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A thumb-sized melon seed appeared in Elder Luo's hand, which he then handed to Xiang Beifei.

"This is—" Xiang Beifei examined the large seed.

"Star Shift Melon Seeds, they can be used to transfer anything, including any attack from an opponent. The amount of force they can transfer depends on you, but with your current spiritual cultivation, you should be able to transfer the power of a late Meridian Opening stage."

Elder Luo briefly explained the function of the seed to Xiang Beifei.

Xiang Beifei scrutinized Elder Luo's system, and he soon saw an introduction of this seed in the system's marketplace; this seed was an additional reward when Elder Luo counted stars two days ago, reaching a total of fifty thousand stars in the system task!

He really was idle, being able to count up to fifty thousand stars.

Elder Luo was not very concerned about this task, counting dozens every night when he had the time, and not at all when he was busy, so it didn't matter how many he counted. It took him a whole year to accumulate fifty thousand stars.

[Star Shift Melon Seed: Can utilize the power of star transformations to forcibly change the position of anything, including attacks, living beings, and buildings. The extent and power of the transfer depend on the leisure value.]

Elder Luo's Leisure System was always quite peculiar; it belonged to a type with no restrictions, and the power of all system items depended entirely on how points were allocated.

Perhaps because of this, his system marketplace had fewer useful items than that of ordinary SR-grade Awakeners, whose systems contained many powerful items. His marketplace was very scant, having only seeds and small items.

The user of the[Star Shift Melon Seeds]faces no threshold; the power they can exert is merely determined by the user's cultivation, but the deducted points come from Elder Luo's leisure value.

In other words, this seed had no specific criteria that only items of a certain realm could use.

When Xiang Beifei once took Yuchi Shen's [Purgatory Armor], that piece of armor was merely a Meridian Opening mid-stage spiritual power crystal. Even if Xiang Beifei used the Purgatory Armor, at most it could only withstand attacks from the Meridian Opening mid-stage.

However, Elder Luo's [Star Shift Melon Seeds] could be designated as a spiritual power crystal of any realm.

They covered all realms comprehensively, adopting a use-first, ticket-later approach. The power that could be exerted depended entirely on the user's ability, and after the execution, Elder Luo's leisure value would then be deducted.

Xiang Beifei roughly estimated that if he used the [Star Shift] to transfer an attack from the late Meridian Opening stage, using it once would deduct about 500,000 leisure points from Elder Luo!

"This seed seems very precious," Xiang Beifei weighed the seed, hesitatingly said.

"No worries, it's better than losing your life," Elder Luo waved his hand.

Last time during the freshman competition, Xiang Beifei had almost been harmed, and Elder Luo was still a bit frightened; so, he hurriedly finished counting the stars two days ago and got this special seed, which he then handed to Xiang Beifei as a protective item.

Keeping this young man alive was more important than anything else.

"What if I use it to transfer a God Refining stage attack?" Xiang Beifei asked again.

"If you have the capability to use it, go ahead, I can always count more stars," Elder Luo said nonchalantly.

Xiang Beifei: "..."

Elder Luo, thinking that Xiang Beifei, with his current early Meridian Opening strength, could at most transfer an attack from the late Meridian Opening stage, had reserved 500,000 leisure points to save Xiang Beifei's life.

But in reality, given Xiang Beifei's control over the system, he seemed to be able to utilize the [Star Shift] to transfer an attack from the early God Refining stage!

This also meant that if he ever transferred an attack from the early God Refining stage, it would deduct at least 5 million leisure points!

5 million leisure points!

Xiang Beifei glanced at Elder Luo's system points, and up to now, Elder Luo's total system value was only 60 million—deducting 5 million all at once, Xiang Beifei felt the need to sympathize with Elder Luo!

You see, Elder Luo's strength was linked to his leisure points; he relied on accumulating points to fight, so the more leisure points available, the more points that could be allocated, and the stronger his power!

Deducting 5 million would almost be cutting down Elder Luo's total combat power by 5 million!

"I understand now, thank you, Elder Luo."

Xiang Beifei stored the [Star Shift Melon Seed]away.

This [Star Shift Melon Seed] was like a system credit card Elder Luo gave, which Xiang Beifei could spend as much as he wanted, but Elder Luo would have to pay the eventual bill.

If not considered one of their own, who would voluntarily hand over a credit card for others to use?

Some things are better left remembered and kept in mind.
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This could be considered a very powerful means of saving one's life.

But unless absolutely necessary, he would not use it.

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A total of six Beast Pills, three from the late Meridian Opening stage and three from the post-Qi-Controlling stage, were divided into three parts.

Elder Luo and Ye Changfeng quickly returned, taking one part of the Beast Pills with them, needing to investigate the origin of the Meridian Opening stage Beast Pills. After all, being professors, they had extensive connections; if they couldn't find anything themselves, they could always commission someone else to look into it.

With such an incident occurring, the Jiuzhou Alliance would definitely come looking for Xiang Beifei. Even though Elder Luo's relationship with the Alliance was not the best, he still instructed Xiang Beifei to hand over one of the portions to the Alliance for investigation, to serve as a wake-up call to them.

As for the remaining part, Xiang Beifei stored them away, deciding to keep them as a fallback.

