan Base City, whose tier evaluation rose and was connected to the teleportation system.

Chu Hong and the others would also need to spend a few days traveling through various means of transportation to make detours to other large base cities equipped with portals.

For those other people born in base cities without portals, how could this window period of a few days be fair to them?

And not all base city lords would be like Jiang Xingdong—

taking newcomers of the base city so much to heart…

Everything was also luck, yet luck is the inevitable product of strength.