A Path to Wealth

On the Martial Training Ground, the tense atmosphere finally eased as Instructor Lei Lie announced the end of class.

The new students dispersed in twos and threes, still animatedly discussing the heart-stopping battle they had just witnessed. Their gazes toward Chu Bai now held a genuine sense of awe.

After seeing Instructor Lei Lie off, Zhang Shan hurried back, the guilt on his face not yet entirely gone.

Looking at Chu Bai, whose roommates had gathered around him to ask after his well-being, he let out another long sigh, his voice tinged with lingering fear. "Junior Brother Chu Bai, I really was reckless today.

"Thank goodness you weren't hurt. Otherwise... not only would all ten points of Dao Merit from this teaching assistant assignment have gone down the drain, but Instructor Lei's opinion of me would have plummeted, too. Taking on any more assignments he offered would probably have been difficult."

His words were less a complaint than an expression of relief at having escaped disaster.

Yet what the speaker said casually, the listener took to heart.

Chu Bai keenly picked out several key phrases—"teaching assistant assignment," "ten points of Dao Merit," and "assignment evaluation."

An idea stirred in his mind. He quickly waved to show that he was unharmed, then cupped his hands and took the opportunity to ask, "You're being too hard on yourself, Senior Zhang Shan. But from what you've said, it seems there are more ways to earn Dao Merit in the Dao Academy than the ones I know about?"

Naturally, Chu Bai had spent some effort studying Dao Merit over the past month or so.

As the only hard currency within the Dao Academy, its value was clear to him, even if he still knew little about the ways to obtain it.

One point of