After he left, Hu Youhui looked at Zhao Li, raised his eyebrows, and said, “Old Zhao, judging from your attitude, you want to take in a student?”

Zhao Li smiled and said calmly, “I’ve been idle for too long. I haven’t taken in any students for so many years. It’s good to take in one to take care of me in my old age.”

“Top-top grade…” Hu Youhui said, then added, “You dare to take in a student from Hong Tan’s lineage?”

“Why wouldn’t I dare?”

Zhao Li said indifferently, “Hong Tan is doing just fine, living a comfortable life. What’s wrong with me taking in a student? Even if he hasn’t joined their sect, even if he really did, if I poached him, who could say anything?”

Zhao Li was calm and nonchalant, “Even the mansion master hasn’t spoken, why are you guys getting so worked up!”

Hu Youhui chuckled, “I didn’t mention the mansion master, I’m talking about the other departments…”

“Ryoshin Literature?”

Zhao Li raised his eyebrows, then said dismissively, “Let them fight their own battles, dare they come looking for trouble with me?”

Although Zhao Li isn’t top-tier, nor is he at the Mountain Sea Realm, he is still flamboyant, “Do they think Old Zhao is easy to bully? Although my Weapon Forging department doesn’t have many people and isn’t strong, let them try messing with me!”

Old Zhao said fiercely, “If they piss me off, I’ll mobilize the entire Weapon Forging department of the Great Xia Mansion and cut off their source of literary weapons! I’m too lazy to get involved in their internal strife in the Divine Literature department, but if they dare to target me even for taking in a student… do they really think our Weapon Forging department is easy to bully?”

Hu Youhui didn’t speak. Beside him, Sun Xia smiled and said, “Old Zhao, although this Su Yu is top-top grade, his willpower is too weak. I saw the previous assessment as well. The Warrior Path added a lot of points, otherwise he wouldn’t have been able to reach top-top grade. Old Zhao should know that too.”

Zhao Li didn’t care and said, “Willpower can be improved by reading more willpower texts later!”

Sun Xia smiled and didn’t say anything else.

She is from the Nine Heavens Academy and doesn’t have any involvement with the Great Xia Civilization Academy. She is just curious as to why Zhao Li, the backbone of the Weapon Forging department, suddenly had the idea of taking in a student.

Although Su Yu is quite excellent, and still a top-top grade student, if you remove the Warrior Path realm bonus and the merit bonus, he is not too outstanding among the geniuses of the Great Xia.

Of course, his score in the Civilization Records assessment was not low.

However, it is said that there was a problem with the Civilization Records that day. Assistant Instructor Huang didn’t provide much willpower, and after he returned, he was fined a lot of merit points. This led many people to think that the assessment score was not credible.

Assistant Instructor Huang’s punishment is the best proof of this.

It’s no wonder they overthink things, Su Yu’s willpower is indeed too weak. He is still a bit short of 30% accumulation, which is still a big gap compared to nourishing the mind.

Although Zhao Li is only a mid-level researcher, he is a Weapon Forging Master.

Although Earth-tier literary weapons cannot be manufactured, he did forge a semi-finished Earth-tier literary weapon in the past. He is also the second master in the Great Xia Mansion who has the hope of forging Earth-tier literary weapons.

Once Zhao Li can really forge an Earth-tier literary weapon, even if he is not in the Mountain Sea Realm, he will become a senior researcher.

Among these people, Zhao Li naturally has the highest status and reputation.

Although Hu Youhui and the others don’t agree, if Zhao Li himself is willing, they have nothing to say.

…………

Half an hour later.

Downstairs at the guest house.

A large bus was parked on the side of the road.

Su Yu had already said goodbye to Chen Hao, telling him to cultivate well when he arrived at the Great Xia Mansion, and that he would look for him when he had time. There was no need to say goodbye to the others.

Under the guidance of a city guard, Su Yu got on the bus, carrying his knife and small suitcase.

