164: Crazy Ideas

The Dean stared at the corpse and said, straight-faced:

"A tall tree catches the wind!"

"Yu Ji can't protect you!"

"I can't protect you either!"

"You're too outstanding; you'll die a terrible death."

Chu Qing nodded.

The Dean let out a long sigh and said:

"Improve your Realm as quickly as possible."

"The higher your Realm, the safer you'll be."

"This Millennial Calamity is terrifying; many, many people will die then."

Chu Qing nodded.

At this point, the Dean continued to study the corpse.

Chu Qing clasped his fists and excused himself.

He chatted with the one-armed Martial Instructor on the fourth floor about the Millennial Calamity.

The one-armed Martial Instructor said, "The Emperor Star is wavering, and Heaven is unleashing murderous intent; there will definitely be rivers of blood and corpses strewn across the land."

"In short, it's very dangerous."

"Fortunately, I'm not afraid."

Chu Qing's eyes lit up, and he clasped his fists in a salute, saying, "Could it be that Instructor has a way to get through it?"

The one-armed Martial Instructor said smugly, "I'll be dead before the Millennial Calamity even begins."

"Naturally, there's no need to be afraid."

That makes sense.

Chu Qing nodded and immediately left.

He chatted briefly with the short-legged Martial Instructor on the third floor, without mentioning the Millennial Calamity again.

Then, he went to the first floor of the Library to log in low-level Cultivation Technique.

"I still lack: palm techniques, leg techniques, and body tempering martial arts."

"I'll first Cultivate all three of these low-level Cultivation Technique to their limit, and then try Intermediate martial arts."

One hour... three hours... ten hours... Chu Qing flipped through all the low-level Cultivation Technique in the Library and logged them into his profession panel.

These low-level Cultivation Technique had little power, simple Moves, and could only Cultivate twenty to thirty Jingu (tendons and bones).

Therefore:

The promotion conditions were simple.

Palm technique promotion — clapping!

Leg technique promotion — kicking!

Body tempering promotion — wall bumping!

As long as he simply repeated the actions, he could simultaneously improve hundreds of Cultivation Technique.

However, he didn't immediately repeat the actions to break the limit of low-level Cultivation Technique.

Instead, he first went to Madam Shi and explained what the Dean had said.

Madam Shi frowned and muttered:

"He makes a good point."

"But, what are your thoughts?"

Chu Qing smiled and said, "I only want resources."

"As long as I have resources, whether it's Prefecture City or Zhou City, it doesn't matter."

Madam Shi said, "Zhou City has the most resources."

"Any student there has hundreds of taels of black gold."

"As for Secret medicine..."

"Madam, what did you just say?"

Chu Qing interrupted Madam Shi, his face excited.

Madam Shi wondered, "Zhou City has many resources."

Chu Qing nodded and said, "The next sentence?"

"Any student there has hundreds of taels of black gold!"

Chu Qing clapped his hands and laughed heartily: "Yes, that's it."

"That's the resource I want."

Madam Shi... was speechless.

"Black gold is good, but it's not as good as bone-refining Secret medicine!"

"That stuff is useless to you."

Chu Qing shook his head and said, "No, black gold is very useful to me."

"I need black gold!"

"Hmm... a lot, a lot."

Madam Shi pondered for a moment, then said coolly, "How much do you need? I'll give it to you."

Chu Qing blurted out, "Seven thousand taels!"

This black gold was for promoting the Black Water Bone Refining Method.

Madam Shi's small mouth slightly opened, and a hint of surprise slowly appeared on her expressionless face.

"Groom... are you treating me like a brainless rich woman?"

Chu Qing... fell silent.

"I can give you a maximum of four thousand taels of black gold!"

"Any more than that and I don't have it!"

Black gold was precious, a currency surpassing gold, and also one of the Materials for forging Advanced weapons.

Even though Madam Shi had connections and abilities, she had only accumulated four thousand taels.

Now, giving it all to Chu Qing made her heart ache slightly.

"Zhou City students have black gold!"

