Isn't This Something You Can Do With Your Hands?

"Old Zhou, you need to think this through. This is no small matter; there are only two spots for the entire Jiangnan Province."

"Although Qin Zhixue is an SS-rank, the other cities will definitely band together to form all-S-rank teams. If our Cloud Sea City doesn't form an alliance, we might not be able to compete."

Principal Zhou fell silent.

He naturally understood the stakes involved.

If Qin Zhixue, as Cloud Sea City's only SS-rank class changer this year, failed to secure a spot, Cloud Sea City would lose face in a major way.

It could even lead to an investigation from the provincial authorities.

Seeing Principal Zhou remain silent, the two principals, Wu and Wang, smiled.

They offered him a way out.

"You don't need to worry about this; we'll handle it."

After all, it would only cost them a few promises of benefits.

Besides, unless she was foolish, Qin Zhixue should know how to choose.

Between teaming up with a C-rank or two S-ranks, was there even a need to consider?

Principal Zhou opened his mouth, but stopped himself.

In truth, he still held a sliver of hope for Chen Ming.

That was why he had turned a blind eye to the SS-rank and C-rank teaming up.

19% potential value...

It could be described as a terrifyingly high mental talent.

"If that child could awaken a mental-type skill, he might just be able to turn things around."

As a principal, he knew some of the secrets regarding mental potential.

It was just that such things were incredibly difficult to awaken.

Having high potential didn't guarantee success.

"Is there anything special about Chen Ming?"

At this moment, the Mechanical Crow on the Inspector's shoulder spoke again.

Principal Zhou hurriedly replied, "His mental potential is very high, but it's a pity..."

He sighed.

It was just a pity he had awakened as a C-rank Shield Guard.

The Mechanical Crow stared at Principal Zhou.

"Oh? How high?"

"Before awakening, his mental potential value had already reached 19%," Principal Zhou answered truthfully.

"19?"

A rather hoarse voice rang out.

By the window, the Inspector turned around.

This was the first time he had spoken; previously, the crow had been 'speaking' for him.

"Where is this Chen Ming now?"

Chen Ming finally finished his cultivation.

He let out a long breath, feeling his body brimming with vitality.

The feeling of this night had been incredibly comfortable.

It was as if someone exhausted had slept soundly for an entire day, feeling refreshed and invigorated.

The moment he opened his eyes:

[Mental potential value: 20%!]

"It really broke through!"

Chen Ming's face lit up with joy.

For a class changer, a mental potential value of 20% was a major threshold.

Successfully crossing this hurdle would bring immense benefits.

The most important effects manifested in two aspects.

The first was the mental space.

Storage is an ability that no one can refuse.

The second one is the ability of mental detection.

Chen Ming grew excited.

He opened his book to recall the teaching methods, preparing to set about opening up his own mental space.

But the very next second, a notification popped up from his profession panel.

[Mental potential value has reached 20%--]

[Yes/No to immediately awaken a 'Mental-type skill'?]

"Huh?"

Looking at this sudden prompt, which was almost identical to the one from his class awakening yesterday, Chen Ming was somewhat stunned.

"This... mental skill awakening, it's just done?"

He blinked, staring at the message to confirm it repeatedly.

Wasn't it supposed to be very difficult?

Wasn't it said that even if one's mental potential reached 20%, the vast majority of people still couldn't awaken?

For him, it seemed there was no difficulty at all.

"Isn't this something anyone can do with their eyes closed?"

Is mental awakening really as exaggerated as they say?

One must know that he hadn't even used the [Mind Crystal] he received as a ranking reward yesterday.

According to the information he gathered from his conversation with Qin Zhixue yesterday, a normal person could begin absorbing rare mental resources once they broke through to 20%.

The more resources absorbed and the higher the energy contained within them, the higher the probability of awakening a mental skill.

Moreover, this process had to be completed before reaching 21%.

Once one reached 21%, it would be impossible to awaken a mental skill.

Absorbing more rare resources would be useless; at most, it would only increase one's cultivation speed.

Qin Zhixue's advice to Chen Ming was that during the Grand Exam, if his mental power broke through 20%, he should stop active cultivation and try to delay reaching 21% as much as possible.

But now, Chen Ming had just reached 20% and, without absorbing any rare resources, had completed the "standard" entirely on his own base stats.

Looking at the "Yes/No" choice before him, Chen Ming didn't rush to awaken just yet.

Instead, he calmed down.

The essence of mental skill awakening was the same as class awakening, only with an extra invisible threshold.

Correspondingly, the grade of the awakened skill should be influenced by rare resources.

The more energy material absorbed, the higher the awakening grade.

Since he was going to awaken, Chen Ming naturally wanted a better ability.

He took out the [Mind Crystal].

Unlike yesterday, Chen Ming could now feel the difference in the object in his hand.

He could clearly sense a very pure energy flowing within the white crystal.

Attribute energy!

Chen Ming almost instinctively felt a primal craving.

He wanted to absorb it immediately.

So, he did.

One minute later...

Crack--

The [Mind Crystal] in his hand made a shattering sound, the white crystal turning grayish-brown.

It then crumbled into powder.

"Too little, it's not enough at all."

Chen Ming licked his lips, feeling somewhat unsatisfied.

After absorbing the attribute energy of the Mind Crystal, he confirmed his previous thought.

Rare mental resources would indeed influence the grade of the awakened mental skill!

If one were to view this process of absorbing attribute energy as a pool filling with water...

So, the absorption of this Mind Crystal just now was like adding a single ladle of water to a dried-up pond.

It was simply too little!

"Can't rush, can't rush."

Chen Ming took a deep breath, struggling to suppress the urge to awaken a mental skill immediately.

Although awakening right now might be gratifying for a moment.

It wouldn't necessarily result in a high-level skill.

He was unwilling to leave behind regrets when he could have done better.

"Haste makes waste."

Chen Ming warned himself in his heart.

Although he could sense that the resources required to fill the 'pond' might be terrifying.

But at the very least.

Chen Ming wanted to obtain as many resources as possible before awakening.

Take a gamble, and a bicycle might turn into a motorcycle!

After all, low-level skills were of no great use to him anyway.

"Let's open up the mental space first."

Chen Ming shifted his focus, forcing himself to stop dwelling on the awakening of mental skills.

He was afraid that the more he thought about it, the itchier he would get, and he wouldn't be able to stop himself from awakening.