Chapter 2: Space-based ability
"Holy crap, Brother Jun!"
The two behind him quickly rushed over, pushing Ye Lan away, trying to help Gao Jun up.
It was too fast; they hadn't even reacted before Brother Jun was already down.
Gao Jun also felt a bit wronged, cursing inwardly, "This dog of a person has no martial ethics! Who hits the nose first?"
While he thought that, he was actually in too much pain to speak. Injuring his nose naturally caused tears, but this appearance made him feel extremely humiliated.
If others saw him, they would think Ye Lan had made him cry!
No, he had to fight back. Otherwise, where would his rich second-generation face go? He wouldn't even be able to face Zhao Ziqing when he returned.
...
Ten minutes later, Ye Lan walked out of the alley unharmed, expressionless, with his hands in his pockets.
Leaving behind a chorus of wails!
Although his former ability strength was gone, his fighting experience remained. Dealing with these three students who had just awakened their abilities and didn't even know how to use them was no different from tying them up and beating them.
Insignificant.
It took him half an hour to walk home. This was the largest old residential area in Jinling City, where Ye Lan rented an apartment.
The landlady was an auntie from the orphanage who had watched Ye Lan grow up. The rent was only two hundred yuan a month, more than half cheaper than other houses nearby.
This meager rent was earned through annual scholarships and a weekend part-time job at a gym.
He took a shower first, looking at himself in the mirror. With sharp sword-like eyebrows and black pupils that once again radiated the sharpness a young man should have, Ye Lan smiled with satisfaction. Everything was a new beginning, and everything would change.
Sitting on the sofa at home now, he began to quietly sense the ability within his body.
"Hmm?"
Something was wrong. There were actually two ability seeds in his body!
Awakening an ability is like planting an Elemental Energy seed in the body. The seed will produce different types of power depending on each person's physique.
One was undoubtedly his Power System ability, but the other...
Could this be the awakening stone he absorbed just before his death in his previous life?
Not long after he was admitted to the Dao Academy in his previous life, he accidentally killed a huge silver-white Stick Insect and obtained a rhombic crystal from its body.
It was the legendary awakening stone, different from the ones used in the school's awakening ceremony. This kind of awakening stone, only the size of a fist, had a chance to allow the user to awaken another ability.
Each person could only use it once, and by observing it, one could tell what kind of power was within the awakening stone.
Ye Lan checked various materials online but couldn't figure out what type of awakening stone this was. Later, he simply absorbed it directly.
He discovered that it was actually a Space-based ability, and the talent level was S-rank. Only a few people in the entire Federal possessed this rare Space System ability.
S-rank talent not only cultivates faster, but also allows for a higher degree of ability development.
It was because of this that Zhao Ziqing set a trap to harm Ye Lan, wanting to obtain this crystal.
An awakening stone that had just been absorbed could still be dug out from the body.
Ye Lan looked excited. At the beginning of his cultivation, he possessed two major abilities: S-rank Space System and A-rank Power System.
Two awakened seeds meant twice the speed of absorbing Elemental Energy, and the Space System was too highly operable. Crushing his enemies and avenging himself was just around the corner.
Ye Lan was already very familiar with the Power System. The circulation of Elemental Energy throughout his body could increase his physical strength and enhance his physical toughness.
Although it wasn't as flashy as other abilities, it was superior in terms of endurance. The Elemental Energy of the Power System circulated within the body to bless the physical body and was generally not released, so the consumption during combat was also very small.
Now he had to first develop the first skill of the Space System, which was the most practical Storage Space.
No one knew he possessed a Space-based ability now, and Storage Space was definitely a divine skill for home travel, killing, and looting.
Sitting cross-legged, he silently sensed the ability seed. He began to conceive of a Storage Space in his mind. As his thoughts moved, the Elemental Energy in his body quickly surged into a strange space to construct it.
In the initial stage of cultivation, his Elemental Energy sea was too small, so he only formed a space one cubic meter in size.
It was barely enough to store a weapon and daily consumables for now. He would expand it later when his cultivation advanced.
Next was the cultivation of the Power System ability. The Power System has no special skills in the early stage. It only greatly enhances the strength of a certain part of the body when Elemental Energy is concentrated in one arm or both legs, thereby improving combat power.
Ye Lan was already very familiar with the control of the Power System. Now he only needed to absorb Elemental Energy as quickly as possible and expand his own energy sea.
After cultivating all night, Ye Lan could clearly feel the rapid increase in the storage of Elemental Energy in his body.
The boost from the two top-tier talents was too powerful. One day's progress was equivalent to four or five days of hard cultivation for a normal B-rank talent, not to mention C-rank and D-rank.
The disciples of big families in Jinling City might receive elemental energy crystals prepared by their families right after awakening, thereby widening the gap between them and their peers.
But Ye Lan's cultivation speed was by no means slow. One night's results were enough to offset a first-level elemental energy crystal, which costs ten thousand yuan on the market.
Now he also needed to prepare a handy weapon for himself. The Power System indeed relied more on weapons.
The training organized by the school was a good opportunity for ordinary students. With teachers watching over them, there was basically no danger as long as they didn't seek death.
But for Ye Lan, it was an opportunity to make money. How could a novice entering a Dimensional Rift for the first time dare to face a Demon Beast alone, even a first-order Demon Beast?
Unless they were students with excellent basic training, they might be able to fight alone. Otherwise, they had to form teams, and teams with weaker strength even needed teachers to watch over them.
Therefore, their only gain would be some experience fighting Demon Beasts, while Ye Lan was fully capable of hunting various first-order Demon Beasts.
He only had two thousand yuan on him now. He was too poor. Without money and resources, even the best talent would be wasted.
He was counting on this trip to kill more Demon Beasts, get some good materials back to sell for money, and it would be even better if he could find elemental energy crystals in the Demon Beasts' bodies.
He opened the Federal shopping mall on his phone, preparing to shop online to save some time for more cultivation.
As long as he found a store that was also in Jinling City, it could be delivered on the same day.
Two thousand yuan could only buy a normal steel knife. There wasn't much to choose from, and he quickly filled in the address and completed the order.
Then he started cultivating again. For a rookie in the early stage of awakening, every bit of strength was important.
Jinling City, Lanshan Garden residential area.
In a room, Gao Jun was applying medicine with a painful expression.
He had already treated his wounds outside yesterday to make himself look less miserable before daring to go home.
When his mother asked, he only said that he was training and sparring with classmates at school, and stated that the other party was even more miserable, beaten by him until they could only lie in bed before he stopped.
"I, Gao Jun, have been in Jinling for so many years, how could I have suffered such humiliation? I must get this back."
Gao Jun had a resentful expression. He had underestimated Ye Lan before, not expecting him to be so capable. It seemed he could only call his cousin for help.