Claiming Resources and Ranking Rewards

Qin Ming took out the mirror-like Soul Tool the Soul Fighting Arena had given him and found that his points ranking had changed.

1. Cang Ao: 786

2. Zhu Haotian: 764

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32. Qin Ming: 474

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42. Qi: 424

As long as someone fought in the Soul Fighting Arena, this Soul Tool would record it.

His battle with Qi had directly raised him from 104th place to 32nd. Now, as long as he challenged Cang Ao and defeated him, he would become first on the Genius Ranking.

This Genius Ranking was simple and brutal. As long as you were strong enough, you were unquestionably first.

However, Qin Ming did not choose to challenge Cang Ao immediately. After his fight with Qi, his own Soul Power had already been completely depleted.

After glancing at Qi's faction of trembling students in the stands, Qin Ming walked straight off the stage.

After Qin Ming left, several students quickly carried Qi off the Soul Fighting Arena and sent him to the academy's Healing Soul Masters.

"Brother Cang Ao, what do we do? He actually defeated Brother Qi." The students who followed Qi around every day looked as though their parents had died.

"What else can we do? Remember this: stay far away from him whenever you see him from now on. Don't provoke him!" Cang Ao coldly warned them.

Only then did Cang Ao realize that his palms were covered in cold sweat.

He had clearly seen Qin Ming's performance on the Soul Fighting Arena. Although he did not know what method Qin Ming had used at the end to defeat Qi by exhausting his Soul Power despite being six levels below him,

that was still Qin Ming's ability. Cang Ao could not defeat Qi, and Qi could not defeat Qin Ming. That meant he could not defeat Qin Ming either.

Cang Ao estimated that it would not be long before Qin Ming came to take away his temporary position as first on the Genius Ranking.

Fortunately, Cang Ao had not spoken harshly to Qin Ming before. Qin Ming should have a fairly good impression of him.

After all, he had previously said that he would help mediate the relationship between Qin Ming and Qi.

But soon, Cang Ao's eyes darted around. Since Qin Ming's talent was so outstanding, many people would surely come to recruit and invest in him. After all, Qin Ming had only just arrived in Spirit City and had not joined any faction yet.

No, I need to get ahead of them. With that thought, Cang Ao left directly.

Seeing that their backbone had gone, the others looked at one another before scattering like birds and beasts.

Outside the Soul Fighting Arena, Hua Lian and Bai Heng quickly caught up, then carefully looked Qin Ming over from head to toe again.

"What's wrong? Has it only been this long, and you already don't recognize me?"

"No, it just feels like I've got to look at you with new eyes after being apart for three days." Hua Lian stroked her chin and said in a deliberately serious tone.

"Brother Qin Ming, you're so cool! I admire you so much!" The little stars in Bai Heng's eyes were practically overflowing as he looked at Qin Ming with a flushed face.

"By the way, how did you get that Millennium Second Ring?" Hua Lian asked curiously.

"It was just a bit of fortune I encountered in the past." Qin Ming then gave them the same Vermilion Fruit explanation. Whenever someone asked about his Soul Rings, that was his standard answer.

After all, Charlton had written the same thing in the Recommendation Letter.

"By the way, do you know where we collect the fixed resources issued every month?" Only then did Qin Ming remember that Ling Yuan had said the academy would give students a fixed amount of cultivation resources every month. He would not let such an opportunity pass him by.

"Mm, usually someone delivers those resources to the students' dorms on the first of every month. Qin Ming, I guess you'll have to ask Teacher Ling Yuan." After thinking for a while, Hua Lian answered helplessly.

"Alright, I'll be going first."

After saying goodbye to the two of them, Qin Ming arrived outside Ling Yuan's office and knocked on the door.

A familiar female voice came from inside. "Come in."

The moment he entered, Qin Ming saw Ling Yuan smiling at him.

"Student Qin Ming, they say you shouldn't hit someone in the face, yet you directly knocked out his teeth." Ling Yuan covered her mouth and laughed.

Qin Ming gave an awkward smile. "Why are you bringing up something so embarrassing?"

The Soul Fighting Arena's rules stated that students could not deliberately injure their opponents during a fight, and Qi had been unable to resist after his Soul Power ran out.

Qin Ming's punch had naturally been intentional. The damage was not high, but the humiliation was immense.

"By the way, your information network is really fast. You already knew about it as soon as the fight ended."

"I have a special channel through which I can watch your fights." Ling Yuan smiled at Qin Ming.

"Then why did you come this time? Are you worried that Qi's elders will come looking for trouble? You can rest assured. They would not interfere in children's squabbles." Ling Yuan waved her hand, telling Qin Ming not to worry.

"Not that. I just wanted to know where I should collect this month's fixed cultivation resources." Qin Ming ruthlessly stated the purpose of his visit.

"Ahem, ahem." Ling Yuan coughed awkwardly twice and muttered under her breath, "How did I forget about that?"

Ling Yuan immediately gave Qin Ming a reassuring look. "I'll have someone deliver those things to your dorm later."

"Then where is my dorm?"

"Uh..." Ling Yuan resisted the urge to bury her head, took out a stack of documents from the drawer, and searched through them.

"You'll be in the same villa as Bai Heng. He happens not to have a roommate. It's Villa 325."

"Alright." Qin Ming nodded. Being assigned to someone he knew would save him a lot of trouble.

"Right, what are the rewards for the Genius Ranking?" Qin Ming asked Ling Yuan.

He knew that higher ranks on the Genius Ranking came with more resources, but no one had told him exactly what those resources were.

"This? The Genius Ranking doesn't have fixed material rewards."

"After all, every genius needs different things."

"I'll roughly explain it to you."

"Those ranked from 50th to 20th on the Genius Ranking receive one Exchange Point per month."

"Those ranked from 20th to 10th receive two Exchange Points per month."

"Those ranked from 9th to 4th receive three Exchange Points per month."

"Those ranked from 3rd to 2nd receive five Exchange Points per month."

"First place receives fifteen Exchange Points per month."

"After holding first place for three consecutive months, each additional consecutive month grants an extra ten Exchange Points."

"Exchange Points can be used to exchange for things you need for cultivation from the academy."

"Things like cultivation techniques, pills, and Soul Beast materials."

"But remember this: Exchange Points are bound to each student and cannot be traded!"

"Do you understand?" Ling Yuan looked at Qin Ming with a smile.

"I understand. Every student's Martial Soul attributes are different, their cultivation paths are different, and the cultivation resources they need are different. The academy does this so every student can better make use of their own strengths," Qin Ming analyzed.

"That's right. Exactly."

After getting the information he wanted, Qin Ming left the dean's office.

He went to the residential area and found Dorm 325. Spirit Hall Academy's dorms were all standalone villas, three-story buildings of over two hundred square meters, with two students to each villa and complete cultivation facilities.

Qin Ming opened the door with his key and saw Bai Heng cleaning the house with a mop. There were still some water stains on the floor.

"Brother Qin Ming, you're here!" When Bai Heng saw Qin Ming open the door, he jogged straight over.

Ever since Qin Ming beat up Qi, Bai Heng had changed the way he addressed Qin Ming from Student Qin Ming to Brother Qin Ming.

"Are you doing a big cleanup? You look like you already knew I was coming."

"That's because an academy staff member just delivered a batch of cultivation resources and said they were for you, Brother Qin Ming."

"So I knew you would come live with me, and I hurried to clean up." Bai Heng scratched his head sheepishly and pointed at a black box on the living room table.

It was a box about the size of a television from Qin Ming's previous life.

Ling Yuan's efficiency was quite fast. Qin Ming silently praised her.