A group of over seventy people were assigned to twenty villas.

Since Celestial Star City Daoist School had fewer people, Cyan Dragon Daoist School and Vermilion Bird Daoist School were placed in the same villa.

After the group of eight chose their rooms, they sat in the living room on the first floor to chat.

The head of the Vermilion Bird Daoist School was Liu Ruyan, a beautiful woman in her thirties, wearing a fiery red dress and exuding mature charm.

"Brother Lu, I heard that the matter with the Black Mist City branch is related to you," Liu Ruyan asked gravely.

Lu Hongfei was not surprised upon hearing this. Although Liu Ruyan and Zhang Kun were not in the same city, there was some communication between the branches, so it was not surprising that she knew about it.

"Indeed, it is related to us," Lu Hongfei said gravely.

"Besides you, who else is involved?" Liu Ruyan asked with some surprise.

Lu Hongfei pointed to Chu Chen and Zhang Yuyan.

"Oh? That's interesting, tell me more about it," Liu Ruyan urged.

Lu Hongfei did not refuse, but he only mentioned what could be said, excluding the fact that Chu Chen actually killed Li Yifei and the matter of the Eye of Insight.

After listening, Liu Ruyan sighed regretfully, "What a pity, I once had the privilege of witnessing him slay a King-level Star Beast with great flair; I never thought he would stray off course."

"Alas! Life is so unpredictable. It's incredibly challenging for humans to nurture a King-level powerhouse. Truly, it's being blinded by power," Lu Hongfei lamented.

Given humanity's current situation, the fall of each King-level powerhouse is a significant loss for humanity.

After a moment of sighing, the door was suddenly knocked.

Chu Chen hurried to open the door and found that the visitor was indeed Wang Lingfeng.

Seeing this, Chu Chen asked in surprise, "Senior Brother Wang, what brings you here?"

Wang Lingfeng replied with a smile, "I'm here to deliver food to you; your daily needs during your time in Cyan Dragon City are my responsibility."

"That's really kind of you."

"No need to be so polite. Tomorrow, I'll take you around Cyan Dragon City as a pre-competition relaxation."

"That sounds good, I just need to buy some cultivation resources."

After a few courteous exchanges, Wang Lingfeng placed the food down and then walked off to the adjacent villa.

"Chu Chen, are you planning to buy cultivation resources tomorrow?" Zhang Yuyan asked puzzledly.

"Yes, I'm just short of two materials and plan to try my luck here."

After returning from Black Mist City, he began preparing the materials needed to enhance the quality of Lei Yao and Nirvana.

As for changing the evolution path, he didn't intend to do so. Before reaching the King level, battles of Guardian Beasts mainly relied on skills.

For now, both Lei Yao and Nirvana have high skill levels. Changing the evolution path might require relearning skills, which would need a significant amount of Slaughter Value even with the Slaughter Atlas.

Chu Chen's current Slaughter Value is completely insufficient, let alone excess for relearning skills.

This time, the number of evolution materials totals over a hundred, with the materials for the two Guardian Beasts exceeding two hundred.

Fortunately, 80% of these materials are relatively common, with prices ranging from thousands to tens of thousands, costing Chu Chen over three million for just these materials.

The remaining 20% are relatively rare, but most of them can still be bought by spending more money.

In the end, he is only short of two materials: one is the Earth Flower, a Yellow Rank Middle Grade Heavenly and Earthly Treasure, and the other is the Beast Thunder Fruit, also a Yellow Rank Middle Grade Heavenly and Earthly Treasure.

Chu Chen has entrusted Ning Yan to search for a long time, but still hasn't found them. Helplessly, he could only place his hopes on the limited number of Daoist School Points.

But when he checked the Daoist School Treasury, he found that there were no such Heavenly and Earthly Treasures.

This made Chu Chen deeply aware of the extent of resource scarcity and understood why Zhang Kun committed such a grave mistake yet was not immediately executed.

Most of the planet's resources are in the hands of those Star Beasts, with Secret Realms being the main way for humans to obtain resources.

Chu Chen has entered the Secret Realm twice. Each time fighting for the Key was a narrow escape, illustrating how difficult it is to obtain resources.

Now, just raising Lei Yao and Nirvana to Perfect Level has led to missing evolution materials.

If he wants to enhance them to higher qualities in the future, the issue of missing materials will be even more severe, seriously slowing down his cultivation pace.

To change this situation, there are only three ways.

First, enhance his strength to enter higher circles, or even management levels, with the right to choose resources first.

But he can't achieve this in the short term, so he has to rule it out.

The second way is to prove himself monstrously talented, exposing his potential to the higher-ups to gain their attention and thereby receive nurturing from the big figures.

The third way is to join a powerful force or some powerful family, offering loyalty and freedom in exchange for cultivation resources.

Chu Chen's current situation is similar to the third, but on contract terms, which is for a fixed period; once the contract expires, he will be free.

Neither of these three methods is what he wants, but with his current weak strength, he can only temporarily rely on the Daoist School and make plans for when he grows stronger later.

After dinner, everyone returned to their rooms to rest.

Early the next morning, Wang Lingfeng came over with breakfast. After arranging a time with Chu Chen, he hurried off.

"Come, everyone, have breakfast," Chu Chen called out with a smile.

Everyone gathered over.

Today's breakfast was quite sumptuous, with fried dough sticks, buns, steamed buns, porridge, pickles, soy milk, milk, etc.

Looking at the abundant breakfast, Wang Lu couldn't help but marvel, "Cyan Dragon Academy is so great; I definitely want to study here in the future."

"Yes, and those seniors and juniors, they're so amiable, taking us on a school tour, I also want to come to Cyan Dragon Academy," Ji Mingyue agreed with a smile.

At this moment, Lu Hongfei said with a smile, "It seems Cyan Dragon Academy's strategy really works on these kids."

Stunned, Wang Lu quickly asked, "Teacher, what do you mean by this?"

Ji Mingyue also looked over, clearly not understanding Lu Hongfei's words.

Seeing this, Lu Hongfei explained with a smile, "Cyan Dragon Academy arranged these students to receive us to connect with you, showing you around the school and letting you stay in villas, to showcase Cyan Dragon Academy's heritage and make you feel favorable towards it."

Hearing this, everyone nodded, as it was indeed the case; they all wanted to apply to Cyan Dragon Academy now.

"Is their aim merely to have us apply to Cyan Dragon Academy?" Wang Lu asked puzzledly.

Lu Hongfei nodded and said, "Of course, but their aim isn't you, it's a rare few geniuses; Cyan Dragon Academy isn't just for anyone to get into."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. They had all checked the information, and the last person who got into the Five Grand Academies was five years ago, and these five Elite Classes were all very strong, some even stronger than them. Such formidable individuals couldn't get into the Five Grand Academies, making it even harder for them to succeed.

Seeing everyone's gloomy expressions, clearly stimulated by his words, Lu Hongfei comforted with a smile, "You shouldn't underestimate yourselves. There's still five months until the college entrance exam. As long as you work hard enough, I believe you can achieve your wishes."

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