Jiuzhou Joins the Grind!

Inside the main teaching building, Lu Yuan stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing towards the cliff.

"Boss, Hu Jingyi, who was sent back to the Foundation Academy from the Supernatural Academy, is very resilient. He's a good fit for us," Lu Yuan said in a low voice.

Zheng Yuandong said calmly, "No need to think about it. Even if this person fails in the future, he will still become a knight's messenger. Qing Chen will not miss such a talent. It has to be said that the challenge that Qing Chen organized has indeed selected the most determined and hardworking students. In his opinion, talent is not the decisive factor. Whether a person can succeed or not ultimately depends on that tenacity."

"Boss, are we just going to watch Qing Chen snatch people away like this?" Lu Yuan shouted. "Among those students who just passed the exam, Chen Zhuoqu, Li Fen, Wang Dongdong... these are all talents we have our eyes on. We can't just let them be snatched away like this."

Zheng Yuandong sat at his desk, reviewing documents, when he suddenly said, "Do you know how many Purple Orchid Star were released during the day?"

Lu Yuan paused for a moment, then his shouting immediately subsided, "Including what we received, it's a total of 288 ears of grain..."

Zheng Yuandong then asked, "Do you know how many Jingshan Tea were released during the day?"

Lu Yuan whispered, "1665 copies..."

"What about the fruit of the Longevity Sky?"

"1665 pieces..."

Seeing that he had asked enough questions, Zheng Yuandong put down the documents in his hand. "Now, you and I are both beneficiaries of Jingshan Tea. Do you think it's useful?"

"Of course it works!" Lu Yuan chuckled. "Many people in Kunlun used to wear glasses, but now they've all taken them off, and the students are raving about Jingshan Tea."

If we had to choose which product had the greatest impact on students, then it would undoubtedly be the Jingshan Tea.

As the Agricultural Academy provides more and more Jingshan Tea, more and more students in the college are taking off their glasses.

Glasses are such a nuisance in battle.

Zheng Yuandong said, "You've seen how many people have benefited, and you know where Bai Zhou's confidence in snatching people comes from. Let alone that they're just snatching some ordinary people from you now, what can you do if they really want to use Purple Orchid Star to snatch your exceptionally talented cultivators? Right now, Qing Chen is still holding onto the third and fourth sections of the Myriad Thunder Department's Breathing Technique, isn't that just a reminder not to turn against us..."

"Boss, what you said makes sense. I just can't stand seeing those promising talents being poached. It breaks my heart," Lu Yuan sighed.

Kunlun has always been short-handed.

They weren't as wealthy Jiuzhou. They had been saving money for a long time to raise funds for the construction of the academy, and as a result, he, Ni Ergou, Zheng Yuandong encountered setbacks everywhere.

They're all powerful superhumans, yet they still have to suffer mistreatment everywhere.

But Boss Zheng said that no matter what kind of mistreatment we suffer, as long as the other party is a fellow countryman, we must endure it; that's the rule.

It's difficult for an organization like this to attract as many talented people as Jiuzhou.

Zheng Yuandong laughed and said, "It's good that you know we can't compete with them. It's a good thing to recognize reality in time. Besides, we can't cultivate that many talents. Bai Zhou has a firm stance and strong principles. It's a good thing that they have grown stronger. I'm quite curious about how Boss He will react when he comes out of seclusion. As far as I know, he has praised Chen Zhuoqu more than once."

"I've heard about that," Lu Yuan chuckled. "Boss He said Chen Zhuoqu is a hidden gem, like the Jiu Ran of a red leaf... I wonder Boss He will think when he comes out of seclusion and suddenly discovers that Chen Zhuoqu has become a member of the Knights. Boss, now that you mention it, I'm actually looking forward to it. I'll have to follow the people from Jiuzhou and see how they react..."

Lu Yuan's mindset suddenly changed. Since everyone else was losing to Bai Zhou, they couldn't let Kunlun be the only ones suffering.

"Let's go take a look over at the cliff," Zheng Yuandong said.

"What are you looking at? Rock climbing?"

Zheng Yuandong laughed and said, "We're not here to watch rock climbing, but to see the future of us Time Walker."

Can you imagine what it would be like if the Knight Organization grew to have hundreds of members?

Anyway, Zheng Yuandong can't imagine it yet...

Over the past few centuries, in order to fill the gaps in the organization, knights created subordinate organizations such as knight messengers, which typically consisted of one knight leading several messengers in group battles.

By Li Shutong's generation, it had become a knight leading dozens of messengers in a brawl.

Then, with Qing Chen's generation, the art style changed drastically. In the future, there might not be as many knights as knight messengers. One knight and one messenger... there probably wouldn't be enough to go around.

Zheng Yuandong also thought to himself, "What the hell is going on?"

Countdown 40:00:00.

Eight o'clock in the morning.

