Chapter 50
Zhong Kun stopped chatting and went to the front desk to buy Li Yang's training videos from the past two days. After watching them... he gasped repeatedly...
The growth is so obvious.
Their learning ability is terrifying.
How did you do that?
The only thing Zhong Kun could think of was, "The Half-Step Supreme gave her guidance!"
He compared Li Yang's training videos and could clearly see the difference: he was rusty on the first day, proficient on the second, and had improved significantly on the third...
Whenever Li Yang goes back to the Agronomy Department for a nap, he experiences a qualitative leap the next day.
What's in the Department of the Agronomy Department?
Half-Step Supreme!
The answer is obvious: Li Yang's rapid growth must be due to extra tutoring from her teacher at night!
Oh my god!
He also really wanted a teacher who Half-Step Supreme!
Those from prominent families are more aware of the true value of this Half-Step Supreme.
For ordinary people, they have never seen a high-level Star Wielders make a move, and even if they know they are powerful, they cannot imagine just how powerful they are.
On the contrary, the scions of aristocratic families, having grown up surrounded by legends and miracles, yearn for the title of Grandmaster far more than ordinary people.
Even those below the Seventh Grade are still considered human.
Those above the Seventh Grade are comparable to gods.
This Peak Eighth Grade, Half-Step Supreme is an even more supreme being than a god!
Li Yang has been so busy these past six days that she hasn't even had a chance to see her teacher, let alone receive any guidance.
The main reason is that she didn't encounter any difficult problems that required guidance from a teacher.
Is it difficult to increase Star Skill experience points?
Krypton life.
Is your Physique Points stuck?
Krypton life.
My Spirit Points hasn't changed much?
Krypton life.
If I had to say, Si Kui did give her some pointers on the first night.
"Go back and memorize this 'Sparse Words, Natural Heart Sutra' word by word. There's no rush to learn the essence of the mind; first, memorize it thoroughly, and then gradually gain insight into it later."
Li Yang asked curiously, "Teacher, I heard that the Star Combat Department's cultivation techniques can be honed in battle?"
Si Kui said, "Different mental cultivation methods lead to different practices. We emphasize following the natural course of things, using them when appropriate, and never forcing them when inappropriate."
Li Yang was a little confused, but didn't ask any more questions.
Don't bite off more than you can chew. Listen to your teacher first and memorize the Heart Sutra!
Six days passed in a flurry of activity.
Li Yang's 5,000 merit points were all gone—originally only 4,500 merit points were needed, but because he killed too many monsters, he was "extorted" 500 points—which barely allowed him to reach a lifespan of 5,800 years.
In the past few days, she spent 500 years maximizing her Physique Points, another 1000 years raising her three Star Skills to level 3, and 500 years consuming Star Weapon proficiency. Finally, she spent a full 3000 years tackling the tough nut of Spirit Points!
With a lifespan of 5800 years, only 800 years remain in the blink of an eye.
Li Yang tried saying, "Consume ten years of lifespan to enhance the 'Sparse Words, Natural Heart Sutra' (a Buddhist scripture)."
Although the system didn't utter a sound of sneer, the words were filled with mocking sarcasm:
[Your clumsy talent is ill-suited to such an advanced cultivation method. As the saying goes, forced fruit is never sweet. Your insistence on forcing it will only result in mutual destruction... The Sparse Words, Natural Heart Sutra * is reacting even more strongly to your actions; your Spirit Points has decreased by 10 points.]
Li Yang: "..."
You've really made something of yourself, Tongzi of increasing, you've deducted!
The "Sparse Words, Natural Heart Sutra" was definitely of a very high standard, which Li Yang had been mentally prepared for, but she really didn't expect to be disliked to this extent!
Raising your Spirit Points is too difficult.
If the improvement is only one point every 30 years on average, it would take 300 years to achieve ten points.
Li Yang couldn't afford to spend any more money, so she had to temporarily abandon the idea of improving her cultivation technique.
You can't force a relationship to be happy, right?
Once she accumulates more lifespan, she'll see if this "melon" will actually turn out to be "sweet"!
Tomorrow is the monthly exam, Li Yang has already done everything she was supposed to do. All that's left is to perform well on the day.
"Six thousand years..." Li Yang couldn't help but mutter to himself, "What kind of good person would waste six thousand years in the Second Grade Realm!"
Deep within the cave, the snow-white Lianxin trembled almost imperceptibly once more.
This time he was experienced and managed to deceive the human who wanted to devour him alive.
After checking the system panel for a while, Li Yang went to bed early.
With this "Sparse Words, Natural Heart Sutra), she fell asleep more easily. Just a glance at it, within five words, was enough to put her to sleep.
Li Yang had a dream.
She hadn't dreamed in a long time, and what struck her as amazing was that she actually knew she was dreaming.
Before her was a hazy white mist, and she seemed to be walking on a smooth, mirror-like ice surface, with an extremely delicate fragrance spreading around her.
The fragrance is wonderful; it's delicate yet cool, and beneath the coldness, there's a hint of sweetness.
It smells wonderful, it's intoxicating.
Li Yang strolled for a while until she saw a snow-white figure in the mist.
