39: Return to school

Over a hundred members of the Demon Race, more than seventy storage rings, and demon cores scattered everywhere!

Lu Yuan picked up a demon core the size of a pigeon egg and examined it.

Killing fierce beasts yields demon crystals, and killing members of the Demon Race yields demon cores. Demon cores can also be used for absorption and cultivation, and their effect is even better than demon crystals!

On the market, demon cores of the same level are two or three times more expensive than demon crystals, which is why Lu Yuan said he struck it rich!

"Do you mean to say that Lu Yuan summoned Hall Master Shen?"

Guo Xuyao was completely confused but roughly understood the situation.

Lu Yuan summoned Hall Master Shen, and Hall Master Shen used an Earth-rank Spirit Skill to instantly kill all the members of the Demon Race!

"Geniuses of this caliber usually have life-saving measures. This is probably a life-saving measure bestowed upon Lu Yuan by Hall Master Shen," Guo Xuyao guessed, feeling fortunate that meeting Lu Yuan had allowed them to escape disaster.

More importantly, the news that the Demon and Monster Races launched a night raid on Aries City could be spread!

"Killing members of the Demon Race doesn't grant academic credits?" Lu Yuan looked at the academic credits displayed on his student ID, which remained at 380,000.

"The student ID calculates academic credits by scanning the corpses of fierce beasts, similar to the wristbands worn during the Martial Examination. The Demon Race is not included."

Li Jinxue stepped forward and said this, looking enviously at the abundance of demon cores in Lu Yuan's hands.

All these demon cores are worth at least fifty to sixty million, plus that one-jin top-grade forging material, the undying stone.

Lu Yuan, at such a young age, was now worth over a hundred million!

However, Practitioners need to absorb demon crystals and monster coress to increase their strength, so Lu Yuan would likely keep them for himself instead of selling them.

"Killed them for nothing," Lu Yuan shrugged.

380,000 academic credits seemed like a lot, but it was only enough to live in a single-family villa for three years, and university lasts four years.

"It wasn't for nothing. As long as you have the demon cores, you can still count them as academic credits when we return to school," Li Jinxue explained.

With their on-site testimonies, plus the demon cores, conservatively estimated, these hundred-plus members of the Demon Race could bring Lu Yuan 300,000 academic credits!

After all, there were twenty Divine Power Realm members of the Demon Race. Killing a Divine Power Realm First Star fierce beast grants 2,000 academic credits, and killing a member of the Demon Race would only be higher!

"680,000 academic credits! Brother Yuan's credits are too exaggerated." Xu Ruicheng was so envious his back molars were nearly ground down. He only had 16,000 academic credits.

"Students of Pengcheng University, fierce beasts and members of the Demon Race could pursue us at any moment. Should we head to Aries City immediately?"

Guo Xuyao, who belonged to the Heavenly Sword Alliance and was an Eight-star Divine Power Realm Practitioner, suggested this, his gaze fixed on Lu Yuan.

Logically speaking, his cultivation realm was higher than Lu Yuan's, as was his age.

But due to Lu Yuan's recent performance, Guo Xuyao subconsciously treated Lu Yuan as a senior.

"Let's go." Lu Yuan nodded.

He was very satisfied with this trip to the No Mans Land.

First, his realm broke through to the Xuan Gang Realm. Second, he gained nearly 700,000 academic credits, as well as a large number of demon crystals and monster coress.

Most importantly, he also obtained a piece of undying stone, the main material for creating the Ten Thousand Bone Legion. It was truly a fruitful harvest!

The group returned to Aries City under the cover of night.

After Guo Xuyao recounted the events, the highest-ranking general in Aries City looked solemn and immediately announced that Aries City was entering the highest alert state.

A piercing siren sounded!

The city gates were tightly shut, Practitioners were only allowed in, not out, the Defensive Array was activated, and the number of soldiers on the city walls increased fivefold!

"Since Brother Yuan killed off that group of Demon Race members, will the Beast Tide still launch a night raid on Aries City?" asked Xu Ruicheng, who was slightly plump. He had forgotten when he started calling Lu Yuan Brother Yuan.

"Whether the Beast Tide launches a night raid on Aries City is not important. What's important is that we know the Demon and Monster Races have been planning something big recently!"

Guo Xuyao said.

"Oh," Xu Ruicheng replied, half-understanding.

"Lu Yuan, you have rendered a great service this time. I will report it to the headquarters when I return," Guo Xuyao said seriously.

Whether it was saving the lives of the five of them or relaying the news of the Demon and Monster Races' night raid on Aries City, Lu Yuan deserved the primary credit!

Lu Yuan waved his hand, indicating it was a small matter, and took the Teleportation Array back to Pengcheng University.

"Brother Yuan, let's go to the internet cafe and play games sometime."

