Chapter 327: Chapter 293: 6-star Martial Artist Certification, The First in School History

[5-Star Mission Accepted]

[Hunt and kill three 3-star Demon Beasts within seven days.]

[Mission Reward: 1,000,000 in cash, 6 Grade-3 Qi and Blood Enhancement Compound Potions, 100 academic credits.]

By the time Lin Yi walked out of the Mission Hall,

Wei Nan was staring at him like he was some kind of monster.

"What’s wrong?"

Lin Yi asked, confused.

Wei Nan and Sun Tao exchanged a look, then smiled and shook their heads.

"I’m realizing the gap between us has widened again—by a lot!"

"How do you raise your cultivation level like it’s as easy as drinking water? We go to bed later than dogs and wake up earlier than chickens every day. I’m not gonna lie, I only just reached Tier One, Star Two, and Sun Tao just made it to Two-Star!"

"And you’re already a Five-Star..."

Wei Nan’s voice was tinged with envy.

For him, it was a good thing that his friend had reached such a high level.

But when the gap became too wide, he couldn’t help but feel like he was holding him back.

And that was exactly how Wei Nan felt right now.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t catch up to Lin Yi.

In fact, the gap was only growing wider.

Lin Yi just smiled. He hadn’t told Wei Nan and the others that he had already broken through to Six-Star.

’If they knew...’

"Aren’t you guys heading to the Cultivation Field?" Lin Yi asked, changing the subject.

Wei Nan nodded. "Of course. We haven’t even changed out of our Martial Arts Uniforms yet. Where are you off to? Are you heading to Jail City now?"

"It’s too early for that. There’s no point in going yet."

"I’m planning to go to the Certification Hall to get a new badge," Lin Yi said with a faint smile.

Wei Nan: "..."

"Why don’t we go with you? I’ve never seen what a Five-Star badge looks like!" Sun Tao said with a laugh.

Wei Nan quickly nodded in agreement. "I heard they’re made from some kind of quicksand material, right?"

"Quicksand material? What’s that?"

"I’m not sure myself. I guess it’s some kind of sand?"

The two of them chattered on about the badge’s material.

Wei Shang and Feng Lei laughed. "Perfect. We’ll go get new badges, too. We can collect a bigger subsidy!"

Lin Yi glanced back at the two of them.

"Why do I get the feeling you two are just here to scam some money?"

They weren’t real students. They were at the school on a mission to protect Lin Yi.

In other words, they were already collecting a salary from the Town Martial Department.

If they got certified at the school as well, they could receive a monthly subsidy on top of that.

That way, they’d be collecting two paychecks a month. They could just coast.

Wei Shang grinned. "But we *are* students!"

Lin Yi: "..."

While they were talking, the group arrived at the Certification Hall.

A glance inside revealed that the Certification Hall was quite crowded.

It was filled mostly with second and third-year students.

They were all there to be re-certified and get new badges.

After all, this was a decent source of income for the Martial Arts Students.

A Two-Star could receive a monthly subsidy of 50,000.

If they reached Three-Star, that subsidy jumped to 100,000.

Most of the students here were at the Three-Star or Four-Star Realm.

If one managed to reach the Four-Star Realm—the level of Lin Yi’s current gold badge—the monthly subsidy shot up to 200,000.

It was the school’s way of recognizing its students’ achievements.

The higher one’s realm, the more expenses one had.

But if all this subsidy money was spent on cultivation, it would be nowhere near enough.

It was a good thing Lin Yi had a super-rich older cousin.

Every month, Tang Qinru would have her assistant, Han Xi’Er, deliver them compound potions that enhanced their Qi and Blood.

A single case of those potions was worth over a million.

As a result, Lin Yi had practically no need to spend his own money.

If he didn’t have this wealthy cousin and had to rely solely on his own talent to cultivate,

Lin Yi would likely be in the same boat as Wei Nan and the others right now.

He’d have to spend every day toiling miserably in the Cultivation Field,

wishing he could split every one of the day’s twenty-four hours into micro-managed cultivation sessions.

And even then, the growth of his Qi and Blood would be incredibly slow.

So, while the subsidy money seemed like a lot,

it was just a drop in the bucket when it came to actual cultivation expenses.

Entering the Certification Hall, Lin Yi, Wei Shang, and Feng Lei headed toward the service windows.

Lin Yi had just taken a number and was waiting to have his realm tested.

But when it was Wei Shang and Feng Lei’s turn,

the student clerk at the window checked their student information.

In the end, even the student clerk looked completely stumped.

"You aren’t eligible for certification!"

"What? Not eligible for certification? Did you type our names in wrong? Please check again. We’re students here too!" Wei Shang said quickly.

The student clerk shook her head. "I didn’t make a mistake with the names. You really aren’t eligible. Your records are sealed, so I can’t process a certification!"

Hearing this, Wei Shang and Feng Lei immediately understood what was going on.

It meant that when the school had processed their enrollment,

their identity information had been sealed.

Furthermore, the decision to seal their records hadn’t been made by the school alone.

It had also been at the behest of the Town Martial Department. They were already overage for students, and they were Department personnel.

If anyone at the school could just casually look up their information, wouldn’t their identities be exposed?

There was another factor, this one on the school’s part.

To put it bluntly, the school didn’t want to hand out subsidies to them for no reason.

’They aren’t even real students, and they expect to get free subsidies? That would be pretty shameless!’

After a long moment, both Wei Shang and Feng Lei understood.

They could only turn and leave, looking disappointed.

Lin Yi glanced at them with a grin. "So, they turned you away, huh?"

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