Chaotic Sword Emperor

Chapter 78 – Spiritual compensation!

"Dean, these credits..." Su Mu asked excitedly. With the dean's authority, credits couldn't be used arbitrarily. Hua Lingfeng wouldn't be so generous to him, awarding him four hundred credits at once.

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"These credits are Du Shijie's compensation for you," Hua Lingfeng said with a faint smile, then looked at Su Mu and shook his head helplessly. He couldn't believe Su Mu was so happy just because of some money.

"Compensation? That's not bad," Su Mu said greedily, "Then shouldn't Yan Ping give me some compensation too?"

"Uh..." Hua Lingfeng's mouth twitched. Yan Ping had already fainted because of Su Mu, and she hadn't even mentioned compensation. How could Su Mu have the nerve to ask?

"How can you be so shameless?"

Su Mu touched his nose. Who could blame him? This compensation felt so good. But thinking about it, Yan Ping hadn't attacked him like Du Shijie did. In the end, she fainted because of him, so asking for compensation wasn't realistic.

"Alright, make good use of these credits," Hua Lingfeng shook his head and turned to leave.

Watching Hua Lingfeng leave, Su Mu took his school badge and headed towards Wind Spirit Ravine.

Inside the classroom, a map of the Martial House was hanging. Su Mu had already memorized it, so he didn't need to ask for directions. However, he still needed to ask the senior students about the places marked on the map.

Wind Spirit Ravine wasn't within the Martial House's grounds but was located five miles away on a mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, Su Mu took a deep breath, feeling refreshed. Looking up at the mountain, his eyes filled with anticipation.

"Just the concentration of spiritual energy at the foot of the mountain is at least twice as high as other places. The concentration at Wind Spirit Ravine must be ten times higher!"

Wind Spirit Ravine was becoming more and more appealing to him.

As he climbed the mountain, he saw a signpost and quickly reached Wind Spirit Ravine by following it.

Wind Spirit Ravine, as the name suggests, is a ravine between two cliffs. A thick fog-like wind constantly blows through the middle of the cliffs. That wind wasn't ordinary; it was spiritual energy!

Standing at Wind Spirit Ravine, Su Mu looked down at the bottomless cliff and then up at the endless ravine.

To train at Wind Spirit Ravine, one had to descend the cliff. There were many man-made caves on the cliff walls. The lower you went, the higher the concentration of spiritual energy.

"This costs ten credits," Su Mu initially wanted to see how the spiritual energy flowed down and what the scenery was like at the end, but a glance at his school badge made him give up.

Training at the end of the ravine cost ten credits per day, and the credits were deducted immediately. If he went up just to take a look, his credits would be used up in no time!

"Swish!"

Putting away his school badge, he leaped off the cliff.

"Snap!"

He grabbed a protruding rock and looked around. Most of the caves on the cliff walls had people sitting cross-legged, training. He found an empty cave and swung himself into it.

"I hope these five hundred credits will help me break through to the Transcendence Realm!"

"Once I break through to the Transcendence Realm, I can open my second Hidden Vein!"

Full of anticipation, he sat cross-legged in the cave and began to train, frantically absorbing spiritual energy.

...

In Wuhua Palace, the instructors enjoyed much better treatment than those in Wuxing Palace. They didn't live in dormitories; each instructor had their own small loft.

In one of these lofts, Yan Ping lay on a bed, still unconscious. According to the diagnosis from the alchemists in the medical hall, she was fine and just needed to rest.

"Ping'er," Du Shijie walked into the room and sat by the bed. His hair was disheveled, his eyes bloodshot, and he looked utterly defeated.

Hearing Du Shijie's voice, Yan Ping's eyelashes trembled, and she slowly opened her eyes. She had actually woken up earlier but didn't dare to open her eyes. She felt utterly humiliated and didn't want to face anyone.

"Brother Jie!" Seeing Du Shijie, Yan Ping couldn't hold back anymore. She threw herself into his arms and started crying.

"Ugh... I've lost all my face. Brother Jie, what should I do?"

Du Shijie held Yan Ping, his expression gradually turning sinister.

"Ping'er, don't worry. We'll make Su Mu pay for the humiliation we've suffered!"

Yan Ping looked up with tearful eyes, incredulous. "Brother Jie, are you going to kill that beast?"

"No, Brother Jie, if you kill him, you'll be finished too!"

"Don't worry, I won't kill him. Killing him would be too easy for him!" Du Shijie said with a twisted smile. Yan Ping quickly nodded. Killing Su Mu would be too easy on him, and it wasn't worth risking themselves.

"I'll make him wish he were dead!"

"He likes to show off, doesn't he? Let's see him show off then!"

...

In a cave at Wind Spirit Ravine, Su Mu opened his eyes, full of frustration.

"No, the spiritual energy here isn't enough." He shook his head. The energy here was abundant, but not much better than the Ice Spirit Spring. After half a day of training, there was no movement in his Sword Vein's spiritual liquid. It wasn't enough for him.

Gritting his teeth, he left the cave. Now wasn't the time to be stingy with credits. He leaped down again.

"This place isn't enough either."

"This place is barely enough, just barely."

"This place is about right!"

He had descended to about halfway down Wind Spirit Ravine and moved forward a bit. The spiritual energy here was already five times what it was before, enough to meet his needs for quickly condensing spiritual liquid.

"Swish!"

Jumping into a cave, Su Mu took out his school badge and smiled bitterly. Fifty credits had been deducted!

With his current credits, he could only train here for ten days!

"Credits are never enough."

Five hundred credits were a fortune for a new student, but in his hands, it was barely enough.

"Five hundred credits are enough for an early Fate Palace Realm cultivator to train here until they reach the Transcendence Realm. For me, it's barely enough to reach the Transcendence Realm. This is the cost of having a Supreme Fate Palace."

At this moment, Su Mu envied those with Fate Palaces below the tenth grade. Compared to them, he required far more resources. Thinking back to when he was dissatisfied with his Supreme Fate Palace, he couldn't help but laugh at himself. If his Fate Palace were any higher, the resources needed for training would be unimaginable!

In the fifty-credits-per-day area, Su Mu quickly cleared his thoughts and focused on training.

With the Supreme Fate Palace's full training speed, the spiritual energy blowing through Wind Spirit Ravine formed a small vortex, directly entering Su Mu's body!

In a cave below him, an older student suddenly opened his eyes, angrily looking outside.

"What's going on? Where's the spiritual energy? Why can't I draw it in?" Li Kang stood up, his tall frame almost touching the cave ceiling.

"Just one step away from breaking through to the fifth level of the Transcendence Realm, and this happens?" Li Kang walked to the cave's edge and looked outside.

"Hiss!"

"Whoa... damn!"

Seeing the small vortex of spiritual energy entering the cave above him, he was stunned. How monstrous must one's training speed be to form a vortex of spiritual energy?

"Even a tenth-grade Fate Palace can't do that, right? Could it be one of the top twenty prodigies?"

As he was guessing, a letter flew towards him. He caught it and grinned.

"Which instructor needs me to run errands this time?" Opening the letter, his eyebrows raised.

"Du Shijie?"