Urban Cultivation with a Demonic System-Chapter 356 - 297: Elites? Old Demon Su Specializes in Beating Elites!
However, the market is what it is, and Su Yuan has no choice.
To avoid such low cost-effectiveness situations from happening again, he decided to first target some high-value faculties for his campaign.
For instance, the Artifact Refining Department, one of the three major departments at the Evil Extermination Sword Sect.
And those departments that, while not comparable to the three major ones, are still quite formidable.
Such as the Management Department, Finance Department, Beast Taming Department, Daoist Technique Department, Array Department, and so on.
As one of the universities under the Ten Great Immortal Sects, Evil Extermination University naturally can’t just teach Sword Control; it has all the departments a regular Cultivation University should have.
It’s just that compared to the most outstanding Sword Dao, Evil Extermination and the three major true inheritance professions seem a bit weak.
According to the system, these departments are the inner or outer sects of the Holy Land of Evil Extermination.
Not just Evil Extermination University, but the other eight Immortal Sects, except Jiuli General Sect, are the same.
So many inner and outer sect departments, which one is the best choice?
Just as Su Yuan was deep in thought, a "ding" sound suddenly rang in his ears.
[After poisoning the Sword Dao True Inheritance of the Holy Land of Evil Extermination, the new disciple of Evil Extermination’s true inheritance, your wolfish ambitions can no longer be suppressed.]
[The Blood Corruption Sword, Celestial Shattering Star Sword, Divine Body Sacrificial Artifact Technique, long sealed at the Holy Land of Evil Extermination, are about to meet their true master!]
Is the system defaming again?
However, these words are indeed reasonable and can’t be refuted.
The only complaint is... Evil Extermination University hasn’t sealed the three Divinity Transformation Inheritances.
Don’t imagine the Evil Extermination Sword Sect to be too righteous and grand! Maybe the whole place is actually a Demon Cave?
This so-called Divine Body Sacrificial Artifact Technique should refer to the Divinity Transformation Inheritance of the Artifact Refining Department, sounds quite evil!
Since the system claims that the three Divinity Transformation Inheritances are awaiting their rightful owner, could it be that students at Evil Extermination University can cross-faculty learn inheritance?
Once enough hidden points are accumulated, definitely need to find out.
[To obtain the conditions to access the three Divinity Transformation Inheritances, you boldly stretched your demonic hand towards the peaks of the Holy Land of Evil Extermination!]
[The main task "Holy Land" has been updated!]
[Task: Demon Stain (In Progress)]
[Please mount a grand invasion into the true inheritance, inner sect, outer sect, and miscellaneous peaks of the Holy Land of Evil Extermination, ensuring no fewer than ten peaks of inheritance fall into corruption and depravity.]
[Task Progress: Corrupt the Peaks (1/10)]
[Task Reward One: Special Attack Attribute of the Holy Land of Evil Extermination (Level 2) *1]
[Task Reward Two: Sword Spirit Awakening (optional) *1]
[Special Reward: Spirit Sword Level Enhancement (optional) *1 (claimable upon corrupting one of the three true inheritance peaks)]
After reading the specific task details, a touch of joy flashed in Su Yuan’s eyes.
The task rewards are quite good.
Not to mention the Special Attack Attribute against the Holy Land of Evil Extermination, he already has special attack abilities against Sword Cultivators.
But the Sword Spirit Awakening reward is one of the most needed rewards for him at the current stage.
The Chi Yuan Sword has been with him for so long, and although its Spirituality has been steadily increasing, the awakening of its Sword Spirit is still a long way off.
If he could skip this step directly by opening a hack, it would certainly be a good thing.
Then there’s the so-called special reward.
Awakening the Chi Yuan Sword Spirit and upgrading the Chi Yuan Sword at the same time, even if Chi Yuan can’t compare to Profound Strange, it should at least be able to compete slightly.
It seems that these ten peaks must be corrupted!
However, the goals of corrupting the peaks and dominating them are not entirely aligned, and how to achieve both requires careful planning from Su Yuan.
Within the constraints of various conditions, Su Yuan quickly selected the first task target.
It was the Divine Artifact Peak mentioned by the system, which refers to the Artifact Refining Department, one of the three major departments.
Su Yuan didn’t choose randomly; he had some confidence in restraining the Artifact Refining Department—Special Attack Attribute against the Profound Art Sacred Land.
With this attribute, Su Yuan’s Deceitful Art Constitution can convert all Righteous Dao techniques into Demon Skills and quickly master them.
