Universe Infinite Canteen.

Chapter 535 Good News

"Ah, I heard that Houde seems to have a new principal. Turns out it's you."

Manager Bian pushed up his monocle and looked Ma Lu up and down. "Do you have money now?"

"No."

"Then what did you say?" Manager Bian turned his head again and looked at Cao Youyi in front of the door, and said with a bow, "Miss Cao, I'm sorry."

Upon hearing this, the group of people in indigo robes behind him began to get ready to rush forward and push Cao Youyi aside to enter the school.

But then Malu's voice sounded again, "But I have this."

As he spoke, he took out the green stones that dropped from the monsters he defeated last time, a total of thirteen pieces.

Qiu Tong once said that Cao Jinhua used this thing to pay money at the Ministry of Education, which means that it should also be a currency.

The things in the disaster zone are far away from ordinary people, but Manager Bian, as a bank manager, still recognized what was in Malu's hand.

"Is this... turquoise?"

He picked up a piece, looked at it carefully under his monocle, and said after a moment.

"It is indeed turquoise, and the quality is pretty good. I wish you had known earlier that you had such good stuff."

Millipede had no intention of exchanging the turquoise for money, because this thing was only produced in disaster zones and was obviously rarer than silver dollars.

But now that the creditors have come, I have to get through this hurdle first.

Manager Bian said, "Turquoise is an indispensable raw material for talisman masters to make talismans. It is also the currency of the talisman master world. It is very easy to cash in and can be regarded as a cash equivalent, but..."

He changed the subject and said, "It's not enough. The turquoise you have on hand should be worth three to four thousand yuan, but Principal Cao borrowed five thousand yuan from our bank.

"With the interest, the total is 5371 yuan. Round it up. Even if you get 4 yuan, you're still short of more than a thousand yuan."

"What about adding this?" Malu took out another piece of glowing leaf. These were all the spoils he got from the disaster zone last time, and they were also registered in the Talisman Master Association.

The millipedes packed up Cardcaptor Sakura with its roots and didn't even bother to look down on a mere leaf, so they left it here along with the turquoise stones and didn't take it back.

"Is this... a rare talisman-making material?"

It was also the first time that Manager Bian saw such magical leaves. He couldn't help but look at them a few more times, but he soon retracted his gaze with a look of embarrassment.

"We are just a small bank and cannot assess the value of the materials used to make the talismans."

"It doesn't matter. I know where I can buy it." Cao Youyi said, "Manager Bian, didn't you say that I just need to pay the money before today?"

Manager Bian hesitated for a moment, but still nodded and said, "Then I'll give you one more night. If you can't raise the money before sunrise, don't blame us for selling the school building to the Salt Gang."

After he said that, he no longer paid attention to those indigo robes and hurried down the mountain.

When the salt gang members saw that Manager Bian had left, they looked at each other and left in shame.

But they didn't walk too far. They stopped halfway up the mountain and found a place to sit. It was obvious that they wanted to wait and see whether Houde could pay back the money before dawn.

Cao Youyi ignored those people. She just looked at Malu and said calmly, "You're back."

"I'm back," Malu said, "Were those people sent by the Mingxia Group to cause trouble?"

Cao Youyi nodded slightly. "The Pingcheng branch of the Railway Bank actually had a good relationship with us before, otherwise my brother would not have gone to them to borrow money. "This time they suddenly asked us to repay the loan in advance, and their attitude was tough. There must be someone behind it. As for the Salt Gang, they are just a group of hooligans who will do anything for money."

"But Houde is, after all, a regular talisman school recognized by the Ministry of Education, and there are many talisman masters in the school. They may not dare to really attack us. They are probably here to test our strength, especially yours."

Cao Youyi paused and said, "The school owes you the 5,000 yuan. I will pay you back when I have money in the future."

The second half of her sentence did not have much confidence. Everyone in Pingcheng knew that Houde was a bottomless pit.

The Cao family is the best example. Cao Jinhua invested all his family fortune, but he still couldn't stop Houde's decline. Before his death, he owed money to the bank, and his successor Malu had to pay it back.

Malu didn't care. He wouldn't live in this plane for long and didn't value money that much. Moreover, if his plan could be implemented smoothly, the school would not be short of money in the future.

In fact, Cao Youyi later brought him good news.

The Ministry of Education's reform details have been released. From now on, when cleaning up disaster zones, not only will all the items harvested belong to the school, but cash rewards of corresponding amounts will also be distributed based on the level of the items.

In other words, starting from today, if you conquer the disaster zone, the Ministry of Education will give you money. Although it is not too much, it is still 500 yuan for a level one disaster zone.

At least the round-trip fare can be reimbursed, and there will be a lot of surplus. In addition, the top ten people based on the total amount of cleanup will receive another reward.

But this reward has nothing to do with millipedes, as it is only issued once a year and can only be claimed after a year.

In addition, the Ministry of Education has decided to pilot a challenge system to encourage competition among schools.

Simply put, schools can quickly improve their ranking in the Ministry of Education through challenges.

The original Ministry of Education's university rankings were updated every six months, but after the introduction of the challenge system, the school rankings have become real-time, and if the challenge is successful, the rankings of both parties can be exchanged.

This was a major benefit for Malu, and it surprised him greatly.

Because an increase in ranking can bring him educational points, and a considerable number of them. The previous change of every six months was too slow. Moreover, officials from the Ministry of Education judged the school based on multiple dimensions, including its size, faculty, financial situation, etc.

It is not easy to improve the school ranking, but now the ranking can be improved as long as the challenge is successful.

For a last-place school like Houde, there is no need to defend, just go for the attack.

However, Cao Youyi was not optimistic about this, especially when she learned that the Ministry of Education's funding would be linked to school rankings in the future, and schools ranked low might have their financial subsidies canceled.

This is like adding insult to injury for Houde, whose financial situation is already not good.

However, she only reminded Millipede and then went about looking for someone to buy the glowing leaves and turquoise.

Malu first went to the scientific research laboratory and took a look at the newly released [Actual Combat is the Best Teacher] and [Weight-bearing Training].

Actual combat is the best teacher: After each actual combat, corresponding education points will be provided according to the number of students who participated in the combat. Level 2 disaster belt provides 4 points per person, level 8 disaster belt provides points per person, level disaster belt provides points per person...

Weight-bearing training: Temporarily reduce the physical strength and mental strength of teachers and students participating in the battle by 50%, in exchange for doubling the education points after the battle.

Very good, the prerequisites for earning education points have been met. The next step is to find a way to defeat the monsters and lords in the disaster zone.

However, with the combat effectiveness of Houde teachers and students now halved, it is obviously impossible to achieve this.

But it doesn’t matter, Malu already has a way to deal with it. Then he turned his attention to an item in the prop store.

(End of this chapter)