Chapter 530: Rapid Star Seed Cultivation

Chapter 530: Rapid Star Seed Cultivation

Xin Yimo wiped away her tears, turned around, and looked at her husband and children, her eyes filled with pride.

"Qi Zhang, do you still want a divorce?"

Even now, Qi Zhang had not fully recovered from his panic, his face pale. Hearing Xin Yimo's question, his expression wavered between anger and sarcasm. "You treat him like a son, but does he treat you like a mother?"

"How dare you talk back to me!" Xin Yimo's anger flared. "When Xiao Ye was here, you didn't even dare to fart."

Qi Zhang retorted, "Ji Xinghuo is Ji Xinghuo, and you are you."

"Hmph..."

Xin Yimo let out a cold laugh. "Qi Zhang, if you're still a man, have the guts to say that in front of Xiao Ye!"

Qi Zhang's eyes shifted, and he knew he dared not.

The terrifying feeling he had when Ji Xinghuo had warned him made him feel like he was about to die. He had never been so scared in his life.

Xin Yimo's face lit up with satisfaction. "Qi Zhang, let me tell you, regardless of Xiao Ye's name or whether there is a legal relationship, he is my son, whom I carried in my womb for ten months. We are connected by blood, and that is an undeniable fact!"

"From now on, if you dare to point fingers at me or make me angry, you'd better watch your life!"

"And cut off all those mistresses you've been keeping outside."

"As for your father..."

Xin Yimo felt a sense of relief as she vented out all the frustration she had endured over the years from her husband. Qi Zhang could only nod and agree, not daring to retort.

As she finished venting, she turned to see her children, Qi Ming and Qi Xin, lowering their heads, their minds clearly elsewhere.

They were used to their parents' arguments.

"Ming, Xin," Xin Yimo suddenly felt guilty. "I'm sorry for affecting your mood again."

"It's okay, Mom," Qi Xin said understandingly.

Qi Ming also seemed unaffected, his interest piqued by Ji Xinghuo. He stared out the window, marveling, "The strongest mutant in the world is indeed powerful. I didn't even see how he left; his speed is terrifying."

"It feels like a dream," Qi Xin murmured.

"Yeah..."

"I wonder how he did it. He's only eight years older than me, and he only became a mutant at 22."

The siblings couldn't help but marvel.

Suddenly, Qi Ming clenched his fists and excitedly said to his family, "Ji Xinghuo and I share the same mother. With such strong talent, I must be close behind. Dad, Mom, you need to increase your investment in me. I want to become a powerful mutant like Ji Xinghuo!"

"We've already spent over 30 million for your mutation, and you still want more?" Qi Zhang frowned.

"30 million is nothing!" Qi Ming shouted. "Triple it, 300 million is more like it!"

Qi Zhang shook his head. "Your father doesn't have that much money."

"But Grandpa does!" Qi Ming smiled.

Xin Yimo's eyes lit up.

There were ten cousins in the younger generation of the Qi family, and the elderly head of the family treated them equally. Each grandchild who was willing to train hard received resources worth 20 to 30 million, but no more.

Xin Yimo hadn't saved much money over the years, as most of it had gone to her children. This time, she had come to see her eldest son, hoping that even if he didn't acknowledge her as his mother, he would at least acknowledge his younger siblings.

With Ji Xinghuo's wealth and power, her children's future would be secure.

However, she hadn't expected Ji Xinghuo to fly off without giving them a chance.

Since that opportunity was lost, she could only rely on Ji Xinghuo's reputation to gain more benefits from the elderly head of the Qi family. After all, his grandchildren shared the same blood as the strongest person on Earth, and their potential was enormous. Investing a few hundred million more was only reasonable!

Xin Yimo turned to Qi Zhang. "What do you think?"

Qi Zhang stroked his chin, his eyes gleaming with interest.

Although the couple's relationship was strained and close to breaking, they shared the same goal when it came to cultivating their children, and this was one of the reasons they hadn't divorced.

"If I bring this up with Grandpa, he'll probably agree," Qi Zhang said after some consideration.

"You still have a conscience," Xin Yimo huffed.

Qi Zhang opened his mouth to say something but ultimately remained silent.

In truth, he had a hidden concern.

Ji Xinghuo's talent and strength were so extraordinary that they might not be due to his mother's genes but his biological father's. That man, whom he had never met but had heard his wife curse countless times, was reportedly a powerful mutant.

However, Qi Zhang couldn't voice this concern. No man wanted to admit that his genes were inferior to another man's, especially if that man was his wife's ex-husband.

"Sigh..."

Qi Zhang's mind replayed Ji Xinghuo's figure and the videos he had seen before, and he couldn't help but marvel. "That silly woman Xin Yimo actually gave birth to such a terrifying person. It's unbelievable."

