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"You little rascal..." Qiu Cang's voice was a mixture of awe and suspicion. "How many opportunities have you actually devoured?"
"Let me calculate."
"Not that many." Jiang Ye smiled bashfully. "Nearly fifty Low B-tier opportunities, over a dozen Mid B-Tier, and three Upper B-Tier."
"..."
You call that "not that many"?!
Most students would visit B-grade opportunity zones ten times and still not achieve such absurd results!
Not only was Qiu Cang almost speechless, but even Huang Canglong was nearly dumbfounded.
"What a waste!"
"Such a squandering of precious resources!" Huang Canglong lamented, his heart aching. "Eating so many B-Tier Opportunities will just waste their medicinal properties."
For any type of opportunity, the more you consume from the same tier, the weaker the effect becomes. This is due to something akin to drug resistance.
Of course, if you consume enough quantity, you can compensate for this.
For example, Jiang Ye had wasted at least half the medicinal properties of what he consumed, but the sheer volume was enough to support him through to the late stage of his third breakthrough.
"Well done!" Qiu Cang chuckled, beaming. "You've truly lived up to my expectations."
"Finding so many opportunities is also a skill in itself."
"However," Qiu Cang's tone shifted, "you didn't happen to strip Ancient Star No. 7 bare of all its opportunities, did you?"
"Pretty much," Jiang Ye replied with a bashful smile.
If he hadn't taken every last opportunity, he wouldn't have left.
"You rascal," Qiu Cang shook his head helplessly. "The Extreme Sea Star System will remain open for over a month more. All those still inside will have wasted their efforts."
Due to technological limitations,
They could only vaguely sense the condition of the trainees through their wristbands, but they couldn't communicate with them.
Therefore, they were unable to inform the trainees inside that the opportunities on Ancient Star No. 7 had been exhausted and urge them to withdraw.
Those who insisted on staying would inevitably return empty-handed.
"Teacher," Jiang Ye asked, "is there a place nearby where I can exchange treasures?"
"I've set aside some opportunities to exchange for money."
During his trip to Ancient Star No. 7, Jiang Ye had acquired at least eighty opportunities.
Among these were items like the Longevity Fruit, which offered no practical benefit to him but held considerable value.
"Yes," Qiu Cang nodded. "I'll take you there."
Not far from the Extreme Sea Star System Cosmic Passage stood a tower-shaped floating structure—the exchange institution established near the Cosmic Void Passage.
Jiang Ye followed Qiu Cang through the smoothly flowing corridors until they entered a top-floor office.
Whoosh!
With a wave of his hand, several treasures clattered onto the table.
"And this," Jiang Ye added, summoning two heaven-tier battle armors.
These armors had originally belonged to Mina and Rosen.
Apart from the large hole in his chest, his body was largely intact.
Soon, after more than ten minutes of appraisal, the appraiser, dressed in a white robe, slowly said, "Student, the six Low B-tier Opportunities you've provided are worth approximately 300 million federal currency."
"The Longevity Fruit is a Mid B-Tier Opportunity, valued at 1 billion federal currency. However, this item is always in high demand. We're willing to offer 2 billion."
"Agreed," Jiang Ye's eyes brightened slightly. 2 billion federal currency was already an astronomical sum.
"What about the two Heaven-Rank battle armors?" Jiang Ye asked.
"Heaven-Rank battle armor..." the appraiser pondered. "These items are highly valuable, but any damage significantly reduces their worth. For the two armors, we'd offer 4 billion federal currency."
"4 billion?" Jiang Ye was surprised. "That's a huge drop?"
One Heaven-Rank battle armor was worth 1 billion merit points, equivalent to 10 billion federal currency. He hadn't expected the damaged ones to be worth so little.
"The crafting process for Heaven-Rank battle armor is extremely complex," Qiu Cang, standing nearby, interjected. "Once damaged, they're essentially half ruined. This price is quite reasonable."
"Mm-hmm," Jiang Ye nodded slightly.
"Then that's settled."
A total of 6.3 billion was an unimaginable sum.
Just a year ago, Jiang Ye had been struggling to scrape together tens of thousands for cultivation resources. Back then, he wouldn't have dared to dream of possessing such wealth.
