Song Ting

In the bedroom, after skillfully locking the door, Song Chi entered the Myriad Heavens Market—or, more precisely, the All-Attribute Cultivation Room within it.

He had long wanted to try out the 580% cultivation speed bonus for the Psionic Guidance Technique.

He decided to spend the next month soaking in this All-Attribute Cultivation Room. With the 5.8-fold boost, one month would be equivalent to half a year of cultivation outside. Hopefully, he could use this chance to break the Psionic Guidance Technique through to lv5 in one go. The technique had been stuck at lv4 for two years already, and lv5 was not that far away. What if he succeeded?

The next day, in the afternoon.

Driving his father's Pentium Type III kinetic hovercar, Song Chi headed straight for Soaring Dragon Middle School in Jiangyuan.

As one of Jiangyuan's best junior Kindling middle schools, Soaring Dragon Middle School was quite well known.

It was currently Soaring Dragon Middle School's holiday break, and the roads near the school gates were especially congested. Fortunately, Song Chi was driving a kinetic hovercar, so he did not have to add to the already jammed traffic like the ordinary vehicles on the roads below.

He parked directly in an empty spot not far from the school gates and waited patiently. He always parked in this area, and Song Ting knew it well, so there was no need for him to go wait for her at the gate.

While waiting, Song Chi focused inward and actively visualized the mythical mech projection that had already been imprinted deep within his mind. Although the projection could automatically strengthen the imprinted person's mental power after being branded, actively visualizing it naturally produced better results.

Yesterday, he had asked his father more questions about the Dragonspine Tyrant Whale—mythical mech form projection diagram. The reason one had to wait until the age of thirty before attempting visualization was that only after successfully awakening a Kindling Seed, with one's mind bolstered by the seed, could one withstand the diagram's immense power that acted directly upon the mind.

Otherwise, at best, one's mind would be damaged; at worst, one's psyche would collapse completely, turning one into a lunatic with no awareness at all.

After generations of testing by the Song Clan, they had ultimately determined that attempting the imprint only after awakening a Kindling Seed gave the highest chance of success.

Because of this, Song Chi, who always felt that he had gotten a somewhat late start, had become increasingly invested in this projection visualization diagram. With the Myriad Heavens Market in hand, he had great confidence in his future achievements. And since it concerned his future so-called mythical mech form, he naturally did not dare to slack off.

"Song Chi, why are you here? Where's Dad?"

He did not know how much time had passed before that familiar voice finally rang out beside him.

Before he could speak, the voice sounded again.

"Wait, I remember now. The annual awakening ceremony was just a couple days ago. Song Chi, don't tell me you failed to awaken, so Dad sent you here instead?"

Opening his eyes, Song Chi turned his head and shot a fierce glare at the girl standing a short distance to the right of the hovercar.

"I'm your brother. Stop cursing me."

The girl was Song Ting, his biological younger sister. She was eighteen this year, twelve years younger than Song Chi.

Song Chi swept his gaze over her, his expression blank.

At that moment, two soft voices sounded from behind Song Ting.

"Hello, Big Brother Song."

"Big Brother Song!"

Two pretty figures stepped out from behind Song Ting and stood beside her. Looking at the three youthful girls, Song Chi was briefly dazed. Just a few years ago, they had still been little girls, yet before he knew it, they had shed their immaturity and grown into graceful young women. It left him feeling somewhat emotional.

Lu Xue and Wang Mengjing were Song Ting's classmates and best friends. The three had practically grown up playing together, and Song Chi knew them very well.

"Hello to you too, Xiao Xue, Mengjing."

"Alright, get in."

At his words, the three girls smiled brightly. Lu Xue and Wang Mengjing showed no shyness at all as they openly climbed into the car.

Over the past eighteen years, Song Chi had picked them up many times. He would always take a detour to drop them off at home, and they were used to it by now.

Not long after the Pentium Type III hovercar's engine started, the vehicle slowly rose into the air. Song Ting, seated in the front passenger seat, was the first to lose her patience.

"Brother, did you awaken successfully?"

Hearing the seriousness in her voice, Song Chi knew that although his sister was usually a bit lively and unruly, she cared deeply about her family. Regarding his awakening, she appeared carefree and unconcerned on the surface, but inside, she had been more worried than anyone.

When she saw him nod, a smile finally returned to her eyes. But it lasted only a moment before she revealed her true colors again. Her bright eyes rolled around as though she were rapidly plotting something.

Having dealt with this before, Song Chi decided to strike first.

"Don't ask about anything else. If you ask, the answer is the lowest grade."

Naturally, Song Ting was unwilling to let it go. She had finally gotten a holiday; there was no way she was just going straight home. After being quiet for only a moment, she suddenly turned toward Song Chi in the driver's seat with pleading eyes.

"Brother, I'm hungry. Let's go have hot pot. I remember the place on Minyuan Road tastes amazing."

Song Chi rolled his eyes and pulled a small suitcase from beside him.

"Hungry, are you? Drink one of these. I guarantee you won't be hungry for half a day."

Song Ting curiously opened the suitcase, anticipation faintly visible in her eyes. But when she saw the ten blue-tubed potions in their all-too-familiar packaging, she was utterly speechless.

"Song Chi, you can't just brush me off like this."

Before Song Chi could speak, Lu Xue's eyes lit up slightly in the back seat, and she said softly,

"Tingting, they're intermediate body-tempering potions."

At the word "intermediate," Song Ting finally realized what they were. She lowered her head for another look, and delight appeared in her eyes.

In the past, she had mostly used beginner body-tempering potions. Song Chi had been about to awaken, so the resources their parents provided had basically all been spent on him. As such, she had not used intermediate body-tempering potions many times.

"Brother, you just awakened. You don't need to buy these for me. Dad and Mom will be fully supporting me next..."

Holding the suitcase worth one million in her hands, Song Ting's voice weakened again. Song Chi had only just awakened and was at a time when he urgently needed resources. So while she was delighted, she was even more worried about his circumstances.

Song Chi waved a hand indifferently.

"This welfare exploration brought in a pretty good haul, so you don't need to worry about your brother. You, on the other hand—the advancement exam for Kindling Academy is in two years, yet your guidance technique is still only lv1..."

As he spoke, his gaze shifted to sweep over Lu Xue and Wang Mengjing in the back seat.

"And you two as well. You don't follow her lead in the good things, but when it comes to practicing the guidance technique, you're strangely in sync. An lv1 guidance technique is far too low. It will affect not only your future schooling, but also your chances of successfully awakening a Kindling Seed. Put away those other thoughts and put more effort into the guidance technique."

After saying that, he took out two more wooden boxes from beside him and handed one to each of them.

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