Chapter 184: Chapter 134: Lavish Spirit Academy Resources (Part 3)
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The core of the Spirit Academy is the resource levels, corresponding to nine levels:
Level 1: Spirit Spring Bathing, similar to the secret realms before the Inner Courtyard.
However, this Spirit Academy provides long-term supply. You can go whenever you want after entering here.
"Luxurious." Lin Chen thought of this, and couldn’t help but drool.
This is something Little Fox, the upgrade expert, loves the most.
As for the Beast Spirit Pill, Calming Pill and such, each can be collected a little, but not in large quantities.
Level 2: In addition to the Spirit Spring Bathing, there’s an infusion of Earth Vein Spiritual Energy.
This is used to strengthen the physical body, which Xiao Hei and Xiaobai should like, especially the former.
As for Xiaobai, there’s more emphasis on comprehensive development.
The types and quantities of elixirs increase somewhat.
Level 3: Thunder Tribulation Marrow Cleansing.
This piqued Lin Chen’s interest.
Thunder Tribulation isn’t a rare phenomenon in the Beast Taming World, and in some places, lightning strikes daily. As for the reason, there’s no scientific explanation yet.
Like Su Yu’s Thunder Pattern Beast, which is a product born under the Thunder Tribulation.
Lin Chen thought this is probably similar to playing the lute to a cow.
Level 4: The rewards upgrade, with a higher level of Spirit Spring Bathing and the opportunity for a danger-free secret realm exploration once.
Level 5: A collective upgrade of the previous three levels, increased secret realm exploration opportunities, and the enjoyment of one-on-one mentorship.
Level 6: You can enter the academy’s herbal treasury and choose three items.
The labeling for Level 7 is a bit strange, only stating: receive a Spirit Academy resource package.
Levels 8 and 9 only say to consult a mentor or leader.
As for how to upgrade a Resource Card, that’s indeed complicated.
To put it simply, it can be considered a point system.
Upon entering the Spirit Academy, an entrance assessment begins, assigning a level badge based on the position, equivalent to Lin Chen’s current thirty points.
If Lin Chen steps onto the fortieth step, he can obtain a Level 4 Resource Card.
But the ways of obtaining it are not limited to the Path to Immortality.
There are also ranking battles, War Chessboard, secret realm explorations, accepting academy tasks, and so on.
Each can add different points.
The points reset to the tens digit every month.
That is to say, if you’re at thirty-nine points and haven’t upgraded by the end of the month, you’ll drop to thirty points and start over.
While the Spirit Academy is open, there’s also a required task, which is the ranking battles.
So-called ranking refers to the arena battles.
Every month, students must partake in an arena battle to retain their points.
Students with lower resource levels can challenge those with higher levels; winning will earn the corresponding points.
For example, if Lin Chen challenges a Level 4 student and wins, he can gain four points.
But if Lin Chen loses, he will lose three points.
However, students with higher resource levels can also challenge those with lower levels, but there are no point rewards for winning. Instead, losing results in a double penalty.
To prevent students from cheating to gain points, every arena battle is carefully monitored by judges, ensuring maximum effort.
If confirmed to be "acting," they will lose three months of benefits.
Simultaneously, to encourage students to actively gain points, each level will demote the bottom third in points to the next stage every month.
As for Level 1 students, if they remain at the bottom for over two months, they will be disqualified from the Spirit Academy.
In other words...
Expelled.
After reading, Lin Chen was silent for a long time.
Clearly, the resources of the Spirit Academy are indeed powerful.
But this system...
A bit like the system of the Bull and Horse Company.
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Daoist Zhang finished his task and returned to Mentor Peak.
On the way, he was called by someone.
The caller was named Liu Gu, a middle-aged man with a bushy beard, looking a bit disheveled. He was also a mentor, and his mentor qualification was even one level higher than Daoist Zhang.
Yet such an excellent mentor was named by the academy this year to accept a "worthless" disciple.
This disciple, needless to say, was Bai Ling.
"Any gains?" Liu Gu asked.
"The specially recruited students are mixed in quality. Indeed, it’s difficult to find one pleasing, but there’s one who’s quite good." Daoist Zhang said, "It took them more than ten hours to reach the 37th step."
"37?!" Liu Gu was also extremely shocked.
This is indeed an excellent achievement.
However, they will continue to investigate, as a high starting point does not guarantee a high endpoint.
After some casual conversation, Daoist Zhang left.
Liu Gu was about to turn back when he saw Bai Ling behind him.
"Teacher, what is the Path to Immortality? Is it the entrance test?"
"Exactly."
"Can I try it?"
"You’re already an Inner Disciple, no need to go." Liu Gu was embarrassed.
Having interacted with Bai Ling for a few days, his initial dislike had turned to gradual acceptance.
Bai Ling was clever but naive, which was the result of her lack of worldly experience. Hence, Liu Gu looked at her as if looking at his daughter.
Liu Gu often comforted himself that having nurtured many geniuses over the years, trying to nurture a "worthless" one wasn’t so bad.
In the future, Bai Ling might not be a waste, as who knows how the Combat Chicken’s combat strength will be.
But the current Bai Ling is definitely a waste.
Thinking of this, Liu Gu seriously said to her, "Your talent is undoubtedly there, otherwise you wouldn’t have become an Inner Disciple."