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

Su Yu couldn't help but smile slightly as he watched her earnestly weaving a story.

"yes."

Following her lead, Su Yu pretended to fantasize for a moment, "Maybe I'll suddenly get a 'ding' in my head and be bound to a system."

A casual, understated complaint.

But he revealed the most truthful secret.

Lin Xiaoxiao was momentarily stunned by Su Yu's rare smile.

She suddenly realized that Su Yu seemed different from usual today.

The boy, who usually had a furrowed brow and eyes that revealed restraint and fatigue, exuded an indescribable composure today.

The feeling was like a peerless blade hidden in its sheath, finally revealing a glint of cold light.

Lin Xiaoxiao put away her joking expression.

She stepped forward and stared intently into Su Yu's eyes.

"Su Yu".

Lin Xiaoxiao's voice became more serious than ever before, "Tell me the truth."

"Do you really want to get into the top martial arts university in Kyoto?"

Su Yu suppressed his smile.

He looked at Lin Xiaoxiao, his deep eyes showing no emotion, only absolute determination.

"real."

There is no further explanation.

Two words, spoken with resounding force.

Lin Xiaoxiao stared at Su Yu for several seconds.

She saw no vanity, arrogance, or jest in those eyes.

He was serious.

He really wanted to go to that faraway place.

Lin Xiaoxiao bit her lower lip, as if she had made an extremely important decision in her heart.

She took a deep breath and spoke again in a very low voice, just enough for the two of them to hear.

"Perfect."

Lin Xiaoxiao looked at Su Yu and said, "My family has a special admission spot."

"Do you want it?"

The evening breeze was still blowing.

The leaves rustled.

Su Yu stared at Lin Xiaoxiao's earnest eyes for two or three seconds before slowly speaking.

"Special recruitment quota?"

He frowned slightly, his voice carrying a hint of reasonable doubt, "From Jiangcheng Martial Arts University? Or a key martial arts university in some province?"

Su Yu subconsciously made a judgment in his mind.

With the Lin family's financial resources, it would be extremely difficult, but not entirely impossible, to secure a guaranteed admission to a regular key university like Wuhan University in Jiangcheng or a surrounding province.

This was already an overwhelming debt of gratitude that he felt he could hardly bear.

however.

Lin Xiaoxiao looked at him and gently shook her head.

Meeting Su Yu's probing gaze, she repeated herself, word by word, with utmost clarity:

"It is the capital of the Great Xia Dynasty."

"Daiichi Martial Arts University."

boom!

Su Yu's pupils suddenly contracted, and his heart skipped a beat.

He stared intently at the girl before him. Even after experiencing two lifetimes and having just awakened the system, his mind went blank for a moment.

Special recruitment quota?

Special admission slots for the Great Xia Kyoto First Martial Arts University?!

How is that possible!

The number of places at Kyoto Martial Arts University has always been the focus of competition among provincial governors, military leaders, and top aristocratic families.

Each spot represents immeasurable resources and power!

Even a powerful local family like the Zhao family, with assets exceeding 100 million yuan, would go to great lengths to buy his liberal arts scores for a mere college entrance examination spot.

And now.

Lin Xiaoxiao casually mentioned that her family had a special admission spot?

And you want to give it to him directly?!

Su Yu looked at Lin Xiaoxiao, and his expression completely changed.

He already knew the girl came from a well-off family, but now it seemed that it was anything but well-off.

This is simply incredible!

"You..." Su Yu opened his mouth, but was unusually speechless.

"Never mind how I got it."

Lin Xiaoxiao avoided Su Yu's probing gaze, her tone somewhat hurried, "As long as you nod, this spot is yours. You don't need to take the college entrance exam, you don't need to compete for those hundred spots."

"Direct admission."

The streetlights turned on one after another at that moment, casting a dim yellow light on Lin Xiaoxiao's face.

Su Yu looked at her.

silence.

Dead silence.

Special recruitment quota, a meteoric rise.

As long as he nods, he won't even need to reveal the existence of the system or take any risks to enter the highest martial arts academy in the Great Xia Kingdom safely.

