Chapter 160: Exorbitant Tuition, an Unreliable New Master

It is also possible that Qingshan Martial Arts University is just too poor, which is why they need to collect tuition.

But the corners of Ye Bai's eyes still twitched.

He felt that Haiboxi, Xi Qianxue, and the others were right.

Zui Xiaoyao and Qingshan Martial Arts University are truly unreliable!

"Um, Master, how much is the tuition?"

Ye Bai finally asked with a speechless expression.

He kept comforting himself in his heart.

He chose this Martial University himself, so he had to finish it even if he had to cry!

"It's not expensive, ten thousand per semester..." Zui Xiaoyao said.

"Master, please open your Alipay payment code."

Ye Bai took it even less seriously.

It was just a matter of twenty thousand Great Xia Currency a year.

He could afford it!

"Hiccup, good disciple, you are a bit impatient; your master hasn't finished speaking yet.

The unit for the ten thousand is Merit Points!"

"Do you have two hundred 'small goals' in your Alipay?"

Zui Xiaoyao said suddenly after taking a sip of wine.

"How much?!" Ye Bai's expression changed instantly.

Twenty thousand Merit Points a year.

Over four years of study, that's eighty thousand Merit Points!

He only got fifty thousand Merit Points after winning first place in the Ladder Tournament and receiving a portion of the resources allocated by the higher-ups to the entire Jiangnan Prefecture!

Was he sure this was tuition he was paying?

Or was he helping Zui Xiaoyao pay off that mountain of debt??

"Hiccup, good disciple, you wouldn't be unable to afford it, would you? That shouldn't be; didn't you just win first place in the Jiangnan Prefecture Ladder Tournament?

Even if you obtained the Mending Heaven Stone, a supreme treasure that can upgrade talents, which requires ten thousand Merit Points to use once, you would only need to spend forty thousand Merit Points, leaving you with ten thousand left over, right?"

Zui Xiaoyao said, looking confused at this moment.

So, Zui Xiaoyao had set the price by staring at his wallet?

So it was very likely that only he was being asked for tuition?

Ye Bai suddenly felt a bit of regret.

He felt that being suppressed under Yang Hai's tutelage wasn't something he couldn't accept after all.

Zui Xiaoyao was more than just unreliable.

"Oops, I accidentally said what was on my mind." Zui Xiaoyao finally realized something was wrong and gave a sheepish smile.

"Um, good disciple, why don't you do your master a favor and pay the tuition?" He then continued, showing no sign of repentance and shamelessly saying this to Ye Bai.

Ye Bai was completely numb anyway.

I'm tired, let it all be destroyed!

"Don't worry, your master won't let you suffer a loss!"

"You are currently at the Mental and Martial Dual Fourth-Grade Realm, right? And you probably only know how to break through in Qi and Blood, but not how to break through your Mental Power to the Fifth Grade.

But as long as you pay the tuition today, your master can not only clear up your confusion but even directly help you meet the prerequisites for your Mental Power to enter the Fifth Grade!"

Zui Xiaoyao rolled his eyes and promised solemnly.

"For real?" Ye Bai's eyes lit up.

He truly did not know how to enter the Fifth Grade for Mental Power.

But breaking from the Third to the Fourth Grade of Mental Power required the expensive Nianshen Grass.

Without needing to think, he knew that breaking from the Fourth to the Fifth Grade of Mental Power would be just as difficult.

Asking him to pay ten thousand Merit Points for tuition was impossible.

But if he could spend ten thousand Merit Points to exchange for his Mental Power breaking from the Fourth to the Fifth Grade, he was willing!

"If your master lies to you, I won't be able to drink for three days..."

"Deal!"

"Good disciple, your master really didn't misjudge you; transfer the money!"

"Master, what is your ID on the Martial Artist Association app?"

After another round of conversation, Ye Bai quickly transferred the Merit Points to Zui Xiaoyao.

However...

Zui Xiaoyao then did indeed tell Ye Bai how to let his Mental Power enter the Fifth Grade...

Just like the Third to the Fourth Grade, it required the power of a heaven-sent treasure to undergo the transformation.

Clear Heart Grass!