Then he thought, if Ji Xinghuo's talent truly came from Xin Yimo, then Ming and Xin's future was limitless, and he would have hit the jackpot.

Qi Zhang felt both regret and resentment, yet he was powerless to change anything.

With each member of the family lost in their own thoughts, the family temporarily regained their harmony and left the club together.

However, they were unaware that someone remained in the private room after they left.

Ji Xinghuo had not left.

The loud noise and flash of lightning earlier were merely a distraction, and as ordinary people, Xin Yimo and the others naturally couldn't see through it and even less likely to discover Ji Xinghuo hiding by their side. They assumed that he had already flown away.

Ji Xinghuo's face was expressionless as he watched Xin Yimo and the others get into their luxurious flying car and drive away before he also left the building.

He flew directly back to the villa.

"Third brother," Ye Dongyun asked in a low voice, her concern evident: "How was it?"

"It was alright," Ji Xinghuo shrugged, "I didn't want to acknowledge her as my mother six years ago, and now it's even more impossible."

Ye Dongyun was not surprised. "I understand."

Ji Xinghuo had already thought things through on his way back, "Big sister, don't mention Xin Yimo's matter to anyone else, it will only create more trouble. I don't want to have any contact with them, but since she is my birth mother, you can pay some attention to her. If she encounters any difficulties that she can't solve, you can help her indirectly, but only for her personally."

"I will be careful and not let her detect my presence." Ye Dongyun asked, "What about Ms. Xin's two children?"

"They are part of the Qi family, and have nothing to do with us," Ji Xinghuo replied.

Ye Dongyun nodded, "I understand."

Ji Xinghuo had no intention of acknowledging his two younger siblings.

The Qi family owned a listed company and had assets worth nearly 10 billion. They had more than enough resources to cultivate the two children, and with Xin Yimo and Qi Zhang using his name to gain more resources, there was no need for him to worry about them.

Moreover, Qi Ming and Qi Xin did not seem to possess any genius potential, and were not worth investing precious resources in.

They were born into a wealthy family and had no worries about food or clothing.

Living a life of luxury was already much better than most ordinary people.

In the following days, Ye Dongyun secretly kept an eye on Xin Yimo and the Qi family's situation. Remembering Ji Xinghuo's warning, they did not use his relation to Xin Yimo for publicity. There were no related messages on the internet or in the media either.

Ji Xinghuo received news from his big sister and no longer paid attention to them.

He was in the midst of cultivating.

Today was a crucial moment as the shell of the first magnetic star seed was about to take shape!

Ji Xinghuo ended his classes early and focused on cultivating in the etheric energy gathering room.

Starseed power circulated rapidly within his body, flowing out from the star gland and into the position of the magnetic starseed, which was very close by. With each cycle, his starseed power would increase slightly, and the shell of the magnetic starseed would become more solid.

Finally!

After more than a month of cultivation, a full eight thousand units of starseed power condensed and formed a solid entity, highly compressed and stabilized in the predetermined position of the Yuan Magnet Array.

Ji Xinghuo stopped circulating his starseed power and sensed the starseed.

At this moment, the starseed was still just a shell, but he could already feel its effects. His cultivation speed had increased by about 10%, and the efficiency of transmitting starseed power between the star gland and the starseed had also improved.

"Now I can transplant my ability into it."

Only by transplanting his ability into the shell would it be considered a complete starseed.

Ji Xinghuo's thoughts moved.

In Titan Ring City, the Star Hall had imparted knowledge about the Yuan Magnet Array into his mind, which included the method of transplanting abilities.

He focused his spirit.

Every ability that was fused into the body actually had a corresponding position, and although it couldn't form an exotic species like a monster, the ability user could clearly sense the location of their ability and naturally activate it.

"Electromagnetic Polarization!"

Ji Xinghuo's most core ability was located in the center of his chest, slightly above his heart, which was also the central position of his body.

As his consciousness concentrated, the formless and intangible Electromagnetic Polarization gradually appeared.

Electromagnetic Polarization had no shape.

In Ji Xinghuo's consciousness, it was a field.

He tried to move this "field" closer to the shell of the magnetic starseed. Fortunately, the distance was very close, and after slowly moving it for a few minutes, his chest trembled slightly, as if the Electromagnetic Polarization ability had found its home, and it instantly fell into the shell.

Crackle!

Electricity burst forth from Ji Xinghuo's body, causing the lights in the etheric energy gathering room to flicker.

The entire Starseed Department, and even the area within a radius of several kilometers, was instantly swept by a massive electromagnetic radiation, causing a pulse-like effect. Electrical systems and appliances were affected and became unstable, with some even being damaged.

Fortunately, Ji Xinghuo reacted quickly and controlled it instantly.

"Success!"

He sensed that the Electromagnetic Polarization within the magnetic starseed had stabilized, and the shell became transparent until it eventually disappeared, transforming into an electromagnetic field that seemed to have substance.

