Chapter 191 - 163: Celestial Phoenix, Shared Ability

Chapter 191: Chapter 163: Celestial Phoenix, Shared Ability

At the gate of Yu City University, Xiao Mingyue looked at Ji Zhixing, blinking as she asked a question.

"How could I?" Ji Zhixing immediately replied. "Even if you hadn’t turned it down for me, I would have refused anyway."

"That’s more like it." Xiao Mingyue nodded in satisfaction, then glared at him. "Anyway, remember this. After I leave, you’re not allowed to fool around with other girls. Otherwise, you’ll have hell to pay."

Ji Zhixing smiled and said nothing, simply reaching out to pull her into his arms.

As they held each other, Xiao Mingyue looked up at him and took the initiative to kiss him deeply.

It took a long time before they finally parted.

Xiao Mingyue turned to leave. After taking a few steps, she glanced back. Then, she quickened her pace, disappearing into the crowd.

"The Xiao family..." Ji Zhixing took a deep breath after Xiao Mingyue left. He wondered, "How will the Xiao family react once Mingyue tells them about us?"

He stood at the gate of Yu City University, glancing in the direction she had gone before turning to head inside the campus.

Overthinking was useless right now. The only thing that mattered was working hard to improve his strength.

He decided, "I’ll develop the Innate Stone Embryo ability first."

Returning to Xiao Mingyue’s villa, Ji Zhixing went straight to the Cultivation Chamber, preparing to refine the Earth Core Stone Marrow. He wanted to quickly evolve his Solid Rock Body into the five-star Innate Stone Embryo ability.

Although Xiao Mingyue had left, she had left the villa for him to use. Besides, as a student of the genius class, he was entitled to live in a villa for free anyway.

"Time to cultivate."

In the Cultivation Chamber, Ji Zhixing closed his eyes and activated his Genetic Melting Furnace, beginning to refine the Earth Core Stone Marrow.

As he cultivated, an image suddenly appeared in his mind.

In the vision, he did not take the form of a monkey. Instead, he transformed into a stubborn boulder. The boulder lay quietly at the peak of a cliff, enduring the wind, sun, rain, and snow for an untold number of years. Through the changing seasons of spring and autumn, cold and heat, the boulder’s surface grew thick with moss, only to be washed clean again by the wind and rain.

It remained motionless, seemingly eternal and unchanging.

But one day, the boulder suddenly shattered. Rubble flew in all directions, and a cloud of dust filled the air. From within that dust, a monkey emerged.

The monkey could grow as large as a mountain or shrink as small as an ant. Its body was indestructible, impervious to blades, spears, water, and fire. Upon its birth, it threw its head back and let out a long howl. The sound shook the surrounding wilderness, as if announcing its existence to the world.

"The Innate Stone Embryo ability..."

Ji Zhixing muttered to himself as he finished his cultivation session, feeling that this ability might be a bit difficult for him to grasp.

This was not his first time refining the Earth Core Stone Marrow. Yet every time, he felt that this ability was vastly different from the others; it felt incredibly hard to comprehend. With other abilities, such as Size Manipulation, he could clearly feel the changes in his body when refining potions and knew exactly which direction to focus his efforts.

But the Innate Stone Embryo was different. What it required was not a mere change, but a fundamental metamorphosis—a transformation from a body of flesh and blood into a body of stone.

Ji Zhixing took a deep breath. He thought, "I’ve already developed the Hundred Generations Stone Heart ability, so my comprehension isn’t bad. I never expected the Innate Stone Embryo to be this difficult."

However, he believed that the bottleneck he was currently facing was only temporary. Even if he couldn’t comprehend it right away, as long as he had enough resources, he would eventually be able to unlock the Innate Stone Embryo ability.

"Let’s try the rod technique."

Having finished his meditation, Ji Zhixing made a brief adjustment before taking out the Thunderous Rod and beginning to practice its accompanying Thunderous Rod Technique.

Time ticked by. Before long, most of the day had passed.

In the afternoon, Ji Zhixing checked the sky. He packed his things, spread his Purple Gold Thundercloud Wings, and left Yu City University, flying toward his home.

He hadn’t been home in a while. Now that Xiao Mingyue was away, it was the perfect time to visit his parents and younger sister.