But Zui Xiaoyao only told Ye Bai this much.

"Your master hears the echo of Immortal Drunk..."

"Time to go drink!"

Then, he simply slipped away.

His figure flashed and appeared in front of the butler who had just brought over a few bottles of wine!

"Give me the wine..." He snatched the Immortal Drunk and started drinking on the spot!

"Master?!"

Ye Bai chased after him, signaling the slightly panicked butler with his eyes that he could leave.

"Good disciple, why have you come?"

"Hiccup, I know, you want to have a couple of drinks with your master, right? Come, come drink!"

"Master, I didn't come to find you to drink; I wanted to ask, what about the Clear Heart Grass..."

"What Clear Heart Grass?"

"Oh, I remember now, the Spirit Medicine needed when one's Mental Power breaks through to the Fifth Grade. Why are you asking about this? You want it?"

"Your Mental Power has only just broken through to the Fourth Grade, what the hell is the use of this thing for you right now?"

Following this, Ye Bai had a conversation with Zui Xiaoyao.

He made the even more astonishing discovery that the master he had just acknowledged was reneging on his word!

He looked exactly like someone who had completely forgotten the promise he made not long ago!

"I shouldn't have thought that swearing a poisonous oath would be of any use..."

Ye Bai's mood instantly became no different from having been screwed by a dog!

Especially as Zui Xiaoyao drank a few more gulps with a "glug, glug, glug" sound.

He suddenly vanished.

Without saying a word, he seemed to have forgotten that Ye Bai was here, and also forgotten that he had just promised Qin Churan he would stay for a late-night snack.

"Master, the fact that he promised to stay for a late-night snack earlier, could it be that it was also just for my Merit Points?"

A more outrageous thought sprouted in Ye Bai's heart.

Could it be that the Admission Contract he signed was also invalid?

Fortunately, after opening the contract to take a look, it indeed had the official seal of Qingshan Martial Arts University stamped on it.

Even if Zui Xiaoyao didn't acknowledge it, he could still enroll at Qingshan Martial Arts University.

"Just consider these ten thousand Merit Points as payment for Qin Ayi's safety..."

He sighed.

Then he sent messages to Li Qingqing and Wang Xiaopang.

Zui Xiaoyao had already stood them up and run off, but Qin Ayi's cooking could not be wasted!

Moreover, he decided to use the Mending Heaven Stone tonight.

And not just to upgrade 【Reset】!

He had long since decided that of the remaining four opportunities provided by the Mending Heaven Stone, three of them would be used on Qin Churan, Li Qingqing, and Wang Xiaopang respectively!

However.

What Ye Bai did not know.

Was that at the exact same time they were devouring their late-night snack inside Wangxing Pavilion No. 38.

In Haicheng.

Inside a gold-and-jade-glistening private Zhuangyuan.

"Hiccup." A figure dressed like a beggar suddenly appeared.

With a wine gourd hanging from his waist and several newly opened bottles of fine wine in his hands, he appeared in the Zhuangyuan and sat directly on the stairs at the main entrance. He poured wine into his mouth with a "glug, glug" sound.

"Security, where is security?!"

"Are you all blind? Didn't you see a beggar sneak into my Shangguan Gege's house? If things get dirty or broken, can you afford to pay for them??"

After an unknown amount of time, an incredibly shrill voice rang out.

It was Bu Chi Xiang Cai, dressed in a maid outfit, having just arrived at the private Zhuangyuan.

Then, because her Shangguan Gege's noble home had actually been dirtied by a lowly beggar, she completely bristled with rage.

"Hiccup, why does it smell so bad... it's like a sewer exploded."

"Oh, so it's because your mouth stinks."

Upon hearing this, Zui Xiaoyao stopped drinking.

With a wave of his hand.

"Pfft."

A streak of Sword Qi instantly pinned Bu Chi Xiang Cai to the ground; at the same time, a portion of the Sword Qi transformed into needles so thin they were invisible to the naked eye, sealing Bu Chi Xiang Cai's mouth shut, layer upon layer!

"You'd better stop talking; I'm worried that your mouth stinks so much, it will contaminate my fine wine~"