First High School's Fang Da, Second High School's Xie Feng, and Construction High School's Luo Hai had all fought together with Meng Chao in the wild. The four of them contacted each other during the summer break, and their relationship was pretty good.
It was especially so for Xie Feng. When he faced strangers, his face was cold and he rarely spoke, which made him look very arrogant.
Only after Meng Chao became familiar with him did he realize that he was a chatterbox and a joker.
But Meng Chao was busy with cultivation and did not have time to pay attention to him. He did not expect that Xie Feng would also get into Agricultural University's martial arts course.
"With your marks, you could have gone to Dragon City University's martial arts course. Why did you come to Monster University?" Meng Chao was curious.
"My mom is a researcher in Agricultural University, and I grew up in the faculty housing area. I can be considered a local," Xie Feng said with a smile.
"I'd rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. Dragon City University's martial arts course is definitely the best in the city, but there are too many monsters and prodigies there. The competition is too fierce. If I'm the slightest bit careless, I'll end up at the bottom and get beaten up all day. After a few years, the lecturers won't even know my name.
"Agricultural University's martial arts course is a little less famous, but it has a higher chance of standing out. It's also rich in resources. If you can catch the eye of an ace lecturer, they'll throw a lot of resources at you and turn you into an elite. It'll be much more beneficial than going to Dragon City University's martial arts course.
"Meng Chao, coming to Agricultural University's martial arts course is definitely the right choice. Don't worry, I'm a person who knows how to repay kindness. You provided me guidance during the national college examination and saved my life in the wild, which resulted in you becoming a broken-star superhuman. I'll remember all of this. Next, I'll protect you!"
When he heard his words, Meng Chao's expression turned a little strange. "Um … thank you."
As they spoke, they headed to the martial arts course.
"If you want to stand out in the martial arts course, it's very simple. Choose the best lecturers, use the best cultivation machines, eat the best superbeast meat, and take all sorts of gene medicine and life essence extracted from superbeasts."
Xie Feng talked nonstop. "How can you get the best? It's very fair. You can buy it with money.
"But this money isn't the official currency. It's a voucher known as monster coins."
This rule was the same as the one in the Supernatural Tower.
Meng Chao knew that this was a dual system to prevent superhumans from accumulating astronomical amounts of wealth and disrupting the normal economic order of society.
Xie Feng also told him that universities these days, in terms of size and function, were much more expansive than those on Earth.
They taught students, developed black technology, set up companies to put the black technology to practical use, formed hunting squads, colonization squads, and research squads, worked with the military to fight in the fog … They did everything, and it was a small society formed by superhumans.
In this small society, aside from the logistics workers, all the teachers and students used monster coins.
Monster coins could be used in a wide range of areas. They could be used to pay for meals, lodging fees, the cost of using cultivation equipment, the fees for tutors' lessons, the cost of buying materials for weapons, and even joining special topics or missions. All of them required monster coins.
If they had enough monster coins, they could naturally choose the best tutors and enjoy sumptuous superbeast meals. They could live in luxurious dorms that had their own courtyards and were filled with spirit energy. They could buy divine weapons that could cut through hair, and they could go into the depths of the fog with powerful upperclassmen and ace tutors. While they killed monsters, they practiced amazing martial arts, and their fighting strength would increase by leaps and bounds.
If they did not have money … Heh, they could only eat canned luncheon meat and live in normal dorms that only had around twenty people. They had to stay in one classroom for lectures with more than one hundred students. They could rarely get the attention and guidance from ace tutors, and they could only watch the distance between them and the top students widen.
"If you have money, you can go anywhere in the world. If you don't have money, you can't go anywhere. Look, these are monster coins."
Xie Feng tossed a shiny coin to Meng Chao.
Meng Chao caught it and looked at it. It was a semi-transparent coin made of monster bones.
It was slightly bigger than a button. One side of it had a ferocious monster carved on it, and the other side had the emblem of Agricultural University. There was also the number "100" on it. It looked like an exquisite piece of art.
Meng Chao weighed it in his hand and tossed it back to Xie Feng. "Everyone reports together. How did you get monster coins?"
