Not long after Chen Hao left, the density of the source qi in the air started dropping. The overflow brought about by the death of a Sunmoon was coming to an end.
The death of this one Sunmoon had benefited a decent number of students. The experts weren't able to gain much from this, but the weaker cultivators were able to gain a lot. The more talented one was, the more one would be able to gain.
Beside Su Yu, Xia Huyou inhaled deeply and took in his final strand of source qi and said, "It sure is nice to have a dead Sunmoon. This feels even faster than cultivating in a grotto."
"..."
Su Yu looked at his friend silently. Sure. Maybe he could try getting his dad to kill one Sunmoon per day for his cultivation.
Su Yu stood up to leave as well. Naturally, he couldn't leave without his beloved shield, Xia Huyou. He had given Xia Huyou the cultural art as the protection fee. And he had not intended to use Xia Huyou as the shield only once. After making the payment, he no longer felt any guilt using Xia Huyou as the shield. After all, this was the Xia Family's turf. Who else could he use as protection if not Xia Huyou?
He was just about to leave when two individuals appeared in front of him. Wu Qi was looking at Su Yu with a smile on her face.
Wu Lan had a joyous look as she said in excitement, "Su Yu, my willpower has reached 80 percent full!"
That was actually a fast growth. Previously, she was still at 70 percent. Not long had passed and she had improved to 80 percent. Of course, she was still not as fast as Su Yu. If Su Yu hadn't been spending his time and effort on apertures, he would have probably reached 100 percent acupoint by now.
"Congratulations!"
Su Yu congratulated her. This was really not slow. If she was in any previous batches, she would have probably been one of the best. But since she was in this batch...forget it. Su Yu suspected that there were a few students in his class that were already capable of advancing into the Skysoar Realm. All those people were merely suppressing their advancement.
Wu Lan was about to keep speaking when Wu Qi interrupted her, "You can return with me."
Su Yu's eyes flickered as he nodded, "Thank you, Teacher Wu."
He had seen Wu Qi once during the character tournament. Initially, he didn't know if this would be a friend or an enemy. But after seeing Wu Yuehua fight for the multiple character faction, he knew that the Wu Family was most likely a friend. And Wu Qi had probably asked him to return with her as a form of protection.
Su Yu's senior sister was absent the entire night. He knew that that was most likely due to her willpower injury. Even if Chen Yong knew about this place, he would probably not bring her over since this place wouldn't help her with her injury anyway.
Wu Qi did not waste any time and immediately turned around to leave. Su Yu hurriedly dragged Xia Huyou along as he followed behind Wu Qi. Wu Lan looked at the two curiously. Since when were these two so close?
After walking a short distance, they encountered someone.
Zheng Hong. Zheng Yuming's grandson and Elder Sun's student.
In front of Zheng Hong was a Cloudbreach expert. When he saw Su Yu's group, his eyes flickered before he gave Su Yu a slight nod. He also greeted Wu Qi, "Hello, Teacher Wu."
Wu Qi glanced at him and nodded, not bothering to say anything. The Cloudbreach with Zheng Hong looked at Wu Qi first before looking at Su Yu. He frowned slightly before increasing the pace of his walk. Zheng Hong had an apologetic look as he also hurried away with the Cloudbreach.
Before Xia Huyou could open his mouth, Wu Lan said, "This is not a good person."
"..."
Su Yu laughed. In her eyes, most people were probably bad people. Experience the Magic of Words: Ⓝ()ⓋⒺⓁⒷⒾⓃ.
Seemingly having sensed Su Yu's disapproval, Wu Lan unhappily said, "Was I wrong? He is Elder Zheng's grandson. And Elder Zheng was nearly killed because of you. Yet he can still smile at you? Clearly, he's not a good person!"
"Elder Zheng was taught a lesson by the principal. That has nothing to do with me."
Su Yu smiled, "If Zheng Hong is broad-minded, he would know that this is not my fault. As a cultural researcher, I believe he is able to understand that. That's why he is still friendly toward me."
