School Training, Catching Field Mice

After the excitement.

Su Ye first dismissed the panel.

He definitely wouldn't awaken rashly; a ceremony was necessary.

He took out his phone.

Su Ye logged into the Blue Sky Trading Company's official website, starting to look up the prices of resources needed for the ceremony.

Then...

"Crack!"

Su Ye fell backward.

His eyes were filled with despair.

Materials like Moonpetal Grass weren't particularly expensive, costing a little over twenty thousand together.

A drop of essence blood from a Golden Lion Star Beast, famous for its power burst, cost forty-five thousand.

But...

A first-tier star core, even the most common one, cost two hundred thousand!

Star cores were special crystals born in the brains of star beasts, containing a large amount of pure energy.

Generally, these crystals would only form in the brains of monster beasts at the peak of their corresponding tier. They served as energy reserves for star beasts to break through their realms; the star core would disappear after the breakthrough.

So Su Ye had considered that star cores might be expensive.

He just hadn't expected them to be this expensive!

Most importantly...

Su Ye took out the black card Zhang Xuan had given him as an apology.

To evolve his supernatural ability, he had bought ninety-five bottles of Primary Nutrient Solution.

Now, only fifty thousand remained on this card.

Adding that to the over thirty thousand he'd extorted from the thugs and the over three thousand he'd earned working odd jobs these past few days.

It all added up to less than a hundred thousand.

He was still short by two hundred thousand!

What to do?

Should he ask Liu Ruxin for the money back?

No!

Su Ye shook his head; he couldn't afford to lose face.

He would have to find another way.

"If nothing else... I'll check the Patrol Bureau to see if there are any missions."

Su Ye took out his phone and began searching the patrol system.

The next day.

Su Ye arrived at school with bloodshot eyes from staying up all night.

He had spent half the night searching the Patrol Bureau's system, looking through information on various wanted criminals, but he hadn't found a single suitable money-making mission.

However, upon arriving at school, Su Ye received a pleasant surprise.

"A'Su, have you heard? The school is taking us on a field trip!"

Zhang Xuan casually leaned over.

"Field trip? It's clearly to gain practical combat experience."

After saying that, seeing Su Ye's confused look, Zhang Xuan chuckled and explained.

"The school can't just have us train constantly in the elite class, right? They have to spice things up a bit."

"So, news broke this morning that the school is planning to take us to the outskirts to hunt mutated monster beasts, supposedly to gain some practical combat experience."

There was such a thing?

Su Ye's spirits lifted.

"But... if there are mutated monster beasts, shouldn't the Patrol Bureau handle it? Why would they send us students?"

"Because these mutated beasts are field mice..."

After Zhang Xuan's explanation, Su Ye finally understood the general situation.

For some unknown reason, the field mice on a farm in the suburbs had mutated. These mutated field mice weren't very strong, far from being Transcendent.

Their attack power was only equivalent to that of a human martial artist at the fifth or sixth level of Kaiyuan.

However, because these field mice were fast and agile, burrowing into the ground at the slightest disturbance, they were quite troublesome.

It would be a waste of the Patrol Bureau's resources to handle these mutated monster beasts, so Principal Zhang decided to take the matter on himself, which could also be considered giving the elite class some practical combat experience.

Besides, there were rewards for hunting field mice this time, 300 yuan per mouse.

Field mice at the fifth or sixth level of Kaiyuan.

Each one would yield five or six points of Slaughter Value, plus some extra cash.

This was a profitable venture.

The suburban farm stretched out as far as the eye could see.

Xia Zhiqiu's jaw dropped in surprise.

"This must be over 100 mu, it's huge."

Zhang Xuan walked over, carrying a long saber. He heard Xia Zhiqiu and shook his head.

"100 mu? You're underestimating it. This farm is over 2000 mu, that whole area behind us is part of it."

"Blue Star has a large population, and martial artists have an even greater demand for food. Therefore, every city has large farms surrounding it to ensure food supply."

Xiao Qiyue looked towards the distant fields.

A dark gray field mouse, about forty centimeters long, flashed by before disappearing into the soil, its shadow vanishing completely.

"With such a large farm, can just the fifty students in our elite class really catch them all?"

As it turned out, the school had made preparations.

The farm had already been divided into zones.

The fifty students in the elite class could form teams freely, with five students per team.

Each team would be responsible for a 200 mu area of field mice.

To further motivate everyone, the school had even established a rule.

At the end of tomorrow, the team that killed the most field mice would each receive cultivation resources worth fifty thousand yuan.

Fifty thousand yuan might not be much for many students in the elite class.

But this was the first class activity since the elite class was formed.

For the sake of honor, many were already itching for a fight.

Su Ye's eyes, in particular, lit up.

Fifty thousand more?!

He had to win this.

Xia Zhiqiu, on the other hand, was more focused on team formation. He asked with a hint of anticipation, "A'Su, why don't we team up with the school beauty?"

Xiao Qiyue subconsciously looked over.

Su Ye nodded, "Classmate Xiao, Classmate Mu, would you be willing to team up?"

Xiao Qiyue and Mu Wanrou exchanged a glance.

"Sure, it's going to be a lot of work."