My talent panel can be increased

"Level 3."

"Oh, level 3. What? Level 3?!"

Tang Ruobing's expression changed drastically. Her light blue eyes widened, and she instantly stood up from her exhausted state on the ground. She quickly went to Ye Mingqiu's side and said, "Quick, share it with me! If you dare to lie to me, you'll regret it!"

"Ah."

Ye Mingqiu opened the panel and shared the level of his long weapon's special ability.

[Long Weapon Specialization: Level 3]

"Level 3, it really is Level 3! How did you do that? How did you raise your skill level to Level 3 in such a short time? How many skill experience books did you use? Where did you get the spirit points to buy them?" Tang Ruobing asked incredulously.

"I didn't use skill experience books. If upgrading a special skill requires skill experience books, that would be a huge waste of spirit points," Ye Mingqiu said matter-of-factly.

For him, upgrading combat skills only requires fighting, and the journey to the Spirit Realm inevitably involves fighting, so there's no need to spend Spirit Points to buy skill upgrade books to upgrade combat skills; it's too much of a waste.

"This"

"Oh, by the way, thank you. You helped me learn the [Fist Technique Specialty] from the battle just now. Without your help, I don't know how long it would have taken me to learn it on my own." Ye Mingqiu shared his Level 1 Fist Technique Specialty and expressed his heartfelt gratitude.

"You've mastered a special martial arts technique? Based on the time it took to fight just now?" Tang Ruobing asked incredulously.

"Yes, but I have a foundation in close combat. If I were starting from scratch, it would take at least four or five hours to learn it. My talent isn't as good as you think," Ye Mingqiu replied.

"Do you know how long it takes for a normal person to master a level 1 special skill?" Tang Ruobing asked quietly.

"I know, about a month."

Ye Mingqiu revealed an incredibly bright smile.

Before he became a psychic, he never thought he could successfully pass the Spirit Realm Trials, so he didn't learn many common sense things. But now that he's become a psychic, if he still doesn't learn basic common sense things, then there's something wrong with his thinking.

Tang Ruobing clenched her fist and said, "You knew that, so why are you saying that? You're doing it on purpose!"

"Hey?"

"I beat you to death!"

Tang Ruobing raised her fist to strike, but ultimately held back. She sighed deeply, lowered her hand, and said, "Is your specialty really improved so much just through combat? Are you sure?"

"Why did you lie to me?"

"Then your combat talent must be very strong. I could actually feel it during the fight just now. Your reaction speed is very fast, your combat intuition is abnormally accurate, and you are frighteningly pure when you enter combat mode. You even fought me like that."

Tang Ruobing squatted on the ground, silently burying her head in her knees, hugging her legs with her hands, her long blue hair falling naturally, creating a somewhat poignant scene.

After the fierce battle, her attitude seemed to have undergone some subtle changes. She was no longer as cold as before, but instead had a girlish feel to her, as if she had returned to the time when she and Tang Ruobing were chatting online.

Ye Mingqiu looked at her, his feelings complicated.

You were even more ruthless than me in that fight, and now you're pretending to be pitiful.

However, she was indeed very kind to me, and she was full of martial spirit during the battle. Even when she was at a disadvantage, she did not consider using magic, but insisted on fighting to the end in her own way.

Using your full strength in battle is a basic respect for a strong fighter.

Ye Mingqiu originally intended to say that, but in the end he simply patted Tang Ruobing on the back and softly comforted her, "I'm sorry."

"Will you still hit me in the future?" Tang Ruobing quietly raised her head, revealing a dangerous glint in her eyes.

"It depends."

"you!"

Enraged, Tang Ruobing retrieved her staff from her storage space, banging it on the ground while shouting, "I told you to watch the situation! I told you to watch the situation! Are you going to watch it again?!"

"Hey!"

Ye Mingqiu was beaten badly, but it didn't hurt much; he even wanted to say something:

You hit someone like you're being cute!

Chapter 72 On the Eve of the Team Battle

The morning passed quickly.

Although there were some unexpected events along the way, Ye Mingqiu still successfully mastered three general spells: Wind Walk, Illumination, and Healing, as well as various variant spells, and gained a lot.

He glanced at the time on his communicator.

10:21

There's still a long time before school ends at noon. Take a shower first, then grab something to eat at the cafeteria before continuing your cultivation. While walking, you can listen to spell lessons with headphones or deduce spells, making the most of every second.

