September 22nd.

A new day begins.

In the morning, Su Yu went to class and discovered something interesting.

He walked towards Wu Lan as usual, but… she ran away!

The way she looked so aggrieved, anyone would think Su Yu had done something to her.

When Wu Lan saw Su Yu, she immediately grabbed her bag and ran, running to the last row, looking like she wanted to stay far away from Su Yu. The blow she received this time must have been significant.

…………

Su Yu chuckled, not taking it to heart.

Another interesting thing was that Lin Yao saw Su Yu with a smile on his face, very enthusiastic.

Of course, to cover it up a bit, Lin Yao restrained himself a lot.

He had an expression like, “You and I know, but no one else does,” which left Su Yu quite speechless.

This guy… doesn’t he really think I secretly joined the Single Divine Script faction?

The changes didn’t stop there.

As soon as Su Yu sat down, someone was beside him.

Jia Mingzhen!

This little fatty isn’t very tall and looks amiable, but Su Yu is very wary of him.

Last time, during the monthly exam, this guy was very arrogant.

He ate while taking the exam, wiping his greasy hands on Xia Chan, which everyone saw, and no one dared to underestimate him.

Su Yu had barely spoken to him before. Now, with Jia Mingzhen sitting next to him, Su Yu smiled kindly and said, “Classmate Jia, is there something you need?”

“Nothing!”

Jia Mingzhen looked at Su Yu and smiled, also smiling.

This kid really looks like a good person!

But… this guy is really not a good person. The Single Divine Script faction is still researching how to configure talent essence blood. Several researchers from the Single Divine Script faction have probably been racking their brains these past two days.

Su Yu smiled and didn’t say anything more.

Jia Mingzhen, however, couldn’t stay idle. He smiled and said, “Su Yu, I heard you beat Zheng Yunhui? You injured him so badly that he hasn’t come to class for several days?”

“…”

In the class, everyone’s eyes instantly converged!

Xia Chan, Wan Mingze, and a few others’ expressions changed slightly. Su Yu seriously injured Zheng Yunhui? Is that true?

Su Yu’s heart shook slightly. Although his match with Zheng Yunhui wasn’t completely unknown, the people who knew should all be big figures in the academy.

The Single Divine Script faction knows, the Xia family knows, and some big sellers in the black market also know.

How did this guy find out?

Su Yu was shocked in his heart, but his face didn’t show it. He said, a little confused, “Classmate Jia, did you hear some more rumors?”

After saying that, Su Yu said loudly, “Everyone must pay attention, and don’t spread rumors. I feel like the atmosphere here at the academy is not very good. Yesterday, someone even spread rumors that my teacher was beaten to death… it’s just nonsense!”

Su Yu was somewhat indignant!

“This kind of rumor, my teacher doesn’t care about it, otherwise… I, Su Yu, would have to investigate! Is it fun to spread rumors that people are dead? We are all reserve civilization masters, how can we participate in these things? Classmate Jia, the same goes for you…”

Su Yu said seriously, “Rumors are born like this. You heard it, who did you hear it from? Don’t talk nonsense about things that have no basis! Don’t make startling remarks just to attract attention. This is not what a rigorous civilization master should do!”

Jia Mingzhen paused slightly. Oh, you’re biting me back!

Jia Mingzhen smiled, “Then why hasn’t Zheng Yunhui come to class for several days…”

Before he could finish speaking, his expression changed slightly.

The next moment, Zheng Yunhui walked in, his face flushed, full of energy, and striding confidently.

Seeing this, Su Yu was shocked. He recovered?

So fast!

Even his own injuries haven’t healed yet, and this guy’s injuries were worse than his. He’s already recovered?

Soon, Su Yu regained his composure and quickly said, “Classmate Zheng Yunhui, someone said that I seriously injured you, that I defeated you, and that you couldn’t come to class. Why are you here?”

“…”

Zheng Yunhui was slightly stunned. He glanced at Jia Mingzhen next to him and said angrily, “Which grandson spread rumors about me? Do they want to die! Would I lose to you?”

Zheng Yunhui looked displeased!

