41: Climbing the charts

780,000 academic credits!

The Mission Hall was silent, everyone staring at the academic credits displayed on the small screen at the window.

"Damn it!"

A senior from the second year broke down, realizing that the academic credits he had painstakingly saved for a year were less than what Lu Yuan earned in three days in the No Mans Land!

"Senior sister, I'd like to pay for one year of independent villa residency all at once," Lu Yuan said.

"Alright."

Under everyone's gaze, Lu Yuan left the Mission Hall and headed to the Independent Villa District.

Independent Villa No. 66.

Lu Yuan looked at his own villa, which had four floors.

The first floor was the living room, and the second floor had a master bedroom and five secondary bedrooms.

The third and fourth floors were empty, and Lu Yuan could have them renovated for free by staff according to his own preferences.

Refrigerators, color TVs, and large sofas were all provided, and the kitchen even had various unopened cooking utensils and tableware neatly arranged, while the bathroom had unopened bathrobes and toiletries hanging.

"It's just too lonely living alone."

Lu Yuan was very satisfied with the independent villa provided by the school, thinking it would be great if a few girls could live with him.

"How extravagant, you're living in a villa not long after enrolling," Tang Jinghui said as he walked in.

"Teacher."

Lu Yuan stood up.

He still respected this teacher greatly; his vast knowledge was one thing, and he also took good care of him.

"Don't waste all these academic credits you've earned; find time to check out the Simulation Room," Tang Jinghui said, placing the good tea he brought on the table.

"Simulation Room?"

"Yes, the Simulation Room can simulate battles between Practitioners and fierce beasts. Every fierce beast has a fatal weakness; even an unarmed ordinary person can hunt a Qi Refining Realm fierce beast."

Tang Jinghui skillfully began to brew tea.

"Of course, the premise is to find the weakness!"

Lu Yuan silently remembered the Simulation Room.

Pengcheng University has many places that provide auxiliary cultivation for students, for example, Fire Attribute Practitioners can achieve twice the results with half the effort by cultivating in the artificial volcano.

And staying in the artificial volcano for one day costs tens of thousands of academic credits!

The Simulation Room is just one of these auxiliary cultivation places, and many areas are waiting for Lu Yuan to explore.

"This is my summary of the weaknesses of different fierce beasts; take a look when you have time." Tang Jinghui took a sip of hot tea and pulled out a thick notebook.

The notebook recorded different races of demonic beasts, subdivided from their races, with some parts specially marked in red.

[Night Blade Leopard, Divine Power Realm fierce beast, can cultivate up to Divine Ability Realm Peak. Its realm is judged by the thickness of its leopard spots.

Night Blade Leopards love to prey on Qi Refining Realm fierce beasts, Bloodtooth Wild Boars. After killing a Bloodtooth Wild Boar, a potent venom can be placed inside its body to lure the Night Blade Leopard to consume it!]

...Looking at the contents recorded in the notebook, Lu Yuan realized the preciousness of this notebook.

However, he didn't act coy and accepted it directly, remembering Tang Jinghui's teachings in his heart.

"You're busy, ask me anytime if you have questions."

Tang Jinghui didn't stay long; he still had many things to do.

For example, perfecting the Puppet Master exclusive advanced Spirit Skill: Mirage Puppet he was researching, so that Lu Yuan could learn to cast it.

"This time there won't be any mistakes!" Tang Jinghui clenched his fist, the scene of his good brother Shen Jun exploding to death appearing in his mind.

With the large number of Puppet Master Spirit Skills provided by Lu Yuan as reference, he was confident in thoroughly perfecting the Mirage Puppet!

After Tang Jinghui left, Lu Yuan closed the door and sat in the living room.

The materials for creating the three great calamities were neatly arranged!

The image of Wind Calamity Feng Chi appeared in Lu Yuan's mind, and he began to create it in an orderly fashion.

Time passed quietly, and in a blink, half an hour went by.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle—

A monster clad in blue armor with huge wings on its back appeared before Lu Yuan!

It was ugly, its neck was about half a meter long, and its face was covered in dense scars!

Crack—

The moment Feng Chi was created, it knelt on one knee before Lu Yuan.

