Chapter 785: I Have Met Zhang Xuan

"How many?"

Seeing the other person's wry smile and disbelief, Dong Xin was puzzled. "Since he's a freshman, his cultivation should at most be at the peak of the Spirit Harmonization Realm. Even if he broke through to the Heavenly Bridge Realm, killing three peak Spirit Harmonization Realm beasts in one day would be impressive. Three beasts... that's 120 points. Could he have possibly scored over a thousand points?"

Killing an early-stage Spirit Harmonization Realm beast earns 10 points, while a peak one earns 40 points. Killing three beasts of comparable strength in a day is already very impressive. Even if he scored ten times that, it would only be a thousand points. That wouldn't be enough to shock the esteemed president of the Azure Moon Society, a Six-Star Low-Tier Master Teacher, to this extent, would it?

"A thousand points? If it were that little, I wouldn't be so surprised!" Knowing she wouldn't guess, Long Cangyue shook his head. "He scored a total of forty-three thousand seven hundred and twenty-four points..."

"How much? Forty... forty thousand-plus points?"

Dong Xin swayed, nearly fainting. She had personally captured these spiritual beasts and knew how difficult it was. These beasts had repeatedly harmed people and committed many wicked deeds; they were far more ferocious and cunning than the caged beast pets. For a freshman who had just arrived at the academy to score over forty thousand points... this was a bit too much of a joke! Just how many spiritual beasts did he kill to achieve such a score? Could it be that all the spiritual beasts on the mountain were killed by him alone?

"Yes, and it wasn't from killing spiritual beasts, but... taming them!" Long Cangyue said.

"Taming?" Dong Xin's voice was sharp.

Taming is much harder than killing. Even for a renowned genius like her from the Beast Taming Academy, taming a single beast would take months, even years, to reach the required affinity. Taming them in less than a day... and with over forty thousand points, how many did he tame?

As if seeing her confusion, Long Cangyue continued: "He tamed over four hundred beasts in total, and... it's said he did it all within an hour!"

"An hour..." Dong Xin swallowed. Even she couldn't achieve such a feat.

"With so many points and so many tamed spiritual beasts, he immediately gained the favor of Dean Mi, who wanted to take him as a disciple!" Long Cangyue said.

"Take him as a disciple? Dean Mi is taking a disciple?" Dong Xin was stunned. She had always worked hard with the goal of becoming Dean Mi's disciple, but unfortunately, this Six-Star High-Tier Master Teacher, one of the Ten Great Elders, had never agreed. She had thought Dean Mi would never take a disciple in her lifetime, but unexpectedly, this freshman impressed her.

"Yes, but what's most outrageous is... this guy actually refused!" Long Cangyue rolled his eyes. When he first heard this news, he was also dumbfounded. Refusing Dean Mi, one of the Ten Great Elders... this guy certainly has a lot of nerve.

Dong Xin felt as if she were listening to a fantastical tale. How many people vied to become his student, and he wouldn't accept any, yet this guy refused... Is there something wrong with his head?

"Don't get too excited yet, there's something even more outrageous. This guy heard that many people didn't pass the assessment, so he simply gave away all the points he earned!" Long Cangyue said.

"Gave away?" Dong Xin blinked, swaying slightly again. "Freshmen's entrance points can be exchanged for academic credits... If these points were really exchanged, it would be easy to get ten academic credits, right? Even if he didn't want academic credits, he could easily apply for twenty high-grade spirit stones... He actually gave them away?"

"They can also be exchanged for academic credits and spirit stones?" As she was lamenting this, Zhang Xuan, hidden in the bushes, felt his chest churn, nearly spitting blood and fainting on the spot.

If he had known these things could be exchanged for academic credits and spirit stones, instead of idly messing around on the peak all afternoon, he would have rushed over and captured spiritual beasts long ago! Why didn't he earn a million or two million points in a day? If worst came to worst, he could have just thrown out the Purple Sun Beast...

Spirit Harmonization Realm beasts earn 10 points, Heavenly Bridge Realm 100 points, Unity Realm 1,000 points, Void Treading Realm 10,000 points, Cocoon Sealing Realm 100,000 points, Half-Saint 1 million, Quasi-Saint 10 million. And for a Saint realm beast... it should be over 100 million, right? And that guy is at the peak of Saint Realm 1st Dan, which means... four hundred million points! By that proportion, would it instantly grant 100,000 academic credits? Or 200,000 high-grade spirit stones?

Feeling his vision blur, Zhang Xuan's insides twisted with regret. If he really had that many academic credits and high-grade spirit stones, where couldn't he go? Why would he need to stay in this broken place?! He would definitely have explored all the libraries and gone to the Conferred Empires by now.

"I should go find Elder Mi later and see... if I can exchange the Purple Sun Beast for points..." His heart filled with immense resentment, he thought for a moment, then shook his head helplessly. "Putting aside that the freshman assessment is over, even if it could truly be exchanged, it would be hard to explain how the Purple Sun Beast got beaten and captured..." The Foreign Tribe Puppet was currently his greatest reliance and couldn't be exposed. Although he was conflicted, after careful consideration, he could only give up on the idea.

"Honestly, even I have to admire how generous this guy is!" Long Cangyue continued: "Of course, that's nothing. If you knew what he did next, you'd definitely go crazy!"