There were already people on the bus.

In addition to the four powerhouses escorting them and a driver, there were also six young people, who should all be genius students from Skywater City.

If South Yuan didn’t have Su Yu, they wouldn’t even have a top-grade student.

Skywater City has a full six top-grade students, which shows how big the gap is.

Seeing Su Yu get on the bus, the students glanced at him, then remained silent, with no one greeting him or paying him any attention.

They are all geniuses and have their own pride.

They don’t care about geniuses from South Yuan. Even if Su Yu is top-top grade, they don’t care, and no one thinks they are worse than Su Yu.

“Everyone’s here, we can set off!”

Li Yunfeng said, and the vehicle started.

The bus departed, and the inside was completely silent.

On the one hand, they are not familiar with each other, and on the other hand, there are several powerhouses present, so the students are a little apprehensive and dare not speak recklessly.

These are three Ascending Cloud Realm powerhouses and one Soaring Sky Seventh Level powerhouse.

If they leave a bad impression, it will be a disaster for the students.

They don’t speak, and Su Yu naturally won’t take the initiative to strike up a conversation.

After being silent for a while, among the Skywater City students, a handsome boy with a slightly effeminate appearance suddenly turned his head to look at Su Yu, who was sitting in the back, and whispered with a smile, “Su Yu from South Yuan?”

Su Yu nodded. The effeminate handsome boy whispered, “Let me introduce myself, I’m Hu Zongqi from Skywater City. I just nourished my mind and outlined one divine character. My assessment was middle-top grade.”

“Su Yu, haven’t nourished my mind yet.”

Su Yu simply said a sentence, and then didn’t say anything else.

There’s no need.

If he had to say that he was top-top grade, it might cause trouble.

He didn’t say it, but Hu Zongqi smiled and said, “I heard you were assessed as top-top grade?”

“Yeah.”

As soon as he said this, the other students also looked over.

Su Yu remained calm and didn’t say anything.

Hu Zongqi smiled again and said, “I heard that there was a problem with the Civilization Records during that assessment, and the examiners who presided over the South Yuan assessment were all punished. Is that true?”

“Probably, I didn’t ask.”

Su Yu shook his head. Hu Zongqi smiled and said, “It’s a bit of a pity. If I had known, I would have gone to South Yuan to take the assessment that time. Maybe I could have gotten a top-top grade too.”

Su Yu smiled and said perfunctorily, “Probably, it was quite easy that time. Wu Lan from Great Xia Mansion also got a top-top grade.”

When he mentioned Wu Lan, Hu Zongqi’s expression changed slightly, and then he smiled and said, “Wu Lan is a genius from the Wu family of the Great Xia Mansion, so it’s normal for her to get a top-top grade.”

Su Yu seemed not to understand the meaning of his words and said casually, “That’s right.”
Hu Zongqi raised his eyebrows and smiled again, “I heard that you were pre-recruited by an assistant teacher from the Great Xia Civilization Academy?”

“Yeah, but I’m not really sure, I heard it from others later.”

Su Yu really didn’t know. Bai Feng didn’t say anything about pre-recruiting him before he left. Of course, he mentioned it, but it wasn’t confirmed. Who knew the news would spread later.

Hu Zongqi was a little dissatisfied with his perfunctory answer, but these dissatisfactions quickly dissipated, and he smiled, “Su Yu, we’re all classmates when we get to the academy. We have to help each other to gain a foothold in the academy. I heard that people from the Great Xia Prefecture are more exclusive to those of us from outside the city.”

“Su Yu, are you interested in joining our Tianshui Association?”

“Tianshui Association?”

Su Yu showed a surprised look and said, “I’m from Nanyuan, a small city, I don’t understand these things. Can classmate Hu explain it?”

“It’s actually a hometown association…” Hu Zongqi smiled, “Every year, people from us enter the Great Xia Civilization Academy, and those guys from the Great Xia Prefecture are xenophobic, so we have to help each other. You Nanyuan people… ahem, there is no Nanyuan hometown association.”

