Time passed, day by day.

…

On July 15th, Su Yu received his admission notice from the Great Xia Civilization Academy.

At home.

Su Yu took one look and couldn’t help but mutter a curse. His good mood was ruined.

“Enrollment fee: 10,000, Accommodation fee: 3,000, Student uniform fee: 5,000, Textbook fee: 2,000, Total: 20,000.”

“Student accommodation can be adjusted. Superior students can reside in the Yangxing Garden, with an annual accommodation fee of 50,000 (or payment in Merit Points).”

The notice listed the details, and Su Yu felt a little depressed upon reading it.

He currently only had a little over 20,000 in cash.

Signing up actually cost 20,000!

Of course, he could choose not to stay in the regular dormitory and live in the Yangxing Garden, but that would require 50,000 or the equivalent in Merit Points.

If he paid that much, he’d starve to death at the academy.

“Dad… the money you left behind isn’t enough!”

Su Yu sighed. The money his father had left was too little. If he hadn’t been able to earn money himself, he would have starved on the streets.

As for the Yangxing Garden, Su Yu certainly wouldn’t be staying there now. He didn’t have enough Merit Points for his own needs, let alone to stay in the Yangxing Garden.

“This Great Xia Civilization Academy… is full of the stench of money!”

Su Yu muttered, complaining that everything cost money and wondered what they needed so much money for.

It had been almost half a month since he had opened the first acupoint of the God of War Technique. The essence blood he had previously exchanged for was almost used up, and he had used another drop of Yuanqi liquid, leaving him with only one drop.

One drop of Yuanqi liquid, 30 Merit Points, and a little over 20,000 in cash – that was all his assets.

There were still half a month before school started, and he would have to continue exchanging for essence blood, and even Yuanqi liquid, possibly using it all up by the time he enrolled.

He would be going to Great Xia Prefecture empty-handed!

“Ugh!”

He could only sigh. Even a genius special recruit had to pay tuition. The genius treatment had already been given – 100 Merit Points and two opportunities to enter the Secret Realm, which money couldn’t buy.

If he really had to spend money, a few hundred or even millions wouldn’t be enough.

The Great Xia Civilization Academy probably hadn’t expected that a genius student would have a headache over enrollment fees.

“I have to go to the academy again today to exchange for some essence blood and Yuanqi liquid.”

In the past half month, Su Yu had spent money on cultivation without regard for the cost, and he had now opened the third acupoint of the God of War Technique.

In the next half month, he still had to exchange for some resources and continue cultivating.

He needed to convert resources into strength so that he would have the means to earn money when he got to Great Xia Prefecture. Su Yu understood this principle.

…

At the Resources Department.

Su Yu gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, “Teacher, give me 15 drops of Ironwing Bird essence blood and 3 drops of Yuanqi liquid.”

“The Ironwing Bird essence blood is no problem, but the Yuanqi liquid…”

The teacher at the Resource Management Office shook his head and said, “This stuff wasn’t originally available at the academy. The drop you exchanged last time was borrowed from Instructor Liu. Su Yu, Instructor Liu hasn’t sent any Yuanqi liquid over recently.”

Su Yu frowned slightly. He had forgotten that the academy didn’t have any Soaring Realm experts. Well, Liu Wenyuan did, but he seemed to be cultivating himself recently and probably didn’t have the energy to provide Yuanqi liquid to the academy.

Yuanqi liquid could only be purchased in Great Xia Prefecture.

Nanyuan was too small, and there were too few Soaring Realm experts.

But Su Yu couldn’t go to Great Xia Prefecture to buy it now.

After thinking for a moment, Su Yu asked, “Teacher, can I exchange for Yuanqi liquid at the Nanyuan City Lord’s mansion?”

The City Lord was also a Soaring Realm cultivator. He had obtained his first 3 drops of Yuanqi liquid from the City Lord.

“If your Merit Level is high enough, it’s possible, but they may not have reserves…”

The resource management teacher thought for a moment and said, “If you really want to exchange, I suggest you go to the Dragon Martial Guard. The Dragon Martial Guard Commander is also a Soaring Realm cultivator. They have fewer people, so he should have some reserves.”

“But I don’t even know where the Dragon Martial Guard’s headquarters is.”

The teacher smiled and said, “That’s not difficult. Nanyuan is preparing to escort you new students to Great Xia Prefecture for enrollment, and the Dragon Martial Guard will also provide protection along the way. They should be in the City Lord’s mansion negotiating these days. Go take a look, and you might be able to find Commander Xia.”

“Thank you, teacher.”