"Su Yu, you're too dumb. How can you believe that he is broad-minded?"
Wu Lan had a look of disbelief. This guy was so dumb! He actually believed that someone could be broad-minded?
Su Yu laughed, "We're fellow students. We should treat each other with kindness. That's how we can get a happier life in the academy."
Wu Lan snorted disdainfully and faced Su Yu with her nostril. She decided to stop talking with him. Suddenly, she found that he was really stupid. In front of them, Wu Qi continued walking silently. She couldn't even be bothered to join the conversation.
Smiling tiger, a silent dog that bites, a hypocrite...
Did that dumb sister of hers not understand the meaning of those terms?
Just look at how ruthless Su Yu was when he was in a ring. Look at the fates of the single character faction students that had fought him. Was someone like that stupid? Just because he claimed that he was friendly, she believed him?
As they continued walking, someone suddenly joined their group. From far away, Zheng Yunhui's hearty laugh rang out as he said, "Su Yu, Fatty Xia, let's walk together!"
He ran over while shouting.
The moment Zheng Yunhui arrived, he complained, "Why hadn't any of you informed me when something so big was happening? My grandpa was still regretting the fact that I wasn't there. A few Eternal characters were destroyed earlier. If I was there, I would be able to nourish my sea of willpower even if I couldn't absorb anything. That alone would probably be enough to push me to the peak of the Mental Tempering Stage."
Su Yu smiled, "Next time. I'll be sure to call you along the next time something like this happens. As long as you don't mind moving with me."
"Of course I won't." Zheng Yunhui smiled, "Look at our relationship. We are best friends. If you have something good, don't forget your good brother, Zheng Yunhui."
He then spoke with an enigmatic tone, "In fact, I have something good to share right now, brothers! Do you know about the Willpower Grotto? It is going to be activated again! And there are plenty of slots! If we can enter, we might be able to instantly enter the Skysoar Realm! That is an excellent place for cultivation."
Xia Huyou was already aware of that so he did not react.
But Su Yu blanked out as he asked, "Willpower Grotto?"
"Yeah. Don't you know that?" Zheng Yunhui smiled, "It's..."
"I know about that grotto. But isn't that grotto hard to open?"
"Yeah, but they are really going to open it this time. Brother Su, we need to find a way to enter."
Zheng Yunhui's eyeballs spun around as he first looked at Xia Huyou before looking at Wu Lan. He smiled, "Student Wu Lan, you can probably reach the Skysoar Realm after entering the Willpower Grotto. At that time, surpassing Su Yu will no longer be a problem."
Wu Lan looked at him with an odd look and asked, "How do you know that I'm entering that grotto?"
"..."
Zheng Yunhui was stunned. What? Wu Lan couldn't be bothered to give a reply. So he didn't know. Su Yu was astonished. Wu Lan could enter? And she had been informed about the grotto in advance?
Wu Qi suddenly said, "She was guaranteed entry before this, but things might change. Previously, they promised us five slots. But that was before the battle. Now...they might go back on their words."
Su Yu hurriedly asked, "Teacher Wu, they...are the ones opening the grotto?"
"Yeah." Wu Qi did not even look at him as she replied, "The process of opening the Willpower Grotto is a complicated one. And it requires a lot of precious resources. It even needs several Mountainseas working in tandem to maintain its activation. That isn't the difficult part. The most difficult part is the large amount of riversand needed for the activation. That is a very rare resource."
"Riversand?"
Su Yu looked at Xia Huyou inquisitively. Xia Huyou explained, "It's a unique treasure capable of absorbing impurities. It is basically akin to a filter that can filter the impurities out of willpower. And you require a large amount of riversand to activate this grotto. Generally, this resource can only be found in the Luminous Domain Mansion."
In front of them, Wu Qi added on to the explanation, "Of course, the academy has experts capable of opening the grotto if they are willing to spend all their wealth on it. But the thing is, the riversand is very rare."
Su Yu looked at Xia Huyou.