"If I explain the rules of Agricultural University to the new students, including how to get monster coins, I'll get a certain amount of rewards. I'm the closest to them, so don't be envious. It's not that easy to get one hundred monster coins. I've already explained to ten students this morning, and my mouth is already dry."
Xie Feng opened the water bottle and drank a mouthful of the energy drink that smelled like spirit energy. "Where was I just now? Oh, I was talking about choosing a tutor. That's an incredibly important matter. The outstanding and powerful ace tutors can not only provide guidance when it comes to martial arts, but they can also help the students fight for the most resources and the best missions. They'll definitely allow the students to have a head start.
"Agricultural University's martial arts course is at least one of the top two martial arts courses in the city. Of course, there are a lot of peerless fighters, such as the dean and vice dean of our martial arts and life science department. They're all Deity Realm elites who are above seven stars, especially Dean Zong Yue, whose nickname is Black Tortoise. He has the best defense in Dragon City, and he has the title of Iron Shield Like a Mountain. The two vice deans are White Crane Chen Xianhui and Insect Demon Sun Xin.
"Of course, it's impossible for Deity Realm elites to specially guide freshmen. Only when they are outstanding in university will they be able to apply for postgraduate studies.
"There are two ace tutors who can be chosen by the freshmen. One of them is Cold-blooded Jiang Ming. He's a six-star superhuman at the peak of Heaven Realm. Cold-blooded doesn't just mean that he's merciless. His research direction is cold-blooded animals, and he's skilled in extracting the beast souls of venomous snakes and lizards to strengthen his vitality magnetic field.
"Jiang Ming is an elite of the older generation. He has been teaching in Agricultural University for thirty years, and the outstanding young lecturer who has recently risen to power is Griffin Li Yingzi. She's the successor of the old dean, Black Tortoise Zong Yue. She's in her early thirties, but she has already become a five-star superhuman. Her beast soul fusion has reached perfection, and I heard that she might become the new dean in a decade or so!
"The outstanding students among the freshmen are all sharpening their weapons to get into the good graces of these two lecturers. If they're traditional, they'll choose Cold-blooded Jiang Ming. If they're modern, they'll choose Griffin Li Yingzi. Of course, no matter which one it is, they'll only take in a few students, so they'll definitely have to fight to the death later."
"I see."
A thought appeared in Meng Chao's head. 'Isn't Li Yingzi the author who once published an article about the cultivation of branch meridians together with Gu Jianbo and Zong Ye?
How did her research direction turn into beast soul fusion? '
He thought about it and asked, "Then, have you heard of Mr. Gu Jianbo?"
"Gu Jianbo?"
Xie Feng was a little stunned. He cast Meng Chao a few glances. "Are you thinking about choosing this lecturer?"
Meng Chao frowned. "Is there a problem?"
"Mr. Gu is also a graduate of this university. When he was studying, he was known to be invincible in Agricultural University. Even Griffin Li Yingzi, who's currently in the limelight, wasn't his opponent. The two of them, along with Zong Ye, the son of the old dean, Zong Yue, worked together. They were the iron triangle of the martial arts course, and for a few years, they beat up the monster controller course so badly that they couldn't do anything about it. That was when the martial arts course was at its most glorious."
Xie Feng shrugged. "Unfortunately, being good at cultivation and being good at teaching are two different things. He doesn't seem to have the talent to educate people, and he's also taking an unconventional path. He's researching a brand new fighting style that's whimsical, but he hasn't achieved much. Gradually, he faded into obscurity.
"There are plenty of lecturers who go to lectures, but there's only one personal lecturer. It's very important to your future whether you can ride on a strong enough coattail. You have to be careful."
Meng Chao nodded.
In this era, Blade Dancer Gu Jianbo had yet to shine brilliantly.
He was still fumbling about in the dark, and he needed Meng Chao's help!
"By the way, there's another piece of news."
Xie Feng winked at him. "Mr. Gu and Ms. Li Yingzi were a couple in university. Now, one of them is a celebrity lecturer in Agricultural University's martial arts course, and the other is in dire straits. I wonder how their relationship is now."
As they spoke, they arrived at the martial arts and life science departments.
Agricultural University was surrounded by mountains and rivers. It was also man-made and complicated, and it simulated the terrain of the wild.
