“Teacher, Head.”

Entering the Teaching Office, seeing both Liu Wenyan and the Head were there, Su Yu quickly greeted them.

“Su Yu’s here.”

Liu Wenyan wore a smile, much more enthusiastic than he had been with the Head, beaming, he said, “Your father has gone to the battlefield of the heavens. Have there been any inconveniences in your life recently?”

“No, everything is fine.”

Su Yu thanked him, then quickly asked with some worry, “Teacher, I heard that people from the Myriad Clans Cult may come to Nanyuan recently…”

“No matter!”

Liu Wenyan didn’t take it to heart, smiling faintly, “Don’t say they may not even come, but even if they do, what then? If they dare attack me, they must be prepared for a large number of casualties. Using a large group of people’s lives to exchange for this old man’s life, who profits and who loses is hard to say.”

Liu Wenyan stood up, looked out the window, and said with a faint smile, “One must be calm in the face of important events, and the mind must not be chaotic! Su Yu, what I appreciate most about you in the past few years is that you can calm down and not panic when things happen. This is the foundation for you being stronger than others.”

“Don’t let some small disturbances disrupt your mind.”

Liu Wenyan said a few words, then quickly looked at the Head and said, “You can go out first, I have something to say to Su Yu.”

The Head smiled, didn’t insist this time, and quickly left the office.

…………

After the Head left, Liu Wenyan’s smile disappeared.

He gestured for Su Yu to sit down, Su Yu was a little strange, but didn’t ask much, and sat down opposite Liu Wenyan.

“Su Yu, I heard that you applied to the War Academy?”

“Yes.”

“You want to go to the War Academy, right?”

Su Yu was slightly stunned, and explained, “No, it’s just to have a backup plan…”

“Don’t lie to me, your teacher isn’t that stupid. Because your father went to the battlefield of the heavens, you want to go, right?”

Su Yu was silent.

Liu Wenyan smiled faintly, “Stupid! Even if you go to the War Academy, how long will it take to cultivate to the point where you can protect your father?”

“…”

Su Yu was silent. He had thought about this question, but he didn’t want to think about it, and now that he had a book in his head, everything was uncertain.

“Do you know which are the top powerhouses of the human race?”

“The Great Xia King, the Great Zhou King, the Great Ming King…”

Liu Wenyan nodded slightly, then quickly said, “Then do you know which powerhouses have emerged since the Anping Era?”

Before Su Yu could speak, Liu Wenyan smiled and said, “The most famous, the most well-known, are probably the heads of the various prefectures and the generals of the major war legions.”

“Then do you know that 30% of these people come from the Civilization Academy!”

Su Yu was stunned. 30% from the Civilization Academy?

Isn’t the Civilization Academy supposed to train…

As if knowing what he was thinking, Liu Wenyan chuckled, “Do you think that people from the Civilization Academy should be like teachers, only knowing some Myriad Clan languages, with weak combat power, and collapsing at the slightest breeze?”

“Wrong!”

Liu Wenyan said seriously, “I didn’t tell you before, because you hadn’t reached that point!”

“In fact, there are many powerhouses in the Civilization Academy, even some top powerhouses are stronger than those in the War Academy!”

“Those of us who study the civilizations of the heavens, how can we be so weak? If that were the case, how could we understand the deeper levels of cultivation techniques and secret realms?”

Liu Wenyan’s eyes were burning, “I am just an insignificant failed student of the Civilization Academy, but do you think that the teacher is really so weak?”

“Huh?”

Su Yu opened his mouth, wanting to say something but stopping, Teacher, can you not be so stubborn?

You’re only in the seventh level of Thousand Jun, that’s too weak.

“You want to say that I’m only in the seventh level of Thousand Jun, too weak?”

“…”

Su Yu blinked, feeling like he was being seen through by the teacher.

“That’s right, I can see some of what you’re thinking.”

Hearing this, Su Yu was shocked!

“Surprised, right?”

Liu Wenyan smiled and said, “You are too weak, so you are almost undefended in front of me. Pay attention to yourself in the future, and restrain your thoughts a little.”

“The reason why the teacher is telling you this is just to hope that you don’t give up your strengths and choose the War Academy, abandoning the Civilization Academy.”

Liu Wenyan said seriously, “Originally, the teacher wanted to wait until you went to the Civilization Academy and naturally learned these things, but now I have to tell you in advance, lest you go astray.”

“There are thousands of ways in the world, different races have different paths. At their root, they are nothing more than inhaling and exhaling essence, tempering oneself, and strengthening oneself!”

“Strengthening oneself has two aspects, one is the physical body, and the other is willpower, or spirit!”

“Willpower is ethereal and difficult to strengthen, so ordinary people start by strengthening their physical bodies, and only after they are strong will they come into contact with willpower!”

