blogombal Chapter 364 - 351: First Mysterious Identification
Chapter 364 - 351: First Mysterious Identification
With that, Gu Ming made an excuse and left, taking the Divinity Returning Pill outside to get some air.
[A senior club member has given you an improved Divinity Returning Pill. Compared to the early version from thirty years ago, this Elixir has been integrated with Wenquxing’s medicinal cuisine. The Elixir now possesses the cuisine’s restorative properties, allowing for non-toxic consumption.]
Gu Ming hadn’t intended to slight everyone. He just saw an opportunity to verify the Elixir’s purification effect and decided to refuse it for now, stalling for time to observe it.
He lingered outside for a while. When he felt the Elixir in his hand again, he noticed that both the aura it exuded and its scent had changed significantly.
The medicinal aroma had faded slightly, replaced by a refreshing fragrance similar to mint.
Gu Ming no longer hesitated and swallowed the Elixir.
He trusted the system’s claim that the Elixir was scientifically fused with medicinal cuisine. After taking it, he waited until it was about halfway digested before heading back inside.
By this point, his Spiritual Power was already surging like a spring, quickly returning to its normal level.
When the others saw him return after just ten minutes outside, they all shot him strange glances.
Many of them had been surprised when Gu Ming refused the Elixir earlier, not expecting the young genius to have so many quirks.
But then again, no one found it that strange.
Which genius didn’t have a few eccentricities?
Gu Ming’s preference for natural methods and his caution regarding Elixirs were just minor quirks among many, hardly worth mentioning.
The sophomore who had offered the Elixir, Xu Liang, on the other hand, wore a regretful expression.
He looked at Gu Ming, about to say something, but then noticed that his Spiritual Power had already recovered, showing no signs of its earlier exhaustion.
Gu Ming himself looked invigorated, his posture erect. No matter how you looked at him, he seemed perfectly fine.
He couldn’t help but ask out of curiosity, "How did your Spiritual Power recover?"
Unashamed for having slighted them, Gu Ming answered with perfect composure:
"I just spent some time learning about the university’s medicinal cuisine science.
"I hope you all don’t mind. After all, when it comes to things I’m unfamiliar with, I have to personally confirm and understand them before I’m willing to consume them."
As soon as he said this, the expressions of the others softened.
Although Gu Ming’s tone was still very self-assured and showed a lack of trust in their guidance, what genius who had just been admitted to Wenquxing University wasn’t a little arrogant?
No one criticized him too much for it. Instead, they urged, "Well then, let’s continue the Identification."
Gu Ming nodded and sat down at the table. Following the activation gestures for Mysterious Trace Identification in his mind, his palms slowly opened and closed, drifted about, and formed a seal, all while he performed a Visualization of a mysterious ritual diagram.
Instantly, mysterious ripples spread through his mind.
Silent waves suddenly churned the calm Sea of Consciousness as a mysterious pattern flashed through it.
The next moment, Gu Ming felt that the white Stone Box before him had become exceptionally different.
’On Changdiao Mountain, an insect’s corpse petrified. After failing its ascension, it degenerated into a Stone-eating Insect.’
’This very square Stone Box is its heart.’
’Had the ascension succeeded, it would have gained the evolutionary prefix "Flying Bird," becoming a Flying Bird Stone-eating Insect.’
Terrifying images of the insect-type Pet Beast’s failed ascension suddenly flashed through Gu Ming’s mind:
Countless blood-red feathers erupted from its body, its bones tearing themselves apart as it tried to assume the form of a flying bird. But in the end, it was a grotesque hybrid, neither bird nor insect. Its Evolution had halted midway and forcibly regressed.
The madness of the failed Evolution seemed to drag him into a vivid Illusion Realm.
He felt as if something alien were surging beneath his skin. Two bones in his back bulged outward, threatening to tear through his flesh and sprout into wings.
Seeing his disturbed expression and possessed look, the group’s leader, Ruan Qitian, acted decisively, projecting his Divine Sense from his body.