Looking at Jia Mingzhen, he snorted and said loudly, “Those villains who spread rumors about me behind my back, don’t act innocent. What do you want to do? If you’re not convinced, come on stage and fight me until you call me daddy!”

“…”

Jia Mingzhen’s face darkened. Okay, you’re putting on an act with me.

Do you think I don’t know what kind of people you two are?

Jia Mingzhen smiled, looked at Zheng Yunhui, narrowed his eyes, and said, “Zheng Yunhui, are you scolding me?”

“Did I scold you?”

Zheng Yunhui sneered, “Whoever spreads rumors about me, I’ll scold them!”

“I said it, what can you do?”

Jia Mingzhen directly admitted, nonchalantly, disdainfully said, “I just heard someone say it, so what? Can’t I even speak? I don’t look for trouble, but I’m not afraid of trouble! Don’t be arrogant with me. You want to spar on stage? I’m waiting for you anytime!”

Now, the whole class’s attention was focused!

Time to watch the show!

Jia Mingzhen, who performed best in the monthly exam last month, against the powerful Zheng Yunhui!

At this time, even Su Yu became interested.

He actually wanted to test how strong Jia Mingzhen really was.

It would be quite appropriate for this Zheng Yunhui guy to spar on stage!

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Zheng Yunhui sneer, “What qualifications do you have to compare with me? I’m going to challenge the top 100 next month. Don’t think that just because you did well on the last exam, you can compare with me! You get on the top 100 list first, and if you can’t, you’re just trash. What are you comparing with me? If I beat you, I’m afraid I’ll dirty my noble hands!”

“…”

Jia Mingzhen was so angry that he wanted to curse!

Dirty his noble hands?

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This kid… why is he so deserving of a beating!

Zheng Yunhui wasn’t stupid. Jia Mingzhen was first in the civilization will exam, easily. Who knows what the situation is? Why would he let someone use him as a stepping stone?

It’s better to let him challenge the top 100 list. He can see his strength when he gets in.

And at this moment, others were not in the mood to pay attention to these things.

Wan Mingze said in surprise, “Yunhui, you’re going to challenge the top 100 list next month?”

“What’s wrong?”
Zheng Yunhui laughed and said, “Ten thousand catties at the eighth level, will force accumulation above 85%, isn’t that enough? The Zheng family is straightforward, wanting to charge, so we charge. Does everyone think being an old tortoise is so great?”

Wan Mingze forced a smile and said, “Yunhui, we don’t have your strength.”

Zheng Yunhui laughed heartily and said, “Really? The Wan family is so weak? Not as good as our War Academy? That’s a bit embarrassing!”

Wan Mingze frowned and said faintly, “You’re from the Civilization Academy now!”

“Yes, so what?”

Zheng Yunhui laughed and said, “I’m from the Civilization Academy, my whole family is from the War Academy, do you have a problem with that? I’m going to be the first student in this class to break into the top 100, do you have a problem with that? I’m going to suppress you, do you have a problem with that?”

Wan Mingze frowned.

He took a deep look at him, and after a long while, said faintly, “Yunhui, so confident, then get into the top 100 first!”

“Of course!”

Zheng Yunhui said carelessly, “If I can’t get in, are we counting on you?”

…………

As soon as this guy came, he offended this one and that one, his attitude was extremely arrogant.

But his strength was extremely strong, and at this time, the class was eerily quiet.

The others didn’t get involved in these things, and the other geniuses didn’t say anything either.

Jia Mingzhen cursed inwardly, what a cunning guy!

He asked him for a one-on-one fight, and he thought he wasn’t qualified. Just you wait, I’ll ambush you tonight!

At this moment, not many people were paying attention to Su Yu anymore.

Su Yu smiled secretly, glancing at Jia Mingzhen, secretly shocked. This guy seemed eager to challenge Zheng Yunhui.

Zheng Yunhui just said his strength!

Even so, he was still eager to try, as if he wanted to beat him to death. What did that mean?

Was he stronger than Zheng Yunhui?

“Zheng Yunhui’s true strength is comparable to the Myriad Stone realm first or second level of the warrior path, is this guy even stronger than him?”

Su Yu secretly noted it down.