As the Purple Gold Thundercloud Wings unfurled from his back, purple-gold arcs of lightning shimmered in the sunlight. He flapped his wings and shot up from the ground, soaring toward Tingyu Garden. His flight speed was incredibly fast.

The streets, buildings, and trees below rapidly retreated, and the wind howled in his ears. It didn’t take long for him to arrive at Tingyu Garden. Since he had informed his mother beforehand, his parents and sister were all waiting for him when he got home.

"Brother, how did you get back so quickly? Didn’t you just text us that you were leaving Yu City University?"

Ji Zhiyu, who had been waiting on the sofa, looked completely shocked when she saw him walk through the door. Zhang Yulan and Ji Guodong also stared at him in surprise.

Driving from Yu City University to Tingyu Garden usually took over an hour. Ji Zhixing had just texted that he was on his way, yet he had arrived in just about ten minutes. This was way too fast.

Ji Zhixing smiled and said, "Mom, Dad, I have something to tell you. My genes have evolved again, and I’m now at the third rank.

"I’ve also broken through to become a third-rank Genetic Cultivator.

"As for why I got back so quickly, it’s mainly because I merged with a flight-type external gene. I flew all the way here."

"A flight-type external gene?"

Hearing this, Ji Zhiyu’s eyes immediately lit up. She stared at Ji Zhixing intently, her face full of excitement. "Brother, can you take me for a flight?"

"Of course," Ji Zhixing said with a smile. "If you want, we can go right now."

"Yes! I want to so badly!" Ji Zhiyu said quickly, brimming with excitement.

This was flying, after all!

Ji Zhixing didn’t hesitate. He told his parents and then led Ji Zhiyu outside. Unable to contain their curiosity, Ji Guodong and Zhang Yulan followed them out.

Once downstairs, Ji Zhixing didn’t spread his Purple Gold Thundercloud Wings. Instead, with a mere thought, he summoned the Purple Gold Thundercloud. Dark clouds rolled, and lightning flashed. A thundercloud ten meters in diameter hovered half a meter above the ground.

Ji Zhixing took Ji Zhiyu’s hand and leaped lightly onto the cloud.

"Mom, Dad, do you want to try?" Ji Zhixing looked at Ji Guodong and Zhang Yulan.

The two immediately waved their hands in refusal. They didn’t dare stand on that dark cloud; it looked terrifying.

Ji Zhixing didn’t force them. With a single thought, he commanded the Purple Gold Thundercloud to ascend, carrying Ji Zhiyu high into the air.

"Wow!"

Standing on the thundercloud, Ji Zhiyu watched the houses and streets shrink beneath them, gasping in continuous excitement. The wind whipped across her face, blowing her hair back, but she was completely oblivious to it, utterly captivated by her surroundings.

"What’s that? A thundercloud? Why are there people standing on it?"

"It’s a Genetic Cultivator! At least third-rank, maybe even fourth-rank!"

"When did our neighborhood produce such a big shot? Is it Chen Ye from the Chen family?"

"It doesn’t look like him. It must be someone else."

The two of them flew a lap around the entirety of Tingyu Garden, drawing the attention of many people below. People looked up at the thundercloud in the sky, chattering amongst themselves.

While Ji Zhixing and Ji Zhiyu continued their flight in the air, three figures walked back into the neighborhood from outside. They were Wang Yan’s family, who lived in the apartment above them.

Wang Yan looked up and saw the thundercloud in the sky, as well as the two figures standing on it. An excited expression immediately appeared on his face.

"Mom, Dad, look! It’s a Genetic Cultivator! With that speed, they must be at least a third-rank Genetic Cultivator, maybe even a fourth-rank Morning Star Gene Practitioner! Hurry up. Let’s go see which big shot has come to our neighborhood."

With that, he quickened his pace toward Ji Zhixing and Ji Zhiyu, eager to find out where the important figure on the thundercloud came from.

Although he had awakened his Genetic Acupoints, he hadn’t merged with any genes yet. Even if he did, the highest he could ever hope to reach in his lifetime was likely a second-rank Genetic Cultivator. He could absolutely never compare to a big shot soaring through the sky like that.

Wang Yan’s parents quickly followed. If an important figure like this had come to their neighborhood, making their acquaintance might bring them massive benefits.