No Money

Chu Kuang slowly came back to his senses, withdrew the hand he had been about to use to knock, and silently walked toward his room.

"Brother..."

As he reached his door, he heard Chu Yu's voice.

Chu Yu stood before the door across from his, looking at him with a trace of hope in his eyes. "You definitely won't let Dad down, right?"

Chu Kuang said nothing. He merely nodded calmly, then shut his door.

Back in his room, Chu Kuang lay on his bed. Thinking of his parents' argument and his father's severed arm, he felt an inexplicable heaviness in his chest.

His father had originally possessed decent talent and great ambition. He had once stood a good chance of breaking through to the Mortal Transformation Realm, but he had lost an arm saving him.

Now, taking out the family's last one hundred thousand was already the utmost Father Chu could do for him.

"My parents in this life have already done enough for me."

"I can't keep being a parasite. I have to learn to stand on my own."

Thoughts kept surfacing in Chu Kuang's mind, and the light in his eyes gradually sharpened.

As his cultivation rose, his consumption of Nutrient Solution would only increase. Moreover, if he wanted to bring his other basic techniques to perfection, he would likely need treasures similar to Source Energy Potions.

Making money was the most urgent matter before him.

"I only have five hundred Federal Coins left. Including those two bottles of Nutrient Solution, I only have seven bottles in total—but that's based on my current cultivation speed..."

Chu Kuang had his optical computer run the calculations. To quickly replenish his vitality to Level 5.5, he would need to consume at least ten bottles of Nutrient Solution a day. Only after his vitality was fully replenished would the consumption slow down.

And once the Iron Armor Technique reached major accomplishment ten days later, his daily Nutrient Solution consumption would rise dramatically again.

"If I want to cultivate quickly, Nutrient Solution is indispensable. Looks like I can only find a way."

"You want to apply for a Scholarship?"

Xu Yue looked at the refined young man before him with surprise. Chu Kuang had come to him early that morning to apply for a Scholarship.

The school naturally had Scholarships, but the resources allocated by the Federation belonged to the school as a whole and could only be used to cultivate the school's outstanding students.

"With your current grades, I'm afraid you won't qualify for a Scholarship slot."

Yet Chu Kuang said calmly, "Why don't you take a look at my external martial arts cultivation?"

Xu Yue froze for a moment, then immediately planted a palm on his shoulder.

Chu Kuang instantly felt the crushing force of ten thousand jin descend upon him. He hurriedly activated his martial body to resist, and his flesh was as steady as a mountain, like solid rock.

"Rock Solid Body."

"Basic External Martial Arts at perfection, and the Iron Armor Technique has also reached minor accomplishment."

Xu Yue's eyes brightened slightly. He withdrew his strength at once and could not help saying in delight, "It seems that not only is your comprehension exceptional, but your talent in external martial arts is also quite good."

"I've merely accumulated experience over time and finally seen it bear fruit."

Chu Kuang answered neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Xu Yue nodded, a slight frown appearing between his brows. "Basic External Martial Arts at perfection, combined with the Iron Armor Technique at minor accomplishment, as well as your internal cultivation..."

"As long as you have enough Nutrient Solution, your vitality should soon reach Level 5.7."

"Furthermore, once Basic External Martial Arts reaches perfection, your cultivation speed for external martial arts will increase greatly. Your Iron Armor Technique has a chance of reaching major accomplishment within two months."

"But that is only potential. With your Level 5.1 vitality, you can at most barely squeeze into the top twenty of the class. I'm afraid it will still be difficult for you to apply for a Scholarship."

At this point, Xu Yue decisively said, "And even if you receive a Scholarship, it will be paid out monthly, so it will be hard for it to bring you any qualitative improvement. I might as well lend you some money directly."

As he spoke, Xu Yue operated the wristwatch in his hand and transferred a sum of Federal Coins to Chu Kuang.

"Ten thousand Federal Coins."

Seeing the Federal Coins arrive, delight appeared in Chu Kuang's eyes.

Ten thousand Federal Coins could buy one hundred bottles of Nutrient Solution. Father Chu would not earn that much even if he worked for a year without eating or drinking.