This is a shortcut that countless people would never even dream of.

but.

Su Yu slowly closed his eyes, and the image of Zhao Ze's condescending face appeared in his mind.

"You have no background, no resources, only passion and hard work?"

"If hard work were useful, what would be the point of talent and family background?"

Zhao Ze's taunts are still fresh in my mind.

If he accepts this spot, what's the difference between him and Zhao Ze?

Moreover, that was a spot reserved for Lin Xiaoxiao's family.

How much would Lin Xiaoxiao have to pay to give him this level of resources?

Debts of gratitude are the hardest to repay.

Take a thousand steps back.

He now has the system and 328 yuan in his pocket!

Why can't he just storm in and trample those so-called geniuses under his feet?!

Su Yu opened his eyes again.

The shock in his eyes had completely faded, leaving only a calm and aloof demeanor like a rock.

"Xiaoxiao."

Su Yu spoke, his voice soft but carrying an undeniable resolve.

"Thank you."

"But I don't want to."

"don't want?"

Lin Xiaoxiao stood there, stunned, the dim streetlights casting long shadows of her.

She looked at the boy in front of her, who was wearing a faded school uniform but whose eyes were frighteningly calm, and felt a sense of absurdity.

That's a special admission spot from the top martial arts university in Kyoto!

Throughout the Great Xia Kingdom, countless high-ranking officials and nobles are willing to spend lavishly, squander their entire fortunes, and even mobilize their connections to instigate a war without gunfire for this opportunity!

And now, this spot has been handed to Su Yu for free.

He actually refused?

"Su Yu, don't you know what this spot means?"

Lin Xiaoxiao grew anxious and took a step forward, her tone filled with a hint of frustrated disappointment.

"This means you don't have to squeeze onto that single-plank bridge with millions of other high school seniors across the country!"

"This means that even if your Qi and Blood value is only 0.8, you can still enjoy the top-tier martial arts resources of the Great Xia Kingdom!"

"Didn't you want to go to Kyoto University of martial arts? This is your only chance!"

She stared straight at Su Yu, trying to find a trace of impulsiveness or stubborn pride in his deep eyes.

but.

There was nothing there.

Su Yu's eyes were like a dry well, without even a ripple.

"I know."

Su Yu's voice was still very soft, but it carried an undeniable firmness.

"But I can't have it."

He looked at Lin Xiaoxiao's face, which was slightly flushed with anxiety, and he knew very well that she meant well.

In this dog-eat-dog world of martial arts, for someone to be willing to hand over resources of this caliber is a debt of gratitude greater than the heavens.

But it was precisely because it was so big that he couldn't catch it.

Why would the Lin family give such a precious special admission spot to an outsider?

Lin Xiaoxiao may be driven by gratitude for being saved, but what about the elders of the Lin family?

Will they agree?

not to mention--

He now has a system.

There is 328.5 yuan.

"Xiaoxiao, I saved you a year ago, it was just something I did on a whim."

Su Yu turned around, his back to the streetlight, hiding most of his face in the shadows.

"You don't owe me anything, and I didn't intend to use that incident to get anything in return."

See you in the college entrance exam.

After saying that, he didn't give Lin Xiaoxiao a chance to speak again. He put his hands in his school uniform pockets and walked straight into the dimly lit street in the old town, where most of the streetlights were broken.

In short.

neat.

Without any hesitation or fuss.

Lin Xiaoxiao stood there, watching the figure gradually disappear into the darkness, and bit her lower lip hard.

"Being too proud is a recipe for suffering!"

She stomped her foot angrily, but her eyes inexplicably reddened.

She thought Su Yu was just trying to protect his pitiful self-esteem.

An ordinary person with 0.8 health points rejected the shortcut to the top and insisted on crashing into the wall called "reality".

"Fine! You want to take the exam yourself, right?"

Lin Xiaoxiao shouted at the blurry figure in the darkness.

"I'd like to see how you're going to pass the martial arts college entrance exam in three days!"

no respond.

Only the rustling sound of the night wind whipping up fallen leaves could be heard.