Chapter 15: Fifth Rank Achieved, Another Rule Fragment Crystal!

After completing their training, Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi controlled the Two-Tailed Sacred White Fox to approach the instructor. Nangong Siyao immediately rushed over, hugging the white fox tightly, her face filled with excitement as she rubbed against it, exclaiming:

"Bingxi, you're amazing!"

"Of course!" Cheng Bingxi proudly smiled within the fox's consciousness.

Feeling everything through the white fox, Xiao Ye silently hoped Nangong Siyao wouldn't hug so tightly; her generous figure made it hard to breathe.

Reluctantly, Nangong Siyao released the Two-Tailed Sacred White Fox, whose fur was incredibly soft and comfortable to hold.

The Two-Tailed Sacred White Fox then reverted from its summoned beast form back to human form.

A white light flashed, and the white fox vanished, leaving behind a handsome young man and a beautiful young woman standing on the ground.

It was Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi.

"To celebrate completing our first day of training, let me treat you to a meal!" Nangong Siyao found an excuse to spend more time with Cheng Bingxi.

Nangong Siyao playfully insisted, "Don't refuse, come on, Sister Bingxi! Awuu."

The bald instructor gathered everyone together.

"Today's training was completed successfully. You can collect your rewards from the resource department shortly. I've uploaded the reward records to them."

"Tomorrow morning at 6:30, assemble below the dormitory. Dismissed!"

The female bald instructor raised her right hand, and everyone joyfully dispersed.

Nangong Siyao, seemingly very familiar with the training camp, tightly held Cheng Bingxi's arm, leading Xiao Ye to the most upscale hunting restaurant in the military camp.

Cheng Bingxi felt that the fruitful girl was overly affectionate with her, causing her to privately question Nangong Siyao's sexual orientation.

But Cheng Bingxi only speculated.

Seeing his wife being hugged by someone else, Xiao Ye felt a bit annoyed, thinking fiercely:

"Nangong Siyao, you're hugging my wife; in a week, I'll hug you!"

After the meal, they could collect 2,148 second-tier cores. Ten second-tier cores could be exchanged for one third-tier core, allowing them to get two fifth-tier cores, one fourth-tier core, four third-tier cores, and eight second-tier cores.

Such a vast number of resources was enough to upgrade the Sacred White Fox to the fifth rank!

At the high-end hunting restaurant, in a pleasant private room, a server approached automatically.

"Miss Nangong, what would you like to order?"

Nangong Siyao, seemingly familiar, said, "I'll have Set Menu One."

She then showed the menu to Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi. Set Menu One included three dishes and a soup: sixth-rank beast meat, fourth-rank beast meat, fifth-rank edible spiritual plant, and an eighth-rank spiritual plant soup.

Seeing the price, Xiao Ye was a bit stunned. Wow, Set Menu One required a seventh-rank core!

"If you like it, we can eat here every day, Sister Bingxi!" Nangong Siyao's eyes shone as she looked at Cheng Bingxi.

A rich lady indeed, Xiao Ye thought.

The server quickly served the dishes and handed Nangong Siyao a blue potion bottle.

"This is the energy liquid extracted from the beast meat in the dishes. Otherwise, our bodies can't handle the energy from fourth, fifth, sixth, and eighth-rank beast meat." Seeing Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi's puzzled expressions, Nangong Siyao shook the blue potion bottle and explained.

The meal was soon over, and as they left, Cheng Bingxi, rubbing her slightly full stomach, felt unsatisfied. They then parted ways, and the two headed to the resource department to claim their training rewards.

Back in the dormitory apartment, Xiao Ye's face beamed with joy.

Inside the claimed backpack were two fifth-tier cores, one fourth-tier core, four third-tier cores, and eight second-tier cores.

Time to train, immediately.

Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi activated their contract power, summoning the Two-Tailed Sacred White Fox once more.

Currently, the white fox's level was late second rank, so it consumed a third-tier core.

With the Two-Tailed form's superior absorption efficiency, within half an hour, with a whoosh, its level rose to early third rank, barely digesting the energy of one third-tier core.

The power within the white fox surged significantly. In their mental form within its consciousness, Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi felt the overwhelming strength, like being able to punch a bull to death.

Then Xiao Ye planned to continue training, having the white fox consume two fourth-tier cores.

After an undetermined amount of time, as the Sacred White Fox rapidly practiced the beast training method, its level gradually increased.

Early third rank — Mid third rank — Late third rank — Peak third rank!

With a whoosh, its aura surged, and the Sacred White Fox broke through to early fourth rank.

If an outsider were watching, they'd see the white fox emitting an increasingly mystical aura, as if it were the center of the universe, with all surrounding energies fluctuating around it.

Opening his eyes, Xiao Ye realized a day had passed, so he asked the instructor for leave before returning to continue training.

The Sacred White Fox consumed two fifth-tier cores.

As time slipped by, the white fox's level soared, breaking through as if there were no bottlenecks.

Early fourth rank — Mid fourth rank — Late fourth rank — Peak fourth rank.

Early fifth rank!

"Powerful, too powerful!"

Feeling the ocean-like energy within the white fox, Xiao Ye leaped, hitting the ceiling with a bang, causing the whole dormitory building to tremble.

Fortunately, the dormitory was built with post-apocalyptic materials; otherwise, the ceiling might have been pierced.

The explosive power was something Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi couldn't immediately adapt to, struggling to control it finely.

Xiao Ye estimated that compared to the late second rank, the fifth rank's power and energy were at least ten times greater.

"Too strong!" Cheng Bingxi cheered.

To prevent damaging the apartment, Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi exited the summoned beast form, returning to human form.

In human form, they could also inherit some attributes of the summoned beast, enhancing the contractor's physical strength. Xiao Ye felt his physique had greatly improved, his punches whistling through the air, creating ripples.

He estimated having the strength of three tons.

Xiao Ye's ears echoed with the system's notification.

[Congratulations, Host, for completing the task: Raise the level to fifth rank within a week]

[Task Reward: 100 evolution points, one rule fragment crystal, stored in system space]

[The rule fragment crystal has automatically recognized its master, Xiao Ye, recognition successful]

[No matter how the host uses the rule fragment crystal, it can always be re-materialized and retrieved]

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Suddenly, outside came the melodious voice of the fruitful girl, Nangong Siyao.

"Sister Bingxi, I heard noises inside. Have you finished training?"

She said mischievously, pressing her generous figure against the door.