“Your Nanyuan is close to Tianshui, and you are the only top student from Nanyuan in so many years. You can consider joining our Tianshui Association. Don’t worry, you are a top student. Although there were some accidents during the assessment, your ninefold Aperture Opening is not bad. With my recommendation, joining Tianshui should be no problem.”

As Hu Zongqi said this, someone next to him interjected. A beautiful female student smiled, “Hu Zongqi, have you asked the Tianshui Association for their opinion on recommending Su Yu? Be careful of being rejected and offending both sides.”

Hu Zongqi smiled, “How could that be? My brother is now the vice president, it’s just a matter of a word.”

“That’s true.”

The beautiful female student nodded, looked at Su Yu, and smiled, “Hello, I am also a prospective student of the Great Xia Civilization Academy, Tong Wei. You can consider Hu Zongqi’s words. Joining the Tianshui Association is good for you.”

Su Yu smiled, “Thank you, but I don’t understand anything. Thank you both for your guidance. Why don’t I wait until I get to the academy and see? I don’t want to cause trouble for classmate Hu.”

Hu Zongqi disapproved, “What’s there to consider? This is for your own good!”

Su Yu still smiled, “I know, thank you classmate Hu, but let’s wait. I’ll ask Teacher Bai Feng for his opinion, so as not to cause trouble. If classmate Hu gets into trouble because of me… I’d feel too bad!”

Su Yu was very polite, but also very persistent.

He wasn’t clear on the situation, and he wouldn’t join any associations randomly.

Hu Zongqi seemed a little unhappy, but he still reluctantly smiled, “Alright then, don’t regret it when the time comes. Without my recommendation, you won’t be able to join even if you want to.”

Su Yu smiled and didn’t respond.

If he couldn’t join, he couldn’t join. He wasn’t planning on joining anyway.

He didn’t know if Hu Zongqi’s intentions were good or bad, but there was no need to say anything more about it.

In front, the few powerhouses ignored them and closed their eyes to rest.

Li Yunfeng was vigilant, looking out the window and observing his surroundings.

Hearing their conversation, he was too lazy to get involved in these things. A bunch of kids playing tricks under his nose, he was too lazy to say another word, just treating it as entertainment.

Joining the Tianshui Association wasn’t a bad thing for Su Yu, but it wasn’t a good thing either.

If he joined, as an outsider, he would have to pay membership fees.

Of course, if he joined, the Tianshui Association would also provide some help and protection. It all depended on whether he wanted to join or not.

As a recommender, Hu Zongqi would also receive some rewards for recommending a top student to join.

And if Su Yu made any contributions in the association in the future and received rewards, Hu Zongqi, as the recommender, would also benefit.

Hu Zongqi didn’t say these things, but they were actually common practices and didn’t count as cheating.

Li Yunfeng didn’t care about their little calculations, but he also had no interest in explaining them to Su Yu. Whether he joined or not was his own business. Besides, Hu Zongqi was Hu Youhui’s grand-nephew. It was for this kid that Hu Youhui had come to Tianshui before.

…………

Su Yu refused, and the car fell silent again.

The other 4 students hadn’t said a word all along.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Yunfeng suddenly said, “In a little over an hour, we will arrive at Yuecheng. We will have lunch in Yuecheng, pick up a few students from Yuecheng, and then pick up students from two more cities. We don’t have to worry about students from other cities.”

This time, they would be responsible for escorting top students from 5 cities.

Other powerhouses would be responsible for other directions.

If all went well, they could arrive at Great Xia Prefecture tomorrow night.

Tomorrow, July 30th.

“Yuecheng…”

Hu Zongqi became active again at this moment and said, “Brother Li, how many top students are there in Yuecheng?”

“3.”

Li Yunfeng smiled faintly, “Two are from the Great Xia War Academy, and one is from the Great Xia Civilization Academy.”

