Chapter 318: Registration Method (3.5k)
“Where on earth have you been? The entire Magic City is spreading rumors of your death.” After a moment of emotion, Dean Zi also recovered from his shock, stepped forward to take the skewers from Su Jiu’s hand, and said with some resentment.
The fact that she went missing mysteriously right after being admitted to the school would surely get him scolded by the principal.
“Wasn’t there a big explosion? I found a secret passage there and swam out through it before the explosion, but I didn’t expect the passage to be so complex. I swam all the way out to the deep sea, and ended up floating in the ocean.” Su Jiu shook the slightly intoxicating low-malt drink in her hand and popped a skewer of stinky tofu into her mouth, answering with a smile.
She hadn’t eaten such unhealthy food for a long time, and every time she ate it, she felt a sense of homecoming.
“Deep sea? That place has Battle King level demons. Were you rescued by someone?” Dean Zi glanced at Su Jiu, who was not concerned about her image, but felt a sense of familiarity. He chuckled and picked up the boxed skewers to eat.
Normally, which of these students would dare to behave like this in front of him? But it was more likely because this student was already excellent to a certain extent, satisfying him greatly.
“Consider it being rescued. Later, I needed to buy the Nine-Transformation Soul-Returning Grass, so I went to the Chuan Yu region. I made a fortune there and managed to gather enough money,” Su Jiu narrated slowly, her tone extremely calm, omitting the various dangers as if they were nothing.
“Sigh, you must have worked hard these past few months… Wait!”
Dean Zi shook his head, found a chair and sat down. As if he had thought of something, he suddenly turned his head and stared blankly at her still youthful face, incredulously saying, “You’ve already gotten the Nine-Transformation Soul-Returning Grass? I remember that thing was sold at a large auction in Flower City, and a Battle King level expert took it. It couldn’t be you, could it?”
“I just got lucky and snatched it. As for Battle King level… that’s just the exaggeration of some unscrupulous media. I’ve just reached the middle stage of Battle General, and can barely fight evenly with an Initial Stage Battle King,” Su Jiu said with a light smile, taking out the herb that resembled a foxtail grass from her storage ring, and then successively took out several other Battle King level herbs and handed them over.
“These are the materials for the medicinal liquid I wanted to refine. If there are any extra expenses, Dean Zi can simply reimburse me.”
She didn’t deny taking the Nine-Transformation Soul-Returning Grass and honestly stated her basic strength, as she still needed to find an opportunity to participate in the world competition later.
“Good, good, good! As expected of the pride of our school.”
Hearing Su Jiu’s words, Dean Zi’s white eyebrows slowly unfurled, and his heart was filled with admiration. He didn’t question why Su Jiu could fight a Battle King, as she had previously displayed a secret technique. He thought she had included this secret technique in her calculations, which was why she won against an Initial Stage Battle King.
“Extra expenses are nothing. It’s just a bit of Long Guo Currency. You are the hero of our Mo University. I won’t accept these things from you, but it will take quite some time, from a month at the shortest to two months at the longest.”
Shaking his head, he then put down the small paper bucket, took those herbs, took out an orange brocade pouch from his pocket and stored the herbs in it.
“Thank you for your generosity, Dean Zi. Time is not a problem.” Hearing that the other party was willing to waive the cost, Su Jiu quickly expressed her thanks. Although Mr. Zichen said it so casually, refining a bottle of such top-tier medicinal liquid consumed a lot of manpower and resources, and it would be difficult to complete without millions.
This was a considerable favor.
“This is nothing… But you, do you really plan to come back just to have me refine medicine?” Mr. Zichen looked at Su Jiu with a smile, clearly hinting at something. Given Su Jiu’s strength in being able to beat up Hu Yang a few months ago, she would be able to perform even better now.
Su Jiu obviously knew what the other party wanted to say, and it was exactly what she wanted. She then smiled and said, “That’s not it, I have another purpose – to participate in the world competition. I just don’t know what method there is to re-register.”
The current academic system probably didn’t have her record, and the list for the world competition had already been submitted long ago, consisting of elites from various universities. Now, if she wanted to register, she could only rely on Dean Zi’s advice.
“That’s not difficult. In two days, there will be an internal competition among our country’s academies. Basically, all confirmed participants will accept challenges from students in the sophomore year and below. You just need to go up and defeat any participating player, and you can replace him on the list.”
Mr. Zichen was still smiling. He clearly trusted Su Jiu’s strength. If she hadn’t been rumored to be dead a few months ago, she would have definitely had a spot on the list of participants. Now, challenging was just to win over the crowd.
“In two days? That’s fine. I don’t have anything to do these few days anyway.”
After a moment of thought, Su Jiu nodded. It was enough time for her to go to the Qi Refining Tower to find the dark attribute and refine it. Although it might not be completely refined at once, at least she could test the power of the Crimson Flame brought by the Crimson Phoenix.
“In this campus internal competition, don’t choose the wrong enemy. Besides Hu Yang, there’s a Battle King level female student in the sophomore year from our school who has also returned from her seclusion as a Dragon Hunter. Her strength is a bit stronger than Hu Yang’s, and she is proficient in various combat methods.”
“Don’t challenge the wrong person.”
Mr. Zichen sounded like an old man, meticulously emphasizing every detail as if he were instructing his granddaughter.
Hearing this, Su Jiu was slightly stunned. She didn’t expect that “One King” wouldn’t be from Imperial Capital University, but rather a senior sister from her own university. Suddenly, she thought that students from other universities were also present, so she had a sudden idea and asked, “Can I challenge students from other schools?”
“Challenge students from other schools?” Mr. Zichen was bewildered by Su Jiu’s rather peculiar train of thought, but he didn’t refuse. After a moment of thought, he said,
“…It’s possible, but I’ll have to make arrangements for you beforehand and notify the other party. After all, the four top-seeded contestants from other schools who will accept challenges also need to save face.”