Xia Huyou shrugged, "I can get you a small amount of riversand, but it is too hard to get a large amount of it. This thing is too rare. Most of the time, the riversand would be directly moved into labs, research centers, and high purity willpower production centers the moment some are found."
Su Yu recalled Bai Feng's laboratory. He wondered if he could find some riversand in there.
"In short, it's very difficult to open the Willpower Grotto? And the main restriction is resource availability?"
"Yeah." Zheng Yunhui said, "You need to know that the Luminous Domain Mansion is not a place anyone can go. Every 10 years, only a small number of people can enter. And not everyone can return from that place with riversand. The single character faction has flourished for decades. Because of that, they have been able to send a decent number of people into the Luminous Domain Mansion. Because of that, they have a decent supply of riversand, allowing them to activate this Willpower Grotto. Not everyone else can afford to do the same."
Su Yu helplessly said, "Why even bother telling me this? Do you think they will actually let me enter?"
That was impossible.
Zheng Yunhui said, "That's why you need to find a way to enter! Su Yu, you can't give up on this chance! We should still try fighting for it! Isn't your grandteacher back? Get him to throw a temper tantrum, pick fights with them, and create troubles for them."
Zheng Yunhui continued instigating, "Your grandteacher has just demonstrated his incredible strength, defeating two pseudo Sunmoons in a row. He is even stronger than our principal. Just get your grandteacher to beat them up and force them to give you three to five slots. I will book one of these slots in advance. What do you think about 2,000 merit points?"
"..."
Su Yu looked at Zheng Yunhui. He said nothing. He only maintained a gentle smile on his face. Looking at that smile, Zheng Yunhui felt his scalp go numb. Yes. This guy was a treacherous snake. His instigation was obviously useless against this person.
He coughed awkwardly and said, "We'll call for a meeting of elders! Force them to make a few slots available for those not from their faction! The academy has 42 elders. Less than 30 of them are currently in the academy. As long as we can get half the elders to agree, the single character faction would have no choice but to offer some slots to the public unless they decide to not open the grotto anymore."
Not long after Chen Hao left, the density of the source qi in the air started dropping. The overflow brought about by the death of a Sunmoon was coming to an end.
The death of this one Sunmoon had benefited a decent number of students. The experts weren't able to gain much from this, but the weaker cultivators were able to gain a lot. The more talented one was, the more one would be able to gain.
Beside Su Yu, Xia Huyou inhaled deeply and took in his final strand of source qi and said, "It sure is nice to have a dead Sunmoon. This feels even faster than cultivating in a grotto."
"..."
Su Yu looked at his friend silently. Sure. Maybe he could try getting his dad to kill one Sunmoon per day for his cultivation.
Su Yu stood up to leave as well. Naturally, he couldn't leave without his beloved shield, Xia Huyou. He had given Xia Huyou the cultural art as the protection fee. And he had not intended to use Xia Huyou as the shield only once. After making the payment, he no longer felt any guilt using Xia Huyou as the shield. After all, this was the Xia Family's turf. Who else could he use as protection if not Xia Huyou?
He was just about to leave when two individuals appeared in front of him. Wu Qi was looking at Su Yu with a smile on her face.
Wu Lan had a joyous look as she said in excitement, "Su Yu, my willpower has reached 80 percent full!"
That was actually a fast growth. Previously, she was still at 70 percent. Not long had passed and she had improved to 80 percent. Of course, she was still not as fast as Su Yu. If Su Yu hadn't been spending his time and effort on apertures, he would have probably reached 100 percent acupoint by now.
"Congratulations!"
Su Yu congratulated her. This was really not slow. If she was in any previous batches, she would have probably been one of the best. But since she was in this batch...forget it. Su Yu suspected that there were a few students in his class that were already capable of advancing into the Skysoar Realm. All those people were merely suppressing their advancement.
Wu Lan was about to keep speaking when Wu Qi interrupted her, "You can return with me."
Su Yu's eyes flickered as he nodded, "Thank you, Teacher Wu."
