Swallowing the Stars: Increase your comprehension by one point every day.

The administrator shook his head vigorously, "This set of secret techniques is a whole, and the parts complement each other; they cannot be sold separately."

"Teacher, how about I try a different secret technique?"

The administrator couldn't stand it anymore. "Hey, Yang, what's wrong with you? If you've decided to take on disciples, you should be willing to spend points. Otherwise, why are you even taking on any disciples?"

Yang blushed instantly upon hearing the administrator's words.

He made up his mind, "Then I'll buy it."

"Little one, keep this token safe. You've found a very generous teacher."

This time, the administrator gave Yang a lot of face.

Yang, who had looked embarrassed just moments before, looked a little better.

"Let's go."

He left Wanbao Hall without looking back.

The two appeared in the air.

Yang pointed to a row of small student buildings below, "This is where you'll be living. Go down and find a building you like. If the mark in front of the building is green, it means no one lives there yet. You just need to bind the mark to yourself, and it will turn red, then you can legally live there."

"Okay, teacher."

"If you have any questions about cultivation, you can contact me anytime. The Qianwu Secret Realm holds open classes regularly, and sometimes even powerful experts who have reached the rank of Marquis will personally give lectures. We will notify you in advance via the virtual network."

After Yang left, Gao Xiang looked down at the scene alone.

Below are densely packed small buildings.

Each building is independent, but they are connected along the road in front of the buildings.

The roads, running horizontally and vertically, resemble a giant spider web, encompassing tens of thousands of small buildings.

Virtual Universe, Qianwu Continent, Core Area.

This is the virtual universe dimension of the Qianwu Secret Realm.

Gao Xiang and other students from the Heilongshan Qianwu Taoist Temple gathered together.

There are not only returning students, but also new students.

Currently, there are not many students at Heilongshan on Fenglei Island, only a little over two hundred in total.

Every year, more than ten students from Black Dragon Mountain enter the Qianwu Secret Realm, but after five thousand years, only more than two hundred people remain in the Qianwu Secret Realm.

All the star-level students on Wind and Thunder Island share a common goal: to participate in the ultimate universe-wide battle of geniuses.

Regardless of whether they achieve a good ranking, they will choose to advance to the cosmic level.

The Qianwu Secret Realm also has a bottom-ranking elimination rule. Every ten years, a competition is held for all students, and those who achieve the lowest scores are expelled and return to the Qianwu Dojo to continue their studies.

Gao Xiang was not good at socializing. He sat at a table, alone with only one other person beside him.

The other tables were filled with students, who were chatting and laughing.

Among these students, Feng is the strongest.

Maple, a Black Dragon Star person from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, has just begun learning the Laws of Wind.

"Feng, this batch of new students from Black Dragon Mountain has basically all arrived."

A short, chubby boy walked up to Feng and whispered something.

The short, chubby boy was the initiator of this gathering. He carried considerable weight among the veteran students of Black Dragon Mountain and was also a talented individual with considerable ability.

The short, chubby boy walked to the podium, gently waved his hand, and signaled to the villagers to be quiet.

Gao Xiang held a glass of fine wine and took a small sip.

The short, chubby boy said, "Is everyone full and satisfied?"

"I'm full!"

"I've had my fill!"

"Thank you for the hospitality, boss!"

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These new recruits had no idea that the real show was just beginning.

The short, chubby boy continued, "The entire Wind and Thunder Island is divided into more than five hundred small groups, each with varying strengths. To survive in the Dry Witch Secret Realm, you must join a small group. And we are the Black Dragon Society."

The Black Dragon Society, as its name suggests, only recruits members from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

"Boss, do we need to pay membership fees to join the Black Dragon Society?"

The short, chubby boy said with a smile, "Of course, the annual membership fee is one thousand points."

"So many?"

Immediately, some of the new trainees became dissatisfied.

With only 10,000 initial points, joining the Black Dragon Society would cost one-tenth of that. Isn't that blatant robbery?

"There are so many, I'm not joining!"

When the new student heard that the annual membership fee would cost 1,000 points, he shook his head and refused.

"Are you going to refuse?"

The short, chubby boy, who had been all smiles just moments before, instantly turned cold. He walked up to the new student and said, "You dare not hand it in?"

"What if I don't pay?"

"Just you wait and see. Let me tell you, no one on the entire Wind and Thunder Island dares not to pay. If you don't pay your membership fee, forget about going out to hunt Wind and Thunder Beasts, forget about taking on missions, and no one will challenge you to a duel!"

"Aichen, let's agree quickly."

At this moment, another student whispered a reminder in Ai Chen's ear.

Another student, who was better informed, learned from the older students of Black Dragon Mountain that in order to survive on Wind and Thunder Island, one had to join various small groups.

The Wind and Thunder Beasts outside are extremely powerful, with even the weakest among them possessing peak-level strength. Without joining a small group, it's impossible to form a team, making it extremely difficult for one person to hunt down a Wind and Thunder Beast.

Taking on assignments is even more impossible, because each assignment is given to the student by the mentor. These mentors only assign these assignments to their own disciples.

These disciples would then use these tasks to resell them to other students.

The same applies to the challenge system.

The more than 500 small groups on Fenglei Island are all in cahoots; if you don't join a group, no one will challenge you. And if you challenge someone, they won't accept.

"This is the bank account number. Please transfer the money quickly."

The short, chubby boy took out a piece of paper.

The paper had Feng's account number written on it.

Feng is the mastermind behind the Black Dragon Society.

At this moment, a dark-skinned young man walked up to Gao Xiang.

Gao Xiang knew this person.

Jijir, a student recommended by the Three-Leaf Dry Witch Broken Blade.

"Gao Xiang, how about we all forgo the membership fees and form our own little group?"

Those who are guaranteed admission are among the most talented and capable people in the area.

Gijir has his own pride.

He looked down on the other new trainees at Black Dragon Mountain.

In his eyes, only Gao Xiang could be his equal.

"Okay, but we'll split the points 70/30."

"Why should I?" Gigil refused to accept it.

"I can take you down in three moves."

"Dream on!" Gijir thought Gao Xiang was talking nonsense.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you two babbling about? Hurry up and transfer the money!" The short, chubby boy saw that Gao Xiang and the other two didn't seem to care, and he knew that these two were the troublemakers this year.

Every year at the Black Dragon Society's welcome party, a few troublemakers emerge.

However, these troublemakers are all hotheads.

After being thoroughly defeated in the challenge, he couldn't get any missions for several months. When he went out to hunt Wind and Thunder Beasts, no one would team up with him. In the end, he would obediently pay the membership fee.

At this point, the short, chubby boy will also charge them extra late fees, which are often double the membership fee.

Some students who were doing poorly started spending their points to buy treasures and secret techniques as soon as they entered the Qianwu Secret Realm, which resulted in them being unable to pay the late fees.