NOVEL WEB Ch. 11
Chapter 11: You Said You Were Just Training Your Talent, But You Secretly Leveled Up?
“1027, 1028, 1029……”
Inside the Meditation Room, White Crane counted while watching Jiang He doing one-handed handstand push-ups.
With the constant spiritual supply from the mental field and the stacking of his Word-Spirit talent, Jiang He quickly underwent a transformation.
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Name: Jiang He
Attributes: Body 8.8, Spirit 16.1, Energy 1.0
Talents: Ferryman of Time, Word-Spirit (temp)
Occupation: Student lv11, Rumor Bearer lv5 (17/60)
Specialties: Focus, Universal Lingual Intuition
Skills: Babble lv5, others omitted.
Overall Energy Level: 10.0 (G-rank)
……
In just three hours, Jiang He had already reached the bottleneck of a G-rank Transcendent—10.0 Energy Level!
Even his Rumor Bearer occupation level had risen to lv5.
That meant he had continuously used Word-Spirit 154 times!
But due to the “Energy-Level Shackle,” once a G-rank Transcendent’s single attribute reached 10 points, the growth speed dropped off a cliff.
After using Word-Spirit so many times, Jiang He had only managed to raise his Spirit attribute to 16.1.
Not only that, but because he had far exceeded the shackle, even if he used all of the occupation skill points granted by Rumor Bearer on 【Babble】, raising the growth skill to lv5…
To increase just 0.1 Spirit, he now needed to use Word-Spirit three times.
No—now it was four times—
“Restore stamina.”
Jiang He, exhausted, rolled over and sat on the ground, panting heavily while using Word-Spirit to restore his physical strength.
In the process, his occupational proficiency increased, but his Spirit attribute no longer grew.
Clearly, his growth speed had fallen again.
However…
Jiang He recalled White Crane’s words—
“The Energy-Level Shackle for G-rank caps at 20 points in a single attribute.”
“As long as you stack Spirit to 20, you can forcefully break through.”
“…Still 3.9 Spirit short…”
Feeling his stamina gradually recover, Jiang He stood again, flipped into a handstand, and clenched his teeth.
“Continue!”
“1033, 1034, 1035……”
……
Outside the Meditation Room, in the lounge.
Wei Sheng was sitting on the sofa, chatting casually with a curly-haired man—
He too was a single-instructor for the Advanced Class, waiting outside to avoid disturbing the Meditation Room’s recovery effect.
At this moment, the curly-haired teacher wore an expression full of envy.
“You even picked up an S-rank genius in the regular class… Old Wei, isn’t your luck just heaven-defying?!”
“When that student graduates, won’t you jump five or six levels in one go?”
A failing student who only awakened at eighteen suddenly turned into a genius with a top-tier talent…
What difference was that from a dream?
Compared with that S-rank student, the curly-haired teacher’s B-rank Honors student instantly seemed far less impressive.
“ε=(´ο｀\*))) Sigh, back then I didn’t compete with you guys, so I could only take a regular class. Maybe a blessing in disguise, huh…” Wei Sheng sighed, but the corners of his mouth were twisted higher than an AK rifle, grinning smugly.
That self-satisfied expression made the curly-haired teacher choke with frustration.
Fine, fine, you want to play like this?
In a few months when students graduate, he too would go take a lower-year regular class, try opening a few blind boxes!
He refused to believe it—if he couldn’t get an S-rank, surely he could still get an A-rank?!
Just then, as the two teachers were talking, a freckled boy walked over: “Mr. Lu.”
“Shaojun.” Seeing the freckled student, the curly-haired teacher stopped joking, glanced at the time, and stood up. “Since you’ve recovered, let’s continue the lesson…”
“Wait.” Shaojun looked curious. “Were you just talking about an S-rank student?”
The curly-haired teacher nodded: “Yes, this is Teacher Wei. He used to be the homeroom teacher for a regular class. One of his students awakened an S-rank talent yesterday, transferred into the Advanced Class… and is training in the Meditation Room now.”
“Hello, Teacher Wei.” Shaojun greeted politely, but his thoughts weren’t on Wei Sheng.
Instead, he turned his gaze toward the Meditation Room—
Could there really be an S-rank talent?
Previously, the most celebrated genius, Du Lingwei, the “Star of Central State,” had been the focus of countless teachers and students. Even her 【Flame Spirit Guardian】 talent was only rated A-rank!
Even so, she had displayed overwhelming strength, becoming the most dazzling genius in Central State.
So how powerful would an S-rank talent be, stronger than Du Lingwei?
