Offering Herself

The three students in the back row of the carriage also saw the data displayed on the screen and exchanged glances.

A student with Western features asked in a low voice, "This guy is a newcomer, right?"

"Holy shit, he seems to be from the Huaxia Country Kyoto Courtyard," a black girl remarked.

"First that spirit reader yesterday, and now this guy—are all the newcomers this month this fierce?"

Su You, sitting at the front of the carriage, was naturally unaware of their shock; he was currently planning his hunting strategy for the coming period.

The price of a low-level commander-level monster is generally a thousand times that of a high-level soldier-level, yet the combat points awarded are only ten times higher. The vast majority of the combat points he earned today came from high-level soldier-level monsters; the five low-level commander-level monsters combined only amounted to 500 points.

"Hmm, I'm not exactly short on money right now, and there's no need to insist on killing commander-level monsters in the future. Forcing them away is enough. For now, I should focus on earning combat points."

Su You thought silently. His current physical fitness is only that of a high-level warrior. Although he can kill low-level commander-level monsters, it is quite time-consuming. To earn combat points faster, he should prioritize killing high-level soldier-level monsters.

The staff member opposite him sat down and tapped the keyboard dozens of times, then stood up and smiled at Su You.

"Student Su You, we have transferred the payment to your card number, the contribution points have been credited to your fighter ID, and the combat points have been transmitted to the Basic Training Camp."

Su You checked his communication watch and saw that he had indeed received the bank's transaction notification, so he nodded and walked directly to the back row.

Seeing Su You approach, the three students in the carriage greeted him one after another. Students at the training camp respect the strong, and the number of combat points Su You earned had already proven his strength.

Not long after, the remaining four students returned one by one, and the vehicle started immediately, speeding toward the training camp.

Beneath the Black Dragon carving at the Basic Training Camp, there were quite a few students watching the leaderboard. After all, the Basic Training Camp does not have a combat power multiplier bonus, so the ranking obtained on the first day usually does not differ much from the final day.

As time ticked by, the students ate, drank, chatted, and discussed the rankings.

"Look at 47th place!"

"Su You? Who is that?"

Although there are over six hundred people in the Basic Training Camp, only fifty or sixty possess commander-level strength, and Su You was clearly not a face they recognized.

"He's a newcomer, a newcomer from the Huaxia Country Kyoto Courtyard."

"Another newcomer?"

"Newcomers are all monsters."

It was already past ten o'clock at night when they returned to the training camp. Su You was surrounded the moment he stepped off the carriage, with many students representing various factions trying to recruit him.

However, this was only the ranking for the Basic Training Camp, so the terms offered by the various factions were quite mediocre, and the two major martial arts halls didn't even extend an invitation.

Su You listened to their terms with interest, then coldly rejected them one by one. Hmph, I am the man you cannot have.

The next day, taking advantage of the time when Zhang Yue was in her pavilion, Su You brought the flying knife inside.

"Something up?" Zhang Yue looked at Su You expressionlessly.

Su You handed over the flying knife and said with a grin, "You saved my life yesterday, and I truly have no way to repay you. I can only offer myself to you. I wonder what you think of that?"

Zhang Yue's eyes, which had been somewhat indifferent, widened slightly, and a hint of a smile flashed across her expressionless face for an instant.

"No need!" Zhang Yue said coldly.

"Sigh." Su You sighed, seemingly feeling a sense of pity for Zhang Yue.

"Then let me treat you to a meal."

Seeing that Zhang Yue was about to refuse again, Su You quickly added, "It was a life-saving grace, after all. If I don't thank you, I won't be able to live with myself."

Zhang Yue was silent for a moment, then suddenly took out a pen and a slip of paper, wrote down a string of numbers, and handed the paper to Su You.

"What does this mean?" Su You asked, taking the paper in confusion.

Only then did Zhang Yue say coldly, "Meal money. Transfer it."

Su You turned to look at Zhang Yue, his eyes wide as saucers, and the room fell into a dead silence.

A few minutes later, Su You walked out of Zhang Yue's pavilion feeling somewhat dejected. With a gloomy expression, he headed toward the Small Nine-Story Tower, intending to test his current physical fitness there.

On the balcony of the third pavilion on the east side of the Kyoto Courtyard, a burly youth watched Su You walk out of Zhang Yue's pavilion. He frowned slightly and couldn't help but say to the lean youth beside him:

"Brother Yao, this kid didn't take our words to heart at all, did he?"

The lean youth frowned and said in a deep voice, "He was ranked 47th on the Black Dragon Ranking yesterday, you know that, right?"

"Of course I do, but..."

The lean youth waved his hand. "Offending one such genius is already enough. If the grudge with Zhang Yue wasn't already beyond resolution, do you think the family would be happy to be hostile toward such a genius?"

"This... then are we just going to leave it alone?"

"Our target is Zhang Yue. The usual petty tricks to annoy her are enough; there's no need to offend another genius to the death for this."

The lean youth shook his head with a bitter smile as he said this, "I even suspect that our previous warning made him develop a rebellious streak, which is why he took the initiative to approach Zhang Yue."

The burly youth was stunned for a moment, then nodded repeatedly and said:

"That's actually a real possibility. Even though Zhang Yue is pretty, she has a deadpan expression all day long. A normal person would give up after hitting a wall two or three times, but this kid goes almost every day. It looks like he's just trying to spite us!"

"So there's no need for us to worry about him. Once we deal with Zhang Yue after a while, the problem will naturally resolve itself."

"Is the family planning to make a move?"

The lean youth smiled slightly, "Zhang Yue can't hide in the Training Camp or in Hongning Base City forever."

After returning from the Small Nine-Story Tower, Su You continued to immerse himself in his training. His movement technique was already enough to rank in the top tier at the Basic Training Camp, and his swordsmanship and physical force output were also quite decent. His only weak point was his physical fitness.

Punch strength 6123kg, speed 81.2m/s; these were his current physical stats, still a distance away from the Low-level Warlord threshold (punch strength 8000kg, speed 90m/s).

However, for Su You at the moment, improving his physical fitness could only be achieved through slow, diligent training. After all, he could neither get his hands on Dragon Blood nor Spirit of Vegetation.

In the days that followed, Su You trained in the camp on odd-numbered days and went to City 1002 to hunt monsters on even-numbered days. His physical fitness improved slowly, and by the end of October, his speed had crossed the threshold of a Low-level Warlord, while his punch strength had increased to 7000kg.

On the other hand, after Su You adjusted his hunting strategy, the number of points he could earn each day increased significantly. The cost, however, was that he could only earn about two million Chinese Yuan daily, which meant he was losing a large sum of money invisibly.

In the end, his ranking on the Black Dragon Ranking stabilized at 42nd place, just ahead of Yao Zhengang from the Wang Family, placing him second in the Kyoto Courtyard.