He Jinqiu sat cross-legged in the villa, with nine Azure Jade Heart Sword floating slowly around him. The ninth sword was newly formed and looked particularly small.

He opened his eyes and stood up. Because he had been sitting for a long time, his joints cracked and popped as soon as he stood up, as crisp as Thunderclap.

"Who awakens first from the great dream? I know myself best," Boss He chuckled softly. "The prototype of the ninth Azure Jade Heart Sword has finally been formed. The wonder of the Purple Orchid Star far exceeds imagination. No wonder Chen Yu guards them like treasures, and no wonder Qing Chen is reluctant to give them away. With such things, the more there are, the stronger Bai Zhou will become."

He Jinqiu stepped out of the villa and opened her arms to embrace the sunshine.

As soon as he opened his arms, he saw Lu Yuan and Xiao Ying squatting not far from the villa, looking around furtively, as if they were guarding him.

Boss He. He frowned.

What's going on?

What are those two doing squatting here?

After thinking for a moment, he called the villa next door, "Meeting."

Five minutes later, Yu Cheng and Tang Keke pushed open the door and entered. The two sat down at the dining table in the villa and silently watched Boss He, dressed in a white shirt and suit pants, stood in the kitchen making breakfast for everyone, wearing an apron.

Even when Boss He. He is cooking, he looks exceptionally meticulous and refined.

Yu Cheng said, "Boss, shall I do it?"

He Jinqiu said with a smile, "Just sit there and wait to eat. Everyone has been in seclusion for four days straight, so we need to eat something light, otherwise our stomachs won't be able to handle it."

At that moment, a short-haired girl in a red tracksuit pushed open the door and walked in. She calmly glanced at the figure in the kitchen and said, "Boss."

"Xiao Ran is here," He Jinqiu said with a smile. "Please sit down, the food will be ready soon. By the way, during our seclusion, has anything new happened in the academy? How are Chen Zhuoqu and the others that I asked you to keep an eye on doing? We absolutely have to compete with Kunlun for these talents. Even if Boss Zheng comes to challenge me to a fight, I won't give in."

Jiu Ran 1.8 meters tall, which makes her stand out among the female students. She looks like a crane among chickens when she walks in a crowd.

She sat down at the dining table and said, "Boss, I'm here for this meeting to talk about the academy. You've been in seclusion for four days, and the academy has changed dramatically."

"Hmm?" He Jinqiu suddenly had a bad feeling. "What do you mean?"

"First, there's the matter of the academy's redemption items," Jiu Ran explained slowly, "The Purple Orchid Star, the Jingshan Tea, and the Longevity Sky they distributed far exceeded our expectations."

He Jinqiu walked out of the kitchen with a smile and placed the plate she was carrying on the table, "I'm not surprised by this. Qing Chen didn't tell the truth; he must still have some trump cards up his sleeve. How many goods were distributed in the academy? I guess if Boss Zheng and Qing Chen reached a private agreement, Bai Zhou might provide ten more portions of Purple Orchid Star to the students. As for Jingshan Tea and Longevity Sky, I guess Bai Zhou could provide another 50 portions... By the way, how many portions did Bai Zhou provide?"

Jiu Ran glanced at He Jinqiu and said seriously, "288 portions of Purple Orchid Star, and more than 1,600 portions of Jingshan Tea and Longevity Sky."

Puff!

Tang Keke, who was drinking coffee, sprayed all the coffee in her mouth onto Yu Cheng's face.

However, Yu Cheng didn't care at all. He picked up a napkin, wiped his face, and raised his voice. "How much did you say?"

Jiu Ran glanced at him expressionlessly. "I'm sure the numbers are correct, it's just that the difference between them and what you imagined is too big, so it's a little hard to accept for a while. I suggest you digest this first before discussing the rest."

He Jinqiu pondered silently for a long time, but no matter how he calculated it, he felt that the number was outrageous!

This is far from what he estimated!

"How were all these things sent out?" Yu Cheng asked a question that came from the depths of his soul.

Jiu Ran explained, "Starting from the second day of this return, the academy's exchangeable goods quota has been increasing exponentially. Purple Orchid Star has almost depleted the points of Hong Ye and Matrix, while Jingshan Tea and Longevity Sky have almost depleted the students' points."

Keep in mind that even after all this effort, a student can only exchange for two more portions of Jingshan Tea or Longevity Sky after exchanging for the Myriad Thunder Department.

As a result, more than a thousand students have run out of points and can't redeem the goods at the redemption counter. They are all working like crazy to accumulate points every day.

But things were different on Purple Orchid Star. The Freemasons suddenly stopped fighting for Purple Orchid Star, while the Matrix and Red Leaf were constantly vying for it like an arms race. In order to prevent Red Leaf from developing too rapidly, the Matrix even stopped renting out its laboratories...

