Three Great Prestigious Universities

In the restaurant, Qi Ruyan took the ordering tablet from the server and handed it to Chen Wu across from her. "Xiao Wu, don't be polite with your sister. Order whatever you want. I've been in the military these past few years and never had a chance to spend money."

Seeing how enthusiastic Qi Ruyan was, Chen Wu's heart began to pound. He only ordered a few simple dishes before handing the tablet back to her.

"You're still growing. You've only ordered this little? I'll order a few more dishes for you."

With that, Qi Ruyan directly ordered several substantial dishes, then returned the menu tablet to the server.

While waiting for the food, Chen Wu got straight to the point. "Sister Ruyan, just say whatever you want to say."

Qi Ruyan took a sip of tea and asked in return, "Xiao Wu, you should be entering your final year of high school now, right?"

Chen Wu nodded. "Yeah, I'll be in my final year once summer vacation is over."

Qi Ruyan asked, "Then what expectations do you have for your future university?"

For those taking the martial arts examination, choosing a university was one of the most crucial decisions.

Especially since Chen Wu had chosen the Primal Heaven Mirror as the foundation of his future martial path, he naturally had to be even more cautious.

It would be best to choose a university that had the complete version of that cultivation method, which would save him a great deal of trouble.

At a good university, the secret manuals preserved in its library alone could leave ordinary universities several tiers behind.

Not to mention that government resource preferences meant elite universities offered considerable discounts not only when exchanging for martial arts manuals, but also when purchasing pills, making it easier to cultivate powerful martial artists.

Take his sister Gu Yuyue as an example. When she first entered Public Security University, her martial cultivation had only been at the sixth turn of Tempered Origin.

Yet by the time she graduated four years later, she had reached the peak of the eighth rank.

At an ordinary key university, even a ninth-rank peak would be considered outstanding, while an eighth-rank martial artist could directly remain at the university and take up a post.

There were three foremost universities in the Republic: Red Continent Martial University and Kyoto Martial University, both located in Kyoto, as well as Magic City Martial University in Magic City.

They were therefore known respectively as Red University, Kyoto University, and Magic University.

These three universities had always occupied the top three positions in Red Continent, and many of the Republic's high-ranking officials had come from their ranks.

If he chose the police route, he could consider Public Security University, abbreviated as Police Martial Academy.

As for which one he should choose specifically, he still wanted to hear the advice of Qi Ruyan, someone who had already walked this road. "What do you think, Sister Ruyan?"

Qi Ruyan smiled and asked, "Then have you considered National Defense Martial University?"

"National Defense Martial University?"

Qi Ruyan's words plunged Chen Wu into thought.

National Defense Martial University, fully named "National Defense Martial University," was ranked first among all military universities in the Republic. Every year, it trained large numbers of backbone personnel for the military, such as lieutenants and second lieutenants.

Its ranking could not compare to the top three universities, placing only among the top ten.

Although Chen Wu had not yet decided which university to attend, his choices would only be among Red Continent Martial University, Capital Martial University, and Magic Martial University. National Defense Martial University truly had not been within his considerations.

Knowing that this alone would not persuade him, Qi Ruyan immediately posed a question. "Xiao Wu, what do you think determines a university's ranking?"

Chen Wu voiced his understanding. "Nothing more than resources and talent."

Qi Ruyan nodded and began to explain in detail the advantages of the three great prestigious universities. "That's right. Prestigious universities are prestigious because the resources they can mobilize far surpass those of other schools. And a great many experts have emerged from the three top universities, playing a pivotal role in the war against ferocious beasts."

"And precisely because of that, the government strongly supports Red University, Kyoto University, and Magic University, allocating massive resources to them every year. Compared with ordinary key universities, the Big Three have more resources. That creates a positive cycle."

"Take Northwest Martial University here in Jincheng as an example. Once you break through to the ninth rank and become an official martial artist, you can apply to the university for one free top-grade Qi-Concentrating Pill."

"And at the three great prestigious universities?"

Qi Ruyan smiled. "The three great prestigious universities will directly give you a bottle of top-grade Qi-Concentrating Pills."

"A bottle!"

Clearly, Chen Wu had been stunned by the sheer generosity of the three great prestigious universities.

Chen Wu had once looked up the value of top-grade Qi-Concentrating Pills online.

A single pill alone was worth around ten thousand Red Coins. A bottle contained ten pills, making it worth one hundred thousand—far beyond what unranked Qi-Accumulating Pills could compare with.

Chen Wu had taken both top-grade Qi-Concentrating Pills and Qi-Accumulating Pills before, and had compared the effects of the two kinds of pills.

After testing them, he found that the true qi produced by a top-grade Qi-Concentrating Pill was indeed far greater than that of a Qi-Accumulating Pill of the same tier, reaching roughly forty times as much. It truly was worth every coin.

"And that's not all. At Northwest Martial University, if you want to exchange for a top-grade Qi-Concentrating Pill, even with the discounted price, you still need to spend eight thousand Red Coins, and there is a certain annual quota."

"Take Kyoto Martial University among the three great prestigious universities. The price for exchanging for the same pill is reduced to five thousand, and their quota base is generally three to four times that of Northwest Martial University."

"And this is merely the gap in pills. In areas such as the allocation of mineral resources in secret realms, reserves of precious texts, and the variety and number of personnel, the three great prestigious universities crush their peers. Not to mention that their technical application of resources from secret realms is more than a little ahead of other domestic universities."

By this point, Chen Wu understood the gap between top universities and other universities.

The pills at Northwest Martial University were sixty percent more expensive. That meant the resources a student at one of the three great prestigious universities used to exchange for three pills would only get a Northwest Martial University student two pills.

One had to know that martial artists were always enormous consumers of resources.

Over the same four years, the three great prestigious universities could cultivate a batch of martial arts students who surpassed those of other universities through the price and quantity advantages of pills alone.

"Then there is the teaching staff. Teachers in every department at the three great prestigious universities are generally in the seventh rank, and there are quite a few sixth-rank martial artists as well. The presidents of all three universities are second-rank grandmasters."

"And the number of high-rank martial artists a university possesses is the most direct reflection of that university's strength."

"The reason Red Continent Martial University can currently suppress Kyoto University and Magic University is that it has as many as five grandmasters—equal to the combined total of the other two among the top three."

At that point, Qi Ruyan paused. Recalling the news she had received, she smiled. "However, before long, this situation will change."

Hearing that, Chen Wu immediately understood. Someone at either Kyoto University or Magic University was bound to break through into the grandmaster realm.

He just did not know whether it would be one side or both.

But such matters were not something Chen Wu could interfere with at present.

What he cared about most now was how National Defense Martial University differed from the three great prestigious universities. He asked, "Sister Ruyan, are you telling me all this because National Defense Martial University can provide the same conditions as the three great prestigious universities?"

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