49: Talent advancement, Purple Sky Divine Thunder!

Xia Yuan, the only SSS-grade Talent Awakener in Jiangcheng for hundreds of years.

An SSS-grade Talent is one in a billion, and it is the most top-tier Talent in this world.

However, besides being an SSS-grade Talent, Xia Yuan had another identity.

He was the former headmaster of Shengjing University.

With such an identity, coupled with his astonishing Talent, Xia Yuan's status in Xijiang Province back then was far more impressive than that of a provincial governor.

Governors change every few years, but since the advent of the National Awakening era, Shengjing University has only had ten headmasters in total.

Xia Yuan was the ninth headmaster, and his status was incredibly noble.

"Right, have you investigated Xia Qi's background? Who are his parents?"

"I've investigated. His father is Xia Dongliu and his mother is Xu Nian. They disappeared three years ago. Both had ordinary identities and only A-grade Talents, nothing special."

Butler Mo's conclusion calmed Yun Yanghai down.

That's right.

How could Xia Qi be Xia Yuan's son?

An SSS-grade Talent cannot produce an S-grade Talent offspring; at most, it would drop one grade, which is the absolute limit.

Normally, offspring inherit their parents' genes and Talents; even if they are not superior to their parents, they won't be much lower.

"Hmm, although Xia Yuan is from Jiangcheng, he disappeared eighteen years ago. It should have nothing to do with Xia Qi."

Thus, Yun Yanghai stopped thinking about it, simply assuming Xia Qi was a precocious high school student with some Talent, just a bit unconventional.

On the other side.

Xia Qi returned home an hour later.

The reason it took him so long was not because of the long journey, but because he went to a supermarket and bought a large amount of daily necessities.

Putting his parents' photo into his spatial storage, Xia Qi glanced at the empty house, silently closed the door, and left without looking back.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, he probably wouldn't be coming back.

After sensing Yun Yanghai's strength, Xia Qi knew that if Yun Yanghai wanted to kill him, he would have no power to resist.

This was merely the strength of an S-grade Talent grown to level 80. As for how terrifying SS-grade and SSS-grade Talents would be at the Late Stage, Xia Qi couldn't even imagine.

"Strength, strength is the capital for a stable life!"

The power of Talent is merely the Foundation of a house, but there are still many unfinished buildings.

Xia Qi understood that he didn't have much capital; whether this house could be built well depended on whether he worked hard enough.

For the next half-month, until the college entrance examination, Xia Qi planned to stay in the wilderness.

The early period was for building his Foundation; he couldn't relax for a single moment.

He took a bus to the South City gate and saw the high city walls in the moonlight. For a moment, Xia Qi felt that the city was like a cage, and perhaps outside the city was where he should be.

"Show your pass. It's you again, young man. I remember you just came back today. Why are you going to the wilderness again?"

The squad leader had a deep impression of Xia Qi's information. There were only a few S-grade Talent students this year, and the squad leader would intentionally pay attention to those who entered and exited the wilderness.

Xia Qi was a student who had just returned to the city this morning, and unexpectedly, he was leaving the city again at night.

"You haven't even graduated yet, have you? If I had worked as hard as you back then, I'd probably be a general by now."

The city guard squad leader sighed, returned the ID card to Xia Qi, and patted his shoulder, "Be careful, life first!"

"Life first!"

Xia Qi nodded.

It was precisely because life came first that he needed to go to the wilderness.

Otherwise, people would be like birds in a cage, fed every day, never knowing when the butcher's knife would fall on their necks, becoming a dish on the dinner table.

Upon arriving outside the city, although dangers lurked everywhere, the anxiety in Xia Qi's heart actually settled.

"Amplifying S-grade Talent: Thunder Control, obtained S-grade Talent: Thunder Control (9/10)."

"Amplifying S-grade Talent: Thunder Control, obtained SS-grade Talent: Divine Lightning (0/100)."

[Divine Lightning (Copied)]

[Quality: SS-grade.]

[Effect: You can control Divine Lightning. The thunder of the ten directions will obey the command of the monarch.]

After moving away from the city gate, Xia Qi used both of today's amplifications on Thunder Control. As expected, after ten amplifications, the S-grade Talent advanced to SS-grade Talent.

The original ability to control the power of thunder also transformed into the ability to control the power of Divine Lightning.

At this point, countless free-floating elemental particles in the night sky began to continuously surge into Xia Qi's body, starting to change the lightning elemental energy within Xia Qi.

This change was subtle and continuous, not restricted by Xia Qi's actions.

Through the perception of Thunder Breathing, Xia Qi could feel the lightning elemental energy within his body becoming restless.

Countless lightning elemental energies devoured each other, undergoing Fusion.

The cerulean lightning elements gradually changed color, beginning to show a hint of purple.

Boom!

Accompanied by a low rumble, it was as if endless power exploded within Xia Qi's body.

Countless blue-purple lightning arcs began to emanate from his skin, leaping around Xia Qi's body, flickering on and off.

At this moment, if anyone were to look, they would find Xia Qi enveloped in a ball of blue-purple electricity.

Crackling sounds reverberated through the silent night, as endless lightning arcs spread out from Xia Qi as the center.

Fortunately, no other cultivators passed through the dense forest where Xia Qi was located.

Otherwise, the violent power would certainly affect passersby.

Rumble!

Trees, shattered rocks, the ground...

Everything touched by the lightning instantly exploded.

Lightning mixed with flames erupted, and the area within a few meters of Xia Qi immediately turned to scorched earth.

Just a trace of leaked energy caused terrifying power.

"Not good, the energy almost went out of control!"

Xia Qi suddenly realized, seeing the sky ablaze with fire and the thunder roaring around him, he quickly circulated Thunder Breathing to control the energy within his body.

Then he instantly teleported to another hidden location, thus avoiding being discovered by others.

After half an hour of energy circulation, Xia Qi finally relaxed. He was now able to completely control the power of the SS-grade Talent, Divine Lightning.

At this moment, Xia Qi only felt a warm sensation throughout his body, filled with power.

The blue-purple lightning surrounding his body also receded into his body like a tide.

"Good thing this is in the wilderness. If this were in the city, the city guard would probably have rushed over immediately."

This was the advantage of the wilderness: vast terrain, sparse human population, and some anomalies would not be so easily discovered.

Feeling the purple-tinged Divine Lightning power, Xia Qi subconsciously raised his right hand.

With a slight thought, countless purple lightning arcs began to swirl out.

Unlike the previous cerulean lightning, this purple lightning contained an ancient and powerful energy that made one's heart palpitate.

"This is the SS-grade Talent, Divine Lightning!"

Xia Qi's eyes sparkled slightly. He could sense that if this lightning strike hit someone, it wouldn't just be a simple wound.

Instead, it could directly blast a person into smithereens!