Lack of talent? I'll buy a year's worth of cultivation for one dollar!

sunset.

Su Yu walked out of the school gate and headed towards his rented room in the old town along the sidewalk.

His pace was not fast, but each step was steady.

The cold, mechanical voice in his mind had fallen silent, but the semi-transparent panel at the edge of his vision, visible only to him, was a stark reminder—

This is not an illusion.

[Pay-to-Win Cultivation System]

Current balance: 328.5 yuan

[Cultivation Points Exchangeable: 328 years]

Su Yu took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the almost boiling blood in his chest.

calm.

At times like these, absolute calm is all the more necessary.

There are only three days left until the college entrance examination.

He didn't need to worry about his humanities grades at all; his hard work over the past three years had already ingrained those theoretical knowledge into his very being.

The key is martial arts.

In the martial arts college entrance examination of the Great Xia Kingdom, the passing score is 6 points of Qi and Blood, and the full score is 10 points.

For ordinary students, being able to achieve 6 points is already a cause for celebration, as it grants them a ticket to a regular martial arts university.

But Su Yu's goal is definitely not some ordinary martial arts university.

Now that he has the system and is qualified to sit at the table, he should eat at the best table!

Great Xia Kyoto First Martial Arts University!

This is a sacred place in the hearts of countless martial arts prodigies throughout the Great Xia Kingdom, a cradle into which the military and top families have poured resources.

Once you're inside, it's like a fish leaping over the dragon gate.

But is a perfect score of 10 points in health enough to get into the top martial arts school in Kyoto?

Su Yu shook his head inwardly.

Not necessarily enough!

This world is too big. The Great Xia Kingdom has thirty-six provinces and a population of tens of billions.

Heroes of the world are as numerous as carp crossing a river!

For those scions of noble families who grew up soaking in medicinal baths and eating the meat of high-level exotic beasts, 10 points of Qi and Blood are not an insurmountable hurdle at all; they are merely the starting point of their martial arts path.

Every year in the college entrance examination, there are at least 800 to 1000 geniuses who can get a perfect score in the Qi and Blood value.

However, the top martial arts university in Kyoto only admits one hundred students a year.

We don't want any more.

Martial arts has never been a game where the more people there are, the better.

Resources are limited. Rather than training ten thousand mediocre martial artists, it's better to put all our efforts into creating a peerless war god who can cleave a giant beast in two with a single strike!

Therefore, when the number of people who get full marks exceeds one hundred, a brutal second round of selection will be triggered.

Practical assessment.

Ignore Qi and Blood, only focus on combat strength!

"Three days..."

Su Yu silently calculated in his mind.

In three days, with 328 years of cultivation invested, his blood and qi levels will definitely reach the required level.

However, practical experience and martial arts skills still need time to be digested.

Just as Su Yu was pondering with his head down.

Not far ahead at the street corner, behind a sturdy sycamore tree, a small section of a clean pleated skirt hem was visible.

Su Yu stopped and sighed inwardly.

It's Lin Xiaoxiao.

She's the undisputed school beauty of Jiangcheng No. 3 Middle School and lives in a luxurious villa area in the east of the city. This pampered young lady usually has a private car to pick her up even when she goes to the city center, but now she's come alone to this dilapidated old street in the west of the city, where even half the streetlights are broken, to stand in the cold wind.

In fact, Su Yu knew why she always came this way.

A year ago, in the summer, he was handing out flyers near an artificial lake outside the city when he happened to see Lin Xiaoxiao slip and fall into the water.

At the time, a group of people gathered on the shore to take pictures, but no one dared to go down.

Su Yu was a good swimmer, and without much thought, he plunged into the deep water and pulled her out.

It was originally just a casual thing to do.

He left without even leaving his name.

But who knew that this young lady would search the entire grade to find him, and from then on she became a troublesome person he couldn't get rid of.

Su Yu understood the mentality of these wealthy heiresses.

Having received an elite education since childhood, she has an extremely strong sense of self-esteem and is most afraid of owing favors to others, let alone the debt of a life.

At first, Lin Xiaoxiao wanted to give him money as a reward, but Su Yu coldly refused—although he was poor, he didn't save people by risking his life.

This refusal, however, only made the young lady feel more burdened.

Over the past year, she has been creating "chance encounters" every now and then, racking her brains to find an opportunity to repay this kindness, so that she can feel better.