After the funds were transferred, Jiang Ye and Qiu Cang boarded the aircraft back to school.
The aircraft soared toward White Dragon University.
"Jiang Ye, you did well in these life and death trials," Qiu Cang said with a smile in the private cabin. "When we get back, the school will reward you with five million merit points. It might not be much to you, but it's better than nothing."
"You're joking, Teacher," Jiang Ye replied with a smile.
Five million merit points equaled fifty million federal currency—truly just a drop in the bucket.
"You've gained quite a bit this time. Go back and consolidate your gains."
"In two weeks, there's the Ten Schools League," Qiu Cang continued. "I've already signed you up."
"The Ten Schools League?" Jiang Ye was taken aback.
This was the first he'd ever heard of it.
"It's a competition between the ten great schools," Qiu Cang explained. "Your opponents will be all the geniuses in your grade from these ten top-tier institutions."
As he said this, his expression turned somewhat peculiar.
Jiang Ye was only in his freshman year.
Naturally, he would be competing in the freshman-level matches.
But how many freshmen had reached the late stage of the third breakthrough?
Aside from those with Transcendent Aptitude, most were still struggling in the early stage of the third breakthrough.
However, the Ten Schools League wouldn't include participants with Transcendent Aptitude.
Thinking of this, Qiu Cang's eye twitched slightly. "What's the point of this kid even competing? Just hand him the championship now."
A late-stage third breakthrough fighter against a bunch of peak-second breakthrough and early-stage third breakthrough opponents? That was just bullying the weak.
Jiang Ye was unaware of Qiu Cang's thoughts.
Hearing his teacher's words, he couldn't help but ask, "Will there be participants with Transcendent Aptitude?"
"No," Qiu Cang said dismissively. "The gap between their realm and that of the other students in the same year is too vast. There's no point in them competing."
"A gap that vast?" Jiang Ye muttered to himself.
So the competition wouldn't suppress their realms?
"Teacher," Jiang Ye asked curiously, "are you sure you want me to participate?"
The gap between his own realm and others' should be quite significant too.
Take Shi Ting, for example—she was already considered one of the top students in the freshman class, yet she hadn't even reached the third breakthrough.
Wasn't it unfair for the teacher to let him compete?
"Enough."
"I've already registered you. Don't worry about it," Qiu Cang said with a faint smile. "Just make your teacher proud in half a month."
"Understood," Jiang Ye replied, a smile spreading across his face.
Since his teacher had insisted, he had no choice but to participate in the competition.
Jiang Ye was also curious to see what kind of peerless geniuses the ten great schools would field.
Could any of them withstand his spear?
"The Ten Schools League is one of the most important competitions among the ten great schools," Qiu Cang added. "While its influence isn't vast, the rewards are substantial."
"In past years, it's often featured B-Tier Opportunities, and even Upper B-Tier Opportunities."
"However, this time," Qiu Cang continued with a smile, "in addition to those rewards, there's a special prize: if you place in the top three, you'll secure a spot in the Star Realm Sea."
"The Star Realm Sea?"
Jiang Ye's expression shifted, and he couldn't help but ask, "Is that the Federation's newly discovered Upper A-Tier Opportunity Zone?"
He had heard Elder Bai mention the Star Realm Sea before.
The exact situation, however, remained unclear.
"It's not just Upper A-tier," Qiu Cang shook his head. "It's a Divine-Tier Opportunity Zone!"
"Divine-Tier?" Jiang Ye's expression turned serious.
This term clearly surpassed Upper A-tier in significance.
Could it be that this place contained an opportunity to ascend to the "Divine" realm?
"This is the Federation's latest classification system," Qiu Cang explained. "The Star Realm Sea is exceptionally complex, with rules that differ from all other opportunity zones. I won't elaborate further here, but I'll send you a detailed report when we return."
"Understood," Jiang Ye nodded, a flicker of anticipation rising in his heart.
A Divine-Tier Opportunity Zone was indeed the first he had ever heard of.
At that moment, Qiu Cang's expression suddenly turned grave. "Jiang Ye, I need to ask you something."
"Please, Teacher," Jiang Ye replied, his expression shifting.
"Do you currently possess an Innate Domain Ability?" Qiu Cang asked, his face extremely serious.
(End of the Chapter)
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