Vision

"Is it this kind?" Chu Yuan took out one Blood Pill and one Spirit Nourishing Pill.

"Yes, exactly this kind... Could you give me one of each? I need to report back to my superiors."

"Hand them over?"

"Of course not." Qi Da shook his head. "My explanation to the Martial Suppression Bureau is that I utilized a rare artifact, but the essence of the Blood Sacrifice Array remains unchanged; it is still a blood sacrifice refinement...

So, there must be some physical evidence to back it up.

I can't just brush them off by saying it has all been refined."

Chu Yuan had no objections; while these two types of pills were important to him, they were hardly precious.

Furthermore, he had already tested it, and the system could not further enhance the Blood Pill or the Spirit Nourishing Pill.

This was normal, as the Blood Pill and Spirit Nourishing Pill were items of the Immortal Path that he had created using Immortal Path methods himself...

Placing the two pills on the table, Chu Yuan picked up the long sword again.

After examining it for a moment, he set it back down on the table.

Qi Da's expression was somewhat subtle. "What? Do you dislike it?"

"How could I..." Chu Yuan shook his head. "I just feel that this sword holds special significance for you, Principal."

That was only one reason; the other was that he intended to take the sword to be converted!

If Qi Da discovered that the sword he had gifted him was gone, replaced by another, it wouldn't be easy to explain.

If he bought one himself, there would be no such problem. Besides the people at the Precious Jade Pavilion, who would know what the sword he bought looked like?

Qi Da's gaze flickered, his fingers tapping lightly against the table.

After a moment, he said, "You go back first; I'll go get you some money."

"It's alright..." Chu Yuan seemed to want to ask something, but in the end, he didn't speak.

Qi Da laughed. "Are you wondering why I'm so poor?"

Chu Yuan nodded honestly. "A little..."

Through selling pills to Yang Yi, he had made nearly ten million in just a few days.

The principal was a much stronger martial artist; he could exchange a bit of martial arts resources for a significant sum of money at any time... How could he not even have ten million?

This figure might seem large, but in reality, it was only the value of a single martial weapon.

A martial artist in the Supernatural Realm within the system couldn't afford a weapon? Was he joking?

Qi Da's expression remained calm. "Why do you think I'm the principal of First High School?"

Chu Yuan tentatively threw out an answer. "Uh... because you have connections at the top?"

"..."

"Is that not it?" Seeing the constipated look on Qi Da's face, Chu Yuan knew he had guessed wrong.

"Do you think being a principal is a cushy job for me?" Qi Da quickly understood the crux of the matter: no matter how many secrets Chu Yuan had, his current perspective was still too narrow!

So narrow that he thought a Supernatural Realm martial artist serving as a school principal required pulling strings...

"Do you know, on the Outer-Heaven Battlefield, if you're lucky;

The harvest of a single day is the sum total of what rear-echelon administrative staff like us make in several, or even over a dozen years!

I only retired from the front lines because I was injured back then."

"So... all the resources you've obtained over these years have been spent on healing your injuries?"

Qi Da nodded. "That's right. Otherwise, do you think I'd be willing to hole up in this place?"

Chu Yuan then realized that although Qi Da looked to be in his forties or fifties, a martial artist's blood and energy were vigorous, and their lifespan was long.

Forty or fifty was the prime of one's life!

Although he had encountered a few Supernatural Realm martial artists, and even slaughtered a few with the help of arrays;

That did not mean that Supernatural Realm martial artists were a dime a dozen...

In the entire Chenyang City, with a population of over a million, how many Supernatural Realm martial artists were there?

The Great Qin had thirty-six prefectures and a total of only a few hundred cities.

Calculating based on the proportion in Chenyang City, it was questionable whether there were even ten thousand Supernatural Realm martial artists in the entire Great Qin... Naturally, every one of them was a dragon among men!

He was barely in the Foundation Establishment Realm and might not even be able to defeat an Air-Traversing Realm martial artist; how had he dared to look down on Supernatural Realm martial artists?

Chu Yuan realized his state of mind might have gone wrong and hurriedly circulated his cultivation technique to calm his heart and mind.

Qi Da was also feeling a bit depressed, never imagining that one day he would actually be worried about ordinary money...

"Forget it, forget it, let's not talk about this. In any case, just come tomorrow;

Besides that, prepare for the Secret Realm trial at any time.

My teacher's personality is that he dislikes procrastination. Since he said he has already made arrangements, there will be news in as little as one day, or as long as three."

"You may be strong, but you cannot afford to be careless."

"Is the Secret Realm very dangerous?"

"There is danger, but it won't be overwhelming.

The main issue is the other competitors!

A cultivation technique highly praised by a teacher is bound to have immense appeal..."

Chu Yuan was somewhat puzzled; he felt that there shouldn't be any "hidden experts" left in Chenyang City.

Qi Da understood his own strength—who could possibly compete with him?

"You don't actually think the Martial Suppression Bureau's Secret Realm trial is limited to Chenyang City, do you?"

"Isn't it?"

Qi Da retorted, "Chenyang City doesn't have that much face, and the Martial Suppression Bureau wouldn't dare to show favoritism so blatantly.

Encouraging the new batch of students to showcase their potential is fine; it's essentially pre-screening talent for the Jianmu Project.

But if they held the Secret Realm trial exclusively for Chenyang City... it would be better to just hand you the technique directly; the resulting fallout would at least be smaller..."

"Then, Principal, what do you mean..."

"Conservatively estimated, the trial participants will include all graduating students from the entire Yunan Prefecture, or perhaps... the entire Great Qin!"

Passing by the teaching building, Chu Yuan looked up toward his classroom;

A familiar, semi-bald middle-aged man happened to poke his head out from the hallway.

It was Huang Bo...

The look he gave Chu Yuan was somewhat complex;

Before he fell unconscious, he had clearly seen Chu Yuan defecting and joining the organization Yan Xuan belonged to.

Yet after waking up, the principal told him that wasn't the case, and that it was all just an act...

Chu Yuan didn't think much of it; he waved at Huang Bo in greeting before heading off on his own;

At his current realm, the Energy Gathering Array in the classroom could hardly provide him with any further help.

It was better to just stay home and honestly consume Blood Pills... besides, he still had quite a few left.

Not long after walking out of the school gate, a horn sounded behind him;

Chu Yuan watched Jiang Fei pull up beside him and roll down the window, then opened the door and sat in the passenger seat: "Why are you here?"

Jiang Fei pointed to his abdomen and laughed: "Sick leave."

"If you're sick, why aren't you staying in a hospital bed?"

"Tsk, the Bureau is a complete mess right now... staying there is just annoying."

"The aftermath shouldn't have anything to do with you, right?"

"It's not because of that." Jiang Fei shook his head, unsure if he should air the Martial Suppression Bureau's dirty laundry;

But after a moment's thought, he realized it couldn't be hidden forever...

"Do you know that before the Blood Sacrifice Array was completed, our captain had a plan to preserve a spark of hope?"