Chapter 44: Obtaining Merit (3)

“So… Father is indeed cannon fodder on the battlefield.”

Su Yu was a little worried. It was only a small battle in Nanyuan, but his father faced a battle with Allskies Battlefield.

This wasn’t a small fight here!

“Even if they are in the Soaring Realm, it’s actually nothing much over there. Just Nanyuan alone has seven Soaring Realm experts fighting today, let alone the Allskies Battlefield. I’m afraid that in any random battle, there might be tens or even hundreds of Soaring Realm experts participating.”

“My previous thoughts were too simple. After I join a war academy, even if I have the chance to intern, I’m afraid I won’t be able to do anything. What can a Thousand Pound or a Ten-Thousand Stone do?”

“At the very least, one has to be in the air to be mobile. In the Allskies Battlefield, they can be considered a core force.”

Su Yu thought about many things. In summary, he still needed strength. Moreover, the faster and stronger he was, the better.

“I have to continue using blood essence to activate my cultivation!”

At this moment, he had a total of five drops of blood essence in his hands. Three of them were obtained from the spoils of war, and two of them were exchanged for before the war.

“260,000 Anping Coins, 10 gold coins, 5 drops of blood essence, 5 Body Refining Pills, 7 merit points, one secret manual, one martial skill manual…”

This was all that Su Yu had.

fAmong them, he didn’t need the Body Refining Pills for now. They were only used by those in the Thousand Pound Realm, and their value wasn’t low. The Xia Trading Company sold one for about 30,000 yuan.

“I’ll use the two drops of ironwing bird race’s blood essence to cultivate. Later, I’ll go and exchange for a few more drops… No, I’ll go buy a few more drops. I can’t use all my merit points, so I’ll use them to protect myself.”

He would leave a few drops for self-defense just in case. After all, he didn’t know if the All-Races Sect had people lurking around.

“Continue cultivating!”

Su Yu deeply felt that his strength was weak and couldn’t even be considered cannon fodder. Hence, he no longer hesitated.

During these few days at Liu Wenyan’s place, he didn’t dare to use his blood essence to cultivate. Now that he was back, he didn’t have any qualms.

After swallowing a drop of blood essence, just like before, the origin qi in the surroundings quickly gathered.

The nine apertures emitted a faint glow. The aperture in his right ear vibrated and swelled, showing signs of opening.

Su Yu had spent less than half of the one-hour cultivation time previously.

This time, the duration was longer.

The Origin Gathering Art was used by the ironwing birds to build their foundation. The speed at which they absorbed origin qi wasn’t considered fast. It was precisely because of this that it was suitable for Su Yu who was at this level.

…

About 40 minutes later, Su Yu stopped cultivating.

The right ear aperture didn’t open this time around, but Su Yu had a feeling that if he opened it again, he would have a chance to open the right ear aperture and reach the fifth level of the Origin Opening Realm.

However, his body was a little overloaded. It was probably no longer suitable for him to cultivate today.

“I’ll come back tomorrow and continue to consume blood essence. By tomorrow, I’ll have a chance to reach the fifth level of Origin Opening!”

Su Yu was overjoyed. Fifth level of Origin Opening Realm!

The Origin Opening Realm wasn’t obvious, and it was difficult for ordinary people to detect it. Nanyuan Academy had students at the fourth level of the Origin Opening Realm, but it was unclear if there were students at the fifth level of the Origin Opening Realm. There were some fellows who liked to hide and shock the world with a single brilliant feat during the examination.

In any case, at this stage, there seemed to be no one at the fifth level of the Origin Opening Realm in Nanyuan Academy.

After completing his cultivation, Su Yu finally had the time to study the three drops of essence blood and cultivation art manuals he had obtained.

…

Just as Su Yu was studying this…

Nanyuan Academy, the sky was already dark.

In the teachers’ office.

Chen Hao had been brought here!

This fellow didn’t leave and kept waiting. After the corpse was burned, he dashed immediately to report his merit. Hence… he was sent to the teachers’ office.

The old academy head and Liu Wenyan personally participated in the interrogation!

The old residence’s long nose was crooked from anger. He then asked solemnly, “You killed him?”

“Mn!”

“Do you know that any fraud will be severely punished?”

“I know!”

Chen Hao nodded. He knew this, but A’Yu’s kills… were akin to his kills. It wasn’t considered fraud, so he didn’t feel any pressure.

Moreover, A’Yu had taken his private savings. He exchanged them for this merit.

A’Yu didn’t want this merit, but it would be a pity to waste it. He had spent over ten years’ worth of secret savings to exchange for it. Wasn’t this considered his merit?

Hence, at this moment, Chen Hao was very magnanimous.

(I am not conducting fraud!)

(I even helped A’Yu attract the enemy’s attention. I was also contributed by attracting the attention of two people. I killed a person on average, there is no qualms about that.)

The old academy head looked at Liu Wenyan. Liu Wenyan tugged at his beard so hard that it almost fell off.

It felt like… he wasn’t lying!

The old academy head understood and was a little stunned. He couldn’t tell?

Was Chen Hao a scheming fellow?

It didn’t look like it!

How could a ten-year-old child be so shrewd?

“Tell me, how did you kill him?”

“A’Yu and I were hiding in the canteen when someone suddenly pretended to be a teacher and came in. A’Yu then saw through it and lied to him that there were still people hiding. That fellow foolishly followed A’Yu and I hacked him to death from behind…”

Chen Hao made it sound simple because Su Yu wanted him to make it sound simpler. If it was too complicated, he was afraid that this fellow wouldn’t be able to remember it and make a mistake.

“Su Yu?”

Liu Wenyan asked.

“Mn.”

“Together?”

“Mn.”

“Why did you bring a blade with you? The combat teachers said that you had long since borrowed a real saber…”

“A’Yu said that he broke through to the fourth level of the Origin Opening Realm, but I didn’t believe him, so I followed him to the combat room for actual combat. He said that he wanted to keep a low profile, so he came out to look for a place for actual combat…”

“Fourth level of the Origin Opening Realm?”

The old academy head was surprised. “He’s at the fourth level of the Origin Opening Realm?”

“Mhm, he’s working very hard in his cultivation now. It probably has something to do with Uncle Su going to the Allskies Battlefield.”

The old academy head nodded. He understood a little and wasn’t surprised. It was normal for one to have a breakthrough if they were lucky.

Su Yu was intelligent. He probably didn’t put in much effort to cultivate in the past, so it wouldn’t be considered slow for him to reach the third level.