Next to Fang Xin's original Divine Spring, another Divine Spring had appeared.
Fang Xin looked carefully several times, certain he wasn't seeing things.
Two Divine Springs?
What was going on?
Could this be the benefit Sun Bijun, the Old Lady, mentioned for clearing an SS-rank trial?
Or did an SS-rank Mental Talent naturally have two Divine Springs?
However, with the appearance of this additional Divine Spring, his mental strength had indeed improved.
Fang Xin used his zhilian device to search for all available information on Mental Talents.
He also looked up what changes occurred when an S-rank Talent barely passed an SS-rank trial.
The comments were uniformly about Divine Spring expansion, with more mental energy overflowing from the Divine Spring.
He found no information about two Divine Springs.
Fang Xin didn't search too much.
Too many queries with the zhilian device might draw unwanted attention.
Fang Xin used an old gaming account, changed his IP, and logged into the largest Awakened website in the country.
After some thought, he posted a question in the Mental Talent forum section:
"Awakened with Mental Talents have a limit to the mental energy stored and produced by one Divine Spring. Could there be a genius with two Divine Springs?"
He changed his sheets and pajamas and took a quick shower.
Fang Xin saw replies to his forum post.
"Is the OP delusional?"
"Must be a Mental Talent muggle asking!"
"And a very low-talent muggle at that!"
"Just a noob's fantasy time!"
Among all the comments, one hot reply was at the top.
It was from a user with the ID 'Spear with Poop Stabs Whoever Dies', who replied, "Stop bragging. What genius can have two Divine Springs? I've got two big dicks, do you believe me?"
Below it was another highly upvoted reply from a user with the ID 'Water Gun with Pee Sprays Whoever Yells', who replied, "Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist! I have one!"
'Spear with Poop Stabs Whoever Dies' retorted, "Don't argue, alright! If you have two Divine Springs, show me proof and I'll call you daddy!"
'Water Gun with Pee Sprays Whoever Yells': "I wasn't talking about Divine Springs."
The comments below were all replies to 'Water Gun with Pee Sprays Whoever Yells', saying, "Are you there, Dual-Gun Pee Spray Bro? Can can need!"
Fang Xin scrolled through the comments, speechless.
One comment caught his eye, a reply from a user with the ID 'Taking Chest Hair for Hair Transplant'.
"There are indeed Awakened with more than one Divine Spring. At the end of the last century, there was a powerful individual with two Divine Springs. Because he was an enemy, our officials deliberately concealed it, so there are no records. I stumbled upon it in a biography while browsing old books."
Below it was a photo from the biography. Because it was an old book, the photo and some text were very blurry.
Fang Xin clicked to load the original image. The photo of the powerful individual with two Divine Springs in the biography had coffee spilled on it, so he could only make out that the person seemed to be wearing a military uniform.
He could vaguely see it was a slender old man.
Parts of the text were also stained with coffee, so only fragments were visible.
He condensed the information about the person:
"Yin Shengjun, ranked third among the Eight Great Kings of the Eternal Night Army, a Mental-based powerhouse, possessed two Divine Springs, his mental energy vast and abundant. He fought against many for twenty-one days, and his mental energy never depleted!"
Fang Xin searched for Yin Shengjun but found nothing.
After The Chaos of the Gods, much information about the Eternal Night Army was hard to find, seemingly deliberately suppressed. Textbooks only praised the heroic deeds of those who quelled The Chaos of the Gods, while the Eternal Night Army received almost uniformly negative reviews, mostly documenting their inhumane acts.
When Fang Xin lived with his grandfather, his grandfather had indeed told him many stories about the Eternal Night Army, which were similar to what the textbooks said: the Eternal Night Army was mostly inhumane, leaving destruction like a swarm of locusts wherever they went, committing all sorts of atrocities.
However, every time he spoke of the Eternal Night Army, his grandfather would sigh, looking into the distance, lost in thought.
Fang Xin thought for a moment and messaged the person who posted the picture, "Big brother, can you take a more detailed picture of the introduction for me?"
The reply came quickly.
"Who are you calling big brother? I'm a woman!"
Fang Xin stared at the ID 'Taking Chest Hair for Hair Transplant' for several seconds in silence.
"Sister, can you take a picture of the more detailed introduction for me?"
"Such sweet talk."
The other party quickly sent another photo, much clearer than before.
