Chapter 15: A Mere Bachelor’s Program? Even a Dog Would Refuse It—If I’m Going, I’m Going to Junior College!!

Xiao Xuan immediately remembered that point.

Whether a cultivation art could be sold depended on two things. The first was whether that cultivation art was already being sold online.

Only the first person to upload it would be recognized as the sole owner of that cultivation art.

Anyone who uploaded it afterward would gain nothing from it, even if they were its original creator.

That was why any cultivation art was marked the moment it was created.

In theory, the cultivation arts Mu Xiying had given Xiao Xuan had certainly already been uploaded. But when he thought of how mysterious Mu Xiying was, perhaps she had obtained those cultivation arts from some Mystic Realm.

Otherwise, who would buy so many cultivation arts just to leave them sitting around?

But he quickly dismissed the idea.

If he uploaded those cultivation arts himself, what kind of person would that make him?

Mu Xiying had already gone above and beyond by letting him cultivate them. If he then put those cultivation arts up for sale, would that not mean he had no shame at all?

“It is only three or four million. Am I really going to be stumped by a mere three or four million?”

At worst, I can just go hunt Ferocious Beasts!

The corpse of a Fourth-Tier Grandmaster-level Ferocious Beast has to be worth at least a million, does it not?

If I kill a few of them, then a mere four million will be well within reach.

And while I am at it, I can pick up a few Traits and raise my strength a little more.

The only question is whether I have enough time.

With that thought, Xiao Xuan did not hesitate any longer. He picked up his weapon and headed straight for the door, preparing to go earn some money.

Time was tight. Fourth-Tier Ferocious Beasts were not so easy to find.

“Xiao Xuan, you came at the right time. Come here, I need to talk to you about something!”

But just as Xiao Xuan stepped out of his room, Mu Long called out to him.

“Uncle Mu, what is it?”

Xiao Xuan asked in confusion.

“Didn’t your Sister Ying leave some living expenses behind? I worked it out, and since your college entrance exam is coming up, you also need a better cultivation art and martial skill or two.”

That will give you a better chance in the exam!

Take this eleven million first and go exchange it for a better cultivation art and martial skill!

And do not refuse.

A cultivation art and a martial skill are the most important things for a Martial Artist.

Especially for a young Martial Artist like you, who is only just getting started, it is best to get it right in one step.

Otherwise, switching cultivation arts later will waste a great deal of time.”

Mu Long spoke to Xiao Xuan in all seriousness.

“That is right, Xiao Xuan. Your Uncle Mu and I have enough money for ourselves, and as for Ying’er, there is not much we can do to help her! Right now, you are the important one!”

Su Qian quickly added.

Their words left Xiao Xuan stunned.

In fact, before he had even fully reacted, he saw that eleven million had already been transferred into his account.

If it had only been the ten million Mu Xiying had left behind, he would not have said anything. But eleven million meant that Mu Long had taken out all the money he had saved over the years.

Perhaps that extra one million had been meant for buying cultivation arts for him from the very beginning.

Only after a long while did Xiao Xuan lift his head and see the smiles on Mu Long and Su Qian’s faces.

“In that case, I will not refuse. Thank you, Uncle Mu. Thank you, Aunt Su.”

Xiao Xuan smiled slightly.

There was no need to say anything more.

And when Mu Long and Su Qian saw that Xiao Xuan had accepted it, they smiled as well.

“Oh, right, Uncle Mu. Our martial hall is going into closed-door training for the final month, so I probably will not be coming back during this next month.”

Xiao Xuan suddenly spoke up.

Naturally, he could not say that he was also going to take part in the Hundred-Province Joint Exam!

After all, he was only at the Innate Realm, Second Layer. If he said something like that now, would he not simply become a laughingstock?

“Closed-door training? That is good then. You really must work hard this month! It just so happens that after you buy your cultivation art, you can study it properly as well.”

The college entrance exam is the dividing line of a lifetime. If you can get into a Martial Junior College, your future prospects will be limitless!

Of course, do not put too much pressure on yourself.

Junior college is the goal of the very top geniuses. If you can get into a regular bachelor’s program, that will already be very good!

“Supporting a family in the future certainly will not be a problem!”

Mu Long said with a smile.

He was afraid that Mu Xiying’s overwhelming talent might deal a blow to Xiao Xuan.

“Yes, I will work hard to get into a bachelor’s program!!”

Xiao Xuan replied with a face full of sincerity.