As for himself, his current strength was actually not as good as Zheng Yunhui’s. Of course, with the explosion of essence blood, his lethality also reached the Myriad Stone level, but other aspects were still lacking. Divine runes could make up for some of that.

All in all, Su Yu judged that he probably had the strength of the Myriad Stone first level, in all aspects.

It wasn’t that just because one could erupt with the lethality of the Myriad Stone third level, one could be considered comparable to the Myriad Stone third level.

“My old man seems to be only at the Myriad Stone first level…”

Su Yu suddenly laughed to himself. If his old man was still at home, it would be hard to say who would win or lose if he fought his old man.

He could imagine how shocked his old man would be!

…………

The brief conflict disappeared after the instructor entered.

The news that Su Yu had seriously injured Zheng Yunhui naturally became a rumor, and no one took it seriously anymore.

Zheng Yunhui was alive and kicking, and he was going to break into the top 100 next month, how could he look seriously injured!

…………

He endured until the end of class.

Su Yu hurriedly walked out, went downstairs, and found a corner.

Soon, Xia Huyou walked over.

“Su Yu, you don’t know how difficult it was for me to collect these things for you…”

Xia Huyou complained incessantly, “Last night, I ran seven or eight times overnight, all over the black market and Xia’s trading company, and finally begged my grandfather and grandmother to put together these things for you. The tips alone cost me hundreds of merit points…”

“Stop talking nonsense!”

Su Yu was too lazy to listen to his complaints. He took a small box, looked around, opened the box and checked it, and was excited.

So many bottles!

“500 drops of Mountain Cracking Bull essence blood, Myriad Stone realm, 5,000 merit points!”

“399 other kinds of essence blood, I couldn’t collect them all at once, all are Ten Thousand Pound realm. Because some have too little, and some have special functions, it cost 920 merit points in total. I’ll round it down for you, and count it as 900 points!”

Xia Huyou continued without taking a breath, “Willpower essays, I haven’t gotten that many cheap ones yet. I’ve collected 20 volumes for you, but some are more than 100 points, totaling 2,300 merit points.”

“The total is 8,200 points!”

Xia Huyou finished speaking and added, “Are you still collecting other things? If you are, give me two or three more days!”

“Continue collecting, no hurry, a few more days will do!”

Su Yu checked the items, but not as meticulously as the first time.

He had been working with Xia Huyou for a long time, and he had some trust in him.

Moreover, this guy generally didn’t take his deposit, and paid directly upon delivery, which reduced a lot of risk for Su Yu.

After paying 8,200 merit points, Su Yu had some points left.

8,200 merit points, more than 400 million in black market prices!

And he only got this little box of things!

Only cultivators didn’t care much about money, otherwise, the lives of ordinary people would have been in chaos long ago.

Su Yu never thought that one day, he would throw away hundreds of millions at once to buy a small box of things. His old man would probably collapse if he knew.

He was only in the Ten Thousand Pound realm!

Not only did Su Yu feel the pain, but even Xia Huyou, who came from a big family, couldn’t help but say at the moment: “Su Yu, take it easy, making money isn’t that easy! Even if you go to the battlefield of the heavens, killing an Ascending initial stage a day, that’s only a hundred merit points.”

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This was a single divine text system, created by many Mountain Sea realm experts and many Soaring Cloud realm experts… It wasn’t done by one person alone.

The single divine text system had money because there were many strong people.

8,200 merit points, even a single Soaring Cloud realm expert in the academy would find it difficult to take out!

For example, Chen Yong, the librarian of the library, Soaring Cloud ninth level, couldn’t take it out.

Zhao Li couldn’t take it out either!

Hu Youhui, the Soaring Cloud realm expert who went to pick up the freshmen with Zhao Li that day, couldn’t take it out either!

Not only them, but also those Soaring Cloud realm experts from the myriad races who attacked the students that day couldn’t take it out either, otherwise they wouldn’t have had to risk attacking the student team.

The strong are also fed with resources!

Any money they have is spent!

Didn’t Chen Yong have money?

Didn’t Zhao Li have money?

They both had money!
They are willing to sell their bodies, techniques, and spend their days writing wills for others. They can also earn a significant amount of merit points, but doing so would delay their cultivation.