He had seen Wu Qi once during the character tournament. Initially, he didn't know if this would be a friend or an enemy. But after seeing Wu Yuehua fight for the multiple character faction, he knew that the Wu Family was most likely a friend. And Wu Qi had probably asked him to return with her as a form of protection.
Su Yu's senior sister was absent the entire night. He knew that that was most likely due to her willpower injury. Even if Chen Yong knew about this place, he would probably not bring her over since this place wouldn't help her with her injury anyway.
Wu Qi did not waste any time and immediately turned around to leave. Su Yu hurriedly dragged Xia Huyou along as he followed behind Wu Qi. Wu Lan looked at the two curiously. Since when were these two so close?
After walking a short distance, they encountered someone.
Zheng Hong. Zheng Yuming's grandson and Elder Sun's student.
In front of Zheng Hong was a Cloudbreach expert. When he saw Su Yu's group, his eyes flickered before he gave Su Yu a slight nod. He also greeted Wu Qi, "Hello, Teacher Wu."
Wu Qi glanced at him and nodded, not bothering to say anything. The Cloudbreach with Zheng Hong looked at Wu Qi first before looking at Su Yu. He frowned slightly before increasing the pace of his walk. Zheng Hong had an apologetic look as he also hurried away with the Cloudbreach.
Before Xia Huyou could open his mouth, Wu Lan said, "This is not a good person."
"..."
Su Yu laughed. In her eyes, most people were probably bad people. Experience the Magic of Words: Ⓝ()ⓋⒺⓁⒷⒾⓃ.
Seemingly having sensed Su Yu's disapproval, Wu Lan unhappily said, "Was I wrong? He is Elder Zheng's grandson. And Elder Zheng was nearly killed because of you. Yet he can still smile at you? Clearly, he's not a good person!"
"Elder Zheng was taught a lesson by the principal. That has nothing to do with me."
Su Yu smiled, "If Zheng Hong is broad-minded, he would know that this is not my fault. As a cultural researcher, I believe he is able to understand that. That's why he is still friendly toward me."
"Su Yu, you're too dumb. How can you believe that he is broad-minded?"
Wu Lan had a look of disbelief. This guy was so dumb! He actually believed that someone could be broad-minded?
Su Yu laughed, "We're fellow students. We should treat each other with kindness. That's how we can get a happier life in the academy."
Wu Lan snorted disdainfully and faced Su Yu with her nostril. She decided to stop talking with him. Suddenly, she found that he was really stupid. In front of them, Wu Qi continued walking silently. She couldn't even be bothered to join the conversation.
Smiling tiger, a silent dog that bites, a hypocrite...
Did that dumb sister of hers not understand the meaning of those terms?
Just look at how ruthless Su Yu was when he was in a ring. Look at the fates of the single character faction students that had fought him. Was someone like that stupid? Just because he claimed that he was friendly, she believed him?
As they continued walking, someone suddenly joined their group. From far away, Zheng Yunhui's hearty laugh rang out as he said, "Su Yu, Fatty Xia, let's walk together!"
He ran over while shouting.
The moment Zheng Yunhui arrived, he complained, "Why hadn't any of you informed me when something so big was happening? My grandpa was still regretting the fact that I wasn't there. A few Eternal characters were destroyed earlier. If I was there, I would be able to nourish my sea of willpower even if I couldn't absorb anything. That alone would probably be enough to push me to the peak of the Mental Tempering Stage."
Su Yu smiled, "Next time. I'll be sure to call you along the next time something like this happens. As long as you don't mind moving with me."
"Of course I won't." Zheng Yunhui smiled, "Look at our relationship. We are best friends. If you have something good, don't forget your good brother, Zheng Yunhui."
He then spoke with an enigmatic tone, "In fact, I have something good to share right now, brothers! Do you know about the Willpower Grotto? It is going to be activated again! And there are plenty of slots! If we can enter, we might be able to instantly enter the Skysoar Realm! That is an excellent place for cultivation."
Xia Huyou was already aware of that so he did not react.