The next day, Xiang Qingde cooked a meal and took it to the hospital to visit the couple Lu Hong and Kong Daming, and Xiang Beifei accompanied him.

Since the area had been cleared, not many people had witnessed the situation; they only knew that these eight Meridian Opening stage masters had acted against the rampaging desolate beast and had killed it, thus all eight were treated as heroes who had defended the city!

They received the highest standard of treatment from the Alliance. It was said that the Alliance had urgently called upon five SSR-grade physicians last night to treat these eight individuals throughout the night.

When Xiang Qingde and his grandson arrived, Kong Daming, who had been previously paralyzed, was even able to sit up by himself.

"Uncle Xiang, how can I accept this? You even brought food specifically for us," Kong Daming said.

"Yes, there's no need for such trouble," Chen Xiuqin said.

"You two are great heroes; when something happened, of course I had to come and look after you. Did you really expect Xiuwen's clumsy child to cook for you?" Xiang Qingde placed the food on the table.

At these words from Xiang Qingde, both Kong Daming and Chen Xiuqin felt somewhat embarrassed.

"Actually, Xiaofei is the real hero who killed the desolate beast; we hardly helped at all," Kong Daming said awkwardly.

He had intended to disclose this matter. As a promising young man, Xiang Beifei had killed a desolate beast and minimized the city's losses, deserving commendation.

But Xiang Beifei had not let them reveal it.

Since the matter had not yet been thoroughly investigated, there was no need to draw too much attention to himself.

"A hero is a hero, no matter who it is; as long as you took action, you are great heroes!"

Xiang Qingde was very open-minded; in his eyes, anyone who fought to defend the city deserved respect.

"By the way, how is your recovery going?" Xiang Beifei asked.

Stretching his back, Kong Daming smiled and said, "It's nothing serious. An SSR-level physician treated us personally. He is very skilled. Initially, my fractured spine caused paralysis in my lower body, but he cured me in the blink of an eye, and I can even walk now!"

Kong Xiuwen, however, sighed quietly to the side.

"What's wrong?" Xiang Beifei asked.

Looking at his father, Kong Xiuwen said with a worried face, "Physical injuries can be healed, but the physician said he was powerless to mend the Qi pathways, meaning... "

The Qi pathways are cultivated individually, and only the cultivator knows how to open them. If they are severed, it's tantamount to the foundation of cultivation being damaged, preventing any further progress. Even an SSR-level physician can't restore it.

Kong Daming simply smiled resignedly, gesturing for his son to stop talking, and said, "It's alright; it's good enough to have my life back. I've come to terms with it; this life is probably all there is going to be for me."

Originally, he could have advanced to the mid-stage of Meridian Opening in another month or two, but now it looked like Kong Daming would likely be stuck at the initial stage of Meridian Opening for his entire life.

Xiang Beifei carefully examined Kong Daming's system. He clearly understood the specific function of the[S-level Gluttonous Feast System]and the system also assessed the current extent of physical damage—

[Current physical damage: 0]

[Current Qi pathway damage: 46%]

[Damaged location of the Qi pathways: Spinal Qi pathway]

[Damage level: Severe]

[Consequences of damage: The spinal Qi pathway connects the upper and lower halves of the body, and this damage prevents further development of the lower body's Qi pathways]

...

"It's quite severe."

Xiang Beifei slightly furrowed his brow. If it were any other injury or even toxin contamination, no matter how severe, an SSR-level Awakener could have saved him since SSR physicians are extremely knowledgeable about the human anatomy, to the point where reviving flesh and mending bones is not an exaggeration.

However, the issue was that every Awakener's system for cultivation differed. Virtually all Awakeners rely on their system's assistance to open their Qi pathways. The system plans the most reasonable route based on the host's physical condition, such as some opening the Qi pathways in their chest first, while others start with their arms.

Other systems can't recognize these opening methods and thus can't aid in their recovery. Even high-level systems can only suppress, but without shared system values, they cannot assist in repair.

The spinal Qi pathway, crucial as it is, was forcefully dispersed by a heavy blow as Kong Daming protected his wife.

Chen Xiuqin, in contrast, was not so severely affected. She only suffered severe abdominal injuries without much damage to the foundation; with some rest, she could recover her lost Qi pathways.

Many martial artists in the Meridian Opening phase often see their progress halted after injuries, primarily due to Qi pathway damage.

In the past, Lu Hong was similarly trapped in the initial stage of Meridian Opening for a dozen years after a youthful injury. However, the system later reorganized his Qi pathways, allowing him a slow recovery. Later, based on feedback from Xiang Beifei, the system accelerated, enabling him to advance to the mid-stage of Meridian Opening.

"This kind of Qi pathway injury, 'Return to the Original State' should also work."

Xiang Beifei pondered.

Recently, he had attempted to channel the "Return to the Original State" flow, eliminating his already developed Qi pathways; thus, he believed it should also be capable of restoring them.

As Xiang Beifei was considering this, a knocking sound came from outside the hospital room.

Everyone turned to look and saw a slim woman in a lady's suit, her long legs particularly striking.

Xiang Beifei slightly frowned.

It was her again.

[Host: Mu Yiqing]

[SSR level, Words and Deeds Global System]

[Realm: Late Stage of God Refining]