"Gold-level talent, special investigation unit!" "The Zhou family's internal records show that two of their members were connected to the Demonic Law Society. The Zhou family's patriarch was from the Chen family, and he had ties to the Demonic Law Society... In total, 164 people... all with names on the list of suspects!" "His background is tied to a powerful faction! He's a member of the Zhou family! We must investigate this thoroughly!" "The Ming family, the Imperial Capital's government, the Demonic Law Society, and the Inquisition are working together to oversee the investigation!" "Also, our investigation found that Zhou Zhenghe and Zhou Youhong, along with 13 others, were killed. The Demonic Law Society's methods were used..."
At a Demonic Law Society tower in the Imperial Capital, inside a quiet room, Chen Xin was reviewing a report.
After hearing the news about Jiang Yu, he asked with a smile, "Little Jiang, what's your relationship with that person? How did you manage to get the Demonic Law Society's top brass and even the Imperial Capital's Demonic Law Society branch to favor you?"
Chen Xin was the team leader in charge of investigating the small relic site in Jinyang City.
He hadn't expected the Zhou family, that seemingly lofty imperial clan, to be dealt with so quickly.
It had all happened thanks to the power of the heavens and the earth.
Jiang Yu glanced at Chen Xin, puzzled.
"Elder Chen, are you congratulating me? Or are you asking how I broke through to the High Level and got the Demonic Law Society to take such good care of me?"
"As for that person..."
He looked a little confused about whom Chen Xin meant, but then he understood.
"As for Elder Gu, I don't know either. It's just that the new dean of Mingyao Academy contacted me and said that he'd like to meet with me."
Chen Xin looked surprised.
Elder Gu and the dean—those were both figures he could only look up to.
How could someone as exceptionally talented as Jiang Yu possibly know them?
Those imperial clans, those so-called high-ranking families—they'd spent so long immersed in their own world that they'd forgotten there was always a greater world beyond it...
"Oh, right."
As he spoke, Chen Xin promptly took out a small glass bottle filled with a silvery-gray liquid.
"This is Divine Essence. It's an extremely rare treasure produced in small quantities by some planes. Even the Imperial Capital's major families might not get a single bottle in a whole year. It's a reward for you."
"Divine Essence is an exceptionally rare treasure that's especially useful for improving mental power. It should help you a lot with your breakthrough to the High Level."
Jiang Yu carefully accepted the bottle of extraordinary-looking Divine Essence.
He'd thought the Imperial Capital's big families had forgotten about the reward.
After all, the previous batch had been split among the members of his small group, and everyone who'd fought hard had received a share.
Then, because of the Zhou family's crimes, the whole process had been completely derailed.
So Jiang Yu hadn't expected to get any reward at all. He hadn't imagined that Chen Xin would actually give him an unexpected surprise.
"What a generous gift—ten bottles at once!"
Jiang Yu looked at them. There were ten small bottles in the box.
Chen Xin chuckled when he heard that.
"How could that be? You're the only one who got them. The others got some magical items and other odds and ends."
"Oh, Elder Gu said to find him when you get back to Mingyao Academy."
Jiang Yu nodded to show he understood.
After saying goodbye, he opened the portal to Mingyao Academy and headed to the dean's office.
In the few short months since he arrived in this world, so many things had happened.
He figured that this exchange program would be the most extraordinary one yet.
Jiang Yu continued on his way, deep in thought.
When he arrived outside the Demonic Law Society tower, he didn't intend to waste any time.
"Little Dark."
In the blink of an eye, a small black dragon appeared beside him. Black light enveloped them, and they disappeared from the air.
The move drew startled cries from the people entering and leaving the Demonic Law Society tower.
Less than a second later.
Jiang Yu appeared before a huge, hexagonal building that seemed to be made of countless stacked blocks. The Mingyao Academy insignia was displayed above its entrance.
He soon found the dean's office on the sixth floor.
After entering, he saw Elder Gu, who looked very approachable, and greeted him:
"You've been cultivating hard. You've made another breakthrough?"
"When do you plan to enter the third step and break through to the High Level?"
"Have you prepared everything you need for the Star River's Source?"
A series of questions came at Jiang Yu.
Jiang Yu took out the Star River's Source and the Divine Essence he'd just received.
"This is the Star River's Source I found at the small ruins, and the Divine Essence the Imperial Capital's families gave me. Can these help me break through to the High Level?"
Elder Gu raised his brows in surprise.
As for Jiang Yu's breakthrough, he didn't want any unexpected complications.
After all, the fate of this world rested largely on him and Ai Jiangtu.
With Ai Jiangtu and Jiang Yu together, this world had its best chance of reaching the tenth rank!
"Good. You'll make your breakthrough here in the third-step training room."
Because breaking through would cause a huge surge in magical energy, it could trigger a violent mana storm.
So Elder Gu intended to personally protect Jiang Yu!
Jiang Yu sensed the vast quantity of Starfall magic energy around Elder Gu, far beyond what an ordinary Demonic Law Society elder possessed. His mana was brimming as he said,
"Let's do it here."
Elder Gu didn't object. He simply said, "All right."
Then he instructed the staff to clear the third-step training room of anyone else. The entire third-step room was made available to Jiang Yu.
"That's quite a commotion. Even Elder Gu came in person."
"Isn't he the dean's favorite student? He's a genius. I heard he's breaking through to the High Level while still at school!"
"How do you know?"
"Ha! I've been at Mingyao Academy for six years. I've seen people break through to the High Level in the third-step training room before, but they were all old enough to have graduated. No one else has made the breakthrough while still a student."
"That's incredible... I've never seen Elder Gu personally come out to watch someone break through before."
Some of the students were drawn over by the commotion, and gathered in the direction of the third-step room, whispering among themselves.
At that moment, Jiang Yu had just stepped into the highest-level training room.
A surge of mana swirled throughout the various systems within him, forming multicolored currents of magical energy.
He took a deep breath, then activated the Star River magic apparatus he'd carried with him for half an hour each day while cultivating!
Jiang Yu felt the Star River apparatus inside him begin to move. The four stars within it swirled like living creatures.
He knew the moment had come.
First, he drank the Divine Essence.
In that instant, Jiang Yu felt the whole world grow clear!
Even though some of his senses were being suppressed, he could feel everything around him more clearly than ever before.
He also seemed to have gained a strange new sense.
Not the five senses, but perception!
"Have I actually improved my mental power?"
Jiang Yu murmured to himself.
He had the Mind and Space systems, both of which focused on mental power, so his mental realm had barely improved.
This bottle of Divine Essence seemed to have raised his mental realm by two levels.
At that moment, he took out the rainbow-colored Star River's Source.
It was precisely the Star River's Source.
If Jiang Yu's vast Starfall mana was a planet filled with mana,
then the Star River's Source was an inexhaustible bucket of mana that could help him break through to the next level, turning his star system into a galaxy.
Even Jiang Yu couldn't help feeling a little nervous and expectant.
After breaking through to the High Level, the final heavenly-given star system on his status panel would be unlocked. What effect would it have?
And his mental power would also break through by leaps and bounds. What if something unexpected happened...
"Whatever. Break through first!"
Holding the Star River's Source, Jiang Yu released the vast Starfall mana within his mental world.
The spatial mana surrounding the entire third-step room was drawn in. It poured into Jiang Yu's mental world like a flood. ```
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