Li Yang appeared to be meditating, but she was actually reviewing the system panel.
Name: Li Yang
Lifespan: 2 years/100 years
Physical Strength: 200
Mental Strength: 200
Star Orifices: 3 (1%)
Technique: Basic Star Master Technique (100%)
Elixirs: Star Guide Pill (Can be enhanced) Solid Orifice Pill (Can be enhanced)
Star Skills: Fist Fury (100%) Hidden Shadow (First Rank 1%)
Notes 1: Only 2 years of lifespan remaining, please harvest plants quickly to gain more lifespan.
Notes 2: The impurities in the Star Guide Pill and Solid Orifice Pill are too high. It’s recommended to consume lifespan to purify them.
Notes 3: The proficiency of Star Skill – Hidden Shadow is extremely low. Please consume lifespan to increase proficiency.
Li Yang stared at the star orifices for a while, muttering in her heart, “Have I already broken through?”
The system would never respond, and Li Yang wasn’t expecting it to.
Li Yang entered meditation, observing her star orifices.
Indeed, there was an extra light spot in her heart.
The two light spots, without star power, were weakly flickering, and another one only had a small star particle gathered, flickering even more faintly.
She tried to guide the star into her body, and it was much easier than in Huangcheng. Soon, starlight began to gather, slowly filling the star orifice…
It seemed the starlight density in the wilderness was higher, which made it easier for her to guide the star into her body. If she took a Star Guide Pill, would the efficiency…
Forget it, forget it, that would be 150,000!
She didn’t want to “hurt her heart” again!
With the third star orifice opened, Li Yang’s physical and mental strength could continue to improve, but she only had two years of life left and couldn’t afford any more, so she could only leave it at that for now.
Not only that, but the Solid Orifice Pill still had room for refinement, and the newly learned star skill – Hidden Shadow was also a money (life) sink.
Who knew how much life she’d have to spend to max out its experience?
Four years just to learn it, but to increase experience, she’d have to keep burning her life.
The key was, Li Yang stared at the text in parentheses, murmuring, “What does First Rank mean? Can it level up?”
Fist Fury was just an ordinary basic star skill, with no rank distinction.
Hidden Shadow was definitely a rare star skill.
Who knew what would happen after leveling up?
Li Yang became more eager to enroll.
Not only was the golden wheat calling her, but she also wanted to learn more about Star Masters.
After sunrise, they continued their journey to Zhongdu.
The other students had already heard about what happened last night, especially after hearing that Li Yang killed an attacker with her fist. They were all shocked and gave her admiring glances.
So impressive!
No wonder she’s the top scorer of Donghua Province!
The rest of the journey was smooth, and they arrived in Zhongdu by dusk.
As they saw the towering walls of Zhongdu, the students, who had been tense the whole journey, became excited again.
“Ah, I’ve only seen Zhongdu on TV!”
“Wow, it’s so high! Feels like this city wall can beat Huangcheng… no, even Donghua Province’s capital is inferior!”
“Sniff, my grandfather’s last wish was for me to get into Zhongdu, Grandpa, I’m here!”
Li Yang looked out the window and felt a strong sense of unfamiliarity.
When she was in Huangcheng, the daily life didn’t feel much different, so she didn’t have the sense of switching worlds.
But after leaving Huangcheng, and traveling through the wilderness for two days and one night, now seeing the towering walls of Zhongdu, she deeply realized…
This was a completely different world from her previous life.
The car didn’t stop but drove straight into the city gate.
The city gate had a passage similar to a highway entrance, and cars entering the city were checked by some special equipment.
Once the passing light turned green, they were cleared for entry.
Once inside the city, the surroundings suddenly opened up.
Unlike the desolation outside the city, the inside was bustling with life.
Tall buildings greeted the eyes, and various cars drove along the paved roads.
People of all kinds hurriedly walked by. Unlike Huangcheng, many of these people were Star Masters.
The students couldn’t tell, but Li Yang could clearly see their star orifices as long as she focused.
Most had 1-2 star orifices, which meant they were low-ranking first-rank Star Masters.
Of course, she couldn’t see the orifices of higher-ranked Star Masters.
For example, when she looked at Lin Yuezu, a third-rank Star Master, she could only see a mist like an ordinary person.
The city guard arrived first at Zhongdu Military Academy.
In this bustling modern city, Zhongdu Military Academy remained an extremely eye-catching presence.
