I Have a Golden Crow-Chapter 749 - 516 Great Xia’s No.1 Paper Crane Disciple?!_3

Picking up his phone from the side, he saw a few new text messages coming in too.

Du Yu didn't have many friends—those who messaged him were just Lin Shihao, Liu Juncai and a couple others, so replying to them was a breeze.

But one message from Section Chief Wang Zongying, Du Yu ended up reading over and over again.

Over the past month, the joint examination footage for the Seven Provinces and One City had already been made public and played on repeat for several rounds.

The public announcement period was over as well. Du Yu was, without a doubt, ranked number one.

Under the 100-point system, Du Yu scored an astonishing 99.1!

What does that even mean?

That's the "where the hell did my other 0.9 points go" kind of feeling!

Where'd they go, huh? Why'd you dock points from me?

I mean, I literally flipped your whole exam hall, and you… Oh, wait! Right, haha!

Was it because I took the entire exam venue away, so the Bookstore got salty and docked me 0.9 points?

The Ashen Arrow really isn't worth much, is it? You might as well have deducted a bit more…

Du Yu's expression turned strange as he stared at Wang Zongying's congratulatory message.

After some thought, he decided to make a call.

Once the call connected, Du Yu chimed in, "Brother Wang, happy New Year!"

"Hahaha!" Wang Zongying burst out laughing, "You're seriously wishing me a happy New Year now? That's late, man."

Du Yu casually replied, "Well then, here's to Brother Wang's happy retirement."

Wang Zongying: "Huh?"

"Uh." Du Yu scratched his head, "The Bookstore's looking for me?"

"You little punk." Wang Zongying realized and cursed playfully, "We could've arranged your reward ages ago, but you were impossible to reach.

Xiaodu, you're really getting carried away.

The grand prize for taking first place in the Seven Provinces and One City—what, not good enough for you anymore?"

"Hehe~" Du Yu grinned, "Been a bit busy lately, really couldn't get away."

Wang Zongying understood, and quickly switched topics, exclaiming, "Xiaodu, you're truly the pride of Shaohai Province!

Even more, you're the pride of our Ancient Pine Tower!"

Du Yu quickly protested, "No, no, don't…"

Wang Zongying: "Your performance in the Battle Zone honestly left me stunned.

That's the freaking Battle Zone, but you strolled through like it was a park. You totally blew my mind!

Do you know what people call you now?

The Northern First Disciple!

Some folks don't even bother with north or south anymore, they just straight-up call you the Great Xia's Number One Paper Crane Disciple!"

Du Yu blushed, cutting him off in a hurry, "Alright, alright, Brother Wang! If you keep going, I really will get cocky—so, about that reward?"

Wang Zongying: "Haha, the reward's the same as always, same rules.

There's a ring, cultivation materials, all of which you can check out on the official website."

Du Yu's heart skipped a beat. This time, the Library Ring should be made of jade, right?

As the saying goes, "Gold has a price, jade is priceless."

Jade is even known as "the king of gemstones."

A jade ring awarded personally by the Great Xia Bookstore—just how good would that material be?

The value's got to be through the roof, huh?

Wang Zongying continued, "For your custom Demon Soldier or Demon Pet, you can only pick one. What are you thinking?"

Du Yu hesitated, "Uhh…"

Wang Zongying lowered his voice, "Xiaodu, I see your Demon Pet's already super strong.

Honestly, I suggest you go with a Demon Soldier. You're guaranteed a Divine Artifact!

This kind of year-end joint exam—the level's already sky-high.

If you go with a custom Demon Soldier, the higher-ups at the Bookstore will get involved personally, and they'll bring in Great Xia's top Demon Weapon Masters to make it for you."

"Got it, Brother Wang. I'll look into it and get back to you ASAP," Du Yu replied softly.

Wang Zongying reminded, "Alright, this is a rare opportunity. Make sure you think it through."

"Mhm." Du Yu hung up and fell into deep thought too.

Another Divine Bow?

Or maybe a Protective Short Blade?

The prize for the Four Provinces joint exam—the Ice-colored Jade Marrow Bow—was Level Five, Cold Jade Quality.

For this Seven Provinces and One City exam, the reward's probably a step up: Level Six, Eternal Diamond Quality!

Higher than that, you're looking at Level Seven, Radiant Star Quality.

That's what people call "Holy Grade Demon Soldiers!"

Du Yu didn't really believe that there's any Demon Weapon Master in Great Xia capable of crafting Holy Grade Demon Soldiers.

And even if there was, Great Xia wouldn't just gift someone a whole Demon Soldier Realm like that.

Wouldn't that throw everything into chaos?

But hey, even if it's not Holy Grade, who cares?

As long as it's close enough in quality and there's hope of an upgrade, Du Yu can try nurturing it himself!

To personally raise a Demon Soldier to Saint, and open up his own unique Demon Soldier Realm civilization…

Tsk tsk,

Just thinking about it gets me a little pumped~

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