Learning by Analogy

Outside Nanyuan City, in a small village.

A figure leaped up and fled quickly.

As soon as he jumped, the figure suddenly froze. A giant Iron Winged Bird appeared before him, lunging to kill him!

The figure was terrified and instinctively retreated.

While in mid-air, he rapidly fell to the ground. Just then, a metallic whistling sound came from the side.

"Hah!"

The imminent threat of death brought the middle-aged man back to his senses. He roared, suppressed the tremor in his heart, and swung his blade to the left!

Someone was ambushing him!

The duration of the paralysis is so short...

Su Yu, who was lying in ambush wearing drab gray clothes, had this thought. This was still the Kaiyuan Realm, and it only took an instant to react. As expected, the Divine Script's illusion wasn't strong or realistic enough.

However, he attacked first. With a surprise attack from the side, although the opponent reacted quickly and swung his blade just as fast, he was still not as quick as Su Yu.

Thwack!

A sound of metal entering flesh rang out, followed by a crunch and the snapping of bone. The man's left shoulder was directly severed, his arm falling off.

But in the next moment, the long saber in the man's right hand also swung towards Su Yu's neck.

Su Yu rapidly retreated, constantly creating illusions in front of the man's eyes to distract him.

Hundreds of demons lunged at the man. Even though he knew it was an illusion, the man was only in the Kaiyuan Realm and couldn't remain completely still. His body swayed slightly, avoiding the charging demons.

This slight evasion allowed Su Yu to dodge the man's great saber. His forehead was covered in sweat.

The teacher still hasn't come down to save me!

Once this guy gets used to it, I won't be able to handle him in the Kaiyuan Realm unless I consume essence blood to unleash my power.

If I had unleashed my power by consuming essence blood just now, I would have killed him with one blow.

But as someone in the Kaiyuan Realm, my burst power and speed weren't enough. Being able to sever his arm with one strike was already quite impressive.

Su Yu continued to retreat!

The intense pain had made the man clear-headed, and the illusions were now dissipating.

The man's eyes were red, his left shoulder broken, and blood was constantly flowing out.

With blood-red eyes, he looked at Su Yu, who was retreating to the side, and let out a beast-like roar, "You die!"

The man ignored everything else and madly chased after Su Yu!

He couldn't survive anymore!

Already being hunted by Jifeng Hall, losing an arm meant he had almost no chance of survival.

Since that was the case, he might as well kill the bastard who ambushed him.

Kaiyuan!

He was actually ambushed by someone in the Kaiyuan Realm!

"Suck, suck faster!"

Su Yu turned and ran, while also controlling the character "Blood" to start absorbing blood. Even an injured Kaiyuan Realm expert was not someone he could deal with.

Blood gushed out from the wound on the man's shoulder, faster and faster.

The man felt his life force draining and the speed of his blood loss increasing. He roared, increasing his speed by another third, his eyes bloodshot. He wanted to kill the bastard in front of him!

The more he exerted himself, the faster the blood loss.

But Su Yu's distance from the man was rapidly closing.

Su Yu panicked. The man wasn't dead yet, and he was about to be cut down.

Whizz!

The sound of a blade falling came. Su Yu reacted quickly, rolling on the ground like a log, instantly dodging the man's blade.

Having been chased and killed in his dreams for so many years, he had developed some escape techniques.

Although the final outcome was always death, Su Yu could roughly judge how the opponent would kill him even without looking back.

After rolling a few times on the ground, sharp pebbles scratched Su Yu's cheek. Su Yu couldn't care less, got up, and continued to run.

The "Blood" character was still frantically drawing the man's blood out.

The consumption of willpower left Su Yu's face pale, sweat dripping continuously.

Behind him, the man who failed to kill Su Yu with one strike let out a mournful roar. His vision was starting to blur; he had lost too much blood.

"You... you're not getting away!"

The man roared and chased after him again.

"Instructor Liu, aren't you going to make a move?"

From not far away, Zeng Hua, the Hall Master of Jifeng Hall, looked at Liu Wenyan. The other party was making a desperate final stand, determined to kill Su Yu. Su Yu was only in the Kaiyuan Realm, and if this continued, he would be in danger.

Liu Wenyan remained silent.

It wasn't time yet. Besides, he possessed the Willpower of the Soaring Realm. The opponent was less than a hundred meters away, and with his strength, he could instantly immobilize the opponent. He was naturally not in a hurry.