Xu Ruicheng said before parting ways.

"Sure." Lu Yuan nodded.

"I live in the Girls' Dormitory, Room 208. My roommates all went to the No Mans Land to hunt fierce beasts, so I'm alone in the dorm." Du Lingxuan teased her hair, giving a strong hint.

"Sure."

Lu Yuan understood Du Lingxuan's hint.

Li Jinxue didn't say anything, turned around, and left.

After three days and three nights of fierce fighting, everyone was exhausted and desperately wanted a good night's sleep.

Click—

Lu Yuan tiptoed and opened his teacher's door.

Tang Jinghui had already gone to sleep by this time, and since he wasn't in good health, his sleep was light. Lu Yuan often heard his coughing from the master bedroom.

"I'll go to the Mission Hall to exchange for the right to live in a single-family villa when dawn breaks," Lu Yuan thought, lying on the living room sofa.

This was one of the reasons he went to the No Mans Land to hunt fierce beasts and earn academic credits.

Although his teacher didn't mind, claiming he was a bachelor and Lu Yuan could stay as long as he liked, Lu Yuan still wanted to live in a single-family villa, find five or six female roommates, and sing songs and play Mahjong at night to relax his body and mind.

Lu Yuan quickly fell asleep, and when he woke up, he found it was already ten in the morning.

"Why didn't you sleep in your own bedroom?" Tang Jinghui, who was habitually wearing a down jacket and had thin cheeks, sat at the table.

"I was afraid of disturbing Teacher's rest."

Lu Yuan said with a smile, noticing that Tang Jinghui had prepared a hearty breakfast for him.

"I didn't know what you liked to eat, so I bought a little bit of everything." Tang Jinghui adjusted his black-rimmed glasses.

The table was filled with a dazzling array of breakfast items: steamed buns, fried dough sticks, soy milk, and a small bowl of pickled mustard greens.

Pengcheng is near the sea, and seafood porridge is a must-have breakfast item for Pengcheng residents.

"Delicious!" Lu Yuan devoured the food and finished all the breakfast shortly after.

In the No Mans Land, he could only eat compressed rations, which filled his stomach but tasted like chewing wax—nothing compared to the fragrant seafood porridge.

"Xuan Gang Realm. I remember three days ago you were still Qi Refining Eighth Star. It seems this trip to the No Mans Land was quite fruitful." Tang Jinghui said.

"It was alright. I killed quite a few fierce beasts and members of the Demon Race."

Full and satisfied, Lu Yuan lay on the sofa.

"Demon Race?"

Tang Jinghui frowned.

How could there be members of the Demon Race in the No Mans Land? Shouldn't they be staying in the Demon Territory?

Lu Yuan smiled faintly and took out a large quantity of demon cores from his storage ring!

Crash—

Looking at the hundreds of Xuan Gang Realm and even Divine Power Realm demon cores on the table, Tang Jinghui took a long time to recover his senses.

"Don't tell me that with your Xuan Gang Realm strength, you can cross a major realm boundary and kill Divine Power Realm members of the Demon Race, and so many of them at that," Tang Jinghui said.

"Mhm."

Lu Yuan nodded.

Tang Jinghui: "???"

After hearing Lu Yuan's account, Tang Jinghui marveled at the power of the top-grade spirit artifact, which could actually store the Spirit Skills of a God Emperor Realm Expert.

"You were very lucky. You encountered members of the Demon Race, and the one who stored the Spirit Skill happened to be Hall Master Shen of the Hall of Judgment." Tang Jinghui couldn't help but feel a cold sweat for Lu Yuan.

It was truly too dangerous; he almost lost this disciple!

"Teacher, why are Light Attribute Practitioners naturally restrained against the Demon Race?"

Lu Yuan asked.

That Light Attribute Practitioners naturally restrain the Demon Race is common knowledge even children know, but few people know the specific reason.

"Because of Demonic Qi. The Demon Race also has Practitioners. Regardless of what attribute their Practitioners awaken, the Spirit Skills they use are mixed with Demonic Qi." Tang Jinghui unhurriedly sorted the demon cores on the table, placing them into different boxes according to their realm, so Lu Yuan could use them more easily.

"The Heavens are fair. Because of Demonic Qi, the Demon Race is slightly stronger than Human Race Practitioners of the same realm, but the Spirit Skills of Light Attribute Practitioners restrain all members of the Demon Race, regardless of what attribute they awaken!"

Tang Jinghui explained concisely.

Lu Yuan suddenly realized the truth, and a problem that had puzzled him for many years finally had an answer.

Looking at his disciple, Tang Jinghui said something that shocked Lu Yuan immensely.

"Your Ten Thousand Bone Legion is actually the Demon Race, and they use the Demon Race's Exclusive Class—Demon Attribute Spirit Skills!"