58: Chapter 58 Challenge the Weekly Ranking
At two o'clock on Sunday afternoon, Su Mu, who had been hunting Vicious Beasts for two and a half days straight, finally left the wilderness and returned to the base.
[conversion points]: 6521
Looking at the replenished conversion points on the System panel, Su Mu couldn't help but let out a silly grin.
Just as he stepped into the main hall of Qingyuan Base, a bald man rushed forward.
Seeing a burly, bald man in a suit walking toward him, it would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous.
The internet says people aren't afraid of suit-wearing thugs, but in reality, anyone would feel apprehensive seeing such a person.
Unexpectedly, after the bald man ran up to Su Mu, he dropped to one knee without a word.
"Student Su Mu, it's my fault for not managing my two nephews properly and causing trouble for you and Old Yang. Please, let me off the hook."
Su Mu immediately helped the bald man up, though he already knew in his heart that this must be the Station Master of Qingyuan Base, Bu Yao.
"What are you doing? Who are your nephews?"
Admitting in public that he knew his nephews would be as good as stating that he was the one who killed them.
Seeing that Su Mu didn't want to engage with him, Bu Yao didn't look for trouble. As long as Su Mu returned alive, he would be fine.
He immediately invited Su Mu into his office; apologizing to Su Mu in public just now was merely for show.
Once the attitude was displayed, the goal was achieved.
What? You say the Station Master of Qingyuan Base knelt to someone in public and lost Face?
Are you joking? Is Face more important, or is your life?
The other person's Master is the Spear Saint and an eighth-Rank powerhouse; what else could he do?
In the end, it was a world where the strong were respected.
"Student Su Mu is truly worthy of being the Spear Saint's disciple. A hero indeed comes from the youth."
Su Mu didn't take the casual compliment to heart.
"Station Master Bu, if you have something to say, just say it. I'm in a hurry to catch the bus back to school!"
He had already given Face outside; now that there was no one around, there was naturally no need to continue giving Face.
Bu Yao clearly paused for a moment, obviously not expecting this young man under twenty to change Faces so quickly.
"I was lax in disciplining my two nephews, which caused trouble for Student Su Mu. Although I didn't instigate it, I cannot escape blame.
However, a verbal apology lacks sincerity, so I have specially prepared a small gift for Student Su Mu to calm your nerves."
He then placed a room card on the coffee table and pushed it toward Su Mu.
"Station Master Bu, I am a clean-living student. You can't lead me astray!"
Seeing it was a room card, Su Mu spoke up immediately.
"Student Su is joking; of course it's not what you think.
This is the best suite at our Qingyuan Base. I heard that when Student Su comes to Qingyuan Base to hunt Vicious Beasts, you always stay in the cheapest standard rooms, so I specifically had my subordinates prepare the best suite for your rest.
This room will be reserved for you throughout your four years of university. You can stay whenever you come."
Su Mu picked up the room card, a smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth.
"Since Station Master Bu is so generous, I naturally cannot refuse."
Seeing Su Mu accept the gift, Bu Yao knew that this matter was considered settled.
Only after seeing Su Mu onto the high-speed rail did Bu Yao finally relax.
"I finally managed to send that Little King of Hell away."
If his two nephews were dead, they were dead; it didn't matter as long as he was fine.
...
After Su Mu returned to Modu Ability University, he immediately went to Yang Wendao's villa.
As for why?
Naturally, it was because the old man had sent Su Mu a message.
"Teacher! I'm back. You have no idea, I almost didn't make it back from the wilderness. Fortunately, you acted in time."
He led with a preemptive strike.
‘Thwack!’
He still didn't dodge Yang Wendao's flick to the forehead.
"You brat, you've even learned how to drive the tiger to swallow the wolf. In another two years, will you even dare to use your Master?"
Yang Wendao said irritably.
"Hey! Teacher, how can you call it driving the tiger to swallow the wolf? At most, your disciple was just borrowing the tiger's majesty."
He was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted, and his expression softened.
"Cough cough! You did well enough. When you encounter things you can't handle, you should tell your teacher.
Trying to be a hero will only hurt you.
However..."
Recalling how Su Mu had exaggerated everything when he called him, he ultimately didn't say it.
"Just stick to the facts!"
Su Mu scratched his nose and then changed the subject.
"Teacher! Do you know about S+ abilities?"
After absorbing the chaos thunder pearl, the ability rating on the System had become S+. He still hadn't figured out why there was a rating like S+.
This conflicted somewhat with the current world's ability System.
"S+? Never heard of it. But you should understand that even within the same rating, abilities of the same element have differences in strength.
We generally divide them into Strong S-Rank, Ordinary S-Rank, and Weak S-Rank.
But you've encountered too few S-Rank ability users so far, and no one has told you."
As he spoke, Yang Wendao released his own ability.
It was a type of red lightning.
"Crimson Firmament Divine Thunder, an Ordinary S-Rank ability. Although S-Rank abilities are divided into three levels, the gap isn't actually that large. No one would surrender just because someone else's ability rating is higher than theirs.
Strength is the only yardstick for measuring the powerful."
Yang Wendao suddenly clenched his fist, and the red lightning vanished instantly.
Su Mu was lost in thought. According to his teacher, there were differences in strength even among S-Rank abilities. His current S+ ability should correspond to a Strong S-Rank.
There should still be a step away from SS-Rank, but that step wouldn't be easy to cross. Although the chaos thunder pearl was judged as an S-Rank resource by Modu Ability University, it was actually an SS-Rank resource.
How could it be easy to raise an ability's grade!
Currently, he could only hope that after the System upgraded, there would be treasures that could improve abilities.
"Alright! Thinking about ability ratings now is useless. I had an A-Rank ability until I reached the sixth Rank, and it wasn't until I advanced to the seventh Rank that I found a way to get resources to upgrade it.
You started with an S-Rank ability, so your starting point is already very high. Don't be ungrateful."
Su Mu scratched his head and gave a silly smile.
Yang Wendao continued:
"It's been a week since school started. You should be adapting well enough, right?"
Su Mu didn't speak because he knew Yang Wendao wouldn't specifically ask if he was adapting to school life.
"Even if you haven't adapted, there's no more time for you to. Starting this week, go to the Bailian Tower every week for actual combat.
The minimum requirement for you is the top 20 of the weekly ranking."
In addition to the four large annual rankings for each grade, Modu Ability University also had a weekly ranking that refreshed every week.
Compared to the grade rankings, the weekly ranking were much more chaotic and mixed.
Because the weekly ranking didn't limit grades, meaning a first-year student might be ranked against a third-year student.
First-years were currently at the first and second Rank.
The lowest of the third-years were already at the third Rank.
However, since it was a chaotic and mixed ranking, the rewards were naturally much smaller.
The first place on the weekly ranking only received 5 credits as a reward.
The top students of the second and third years basically looked down on those few credits, and the first-year students didn't have the ability to get involved.
Su Mu calculated in his mind. Currently, his true combat strength was around the Intermediate third Rank. Reaching the top 20 wasn't impossible.
"Alright!"