Chapter 178: Secret Realm of Psychic Cultivation
After finalizing her team members and completing the registration procedures, Ning Xuan entered a phase of secluded training. She did not use any potions, but only cultivated her mental power through the "Soul-Yunzhen Sutra". On the day before the graduation examination, she successfully broke through to the S level, with a mental power value of 10476.
The day before heading to the new star body, the military convened a mobilization meeting for the core members of each team. The military stated that all those who successfully passed the graduation assessment, regardless of their grades, would be qualified to join the federal core corps as long as they returned safely.
This graduation assessment is equivalent to participating in the development of a new star body. During the assessment, the more information you obtain about the new star body, the more rewards you can get.
At the mobilization meeting, the military representative announced the reward details in detail. The holographic projection unfolded, showing an exciting reward list: "Based on the exploration contribution, we will set up the following reward levels:
1. Basic Exploration Award: For each new species sample submitted, you will receive an S-level Alienation Value Removal Agent. For submitting no less than 3 new species samples or 2 exploitable resource points, you will receive a box of S-level Alienation Value Removal Agent and a box of S-level Gene Improvement Agent.
2. Deep Exploration Award: Draw a 500 square kilometer precise topographic map and mark 3 strategic locations, and you will be rewarded with a set of customized neural link mechas;
3. Major Discovery Award: If you discover rare minerals or primitive civilization relics, you will be awarded an S-class starship;
4. All members of the team that are ranked top five in the overall ranking will receive the "Star Medal" and will be directly appointed as school-level officers.
There was a burst of exclamations in the meeting room. Ning Xuan noticed that several team leaders sitting in the front row were already eager to try and whisper to each other. The military representative then added: "Special reminder, all collected data must be found at military supply points and uploaded in real time through military encrypted terminals, especially new species and resource development points, first come first served."
"Similarly, any location that has been developed and species that have been discovered will be announced at military supply points or safe zones. So, students, when you arrive at the new star, for your own safety, higher development efficiency, and to accumulate merit points, you must first find a safe zone or supply point."
After the meeting, Ning Xuan's communicator received several encrypted messages: "Exclusive tasks for the S-level team: 1. Explore the energy anomaly area at the coordinate point (47.3, 89.1). Successfully solve the cause of the energy anomaly and you will be granted access to the 'Secret Realm of Spiritual Cultivation' for one month. The number of participants is limited to 13 people. 2. Explore the dark forest at the coordinate point (83.4, 87.9). Successfully draw a map of the dark forest and you will be granted an S-level energy chamber + three S-level starships. 3. Explore the red sand sea at the coordinate point "15.3, 121.4". Successfully draw a map of the red sand sea and you will be granted access to the 'Secret Realm of Spiritual Cultivation' for three months. The number of participants is limited to 13 people."
The signature is "Military Special Operations Department."
When she received the encrypted message, she felt several inquiring eyes coming from different directions. It seemed that this assessment was far from as simple as it appeared on the surface. The military actually graded each team based on the information they submitted.
Ning Xuan looked at the information she received and became interested in this "secret realm of spiritual cultivation". She searched on the Star Internet but did not find any useful information. It happened that Yun Han was accompanying her to the mobilization meeting today, so Ning Xuan asked Yun Han if he knew about this "secret realm of spiritual cultivation".
Yun Han nodded affirmatively, "Master, the spiritual energy cultivation secret realm is one of the highest-level cultivation resources controlled by the military. Spiritual energy cultivation refers to the cultivation of companion spirits. Under normal circumstances, companion spirits are born from the bloodline of the spirit controller. Limited by the personal comprehension and genetic bloodline of the spirit controller, the growth of companion spirits is passive. Generally, the level of the companion spirit is the same as the level of the spirit controller. In the spiritual energy cultivation secret realm, the spirit controller can merge with the companion spirit in a short period of time, fully experience the talent skills and other parameters of the companion spirit, and break the natural shackles of "one-way restriction between the spirit controller and the companion spirit."
"In conventional cultivation, the companion spirit is just a reflection of the spirit controller's ability, but the "inverted crystal tower" in the secret realm can construct a special energy circuit. In the records of the spiritual energy cultivation secret realm, after a certain S-level spirit controller cultivated in the secret realm, his companion spirit autonomously awakened the "space fold" ability, which became the spirit controller's second innate skill. There are many similar examples like this."
"In this case, the effect of the secret realm of psychic cultivation is indeed very powerful. However, incredible opportunities are usually accompanied by risks. Is there any danger in this secret realm of psychic cultivation?" Ning Xuan asked.
“Yes, there was a record that after a spirit controller’s companion spirit evolved, it left the secret realm of psychic cultivation. Because the spirit controller’s bloodline was of a lower level, the companion spirit and the spirit controller’s bloodline were incompatible, resulting in an inability to fuse. However, such examples are still rare. Generally speaking, the danger of the secret realm of psychic cultivation is not high, and it is considered a higher-level reward among the military’s merit awards.” Yun Han said.
"Have you ever entered a spiritual secret realm to practice?" Ning Xuan asked Yun Han.
"I've been in there before, just once, for seven days. The last time he was injured so badly that Xiaobai was trapped outside the body, but he was able to survive for so long. It was all related to the spiritual energy training he did that time." Yun Han replied.
"I haven't seen Xiaobai for a long time. Xiaobai, how have you been recently?" While Ning Xuan and Yun Han were talking, they had already walked out of the military compound and got into a private car. Yun Han consciously knelt beside Ning Xuan's seat to serve her conveniently.
"Xiaobai has stayed outside the body for too long and is very weak. It is currently recuperating in my blood. If you want to see it, I will call it out for you." Yun Han said with a blushing face.
"Let it grow a little longer, there's no rush." Ning Xuan was generally satisfied with Yun Han's performance after he came to her side.
Ning Xuan returned to the villa and summoned all the team members. On Ning Xuan's side, there were two contractors, Chen Nan and Lin Mo, and a contracted slave, Yun Han, all of whom were graduates within three years and participated in this joint examination as foreign aid.
As a female controller, Ning Xuan can bring two contractors or slaves to participate in the joint examination. She brought Lan Xin and Di Youlin.
As a female controller, Tang Xue can bring two contractors or slaves to participate in the joint examination. She brought the Nine-Tailed Fox that Min Wu and Ning Xuan entrusted to her.
That's nine people in total, plus the reconnaissance expert Zhang Nan, whose companion spirit is a golden rat, the mechanical expert Wang Yue, whose companion spirit is a giant-eyed monkey, the weapons expert Wang Teng, whose companion spirit is a fire-winged bird, and Qinghe, a half-orc slave who was sent over by President Wang from the Controller Protection Association and is registered under the name of the association as an external aid for the joint entrance examination.
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