Urban Cultivation with a Demonic System-Chapter 333 - 277: Su Yuan’s Reputation and Vision
At the moment of the stalemate between both parties, some people present already recognized Su Yuan.
And when they heard Su Yuan wanted to join the School of Earth and Wood, it made some people smell a hint of conspiracy.
Where does this feeling come from?
Unrelated to intuition, purely because Su Yuan’s reputation is solid enough!
Dark and solid!
Since he apprenticed under Master Taibai, has this kid ever stopped?
But... even knowing Su Yuan came with ulterior motives, the Earth and Wood students couldn’t find the words to reject him.
Because the risk of admitting Su Yuan into Earth and Wood is high, but so are the rewards!
Clearly the direct disciple of a Nascent Soul True Monarch unstained by dust, a prodigy cherished like a treasure by the Evil Extermination Department, yet tainted by the dust of Earth and Wood, losing some of his untainted glory.
This is a chance to personally taint a Lord Evil Extermination — which Earth and Wood student could resist?
In no time, the looks from the Earth and Wood students at Su Yuan felt like hungry wolves staring at a lamb lost in their den, their eyes gleaming green!
After a while, a Senior Brother of Earth and Wood suppressed his urge to immediately agree and said:
"This is a significant matter, we can’t guarantee you directly, we need to consult with a tutor."
"If there are no unexpected circumstances, joining the reconstruction of the teaching building shouldn’t be a problem for you."
Su Yuan nodded repeatedly:
"Then I must trouble the senior brothers."
But at this point, the senior brother changed his tone:
"Although there’s no problem from the School of Earth and Wood’s side, whether Evil Extermination Academy releases you depends on your own effort."
Su Yuan immediately promised:
"Rest assured senior brother, I will clarify this with my teacher before class. If all goes well, we can start today!"
After discussions, both parties exchanged contact information and went their separate ways.
After returning to his dormitory and washing up, it was seven in the morning.
Estimating that True Monarch Yang Hao and his Master should be free at this time, Su Yuan sent them the same message.
The message was simple, with Su Yuan deciding to stay longer in the Jianmu Divine Needle due to deep research in Celestial Slayer Swordsmanship, preparing for the monthly exam.
Thus, he would not attend classes for some time to come.
If someone else had said this, True Monarch Yang Hao and Taibai Phecda would have thought it was nonsense.
But Su Yuan, Chi Le’an, and Qi Hanyan were different, they had the privilege of official skip classes.
The first month’s content of the Evil Extermination Department’s seed class didn’t differ much from the preparatory class, accommodating Qi Cultivation Stage students more.
Even if Su Yuan skipped class for a month, it wouldn’t affect his studies later.
Instead, if he used this time for focused sword learning, perhaps he could achieve better results.
And they also believed Su Yuan wouldn’t waste time on useless things like Qi Hanyan, thus they approved him with a wave of their hand.
Then, Su Yuan sent a notification to Qi Hanyan, Chen Nuoyi, and others, just in case they couldn’t find him.
Also at this time, the School of Earth and Wood agreed to Su Yuan’s request, and offered him quite good compensation, with his salary being 50% higher than that of a first-year student!
Su Yuan didn’t even go to class, ate breakfast, and went straight to the School of Earth and Wood.
At eight in the morning, in front of a deserted teaching building of the School of Earth and Wood.
The Earth and Wood tutor and some senior students were explaining construction site precautions to the first-year students.
This group of Earth and Wood freshmen chosen to come to the construction site numbered a hundred, and among them was his fellow townsman, Wang Zhengyu.
After yesterday’s impact from Lord Evil Extermination, the Earth and Wood freshmen clearly lacked the enthusiasm they had initially.
Their eyes, which should have been clear and foolish, now appeared somewhat numb.
But this all changed when Su Yuan appeared wearing a safety helmet!
"Hello everyone, I’m Su Yuan, a new member of Earth and Wood. You’re all my seniors, so please take care of me in the upcoming work."
Su Yuan greeted the Earth and Wood freshmen shyly, like a true newcomer.
Seeing this scene, Wang Zhengyu and the others’ eyes lit up again, regaining their faith in Earth and Wood!
"Wang Zhengyu, you’re from the same hometown as Su Yuan, aren’t you? Why not guide Su Yuan, and you two can work together later."
The Earth and Wood tutor smiled and said.
"Yes!"
Wang Zhengyu immediately stood straighter, responding loudly.
