The large amount of food that he had swallowed was completely transformed into the purest form of energy. It unceasingly nourished Li Yao's body, causing each and every one of his dried up cells to once again be filled, powerful, and full of vitality.
"In the next month, I will cultivate like crazy and strive to restore myself to my peak condition. I will definitely do my best in this year's college entrance exam!"
Li Yao clenched his fist and forcefully waved it. The sound of ripping silk suddenly resounded in the air. A faint white ripple appeared where his fist swept and slowly rippled out.
This white ripple caused Ding Ling Dong's eyes to brighten. "You have the confidence to enter the 'Nine Elite Universities'?"
Li Yao was silent for a moment. He clenched his fist even tighter. "My spirit root has been torn. My Actualization Quotient is only left with 7%. If I am given a year, I have the confidence to restore it to 70%. I can even attack 90% and above! However, a month is really too short. Frankly speaking, I don't have the confidence to win. "
"However, even if there is only a 1% chance, I will still use 100% of my effort to fight. Whether I win or lose, I will only know after I try. Giving up without trying is not my style!"
"Very good. I knew it. You are destined to be a member of our Grand Desolate War Institution!"
Ding Ling Dong did not conceal the light of "hunger and thirst" in her eyes. It seemed as if she wanted to swallow Li Yao whole.
Li Yao stared blankly. Deep Sea University had given up on him. Chixiao No. 2 High School had even forced him to quit school. He never thought that Ding Ling Dong would still represent the Grand Desolate War Institution and send him an invitation!
Li Yao was puzzled. "My Actualization Quotient is only left with 7%. In the eyes of the majority, I have become a 'cripple'. Your Grand Desolate War Institution still thinks highly of me?"
Ding Ling Dong looked straight at him and said seriously, "When we first met, I told you that the Federation has a total of nine elite universities. Eight of them nurture cultivators. Our Grand Desolate War Institution … only nurtures true warriors! This is not an exaggeration. This is the foundation of the Grand Desolate War Institution! "
Ding Ling Dong sat down next to Li Yao and told him about the origins of the Grand Desolate War Institution.
Li Yao knew that the Grand Desolate War Institution was extremely different from the other eight elite universities.
The other elite universities, with the exception of the Federation's First Military Academy, were founded by various cultivation sects when the Federation was founded. The purpose of the schools was to nurture cultivators and provide fresh blood for the various cultivation sects.
From the very beginning, they had taken the elite route and belonged to the typical "academic faction".
The purpose of the Federation's First Military Academy was more or less the same — to train cultivators who belonged to the army.
Therefore, these eight universities placed great importance on the cultivation potential of their students, especially their Spiritual Root Actualization Quotient.
The Grand Desolate War Institution was different. The Grand Desolate War Institution was founded in the Demon Beast Wasteland by loose cultivators and civilian martial artists. It was an unorthodox school.
— The northern part of the Federation had over ten million square kilometers of land. Although the natural environment was extremely harsh, with yellow sand everywhere, and the Gobi Desert everywhere, there were abundant resources and crystal mines hidden underground. For hundreds of years, countless adventurers had been attracted to this place to seek gold, settle down, and multiply.
However, this place was the most ravaged region of the Tian Yuan Realm by demon beasts. The number of demon beasts here was no less than that of the Far East Demon Kingdom.
According to the speculations of many experts and scholars in the cultivation world, in the depths of the Wasteland in the far north of the Federation, there existed countless space rifts that led to another world controlled by the Demon Race — the Blood Demon Realm!
The Wasteland was the border between the Tian Yuan Realm and the Blood Demon Realm. Powerful demon beasts and demons from the Blood Demon Realm could enter the Tian Yuan Realm through the space rifts at any time.
The Wasteland became the eternal frontline of the Xing Yao Federation. For hundreds of years, the flames of war had been incessant. It was known as the "Demon Beast Wasteland"!
Although the Union Army was heavily garrisoned in the Wasteland, and the major cultivation sects would form hunting squads to go deep into the Wasteland to slay demons and devils, the Wasteland spanned over a thousand miles. In the end, there were many places that the army and cultivation sects could not reach.
