75: Exchange for ambergris, shocked girl

Several important departments at Modu Martial Arts University are open twenty-four hours a day.

He wasn't worried about making a wasted trip at this hour.

Li Ziyu, with his Body Movement fully activated, quickly reached the Material Department located in the center of the campus.

The Material Department's first floor was several thousand square meters in size.

Upon entering, there was a hundred-meter-long, semicircular counter.

Next to the counter were more than a dozen white machines, identical to the ones he had seen when selecting a Battle Skill at the Battle Skill Library.

However, there was a difference.

Behind each machine here, there was a transparent pipe spiraling all the way up to the ceiling.

Although it was evening, there were still many students coming to collect materials.

Li Ziyu found an empty counter.

At the counter, a girl dressed like a student was playing on her phone.

Seeing Li Ziyu approach, the girl's eyes lit up, and she quickly put away her phone, smiling as she said to Li Ziyu:

"Student, you must be a new student who just registered today, right? To exchange materials, just swipe your wristband on the machine."

Li Ziyu hummed in acknowledgment.

As she spoke, the girl proactively stepped forward.

She pointed to the pipe behind the two-meter-tall machine and said:

"After you swipe your wristband, small items will be directly sent down through the pipe, but if it's a large item, it will need to be delivered separately."

"Okay."

Li Ziyu nodded.

It seemed many new students had come to the Material Department to exchange materials today, and this girl was already very familiar with the process.

Looking at the girl's attire, she must have taken on a task to earn points.

The interface was similar to when he selected a Battle Skill.

Various items were categorized and displayed on the screen.

Pills, weapons, equipment, and all sorts of rare treasures that could be used in cultivation were countless.

Not only items needed for martial artists' cultivation, but even some technological products and hot weapons were available.

Li Ziyu even saw RPGs, large-caliber sniper rifles, grenades, C4 explosives, and other large-scale explosives listed.

He checked the sales, and there were quite a few.

And they were surprisingly cheap.

For example, a grenade could be exchanged for hundreds with just one point, almost like they were being given away for free.

"Tsk, in combat against fierce beasts, first use RPGs for long-range saturation fire, then engage in close combat with cold weapons."

"That's a good tactic too."

Li Ziyu sighed.

Against some low-level fierce beasts, explosives could indeed have unexpected effects sometimes.

But he felt that the students exchanging these explosives were probably not using them to deal with fierce beasts.

Sometimes, the school's commissions included many tasks involving combat against people.

Reining in his wandering thoughts, Li Ziyu turned his attention to pills, searched for a while, and found Qi Blood Pill.

However, as soon as he saw the name Qi Blood Pill, he was attracted by another pill next to it.

"Huh? Dragon Marrow Elixir, it seems to be a pill that can also increase Qi and blood."

"And it's several times more effective than Qi Blood Pill?"

Li Ziyu looked at the description of Dragon Marrow Elixir.

However, correspondingly, the price was also several times higher than Qi Blood Pill.

One tube actually cost twenty points!

After thinking for a moment, he called out to the girl beside him.

The girl walked over with a smile, looking at Li Ziyu curiously.

When she heard Li Ziyu's question, the girl smiled and explained:

"Student, you want to buy a pill to increase Qi and blood, right?"

"This Dragon Marrow Elixir can indeed increase Qi and blood, and one tube can be equivalent to the effect of ten Qi Blood Pills, with even better results."

"But it's too expensive, twenty points per tube, it's not something ordinary students like us can afford to use."

"Generally, only those prodigies in their fourth year, after accumulating enough points, will use Dragon Marrow Elixir to boost their Qi and blood."

The girl said with a smile, then looked at Li Ziyu again and advised:

"You're a new student registering, so you should only have fifty points, right?"

"Points are extremely difficult to obtain, and with the strength of new students like you, points won't be credited in the short term."

"I suggest you save your points to cover basic expenses, otherwise, if you run out of points, eating at Modu University might even become a problem."

She was kindly reminding him.