…Either way, it was definitely stronger than his own 【Gas Manipulation】.
Jealousy, envy, shock, curiosity…
Shaojun felt a storm of emotions, and couldn’t help but ask: “Teacher Wei, that student’s talent is…”
“Word-Spirit,” Wei Sheng said.
“The Word-Spirit that can control everything with speech?” Shaojun was shaken.
When Wei Sheng nodded, Shaojun was left speechless.
A Word-Spirit talent could control all things, which naturally included gases.
Compared with that, his talent was practically an afterthought. How ridiculous was that?!
The more shocked Shaojun felt, the more curious he became about this mysterious student. He then said to the curly-haired teacher: “Mr. Lu, let’s pause class. I want to see this new classmate.”
In the Advanced Class, student preference carried a lot of weight in learning.
Besides, the curly-haired teacher himself wanted to see Wei Sheng’s S-rank student, so he readily agreed.
The three of them sat in the lounge, chatting while they waited.
But instead of Jiang He, after over an hour, another Advanced Class student arrived—Chi Zhilei.
In some sense, she was the most unique Honors student. Her talent 【Fragrant Body】 was only rated D-rank, completely unrelated to “genius.”
But her father, Chi Zhenshan, was the mayor of Central State City, and like Principal Zhong Honglian, a top A-rank Transcendent.
As a “second-generation Transcendent,” her entry into the Advanced Class was a given.
Her daily life there wasn’t about studying or leveling, but about befriending classmates and expanding her network.
Now, she had come to the Meditation Room after hearing news about the S-rank talent.
From her, Shaojun also learned another shocking detail—
On his very first day of awakening, that S-rank student had used Word-Spirit to directly suppress an entire teaching building full of teachers and students.
That was his first day awakened?!
Shaojun was dumbfounded.
When he first awakened, all he could do was control a bit of air, blowing small breezes barely stronger than fanning with his palm.
Was the gap between S-rank and B-rank really that massive???
As Shaojun reeled in disbelief, another student pushed the door open—
No words were needed. Just the fiery red hair, dyed by flames themselves, made her identity obvious.
The strongest student of No.1 High, Du Lingwei.
Her hair tied in a ponytail, wearing orange-striped firefighter gear, she strode into the lounge.
Chi Zhilei’s eyes lit up, and she waved: “Xiaowei! You’re back from a mission?”
Du Lingwei’s eyes, glowing faintly red as if wearing colored contacts, glanced over with a trace of confusion: “Zhilei, Shao, Mr. Xu… why are you all sitting in the lounge?”
The Meditation Room’s recovery effects only worked inside its chambers. Sitting in the lounge provided no benefit.
Even for resting, the dorms were far better.
They couldn’t just be idling here, could they?
Seeing Du Lingwei’s puzzled look, Chi Zhilei mischievously grinned: “Xiaowei, you don’t know yet, do you? A student with an S-rank talent appeared in school! Your title of strongest genius is about to be taken away.”
“S-rank?” Du Lingwei was surprised for a moment, then returned to calm.
An S-rank talent was certainly strong, but what did that have to do with her?
As for titles like “strongest genius”…
She never trained, studied, or fought for such empty labels anyway.
Just as when she trained at school, she never cared about others’ gazes.
Chi Zhilei continued: “Also, I heard from Teacher Zhong that he, like you, chose the 【Sunflame Wielder】 occupation!”
“Is that so.” Du Lingwei nodded lightly, then stepped toward the Meditation Room: “I just got back, I’ll rest first.”
Chi Zhilei knew Du Lingwei’s personality and didn’t mind, still calling out warmly: “Later, do you want to meet the new student together?”
Du Lingwei waved her hand dismissively and kept walking.
Just then.
From the inner corridor leading to the Meditation Room, a sudden surge of powerful spiritual fluctuations erupted.
This wave was immense yet subtle, instantly soothing Du Lingwei’s fatigue and invigorating her spirit.
Sensing this, Du Lingwei, Chi Zhilei, Shaojun, Wei Sheng… everyone in the lounge turned toward its source, stunned.
This was… the Meditation Room’s mental field producing a resonance wave, with spiritual energy overflowing?
Such a phenomenon had only one explanation—
A Transcendent had broken through the Energy-Level Shackle, completing an 【Advancement】.
And inside the Meditation Room right now, there was only one Transcendent.
“Jiang He?!” Wei Sheng shot to his feet, eyes wide in shock.
Wasn’t Jiang He just supposed to be training his Word-Spirit ability? How had he suddenly advanced?
He hadn’t even changed occupation yet!