But Su Yu blanked out as he asked, "Willpower Grotto?"
"Yeah. Don't you know that?" Zheng Yunhui smiled, "It's..."
"I know about that grotto. But isn't that grotto hard to open?"
"Yeah, but they are really going to open it this time. Brother Su, we need to find a way to enter."
Zheng Yunhui's eyeballs spun around as he first looked at Xia Huyou before looking at Wu Lan. He smiled, "Student Wu Lan, you can probably reach the Skysoar Realm after entering the Willpower Grotto. At that time, surpassing Su Yu will no longer be a problem."
Wu Lan looked at him with an odd look and asked, "How do you know that I'm entering that grotto?"
"..."
Zheng Yunhui was stunned. What? Wu Lan couldn't be bothered to give a reply. So he didn't know. Su Yu was astonished. Wu Lan could enter? And she had been informed about the grotto in advance?
Wu Qi suddenly said, "She was guaranteed entry before this, but things might change. Previously, they promised us five slots. But that was before the battle. Now...they might go back on their words."
Su Yu hurriedly asked, "Teacher Wu, they...are the ones opening the grotto?"
"Yeah." Wu Qi did not even look at him as she replied, "The process of opening the Willpower Grotto is a complicated one. And it requires a lot of precious resources. It even needs several Mountainseas working in tandem to maintain its activation. That isn't the difficult part. The most difficult part is the large amount of riversand needed for the activation. That is a very rare resource."
"Riversand?"
Su Yu looked at Xia Huyou inquisitively. Xia Huyou explained, "It's a unique treasure capable of absorbing impurities. It is basically akin to a filter that can filter the impurities out of willpower. And you require a large amount of riversand to activate this grotto. Generally, this resource can only be found in the Luminous Domain Mansion."
In front of them, Wu Qi added on to the explanation, "Of course, the academy has experts capable of opening the grotto if they are willing to spend all their wealth on it. But the thing is, the riversand is very rare."
Su Yu looked at Xia Huyou.
Xia Huyou shrugged, "I can get you a small amount of riversand, but it is too hard to get a large amount of it. This thing is too rare. Most of the time, the riversand would be directly moved into labs, research centers, and high purity willpower production centers the moment some are found."
Su Yu recalled Bai Feng's laboratory. He wondered if he could find some riversand in there.
"In short, it's very difficult to open the Willpower Grotto? And the main restriction is resource availability?"
"Yeah." Zheng Yunhui said, "You need to know that the Luminous Domain Mansion is not a place anyone can go. Every 10 years, only a small number of people can enter. And not everyone can return from that place with riversand. The single character faction has flourished for decades. Because of that, they have been able to send a decent number of people into the Luminous Domain Mansion. Because of that, they have a decent supply of riversand, allowing them to activate this Willpower Grotto. Not everyone else can afford to do the same."
Su Yu helplessly said, "Why even bother telling me this? Do you think they will actually let me enter?"
That was impossible.
Zheng Yunhui said, "That's why you need to find a way to enter! Su Yu, you can't give up on this chance! We should still try fighting for it! Isn't your grandteacher back? Get him to throw a temper tantrum, pick fights with them, and create troubles for them."
Zheng Yunhui continued instigating, "Your grandteacher has just demonstrated his incredible strength, defeating two pseudo Sunmoons in a row. He is even stronger than our principal. Just get your grandteacher to beat them up and force them to give you three to five slots. I will book one of these slots in advance. What do you think about 2,000 merit points?"
"..."
Su Yu looked at Zheng Yunhui. He said nothing. He only maintained a gentle smile on his face. Looking at that smile, Zheng Yunhui felt his scalp go numb. Yes. This guy was a treacherous snake. His instigation was obviously useless against this person.
He coughed awkwardly and said, "We'll call for a meeting of elders! Force them to make a few slots available for those not from their faction! The academy has 42 elders. Less than 30 of them are currently in the academy. As long as we can get half the elders to agree, the single character faction would have no choice but to offer some slots to the public unless they decide to not open the grotto anymore."
