The selection for the Elite Class was complete.
The fifty students returned to their respective classrooms, gathered their belongings, and headed together to the separate area at the back of the school reserved for the Elite Class.
It was worth mentioning... two students from Class 37 of Senior High had made it into the Elite Class.
One was Su Ye.
The other... was Xia Zhiqiu.
Meanwhile, Zhao Fei, previously the top martial arts student in their class, had unfortunately been eliminated.
"A'Su, you have no idea how far Great Master Xia's fame has spread! After I successfully took Challenge Platform 42... nobody dared challenge me again! Great Master Xia stood his ground like a saber-wielding general on horseback and charged straight into the Elite Class. I'm just that amazing!"
Xia Zhiqiu was immensely pleased with himself.
Although he had no idea why nobody dared challenge him again, all he needed to believe was that he was just that amazing.
"Yeah, you're incredible!"
Su Ye played along enthusiastically.
"By the way, A'Su, which challenge platform were you on? I looked around afterward but couldn't find you."
Su Ye said, "I got lucky. Challenge Platform 22."
"Oh, Challenge Platform 22. That's pretty good... wait, 22?!"
Xia Zhiqiu's eyes nearly popped out of his head.
"A'Su, you said you were on Challenge Platform 22?! You, you..."
When did A'Su become this powerful?
Su Ye rubbed his nose.
"I got lucky and happened to break through during the random matches this morning. Now I'm at the seventh level of Kaiyuan too."
Xia Zhiqiu: ...
Su Ye said, "And after I took Challenge Platform 22, nobody challenged me either. I probably just lucked into it."
Xia Zhiqiu: ...
"A'Su, I'm never bragging in front of you again."
"Why?"
"Because you're even more of a show-off than I am!"
If the world already had Ye, why did it need Qiu?
As they chatted, the two arrived at the Elite Class's room.
The entire Elite Class occupied one enormous room. The moment they entered, they could feel the dense star power.
It was more abundant and purer than the star power in the night sky.
Su Ye instinctively looked up and saw more than a dozen silvery-blue, fist-sized stones embedded overhead.
Meditation cushions were arranged around the room, clearly intended for students to sit cross-legged and cultivate.
"My god, star meteorites! The school really splashed out!"
Xia Zhiqiu let out a quiet exclamation.
"What are star meteorites?"
"A'Su, star meteorites are a type of crystal packed with star power. Their star power is purer and gentler than the Xingchen power between heaven and earth, making it ideal for martial artists to absorb. Cultivating with star meteorites is far more efficient than absorbing the Xingchen power between heaven and earth. But they're expensive. A fist-sized piece costs over two hundred thousand, and once its power is absorbed, it's gone."
"When I said wealthy families could use resources to boost their cultivation levels, star meteorites were the most important resource I meant."
So that was it.
When Su Ye looked up at the star meteorites again, his gaze had changed.
There were sixteen of them. Even at just two hundred thousand apiece, that came to 3.2 million.
That was enough to buy a house in the Old City.
The school really had spared no expense.
Su Ye also understood why Xia Zhiqiu had been so dismissive of Zhang Xuan's cultivation level at the eighth level of Kaiyuan.
With Zhang Xuan's family background, he surely had no shortage of resources like star meteorites. Yet he was only at the eighth level of Kaiyuan?!
As Su Ye was thinking this, Xia Zhiqiu let out another quiet exclamation beside him.
"So... so beautiful!"
Su Ye followed Xia Zhiqiu's gaze.
Xiao Qiyue.
And Mu Wanrou.
Two stunning girls standing together, both of whom had awakened supernatural abilities, certainly drew the eye.
Su Ye had already noticed that quite a few of the students admitted to the Elite Class were watching the two beauties.
Perhaps because the class had only just formed, everyone was still rather reserved. They eyed the empty spots beside the two girls hungrily, yet nobody approached.
The spaces beside the two beauties remained empty.
Perhaps sensing the intense stares from the doorway, Xiao Qiyue looked up and met Su Ye's eyes. She immediately smiled and waved at him.
Xia Zhiqiu's knees nearly gave out. "Holy crap, the school beauty is waving at me!"
"Oh."
Su Ye nodded, pulled Xia Zhiqiu along, and walked straight over to Xiao Qiyue and Mu Wanrou.
"Excuse me, is anyone sitting here?"
"No."
"Great."
Amid everyone's dumbfounded stares and looks usually reserved for enemies, Su Ye calmly claimed a meditation cushion.
Mu Wanrou asked curiously in a low voice.
"Qiyue, who's this?"
Xiao Qiyue giggled.
"Let me introduce you. This is Su Ye from Class Seventeen, and his friend..."
"Xia Zhiqiu! My name is Xia Zhiqiu!"
"Right, and our fellow student Xia Zhiqiu."
Xiao Qiyue smiled at Xia Zhiqiu, instantly making him feel as though he were in a dream.
Ahhh, my name sounds so wonderful when the school beauty says it!
"Su Ye, Xia Zhiqiu, this is Mu Wanrou. We'll all be classmates from now on."
"Oh, and Wanrou, Su Ye has awakened a supernatural ability too."
Upon hearing that Su Ye had also awakened a supernatural ability, Mu Wanrou immediately looked at him differently.
He had awakened a supernatural ability, made it into the Elite Class, and earned such high regard from Qiyue...
Most importantly, he was so handsome.
Mu Wanrou gave Su Ye a slight nod, her manner friendly.
Su Ye, however, paid little attention to it.
He had already closed his eyes and begun circulating the Abyssal Demon Dragon Technique.
Sure enough, as the pure, abundant star power from the star meteorites flowed into his body, his cultivation method circulated faster and his cultivation became more efficient.
But...
Su Ye frowned.
It was still too slow.
At this rate, it would take him at least a month or two to break through again.
Whereas if he killed monsters to level up... he would only need a few days to advance by one minor realm.
Having experienced his cultivation level soaring at incredible speed, Su Ye found it difficult to adjust to slowly improving by absorbing star power.
It seemed the cultivation room provided by the Elite Class held little appeal for him.
Su Ye stopped cultivating and turned to ask Xiao Qiyue.
"They said we could apply for another martial skill after joining the Elite Class. How do we go about that?"
"Well... the Elite Class's class teacher should explain once they arrive. But I can give you a recommendation first."
"I'd really appreciate that."
"Beyond Basic Combat Technique, there's the more advanced Advanced Combat Technique. There are also various combat techniques with different focuses. For example, I practice Rain Swallow Combat, which focuses on agility. There's also Bear Overpowering Strike, which emphasizes strength, and Stacking Wave Slash, which focuses on sustained combat..."
Xiao Qiyue explained the available martial skills to Su Ye in detail.
"For you, though, Su Ye, I'd recommend Police Combat Technique."
"Why?"
"Police Combat Technique doesn't emphasize any one particular aspect. Or rather... it focuses on killing an enemy as quickly as possible while taking little or no damage. It trains every part of the body. With your aptitude for learning martial skills, if you can also bring Police Combat Technique to a high level of proficiency, it will benefit you more when you break your gene lock chains and become extraordinary in the future."
Police Combat Technique, huh?
Su Ye nodded inwardly. Then that's the one.
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