167: Chapter 167 The top-ranked player's reward has arrived.

Principal Zhu Hexuan of Shenglong University was also surprised when he looked at the dragon ranking.

"He actually made it onto the dragon ranking?"

"Su Lin is indeed a rare talent."

Principal Zhu Hexuan looked at the two clear characters of Su Lin's name on the dragon ranking, then turned around and vanished from where he stood.

"I wonder what the Sword Saint thinks of this..."

In the Sword Qi Universe, the Sword Saint was floating in mid-air, meditating with his eyes closed. Suddenly, a ripple appeared in the empty space, and Principal Zhu Hexuan stepped in softly.

"Sword Saint, apologies for the intrusion."

Upon arriving, Principal Zhu Hexuan bowed and cupped his hands toward the meditating Sword Saint.

"What is it, Hexuan?"

"I wanted to hear your assessment of Su Lin, Sword Saint. It seems he performed quite well in the Secret Realm of Swords this time?"

The Sword Saint nodded upon hearing Su Lin's name.

"He is indeed quite good."

"However, he still needs tempering."

Upon hearing this, Principal Zhu Hexuan immediately raised an eyebrow. It was extremely rare for the word 'good' to come from the Sword Saint's lips. The Sword Saint was known for being strict; even top-tier experts were like school children in front of him. To have the Sword Saint praise him as 'good' meant that Su Lin must have truly satisfied him.

This made Principal Zhu Hexuan quite curious. If not for an urgent matter, he would have entered the Secret Realm of Swords to observe Su Lin's performance himself.

Unfortunately, the Secret Realm of Swords was almost over, and Su Lin had already exited the realm. If he wanted another chance to observe, he would have to wait until next time.

"Sword Saint, would you like to take Su Lin as your disciple? I get the impression that he would very much like for you to be his mentor."

The Sword Saint chuckled and shook his head.

"Me, be his mentor? It has been a long time since I took on a disciple; I honestly wouldn't know how to teach him..."

"Besides, I don't have much time left."

"Let's wait until he returns from the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Races before deciding."

"The Battlefield of Ten Thousand Races!?"

Principal Zhu Hexuan looked up sharply upon hearing this, his eyes filled with confusion.

He had never heard that Su Lin was going to the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Races. Although Su Lin was in the War Academy and would normally go to the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Races to carry out missions in his second year, Su Lin had only just enrolled and hadn't even been there for a month. He would usually have to wait quite some time before going to the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Races.

The Sword Saint immediately saw Principal Zhu Hexuan's confusion and didn't beat around the bush, continuing to speak.

"That kid has quite the ambition and is very bold, so I asked him to go to the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Races to do something for me."

"If he succeeds, I will give him a generous reward. The kid agreed without a moment's hesitation."

"Sometimes I feel like he's just a reckless hothead, but when I think about it carefully, he doesn't seem like one."

Principal Zhu Hexuan suddenly understood. So, going to the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Races was the Sword Saint's idea, and Su Lin had actually agreed straight away?

"This Su Lin! He really doesn't know the immensity of the heavens and the earth!"

Principal Zhu Hexuan said, feeling a bit annoyed. As a genius praised even by the Sword Saint, Principal Zhu Hexuan cherished his talent deeply. However, hearing that Su Lin agreed to go to the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Races without a second thought made him feel that Su Lin lacked rationality and was still too young. He didn't know what kind of huge benefits the Sword Saint had promised to make this young man want to rush straight to the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Races. One had to know that it was a place of true mountains of corpses and seas of blood!

The battlefield was no joke.

Just surviving in that place was already extremely difficult, let alone carrying out a mission assigned by the Sword Saint. Principal Zhu Hexuan didn't even need to think to know that the Sword Saint's mission must be as difficult as ascending to heaven. Although he really wanted to know what the mission was, he knew that even if he asked the Sword Saint, the Sword Saint wouldn't tell him.

"Hexuan, you aren't thinking of stopping Su Lin, are you?"

