In the courtyard.
Feng Ji had left, while Jiang Ning stood where he was.
"Sumeru Ring... isn't this what they call a spatial ring?"
"If I can really use it, it'll be incredibly convenient for me!"
Jiang Ning muttered to himself.
Then he slipped the jet-black ring onto his finger.
It gave him a strange sensation, one much like the feeling he had gotten from a spirit weapon.
Jiang Ning became even more certain that Huang Dazheng had not been wrong. This item was, nine times out of ten, a relic left behind from ancient times.
A relic known as the Sumeru Ring.
"The immortal root Feng Ji mentioned should, logically speaking, be the spiritual wisdom Shen Congyun spoke of."
"It was precisely because I possess spiritual wisdom that I qualified to make that spirit weapon acknowledge me as its master."
"That must be it!" The more Jiang Ning thought about it, the more certain he became.
Then he stroked his chin.
"If that's the case, I only lack one condition before I can use the Sumeru Ring: my mental power must become tangible enough to leave my body for a short time!"
[Skill]: Literacy (Second Limit Break 1903/3000) (Traits: Photographic Memory, Extraordinary Senses)
Jiang Ning's gaze then fell upon the panel.
He only needed another 1,100 experience points for Literacy to break its limit again. Each time this skill broke its limit, it could strengthen his mental power.
The last limit break had strengthened his mental power to the point where he could examine his entire body internally. That breakthrough had greatly increased the efficiency with which he tempered his muscles. The next limit break would surely bring another transformation to his mental power.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ning recalled the imperial examinations.
According to what he