Chapter 65 Sky Academy, Exchanging Military Merits

"Professor Chen, there's no time to explain. Leave here quickly, we still have to save the others."

Chu Han had no interest in wasting time with someone stuck in an academic predicament.

He quickly joined Luo Yue in rescuing the others who had been captured and used his Origin Power to help them wake up.

"Chu Han, I didn't expect that in the end, it would be you who saved us."

Li Yunjian clutched his still-dizzy head and expressed his gratitude to Chu Han.

The other Soldiers were also somewhat dazed after waking up; Li Yunjian took charge of comforting these weary troops.

There were also Professor Chen's two students; they hadn't expected to have a chance to escape with their lives and let out bursts of cheers.

"Quickly, the cave is about to collapse."

Chu Han gave a shout and led everyone away quickly.

Before leaving, at Professor Chen's pleading, Luo Yue burned everything in the laboratory to ashes, which finally set Professor Chen's mind at ease.

The group left the cave and returned outside; everyone felt as if they had narrowly escaped death.

But this joy only lasted a moment before sadness filled everyone's faces.

In this operation, Professor Chen's side lost over eighty percent of its members; most of them died in the Black Stone Mountain Range, with no remains left.

Meanwhile, the rescue team led by Li Yunjian also suffered over fifty percent casualties, and those who died were all the elite forces of Jiangcheng City.

Li Yunjian and the others were filled with grief all the way back; it was the pain of Soldiers losing their comrades.

Chu Han felt the same way.

The group returned to the canyon, met up with several other survivors, and then returned together to the Jiangcheng supply base.

As for Luo Yue, she parted ways with Chu Han and the others while still in the Black Stone Mountain Range.

Chu Han saw Luo Yue off alone; at the moment of parting, Luo Yue gave Chu Han a secret technique.

"This is the secret technique I use. You are also a fire-attribute Martial Artist, so this secret technique should be useful to you."

Chu Han took the secret technique; several large characters were engraved on it: 'Nine Transformations of Heavenly Fire'.

"Thank you, I won't stand on ceremony then," Chu Han thanked her.

"Mhm." Luo Yue nodded and turned to leave.

"By the way, which college of Kyoto Martial Arts University are you a student of? After I finish the Martial Arts Grand Examination, we'll be classmates." Chu Han suddenly called out to ask Luo Yue.

"Sky Academy."

"Sky Academy? How have I never heard of it?" Chu Han frowned.

He had previously looked into the popular colleges of various martial arts universities, and he had some understanding of the various colleges of Capital University, but there was no Sky Academy like the one Luo Yue mentioned.

"Once you get into Kyoto Martial Arts University, you will naturally know the meaning of Sky Academy. Right now, even if you knew, it wouldn't mean anything."

Luo Yue didn't explain much further. She turned to look at Chu Han and said, "I will wait for you at Sky Academy. The next time we meet, I will be stronger."

After saying that, she turned and left.

"Sky Academy? I'll be entering there soon."

Chu Han watched Luo Yue's disappearing figure, a new goal forming in his heart.

Taking the Martial Arts Grand Examination and getting into Kyoto Martial Arts University was not his final destination.

His current goal was Sky Academy.

After parting with Luo Yue, Chu Han met up with the team and returned to the supply base outside Jiangcheng.

Professor Chen and the others were picked up by people from Kyoto Martial Arts University.

Chu Han, however, stayed with the military.

As a Soldier and a member of this operation, he had to stay here to attend the funeral held by the military for the fallen warriors.

When the funeral ended, Li Yunjian settled the military merit for Chu Han. His military merit medal was promoted to Level 3, and he also received 10,000 military merit points.

Subsequently, Chu Han and Li Yunjian arrived at the Military Region treasury.

"You've only been in the military for a month and you've already obtained 10,000 military merit points. Your achievement can be said to be unprecedented and unparalleled."

Li Yunjian, standing to the side, felt a bit envious; even he was somewhat jealous of Chu Han's military merit.

Normally, the military merit points given for ordinary tasks were in the single digits.

Tasks with a slightly higher difficulty only rewarded a few hundred military merit points.