When they arrived at the martial arts course, they felt as if they had walked into a deep valley. Of course, the steep mountains on both sides were man-made. They were hollow inside, and they were classrooms and cultivation fields.
At the end of the valley were two towers made of white bones.
When they looked closely, they found that they were made of broken skulls from monsters.
The sturdy skulls shone with a faint metallic luster, and they were covered in cracks left behind by humans when they were slashed or attacked. It was a testament to the strength of the martial arts course.
When they walked past the towers of white bones, they saw a field ahead of them.
At that moment, the field was filled with freshmen.
Due to the shock from the martial arts course's crushing defeat, they were furious. Their spirit tattoos appeared, and spirit flames surrounded them. They looked aggressive.
Among the hundreds of freshmen, the two men and one woman who were fighting against each other at the center of the field had the strongest presence.
"The three of them are the Four Great Kings of this batch of freshmen. Not only are their scores among the top five in the course, they also cleared the most main meridians," Xie Feng introduced them softly.
"The short girl with short hair has a lot of black spirit tattoos around her eyes. They look like smoky makeup. Her name is Sun Ya, and she scored the highest in the martial arts course. Right after she awakened, she cleared seventy-seven main meridians in one go. She has many tactics, and she's very agile. She's really difficult to deal with.
"The tall boy with the bulging muscles beside her is Duan Lian. He scored second in the national college examination and cleared sixty-five main meridians. He's tough, and he can fight head-on. If you go up against him, don't fight head-on against him. His HP bar is at least five times longer than yours!
"That tall and thin boy with a very curved nose and thin lips. He looks like he has two sabers on his face. That's Jiang Rui. He's ranked fourth in the national college examination. He cleared sixty main meridians, and the main meridians in his lower limbs are more than 90% clear. That's why his speed and jumping strength are really ridiculous. His kicking technique is like a whirlwind that can sweep up sabers and swords. Once someone is bound and killed by his legs, Sun Ya and Duan Lian won't be able to escape easily. The other students won't be able to fight against him either, so they might as well run. Wait, there aren't many people who can run before Jiang Rui!"
Meng Chao nodded.
Sun Ya, Duan Lian, and Jiang Rui would be his classmates, comrades, and competitors in the future.
If he wanted to make the Ultimate Style shine, he would have to use the truth to convince these students or beat them into submission.
"Wait," Meng Chao asked.
"Since they're the Four Great Kings, why are there only three of them?"
"They insist that it's me," Xie Feng said, feeling a little embarrassed.
"I'm ranked fifth in the national college examination, and I've cleared sixty main meridians. They're mainly in my arms, so I have some fighting strength."
"…"
Meng Chao cast him a glance. "Xie Feng, you sure are putting on an act!"
"You're flattering me. I'm just a busybody flattering me." Xie Feng swung his arm, and spirit tattoos appeared on it. The flowery patterns flowed faintly, and he looked like a delinquent.
"Wait a little longer," Meng Chao said.
"Since the Four Great Kings are ranked fifth in the national college examination, there's another person among the top five. He's ranked third in the national college examination. Why aren't you introducing him?"
"Um …" Xie Feng's expression was strange.
"Could it be that he has high scores but low abilities, so he can't fight at all?" Meng Chao was puzzled.
"Don't talk about yourself like that," Xie Feng said awkwardly.
Xie Feng said awkwardly, "You're ranked third in the national college examination. But everyone saw the news and your interview. They know that you reached a breakthrough in the battlefield and your main meridians were damaged. You're a broken-star superhuman, so they didn't count you in."
"Huh?"
"Don't worry. It's fine even if we can't fight. I'm one of the Four Great Kings in our course, so everyone will show me some respect. I'll definitely protect you."
Xie Feng patted Meng Chao's shoulder seriously. "If you're wronged, don't hide it. Just tell me, and I'll help you!"
"…"
Meng Chao did not know whether he should laugh or cry. "Thank you, Xie Feng, but you should know something."
Xie Feng was a little stunned. "What is it?"
"There are five of the Four Great Kings, and the fifth is the strongest. This is common sense!" Meng Chao strode to the center of the field.
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