“We are different…”

Liu Wenyan smiled and said, “We people have come into contact with many Myriad Clan civilizations, have broad horizons, and strong willpower, so we go the other way, strengthening willpower first, and then strengthening the physical body.”

“When your willpower is strong, strengthening the physical body is actually much simpler.”

“Of course, it’s very difficult!”

Liu Wenyan said in a deep voice, “When willpower is strong enough to solidify the physical body and inhale and exhale more essence without harming the body, this takes time and requires more foundation. Some civilization masters in the Civilization Academy, when their willpower is as bright as the sun, can go from Thousand Jun to Soaring in a single day, or even stronger!”

“Different paths lead to the same destination. The ultimate paths of the Civilization Academy and the War Academy are all about strengthening oneself and strengthening the entire human race!”

“The physical body is easy to cultivate, but willpower is hard to come by!”

“It’s even harder to reach that step in the Civilization Academy, so few people mention these things, just to avoid some people overestimating their abilities and going down the wrong path.”

Liu Wenyan looked at the dazed Su Yu and smiled, “Very surprised, right? There’s actually nothing to be surprised about. You have studied the Myriad Clans, although not many, but you should also know some, such as the Nightmare Clan, which has mastered language. They are ethereal and their bodies are almost invisible.”

“They can freely invade your dreams, but it’s not really a dream, it’s just that their willpower has created a world and made your willpower sink into it.”

“This is the root of their strength. Strictly speaking, the cultivation of civilization masters is somewhat similar to them.”
Su Yu felt a bit parched and said softly, “Teacher, do you mean that the way of civilization can also be very powerful…”

“Not can, but faster!”

Liu Wenyan smiled and said, “First, temper the will, then temper the physical body. Some geniuses in the Civilization Academy can manifest their will and solidify their bodies in three to five years, advancing to the Soaring Realm in a single day! The subsequent cultivation path is faster than the path of the physical body!”

“And how long does it take for the War Academy to cultivate to the Soaring Realm?”

“Even geniuses need many years of grinding!”

“Of course, our entry is more difficult, and there are fewer people. Even so, 30% of the top human experts come from the Civilization Academy, which shows something!”

Su Yu absorbed and digested this information, and quickly said, “Will can be cultivated?”

“Yes.”

“Ordinary people can’t?”

“That’s right, there’s a threshold, a higher threshold than the physical body path. Will is equivalent to spirit, invisible and intangible in the early stages. The extent of your mastery of the myriad races’ language is actually an assessment…”

Liu Wenyan smiled and said, “Many times it’s not that some people don’t work hard, but that they don’t have enough energy or strong enough will to absorb and digest that knowledge. You can master 18 myriad races’ languages, why can’t others?”

“Are they not working hard enough? Wrong, some people are actually very hardworking, and may not even be worse than you, but they just can’t learn it. Thinking too much can even cause brain-splitting pain because their will foundation is not strong enough.”

“Based on this, they can only temper their physical bodies first, strengthen themselves, and then strengthen their will.”

Su Yu took a long breath, “So, my talent isn’t in the path of the physical body, but in the path of the will?”

“You can also understand it that way.”

Liu Wenyan smiled and said, “So, this is why the myriad races fear civilization masters, and why the myriad races’ cults want to assassinate some civilization masters. When your will is not enough to strengthen your physical body, your strength is still quite weak, and this is the easiest time to kill you.”

Su Yu couldn’t quite accept it. This was the first time he knew that civilization master was actually a cultivation path.

“If you didn’t come to me today, I would have gone to find you. You want to go to the Heavens Battlefield to find your father, I won’t stop you, but I’m happy for you. This is humanity, this is the human heart, this is the foundation of the human race’s invincibility!”

“But you can’t be blind, you have to calm down.”

“The Civilization Academy selects fewer students each year than the War Academy. It seems like there are no conditions, but the conditions are higher, vaguely more difficult than the War Academy. Is it really just a gathering place for a bunch of bookworms?”

Liu Wenyan couldn’t hide his smile, “Wrong, it’s because we can not only study knowledge in the rear, but also go to the front line to kill enemies, and those who can go to the front line are at least in the Soaring Realm! The so-called Thousand Jun and Myriad Stone is just simple Yuan Qi body tempering, which can be achieved in a day!”

“…”

Su Yu’s face stiffened, and after a long while, he said, “Then, teacher, are you Soaring?”

“No.”

Liu Wenyan looked indifferent.

“Then you’re stronger?”

“No!”

Liu Wenyan was still indifferent.

Su Yu was stunned, what do you mean?

“I said, only when the will is manifested can you strengthen your physical body, and I haven’t manifested my will.”

Liu Wenyan spoke as if everything he had just said was bragging!

He… hasn’t manifested his will, so he really is in the Thousand Jun Realm.

Su Yu looked up at his teacher, looking dazed. How could you be so calm?

You’re seventy years old, and you haven’t manifested your will yet. You just told me it would only take three to five years?

