In a luxurious office at Falling Moon Academy, a kindly old man with white hair and a white beard silently destroyed the letter he had finished reading.
He was Zhao Cang, the vice dean whose authority at Falling Moon Academy was second only to the dean's.
"You may be young, but you certainly have some nerve," Zhao Cang said flatly. "Do you really think the loss of over a hundred female students is so easy to smooth over? If I agree to this, I imagine my days as vice dean will be numbered."
Despite his words, Zhao Cang did not dare defy Hong Mian's orders. It was not that a mighty expert at the peak of the grandmaster realm feared Hong Mian. The one he truly feared was Hong Mian's father, Hong Fusheng-the chief of the Red Skull Bandits and a genuine king realm expert.
The Red Skull Bandits had played no small part in helping Zhao Cang secure his position as vice dean of Falling Moon Academy. He could not refuse their requests; he had to find a way to fulfill them.
At six in the morning, Yun Che took out the quest jade pendant.
As he had expected, the illusory old man with only an upper body was still there, waiting for his reply.
Compared to yesterday, however, the old man had clearly grown a little more translucent. Maintaining this state apparently consumed spiritual energy continuously.
"Fine, I'll milk this for as long as I can. Let's get today's haul first."
Filled with excitement and anticipation, Yun Che used Divine Hand on the illusory old man.
The next instant, something shocking happened: another wisp of rainbow light was drawn out of the old man.
Ding! Extraction successful. Congratulations, you obtained a Class Change Scroll (Unique).
"Another unique class change scroll? Could this old man be an NPC who specifically hands out unique class change quests?"
What Yun Che did not know was that he had guessed correctly. The old man had three avatars, each carrying a unique class change quest.
Perhaps because their souls shared the same origin, he had exploited a loophole with his game-breaking Divine Hand talent and extracted the class change scrolls belonging to the other avatars as well.
Yun Che did not dwell on it. He would not figure it out anyway, and this was an enormous boon for him regardless.
"What class will it be this time?"
Finding the rainbow scroll in his inventory, Yun Che selected "View" rather than "Use."
[Class: Flame Dragon Saintess (Unique). Only females with high-grade martial roots or better who have reached the acquired realm may change to this class. Upon successful class change, gain 100 fire affinity, +100 strength, and +100 constitution.]
Yun Che nodded slightly. As expected, every unique class increased three attributes.
However, this class had a drawback that was not really a drawback: once the class change succeeded, the user could only practice fire-element cultivation arts and combat techniques, following a path of single-element specialization.
"It would suit Feng Chu pretty well. I'll keep it for now!"
Yun Che did not give it to her immediately. First, they had not spent enough time together, and he still needed to learn more about the young girl's character. Second, she had not yet reached the acquired realm, so giving it to her now would be pointless.
Putting away the class change scroll, Yun Che tucked his humanities and history books under his arm and headed toward the Class Nine classroom.
The Great Yuan Empire valued martial pursuits over academic ones. Each class had three martial lessons every day, but only one academic lesson.
Accordingly, academic instructors were naturally paid considerably less than martial instructors.
Yun Che did not mind the salary. He did not rely on it to make a living anyway-he relied on Divine Hand.
With his limited Spirit Power, Yun Che decided to be selective about his extractions. He ruled out students with low cultivation outright, focusing on students and instructors at the acquired realm or above.
Ding! Extraction successful. Congratulations, you obtained 7 experience points. Ding! Extraction successful. Congratulations, you obtained 2 spirit points. Ding! Extraction successful. Congratulations, you obtained one second-grade Essence-Nurturing Pill.
This round of extractions yielded fairly good results, netting over thirty experience points. He still needed more than 650 experience points to advance to the late acquired realm.
Yun Che took out the second-grade Essence-Nurturing Pill and tossed it straight into his mouth, gaining 3 constitution points.
Player: Yun Che Identity: Live-in son-in-law of the Qin Prince's Residence, academic instructor Realm: Mid acquired realm Talent: SSS Rank · Divine Hand (Unique) Martial roots: Medium-grade Class: Titan Enforcer · LV1 (Righteousness: 20/100) Race: Human Reputation: 1150 Strength: 168+100 (1 strength = 1 attack power) Agility: 160 (affects speed, critical hits, and evasion) Stamina: 48+100 (1 stamina = 1 defense) Constitution: 52+100 (1 constitution = 10 HP) Spirit: 35 (1 spirit = 5 Spirit Power) Attack power: 268 (Azure Autumn Sword +50) Defense: 148 HP: 1520 Spirit Power: 175 Cultivation arts: Soul Secret Manual · High-grade, Wind-Thunder Body Tempering Art · Middle-Grade, Fire Spirit Art · Low-grade Movement techniques: Drifting Willow-Step · High-grade Combat techniques: Radiant Sword Technique · Middle-Grade, Ten Illusions Sword Technique · Middle-Grade, Star-Chasing Slash · Low-grade, Phoenix Soaring Flash · Low-grade Experience: 2346/5000 Money: 1 gold, 89 silver, 711 copper
Yun Che glanced over his stats panel, fairly satisfied with his current attack power. The base attack power of someone at the early innate realm was 300. He had not yet reached that realm, but he already possessed strength comparable to someone who had. It was rather frightening.
"Hmm, after obtaining the Wind-Thunder Body Tempering Art, my base constitution and Stamina both increased by over ten points. Not bad. If only I could get a proper high-grade cultivation art."
Yun Che closed the panel. Spirit was now his lowest stat, and there were two ways to improve it. The first was to practice a spirit-focused cultivation art, but such arts were rare, valuable, and difficult to obtain. The second was to consume spiritual fruits that increased spirit. Those were scarce too, and each type only worked the first time it was consumed.
For Yun Che, there was a third option: using Divine Hand to acquire spirit from others. It would simply require long-term persistence.
When he entered the Class Nine classroom, even fewer people had come to attend this time-or rather, no one had come except the adorably clueless, well-behaved girl who had promised yesterday to arrive on time.
Yun Che shrugged indifferently. Using Divine Hand consumed a great deal of Spirit Power, so he could take advantage of the lesson to recover it gradually.
The adorably clueless girl continued to listen attentively as Instructor Yun discussed biographies and the humanities. Whenever he touched on martial techniques and cultivation arts, she took careful notes, her concentration especially intense.
Yun Che was no fool. Judging by her reaction, there were probably things the martial instructors would not readily teach-or at least would not explain as clearly and thoroughly as he did.
He did not stop. Since she had noticed this, it could be considered a fortunate opportunity for her. As long as she was willing to attend, Yun Che would come and teach on time.
After class, the adorably clueless girl once again said goodbye to him with great respect.
Yun Che nodded with a smile, then reached out his predatory hand and made a grab.
Oh! Got something!
Ding! Congratulations, you triggered Divine Fortune. You have gained the opportunity to select an item yourself. [Target: Ruan Caocao] [Available items: High-grade martial roots (restricted state), low-grade armor Moonwater Garment, low-grade cultivation art Clear Water Art, low-grade movement technique Wind-Chasing Step, 5 strength points, 2 Stamina points, 2 constitution points, 3 spirit points, Seven Sins Treasure: Gluttony Mask, pills... copper coins...] [Number of selectable items: 1]
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