Su Yu thanked him and exchanged for 15 drops of essence blood. Not only did he need to use it, but his “Blood” little brother had also started to recover and absorb essence blood. With 15 drops of essence blood, he could open 10 training sessions, and “Blood” little brother would absorb at least two drops.

He kept the rest in reserve in case of danger.

“The ‘Thunder’ little brother is still better!”

Su Yu sighed. The “Blood” word divine rune absorbed essence blood, which was expensive. The “Thunder” word divine rune didn’t cost any money. As for absorbing a little of his willpower, that was free, and Su Yu didn’t care too much.

In fact, if the Civilization Masters knew his thoughts, they would probably scold him to death.

What’s wrong with absorbing a little essence blood to strengthen oneself?

That was the most excellent and exemplary divine rune!

Divine runes like the “Thunder” word, which absorbed willpower, were the ones that gave Civilization Masters a headache. This was why Civilization Masters consumed a lot of willpower while nurturing divine runes, making it difficult to replenish.

Su Yu, on the other hand, was blaming the “Blood” word divine rune, not appreciating what he had.

…

Half an hour later, Nanyuan City Lord’s mansion.

Su Yu waited outside the City Lord’s mansion for a while and finally saw Xia Bing.

“Summer Adult…”

Su Yu greeted him in advance. Xia Bing turned to look at him, surprised, and asked, “You’re looking for me?”

“Lord Xia!” Su Yu didn’t beat around the bush and immediately said, “The academy doesn’t have any Yuanqi liquid to exchange anymore. The teacher suggested that I ask the Dragon Martial Guard. Do you have any Yuanqi liquid in reserve here?”

“Yuanqi liquid…”

Xia Bing looked at him, and a glint flashed in his eyes. The next moment, he said in surprise, “You’ve opened other acupoints… so quickly?”

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No wonder he needs Yuanqi liquid!

This kid actually opened other acupoints.

Su Yu said honestly, “Didn’t the City Lord reward some Yuanqi liquid recently? I used it to try cultivating and opening acupoints, but the consumption was too high, and the Yuanqi liquid wasn’t enough.”

“That’s normal.”

Xia Bing nodded and said, “The Yuanqi in Nanyuan is weak, making cultivation difficult to begin with. Opening acupoints consumes the most Yuanqi. The Dragon Martial Guard does have some, but it’s not usually open to the public… I can’t give you access to the military exchange system.”
“Alright, I personally have some reserves. You can exchange them with me using regular merit points.”

The Dragon Martial Guard is stationed here, and the Great Xia Prefecture provides vitality liquid.

However, that’s military resource and not supplied externally.

It’s no problem for Xia Bing to personally exchange them with Su Yu. He’s already in the Soaring realm and can condense it himself.

“Thank you, sir!”

Su Yu quickly thanked him. If it weren’t for Xia Bing’s help, he really wouldn’t be able to exchange for vitality liquid in Nanyuan. The City Lord’s Mansion didn’t have it either, and he had asked before.

Xia Bing didn’t care about this and said, “You’re cultivating the ‘God of War Technique’?”

“Yes.”

“The God of War Technique can open acupoints so quickly; that’s quite fast.”

Xia Bing explained, “The Dragon Martial Guard generally focuses on cultivating the ‘God of War Technique,’ while the Demon Suppression Army focuses on basic battle techniques.”

Basic battle techniques are the ‘Thousand Pound Technique’ series of cultivation methods.

“Since you’re cultivating the God of War Technique, if you really want to improve quickly, besides the willpower writings from your Civilization Academy, you can also go to the Dragon Martial Guard or the War Academy and find someone to guide you.”

Xia Bing advised, “The soldiers on duty in the Dragon Martial Guard definitely can’t guide you, but those who aren’t on duty are all veterans who have cultivated for many years and can help you avoid some detours.”

“Okay, I’ll keep that in mind. Thank you for the advice, sir.”

“You’re welcome.”

Xia Bing said as he walked, “The stuff is at my place. I didn’t bring it out. Come with me. In a few days, you’ll be heading to the Great Xia Prefecture as a group. Along the way, we and the City Guard will protect you on your journey.”

Su Yu couldn’t help but ask, “Sir Xia, is the road dangerous?”

“A bit.”

Xia Bing explained, “You should know that the Myriad Races Sect is active in the Great Xia Prefecture. Although we killed many of them last time, it’s hard to guarantee that no one is lurking. That’s one thing. Another thing is to be careful of the native monsters that have become demons. These guys are also very troublesome.”

“Native monsters…”

Su Yu had heard of them but never seen them. He was curious and asked, “I’ve read in books that because some places in the human realm have dense vitality, some beasts native to the human realm may also become demon races, but they’re generally not very powerful. Do they attack humans?”