That’s not how you brag!

“Don’t look at me like that!”

Liu Wenyan said calmly, “I was just the most unsuccessful student in the Civilization Academy back then, not a genius. I lived a muddle-headed life for many years after graduation. It’s normal not to manifest my will. If it were that easy, 90% of the top human experts would be from the Civilization Academy, not 30%.”

“Cultivation is not easy on any path, but compared to the physical body path, I think it’s faster and more promising.”

“If you want to become stronger in a short time, you can only take this path, the path of the will!”

Su Yu fell into deep thought, and after a long while, he said, “Teacher, are there cultivation techniques for the path of the will?”

“Yes…”

Liu Wenyan said, then smiled. He was just about to continue when he quickly coughed lightly and said, “Nanyuan doesn’t have them. You’ll know when you go to the Great Xia Civilization Academy!”

Of course, the premise is that you manifest your will.

He didn’t say it, or Su Yu would probably curse.

“Actually, the process of learning the myriad races’ languages, including analyzing some cultivation technique secret realms, is all tempering the will, especially the originals…”

This time, Liu Wenyan was much more serious, “You know, some of the things we come into contact with are not the originals. Those originals all carry some of the power or even spiritual will of the myriad races. Deciphering and translating them will be very rewarding.”

“Of course, there are also dangers, such as mental confusion. Every year, some people in the Civilization Academy become mentally deranged from deciphering these originals. You have to be careful when you come into contact with them in the future. The more powerful the cultivation technique, the more important the literature, the stronger the will it contains, the easier it is to cause you to become confused.”

“So, it’s easy to tell the importance of the myriad races’ literature. If it contains a strong will, then it must be important!”

“You can go to Xia’s Merchant Guild to look at those unknown cultivation techniques. Anything that looks simple is garbage. In reality, these things have already been selected, and what’s left is safe, harmless… garbage!”

Su Yu smiled wryly. I knew it, otherwise someone would have snatched them up long ago.

Seeing this, Liu Wenyan smiled again, “So, do you still want to take the War Academy exam?”

“In the Civilization Academy, you can also cultivate the physical body path, but in the War Academy, you may not have the opportunity to cultivate the will path. At least, those powerful myriad races’ literature originals are almost all in the Civilization Academy.”

“As long as you become strong, reaching the Soaring Realm, you can go to the Heavens Battlefield at any time, can’t you?”
“Why insist on going to the battlefield of the heavens with your strength at the Thousand Jun, Myriad Stone realm? Going there is just cannon fodder, what’s the point?”

“Unless… you lack confidence in yourself. If that’s the case, it doesn’t matter where you go, because you simply can’t become strong!”

…

Liu Wenyuan’s words shook Su Yu’s already wavering thoughts.

Should he still take the War Academy entrance exam?

It seems… there’s no need, right?

So, the Civilization Academy can also make him stronger!

“Civilization Academy… the original texts of the Myriad Clans… spiritual will…”

Walking out of the teaching office, Su Yu clenched the bottle in his hand. He would go back and try it. Strengthening his physical body while enhancing his will, isn’t that even better?

Activating the Na Yuan Technique might even accelerate the strengthening of his physical body.

“Civilization Academy…”

At this moment, Su Yu made a decision. Perhaps he should go to the Civilization Academy. That was his original goal anyway.

…

After Su Yu left, the Headmaster entered, shaking his head and saying, “Old man, you’re tricking people again!”

“What do you mean?”

Liu Wenyuan acted innocent!

“Will manifestation… you’ve been cultivating for fifty years, have you manifested it yet?”

“Soon!”

Liu Wenyuan said calmly, “My manifestation will be at the Soaring Sky realm. At that time, you, just entering the Myriad Stone realm, won’t be a match for me!”

“You!”

The Headmaster didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Fine, whatever. As for Su Yu, going to the Civilization Academy is indeed better. War Academy is too dangerous.

But this old man always uses this line. How many students has he tricked over the years? Every time a student’s will wavers, he uses this line to trick them, and they all end up going to the Civilization Academy.

“Da Xia Civilization Academy should give you an award, otherwise they’d have fewer students every year…”

Liu Wenyuan didn’t care, “Although there’s no award, Da Xia Civilization Academy gives me 200,000 in bonuses every year. It’s enough.”

“…”

The Headmaster was speechless and couldn’t help but curse inwardly, “You’re a spy for Da Xia Civilization Academy!”

“What are you saying? I already am. I’m considered a staff member of Da Xia Civilization Academy, how can you call me a spy?”

Liu Wenyuan laughed, and the Headmaster was completely speechless. That’s right, these Myriad Clan language instructors are almost all dispatched by Da Xia Civilization Academy. Even if they aren’t, they soon will be, mainly to prevent the loss of students, who all flock to the War Academy.

After all, research isn’t as exciting as cultivation. Young people love passion, and you have to keep an eye on them.