As Ye Mingqiu reached the corner of the stairs, he discovered that there was someone there, and it was Xiao Guang, whom he had just seen that morning.

At this moment, Xiao Guang was casually leaning against the railing of the corridor, holding an ornate staff in her arms. Her cold, hostile eyes were looking at him, and she had placed the staff across the stairwell.

"Wait a moment."

"Ok?"

Ye Mingqiu was a little puzzled, wondering what this guy was up to. However, he could sense that although the guy was still hostile towards him, it was much less so than it had been in the morning.

The reason is simple. After Xiaoguang returned to the classroom, she gradually calmed down. She felt that it was too arbitrary of her to assume that Tang Ruobing and that boy had a relationship. After all, Tang Ruobing herself did not seem like the kind of person who would do such a thing.

If nothing unexpected happens, Sister Bing probably just wants to teach the other person magic. Her comment about having good talent isn't really true; it's just polite talk since they're her own teammate.

In addition, becoming a psionicist will result in the infusion of professional energy, which will improve basic attributes and basic aptitude, and reduce the difficulty of learning spells. Since most support classes have mental specialties, it is normal for her to want to teach spells to support teammates.

She didn't want me to come before, not because she wanted to do anything shady, but simply because she thought I was too talkative and troublesome.

Ugh!

By this time, Xiao Guang had calmed down, and his hostility towards Ye Mingqiu had naturally dissipated.

Even so, she still didn't like anyone getting too close to Tang Ruobing. She felt very uncomfortable when Ye Mingqiu practiced in Tang Ruobing's private training room for a whole morning.

So she squinted and leaned closer, carefully sniffing Ye Mingqiu's scent. Her gaze and demeanor were just like a tigress hunting in the forest.

snort!

As expected.

Hmm? Something's not right! This scent is so strong! It's too intense! This is definitely Sister Ruobing's scent!

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!"

Xiao Guang staggered back a few steps, almost falling down the stairs. Her face was filled with terror and despair. Her chest heaved as she breathed, and her pupils trembled as if she were going crazy.

Finally, she stepped aside and rushed towards Tang Ruobing's private training room.

"Hmm, this child isn't in a very good mental state. I'll have to talk to Chen Ran about it later. Sigh!" Ye Mingqiu crossed his arms and frowned slightly as he muttered to himself.

Time flies when you're focused on cultivation, and a week passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, Ye Mingqiu persisted in studying the basic theories and practices of magic every day, and tried to derive and construct new spells, which greatly improved his overall practical ability.

During this period, he joined the college entrance exam preparation team to fight in the small spirit realm, earning more than 2,000 spirit energy points, which was much higher than his previous earnings.

Because his aura has become even stronger.

Undying in a Hundred Battles: All allies within 100 meters continuously recover 3% of their own health and 3% of their own psionic energy per minute. This effect is doubled for the user.

His current health is 1599, which means that Lei Peng, Lin Feng, and others will receive a bonus of 47.97 health regeneration per minute.

Ke Fanxing only has a little over 100 HP! The aura can restore 47.97 HP per minute!

This is even more amazing than high-speed regeneration!

When asked why Ye Mingqiu's aura effect had improved so much, his answer was simple: he leveled up after exploring the spirit realm, and the item that allowed him to enter early was given to him by Tang Ruobing.

Lei Peng and his two brothers didn't ask any more questions, but their gazes toward him grew even more admiring.

In addition, the [Basic-Agility] item that Ye Mingqiu bought from the Floating World Merchant Guild finally arrived, and he finally completed the last of the four basic passive attributes.

Basics - Agile

Rank: ★★★

Level: 1

Effect: Base physical potential +1, movement speed increased by 5%, reaction speed increased by 5%, attack speed increased by 5%.

[Current general skill slots: 4/5]

At this point, Ye Mingqiu had used up four of his general skill slots. He hadn't decided what skill to learn for the last slot yet. If possible, he would actually like to learn a magic-based skill called Erudition, which would directly add another general skill slot and have a very good effect.

However, under normal circumstances, the universal skill "Erudition" is exclusive to mages for two reasons. First, the drop rate is too low, making it virtually impossible for ordinary players to obtain. Second, learning Erudition has prerequisites, and these requirements are quite peculiar; it demands that the user possess a sufficiently large amount of basic knowledge.

Under normal circumstances, only mages can meet the requirements for using the "Erudition" skill; other professions simply don't learn that much knowledge.

