159: cooperate

Pengcheng University, female dormitory.

Seeing Lu Yuan and Li Jinxue standing together, the passing students' eyes lit up.

They smelled gossip in the air.

Lu Yuan was known by everyone in the school and was in the limelight; Li Jinxue was no slouch either, only she was famous for her incredibly high beauty.

The term "first love face" seemed tailor-made for Li Jinxue.

Whether in terms of appearance or temperament, Li Jinxue perfectly fit the image of a first love girlfriend, including the fantasies.

"Could it be..." A senior student's tone was both excited and regretful.

She was excited because there was gossip to eat, but regretful because she had once written a love letter to Lu Yuan.

However, Lu Yuan seemed to have no impression of it; she had pretended to bump into Lu Yuan several times, only for him to choose to ignore her.

"It's normal. University is the age for dating, and besides, they are a talented man and a beautiful woman." The students who noticed the pair whispered to each other.

Lu Yuan looked at the map in his hand, lost in thought.

"If the map marks refining materials, you can sell it to the Cangqiong Chamber of Commerce, or to a company that specializes in mining refining materials," Li Jinxue suggested.

He was rich! This time, Lu Yuan was truly rich!

Although Li Jinxue couldn't estimate the specific value of the map, she knew that if Lu Yuan sold it, he would definitely make a fortune!

"Sell it?" Lu Yuan shook his head.

How much money could selling it really be worth? He wanted to mine these refining materials himself; that would be far more profitable than selling the map!

Hearing the implication in Lu Yuan's words, Li Jinxue hesitated to speak.

She felt it was too difficult; after all, Lu Yuan was alone and lacked the support of any force behind him, making it hard to carry out mining operations.

In the independent villa, Tang Jinghui was drinking hot tea.

On the table lay a map marked with colorful symbols.

"You mean to say that Yuan Yongfeng would rather give up the vengeance for his brother's murder just for this map?" Tang Jinghui asked.

As for the Yuan family, a top-tier family in Huaxia, he had naturally heard of them.

Getting confirmation from Lu Yuan, Tang Jinghui interlaced his fingers.

"If you want to reap greater profits from this, I suggest you cooperate with The Authorities," Tang Jinghui pointed out a path.

With so many refining material deposits, mining them alone was simply a fantasy.

First, you need professional machinery; second, the mining site is in No Mans Land and requires a Patrol Team to guard it twenty-four hours a day.

The Authorities? Lu Yuan was lost in thought.

"Ask Old Lao for help and let him make the contact." Tang Jinghui drank the tea in his cup and then leisurely tidied up the tea set.

"I will go with you."

The atmosphere in the conference room remained cold; the other four principals of top universities had already left.

Lao Qiyuan had a splitting headache.

"Qiu Zhenbang has already agreed to let the martial arts instructors from Zhenbang Martial Arts Hall teach the students for free for two months. After two months, we must pay!" Lao Qiyuan said.

They were doing this out of respect for him, and for that, Lao Qiyuan was already very grateful.

As for after two months...

"Money, where are we going to get so much money?" Vice Principal Zhan Shou-zheng sighed.

He personally didn't lack money, but the key issue was that this was a school, and the teaching fees that needed to be paid to Zhenbang Martial Arts Hall were huge.

Creak— The conference room door opened, and Lu Yuan looked at the four sighing Vice Principals.

This time, he didn't take out the map but simply recounted the whole story.

"Refining material deposits, the total mining value is an astronomical figure?" Zhan Shou-zheng's tone was surprised, his feet uncontrollably carrying him to stand beside Lu Yuan.

Immediately after, he used both hands to place Lu Yuan into the chair and started massaging him.

"Principal Lu, is this pressure okay? If it's not enough, I'll increase it."

The Vice Principal of Pengcheng University, Zhan Shou-zheng, who was in the Saint Realm, transformed into a masseur, serving Lu Yuan with all his might.

His eyes were filled with a craving for money!

Lu Yuan accepted it with peace of mind, while the other two Vice Principals also fussed over him.

"Are you cold? Are you hungry? Do you need me to turn the air conditioning up?"

"Principal Lu has been working too hard for the students, he even has dark circles under his eyes. This makes me very ashamed. In the future, I will definitely support the Principal well to serve the students!"