Watching Su Yuan walk to his side and treat him as a senior, Wang Zhengyu felt more honored than ever before in his life.
At nine in the morning, when the legal construction time finally arrived, the engineering officially began.
The first step was the demolition of the old teaching building.
The teaching building had been reinforced heavily, sturdy enough to withstand a Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s full attack, so the difficulty of demolition naturally was great.
Fortunately, although the Earth and Wood Department was poor, it had professional demolition magical treasures.
An enormous machine resembling a siege vehicle struck the teaching building heavily; at the same time that the building collapsed nearly halfway, all the reinforcing arrays and runes within broke completely.
Then, the freshmen used giant engineering swords to cut down the building materials, sorting and placing them into usable and unusable categories.
Quickly, the demolition work moved to the foundation part.
Standing on the ruins, feeling the surging Earth Evil Qi forming the foundation below, Su Yuan’s heart couldn’t help but stir.
In the construction industry, the main use of Celestial Spirit Qi is to integrate into building materials, greatly reducing building weight.
If there is enough Celestial Spirit Qi inside a building, it can even become so light as to float directly.
The most intuitive example is the Ten Immortals City suspended tens of thousands of meters in the sky.
But because Celestial Spirit Qi is hidden within many building materials, it is difficult to recover.
Earth Evil Qi, however, is different; its main purpose is to lay foundations. It can be entirely recovered during demolition.
The Earth Evil Qi under the teaching building naturally made Su Yuan drool.
"Teacher, how can the Earth Evil Qi already integrated into the foundation be recovered?"
Su Yuan, like a diligent and inquisitive model student, asked the Earth and Wood tutor.
The Earth and Wood tutor patiently explained:
"The method is simple; you just need to take a Qi Storage Pearl specifically for collecting Celestial Spirit Qi and Earth Evil Qi, enter the foundation, and absorb all the Nether Evil Qi inside."
Pausing for a moment, he continued:
"However, buildings of an extremely high specification like this Earth and Wood teaching building originally had a surplus of Earth Evil Qi driven into the foundation during construction."
"After one hundred and fifty years of nurturing, the concentration of Earth Evil Power below has definitely reached an unthinkable level."
"If we proceed with the construction without extracting this Earth Evil Qi, it will result in the new teaching building being invaded by Evil Qi, making it uninhabitable."
"But if a general student goes down recklessly, they will surely be attacked by Evil Qi, and rheumatic pain is a minor issue; there’s even a high probability of a Qi deviation!"
Upon hearing about extraction, the Qi Cultivation Stage freshmen immediately turned alert.
Wang Zhengyu cautiously asked:
"Teacher, isn’t there any engineering equipment that can directly extract Earth Evil Qi?"
Hearing this, the Earth and Wood tutor sighed and said:
"Our engineering equipment has been requisitioned by various engineering teams within the department, leaving no free time, and renting would not be feasible due to budget constraints."
"Then what should we do?"
The Earth and Wood tutor said:
"Let some of the seniors present go down. They are strong and robust."
Saying that, he looked at several seniors:
"Five hundred a minute, finish clearing the Evil Qi from the foundation within three hours, and whoever is willing to go down gets the bonus."
Five hundred a minute; that’s ninety thousand in three hours, definitely not a small amount.
But the seniors seemed to have experienced the Earth Evil Qi within the foundation before, and even with such a huge temptation before them, they shook their heads vigorously like rattles.
The Earth and Wood tutor looked disappointed:
"Haven’t even stepped into society yet, and you begin cherishing your lives—how will you strive on construction sites in the future?"
"What makes you think you can emerge successfully without hardship, allowing the next generation to enter the Sword Dao Department or Evil Extermination Department?"
"If you don’t even have this ambition, don’t say I’m your teacher when you go out!"
After saying this, the Earth and Wood tutor took out his phone, apparently ready to painfully spend the budget to rent engineering equipment.
But just then, a voice suddenly rang out.
"Teacher, let me try it."
With this statement, everyone turned in the direction of the voice.
Then they met eyes with Su Yuan’s determined gaze.
Su Yuan seriously said:
"I am quite confident in my physique. I am confident in resolving the issues within the foundation without getting injured."
This Earth and Wood teacher was silent for a long while, then pointed to the students around and said:
"Now you know why Su Yuan is a prodigy of the Evil Extermination Department, whereas you are just ordinary Earth and Wood students?"
"What is called vision! This is called vision!"