"My blood as a pact, my bones as an inscription; where the king's banner points, even if the eight wastes burn, I shall not retreat half a step!"

"Feng Chi greets Master!"

The calamity, speaking human words to express its loyalty the moment it was created, was something Lu Yuan had already grown accustomed to.

He then began to create Gold Calamity Devouring Army and Fire Calamity Scarlet Skeleton!

Unknowingly, it was already afternoon, and the villa was filled with three different attributes: wind, gold, and fire!

Lu Yuan looked at the recently created Army Devourer and Scarlet Skeleton.

One of the two calamities was clad in shining golden armor, while the other was as vivid as blood!

Compared to the ugly Wind Calamity Feng Chi, Gold Calamity Devouring Army and Fire Calamity Scarlet Skeleton were handsome, appearing in normal human form.

They were burly, much like awe-inspiring generals from ancient times commanding thousands of troops!

"If I pledge allegiance, even if mountains and seas collapse before me, I shall not change my course; even if heavenly lightning tempers my bones, my will shall not break!"

"Army Devourer (Scarlet Skeleton) greets Master!"

"Very good."

Lu Yuan snapped his fingers, and the seven great calamities stood neatly before him, along with over three thousand Puppet Corps.

This power was enough to instantly kill any Xuan Gang Realm Practitioner, and even Divine Power Realm Professionals might not be able to withstand a battle!

[Wind Calamity: Feng Chi]

[SSS-rank Guie]

[Realm: Xuan Gang Realm One Star]

[Spirit Skills: Gale Pursuit, Eagle Eye, Divine Feather Reversal, Rending the Sky...]

[Note: A docile and obedient golden canary revived after being contaminated by a calamity, it loves to disembowel enemies!]

Lu Yuan checked Feng Chi and found that its strongest Spirit Skill reached Earth Tier Advanced, and it could cast over twenty Earth-rank Spirit Skills in total!

Army Devourer and Scarlet Skeleton were similar, possessing a combined total of over a hundred Spirit Skills!

"Let me see your strength." Lu Yuan rubbed his hands together.

Since becoming a Practitioner, he hadn't known where his limits were.

And encountering demons in the No Mans Land was a special circumstance.

Learning about the Simulation Room from his teacher that morning, Lu Yuan decided to go and experience it.

Leaving the villa, with the help of an enthusiastic senior sister, Lu Yuan arrived at the southwest of Pengcheng University, standing at the entrance of an elliptical building.

This was the Simulation Hall for simulating battles with fierce beasts!

Many students were heading to the Simulation Room, all swiping their student IDs to enter using academic credits.

"Junior brother, you must be a first-year student, right? First-year students get one month free, no charge needed."

Seeing Lu Yuan take out his student ID, the sweet-smiling senior sister reminded him.

Free?

Lu Yuan decisively put his student ID back into his pocket. Although he had many academic credits, if he could get something for free, he would definitely take it.

Pengcheng University's purpose in doing this was simple: to let new students experience the benefits of cultivation facilities and encourage them to hunt fierce beasts in the No Mans Land to earn academic credits.

"Junior brother, let me briefly introduce the Simulation Room to you," the senior sister said.

"The Simulation Room has three floors, targeting Qi Refining Realm, Xuan Gang Realm, and Divine Power Realm students respectively. You are a Xuan Gang Realm Practitioner, so you can only go to the second floor."

The sweet-smiling senior sister discerned Lu Yuan's realm.

"I understand." Lu Yuan nodded.

"Mm-hmm, by the way, the Simulation Room has rankings, and the top ten will be rewarded with academic credits."

"However, junior brother, your realm is too low. You can try to challenge the ranking when you break through to Xuan Gang Realm Eight Star or Peak. As long as your ranking doesn't drop, you can receive academic credits every month."

academic credit rewards?

"Senior sister, how many academic credits are rewarded for first place in the Xuan Gang Realm Simulation Room ranking?"

"200,000 academic credits every month!"

"I'll give it a try."

Lu Yuan became interested, wondering if the seven great calamities plus over three thousand Puppet Corps could help him earn those 200,000 academic credits!