Chapter 252

Tianhai City, Chiqiong Martial Arts Hall.

"Whoo whoo~"

Time was about to enter December, and Tianhai City, located in a southern city of the Xia Guo, had also begun to cool down, with cold winds howling.

In the deputy director's office on the top floor of the martial arts hall,

At seven o'clock in the evening, Yue Feng, wearing a black suit, with a sturdy build and three-dimensional, rugged facial features, was still handling affairs.

He leaned back in his smart chair, looking at the neon night view outside the window, and suddenly thought of Lin Qi.

"Time has reached December without me noticing."

"Lin Qi and the others entered Cangqiong Shanyu Wuda in July; it's been nearly five months now. With his talent, he should be able to go further."

"They should be holding the National Freshman Competition now; I remember when I was a student, I was also someone who made it into the top 68."

He sat up and began to project and log into the 【Chiqiong Home】 forum to check on the National Freshman Competition.

"Lin Qi was the tenth in the country during the college entrance exam; entering the top 9 in the National Freshman Competition should be no problem."

"Top five is also possible, given his past."

"If he's lucky, advancing to the semi-finals isn't impossible. Then who would dare to question my eye for talent?"

"Hmm? Champion?"

He sat up straight instantly, confirming he hadn't seen wrong, and leaned toward the screen with widened eyes.

He saw that on the hot post on the forum's homepage, it was clearly written that Lin Qi had made history and won the championship.

"Champion, and he won the championship by defeating a genius who awakened a special ability!"

Yue Feng's mouth hung open at once; it's only been five months, where did this come from? What on earth has happened to the world?

The genius he signed actually became the strongest of his cohort?

And he even defeated a genius who awakened a special ability; these words looked too unfamiliar.

At the same time, his heartbeat was also accelerating crazily.

……

Martial Arts Era 2046, November 30th, the last day of November.

The day after the National Freshman Competition ended, the freshmen returned to their normal daily lives.

"Boom!"

At noon that day, Lin Qi got off his black electric bike.

"Beep!"

After passing facial recognition at the entrance, the door opened automatically, and he entered his detached villa.

In the spacious living room, a white lunch box was placed on the dark black tabletop.

Lin Qi sat on the sofa and opened it; an aroma wafted into his nose. It contained a mix of meat and vegetables, the portion was sufficient, and it was the amount of three ordinary boxed meals.

This was the Level 4 nutritional meal he had ordered from the cafeteria.

The raw materials used were the flesh and blood of Level 4 disaster beasts, and the vegetables were also specially cultivated, containing rich nutrients.

"After I broke through to the Third Realm of Skin Refining, my Qi and blood value has been rising constantly, and my appetite has also become larger and larger."

"Level 3 nutritional meals can no longer satisfy my daily needs; I need Level 4 nutritional meals."

Lin Qi ate in large mouthfuls; a Level 4 nutritional meal cost 15,000 yuan, which was not expensive at all for him now.

Because the Qi and Blood Pills he consumed alone cost 250,000 Xia Guo currency, and the skin-refining ointment even cost 1 million Xia Guo currency per jar.

"Master, you have a message!" The blue-clad Xiao Chan projected several text messages that popped up and floated in front of Lin Qi.

Lin Qi's heart stirred; it seemed his rewards had arrived, and he checked them immediately.

【Student Lin Qi, a new month is about to arrive... You performed excellently in the Disaster Beast Trial Tower. Because you are ranked first in the Cangqiong Sixth Academy, we will grant you a bonus of 2 million Xia Guo currency.】

【Because you are ranked first among the freshmen, we will grant you a bonus of 4 million Xia Guo currency.】

【Because you are the first student among the freshmen to pass the third level of the trial, you will receive a bonus of 3 million Xia Guo currency.】

……

Lin Qi's eyes lit up when he saw this; the Disaster Beast Trial Tower was settled at the end of every month, and this time was no exception.