However, there are very few people like Su Yu who spend money so lavishly at the Thousand Pound Realm.

Even Xia Huyou doesn’t spend as much as he does.

Su Yu took a light breath, nodded, and smiled, “I know my limits! But… I need time to become stronger faster! I also want to take my time, but some people are unwilling to give me that time.”

“That’s up to you. I’m just reminding you.”

Xia Huyou laughed, “I’d love for you to spend tens of thousands at a time, but in business, we need to take the long view. Draining the pond to catch all the fish is a short-term strategy. For long-term business, we need to be cost-effective for our customers.”

Su Yu smiled, “You’re quite the businessman. By the way, has Zheng Yunhui contacted you yet?”

“Not yet.”

Xia Huyou wasn’t in a hurry, smiling, “The Zheng family is a family of strong individuals. They don’t lack ordinary things and have channels to acquire them! But… he will eventually have to come to me, after all, they are not a civilization master family!”

Su Yu nodded slightly, “By the way, is there a Divine Rune Competition held during the monthly exam on the 30th?”

“What’s wrong?”

Xia Huyou said in a low voice, “Is it because of that calligraphy scroll by Grandmaster Hong Tan?”

Su Yu didn’t hide it, nodding slightly, and said helplessly, “My teacher said that I must win it back! Although this thing… isn’t of high value, it’s of great significance and can’t be lost!”

After saying that, he added with some doubt, “These people are so bold, they even dare to steal my grandmaster’s things…”

“Steal?”

Xia Huyou was stunned, “What did Assistant Bai say?”

Su Yu smiled meaningfully, “My teacher said that he took it out to show people, and when he came back, he found it was gone. It might have been stolen!”

“Do you believe it?”

Xia Huyou grinned, and Su Yu also smiled, “Believe it! I must believe it! If I don’t believe it, my teacher won’t be polite to me, because his teacher won’t be polite to him. I can’t take the blame, so I have to believe it!”

“Hahaha!”

Xia Huyou couldn’t help but laugh out loud!

Then he said amusingly, “I think you’re going to have a lot of trouble in the future, and it’s not just this one thing. There are quite a few! Of course, the ordinary ones don’t matter, but some things have commemorative value, and once they’re taken out, everyone knows they belong to Grandmaster Hong Tan. I think you’ll encounter such things in the future!”

Su Yu was also helpless.

What could he do, running into his teacher?

Obviously, it wasn’t stolen, Bai Feng took it out and sold it himself!

Su Yu understood. Bai Feng had said last time that he was taking some things out to sell, and the research center was almost empty.

Su Yu just didn’t know that he even sold his grandmaster’s belongings!

He found it a bit funny, like himself. When he was short of money in Nanyuan, he had thought about selling his house, but he couldn’t, while Bai Feng could actually sell it!

After chatting for a few words, Su Yu said casually, “What’s the specific process for this Divine Rune Competition? Is it difficult to win?”

“It’s quite difficult!”

Xia Huyou said seriously, “This isn’t just our Divine Rune Academy’s affair, it’s a competition for the entire academy’s freshmen! Don’t think that the Divine Rune Academy is strong, but it’s not invincible. The Willpower Academy, the Divine Pill Academy, and the Divine Talisman Academy all have strong individuals.”

“The Divine Rune Competition is about Divine Runes, including willpower, which are connected.”

“The academy has a very magical little secret realm, which is similar to Civilization Records, but with better effects!”

Xia Huyou explained, “You’ve seen in Civilization Records that you can conjure up Divine Runes. It’s the same in that little secret realm! Not only that, but you can also see the Divine Runes that others conjure up, and compete, fight, and battle with Divine Runes in the secret realm. No physical combat, just willpower and Divine Runes to determine the winner.”

“That’s why it’s called the Divine Rune Competition, not the Hundred Strong Competition!”

Su Yu asked in surprise, “Held in the secret realm? Can our teachers see the Divine Runes we conjure?”

“No!”

Xia Huyou explained, “Only two people can see it. That secret realm is very small… it’s actually just a Civilization Record. You’re at one end, and your opponent is at the other. You both immerse your willpower into it, and you can see each other’s situation. No one else can see it.”

