Of the seven, only Ge Long and Zhong Hang were locals from You City. The other five knew very little about Nine Provinces Academy.
Ever since the magical beasts invaded and humanity lost vast swaths of territory, communication between the major cities had become extremely difficult. Only the government and a few major factions kept in touch, and they rarely contacted one another unless something important came up.
Su Bai wanted to call home and ask how everyone was doing, but he couldn't. The new phone he'd bought only worked in You City, so he couldn't contact his family in Yang City, let alone ask them about Nine Provinces Academy ahead of time.
He'd only learned about the Hunting Grounds he was headed to now the night before, by checking the academy's internal website.
Simply put, the Hunting Grounds were where Nine Provinces Academy trained its students in practical combat.
The academy required every student to visit the Hunting Grounds three times a month, challenge magical beasts suited to their strength, and earn Academy Credits.
Academy Credits were the only currency students could use to exchange for academy resources. At the beginning of each month during the school year, the academy gave every student three fixed credits.
Su Bai had learned that Academy Credits could be exchanged for almost anything at Nine Provinces Academy except money.
Magic Beast corpses, Summoning Beasts, and even the God Tree Fruit he'd been dreaming of—if it was available on the market, the academy had it.
Take the God Tree Fruit, for example. A D-Rank God Tree Fruit cost three credits, a C-Rank one cost thirty, a B-Rank one cost three hundred, and an A-Rank one cost 3,000. The price increased tenfold with each rank.
Students could earn credits by challenging Magic Beasts in the