He closed his palm into a fist, then extended a single finger and tapped lightly through the air.
His Divine Sense manifested as an invisible thumb and gently tapped Gu Ming’s forehead.
The next second, a deafening sound echoed within Gu Ming’s Sea of Consciousness.
The mysterious ripples that had churned silent waves were silently smoothed out by the massive imprint of that finger.
In an instant, Gu Ming’s Spiritual Power was drained once more. The ritual power that had driven the Identification, now without a source, quickly dissipated.
Gu Ming leaned back in his chair, closing his eyes for several seconds before his mind cleared.
"How are you? You looked like you were losing control, so I stepped in," the leader asked.
Gu Ming shook his head and said in a heavy voice, "This should be the heart of a dead Stone-eating Insect. Its Evolution failed.
"My previous dating of the artifact was incorrect.
"The biggest difference between this Stone Box heart and one from a successfully evolved Flying Bird Stone-eating Insect is that this one retains the mutated form from its deviation.
"That’s probably the only aspect worth studying, but it’s so ancient that it’s hard to say how much research value it truly holds."
He recited this long string of deductions while holding the Stone Box.
The club members beside him listened quietly, nodding from time to time. Some of their faces lit up with sudden understanding.
Leader Ruan Qitian laughed.
"Your Mysterious Trace Identification ability is in no way inferior to our vice-leader’s."
He laughed heartily, clearly very satisfied with Gu Ming’s abilities.
Gu Ming hadn’t held back.
He knew that to establish a foothold in the club, he had to demonstrate that he could hold his own.
’It seems I’ve revealed a good deal of my strength,’ he thought. ’My Mysterious Identification ability has unexpectedly reached the vice-leader’s level, but fortunately, it’s still within a manageable range.’
’After all, this Skill is the result of absorbing the entire Spiritual essence of a book to achieve a Master Level Skill Level. If it couldn’t even make people look at me in a new light, all that effort would have been for nothing.’
He nodded without saying more, simply closing his eyes to continue absorbing the remaining Medicinal Power of the Divinity Returning Pill.
A moment later, his Spiritual Power was full once again, restored to its maximum level.
「Another day passed.」
The university term officially began. Gu Ming and Lu You went to attend class in the building for their new homeroom.
"Wusi Building, third floor, Cultivation Element, Year 1, Class A... This should be it."
Gu Ming looked up at the classroom sign, which read: Cultivation Element, Year 1, Class A. This was where he would be attending class from now on.
He had been admitted to Wenquxing University on a special scholarship for his achievements in Cultivation Techniques.
Therefore, the university had placed him in a class within the Cultivation Element.
Of course, before the assignment, his year advisor had asked for his preferred major.
Instead of venturing into the territory of the Array Element, Gu Ming chose the safer, and also most popular, Cultivation Element.
Of course, ’safe’ was a relative term for someone like him, who had the system.
For any other student, getting into a Cultivation Element class was more than ten times as difficult; it required exceptionally brilliant achievements.
Nearly every student who made it into this class had created at least one Cultivation Technique of their own, and their certification from the Hall of the Great Dao couldn’t be lower than a two-colored Holy Light.
At the very least, they had to have published a paper on Cultivation Techniques in a Two-star Level Pet Beast journal.
So, every university student here was incredibly talented.
Lu You had once published a paper on her Mouse Treasure’s Earth Dragon Breathing Technique. Among a crowd of geniuses, this was a particularly dazzling credential.
And sure enough, the moment she entered the classroom, the eyes of several female students lit up.
They scurried over to her and greeted her energetically, "You’re Lu You, right? We read your paper—it was absolutely brilliant!"
"I’m a huge fan! Can I have your autograph?"
The girls chattered excitedly beside her.
This immediately flustered Lu You, who already had a touch of social anxiety. She just kept waving her hands, unable to think of what to say, and could only manage a few mumbled "uh-huhs" in response, forcing a strained smile.