For example, right now.

"oops!"

Lin Xiaoxiao suddenly jumped out from behind the tree, put her hands behind her back, and squeezed out an extremely exaggerated expression of surprise on her pure and beautiful face.

"What a coincidence! Su Yu, why are you taking this route too?"

Su Yu looked at her.

The evening breeze was cold. The girl had probably been hiding behind a tree trunk for a while, as her nose was red from the cold, and even the end of her voice trembled slightly.

Su Yu shook his head inwardly.

He lived in the east of the city, but went to the slums in the west of the city to "bump into" them.

To repay a life-saving debt that she could never repay, this rich girl's obsession was truly deep. She was willing to stand in the cold wind for half an hour just to force a reason for a natural meeting.

Forget it.

Su Yu didn't want to expose her clumsy excuse, lest this young lady feel embarrassed and come up with an even more troublesome way to repay the favor.

"It's quite a coincidence."

Su Yu continued her thought calmly, "Did you come here to buy something?"

"Ah...right! To buy things!"

Lin Xiaoxiao blinked guiltily, seemingly surprised that Su Yu would be so cooperative today. She quickly changed the subject, "Um, the college entrance exam is coming up soon, which university are you planning to apply to?"

Lin Xiaoxiao was actually a little cautious when she asked that question.

She knew about Su Yu's situation.

He was in the top ten in the humanities stream, but in the martial arts stream... he was last in the entire school.

A Qi and Blood value of 0.8 is a fatal flaw that cannot be concealed no matter how hard one tries.

She was afraid of touching a sore spot for Su Yu.

Su Yu looked into Lin Xiaoxiao's concerned eyes and remained silent for two seconds.

If I don't tell the truth, given this girl's personality, she'll definitely dig deep into the matter.

To be honest...

"The First Martial Arts University of Kyoto, Great Xia".

Su Yu's voice wasn't loud, but his enunciation was clear, and there was no hint of joking in it.

The air suddenly became quiet.

A gust of evening wind blew by, stirring up a few fallen leaves on the ground.

Lin Xiaoxiao's smile froze instantly, as if she had been put on pause.

She was stunned.

I was completely dumbfounded.

She even wondered if there was something wrong with her ears.

"What...what did you say?"

Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes widened, and her voice stammered, "Great Xia... the number one martial arts university in the capital?"

Su Yu nodded.

"you?"

Lin Xiaoxiao blurted out instinctively, "0.8 Qi and Blood value??"

As soon as she finished speaking, she wanted to slap herself.

It’s so hurtful!

How can you directly expose someone's shortcomings!

But... this is really outrageous!

That's the number one martial arts university in Kyoto!

The place where all the top geniuses in the entire Great Xia Kingdom would fight tooth and nail to get in!

Even Zhao Ze, the arrogant guy in his class, with a blood energy value of 9.8, wouldn't dare say he's 100% guaranteed to pass the exam!

Su Yu, who has less than 1 point of Qi and Blood, actually set his sights on that place?

This is no longer wishful thinking.

This is simply wildly imaginative!

Seeing Lin Xiaoxiao's bewildered expression, Su Yu sighed inwardly.

He knew this would be the reaction.

If it were him half an hour ago, and someone told him he could get into Kyoto University of Martial Arts, he would have thought the person was crazy.

"Is that not allowed?" Su Yu asked back.

"No...it's not impossible!"

Lin Xiaoxiao quickly waved her hand, forcing out an encouraging smile.

Although she was deeply shocked, as a friend, she felt that she absolutely could not undermine Su Yu's confidence at this time.

What if he's just under too much pressure and talking nonsense?

"Having dreams is a good thing!"

Lin Xiaoxiao patted Su Yu's shoulder forcefully and earnestly comforted him, "If a person doesn't have dreams, what's the difference between them and a salted fish?"

"Right? Maybe you'll go out tomorrow, accidentally fall off a cliff, and happen to find a peerless martial arts manual!"

"Or you might encounter a white-bearded old man who insists on imparting a century's worth of martial arts skills to you!"

"Or perhaps they'd be hit by some alien meteorite and undergo a genetic mutation!"

"At that point, forget about Kyoto Martial Arts University, they might even be directly admitted to the War God Camp!"

Lin Xiaoxiao became more and more excited as she spoke, as if she could already see Su Yu soaring into the sky.