Elite Class Three

Six in the evening.

After cultivating for a full six hours, Lu Chuan finally finished.

Throughout those six hours, Lu Chuan had been refining spirit crystals without pause.

Heaven never failed those who worked hard. After six hours of refinement, Lu Chuan had devoured a total of thirty-six spirit crystals and gained 2,880 cultivation points.

"Compared to when I was Third Rank, the cultivation provided by spirit crystals has decreased."

"But that's perfectly normal. When martial artists break through ranks, it isn't merely their spiritual energy reserves that increase. The quality of their spiritual energy, their foundations, their physical constitution, and more all improve as well."

"And all of those require higher-quality spiritual energy as a foundation."

"That's why, after martial artists reach the higher ranks, some resources can no longer be used."

"By comparison, spirit crystals are rather sturdy. Using them all the way up to Seventh Rank isn't a problem."

After murmuring to himself, Lu Chuan summoned his status panel.

Host: Lu Chuan

Cultivation Arts: Profound Azure Spirit Art 1634/(Mastery) Sky Swallowing Art 1/1000 (Proficient)

Realm: Fifth-Rank Martial Artist (944,683/1,000,000)

Martial Art: Eight Trigrams Swimming Dragon Palm 1067/(Mastery)

Alchemy: Hidden, tap to view.

Simplification Points: 112

After glancing at his realm, Lu Chuan calculated silently before saying, "At my current rate, breaking through to Sixth Rank will take at least ten-plus days at the fastest."

"And that's assuming I spend at least twelve hours a day cultivating."

"If I cultivate normally, it'll take at least a month."

"As for the spirit crystals consumed, it'll probably be around seven hundred. Converted into Academic Credit, that's seven thousand Academic Credit."

"Damn!"

"I thought I was pretty rich, but it turns out I'm still dirt poor."

Lu Chuan let out a deep sigh.

There was no helping it. This was the price of rapid advancement.

For other factions, five thousand Academic Credit would be enough for them to lavishly advance from Subordinate Fifth Rank to Sixth Rank.

But for Lu Chuan, it was not even enough for one-tenth of a realm.

Of course, the Sky Swallowing Art had its advantages too.

In other factions, no matter how abundant their resources or how many Academic Credit they had, under normal cultivation conditions, advancing from Subordinate Fifth Rank to Sixth Rank would take at least a year.

But in the Combat Department, a month—or even ten-plus days—was enough.

Of course, everyone's circumstances differed, so they could not be painted with the same brush.

After all, some people had heaven-defying talent, while others could only be called utterly ordinary.

But from a statistical perspective, the Combat Department's cultivation speed was ten, even twenty times faster than that of other factions.

If one was fortunate enough to break through to True King, that speed could increase dozens of times over.

Naturally, the resource consumption would also be dozens or even a hundred times that of other factions.

In short, each had its own strengths and weaknesses.

Of course, none of that had anything to do with Lu Chuan right now.

At that moment, Lu Chuan was still pondering where he could quickly obtain Academic Credit.

"If only I could go to the Starry Sky Battlefield."

"I heard that one trip to the Starry Sky Battlefield can earn at least several thousand Academic Credit."

While others feared the Starry Sky Battlefield to the bone, Lu Chuan yearned for it beyond measure.

It had to be said, that counted as a kind of black humor.

"Hmm?"

"The class assignments are out?"

Just as Lu Chuan's thoughts were running wild, a notification popped up from the Azure Dragon Academy Service Center on his phone.

The message was simple. It informed Lu Chuan that he had been assigned to First-Year Elite Class Three.

He was to report to Class Three at eight tomorrow morning.

As for the Azure Dragon Academy Service Center, it was an app developed by Azure Dragon Academy.

It was linked to one's identity card, and various academy notices could be sent to every student through the Azure Dragon Academy Service Center.

Unfortunately, the app did not support online transactions.

He could only wait for future updates and see whether online transactions would become available.

Back to the point.

Upon seeing that he had been assigned to Elite Class Three, Lu Chuan hurriedly used the Azure Dragon Academy Service Center to look up information about Elite Class Three.

"Elite Class Three's homeroom teacher is Chen Hong, a Ninth Rank Beast Taming Faction instructor."

"Including the newcomers, there are a total of 132 students in the class."

"The strongest among them is Lin Liangchen of the Beast Taming Faction."

"Not only does he possess peak Fifth-Rank martial cultivation, but he has also tamed a Sixth-Rank Fierce Beast and a Sixth-Rank member of the Ten Thousand Races. The specific race cannot be identified."

"His overall strength is enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with a Sixth-Rank Expert."

"Rumor has it that he has the strength to advance to the Prodigy Class, but he deliberately remained in the Elite Class because of Chen Hong."

"Besides Lin Liangchen, Elite Class Three also has several students at peak Fifth Rank. But compared to Lin Liangchen, they are not worth mentioning, so there is no need to pay them too much attention."

"Looking at it this way, my strength is pretty decent."

"Other than Lin Liangchen, I fear no one in Class Three."

After looking up the information, Lu Chuan grew even more curious about this major class.

The next day, morning.

First-Year Elite Class Three.

By the time Lu Chuan arrived, quite a few people were already in the classroom.

They looked around in all directions, clearly quite curious about specially recruited students like Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan, meanwhile, kept a very low profile. He did not go around greeting people after arriving, instead finding a window-side seat and sitting down steadily.

His eyes swept across the room as he searched for people he knew.

Sure enough, Lu Chuan really did spot an acquaintance.

Lin Mo!

At that moment, Lin Mo sat at the center of the crowd, chatting enthusiastically with the older students. He did not seem like a specially recruited student at all.

When Lu Chuan saw Chen Mo, Chen Mo saw Lu Chuan as well and immediately beckoned for him to come over.

Lu Chuan did not move recklessly. He merely smiled and declined Chen Mo.

Besides Chen Mo, Lu Chuan also spotted several familiar faces, but he did not greet them.

They had only met once. Why bother greeting them?

After looking around, Lu Chuan waited patiently.

Before long, a light cough came from outside the door.

At once, the students fell silent. The next instant, a young man wearing a pale white shirt and black trousers walked in.

This man was Chen Hong, the homeroom teacher of Elite Class Three.

"Hello, new students. I am your homeroom teacher, Chen Hong."

"Your monthly examinations, final examinations, and even promotion examinations will all be handled by me."

"Besides that, if you encounter any problems in your lives, you may also come to me for help. I do not care about factional divisions. So long as you are my students, I will do everything in my power to help you."

It had to be said that Chen Hong did have some ability to become Elite Class Three's homeroom teacher.

With just a few short sentences, he had narrowed the distance between himself and the students.

Lu Chuan found that ability quite rare.

At the very least, Chu Feng could not do it.

After introducing himself, Chen Hong began today's lesson.

The lesson content was simple: it covered the various problems martial artists might encounter during cultivation.

Of course, though the content was simple, Chen Hong's explanation left many students suddenly enlightened.

After the lesson, every student had the same thought.

This major class had not been attended in vain.

It was worth it!

No, it was an absolute steal!