Chen Sui also suddenly transformed from a technical talent into a spiritual practitioner, a forced change...

At this moment, He Jinqiu asked in confusion, "How were those Purple Orchid Star distributed? I've calculated that even if all the clubs tried to exchange for them, they wouldn't have enough points, right?"

Jiu Ran said, "This is the second thing I wanted to talk about. The students you asked me to keep an eye on are currently participating in the academy's rock climbing challenge... I saw Green Mountain Cliff at the challenge site, so I have reason to believe that Bai Zhou is selecting new knights for the Knight Organization. They have set up nine difficulty levels, and each successful challenge will earn you a set of Jingshan Tea, Longevity Sky, and Purple Orchid Star. So far, 234 people have successfully completed the challenge."

"Did they all keep their promise and distribute the goods?" He Jinqiu asked, frowning.

Jiu Ran nodded. "They've all been distributed."

He Jinqiu fell silent. He had been happy because Qing Chen had given Jiuzhou four more portions of Purple Orchid Star, but now the Purple Orchid Star in his hand suddenly didn't seem so appealing anymore.

Most importantly, he and Zheng Yuandong thought exactly the same thing. They both knew that with Bai Zhou's financial resources, no organization could compete with Bai Zhou for people!

No matter how prominent Jiuzhou is overseas, no one can resist the allure of something like the Purple Orchid Star.

Moreover, the Knight Organization in the Inner World is no less capable than Hu Corporation Intelligence Agency; after all, the Knight Organization has a demigod backing them up!

Even disregarding the Knight Organization, the Hu Corporation Intelligence Agency couldn't possibly go toe-to-toe with a regular army like the Secret Intelligence Department...

We're doomed.

The seedlings I'd been guarding for days were all snatched up by others!

He Jinqiu finally realized what Lu Yuan and Xiao Ying were doing squatting outside. They were here to watch the show! Their own people from Kunlun had been poached, so why were they watching the show for Jiuzhou?!

Yu Cheng suddenly asked in confusion, "I have a feeling that Qing Chen's giving us Purple Orchid Star was a conspiracy. He made us go into seclusion, and then he did a lot of things while we were in seclusion."

Yu Cheng's true feeling was... he woke up to find the world had changed.

Anyone who didn't know better would think I'd been in seclusion for thirty years!

He Jinqiu laughed and said, "Don't think too much about it. No one would use a treasure like the Purple Orchid Star to deliberately plot against us. Although Qing Chen is a bit ruthless, he ultimately gave us the Purple Orchid Star out of good intentions. How about this, Jiu Ran, you try to contact Chen Zhuoqu and the others to see if we still have a chance to recruit them into Jiuzhou."

Jiu Ran shook her head. "I went there immediately, but she seemed to already know that she was participating in the Daylight selection, so she completely ignored me. When I invited her to join Red Leaf, she didn't seem to care. Later, when I invited her to join Jiuzhou, she still didn't care."

Jiu Ran: "I knew she liked money, so I offered her a settlement allowance, but she still refused. This girl who loved money seemed to have stopped loving money overnight, her eyes were very pure... No, that's not right, she still loves money, she even made money on the college's app, but she already has a more important goal in her heart."

Yu Cheng was heartbroken. Why did he have to become a knight instead of a decent person?

Does the Knight have a good reputation in the Inner World...?

Jiu Ran looked at He Jinqiu: "Boss, what do we do now?"

After a moment's thought, He Jinqiu decided, "Recall all our Time Walker under the age of 22. Have them go to the island, find Kunlun, and enroll in the Time Walker Academy as students. Let them form clubs to accumulate points, just like other students, and monopolize all the Purple Orchid Star that the academy can exchange. Qing Chen likes to provide resources to the academy, so let's bring our elites into the academy and get involved with the students! Compared to those struggles overseas, the most important thing right now is to enrich ourselves!"

Jiuzhou's situation abroad is delicate. Every day, it faces suppression from the Future, the Kingdom, Kashima, and the Kamishiro organization, all vying for its living space.

Once Jiuzhou withdraws a group of people, it means they will be in a vulnerable position overseas.

But He Jinqiu didn't think it was a big deal. After all, if two or three more A-levels or more than ten B-Class appeared in Jiuzhou, their return to the overseas would be devastating to various overseas organizations.

Right now, the most important thing is to help the Jiuzhou community grow rapidly.

Jiu Ran and the others exchanged bewildered glances. The resources released by the academy were simply too vast, so vast that even Boss He had begun to adjust his strategies and was now considering recruiting students...

Jiu Ran stood up. "Boss, I'm going back to continue my seclusion. I think I'm about to forge the first Azure Jade Heart Sword."

He Jinqiu's eyes lit up. He hadn't expected that Jiu Ran's progress would be even faster than he had imagined, with the help of Purple Orchid Star!

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