He actually wanted to see how far Su Yu could go.

Already, it had exceeded his expectations.

A Kaiyuan Realm cultivator ambushing and killing a Qianjun Realm cultivator, and one at the Qianjun Sixth Level at that, managing to sever one of the opponent's arms, was already quite remarkable.

Just as Liu Wenyan was thinking about these things, Su Yu was caught up by the opponent again.

Liu Wenyan was ready to make a move, but at that moment, Su Yu suddenly turned around, as if he was going to fight the opponent to the death.

"Impatient..."

Liu Wenyan commented. Just as he had this thought, Su Yu suddenly roared, "Don't kill him, capture him alive!"

The man's great saber was already cleaving towards him. Hearing this, he panicked. A sound of air breaking came from behind him.

Even though he had resigned himself to death, with someone attacking from behind, the man still quickly dodged slightly. In front, Su Yu turned and ran again.

The man dodged slightly, but there was no further movement from behind him.

In that instant, Su Yu's Willpower had simulated an illusion, slightly stirring the air to create a false impression.

Ahead, Su Yu tumbled and scrambled, already running more than ten meters further.

"I'll kill you!"

The man roared. He had been tricked.

"Still has this much strength?"

Su Yu panted heavily. He had bled so much, yet still had so much strength. Was the Qianjun Realm so difficult to kill?

Didn't he kill one with a single saber strike last time?

Previously, at the academy, he had ambushed and killed two Qianjun Realm cultivators. Afterwards, he heard they were even at the Qianjun Seventh Level. He didn't have much fear of the Qianjun Realm, but today... Su Yu knew he was wrong.

Without erupting with the essence blood, without ambushing, let alone a Qianjun Seventh Level, even a Qianjun Third Level could kill him quickly.

"Suck faster!"

Su Yu roared in his mind. "Blood," his little subordinate, was too useless. It was a Divine Script, yet it was so slow at accelerating the opponent's bleeding from such a large wound. What a useless Divine Script.

The "Blood" Divine Script was also trying its best to absorb, but it was simply too weak. Su Yu's Willpower was too weak, and he had only nurtured the Divine Script for a short time. After several bursts of power, the "Blood" Divine Script had already dimmed considerably.

At this moment, the Divine Script's power was far inferior to its previous state.

Behind him, the sound of the saber rose again.

Without thinking, Su Yu did another rolling dodge. The long saber landed on the ground, sending sharp stones flying. The sharp stones grazed Su Yu's face and neck, leaving bloody marks.

Su Yu didn't care about these anymore. He rolled frantically for a while, using all four limbs. He even dropped the saber and bolted again, fleeing madly.

Utterly disheveled!

"You... bastard!"

The man, failing to kill Su Yu several times in a row, was also enraged. The opponent was only in the Kaiyuan Realm, yet he was so slippery. Coupled with his broken left shoulder, the severe injury had greatly reduced his reaction speed.

At this moment, the man felt his vision darken. He had lost too much blood.

Seeing the opponent escape again, the man let out a final bestial roar!

The next moment, the man stopped chasing!

He "buzzed" and threw the long saber in his hand!

The moment the saber was thrown, the man looked ahead in despair, wanting to see the outcome, but he himself crashed to the ground with a thud!

A Qianjun Sixth Level cultivator was still human, not a god. With so much bleeding, the man couldn't hold on.

"Buzz," the sound of air breaking came from behind him.

This time, Su Yu didn't even have time to react. He felt it, but his body's reaction speed couldn't keep up.

The next moment, Su Yu felt the sharp blade touch his back.

It's over!

This thought flashed by, and the next moment, the long saber stopped.

From not far away, Liu Wenyan felt satisfied, but his face showed no joy. He walked out, frowning, "Can't even deal with a severely injured, useless Qianjun. This is just cannon fodder from the Ten Thousand Races Cult! Inferior to Jifeng Hall's peers, inferior to the City Guard's peers... let alone the Prefecture Army, the Dragon Martial Guard, or the frontline legions!"

"Soldiers who come from the front lines, even if they are weaker than him, have no difficulty killing him!"

Liu Wenyan looked displeased!

Beside him, the Hall Master of Jifeng Hall could only laugh wryly.

A Qianjun Sixth Level!

What was Su Yu's realm?