“It depends on the situation.”

Xia Bing laughed, “Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t. These demon races are capricious. Actually, their intelligence isn’t very developed. Sometimes they unconsciously attack those who intrude on their territory.”

“We clear them out every year, but new demon races are born every year, so we still need to protect you along the way. After all, you don’t have much combat power.”

Xia Bing said helplessly, “It’s precisely because of this that it’s a bit troublesome to travel between cities. Trade caravans have to move on a large scale, and the roads along the way are often destroyed. These things can’t be completely eradicated; we can only clear them out frequently. We can’t exterminate all the beasts, can we?”

Su Yu nodded. That’s true. The human realm can’t only have the human race.

Xia Bing added, “It’s better on land because we clear them out frequently, but the sea is troublesome! Because there are more beasts in the sea, and they’re not so easy to clear out. This has led to frequent outbreaks of monster tides in several sea areas. Most of the students trained by the Sea War Academy have joined the Sea War Corps.”

Chen Hao had previously considered taking the Sea War Academy exam because the admission score was lower.

The sea battlefield isn’t above the Heavens Battlefield but within the human realm.

The human race does have the strength to suppress them, but the key is that these things can’t be killed off completely, which is very troublesome.

Of course, Su Yu actually guessed that there might be some intention of training troops or treating it as a resource supply point. Otherwise, if some invincible experts came to the sea, they should be able to quickly quell it.

“Sir Xia, will the road be very dangerous?”

“Under normal circumstances, it won’t be unless the Myriad Races Sect launches a large-scale attack, but that’s almost impossible.”

Su Yu was terrified and quickly said, “Sir Xia, please don’t say these things.”

When people say “generally won’t happen” and “almost impossible,” the possibility of it actually happening is quite high.

Su Yu, who often reads books, knows that this kind of person is a typical jinx.

Xia Bing obviously knew what he meant, smiled, and didn’t say much. Soon, they arrived at a small courtyard.

Su Yu was a little surprised. Is this the Dragon Martial Guard’s station?

It seems not far from his home.

“This is our station…” Xia Bing knew what he was thinking and said with a smile, “It’s okay. We’ll be changing places soon. There are few Dragon Martial Guards stationed in Nanyuan. We generally change places every few days to prevent the Myriad Races Sect from knowing our whereabouts.”

“You wait here. I’ll go in and get your stuff.”

Su Yu didn’t dare to trespass and waited outside the door.

After a while, Xia Bing came out and tossed a bottle over. Su Yu quickly caught it and took out his merit card.

The merit card wasn’t manufactured by the Civilization Academy but by the Research Academy.

Although it’s called a card, it’s actually a small machine, similar to a calculator.

Su Yu connected his card to Xia Bing’s, entered the password, and it showed that there were 15 merit points on the card. Then, he transferred them all to Xia Bing.

Xia Bing glanced at it and couldn’t help but say, “You used it all up?”

Does this kid eat merit points?

Even he knew that this kid earned 40 merit points on the assessment and received a 10 merit point reward for completing the task. He also received a lot of merit point rewards for the Myriad Races Language Academy assessment, plus Chen Hao’s 3 merit point reward…

All in all, this kid probably had more than 70 merit points.

And it’s all gone?

A Kaiyuan realm cultivator has spent so many merit points in such a short time, much more lavish than a Thousand Pound realm cultivator.

How many Thousand Pound realm cultivators would you have to kill to get 70 merit points?

You’d have to kill more than twenty Thousand Pound realm cultivators at the higher levels!

Su Yu said awkwardly, “I’ve been nurturing my divine text recently, and it consumes quite a bit.”

“Divine…”

Xia Bing was stunned for a moment, then he understood and sighed, “That’s right; you civilization masters have to nurture your divine texts! When you get to the academy, you’ll spend even more. You have to take classes, and you have to borrow those original cultivation methods… Your family’s circumstances… I’m afraid it will be difficult to afford.”
“The strength of the initial blood essence activation roughly reflects the realm after activation… I can’t activate too strong of one right now, but activating the Myriad Stone Realm Level 1… or the Thousand Jun Realm Level 9 illustration book would accelerate my cultivation speed, and I should be able to barely withstand it.”

Su Yu fell into deep thought. In his dreams, there were so many monsters, and over the years, he had actually found corresponding ones for several of them, but he wasn’t entirely sure.

Even if he was sure about some, he couldn’t find the corresponding blood essence.

“The ‘Lu Fish’ and ‘Whirlpool Turtle’ are a few that I can confirm, but Nanyuan doesn’t have their blood essence. Maybe I can buy them when I get to the Great Xia Prefecture.”

