When Earth Awakened, I Became a Sword Saintess

Chapter 102 : Yuyin's Academy Credits

102: Yuyin's Academy Credits

For this first-year group competition, including the previous preliminaries, Yuyin obtained a total of 180 Academy Credits. Adding the 100 credits rewarded by her department and her previous credits, her total exceeded 400, a score most students couldn't accumulate even after four years of university.

At the same time, from her six appearances, Yuyin had gained over 300 Soul Charm Points in total.

After participating in the award ceremony and other events, Yuyin returned to the dormitory with Hua Qianyuan and Yingluo that evening. After a shower, Yuyin sat comfortably on her bed, wearing a light purple, lace-trimmed, semi-transparent nightgown.

Winning the first-year group championship was, for Yuyin, a matter of course. For the championship itself, Yuyin might have valued the Soul Charm Points and the qualification spot even more.

"The key is what's next... next year's All-Academy Source Martial Tournament."

"After breaking through to the Mid-Stage of Spirit-Seeking Realm, I should be able to fight the stronger, upper-mid-tier students from the third year, but I can't say for sure that I'd win. Compared to the few top-tier senior brothers and sisters from the third year, I still have no confidence."

Yuyin crossed her arms over her chest, idly toying with the soft weight of her breasts, and continued to ponder.

"There are still three or four months. I need to improve myself further. With my current strength, I might be able to fight my way into the top eight of the entire academy if I'm lucky, but what if I run into those top-tier experts along the way?"

Yuyin shook her head. "My current strength is not enough to dominate the All-Academy Tournament. The real Source Martial Tournament might have only just begun."

Last year's championship reward for the All-Academy Source Martial Tournament was 800 Academy Credits. This year, it might be even higher. This massive amount of credits could be exchanged for the academy's true top-tier resources, such as the highest-level secret manuals, pills, and weapons.

"I must prepare for a rainy day. Although I have my Primordial Energy cultivation and various techniques now, I've been competing with a plastic steel sword and have never used a real combat weapon. When the time comes, I will need a combat weapon, combat pills, treasures, protective gear, and so on. These things are astronomically expensive and can't be bought with money. The best way is to exchange them with Academy Credits."

"I need Academy Credits. A lot of Academy Credits," Yuyin thought, her chest rising and falling deeply.

"Also, I want to earn more departmental points for Teacher. Even if I don't get first place, if I, as a first-year, can fight my way into the top four, at least the honor of the Swordsman Department can be preserved. It won't be such a stark contrast to last year."

"But, the top four?" A glint flashed in Yuyin's eyes. How could she be satisfied with just that?

"Thinking about all this is useless. It's better to take solid, step-by-step actions."

The Soul Charm Points she had gained now would be enough for her cultivation for a while. Yuyin was quite frugal. She rarely acted on impulse to spend Soul Charm Points to refresh chess pieces, instead waiting for the daily automatic refresh to "freeload." This saved money and offered the best value.

Because Yuyin's Soul Charm Points weren't abundant enough to be spent recklessly, besides buying chess pieces, she needed to save them for things like optimizing secret manuals or for when she discovered a Secret Realm. What if she found one? Would she enter or not?

"Factoring in these Soul Charm Points, and judging by my current cultivation speed, I estimate I can reach the late-stage of training around the winter break. By then, my strength will have taken another leap!"

"Other methods to improve my strength..."

Yuyin considered the resources at her disposal. She now had 436 Academy Credits. She could take a look to see if there was anything good to exchange for.

Yuyin opened the academy app and navigated to the Academy Credits exchange page.

"Weapons and pills are temporarily not needed. Let's look at the secret manuals."

Yuyin searched for secret manuals and began to browse slowly.

The secret manuals and techniques she could search for were the same as those Chen Qian'ning had shown her on her phone. As a Direct Disciple of the Department Head, if there was something she couldn't see, there was no need for it to appear in the Academy Credits exchange system.

After looking, Yuyin found that fist and palm techniques were not useful to her. She already had a very good body refinement method. Yuyin focused her attention on the various sword techniques.

Dharma Sword Technique, it looked somewhat formidable, 185 Academy Credits.

Twenty-Five Forms of the Warring States Longsword, 25 Academy Credits.

Medieval Lisbon Pirate Sword Technique (translated version), 36 Academy Credits.

...

Yuyin browsed slowly. Some were unsuitable, and from their introductions, some were clearly inferior to the Polaris Sword Art.

"Hmm?"

Yuyin noticed a sword technique.

Ancient Anonymous Swordswoman's Sword Technique (incomplete volume), 330 Academy Credits.

The name itself was nothing special, but for some reason, it reminded Yuyin of the Female Body Refinement Copy she had exchanged for from Sister Dai with Spirit Marbles during the summer vacation. Sister Dai had said it was written by an anonymous swordswoman who was once renowned in her time.

Both were anonymous swordswomen. Could they be the same person?

Yuyin opened the description and found a red warning in the first line: This sword technique is severely incomplete and cannot be cultivated normally. It can only be used for collection or as a reference for fragmented moves. The price of this sword technique is high; exchange with caution!

"Severely incomplete? Cannot be cultivated normally? In other words, to others, this is just a pile of useless paper, but to me, that might not be the case."

Yuyin didn't act on impulse. Instead, she called her teacher.

"Huh? You're talking about that Anonymous Swordswoman's Sword Technique? I heard that thing was an antique collected when our academy was founded over eighty years ago. Back then, the academy was still an obscure vocational school. Yuyin, I know you've earned a lot of credits recently, but you can't spend them like this. That sword technique is useless for cultivation," said Chen Qian'ning on the other end of the line, seemingly lying in bed.

"Teacher, if that's the case, why is it so expensive?"

"Oh, that's because this manual is an original manuscript, a genuine antique. So, although it has no cultivation value, it has collection value. You could probably sell it for money, so it was priced at market value."

"An original manuscript?" This was the first time Yuyin had encountered a genuine secret manual. "In that case, could you sell me a photocopy for a cheaper price?"

"This... Whether any secret manual in the academy can be copied and distributed requires strict approval from the higher-ups. Dean Tong is away now, so the procedures are difficult to handle..."

"I see. I understand," Yuyin said.

"Yes, even with many credits, you must spend them cautiously. There's no rush. Good night."

"Good night, Teacher."

After hanging up the phone, Yuyin opened the app, stared at the photo of the manual for a long time, and then pressed the exchange button.