New students who had just registered didn't know the difficulty of acquiring points and were easily dazzled by the dazzling array of materials, prone to impulsive spending.

Just like when she first enrolled.

She directly spent half of her points to buy Dragon Marrow Elixir, which directly led to her being hungry for several months afterward.

"Hmm..."

"I was just complaining that Qi Blood Pill was too slow at increasing Qi and blood; it seems Dragon Marrow Elixir is just right."

Li Ziyu thanked the girl, then turned his gaze back to the screen.

After a moment of contemplation, he directly added ten Dragon Marrow Elixir to his shopping cart.

Then, under the girl's wide-eyed gaze, he raised his hand and swiped his wristband.

With a 'ding', a payment success notification appeared.

"You... are you a senior from the fourth year?"

The girl looked at the notification showing a deduction of two hundred points on the screen, her eyes wide with surprise as she stared at Li Ziyu.

"How do you have so many points??"

"I'm already in my second year, and I haven't even accumulated two hundred points yet..."

The girl clicked her tongue, looking at Li Ziyu with envy.

She had just thought Li Ziyu was a first-year new student.

But seeing Li Ziyu spend two hundred points without batting an eye.

This was simply impossible for a new student, only for a senior from the fourth year.

And he must be a very strong senior from the fourth year, the girl thought to herself.

Li Ziyu chuckled without explaining.

Just then.

Behind the machine, the transparent pipe lit up with a colorful glow, and then a silver-white briefcase slid down the pipe.

After sliding onto the machine.

A small opening slowly opened at the bottom of the machine.

Li Ziyu reached in and took out the briefcase from the opening.

He opened it and took a look.

A puff of cold air escaped, and ten transparent glass tubes containing amber liquid were neatly arranged inside.

The girl beside him watched with an envious expression.

Her beautiful eyes were fixated on the glass tubes containing Dragon Marrow Elixir, almost unable to look away.

It wasn't until Li Ziyu closed the box, turned to leave the Material Department, and said something to her that the girl reluctantly withdrew her gaze.

Looking at Li Ziyu's back as he carried the briefcase, her expression was somewhat envious:

"Sigh, when will I be able to cultivate lavishly with Dragon Marrow Elixir too?"

"Tsk, unfortunately, I can't even think about it before my third year; I can only honestly use Qi Blood Pill."

Just then.

A girl walked up behind her, patted her shoulder, and asked curiously:

"Miss Mei, what are you looking at, so lost in thought?"

"Oh, a senior from the fourth year just came and swiped ten tubes of Dragon Marrow Elixir; I feel so envious."

At this moment, Li Ziyu had not yet left the Material Department.

The girl secretly pointed to his profile and whispered to her companion:

"Oh... Recently, because of the National Youth Martial Arts University League, many seniors from the fourth year have indeed come to exchange for pills that boost Qi and blood."

"I don't know what's different about this National Youth Martial Arts University League, but all the fourth-year students seem to be cultivating desperately."

Her companion was thoughtful.

As she spoke, she followed the girl's finger and looked towards Li Ziyu.

When she clearly saw Li Ziyu's profile, her companion's expression froze:

"Huh, isn't that the very popular new student recently?"

"The top trending post on the school forum right now is discussing him."

"New student? Not a senior from the fourth year? Impossible, right? How could a new student spend two hundred points at once!?"

The girl looked disbelieving, thinking her companion was joking with her.

At this moment, her companion picked up her phone, opened the school forum, and clicked on the hottest post.

She handed it to the girl.

"Shock! First-year new student brutally defeats Mutual Aid Society senior: Is it absolute confidence in his own strength, or a weakening of the Mutual Aid Society's power?

For only 0.5 academic points, you can watch the full video."

"One hundred analyses on how the Mutual Aid Society targeted Li Ziyu, for only 0.5 academic points, you can read the full text."

"One hundred conjectures on when Li Ziyu will back down."

The avatar on the cover was indeed Li Ziyu.

The girl looked at the various posts on the forum, her face blank, utterly bewildered.