Accumulating over ten thousand military merit points was a height many Soldiers could not achieve even with a lifetime of effort.

This time, Chu Han indeed had the greatest contribution; he was the main force of the rescue mission.

Without Chu Han, the entire team would have been wiped out, and the rescue mission would have failed.

Furthermore, Chu Han had personally killed the leader and most members of the Black Crow Organization, which was equivalent to wiping out a terrorist organization single-handedly; the 10,000 military merit points were well-deserved.

Chu Han followed Li Yunjian through three heavy alloy doors, each guarded by various weapons such as machine guns, high-voltage currents, and lasers.

After passing double verification of fingerprints and retinas, the two finally stepped into the room of the Military Region treasury.

As soon as he entered, Chu Han was stunned by the sight before him.

This room was as large as half a football field, and the shelves all around were filled with various treasures.

Martial Skills, Cultivation Techniques, Medicinal Pills, weapons, special Materials, Heaven And Earth Treasures... even some thermal weapons for use by Martial Artists, such as giant Gatling guns weighing hundreds of kilograms and heavy sniper rifles with barrels over two meters long.

However, these thermal weapons were generally only exchanged by some ordinary Martial Artists in the military.

Chu Han naturally had no use for them.

Not to mention, he already had a B-rank laser gun with an incredibly high level of technology.

"The treasures here are the foundation accumulated by the Military Region over many years. As long as you have enough military merit, you can exchange for anything."

Li Yunjian pointed at the virtual screen on the wall: "You've made a great contribution this time. With 10,000 military merit points plus the twenty percent discount from your Level 3 military merit medal, you can exchange for items worth up to 12,500 military merit points."

"You can also search for what you need on there. Treasures not available here can be transferred from other Military Regions."

After Li Yunjian finished explaining, Chu Han's fingertips swept across the screen.

Information on various treasures kept refreshing, making his eyes blur.

Chu Han's gaze stopped on the weapons column: "An S-rank flame demon battle saber actually only costs 5,000 military merit points. I remember the price of this weapon outside is over 100 million!"

S-rank weapons were generally forged using special Materials and had an Origin Power amplification effect. This battle saber, codenamed Flame Demon, was of the fire attribute.

Using this battle saber to release fire-attribute Martial Skills could increase the power of the Martial Skill by at least twenty to thirty percent.

Compared to this flame demon battle saber, his blood shadow battle saber was trash.

Chu Han was immediately tempted.

Beside him, Li Yunjian said with a smile, "If you've taken a fancy to this saber, I suggest you exchange for it with military merit points. In the Military Region, items like weapons and armor are priced far below the market price."

Chu Han nodded. "I'll take it!"

So he tapped the screen and added the flame demon battle saber to the exchange list.

Then he looked at the 'combat suit' category; a B-rank combat suit's exchange price was only 1,000 military merit points.

An A-rank one was 8,000 points, and an S-rank one required 20,000 points.

Chu Han's current combat suit had been burned to tatters by his blood when he absorbed the phoenix blood vermilion fruit, and it had also taken a heavy blow from the Black Crow Leader before, making it completely ruined.

He just happened to need a new one.

Although a B-rank combat suit wasn't as good as an S-rank one, its advantage was its high cost-performance ratio, and since Chu Han himself had a defense-strengthening talent, it was enough for him.

Finally, Chu Han's gaze landed on the categories for Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills.

He currently didn't lack Cultivation Techniques or offensive Martial Skills, but his movement technique was still the C-rank Spirit Cat Steps.

He planned to exchange for a stronger movement Martial Skill.

His previous battles with the Black Crow Leader and Luo Yue had made him deeply realize the importance of movement techniques.

With a powerful movement technique, even when facing an opponent stronger than himself, he could rely on it to dodge and escape.

His gaze swept across the various movement Martial Skills in the list, finally stopping on an A-rank Martial Skill named 'Flowing Light Phantom Shadow'.

"Flowing Light Phantom Shadow, an A-rank Martial Skill, requires 6,000 military merit points."

Chu Han did the math; his remaining military merit points were just enough.