Trouble

In Wen Yuan's courtyard, the tea is still warm, and the aroma of ancient scrolls wafts through the air.

Upon seeing Chen Fan arrive, Wen Yuan wore a gentle smile, showing no surprise whatsoever.

In his view, his junior Junior Fellow Apprentice must have encountered some difficulties in his cultivation to have come here at this moment.

"Sit."

Wen Yuan gestured, preparing to give his exceptionally talented junior Junior Fellow Apprentice a thorough explanation of the essentials of cultivating the Undying Realm.

"Senior Fellow Apprentice."

Chen Fan sat down as instructed, keeping a very low profile and speaking in his usual humble tone.

"I've run into some trouble and would like to ask you, Senior Fellow Apprentice, if there are any methods within our Star River Martial Academy to quickly obtain more cultivation resources?"

Upon hearing this question, Wen Yuan's smile widened.

Just as expected.

Just as he was about to speak, he habitually scanned Chen Fan's body with his Divine Thought, intending to first understand his cultivation progress before teaching him accordingly.

However, the moment his Divine Thought touched Chen Fan's body...

The next second.

Wen Yuan's smile froze.

His hand, holding the teacup, froze in mid-air, motionless.

Those eyes, which were originally gentle and jade-like, and deep as the Star Sea, suddenly narrowed at this moment, as if they had seen some Beyond the Heavens god or demon that could overturn his centuries-old understanding of Martial Dao.

The entire courtyard fell into a deathly silence.

For a long time.

A hint of shock finally appeared in Chen Fan Wen Yuan, and his voice became hoarse.

"Junior Fellow Apprentice... you, didn't you only condense your first drop of Dao Blood a few months ago?"

"Why... do you have over three hundred drops of this substance in your body now?!"

Wen Yuan's question echoed in the quiet courtyard.

His hand, holding the teacup, remained suspended in mid-air, motionless.

Those usually gentle eyes were now filled with horror, staring intently at Chen Fan as if he were a Primordial Ferocious Beasts in human skin.

More than three hundred drops?

What does that mean?

Ordinary Undying Realm experts, after hundreds of years of arduous work, can Bone Refinement their own Dao Blood to a hundred drops, which is already a sign of a solid foundation.

And this junior Junior Fellow Apprentice in front of me...

To break through from the Golden Body Realm and condense the first drop of perfect Dao Blood within a year of enrollment is already an unprecedented miracle.

How much time has passed since then?

Three hundred and sixty drops!

"Senior Fellow Apprentice?"

Seeing his Senior Fellow Apprentice's shock and loss of composure, Chen Fan scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.

He adopted a very humble posture and explained in a modest tone.

"I was lucky; I gained something during my last seclusion."

"Good luck...?"

These three words were like an invisible needle, piercing Wen Yuan's nerves.

His lips twitched involuntarily.

Good luck?

In one month, his Dao Blood increased 360 times. You call that good luck?

What about those who have cultivated for hundreds or thousands of years?

Are they people condemned by heaven?

An urge to roar surged up in his throat, but he forcibly suppressed it.

He took a deep breath, slowly put down the teacup, making a soft, crisp sound.

He was afraid that if he held it any longer, he would accidentally crush the jade cup that had been with him for over a hundred years.

Seeing his Senior Fellow Apprentice's ever-changing expression, Chen Fan assumed he didn't believe him and decided to stop dwelling on it.

He steered the conversation back on track, and his youthful face became serious.

"Senior Fellow Apprentice, it's true what I said about being in trouble."

I feel... I'm hungry.

"Right now, simply absorbing the Origin Source energy of heaven and earth is almost useless to me."

Hungry?

Wen Yuan was taken aback at first, then suddenly realized.

"I see."

Wen Yuan's expression was more serious than ever before.

"Junior Fellow Apprentice, in our Star River Martial Academy, and even in the entire Human Federation, there is one thing you can't do without if you want to obtain a massive amount of cultivation resources."

"Academic credits, or rather... military merits."

He explained that although the rewards for tasks within the school were generous, they were nothing compared to the amount of food available to a big eater like Chen Fan.

There is only one way, and it's the fastest way.

"Head to the Starry Sky Frontline and earn military merits by hunting down Alien Races."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wen Yuan didn't hesitate at all and immediately brought up his Personal Computer.

A deep blue, three-dimensional Star Map unfolded between him and Chen Fan.

"Your military merits accumulated during the competitions before the college entrance examination are still valid; you can directly accept frontline missions."

Wen Yuan's fingers swiftly swept across the Star Map, countless points of light flashing on and off.

"There are countless front-line War Zones, each with varying degrees of danger. Your Senior Fellow Apprentice will choose a relatively safe location for you, one that also offers the highest potential reward."

He spoke very quickly, clearly having fully immersed himself in planning Chen Fan's future.

He quickly locked onto and zoomed in on a coordinate.

"The War Zone No. 450 of the Third Defense Line."

"The enemies there are a small branch of the Void Insect Race, Cosmic Foreign Races. They are characterized by their extremely large numbers, but their individual strength is generally weak, with the vast majority below the Golden Body Realm."

"Most importantly, their Life Core energy is pure and extremely easy to refine. When you kill them, you can also absorb their energy cores, which is like giving them special treatment!"

Chen Fan listened to his senior Senior Fellow Apprentice's introduction, his usually calm eyes gradually brightened.

The quantity is extremely large?

Is the individual strength not strong?

Military merit ATM?

This is exactly what he needs right now!

Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Fan immediately connected to the mission system through his Student Badge.

[Mission: Defend the Third Defense Line War Zone 450]

[Quest Level: Blue (Long-term)]

[Mission Rewards: Calculated based on kill contribution points]

On a whim, he chose to accept.

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior Fellow Apprentice."

Chen Fan stood up and bowed respectfully to Wen Yuan, who was still somewhat dazed.

Then, he turned to leave.

"Etc!"

Wen Yuan's gentle voice suddenly became extremely serious.

He took a step forward, his figure as elusive as a ghost, instantly blocking Chen Fan's path.

Chen Fan paused, looking at his Senior Fellow Apprentice with some confusion.

Wen Yuan's voice was deep and resonant, like a booming bell.

"Junior Fellow Apprentice, have you forgotten just how much of a commotion you caused during the college entrance examination?"

"The title 'Human Race Qilin Prodigy' is an honor, but also a sword of death hanging over your head."

Wen Yuan's expression was solemn, and he spoke slowly and deliberately.

"Your name, your appearance, and all your publicly available information have already been placed on the highest-level kill list by the Alien Races's high command, even above some Human Race Immortal Realm experts in terms of priority."

"In any War Zone, the moment you hear the name 'Chen Fan,' you'll be met with Void Insect Race who won't be your food."

"It was a thunderous, decisive strike, regardless of the cost!"

Chen Fan, who was about to leave, came to a complete stop.

He is not an arrogant person.

He was very strong, but he was also very clear that his current strength was far from enough to ignore the Ten Thousand Races Alliance.

Seeing the seriousness in his Senior Fellow Apprentice's eyes, Chen Fan put away his relaxed demeanor as he was about to go out for a meal, nodded earnestly, and waited for what was to come.