Judging from his figure, he should be a man. He was dressed in layers of snow-white clothes, as if he were standing in a beautifully blooming snow lotus. His figure was elegant and graceful, and his long snow-white hair cascaded down like a waterfall, blending into the piled-up snow-white clothes.
A thin mist obscured his face, revealing only his jade-like neck and the faint outline of his collarbone beneath his snow-white robe.
He spoke softly, his voice as light and ethereal as snowflakes falling on ice. "Fellow Daoist..."
Just two words, and the shrill sound of an alarm clock rang in Li Yang's ears.
Li Yang suddenly woke up from her dream.
She sat on the soft bed, feeling somewhat lost.
I haven't even seen the person clearly yet!
Huh, is this a dream?
Li Yang rubbed her temples, but didn't feel any discomfort. On the contrary, she felt refreshed and thought she had had a good night's sleep.
[Lifespan +20 years.]
Li Yang: "???"
How did I suddenly gain 20 years of extra lifespan?
She didn't do anything.
Could it be...?
Li Yang looked down at the hypnotic book—"The Sparse Words, Natural Heart Sutra".
She watched it fall asleep last night; could it possibly extend her lifespan?
That's not right either.
She's been checking it every day for the past few days, but her lifespan hasn't increased.
That dream...
That was just a dream...
"Senior Sister!" Yu Hongyuan called from down the mountain, "It's almost time, let's go to the large classroom to assess our cultivation levels!"
Chapter 50
Li Yang stopped overthinking. After a quick wash, she put on her school uniform and went to take the monthly exam with Yu Hongyuan.
There are two to three thousand new students at the Zhongdu Military Academy. They are all following the messages posted on the school's app and finding their respective classrooms to undergo the realm assessment.
For Star Wielders below the Third Grade Realm, it is difficult to accurately classify them into ten ranks based solely on their Star Aperture.
For example, the First Grade Realm only has four Star Aperture, corresponding to the low, middle, high, and peak levels respectively.
The Second Grade Realm is similar; opening five Star Aperture is the low-level, opening six is the mid-level, and so on to reach the peak.
Once you reach the Third Grade Realm, the division of minor realms becomes very detailed, and most of them can be seen through at a glance, because it takes a full 20 Star Aperture to open from the Third Grade Realm to the Fourth Grade Realm!
This is why the Star Nexus Pavilion stipulates that humans can only go to the Astral Realm once they reach the Third Grade Realm.
The first and second ranks are just minor skirmishes; only when you reach the Third Grade Realm will your combat power experience a qualitative leap.
More than half of these new students failed to attract stars into their bodies, and even those who did only opened one or two Star Aperture.
Therefore, ranking cannot be done by simply looking at the Star Aperture; only more detailed testing can be conducted.
Realm cultivation level is the highest priority, followed by the opening of Star Aperture, and then Physique Points.
As for Spirit Points, apart from students majoring in the Spirit Department, no one needs to have them tested.
The freshmen's Spirit Points is pretty much the same everywhere; the academic affairs office is too lazy to get the equipment to measure it, it's too expensive.
Because of the Spirit Department cultivation system, those who specialize in mental cultivation place more emphasis on Spirit Points. They spend too much time cultivating their Spirit Points, which slows down their progress in Physique Points cultivation. If they are not ranked separately, it would be unfair.
Li Yang and Yu Hongyuan were assigned to the Department of the Spirit Department classroom.
The evaluation classrooms were divided according to the departments. The number of students in the six departments was quite even, except for the Agronomy Department... It wouldn't be appropriate to have a separate classroom for the two of them, so they were put into the first classroom of the Department of the Spirit Department.
The Spirit Department beings were quite interesting; they were very enthusiastic when they saw Li Yang, shouting, "The Tree Tower Plunderer are here!"
Li Yang: "..."
Yu Hongyuan promptly stepped forward to fulfill his duty as a younger brother, saying, "The Tree Tower has returned to the Agronomy Department, and my senior sister is now its Tree Tower Guardian!"
"No, doesn't 'Tree Tower Plunderer' refer to her rampaging through the Tree Tower, Explosive Kill alien plants?"
"Oh, I thought it referred to the plundering of the Star Magic Department's Tree Tower."
"How could that be! The Tree Tower belongs to the Agronomy Department. What Li Yang did wasn't plunder, it was taking back what rightfully belonged to him."
The Spirit Department and Star Magic Department don't get along, so they were very friendly to Li Yang, and they chatted happily.
Li Yang also liked them quite a bit. In the matter of reclaiming the Tree Tower, the students from the Department of the Spirit Department gave them a lot of verbal support on the forum.
The room immediately fell silent as soon as the monthly exam teacher arrived.
Everyone was still very nervous.
Children from wealthy families actually make up a very small percentage of this huge group of new students; the majority come from ordinary backgrounds, so the exorbitant tuition fees are still quite daunting.
Especially those ranked below 1500 are essentially forced to drop out of school.
Although 200 merit points is daunting, it's still manageable to accumulate if Risking Life on missions.
There's no way I could ever accumulate 1000 merit points, no matter how hard I tried!
Those who haven't yet attracted the astral energy into their bodies are no longer worried. They nonchalantly say, "At worst, we can go to another military academy..."
Central Capital and Star Slaying are the highest institutions of learning in Huaxia, but there are also many first-class military academies and even second- or third-class military academies in various provinces.