After returning home, Jiang Wuyuan took a shower first.

After these few days of hard work, I feel completely filthy.

After cleaning the Tier 2 combat suit, Jiang Wuyuan finally had time to take stock of his gains over the past period.

First, I obtained several Tier 3 and Tier 4 Blood Crystals from the caves in the secret realm.

The remaining first and second-tier blood crystals were naturally meant to be sold for money; he no longer needed these low-tier blood crystals.

Then there are the extremely rare boundary stones.

Since skilled craftsmen are hard to find, Jiang Wuyuan is not in a hurry to inlay the boundary stone.

After the college entrance examination is over and I enter university, I might be able to find a sculptor by relying on the university's resources.

Next up is Uncle Huo and... um?

Jiang Wuyuan paused, looking at the icy blue gem in his hand with some confusion.

It felt cool to the touch and emitted a beautiful halo around it.

[Teacher, what is this?] Jiang Wuyuan didn't remember ever receiving such a small thing.

[You've really hit the jackpot, kid.] Sword Spirit exclaimed.

Jiang Wuyuan was puzzled, and before he could ask any more questions, the gem in his hand suddenly started moving.

It floated in mid-air under Jiang Wuyuan's astonished gaze, slowly circling around Jiang Wuyuan's body.

[This item is called the Heart of Ice. In the far north, it might take tens of thousands of years to even condense a small piece.] The sword spirit explained. [There are many similar treasures, such as the Heart of Fire, the Heart of Wood, the Heart of Water, and so on. Such treasures can be nurtured in any suitable environment.]

Jiang Wuyuan nodded.

[This item's purpose is to help humans awaken their second talent.]

"What?" Jiang Wuyuan's pupils shrank.

Even he, who had always been very calm, broke down upon hearing this news.

The Blade Spirit understood his surprise.

[Of course, using the Heart of Ice doesn't mean you'll awaken ice-type talents; it just means you'll lean towards that direction. What specific talents you awaken depends on your individual circumstances.]

Jiang Wuyuan finally came to his senses. He looked at the glowing gem floating beside him and couldn't believe that this little thing had such a great function.

After a while, Jiang Wuyuan shifted his gaze and continued to examine the things that Uncle Huo and Xiao Cheng had brought.

Even if we want to use the Heart of Ice, we have to wait until he finishes tidying up the other things.

Huo Qianshan prepared a very thoughtful gift.

The first thing is a property ownership certificate.

When Jiang Wuyuan opened it, he saw that it was the Chonghua Community, where military families lived.

The area is heavily guarded and has a very high level of security.

This was also because Huo Qianshan had roughly guessed Jiang Wuyuan's talent and made the arrangement to avoid some trouble for him in the open to the greatest extent possible.

Moreover, every household lived in a villa, so it's fair to say that the people living there were definitely high-ranking officials in the military region.

It must have taken a lot of effort to get such a spot.

Another official reward was a mid-grade Xuan-level cultivation technique called the Qi Source Technique.

The price of the technique is extremely high.

Jiang Wuyuan knew that Huo Qianshan had investigated his background and knew that he didn't have the money to buy any cultivation techniques other than the Qi Nourishing Technique, so he gave him this before the college entrance examination.

However, Huo Qianshan was unaware that Jiang Wuyuan had already received an even better cultivation method from his teacher.

It even surpasses Heavenly Rank cultivation techniques.

Jiang Wuyuan appreciated Huo Qianshan's kindness.

After carefully putting away the Qi Source Manual, Jiang Wuyuan looked at his other gains.

Xiao Cheng also sent quite a few things.

Three Tier 3 Blood Crystals and two boxes of Stamina Potions, totaling ten vials.

There is also a high-grade Xuan-level sword technique called Wave-Breaking Slash.

Although it's a high-grade Xuan-level technique, which sounds like it's a higher-level technique than a mid-grade Xuan-level technique, the price is completely different.

Skills are much cheaper than cultivation techniques because skills are common while cultivation techniques are not.

Compared to Xiao Cheng's rather conventional gift, the Yang family's gift was much more interesting.

It was a small bag of transparent crystals that gave people a sense of relaxation when they got close to it.

[This is a third-tier spirit essence.] The sword spirit said, [Spirit essence is used in the same way as blood crystals, but spirit essence is used to enhance mental power. It just so happens that your mental power is a weakness.]

The Yang family prepared this gift with great care.

Adding flowers to brocade is good, but it's not as precious as providing charcoal in the snow.

Jiang Wuyuan responded and neatly sorted and put everything away.

His strength has now been exposed to many people.

Official sources, the Huo family, the Yang family, and the Xiao family.

Just then, Huo Qianshan delivered the property certificate for Chonghua Residential Area, making it the perfect time to move in.

I quickly packed my luggage.

Jiang Wuyuan took one last look at the place where he had lived for eighteen years, locked the door, and turned to leave.

He lost both his parents at a young age, when he was just ten years old.

His parents' image is now very vague in his mind, but he is still very grateful to them.

To die for one's country is a sacrifice one can have no regrets.

The moment the door was locked, it felt like his parents were saying goodbye to him forever.

The past is the past; the future holds great promise.

——

Check-in was completed very quickly.

With the property certificate provided by Huo Qianshan, the property management of Chonghua Community gave them the green light all the way.

In less than an hour, Jiang Wuyuan moved into his new home.

It's a three-story duplex villa with a small garden in the back.

The villa is fully furnished and ready to move in.

Jiang Wuyuan went to the shopping mall in the community and bought some daily necessities and vegetarian food. He had a simple dinner to celebrate moving to his new home.

The villa has three bedrooms, a bathroom, a small study, and a game room on the first floor, and a training room on the third floor, which contains a lot of training equipment.

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