Time flies by and it's already the end of December in a blink of an eye.
The winter in Yuntai City is bitingly cold, but the Star Martial University campus is still very hot, just because Departmental Competition is coming in early January.
Hidden Dragon Garden Villa 7, underground Cultivation Room.
Xu Wuyi sat cross-legged in the center, his eyes falling on a stone marrow about the size of a fist in front of him.
It is dark red all over, with natural lava lines on the surface. This is the A-level resource that he just spent 800 points to redeem from School Resource Repository - Earth Fire Marrow.
Stone marrow seemed silent, but with his Martial Artist perception, he could clearly capture the majestic and pure earth-fire energy contained in it, which was gently radiating outwards.
"Finally got it." Xu Wuyi whispered to himself.
In the past month, he has not taken on tasks crazily, but has selectively gone out several times.
The difficulty of the tasks is between Martial Artist beginner to intermediate, and the point rewards are mostly between 20 and 40 points.
Adding in the remaining ones from before, he could barely make up the 800 points.
The process was not easy, and I even encountered considerable risks twice, but the rewards were also obvious.
Not only has the points reached the standard, but the actual combat experience has also become more and more proficient. Life Energy Level has improved to 20.6 through steady accumulation.
level.
Xu Wuyi stood in the center of Cultivation Room and carefully placed the Earth Fire Marrow into a special metal lamp with a simple shape.
The inner wall of this lamp is engraved with fine energy-conducting runes, and the top is a hollow protective cover. It is a lamp for use with Earth Fire Marrow.
This was purchased on the recommendation of Anna. It can control the intensity of energy released by Earth Fire Marrow, which is suitable for the current use of Xu Wuyi.
The price is not expensive, only one hundred thousand Federal Credit, which is the price of a bottle of C-grade Life Potion.
He turned on the light source and touched the switch with his fingertips.
Buzz-
There was a slight buzzing, and the runes inside the lamp shimmered one by one. The Earth Fire Marrow in the center seemed to be awakened, and the dark red lines began to flow.
A pure and majestic earth fire energy spread out. It was not violent, but soaked into the entire Cultivation Room like warm water, causing the temperature in the room to rise steadily and the air to twist slightly.
"This way you can control the switch and save usage." Xu Wuyi nodded with satisfaction.
Although this Earth Fire Marrow energy is strong, if it continues to be naturally dissipated, the loss will be considerable.
With this special lamp, its energy can be concentrated during practice and turned off when not practicing, maximizing the use time.
After a moment, a warm energy flow spread out and enveloped him.
Xu Wuyi immediately performed the <Hundred Refinements Furnace> pile skill, and the red-gold color [Heart Fire] in the Dantian seemed to be nourished, and the frequency of beating accelerated slightly.
Under the infiltration of the Earth Fire Marrow energy field, the whole body Blood and Qi seems to run more smoothly, and there is a touch of warm vitality in the heavy texture.
"The effect is really remarkable."
Xu Wuyi closed his eyes and looked inside, and could feel that [Heart Fire]'s growth rate, as well as the efficiency of Blood and Qi's tempering, were both more than 30% faster than simple hard training.
These 800 points are well spent.
Just as Xu Wuyi was immersed in the efficient practice brought by Earth Fire Marrow, the new situation in the outside world was undergoing a new round of shuffling and shock.
The geniuses from various institutes seem to be working hard to prepare for the upcoming Departmental Competition, and news of the breakthrough Martial Artist is coming out one after another.
After Xu Wuyi, the first person to be successfully promoted is undoubtedly Qin Rui.
Less than ten days after Xu Wuyi broke through, Central Province, the top pick, officially certified Martial Artist with level 20.1 Life Energy Level, showing his sharpness and not being pulled too far behind.
West Academy is very excited about this and believes that Qin Rui will definitely win the honor for the West Academy in this competition.
However, the second breakthrough went beyond everyone's expectations.
It is not Luo Liang, which was as high as 18.9 before Life Energy Level, second only to Xu Wuyi and Qin Rui, nor is it North Academy's Zhao Qingwei comes from the Southern Region frontier. Li Hao had previously suffered a slight setback due to its defeat by Luo Liang!
What is even more shocking is the speed of his promotion.
At the end of November, when he played against Luo Liang, Life Energy Level was only level 17.6.
In just one month, he felt like he was on a rocket, directly crossing 2.4 energy levels, reaching the sky in one step, and at the end of December, he was promoted to Martial Artist, certified energy level 20.0!
This news swept through the entire first grade like a hurricane, causing a greater sensation than when Xu Wuyi and Qin Rui broke through.
"Level 2.4 in one month? Are you kidding! How is this possible?"
"Even the core disciples of the top clans cannot improve at such an outrageous speed if they have sufficient resources, right?"
"Isn't Li Hao a commoner? How could Southern Region, that small place, have so many resources?"
Shock, doubt, curiosity—all kinds of emotions spread among the new students.
Soon, well-informed people found out the truth through various channels.
"There's news! It turns out that Li Hao received funding from Central Province Qin Family!"
"Qin Family? Qin Rui's Qin Family?"
"Yes! It's them! It is said that Qin Family provided a huge amount of resources, and they piled up Li Hao's Life Energy Level in a short time!"
"I see--no wonder."
"The shortcomings in resources have been made up. With the talent of Li Hao that was able to break into the forefront of Freshman Challenge, it is not surprising that it has skyrocketed."
"Qin Family spent a lot of money! Did they only fund Li Hao?"
"No, the news I heard is that Qin Family only plans to fund one genius this year at Star Martial University. Originally, their first goal was----"
There will often be a brief pause in the discussion here, and everyone's eyes will invariably be cast in the direction of Hidden Dragon Garden.
Xu Wuyi.
This East Academy genius was the first to be promoted to Martial Artist this year, but has seemed a bit "silent" since then.
Why did Qin Family ultimately fund Li Hao instead of Xu Wuyi, which broke through earlier and performed more eye-catchingly?
Soon, the answer was revealed personally by the person involved.
Just when Li Hao completed the Martial Artist certification and was gaining momentum, after a public course, he was surrounded by several familiar classmates asking questions.
Li Hao did not avoid it. His expression was calm, but his tone contained a clear meaning of clarification. "You have misunderstood. Qin Family's original candidate was indeed classmate Xu Wuyi. It was classmate Xu who actively rejected Qin Family's funding."
He paused slightly, looked around at the surprised expressions of everyone in the circle, and continued, "Because of this, this year's Qin Family funding budget finally fell on my head. For this, I am deeply honored and also feel a lot of pressure."
These words were like another boulder thrown into the lake, causing even greater waves.
"Xu Wuyi rejected Qin Family's funding?"
"Is he crazy? He receives at least tens of millions of resources every year to support him, and he just refuses it?"
"No wonder he had to work hard to complete tasks to earn points after his breakthrough - it turned out that he refused the resources that came to him!"
"Really——I don't know whether to call him noble or stupid."
"Perhaps he has his own considerations. However, it seems that Li Hao has accepted the funding and has grown rapidly. It is entirely possible that he can catch up from behind."
"Xu Wuyi On the contrary, due to resource issues, the progress may have slowed down. One goes and the other goes----"