Top students were also divided into martial and civil.

Hearing this, Hu Zongqi said regretfully, “There’s only one Great Xia Civilization Academy student in Yuecheng. It’s the same as Nanyuan…”

Yuecheng was still very strong, with several students every year.

Like Tianshui City, there were 6 students, 3 of whom were from the Civilization Academy and the other 3 from the War Academy.

Li Yunfeng said again, “It’s good to have some. The difficulty of this year’s assessment has actually increased a bit. The Great Xia Prefecture has reduced the quota, don’t you know that?”

“Has the difficulty increased?”

Hu Zongqi shook his head, “I didn’t feel it. Nanyuan even produced a top student…”

Su Yu glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, but didn’t say anything.

He kept saying that Nanyuan produced a top student, in a tone that suggested it shouldn’t have happened, which made people a little uncomfortable.

But… Su Yu chose to remain silent.

He wouldn’t bother with him!

The other party called Li Yunfeng Brother Li and kept looking at that Researcher Hu. Sometimes Researcher Hu would open his eyes and look at the guy. They had the same surname, so they might be relatives.

Since that was the case, there was no need to cause trouble for himself.
However… Su Yu took it to heart.

“Nan Yuan…” Su Yu murmured in his heart.

“You, surnamed Hu, look down on Nan Yuan. Just you wait. When I figure out the rules of the Great Xia Civilization Academy, have a teacher, and have someone to rely on, if I’m not afraid of you, we’ll see about that.”

“Nan Yuan this, Nan Yuan that, did Nan Yuan people eat your rice?”

He, Su Yu, wasn’t very magnanimous either.

Zhou Chong spoke ill of him, but he was too lazy to take action himself. Chen Hao beat Zhou Chong a few times… was it really just that Chen Hao wanted to beat someone up?

Su Yu was silent, as if he didn’t understand.

Hu Zongqi, whether intentionally or unintentionally, said something casually and quickly changed the subject, saying, “Brother Li, did any top-tier students from Bei Feng die this time?”

“No, those people from the Myriad Races Cult were killed as soon as they broke into the interior. The top-tier students have been in the rear, providing support. Some of the outer students were killed or injured.”

“Oh, that’s good then. The ones who died or were injured on the periphery should all be mid- to low-tier…”

As he finished speaking, Hu Youhui opened his eyes and glanced at him, his gaze somewhat stern!

Hu Zongqi was slightly taken aback. Zhao Li suddenly opened his eyes and looked at him, saying, “Shut up if you can’t speak! If you disturb my peace again, I’ll throw you off the bus and you can walk to the Great Xia Prefecture yourself!”

After Zhao Li finished speaking, he closed his eyes again. This time, Hu Zongqi completely shut up.

Su Yu chuckled inwardly, “Serves him right!”

This guy talked a lot of nonsense. It seemed that he hadn’t been deliberately targeting him before, and might just be a bit dense.

If the Bei Feng students heard these words, he would probably be in trouble.

“So it seems that there are… brainless people among the Civilization Academy students too.”

Su Yu muttered to himself. It was normal. They came from big families and hadn’t experienced the harshness of society. They’d probably learn their lesson after suffering a bit.

The Hu family in Tianshui City shouldn’t be weak. One could tell from the situation. A mid-level researcher, a Lingyun realm expert, and that might not even be all of it. Hu Zongqi had the capital to be arrogant.

Overall, it was already good that he wasn’t brazenly looking for trouble.

Su Yu mentally comforted himself, not to argue with an idiot… If he really wanted to argue, he had to figure out the situation first, lest he lose his life in confusion.

For example… secretly sending a message to those Bei Feng students that someone said you deserved to die on the road… tsk tsk…

“I’ll see how things go!”

Su Yu silently observed everything. This was his first time leaving Nan Yuan, and his sources of information were limited. There were many things he didn’t understand, so he would figure out the rules of survival first to avoid losing his life in confusion.

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