“With so many people, do they all go one by one?”

Su Yu calculated. There were nearly two thousand freshmen!

“You’re thinking too much!”

Xia Huyou laughed, “It’s just the students in the advanced class, not many! The intermediate class hasn’t even reached the Nurturing Nature stage, what are they competing for? Our class accounts for half of the students, so there are probably only about 200 people in total!”

“Actually, it doesn’t take up too much time. One match takes a few dozen seconds if it’s fast, and one or two minutes if it’s slow. 200 people divided into 100 groups, it’ll take about two hours to complete.”

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“Then the winners will compete against each other. In the end, it’ll take three or four hours to determine the winner.”

Su Yu nodded slightly. In that case, the time wasn’t too long.

Xia Huyou added, “Don’t just focus on our class. There are strong individuals in other classes as well. In a real fight, they might not be able to beat us, but when it comes to just Divine Runes, some guys are not weak!”

Su Yu took a light breath and nodded.

He couldn’t lose!

He had to win!

His Divine Runes weren’t weak, but his willpower wasn’t very strong. Even if his willpower was long-lasting, its strength was there, just Nurturing Nature.

He had to improve it a bit!

If physical combat wasn’t allowed, then it wouldn’t matter how many acupoints he opened this time.

“Huyou, is there a quick way to improve willpower?”

“…”

Xia Huyou was speechless. Were you still slow?

Reaching the Nurturing Nature stage so quickly, and you’re still complaining that you’re slow?

“Yeah, if you don’t nurture Divine Runes, it’ll be fast!”

“…”

Okay, Su Yu didn’t say anything.

Nonsense, if you don’t nurture Divine Runes, what kind of civilization master are you?

Of course, many students in the Willpower Academy really don’t nurture them, and wait until they reach the Soaring Realm.

But the multi-Divine Rune lineage really can’t do that!
Reaching the Soaring realm means divine runes combat techniques can no longer be consolidated, rendering them useless.

At that point, what’s the point of being a multi-divine rune cultivator?

Su Yu thought for a moment and then asked, “Are there no natural treasures that can increase willpower?”

“Yes!”

Xia Huyou smiled slyly, “But I advise you not to use them, they’re too superficial! To be honest, we should focus on a solid foundation. Even if your willpower reaches 99% now, it’ll be useless if it’s easily extinguished.”

“Alright!”

Su Yu was helpless. Forget it, he’ll just cultivate honestly!

He had made some progress in the past few days.

After falling to 50% previously, it had now risen to about 52%. Strictly speaking, it wasn’t slow, but Su Yu was just not satisfied.

…………

Without saying more, Su Yu took his things and left.

Back at the research center, he still couldn’t see anyone. He didn’t know if Bai Feng was in the lab.

After tidying up, Su Yu cultivated for a while longer, and only went out after dark.

To the secret realm!

500 drops of Crushing Mountain Ox essence blood, and 399 drops of various other types of essence blood. He was going to make a big push this time!

“It’s just that people are constantly entering the secret realm, which is a bit troublesome!”

Su Yu had a headache. He was ready to go all out, but it wouldn’t be good if people kept entering.

Once he opened the illustrated manual and someone entered during the absorption process, discovering his anomaly, how would he explain it?

“Unless… I leave that small circle!”

Su Yu muttered to himself, heading towards the outer areas.

Other areas might have Ten Thousand Stone or Soaring realm cultivators, but… he might not necessarily encounter them. The main thing was that Su Yu couldn’t go to areas with too much pressure.

“I can cultivate in the middle ground between the Ten Thousand Stone and Thousand Pound areas. For Ten Thousand Stone cultivators, the Yuan Qi isn’t concentrated enough, and for Thousand Pound cultivators, there’s too much!”

Having made a decision, Su Yu stopped thinking about it.

He had to go to the secret realm!

He felt that cultivating outside the secret realm wasn’t as easy.

…………

The secret realm area.

Primitive hidden characters.

As always, there weren’t many people, very few.

At this moment, late at night, only the two old guards remained.