The humans living in the Wasteland could encounter demon beasts at any time. After hundreds of years of elimination, those who were still alive were not undaunted by death. They were courageous and ruthless experts!
Survival of the fittest, survival of the fittest. After fighting with the Demon Beasts for a long time, these experts would also become extremely fierce existences like the Demon Beasts. Even ordinary people with poor aptitudes, after experiencing hundreds of bloody battles and luckily surviving, could also be promoted to become cultivators!
In order to survive, these experts naturally gathered together and passed on their fighting experiences to their own kind.
In the beginning, it was just a very simple "Martial Arts Exchange Meet", "Lectures on Hunting Experience", and other such irregular activities. Everyone would sit together and barbecue demon beast meat while comparing notes on martial arts and exchanging experiences.
Later on, an organization called the "Grand Desolate War Institution" was formed. A portion of experts who had been seriously injured while fighting demon beasts and were no longer fit to go on the battlefield were in this organization. They passed on their martial arts and combat experience to the young people.
After hundreds of years of development and hundreds of years of bloody battles with demon beasts, the number of human experts in the Wasteland grew more and more. Many high-level cultivators even emerged from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. The strength and teaching standards of the Grand Desolate War Institution increased again and again. In the end, they were ranked among the "Nine Elites"!
Although they were also part of the "Nine Elites", the Grand Desolate War Institution still maintained the tradition of being rough, barbaric, and focused on actual combat. When selecting students, their standards were different from the other "Eight Elites".
In order to become a cultivator, one needed to have a Spirit Actualization Quotient of 100% and awaken the spirit root.
However, becoming a warrior did not need to be so complicated. Even if one's Spirit Actualization Quotient was only left with 1%, as long as one could still clench their fists, as long as one's blood could still boil, as long as one could still charge forward without batting an eyelid when faced with the roars of powerful demon beasts … this was enough!
The Grand Desolate War Institution did not cultivate cultivators, only warriors!
Ding Ling Dong stared at Li Yao with her bright eyes and said seriously, "You just woke up.
I still don't know to what extent your body can recover, so I can't give you any guarantees right now. However, please believe in the sincerity of the Grand Desolate War Institution. Student Li Yao, if you agree, I hope to be able to observe your cultivation from a close distance for the next month. I want to further confirm the condition of your recovery. At the same time, I want to strive for favorable conditions for you as much as possible. The time for 'special enrollment' has passed, so it will be very difficult to arrange it again. However, 'preferential enrollment' shouldn't be a problem. I will strive for the highest preferential enrollment quota for you! "
Li Yao was finally moved.
The style displayed by the Grand Desolate War Institution was completely different from that of Deep Sea University.
Ding Ling Dong's body contained a unique charm that was different from Xie Tingxian's. It was the kind of charm that would persevere to the end once a goal was determined. It was a charm that would absolutely not give up halfway.
One could not help but feel their blood boil. They wanted to fight side by side with her and fight to the end!
"How about it, Student Li Yao? I can see the flames in your eyes. You're already moved, right?! If you're a man, then be a bit more straightforward. In the next month, we will work hard together and blast out an unprecedented miracle. We will make those who look down on you regret it! After that, we will enter the Grand Desolate War Institution's Combat Department and become all-powerful warriors. How about it?! "
Ding Ling Dong's passion radiated in all directions. She was completely burning!
Li Yao was also boiling. He suddenly smashed his fist and growled, "Not good!"
"Huh?" Ding Ling Dong blinked her eyes. Her expression was sluggish. "What did you say?"
"Not good. I will not enter the Grand Desolate War Institution's Combat Department." Li Yao very seriously repeated.
Ding Ling Dong's charming face completely collapsed.
"Hey, hey, hey. Student Li Yao, we were eating very happily just now. We were also chatting very congenially. When I introduced you to the glorious history of the Grand Desolate War Institution, the flames in your eyes were also surging. You were obviously very interested, but in the end, you rejected me too straightforwardly!"