Ji Xinghuo had long been aware of this and felt no disappointment.

However, what he hadn't anticipated was that after infusing Electromagnetic Polarization into the starseed, it immediately underwent an unexpected transformation.

The starseed began to surge wildly! Ethereal energy from all directions surged into his body, and Ji Xinghuo absorbed every drop of it.

In the past, ethereal energy had to enter through the star gland and be converted into starforce, but now the starseed also possessed the function of the star gland, greatly increasing efficiency. Moreover, transplanting Electromagnetic Polarization into the Magnetic Starseed amplified its power in an unimaginable way.

The ethereal energy within a radius of several kilometers was boiling.

Ji Xinghuo's body was like a bottomless pit, drawing in all the ethereal energy within range and forming a huge void.

Even the ethereal energy from farther away couldn't keep up with the demand.

At that moment, dozens of mutants in the Ethereal Energy Research Institute found that they couldn't absorb ethereal energy at all.

They had never encountered such a situation before.

Thinking that there might be a malfunction in the etheric energy gathering room, they went out to ask the staff about the situation.

Soon, the scientists at the Ethereal Energy Research Institute discovered that it wasn't a malfunction and found the possible cause of the accident. Director Kemingshan rushed to the outside of Ji Xinghuo's etheric energy gathering room and was relieved to find that there was no danger.

Everyone could only wait.

Ji Xinghuo understood the situation outside but didn't stop.

Every second, his starforce was increasing at a double-digit rate, and the starseed was growing stronger and more solid.

In just ten minutes, his starforce had increased by 7,000 points, equivalent to a month's worth of cultivation on Earth.

Half an hour later...

Ji Xinghuo's total starforce reached 363,000 points and continued to increase, constantly fluctuating.

Even he was astonished.

It took 8,000 points of starforce to condense the empty shell of the Magnetic Starseed, and then he transplanted his ability into it to fuse them together. The higher the quality and level of the ability, the greater the potential of the Magnetic Starseed, and the higher the upper limit, allowing him to cultivate more starforce.

Generally speaking, the worst Magnetic Starseed could increase one's starforce by 10,000 points.

The highest was 30,000.

But now, this Magnetic Starseed had increased his starforce by more than 30,000 points, reaching the theoretical upper limit. Moreover, instead of slowly increasing his starforce over a period of cultivation, it had directly surged to this amount.

"It should be related to Electromagnetic Polarization."

Ji Xinghuo speculated.

"Electromagnetic Polarization perfectly matches the Magnetic Starseed. Not only is it an Eclipse ability, but it has also been upgraded to Level 7!" Searching all over the Star Galaxy, there might not be an ability more suitable for the Yuan Magnet Array than Electromagnetic Polarization.

"My starforce is still rising..."

Ji Xinghuo was amazed, and finally, after nearly an entire hour, the growth trend slowed down.

The invisible ethereal energy storm within a radius of several kilometers gradually subsided.

The starforce value on the Myriad Star Pupils remained unchanged.

【Starforce: 332,514/332,514 (50,000)】

A total of 382,000+ points of starforce! Ji Xinghuo was astonished.

The first complete Magnetic Starseed had increased his starforce by over 50,000 points!

He didn't know what the previous record of the Titanium Cobalt family was, but he expected that no one could have achieved more than him.

"And this is just the first starseed."

Ji Xinghuo shook his head inwardly. Of course, it wasn't possible for every starseed to increase his starforce by so much. Otherwise, if he were to condense starseeds for all 29 of his abilities and complete the Yuan Magnet Array, his starforce would break through 1.8 million! Only Electromagnetic Polarization had such an exaggerated boost.

"One node down."

"I need 11 nodes to initially construct the Yuan Magnet Array."

Ji Xinghuo didn't immediately take out the second Magnetic Starseed to begin positioning and implanting it. He only slightly sensed the effects of the starseed before walking out of the etheric energy gathering room, his previously floating feet now touching the ground.

In the lobby of the Ethereal Energy Research Institute, the mutants looked at him with undivided attention.

"I apologize!"

Ji Xinghuo bowed to everyone, expressing his sincerity: "Due to my personal accident, I disturbed everyone's cultivation."

"It's fine! It's fine!"

"It's normal for mutants to encounter unexpected events during cultivation, and it caused no harm or losses."

"Yes, Mr. Ji doesn't need to apologize."

Everyone said it was fine, and even if someone was truly unhappy, they wouldn't dare to show it in front of Ji Xinghuo. They were more curious about what had happened to Ji Xinghuo during his cultivation that had caused such a huge disturbance.

Ji Xinghuo naturally didn't reveal anything and, after once again expressing his apologies, he left the Ethereal Energy Research Institute with Zhao Manying.

(End of Chapter)

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