Anyone who did not know better would have thought that getting into a bachelor’s program was his ultimate goal.

A mere bachelor’s program was beneath consideration. Even a dog would refuse it!

His true goal was a Martial Junior College. That was the sort of school real powerhouses attended!

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After leaving home, the first thing Xiao Xuan did was head straight to Blackwater City Airport and buy a plane ticket to the provincial capital of Shanhe Province.

After that, he wandered through the entire airport.

Of course, he was not simply wandering around at random. There were a great many people in the airport.

And where there were people, there were naturally people dropping Traits.

Moreover, there were quite a few of them.

White-rank Fatigued Traits were everywhere.

In just two and a half hours, Xiao Xuan picked up more than three thousand Eco Points!

And with the bonus from the Bloodthirsty Demonic Art burning Essence-Blood every hour, Xiao Xuan’s Eco Points had climbed directly to more than six thousand!

Added to the Eco Points he had accumulated over the ten-plus hours of the previous night, his total Eco Points had now risen to nearly twenty thousand!

And with that many Eco Points, it was enough for him to learn several Seventh-Tier cultivation arts.

“Let me see what cultivation art I should learn!”

Inside one of the airport’s paid cultivation rooms, Xiao Xuan closed his eyes and began searching through all the cultivation arts and martial skills Mu Xiying had given him.

Very soon, he found the primary cultivation art that suited him best.

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【Thunderflame Body-Tempering Art】 (Peak Seventh-Tier! This cultivation art can only be cultivated by someone with both lightning- and fire-type talents!

Body-Tempering Section: It tempers one’s flesh with lightning and flames, thereby rapidly increasing one’s bodily strength and Vitality Value! Upon reaching Beginner, cultivation speed increases by 600%. Each further increase in proficiency raises cultivation speed by another 300%. Upon reaching Great Perfection, cultivation speed increases to 1800%!)

Spiritual Energy Section: It fuses lightning and flames into one’s True Qi, thereby refining Thunderflame True Qi. Strengthening oneself with Thunderflame True Qi can instantly increase one’s bodily strength!

Upon reaching Beginner, bodily strength increases by 300%. Each further increase in proficiency raises bodily strength by another 150%! Upon reaching Great Perfection, bodily strength reaches 900%!)

Eco Points required to reach Beginner: 3000 points

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When Xiao Xuan read the description of the Thunderflame Body-Tempering Art, something suddenly occurred to him.

“Wait. My Bloodthirsty Demonic Art raises combat power by burning Essence-Blood.”

That kind of increase is basically the same as drawing out the potential of my own body.

It seems completely different from directly using True Qi to strengthen my combat power!

A cultivation art like the Bloodthirsty Demonic Art feels more like a Secret Art.

It rapidly raises combat power at the cost of destroying my own body. The difference is that, because I can recycle Negative Traits, I can keep this Secret Art active at all times!

If I stack the Thunderflame Body-Tempering Art on top of that, my normal combat strength will increase severalfold.

Against opponents at the same level, that would be absolute domination.

Of course, the other side could also use a similar cultivation art, but I still have Gigantification!

That means I also have an explosive-type talent. Unless the other side has the same kind of Secret Art to strengthen themselves, they would be several times weaker than me in combat power from the outset!

The difficulty of killing enemies above my level would drop drastically!

At that thought, Xiao Xuan’s eyes lit up at once.

There was also another point. If Xiao Xuan could find a talent that rapidly restored his injuries, then he would be able to increase the circulation speed of the Bloodthirsty Demonic Art by several times, or even several dozen times!

When that happened, the explosion in his Essence-Blood burning speed would not merely increase the speed at which he gained Eco Points.

It would also make his combat power surge dramatically.

“There seem to be quite a few talents like that which can rapidly heal injuries, especially among insect-type species! Once I reach the provincial capital, I can first go look for some of those insect-type creatures and get my hands on that sort of talent before anything else.”

With that thought, Xiao Xuan did not hesitate. He directly spent 3000 Eco Points on cultivating the Thunderflame Body-Tempering Art!

“BOOM!!!”

In an instant, a violent flood of memories surged into Xiao Xuan’s body.

“BOOM!!!”

“CRACKLE!!”

At the same time, lightning and flames erupted from Xiao Xuan’s body.

Those two forces poured wildly into Xiao Xuan’s body and, at astonishing speed, began tempering the Innate True Qi and Vitality within him.