This is another reason why Ye Mingqiu needed to learn knowledge before entering the spirit world.

knowledge is power!

If you can learn a great deal, that's a huge win!

However, obtaining the Book of Knowledge is quite difficult. This item is an extremely rare treasure for mages, and it can fetch a sky-high price at the auction house. Whether in the early or late game, the value of a skill slot is extremely high.

Ye Mingqiu glanced at his spirit energy point balance. He currently had 11451 spirit energy points, and it would be best to maintain a balance of 1 spirit energy points at all times in the future.

Because in the Spirit Realm Settlement Shop, the Learned Skill Book is worth 1 Spirit Energy Points. In the early stages, many people can get the Learned Skill Book from the Spirit Realm Shop, but they will not be able to buy it because they do not have enough Spirit Energy Points, thus missing out on this windfall.

There's nothing we can do about it

Under normal circumstances, the rewards for a typical low-level psionicist from a single world exploration are not high at all. Getting 5000 psionic points is considered pretty good. Without prior savings, it's impossible to accumulate 1 psionic points.

Under normal circumstances, the stronger you are, the more likely you are to gain high rewards when exploring the spirit world. If you are still thinking about accumulating spirit energy points under such circumstances, then you are no different from a gambler and will most likely end up with nothing.

Private training room

Tang Ruobing looked at Ye Mingqiu, who had been working on math problems for six hours and was now stuck on a big question, twirling his pen as he thought, and said softly, "Actually, you don't need to feel too much pressure. Even if we lose this team battle, I will find a way to win next time."

"pressure?"

Ye Mingqiu looked up at Tang Ruobing with a puzzled expression and asked, "Do you look stressed?"

"You've been studying for a long time."

"It's not pressure; learning makes me stronger, and I like the feeling of becoming stronger—it's a joy."

"Then come on."

"Ah."

Chapter 73 Martial Arts Hall

The academy's martial arts hall is a massive building with a vast interior that can accommodate hundreds of spectators to watch battles. The core of the battlefield is so large it's like another world.

Furthermore, the martial arts arena's terrain has unique effects; it can self-repair and its model can be manipulated to change, such as creating various terrains like plains, sea, land-sea combinations, storm zones, and thunderstorm zones.

The martial arts hall is used for sparring, but it can be used for more than just sparring. It can also be used as a training ground to help students improve the speed of their special training methods through the environment.

Of course, the Shangwu Hall training ground itself is school equipment and falls under the category of welfare, so Ye Mingqiu can use it for training for free.

However, there are many people coming to cultivate, and battles need to be arranged at the same time, so you need to register in advance to enter before you can cultivate.

But he didn't need to come.

Ye Mingqiu's professional skills and general passive skills have been maxed out with spiritual energy points, and his special skill levels are also increasing rapidly. He doesn't have any skills that require special training locations, so instead of queuing up to train here, he might as well learn more knowledge and research spells in his private training room.

Today, the vast martial arts hall welcomed guests: Team One and Team Two, who were about to start their team battle, along with more than twenty high-ranking officials from the school.

The first team battle is crucial. The winning side gains more resources, receives training at the academy, and becomes stronger more easily, allowing them to snowball quickly and make it difficult for others to catch up.

"Old Li, you've been hiding something well. I didn't expect your support class to have such a genius."

On the stands, Teacher Wang, who was in charge of the warrior department, looked at the assistant department's class teacher, Lao Li, with a look of great interest and asked.

"Actually, I didn't know he was so amazing."

Old Li felt a little strange. The last time he saw Ye Mingqiu, the kid was telling him to transfer to the warrior department. He didn't expect that this guy would become a psionicist so quickly and even successfully join the college entrance examination preparation team.

Given the high threshold for becoming a support-type psionicist, his talent is certainly impressive, but it's impossible for him to have reached his current level solely based on talent; he definitely has some other trump cards up his sleeve.

More importantly, Tang Ruobing had applied to the Dean of Students to conceal Ye Mingqiu's information, which was their right, and the school respected it. Preserving key intelligence for the upcoming team battle was perfectly reasonable, and there was absolutely nothing wrong with what they did.

But

If Ye Mingqiu's professional level is low, is it really necessary for Tang Ruobing to suggest hiding information?

Because of this, although Ye Mingqiu did not disclose his professional information, almost all the teachers believed that he was at least a lord-level expert.

Lord-level!