Lao Qiyuan watched coldly from the side, and as he watched, he was amused to the point of laughter.

When he was the principal, he never saw these three say such heartwarming things!

Dark circles? Where did Lu Yuan have dark circles? His face was rosy and he was full of energy. Look at how worried these three were!

"Sell the map to The Authorities?" Lao Qiyuan spoke up.

His line of thinking was the same as Tang Jinghui's; this was the simplest and quickest way to obtain profits.

"What I want is cooperation," Lu Yuan corrected.

The map was in his hands, which meant the initiative was in his hands.

"Cooperation?" Lao Qiyuan knew that Lu Yuan wanted more.

But that would be somewhat cumbersome, and there would be no avoiding messy wrangling and negotiations.

"Old Lao, help me reach a cooperation with The Authorities. I will cover the teaching fees for Zhenbang Martial Arts Hall for the next year," Lu Yuan sat straight in his chair.

The main point was: if there's meat, everyone gets to eat!

Lao Qiyuan did not hesitate and agreed decisively.

"Tomorrow, I will go with you to the Duzhi Division headquarters."

The Duzhi Division, the department in charge of finance in Huaxia.

It was impossible to discuss such matters with the Alliance Leaders; the annual expenditures of the Seven Alliances and One Hall were also distributed by the Duzhi Division!

"I'm exhausted." Han Junchen panted heavily.

"How many fierce beasts did you catch?" Lao Qiyuan asked.

"Four live Xuan Gang Realm fierce beasts, locked in iron cages." Han Junchen drank tea in large gulps.

In order to give Lu Yuan practice, he had to catch live ones.

"Not bad. Later, Lu Yuan will use a cold weapon to kill the fierce beasts, carefully feeling the difference between using a Spirit Skill and a cold weapon to kill a fierce beast." After saying this, Lao Qiyuan left to go to the treasure vault to pick out a suitable high-grade spirit tool for Lu Yuan.

From today on, he would begin preparations to teach Lu Yuan close combat techniques.

"What is your level of Sword Technique?"

The fierce beasts locked in the iron cages frequently let out low roars, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws in an attempt to tear Lu Yuan and Han Junchen apart.

Lu Yuan was unimpressed; they were just Xuan Gang Realm fierce beasts.

With a single Spirit Skill, he could blast a fierce beast of this strength into smithereens!

"Average, just average. My Sword Technique level is just handy."

Although he said that, it wasn't hard to hear the pride in Han Junchen's tone.

"Brother Yuan, in terms of realm, I am not as good as you, but when it comes to Sword Technique..." Han Junchen stood with his hands on his hips, laughing wildly.

"So you think you can win against me in close combat?" Lu Yuan was also laughing.

"Otherwise?" Han Junchen said, standing right next to Lu Yuan.

Before Lu Yuan could unleash a Spirit Skill, Han Junchen was confident he could kill him with one strike.

The Gold Calamity Devouring Army and the blood calamity blood slaughter appeared!

The two calamities stood on the left and right behind Lu Yuan, the golden longsword and serrated chain blade blindingly bright.

Han Junchen's smile froze.

Lu Yuan might not know close combat, but his monsters did!

"Brother Yuan, then why the hell are you practicing sword skills!" Han Junchen complained; the Army Devourer's Sword Technique had reached the Pinnacle.

With Army Devourer protecting him, no one could get close to Lu Yuan!

"Would you ever complain about being too strong?" Lu Yuan asked in return.

"That's true." Han Junchen nodded.

Puchi— As the longsword in his hand pierced into the fierce beast's skull, Lu Yuan looked sharply at Han Junchen.

Just as Lao Qiyuan said, the difference between killing a fierce beast with a Spirit Skill and killing one with a weapon was too great!

Especially when twisting the longsword.

Lu Yuan could even hear the sound of the fierce beast's skull cracking in front of him.

Blood ran down the longsword and stained his arm; Lu Yuan's expression was excited, as if the door to a new world had been opened.

Han Junchen's mouth twitched; he discovered that Lu Yuan had developed a strong interest in close combat.

Looking at the fierce beast carcass dismembered by Lu Yuan, Han Junchen's expression was strange.

"Damn, Brother Yuan wouldn't just surpass me in realm, would he also surpass me in Sword Technique in the future!"