The Sword Saint suddenly spoke.

"No, being able to execute a mission for the Sword Saint and doing things for the Sword Saint is Su Lin's good fortune!"

"Besides, the Sword Saint has already promised a generous reward upon completion. That would be a tremendous stroke of luck for Su Lin; how could I possibly stop him?"

"Furthermore, we are all adults, let alone the dragons among men in our Shenglong University. If they cannot take responsibility for their own choices, that would truly be a joke."

The Sword Saint nodded, looking into the distance, wondering what he was thinking about. After a long silence, he spoke again.

"Rest assured, even if Su Lin cannot complete the mission, he will not die."

"I feel that this kid has a mandate of heaven upon him."

Su Lin sat in the butler's car. Instead of going straight back to his luxurious VIP supreme room, he headed toward the Martial God Milk Tea Shop.

In the car, Su Lin looked at his phone. His phone had been vibrating continuously with notifications just now. He picked it up to check and realized he had made it onto the ranking.

"dragon ranking, 66th place."

Su Lin looked at the dark gold ranking list; his name was clearly engraved on it. At the same time, he immediately received a transaction notification.

"Congratulations on making it onto the dragon ranking. The freshman leaderboard reward has been settled early and has been deposited into your account."

"Your account has received 5000 credits."

He hadn't expected that the reward credits, which were originally supposed to be settled at the end of the month, would be directly deposited into Su Lin's account now.

This was the credit reward for first place on the freshman leaderboard.

Because within one month, Su Lin had not only reached first place on the freshman leaderboard but also simultaneously reached 66th place on the dragon ranking.

The freshman leaderboard rewards were settled and distributed early, while the dragon ranking rewards would take their place and be distributed at the end of the month.

Moreover, the sheer amount of reward credits surprised Su Lin somewhat.

"First place on the freshman leaderboard rewards 5000 credits a month!?"

"I remember that the thirties only get one or two hundred credits a month..."

He hadn't expected the difference in reward credits between first place and those below to be so vast.

Su Lin looked at his academy account and nodded with satisfaction.

Academy account, account balance: 6900

"I originally only wanted to enter the Secret Realm of Swords to get some treasures; I didn't expect to get so many credits upon coming out."

"Truly killing two birds with one stone, quite good."

"The dragon ranking reward at the end of the month will definitely be even more."

Su Lin smiled slightly. His gains from this trip to the Secret Realm of Swords were not small. Besides the credits, there were the Saint King Grade treasure, the qianxuan space, and not to mention the two sword fruits, which were several times more precious than the qianxuan space.

Moreover, the important thing was that he had also received the Sword Saint's mission. As long as he went to the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Races and killed that Demon Child, he could obtain the Supreme Sword Intent. Now his future path was suddenly clear. As long as he completed the mission and returned, obtained the Supreme Sword Intent, and then took it to Gu Jianhao, the favor he owed Gu Jianhao would be repaid. More importantly, Gu Jianhao would also let him enter a Heavenly King Level treasure land.

Su Lin was still somewhat longing for the Heavenly King Level treasure land described by Gu Jianhao. Like the Sword Saint's Secret Realm of Swords, he couldn't fully control it yet, and there were many things inside he hadn't been able to explore. However, Su Lin was confident that he could take all the good things inside the Heavenly King Level treasure land and then absorb them, at which point his strength would surely increase rapidly by a large margin again.

While Su Lin was constantly envisioning the future, the black business car stopped. The butler professionally opened the car door for Su Lin and helped him get out.

"Lord Su Lin, we have arrived."

Su Lin nodded, then stepped out directly. As soon as he looked up, he saw that familiar sign.

Martial God Milk Tea Shop.

At this moment, there was an endless stream of people entering and leaving, and they were all holding at least one or two cups of milk tea in their hands. There were even quite a few people carrying two large bags of milk tea, as if they were here to stock up on goods.

"Wait for me outside."

"Yes."

Su Lin gave the instruction and then walked straight into the Martial God Milk Tea Shop.