The moment Su Yu approached, Old Huang instantly woke up and opened his eyes, “This kid is here again! It’s only been a few days! How long is he betting this time?”

Old Nie said calmly, “24 hours, didn’t you say? If he can’t reach it, he’s a waste!”

Old Huang chuckled. Those were just words spoken in a fit of pique earlier.

Could he really last 24 hours!

“This kid even brought a box…”

As Old Huang spoke, he raised his eyebrows and said, “Guess what’s inside?”

“Nonsense, essence blood, what else could it be!”

Old Nie also had a strange look in his eyes, “This guy, didn’t he say his family is ordinary? Where did he get so much essence blood?”

Last time, he smelled the rich scent of essence blood on him!

This time, he simply brought a box over!

How much essence blood would it take to require a box to carry it?

As they spoke, Su Yu entered.

He wore his usual smile on his face, and greeted them honestly, “Hello, teachers! Teacher, is anyone inside?”

Old Huang didn’t want to look at his smiling face, too lazy to do so. He glanced at his box a few times, then looked at Su Yu, and said indifferently, “Got money again? Same rules, 100 merit points. Also, once you reach the Ten Thousand Stone realm, you’ll have to pay more, and your accumulated merit level must reach 200 points!”

Su Yu nodded, his honest smile unchanged.

I’m not in a hurry!

I still have time!

Even if he cultivated to the ninth level of the Thousand Pound realm, he wouldn’t be in a hurry to advance. There were so many acupoints, how could he open them all? What was the rush.

It would be troublesome to enter the secret realm at that time!

Seeing Su Yu’s composure, Old Huang was too lazy to say anything more. While opening the portal, he instructed, “Don’t be reckless, opening acupoints quickly is a good thing, but you have to keep up with the rest! Just having a lot of acupoints isn’t enough, your strength and martial skills have to keep up, or you won’t even be able to enter the top 100.”

“Also, you are a Civilization Master…”

Old Huang reminded again, “Remember, for a Civilization Master, the physical body isn’t the key! If you really want to cultivate your physical body, you might as well go to the War Academy, why come to the Civilization Academy! The Yuan Qi secret realm is a secret realm formed by eternal divine runes!”

Old Huang said sternly, “Eternal divine runes, are they only for cultivating your physical body? Gain more insights, there aren’t many eternal divine runes even in the academy, they were all left behind by those above the Mountain and Sea realm. You don’t think that those who enter the secret realm in the Soaring realm are all here to open acupoints, do you?”

Su Yu was slightly shocked!

That seemed to be the case!

Old Huang regained his composure and said indifferently, “Divine runes are the foundation, eternal divine runes are more beneficial to divine runes, not the physical body. Absorbing Yuan Qi is just an added function. Don’t waste these merit points by entering the secret realm time and time again!”

Su Yu nodded and quickly thanked him, “Thank you for the reminder, teacher!”

“No need to thank me, understand it yourself!”

Old Huang opened the portal and watched Su Yu leave.

After he entered, Old Huang smiled. Beside him, Old Man Nie laughed, “You… is it not good to let them understand it themselves? Why remind him!”

Old Huang said with a smile, “Reminding him to pay more attention to divine runes will leave him no time to open acupoints, and he will come out soon, saving some Yuan Qi!”

“…”

The old man smiled!

That’s what he said, but he knew that Old Huang was afraid that Su Yu would neglect it. However, he was only at the Nourishing Will realm, so there was no rush. Even if he gained insights, he might not be able to understand anything.

“This time, reaching the sixth level of the Thousand Pound realm will be no problem for him. Do you think he can reach the seventh level of the Thousand Pound realm?”

“Not that fast, right?”

The two old men began to discuss again. Su Yu had now opened 66 acupoints. He had been healing these past two days, so he didn’t have time to continue opening them.

Opening 84 acupoints would be the seventh level of the Thousand Pound realm.

The further he went, the harder and slower it would be.

Could Su Yu open 18 acupoints this time?

Although the two of them didn’t quite believe it, thinking about it, it was hard to say.

This kid had entered twice.

Once he reached the third level of the Thousand Pound realm, and once he reached the fifth level of the Thousand Pound realm. Who knew if he could reach the seventh level this time.
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