Fang Xin scanned the entire text but didn't see a detailed introduction of the two Divine Springs, and the introduction about Yin Shengjun wasn't fully photographed.
"Sister, what about the rest?"
"Does little brother have abs?"
"Why?"
"Show older sister your abs, and older sister will send you the rest."
"Heh~"
A few seconds later, Fang Xin looked at the rest of the introduction.
It had to be said that this Yin Shengjun was indeed a formidable individual. Both of his Divine Springs were incredibly powerful. This person had extremely precise control over mental energy, able to calculate exactly how much mental energy to use against an opponent down to the smallest detail, never using a bit more or a bit less. Moreover, he also had two incredibly powerful Divine Springs. When one was in use, the other was storing energy. This was like ordinary people having only two large kidneys, while he not only had indestructible large kidneys but also four of them.
His phone vibrated. 'Taking Chest Hair for Hair Transplant' sent another message, "Sigh, sigh, little brother's abs are so fragrant. Does little brother want to see any other biographies? Older sister will take pictures for you, as long as you show older sister something good! If you don't want to see biographies, older sister can also exchange other things with you!"
Fang Xin, without hesitation, exited the forum like someone who pulls up his pants and disowns others.
He was a terrifying existence who had broken through the SS-rank Mental-based trial.
How dare a mere Lao Se Pi disturb his Dao heart?
Fang Xin observed his second Divine Spring. His mental energy had indeed greatly improved. If he could clear the SS-rank Mental-based trial within three seconds, his mental energy would surely increase further.
Combined with the introduction of Yin Shengjun, his application of Mental Talent could also be invincible.
However, his Talent was only S-rank, so its Upper limit was still limited. To improve, he needed to kill and plunder.
Moreover, his Strength Talent needed practical combat experience to break through better.
He needed to take on missions.
He had no classes on Saturdays and Sundays, so he could take on missions during those two days.
Fang Xin checked the time; it was already three in the morning.
Fortunately, with his Strength Talent, Fang Xin's physique far surpassed ordinary people, so a short sleep was enough to regain his vigor for battle.
The next day, Fang Xin gave the blindfold to Jiang Xiaocha. Jiang Xiaocha asked, "Brother, have you tried the intermediate and advanced trials of this blindfold?"
Fang Xin immediately shook his head. "No, it should be quite dangerous. You should stick to practicing at the beginner level for now."
"Oh, okay!"
Today was Sunday, and he had class tomorrow, so taking on a mission today was already too late.
He decided to wait until next Saturday to take one.
These past few days, Fang Xin's routine, from waking up, was nothing but training, aside from classes.
Team collaboration classes had also started, and there was a team competition every two weeks, which meant various squads would go out to perform missions.
Then, their team coordination ability would be observed. If a team had problems, the squads would be reallocated.
Fang Xin and the others incorporated team training into their daily training schedule.
It must be said that the few of them were placed in a team by Zhuge Heng, and their cooperation was complementary.
Fang Xin was like a time management master every day, sleeping only four hours, and spending the rest of his time training various Talent abilities.
Sun Bijun gave Fang Xin a Mental Talent attack skill—Eye of Divine Authority!
A thirteen-level pupil technique combining control and damage.
But the Old Lady still tirelessly repeated every year, urging Fang Xin to temper his Divine Spring, ensuring it was strong enough to be more powerful and durable in battle.
Fang Xin didn't tell the Old Lady about the two Divine Springs or the SS-rank Mental-based trial.
Firstly, if the Divine Spring mutated, it wouldn't be good if he was taken away for dissection. Being cautious was the best approach.
Secondly, the SS-rank trial was too embarrassing to mention.
Fang Xin underwent the SS-rank trial every day.
In the trial's illusion, the plot changed daily.
Sometimes there was even more than one female lead.
The professions and types were also diverse.
Big sisters, lolis, girl-next-door types, catgirls, nurses, emotional secretaries, cold CEOs...
Fang Xin didn't particularly like these.
This was all for the sake of improving his realm and protecting all humanity, wasn't it?
He definitely wasn't a Lao Se Pi!
Initially, it took two and a half hours to break through the illusion, but now the time was gradually shortening.
When the time was compressed to within two hours, Fang Xin was shocked to discover that his Divine Spring had undergone a new change.
The two Divine Springs had become three.
Besides that, there were other mutations.