In the Kaiyuan Realm, not even the eighth level, but the seventh, and he almost killed a sixth-level Qianjun. This person was still not satisfied.

He even compared himself to the soldiers on the front lines!

What a joke. For soldiers on the front lines, without being fourth-level Qianjun, it's almost impossible to kill the opponent.

Su Yu was far behind in physical fitness, reaction speed, and explosive power. If he hadn't had so many tricks up his sleeve, he would have been chopped to death the moment he launched his sneak attack. He still wanted to kill someone?

Su Yu was in a sorry state, panting heavily, with wounds all over his body. Hearing this, he gave a wry smile, "Teacher, huuu... his vitality is too strong. He wouldn't die for half a day, and I didn't have a chance to stab him a second time."

"You only get one chance!"

Liu Wenyan said noncommittally, "For the weak to kill the strong across levels, opportunities don't last forever, only that instant! If you had struck his head instead of his shoulder the moment he was dazed during your sneak attack, he would have already died!"

"Do you think the enemy will give you a second chance on the battlefield?"

"It's just that instant. If he doesn't die, you will die!"

"Either don't sneak attack, or prepare thoroughly and kill with one blow! Don't gamble with your life!"

Liu Wenyan said sternly, "So it's still your judgment of timing that's lacking. If I hadn't intervened, you would have been killed by his dying blow!"

Su Yu's face crumpled, and he nodded, implicitly admitting it.

"Mid-level Qianjun, two merit points. But since I made the final move, you'll get one merit point this time. Any objections?"

"No!"

Su Yu shook his head. Getting one merit point was good.

Late-level Qianjun, 3 merit points. Early-level only 1, equivalent to him killing an early-level Qianjun.

Only at this moment could Su Yu understand how difficult it was to earn merit points.

Before, learning a language could earn 1 point, it just took longer. But killing... that was risking one's life!

If the Civilization Academy had the same rules, relying on students whose willpower hadn't materialized to earn merit points, how many could kill a Qianjun?

Even on the battlefield, soldiers of the same Qianjun realm found it difficult to kill an enemy of the same Qianjun realm.

Licking blood off the tip of their blades, killing one would earn at most 3 merit points. It was clear this stuff wasn't easy to come by.

Liu Wenyan showed a faint smile, which he quickly suppressed, and said again, "When you can kill a mid-level Qianjun alone, then you'll graduate! Not like today, where you were almost killed!"

"During combat, you can use any means necessary!"

"This is a battlefield where it's either you die or I die, not a sparring match. So don't worry about the methods, we only look at the results!"

Liu Wenyan greeted Zeng Hua and said as they walked, "When you create illusions, why do you always think of using demonic beasts to kill them? There are many types of illusions, not everyone fears demonic beasts."

"You can create beautiful women, not wearing... cough cough, you know!"

"You can also create my likeness. I am Soaring... Of course, my fame isn't great enough. You can simulate the appearance of the City Lord. He should recognize him. Do you think he'll be scared if he sees Soaring?"

"There are many ways to create illusions, don't be limited. I find your thinking is rigid now, only knowing how to simulate demonic beasts biting him to death. That's too uncreative!"

Su Yu pondered, then whispered, "Teacher... that... beautiful women not wearing... cough cough, I haven't seen them. Even if I simulate them, they won't be realistic. How about I..."

"Nonsense!"

Liu Wenyan reprimanded him, then coughed lightly, "I was just saying that, don't dwell on it! You kid, don't get any wild ideas!"

Liu Wenyan regretted it a little. What was he babbling about just now?

If this kid really went to that kind of place, and his father found out, would his father come back from the front lines to settle the score with him?

Su Yu obediently agreed, his eyes darting around. Then he said, "Teacher, do you think anyone will believe it if I simulate the Lord of Xia Prefecture next time?"

"..."

Liu Wenyan glanced at him. You kid certainly have some nerve.

Xia Longwu is the Lord of Great Xia Prefecture. You kid doesn't have any reverence at all.

Su Yu continued, "You say, if I simulate Lord Xia, will the opponent be scared to death? Or will they not believe it? Or... should I add a woman next to him? Lord Xia dating a woman, and he encounters them, do you think he'll be scared silly?"

Liu Wenyan stroked his beard. Fine, he's learned to think analogically!

The crucial point, the key point, is that you kid is courting death, you know?

