12: Chapter 12 Resource Subsidies

The atmosphere in the whole class instantly grew tense.

One month in the outside world was only thirty years within the Divine Kingdom.

In thirty years, trying to cultivate a group of primitive subjects to possess extraordinary combat power was extremely difficult.

A male student complained with a bitter face: "My subjects are still mining iron ore, and they haven't even forged a decent saber."

A female student also frowned: "My subjects are only busy planting spirit wheat, leaving completely no time for training."

Zhao Yang slumped over his desk and sighed: "Make my farming subjects go fight? Isn't this just sending them to their deaths?"

Wang Pingan listened to the complaints around him, his fingers gently tapping on the desktop.

One month in the outside world, under the acceleration of the Master of Time, was a full sixty years in his Divine Kingdom.

Sixty years of time.

Coupled with A-Grade Comprehension.

Coupled with C-Grade Spirit Planting.

Coupled with B-Grade spirit objects.

When the Nova Assessment arrived, his Immortal Martial Legion would probably be able to directly crush the entire venue.

The class dismissal bell rang.

Old Li put away his lesson plans and walked down the podium.

When passing by Wang Pingan, Old Li stopped and patted his shoulder.

"Wang Pingan, come with me to the office."

The classmates' gazes all snapped over uniformly.

Wang Pingan stood up and followed Old Li out of the classroom.

The classmates immediately began to buzz with discussion.

"What did Old Li call Wang Pingan to the office alone for?"

"He's definitely going to give him special tutoring, after all, he got an A-plus evaluation."

"I heard the school has a few quotas every year for direct admission to the federation's top universities."

Zhao Yang looked at Wang Pingan's back, his face full of envy.

"This is the treatment of a top-tier Genius."

In the hallway, Wang Pingan followed Old Li into the office.

There were only two of them in the office.

Old Li pulled out a chair and sat down, pointing to the position opposite: "Sit."

Wang Pingan pulled out a chair and sat down, his attitude neither humble nor overbearing.

Old Li looked at him, his gaze complex.

"Wang Pingan, your performance yesterday won great face for the school."

"The principal specifically praised you during the morning meeting."

Wang Pingan remained quiet, waiting for Old Li's next words.

Old Li took out a document from the drawer and handed it in front of Wang Pingan.

"This is a special resource subsidy applied for you by the school."

"Although it can't compare to what your Wang family gave, it can still be considered a little token of the school's sincerity."

Wang Pingan glanced at the document.

It stated a subsidy of one million Origin Force points.

To ordinary students, this was a huge sum of money.

To him, it was barely enough to pay taxes once.

But he didn't show any disdain, picked up the pen, and signed.

"Thank you, teacher; thank you, school."

Old Li nodded with satisfaction.

"You chose Immortal-Martial Dual Cultivation. This path is very difficult to walk, but its future is also very vast."

"During the Nova Assessment, our Tianhai Star belongs to the Xuanyuan Star Region. The entire Star Domain has 17 living planets. It's not just Tianhai Star's one-third of an acre of land; there are also Geniuses from other planets."

"The resources behind them are not worse than your Wang family's."

Old Li's expression turned serious.

"Although you have A-Grade Comprehension, your early-stage combat power takes time to form."

"If you encounter opponents who follow a single path and have strong early-stage bursts, you will easily suffer losses."

Wang Pingan met Old Li's gaze and replied: "Teacher, rest assured, I know what I'm doing."

Old Li sighed softly: "It's good that you know. Go back to class."

Wang Pingan walked out of the office and closed the door behind him.

At the end of the hallway, Wang Tie stood there like an iron tower, his gaze vigilantly scanning his surroundings.

When Wang Pingan returned to the classroom, the discussion in the class hadn't stopped yet, and many people's gazes towards him had changed.

Some were envious, some were curious, and some lowered their heads, afraid of being compared to him.

Zhao Yang leaned over and lowered his voice to probe: "What did Old Li want with you? Did he give you special tutoring?"