Xu Yue said seriously, "If you can enter the top 100 in your grade in the Year-End Competition two months from now, then consider these Federal Coins my sponsorship."

Chu Kuang was stunned when he heard that. Sponsorship worth ten thousand Federal Coins was no small amount. Even Xu Yue, an outstanding First-Order Mortal Transformation Realm cultivator, only earned ten thousand Federal Coins a month.

Seeing this, Xu Yue patted him on the shoulder. "If you can get into a Third-Tier Martial University, I'll receive ten thousand Federal Coins in performance bonuses. If you get into a Second-Tier Martial University, I can get thirty thousand. If you enter a First-Tier Martial University, I can get three hundred thousand."

"If you can get into one of the Three Top Universities..."

At this point, Xu Yue shook his head and patted him on the shoulder. "Train hard. As long as you get into a Third-Tier Martial University, I won't lose out. If you get into a Second-Tier Martial University, my investment will earn quite a bit."

Hearing this, yearning appeared involuntarily in Chu Kuang's eyes.

There were thousands of martial universities of all kinds in the Tian Yuan Galaxy. The strongest among them were the Three Top Universities: Galaxy Martial University, Yan Yuan Martial University, and Tian Yuan Martial University.

Among these three famous schools, Galaxy Martial University was the best. Although the one in the Tian Yuan Galaxy was merely a branch campus, it had a group of instructors from the Milky Way Galaxy itself. Its legacy and foundation were what the pioneering human race of the Tian Yuan Galaxy dreamed of.

Yan Yuan Martial University came next. It had been founded by the Yan Yuan Human King, with his disciples personally teaching there. Occasionally, even the Yan Yuan Human King's avatar would lecture on the Dao, and outstanding students might even become disciples of the Yan Yuan Human King.

And the Yan Yuan Human King was no ordinary figure. He was a peerless powerhouse capable of God Slaying.

Several thousand years ago, human civilization's development of the Dark Domain at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy had reached a stalemate, so it decided to send a group of powerful experts to develop other star systems.

One such group arrived in the Small Magellanic Cloud to expand humanity's living space, and the Yan Yuan Human King was among them.

The Tian Yuan Galaxy where they were located had originally been territory of the Sirius Civilization, but the Yan Yuan Human King had conquered it in a single battle a hundred years ago.

This Human King, who suppressed the world, was too powerful to enter the Stellar Level Dark Domain. Thus, he continued leading troops in war against the Sirius Civilization, leaving only a group of humans here to pioneer the land.

All newborns in the Tian Yuan Galaxy today were descendants of those pioneers.

It could be said that Yan Yuan Martial University was a school under the Yan Yuan Human King's command. Entering it meant becoming one of the Yan Yuan Human King's students.

Compared with Galaxy Martial University and Yan Yuan Martial University, Tian Yuan Martial University was slightly inferior. It had merely been founded by a group of powerful experts who had followed the Yan Yuan Human King into battle.

Yet even at Tian Yuan Martial University, the weakest of the Three Top Universities, its instructors began at the Third-Order Divine Treasury Realm.

In martial arts, every realm was a world apart. Divine Treasury Realm experts had Life Levels above Level 31. Such powerhouses could stand among the stars, possessing the strength to move mountains and overturn seas with every gesture.

However, entering such top universities was no easy task.

Out of Tian Heng City's more than one hundred thousand college entrance examination candidates every year, fewer than thirty were admitted to the Three Top Universities.

"The Three Top Universities... I'll do my best."

Chu Kuang suddenly spoke, his voice firm.

Xu Yue was briefly stunned, but he did not crush Chu Kuang's confidence. He merely said, "Take it one step at a time. In this Final Exam, first get into the top hundred and let me see it."

"There are still two months left. If your Iron Armor Technique can reach major accomplishment, you might barely qualify to challenge the top 100 in your grade."

At this point, Xu Yue asked again, "But in martial competition, external martial arts alone are not enough. You should learn an advanced weapon martial art."

"What weapon do you want to learn?"