Of course, this kid is still too far from Xia Longwu, but if one day Xia Longwu sees it... Liu Wenyan couldn't imagine the consequences.

"Cough, cough, whatever you want!"

Liu Wenyan didn't want to say more. He just gave a hint, and this kid had already learned to create his own scenarios. What else could he say?

Just as he was thinking, Su Yu didn't continue on this topic and returned to the main point, "Teacher, I took a look at this year's assessment process yesterday. The first place in the War Academy's assessment gets 3 drops of Qi Liquid..."

Liu Wenyan looked at him. What do you want to say?

"You say, if I take both exams and get first place in the War Academy, will they give me this Qi Liquid?"

The first place he mentioned was the first place in Nanyuan.

The first place in a small city, this Qi Liquid reward was provided by the Nanyuan City Lord's Mansion, not the War Academy.

The War Academy didn't pay much attention to first place in small cities, unless it was first place in the entire Great Xia Prefecture.

Liu Wenyan was speechless, "You want to cheat for rewards?"

"Teacher, I'm not lying. The assessment procedure didn't say we had to attend if we passed. If I pass and don't go, I still passed, right? What do you think?"

"Are you so sure you can take first place?"

Although Nanyuan was small and didn't have many geniuses, ... but this kid really seemed to have a chance at first place.

This was just Nanyuan, not some major city.

Kaiyuan Seventh Level was already more than enough.

Liu Wenyan glanced at him again. Lately, he felt his student was becoming a bit too unrestrained.

He even dared to try and cheat for rewards!

Liu Wenyan fell into thought. When did it start?

Ah, it seemed to be after he told the kid he was too indecisive. After that, the boy changed. Now, he wasn't indecisive at all; he was terrifyingly straightforward. He hadn't even considered cheating for rewards before.

"Suit yourself!"

Liu Wenyan couldn't be bothered to say more. "But don't mess up the Civilization Academy's assessment. Also, you cheated for the reward, and while Wu Wenhai doesn't care, the one who got second place probably wishes he could kill you."

Su Yu didn't care. Three drops of Qi Liquid were all his possessions combined were worth. It was better to take it than not.

"The assessment times for both sides have a time difference, I checked. I can make it."

Su Yu calculated and felt there wouldn't be a problem.

If it weren't possible to take both assessments, the academy wouldn't have allowed students to register for two in the first place. It was meant to give students opportunities.

Su Yu had previously registered for both the Civilization Academy and the War Academy, so he was eligible to take the exams.

Today was already June 1st, not too far from the assessment period.

For the past ten-plus days, he had been following Liu Wenyan around various places, hunting down members of the Ten Thousand Races Cult. Although Su Yu hadn't made many moves, he felt he was close to breaking through to Kaiyuan Eighth Level.

Perhaps after a few more cultivation sessions and absorbing a few drops of vital blood, he could advance to Kaiyuan Eighth Level.

Kaiyuan Eighth Level – would he still have any rivals in Nanyuan?

A sure first place!

Why wouldn't he take the chance to get three drops of Qi Liquid for free?

Liu Wenyan remained silent. He felt he might be leading his student astray!

Such a simple and honest child, and now he'd learned all sorts of unsavory things. It was all his fault for teaching him. He hoped this kid wouldn't go off track at this crucial time and start looking at naked demonesses.

Liu Wenyan was a little worried. Would he really go look?

"Su Yu, before your willpower manifests, it's most susceptible to wavering. Once you indulge in carnal pleasures, you'll be practically ruined. Do you understand? This is why your teacher has never married. You need to be aware of this!"

Su Yu blinked. Was there such a thing?

He hadn't heard anyone say that!

Of course, the only two Civilization Masters he knew were Liu Wenyan and Bai Feng. Bai Feng had only taught him for one day. Since Liu Wenyan said so, he couldn't refute it.

"Understood. If anyone tries to tempt me, I'll kill them!"

Su Yu nodded solemnly. Before his manifestation, if anyone dared to harm his path of willpower, he wouldn't show any mercy!

"..."

Liu Wenyan felt he had said the wrong thing again!

"As a teacher... I really can't just say things carelessly next time. This kid... if he can't find a wife in the future... forget it, I'll introduce one to him if necessary!"

Liu Wenyan felt helpless. Teachers couldn't lie. He'd be careful next time and definitely wouldn't speak so casually with this kid.