After all, Su Jiu already had the strength. If she could defeat their top seed, it wouldn’t matter. Mr. Zichen would just give her a spot that was occupied by a weaker contestant.
“Then it’s settled. See you at the competition in two days.”
After discussing some trivial matters, Su Jiu took her leave and headed to the Qi Refining Tower. As for her identity as the top newcomer, Dean Zi’s intention was for Hu Yang to restore it after she defeated him again, but Su Jiu wasn’t particularly concerned about such honors.
Once again, she arrived at the base of the Chinese pagoda-like building. Su Jiu chuckled, shook her head, and went in first. It was during class hours, so there weren’t many people cultivating inside. The administrator also didn’t recognize her as a teacher.
“A top-tier room, for two days.” Amidst a crowd of envious gazes, Su Jiu casually tossed out a black card, which was the auction balance from Flower Language.
The black-clothed teacher in charge of registration looked at Su Jiu, mistaking her for a newcomer. As she registered her, she explained the rules inside. Due to Su Jiu’s issue, a new rule had been added: no forced challenges were allowed during breakthroughs.
“Yes, yes, teacher. Don’t worry, I won’t challenge others randomly,” Su Jiu said to the black-clothed teacher after taking the room card, then turned and walked towards the large pillar.
“I mean, don’t get challenged by others!” Seeing Su Jiu’s disappearing back, the black-clothed teacher was somewhat exasperated. He found that chatting with her was on completely different wavelengths.
Walking through the dark corridor and arriving at the metal arena, Su Jiu glanced at the empty hall. She wanted to find Old Man Xiao, but he was nowhere to be seen. She could only shake her head and went upstairs herself to look for the black substance.
Thinking this, she made a few turns and successfully reached the second-to-top floor. She looked up at the plaque above the door, which read “Tian Zi Hao,” and let out a sigh of relief. She didn’t rush to go into the room to cultivate but started looking for the place where the dark substance was.
This black substance was the purpose of her trip. If she could combine it with the Ghost Car avatar, the damage would increase significantly, which would be very effective against some tough bloodline powerhouses.
“Finally found you.”
Soon, after a few inquiries, Su Jiu found a deeper room door with a bit of black substance attached to its surface. She chuckled and flicked a red flame with her finger, which enveloped it tightly, emitting a “sizzling” sound.
Soon, that bit of black substance turned into nutrients that fed back to Su Jiu’s Ghost Car avatar. She could feel that the progress of the dark corrosive substance within the Ghost Car avatar evolving into extraordinary attributes had reached almost one percent.
Furthermore, as this thing increased, through her powerful mental power, Su Jiu could feel that the strength within her body was also undergoing a subtle growth, albeit very subtle.
Having tasted the benefits, Su Jiu continued back and forth. After an unknown amount of time, people had gradually arrived. Seeing Su Jiu patrolling, some cast surprised glances.
“It’s starting to fear me? My current progress is only over thirty percent, I can only try again later.”
Looking at all the completely clean door handles, Su Jiu nodded, finally satisfied, and entered her small cultivation room.
“The color of the fire has also changed? It seems to have become a bit more sinister now. If you look from afar, you would think it’s just an ordinary fireball.”
After closing the door, Su Jiu slowly raised her hand. A brown flame flickered in her palm, with small black particles in the center as if churning in the flame. It was precisely these that made the flame appear harmless.
Su Jiu tested the power of this new version of the flame and even felt that it could contend with some weaker level two extraordinary flames. She sighed faintly, “Little Black Mud, awesome.” Then, she took out her biggest gain from the previous auction – the Crimson Flame Dragon Egg.
The half-human-tall dragon egg appeared in the small room, and instantly, a scorching heat surged. Su Jiu snapped her fingers, and frost blossoms centered around it, instantly cooling the room.
Just as Su Jiu was contemplating whether to sell the dragon egg for money or to trade it with Hu Ling and her family.
“Whoosh!”
Su Jiu’s “earring” instantly detached and turned into a silver-white dragon, directly biting the Crimson Flame Dragon Egg and making it burst with a “pop.” The scalding crimson scarlet liquid smeared Su Jiu’s entire face. Then, E Huo did a dragon’s breath absorption, and bit by bit, the egg liquid…
“Mama, it’s so delicious (˃ ⌑ ˂ഃ)”
This made Su Jiu’s expression slightly dazed. She watched E Huo gulp down the egg liquid like drinking taro ball bubble milk tea, and her heart turned cold. Before she could fully process her shock, E Huo extended its large tongue and intensely licked away the egg liquid on her face.
“Thank you, Mama~”
Su Jiu twitched her mouth as she watched E Huo, who tilted its head and giggled foolishly. This made Su Jiu not know how to scold it, and she simply considered it as something she raised. If it ate it, so be it; it was just ill-gotten gains…
However, in a corner she didn’t notice, a white scale on E Huo’s back slowly turned crimson. Although very faint, there was a trace of fire element aura emanating from it.
Over the next two days, Su Jiu tried hard to carve inscriptions. Although the effect was not very significant, she managed to carve them onto one of Ice Cicada’s tails.
During this time, she constantly exchanged messages with Doubi Xi. However, the signal was lost yesterday, and the other party didn’t reply to her messages, so she didn’t know what had happened.
Su Jiu then sent another message—
[The clothes are ready today, I’ll go take a look.]
Soon, the agreed-upon time arrived. She could hear the discussions outside from people going to watch the competition. She stretched, tidied up the room a bit, and then smiled and pushed open the door.
“After picking up the clothes during the exhibition matches this morning, it will be time for the challenge segment this afternoon.”