"Speculation is speculation. Happiness is happiness. Surging flames are surging flames. However, dreams … can't be used to make a deal!"
Li Yao looked straight into Ding Lingdang's beautiful eyes as he solemnly said, "Sister Lingdang, I am very grateful for everything that you have done for me in the past month. When everyone else was not optimistic about me and had given up on me, only your Grand Desolate War Institution was still optimistic about me. You believed that I was a talent that could be molded. This' belief 'is the most precious and priceless treasure for the current me!"
"The founding history of the Grand Desolate War Institution and the philosophy it adheres to are indeed very much to my liking. You should have read my information. You should know that I was born in the Artifact Graveyard. I was a little scavenger who struggled to survive at the lowest level since I was a child. I am an out-and-out grassroots. People like me are simply born to go to the Grand Desolate War Institution!"
"However, I have always wanted to become a refiner. This is not only my dream, but also my promise to my deceased family!"
"The Grand Desolate War Institution's Combat Department is the strongest in the Federation. I believe that there are many youths who desire to become the strongest warrior. At this moment, they are like me, doing their utmost to chase their dreams and rushing to the Grand Desolate War Institution's Combat Department."
"If I were to give up my dream of becoming a refiner because I was' moved ', because I trusted you, because I had a congenial chat with you, and so on, and unwillingly enter the Grand Desolate War Institution's Combat Department to study … this would be an insult to my dream, an insult to the Grand Desolate War Institution's Combat Department, and even more so, an insult to the millions of students who are cultivating with all their might and yearn to enter the Grand Desolate War Institution's Combat Department!"
"Therefore, it is very regrettable that I cannot choose the Grand Desolate War Institution's Combat Department. My first choice is still Deep Sea University's Refining Department!"
"As for the trust and help the Grand Desolate War Institution has given me, I will engrave it all in my heart. One day, when I become a refiner and make a name for myself, I will absolutely repay everything you have done for me today."
"However, once a dream is set, it must be persevered. No one can change my path!"
Ding Ling Dong quietly listened to him until he finished speaking. Her expression was somewhat lonely. "So determined? You won't even give our Grand Desolate War Institution a 1% chance? "
Li Yao hesitated for a moment.
For some reason, Xie Tingxian's slightly hesitant face and Ding Ling Dong's gorging appearance suddenly flashed in his mind.
Just as he was about to harden his heart and nod his head, Ding Ling Dong laughed heartily, revealing a mouthful of white teeth. "You hesitated. Does that mean I still have a 1% chance? I remember that 'someone' said just now that even if there is only a 1% chance, he will still put in 100% of his effort to fight. After fighting, it doesn't matter whether he wins or loses. However, giving up without fighting is not his style! "
"Very good, very good. That's what I'm thinking. That's what I think too!"
"It doesn't matter if you don't agree now. For the next month, I will stick to you like a piece of sticky candy. The Grand Desolate War Institution will also take out the most attractive preferential conditions and let you thoroughly understand our sincerity!"
"Unless I personally see you fill in the seven words' Deep Sea University's Refining Department 'on the college entrance exam application form one month from now, I will also be like you. I will persevere to the end and will never give up!"
"Why?"
Li Yao really couldn't figure it out. He wasn't a narcissistic person. He really couldn't see what he had that was worthy of Ding Ling Dong being so persistent, not abandoning, not giving up on him!
Ding Ling Dong stood up from the flaming wings. She spread out her arms and lightly tapped her beautiful feet. She swayed as she walked to the front of the Scarlet Flame Battle Shuttle. Relying on her big toe, she stood above a bunch of solidified flames.
Under the illumination of the blood-like setting sun, she was like an absolutely beautiful goddess.
She squinted her eyes and enjoyed the warmth of the setting sun to her heart's content. She was silent for a long time. So long that Li Yao thought she wouldn't answer this question. Only then did she slowly open her mouth.
"Because I see myself in you."
"What do you mean?" Li Yao was completely confused.
But this time, Ding Ling Dong only smiled faintly. No matter how Li Yao asked, she didn't answer.
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