Having previously activated the Iron Winged Bird page, Su Yu felt it was already sufficient. He shouldn’t take risks now but instead prioritize stability, especially since his progress was already rapid.

However, Xia Bing’s words made Su Yu feel somewhat impatient.

He needed to activate a stronger monster illustration book to accelerate his cultivation. Thousand Jun Realm Level 7 wasn’t slow, but Su Yu still wasn’t satisfied.

“The key is… merit points and money!”

Su Yu had a headache. If he activated a Myriad Stone Realm monster illustration book, would that mean he would have to use Myriad Stone Realm blood essence for cultivation afterward?

“Myriad Stone Realm essence is much more expensive than Thousand Jun Realm!”

“Maybe… I should accept the merit points transferred by my dad… If his strength progresses slowly, would that mean he doesn’t have to participate in intense battles?”

Su Yu shook his head. That was just wishful thinking. On the battlefield, the weaker you are, the faster you might die.

Of course, the same goes for being strong unless you’re invincible.

“Dad, you really are a constant worry…”

Su Yu sighed. He was already so old, yet he still caused so much concern. It was truly a headache.

…

The Battlefield of the Heavens.

Somewhere in a military camp.

Su Long lamented to his subordinates, “My son is still young, he can’t even cook or do laundry… Sigh, I’m so worried about him. I wonder if he’s gone hungry these past few days while I’ve been away. Getting into the Great Xia Civilization Academy also means higher expenses. I wonder if he can bring back a daughter-in-law for me from the academy…”

“Centurion, you haven’t even received news from your son yet, and you already know he’s going to the Great Xia Civilization Academy?”

One of the squad leaders joked. Su Long glared, displeased, “Is there even a question? If my son can’t get in, no one in Nanyuan can! It’s a sure thing! I also transferred the merit points I earned from the last accomplishment back to him. With those merit points, in a few years when I go home, he should at least be at Thousand Jun Realm Level 7 or 8!”

Someone else chimed in, teasing, “Thousand Jun Realm Level 7 or 8? Why don’t you just say your son will be Ascending Realm in a few years! Isn’t graduation from the Civilization Academy the Ascending Realm? In a few years, he’ll come to our legion and become a Civilization Master. When you see him, you’ll have to call him ‘Sir’!”

Su Long’s face turned red. He retorted indignantly, “What about the Ascending Realm? Is it impossible? My son is a genius! Maybe not in a few years, but isn’t it possible in ten or twenty years? By then, you’ll still be soldiers, and he’ll come as a Civilization Master. You’ll all be his grandsons, and you’ll have to call him ‘Sir Su’!”

“Hahaha, that’s right. We’ll call you ‘Old Sir Su’ by then. Are you satisfied?”

Su Long glared at the other man. The other man was also a centurion, and he was at a higher realm than Su Long, making him quite arrogant.

Su Long gnashed his teeth, “Just you wait! When my son becomes a Civilization Master, I’ll slap you all in the face! Liu, don’t be so cocky. My son wouldn’t even look at your daughter. Is a Civilization Master afraid of not finding a wife?”

The other man scoffed, “You old fool, you’ve been eyeing my daughter since you got here, subtly trying to set her up with your son. Dream on! My daughter is taking the advanced examination next year, and getting into the Great Xia War Academy is a certainty. In a year or two, she’ll be at Thousand Jun or even Myriad Stone Realm. Su Long, why don’t you take a look in the mirror? How many people can even graduate from the Civilization Academy…”

Su Long was so angry that he wanted to challenge him to a duel!

Wasn’t it possible to graduate from the Civilization Academy?

Who said that!

However… it did seem a bit difficult.

Su Long felt somewhat discouraged, but the next moment, he said something he didn’t really mean: “Even if you can’t graduate, you can still become an instructor at the Civilization Academy. It’s safe, which is better than your daughter, fighting to the death like a barbarian!”

“Su Long, are you looking for a fight?”

“Come on, who’s afraid of who! If you dare say my son is no good, I’m willing to risk it all today. I’ll beat you to death, you disrespectful old geezer!”

“…”

The two started fighting again, and the others happily watched the spectacle. It was good for them to fight; there hadn’t been any battles recently, so watching a show was a good way to pass the time.

However, regarding Su Yu, everyone now had some impression of him.

A weak scholar!

Pitiful, physically weak, and possibly even sickly. No wonder Old Su was so worried, going around the legion asking about whose family had a daughter as soon as he arrived. Was he afraid his son wouldn’t be able to find a wife?

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