"Oh?" Suppressing her shock, Dong Xin looked over again. Hu Yaoyao and Xue Zhenyang didn't interject, but their faces weren't as surprised, likely because they already knew about these matters.

"After this guy passed the assessment, he went straight to the Blacksmith School that very day. The result? Somehow, he collapsed the entire recording channel and even half of the guild's branch building..." Long Cangyue continued.

"Recording channel? Guild branch?" Dong Xin gasped. "Didn't Vice Dean Yuan kill him?" As a senior student of the academy, she knew Vice Dean Yuan's temperament: he was a stickler for rules and incorruptible. Collapsing the recording channel, and even half of the Blacksmith Guild branch's hall, it's a miracle he wasn't strangled on the spot.

"Kill him? How could that be... Not only did he not kill him, but he was incredibly polite, personally taking him to participate in the blacksmith assessment! The result? In just two hours, this guy went from a blacksmith apprentice, passed the assessments, and became... a Six-Star Blacksmith!" Long Cangyue continued.

"Two hours... from one-star to six-star?" Dong Xin felt like spitting blood, unable to contain herself anymore. The previous events were acceptable; true geniuses exist, and being stronger than them isn't a big deal. But a blacksmith going from one-star to six-star in two hours, what in the world is that? What's more, the prerequisite for a Six-Star Master Teacher assessment is reaching the Cocoon Sealing Realm of Mortal Transcendence Ninth Layer. Otherwise, one's True Qi wouldn't be pure enough, and the heat to ignite flames wouldn't be sufficient, making many ores impossible to refine. "Are you telling me a fairy tale?"

"This incident shocked Dean Zhao, who insisted on taking him as a junior martial brother on behalf of his master... and this guy refused again!" Knowing she found it hard to believe, Long Cangyue realized explanations were futile and finished recounting all the information he knew. Many students had witnessed Zhang Xuan's antics at the Blacksmith School, so it couldn't be hidden. A little inquiry would reveal everything clearly.

"Dean Mi taking a disciple, Dean Zhao taking a junior martial brother... he refused them all?" Swallowing hard, Dong Xin looked over. "This freshman is indeed outrageous, but... what does he have to do with your societies not making money?"

What puzzled her was why, with freshmen arriving, their societies claimed to have no money, then mentioned this guy. Could it be related to them not making money? "Of course it's related! As you know, when new students arrive, the most profitable business is selling the 'Faculty and Staff Detailed Guide.' Who would have thought this guy, from who knows where, got an even more detailed and accurate version and gave it away for free to the freshmen... Who would buy ours then? Not only did they not buy it, but they also cursed us, and many freshmen who were originally planning to join our societies withdrew!" Long Cangyue gave a wry smile.

This incident caused the Azure Moon Society to suffer a huge loss. That's when he noticed this freshman named Zhang Xuan, and upon investigating, he uncovered all this information. If it were any other freshman, they would have certainly been beaten severely to teach them a lesson about the rules. But this one... someone Dean Mi and Dean Zhao were practically begging to have, even if they wanted to act against him, they wouldn't dare!

Dong Xin's mouth fell open. Indeed, with a free and even better option available, who would spend a hundred mid-grade spirit stones to buy the expensive one?

"Then... is there no solution?"

"What solution? Although this guy's cultivation isn't high, he has Dean Mi and Dean Zhao, two of the Ten Great Elders, backing him. We really don't know what to do... Since you all are here, let's discuss this matter as well!" Long Cangyue sighed, looking at them expectantly. "He is wantonly disrupting the market, putting us in such a passive position. We must punish him, or the prestige of our four major societies will be ruined, and no one will listen to us anymore!"

"Yes, he must be punished!" Xue Zhenyang narrowed his eyes and snorted.

"How do we punish him?" Dong Xin looked over.

"This..." Long Cangyue and Xue Zhenyang exchanged glances, each giving a wry smile. If they tried to move against this guy, Dean Mi and Dean Zhao would be insurmountable obstacles. If they had a way, they would have acted long ago. Why wait until now?

"Speaking of this guy, I actually saw him today!" Just as everyone looked conflicted and unsure what to do, Hu Yaoyao, standing nearby, smiled faintly and spoke.

"You saw him?" The others looked over. They had been half-scared to death by the various rumors about Zhang Xuan these past few days, but hadn't actually seen him. They had no idea what the guy who caused such a stir the moment he arrived at the academy actually looked like.

"Yes, I'm sure you all know about Luo Qiqi, the beautiful genius from the second year!" Hu Yaoyao looked at them.

"Of course!" Dong Xin nodded. Women pay attention to appearances, and as fellow members of the campus beauty rankings, how could she not pay attention? Luo Qiqi only entered the academy last year, and in less than a year, she went from peak Four-Star to Low-Tier Five-Star, making astonishing progress.

"I just saw her with this Zhang Xuan, and she called him 'teacher'!" Hu Yaoyao said.

"Teacher?"

"Luo Qiqi called him teacher? You... you're not joking, are you?" "This Luo Qiqi has a mysterious background; she's rumored to be a princess from some empire, but despite my inquiries, I've never received confirmed information... How could someone like her actually take a freshman as her teacher?" Long Cangyue, Xue Zhenyang, and the others couldn't believe it.