The three bonuses added up to 9 million Xia Guo currency, nearly ten million.

If this continued, in another two or three months, the bonuses he could obtain would exceed ten million. This was even more than the money given by the three major martial arts halls.

The message hadn't ended yet, and he continued reading.

【Student Lin Qi, in the National Freshman Competition, the Cangqiong Sixth Academy where you are located is ranked first among the nine major academies; you will maintain your current status.】

【Student Lin Qi, congratulations on winning the championship in the National Freshman Competition and winning honor for our Cangqiong Shanyu Wuda. You will receive a bonus of 30 million Xia Guo currency!】

【At the same time, to commend you for winning the championship, Cangqiong Shanyu Wuda has increased your cultivation time in the three major buildings by 6 hours each, which will officially take effect today.】

【Spirit Refining Tower: 30 hours/month, Remaining: 6 hours】

【Gravity Room: 27 hours/month, Remaining: 6 hours】

【Disaster Beast Trial Tower: 27 hours/month, Remaining: 6 hours】

……

After Lin Qi finished reading the message, he immediately revealed a smile.

The champion's reward for the National Competition was even more generous than he had imagined.

!

He remembered that entering the semi-finals only had a 10 million yuan reward, but the championship had a full 30 million yuan.

"In the last freshman competition, all kinds of rewards added up to only nearly 30 million Xia Guo currency."

"This time, just the championship alone rewards 30 million yuan, plus the rewards from the Disaster Beast Trial Tower, that's 39 million Xia Guo currency, a little more than last time."

Lin Qi let out a breath; although the rewards were very generous.

But the distance to being able to afford the Water of Regeneration was becoming more and more remote.

Wanting to save up 50 million yuan without affecting his own cultivation was simply too difficult.

In these three-plus months, he had used Qi and Blood Pills, skin-refining ointment, and also had to buy spirit-lifting potions, nutritional meals, and other cultivation resources; money flowed like water.

He now had less than 10 million Xia Guo currency on him.

He only had two paths to take now: either save up slowly, taking two or three million yuan from the Disaster Beast Trial Tower's monthly bonus, and after saving for more than a year, he could almost gather it.

Or, the reward for some major competition would be extremely astonishing, allowing him to quickly gather 50 million yuan.

He was currently taking the first approach, saving slowly; this way, there was more to look forward to.

"Master, a call from Liu Yuanzhang!" The blue-clad Xiao Chan projected a large green screen again.

Liu Yuanzhang, with his large earlobes, appeared on the other side of the video, and he said with a chuckle:

"Lin Qi, I haven't had time to congratulate you on winning the National Freshman Competition championship; you've won glory for our Cangqiong Shanyu Wuda."

"Alright, come to my office in two days; the Dean wants to see you, and there might even be rewards for you!"

Lin Qi felt a shock in his heart after hearing this—the Dean?

Liu Jing was only a deputy dean; the only one who could be called Dean by him was the actual Dean of Cangqiong Sixth Academy, an Eighth Realm expert—Xue Zhou.

Up until now, the only Eighth Realm martial artist he had seen in reality was Deputy Principal Xu Xu Wenji.

The Dean wants to see me?

Curiosity suddenly arose in Lin Qi's heart.

……

At the same time, in a martial arts room of a villa in Cangqiong Sixth Academy.

The rather handsome Yu Jing looked at the screen projected in front of him.

He saw that opposite him was a man with an extremely burly build, shrouded in a coat, wearing a black mask and a black baseball cap, wrapping himself up tightly.

His gaze was fierce, and Yu Jing only felt that he was being stared at by a terrifying wild beast.

"You asked me to monitor Lin Qi's situation... he just won the championship in the National Freshman Competition."

"Not only that, he also mastered a minor divine ability; even S-level geniuses who awakened special abilities are no match for him."

Yu Jing quickly told the other party the situation.

……

(End of chapter)