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Chapter 38 - With a Cheat, Strength is Assured
Su Mu had been waiting for a long time, only to receive a statement as inconclusive as if nothing had been said at all, which left him somewhat disappointed.
He had been speculating about which school his talent would be higher in. Would it be flying swords? Body refining? Or perhaps runic formations or alchemical pills?
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be an all-around development with no particular focus.
Upon further reflection, he came to terms with it.
He had a pay-to-win cheat. Whether it was flying swords, body refining, runic formations, alchemical pills, or even Spiritual Plants and beast taming, music and performance... he could learn and master anything from any school or Major, as long as he was willing to spend money. He could even improve and break through them.
From this perspective, wasn't this exactly what a balanced talent looked like?
As Su Mu pondered wildly, he began to study the examination system, quickly getting the hang of it.
With a thought, a light screen appeared before his eyes, displaying text that he could swipe and change with a gesture of his hand.
It was somewhat reminiscent of a large tablet computer, similar to the scenes he had seen in the science fiction movies from his past life.
Su Mu glanced at the light screen, which listed various Majors offered by the cultivation university.
From the combat department to the production department, and then to the lifestyle department and the literature and Art Department, everything was available.
According to the regulations, for each spell drawn from a department, there were three chances to exchange it.
For instance, if you wanted to learn about flying swords, but were unlucky enough to draw the challenging eight methods of qi control, and you were utterly baffled no matter how much you studied, unable to release spiritual qi from your body and control it freely, making it act like invisible tentacles doing whatever you wanted, then your best bet would be to quickly change the examination question. It would be foolish to stubbornly persist until the end.
With three chances, you could at least switch to a question of moderate difficulty or an easier one.
Of course, if your luck was truly terrible, and you accidentally got assigned to draw from the most difficult question bank, then no matter if you changed three times, thirty times, or even three hundred times, you would not be able to get an easy question. Without a cheat, you would have no choice but to resign yourself to fate.
Before coming, Su Mu had already made up his mind to focus on three Majors as his main studies: runic formations, alchemical pills, and artifact cultivation.
Runic formations were the foundation of modern cultivation, with almost every Major involving some knowledge of runic formations to a certain extent. Even the methods of personal spiritual practice would rely heavily on runic formation knowledge in the middle and later stages, or even require the power of runic formations outright.
Such a crucial Major was naturally to be his main focus for in-depth study.
As for alchemical pills, they were related to spiritual practice and also to his sibling Su Ye's illness.
Although Su Ye had undergone the marrow washing and blood exchange surgery, which had brought the illness under control and temporarily secured their life, there was a new issue of deficiency of righteous qi, leaving them frail, much like Lin Daiyu1.
Studying alchemical pills was for the purpose of learning one or two types of spiritual pills that invigorate the righteous qi, which he could then modify and give to little Ye to eat.
A spiritual pill modified or even breakthrough by a pay-to-win cheat would undoubtedly be more effective than those sold outside, right?
And he could also sell them for money!
Learning artifact cultivation was directly for the sake of making money. With money, he could learn more powerful spells.
Making magic treasures is truly lucrative.
Anyone who has played games knows that a good piece of equipment can make a rich person bid like crazy, driving the price sky-high.
Back in the days of the game Legend, a Loong-Slaying Saber was sold for 100,000; in DNF (Dungeon Fighter Online), there was also a magic sword at the same price level that even made the news. Not to mention in Fantasy Westward Journey, where equipment can cost hundreds of thousands or even millions...
Since rich people are willing to splash out millions on a virtual item, how much would they be willing to spend on an actual top-tier magic treasure?
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Oh boy, the thought alone is delightful.
Moreover, with a magic treasure in hand, one would possess a certain level of combat ability. It wouldn't matter if one hadn't learned techniques from the combat department like flying swords or body refining.
Isn't Iron Man just a mortal who stood shoulder to shoulder with gods?
As long as you have money, technology, and magic treasures, you can forge truth and peace.
While Majors like Spiritual Plants and beast taming can also be profitable through the cultivation of spiritual herbs and breeding of spiritual beasts, with not insignificant returns, these methods are not immediate and require a period of cultivation. During this time, you need to continuously invest money...
This clearly did not fit Su Mu's needs.
So he put aside these Majors for now, deciding that it wouldn't be too late to double major in them once he had the funds.
After accompanying his sister to the zoo yesterday, Su Mu added the alchemical cuisine major to his list of required courses.
Learning an additional Major just means spending a bit more money, and for satisfying his little sister, Little Greedy Cat, any amount would be worth it. Besides, the alchemical cuisine major could help in invigorating her righteous qi and was also profitable, so there was no loss involved.
Although Su Mu had selected four Majors to focus on, he didn't rush to look at their questions.
He planned to first take a look at the questions from other Majors, considering it a form of covert learning.
With the pay-to-win cheat at his disposal, he could easily learn the spells and techniques from these questions. Although he wouldn't spend money to upgrade them for now, it's always good to be prepared, as you never know when they might come in handy.
Moreover, opportunities to learn knowledge from all Majors are rare and should be seized.
The only pity is that there are only three chances to change the questions for each Major.
Without this limitation, Su Mu believed he could learn the entire question bank shared by several cultivation universities!
Unfortunately, this dream of his was not achievable.
At least not for now.
"Adding it all up, I could learn dozens of spells, which rounds up to a hundred million... Be content," Su Mu comforted himself and stopped wasting time. He raised his hand and clicked on the Spiritual Plants major at the top of the screen.
A shadowy figure appeared before Su Mu.
As the figure demonstrated the spell, they also explained the principles and techniques behind it.
"This is the Earth-Rock Conversion Spell, a very important basic spell from the earth series. Although it is a level 1 spell, its application in the Spiritual Plants major is incredibly extensive. The spell uses mana to change the molecular structure of an object, allowing hard rock to become soft soil, or soft soil to transform into hard rock..."
Inside the Shangqing Palace, a recruitment teacher observing through the light screen couldn't help but shake their head, silently lamenting Su Mu's luck: "With just average talent, he still managed to draw one of the hardest questions from the Spiritual Plants major in the question bank. Poor kid."
In the examination space, after the figure finished demonstrating and teaching, it did not disappear but stood to the side.
If the examinee needed, it would repeat the teaching tirelessly, until the examinee learned the spell or gave up.
Typically, examinees would watch the demonstration multiple times because it's quite confusing and difficult to understand after only one or two viewings.
But Su Mu didn't need to.
Right after the figure finished its demonstration and explanation, a data rain began to fall in front of his eyes, which eventually turned into a line of text:
"Earth-Rock Conversion Spell: 4 points (Insufficient), level 1, grade B"
Footnote:
Lin Daiyu(林黛玉): Lin Daiyu is one of the principal characters in the classic Chinese novel "Dream of the Red Chamber." She is portrayed as frail and often ill. Today, the name is commonly used to describe someone who is physically weak or delicate in constitution.