It was hard to blame the students from the top ten universities for feeling resentful. None of their schools had anything like the Ancient Martial Research Institute proposed by North China Martial Arts University.
This was clearly an unfair advantage. How could they compete on equal terms?
The status of researcher at the Ancient Martial Research Institute was extremely enticing to students.
Researchers could access and use every martial arts manual in the school's arsenal free of charge, under the pretext of conducting research.
Of course, the most important part was "ancient martial arts." It meant researchers could study the cutting edge of ancient martial arts and even explore Ancient Martial Ruins.
It was precisely because they possessed Ancient Martial Ruins that the three super-first-rate universities could establish Ancient Martial Research Institutes and collect the latest unearthed ancient martial arts.
In short, Lu Chong would be able to access some of the school's most closely guarded secrets as a student.
These secrets would have a tremendous impact on his martial arts training and future development.
As soon as the Ancient Martial Research Institute was mentioned, the top ten universities had no choice but to give up. They had lost all their competitive edge.
They could only turn to the teachers from the other two universities. Only they could go toe-to-toe with this one.
Sure enough, the teacher from Jiangnan Martial Arts University quickly chimed in. "Our Jiangnan Martial University also has Ancient Martial Ruins and a research institute. Giving you the title of researcher would be no problem."
"Furthermore..." The teacher from Jiangnan Martial Arts University smiled confidently before continuing, "We can give you two hundred million in project funding each year."
That made Lu Chong even more tempted.
Good heavens, two hundred million a year meant a full eight