Wang Pingan sat back down in his seat, his tone calm: "The school gave a subsidy and incidentally reminded me about the Nova Assessment."

Zhao Yang's eyes lit up: "How much is the subsidy? One hundred thousand or two hundred thousand?"

Wang Pingan glanced at him: "One million."

Zhao Yang was stunned for a long time, finally squeezing out a sentence: "Excuse me, a player with a family background of a hundred thousand like me is not worthy to speak."

Hearing this, the faces of several students around instantly turned complicated.

Just moments ago, they were still bragging about tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of Origin Force points, yet the school alone subsidized Wang Pingan by a million.

And this was just what the school gave.

How much the Wang family gave, they didn't even dare to imagine.

The class bell rang again. Old Li entered the classroom, didn't step onto the podium, but directly waved his hand to open the portal at the back of the classroom.

A light blue light screen expanded, revealing a spacious actual combat simulation room on the other side.

Old Li swept his gaze across the class, his voice heavier: "All of you go in. This class won't cover theory; we're going straight to actual combat."

The students in the class instantly perked up.

After Awakening their Divine Kingdoms, what everyone wanted to see most was whether their subjects could actually fight.

A group of people successively entered the simulation room. The four walls of the room were covered with projected Formation patterns, and a huge sandbox was placed in the middle.

On the sandbox, mountains, plains, rivers, and villages were all readily available. Formation light points flowed within them, capable of simulating different battlefields.

Old Li stood in front of the sandbox, raised his hand to tap the projection, and a huge Divine Kingdom faction chart emerged before everyone.

It was clearly divided into several paths.

Combat Path.

Logistics Path.

Resource Path.

Support Path.

Comprehensive Path.

Pointing at the projection, Old Li cut straight to the point: "The first thing after Awakening is not to blindly buy cards, nor to recklessly expand the Divine Kingdom, but to determine your path."

The class quieted down, and everyone stared at those paths.

Old Li continued to explain: "Ordinary students have few resources, low talent, and a small population. The most stable path is the Logistics Path—farming, mining, animal husbandry, and medicine-making. In the future, by attaching yourself to the strong, you can live quite well."

These words were very realistic, and many students had somewhat unsightly expressions on their faces.

They had just awakened, and everyone felt they had a chance to charge forward.

But Old Li's words directly shattered the fantasies of most people.

Old Li didn't care about sparing their pride, continuing to add: "The Resource Path and Support Path are the same; they are suitable for people whose talents lean towards production. Don't think about fighting in the early stages; only by bringing out your own strengths do you have the qualifications to talk about the future."

Someone couldn't help asking: "Teacher, what about the Combat Path?"

Old Li glanced at that person: "The Combat Path is meant for Geniuses. Resources, Cultivation Techniques, population, training—everything must be poured into it. If ordinary people stubbornly walk this path, they will die the fastest."

The class suddenly echoed with a chorus of low gasps.

Zhao Yang shrank his neck and muttered softly: "Good thing I have a planting talent, selling vegetables ensures safety."

Hearing this, Old Li nodded in agreement instead: "Zhao Yang's way of thinking is very smart. To insist on rushing into the Combat Path with a D-Grade planting talent, that's what you call water in the brain."

Zhao Yang's face collapsed, and several students nearby almost laughed out loud.

But a male student was unconvinced, stood up, and retorted: "Teacher, I don't think it should be decided so early. Comprehensive development is the true kingly way—being able to farm, mine, and fight means you won't be afraid of being targeted."

This male student was Liu Cheng. Yesterday, he awakened a C-Grade Rock-Earth talent, and his family invested over 100,000 Origin Force points into him. He had already bragged about it several times since early this morning.

Another female student chimed in: "That's right, the pure Combat Path consumes too many resources. In case logistics can't keep up, no matter how strong the combat subjects are, they won't last long."

Several students with fairly decent talents nodded one after another.

They were unwilling to admit that they could only take the logistics path, and even less willing to surrender the Combat Path to true Geniuses.