Chu Qing thought it over repeatedly.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Madam, if I go to Zhou City and rob a student, will it cause trouble?"

Madam Shi asked curiously, "Why do you insist on black gold?"

Chu Qing didn't hide it and said, "Black gold helps my Black Water Bone Refining Method!"

Madam Shi was silent for a moment, then said, "If you don't kill anyone, it'll be fine."

"But... you must deal with your opponent in a short amount of time!"

"And, you must hide your identity."

"Otherwise, there will definitely be big trouble."

Chu Qing nodded and said, "I know."

"I want to try it."

Madam Shi thought for a moment and said, "I'll help you investigate the information."

"If you act, I can't go to Zhou City."

"Too many people are watching me."

Chu Qing nodded.

It didn't matter to him whether Madam Shi went or not.

Getting black gold was his own business.

What's more, Madam Shi had already contributed four thousand taels, nearly half of it.

This favor was immense.

Madam Shi went to look for information on Zhou City students.

Chu Qing seized the time to Cultivate.

First, clapping — one hundred thousand times.

Without rush or panic, he finished it in two hours.

Hundreds of low-level palm techniques broke their limits one after another.

365 Golden Tendons trembled in unison.

Next were kicking and wall bumping.

These two actions didn't take much time either.

Especially kicking, which he finished in just over half an hour.

Only wall bumping took more time.

It took a full four hours.

After hundreds of low-level body tempering techniques broke their limits, Chu Qing let out a long breath and eagerly experimented with the bone refining efficiency.

One minute... ten minutes... half an hour... His face showed joy.

"The speed has increased again."

"At this rate, without taking Secret medicine, I can refine one Golden Bone in twenty hours."

"If I take Secret medicine, I can refine one Golden Bone in twelve or thirteen hours, or even ten hours."

"It's truly... amazing."

The past few days had not been wasted.

This made him ecstatic.

"Refine Golden Bone!"

"I must take advantage of the current stable situation to refine more Golden Bone!"

He wanted to go into seclusion to refine Golden Bone, so he told Madam Shi and Madam Jin, then hurried back to the Martial Hall.

What surprised him was:

His dormitory had actually been moved to the fifth floor.

"I didn't participate in the tower climbing competition, so why did they upgrade my floor?"

Chu Qing wondered.

The maids chuckled, "Vice Dean said that although you didn't participate due to circumstances, your strength is very strong, enough to climb the tower."

"Then he just randomly picked an unlucky person, made him go down, and you came up."

Chu Qing nodded, smiled, and didn't pay too much attention to it.

Since he had climbed the tower, the resources would be more abundant.

He looked at the supply list:

He found that there was an additional nourishing ointment.

There were also two more golden incense.

These resources didn't seem like much.

However, they were what other students desperately sought.

Especially the nourishing ointment.

This item, let alone for the Tendons and Bones Realm, was useful to a Martial Artist as long as he hadn't reached the Second Limit.

As for golden incense, it wasn't of much use to Chu Qing anymore.

Burning one would only reduce his bone refining time by about a minute.

It wasn't as good as a top-grade Secret medicine.

But, it was still better than the ordinary bone-refining Secret medicine given by Fortress Lord Wu and the others.

In addition, there was a new follower slot.

Chu Qing knew that many people wanted it.

But, he thought about it and ultimately decided not to find another follower.

"The resources for this slot will temporarily go to Zhao Hongxiu and Lan Lan."

Upon hearing this, the two women immediately showed joy.

"Thank you, Qing Ge!"

The resources for one slot were the same as those for a previous Inner Courtyard student.

It was truly a great stroke of luck for them to receive it.

Especially Zhao Hongxiu.

Her gratitude to Chu Qing was unparalleled.

Without Chu Qing, she, and even her descendants, would have been servants to the Lan family of Wu Fort for generations.

Now, following Chu Qing.

Her status and position had undergone Heaven Flipping changes.

Now, returning to Mantis Martial Hall, her status was even higher than her father, Zhao Wuji.

"Later, I must repay Qing Ge well!"