The massive gate stood tall with the words “Zhongdu First Military Academy” written in dragon-like calligraphy.
The students in the car saw these six words and held their breath, gazing at them with longing.
Lin Yuezu lazily looked at Li Yang and the others, saying, “Get out of the car, kids.”
Li Yang said goodbye to Lin Yuezu.
Lin Yuezu smiled and looked at her, saying, “By the way, my niece is in your class.”
Li Yang immediately thought of someone and asked, “Lin Zhaoqin?”
Lin Yuezu nodded and said, “Yes, after her practical exam, she kept saying you’re really strong and that she’s going to beat you once school starts…”
“…Well, there’s no need for that!”
Li Yang: “You really are strong.”
Lin Yuezu winked at her and whispered, “Lin Zhaoqin’s been wild since she was young, I’ll wait for you to knock her down.”
Li Yang quickly said, “No way, I’ll get along with Lin Zhaoqin after enrolling, there won’t be any fighting.”
Lin Yuezu patted her shoulder and said, “This is a military academy, students in combat departments always fight a little every couple of days, it’s hard not to.”
Li Yang stayed silent, realizing that the combat department was indeed dangerous, but fortunately, she was going to the agriculture department.
Lin Yuezu waved her hand, saying, “Go on, whether you choose Star Methods, Star Combat, or Mental Systems, they’ll all be suitable for you.”
Lin Yuezu was being kind, and Li Yang didn’t want to dampen her spirits, so she simply nodded and got out of the car with Fang Chuyun and Yu Hongyuan.
In Lin Yuezu’s eyes, Li Yang was definitely a genius in the combat department, and among the four combat departments, she clearly didn’t belong to the Star Support Department.
The other three departments… it just depended on who could grab this talented new student.
As for the agriculture department Li Yang truly wanted…
It was good that she didn’t speak up, otherwise, Lin Yuezu would’ve been full of question marks:
“What? Zhongdu Military Academy has an Agriculture Department?”
The agriculture department was too insignificant and had been forgotten by most people.
Zhongdu Military Academy had seven well-known departments, but in fact, it had eight.
After Li Yang and the others got out of the car, a senior sister immediately came up to greet them and asked, “Are you new students from Donghua Province, Huangcheng?”
Li Yang and the others nodded.
The senior sister called over a male student and said, “Take this junior brother to the boys’ dormitory, I’ll take these two junior sisters.”
Yu Hongyuan looked a bit panicked when they were about to be separated.
He looked at Li Yang with pleading eyes and said, “Li Yang… let’s keep in touch, okay?”
Fang Chuyun scoffed, “Mama’s boy.”
Yu Hongyuan exploded, “You’re a sister’s boy!”
“You’re asking for it…”
Seeing the two about to argue, the senior sister smiled and said, “No hurry, after you finish the registration, you two can go to the martial arts hall anytime.”
Yu Hongyuan went to the boys’ dormitory, and Li Yang and Fang Chuyun followed the senior sister to the girls’ dormitory.
Zhongdu Academy was very large, far beyond what Li Yang imagined.
The senior sister drove for a full fifteen minutes before dropping them off at a dormitory building.
She handed them each a package and said, “This is your new student package. It has the enrollment guide and some basic supplies.”
She also gave them a room card and said,
“Li Yang, you’re in Room 301, Fang Chuyun is in Room 302. You can stay in the dorm for free for the first seven days. After that, it’s weekly payment. This type… uh, should be one merit point per week.”
At first, Li Yang was listening carefully, but when she heard the last sentence, she froze.
“How much?”
“Did you say how much?”
The dorm is charged weekly, and it costs 10,000 for one week?!
The senior sister added, “If you don’t have merit points, you can exchange them at the school shop. The official price is 10,000 Chinese Yuan per merit point… of course, if you don’t have money, you can apply for a student loan, as long as your grades aren’t particularly bad, you should be able to apply for a loan with 10 merit points.”
“Wait!”
The senior sister was checking their information when she saw Li Yang’s scores and exclaimed, “You’re the top scorer of Donghua Province? That means you can apply for a much larger loan, probably around 100 merit points!”
Li Yang nodded blankly, her head buzzing.
One point is 10,000. 100 points is 1 million.
My god, what kind of school gives new students a 1 million merit point loan?!
The senior sister added, “But be careful, the student loan is interest-free for only a few months. If you overspend and can’t pay it back when it’s due…”
The interest can compound quickly and be quite frightening…