This encompasses both the goals of "corrupting" and "dominating," far more effective than approaching an unfamiliar profession directly.
Elites? I’m Old Demon Su, and I target elites!
With the plan in place, it’s time to execute.
That afternoon, Su Yuan skipped General Education Courses and had a conversation with the Earth and Wood Tutor about the faculty rankings.
The Earth and Wood Tutor, who has a good relationship with Su Yuan, immediately agreed to his request and held a separate Earth and Wood exam for him.
As expected, Su Yuan easily scored the highest marks for the entire grade with his solid professional knowledge, standing tall above every freshman in the Earth and Wood Department.
Two hidden points were immediately obtained.
As for how the Earth and Wood Department students feel about their top scorer being from another department?
Of course, they feel honored!
Come on, Su Yuan is the Saint Heir of the Evil Extermination Department, dominating the first and second-year rankings—a super scholar.
Now that he has become the top of the Earth and Wood Department, doesn’t it indirectly elevate the status of the Earth and Wood Department?
It’s a rare good thing that can’t be found even with a lantern!
While obtaining the hidden points of the Earth and Wood Department, Su Yuan also actively reached out to the Academic Affairs Office of the Artifact Refining Department through connections with Taibai Phecda, hoping to audit classes as an external student.
As one of the three major departments at Evil Extermination University, the Artifact Refining Department isn’t as easy to handle as the Earth and Wood Department mud-stompers.
After three whole days of negotiations, the deputy director in charge of related affairs at the Artifact Refining Department finally gave in, allowing Su Yuan to participate in a project of a second-year prodigy there.
And the conditions given were quite harsh; if Su Yuan failed to gain the prodigy’s approval within a month, he wouldn’t need to come next month.
After receiving the response from the Artifact Refining Department, Taibai Phecda specifically called Su Yuan to his private office.
"Su Yuan, are you sure you want to participate in the Artifact Refining Department’s project?"
"You should know, the project that Director Liu from the Artifact Refining Department has you joining is primarily led by the top student of the Second-Year Seed Class, a genius from the Artifact Refining Department who has mastered the Divinity Transformation Inheritance, the Divine Body Sacrificial Artifact Technique, Wei Yuxiu."
"Even though the Primordial Sect has an Artifact Refining Hall, to be honest, even the self-priming Spiritual Energy engine that you’re so proud of isn’t that advanced."
"And your own achievements in artifact refining are far from matching those of the elites in the Artifact Refining Department who have been learning artifact refining since childhood."
"In such a situation, participating in this project might just be a waste of effort."
"Obtaining Wei Yuxiu’s approval alone is tough, not to mention you must defeat him in the path of artifact refining to earn Hidden Points."
"Even if you succeed, what’s the point in getting twenty Hidden Points at once?"
"If you fail, you won’t get a single Hidden Point."
"Human energy is limited. After wasting a month, it’s possible that rivals like Chi Le’an and Qiu Tianze will catch up."
Faced with Taibai Phecda’s stern warning, Su Yuan’s response was quite straightforward:
"Rest assured, Master. Since I dare to boast about dominating the Artifact Refining Department, I naturally have full confidence."
"The harsh conditions set by Director Liu, huh? Hmph, that’s exactly the kind of disdain and underestimation I want."
"As the saying goes, thirty years east of the river, thirty years west. Never underestimate the young and poor. After a month, even if he begs me to stay in the Artifact Refining Department, I won’t stay!"
Taibai Phecda raised an eyebrow.
"You’re quite arrogant, kid. What’s your winning strategy?"
Su Yuan replied calmly:
"Simple, with my networking."
That very day, Su Yuan tapped into his network.
Simply put, he turned to friends with artifact refining talent, seeking their alchemy skills.
Zhang Baiyi’s Profound Hundred Arts? Refined!
Qi Hanyan’s Infinite Talent? Refined!
And those students with excellent artifact refining talent who joined the Primordial Sect’s Artifact Refining Hall were also refined!
Of course, Su Yuan wasn’t freeloading; instead, he approached it under the guise of providing benefits for the employees and upgrading their talents to refine Human Pills.
For those who had enough Contribution Points, their artifact refining talents were upgraded first, then refined into Human Pills.
Especially Zhang Baiyi, as the Artifact Hall Master, he’d worked diligently for the Primordial Sect long enough to accumulate enough Contribution Points to upgrade his talent.
After upgrading Zhang Baiyi’s Profound Hundred Arts to golden, refining it into a Human Pill would significantly aid the upcoming artifact refining project!
For employees without enough Contribution Points, their talents were first refined into Human Pills.
After accumulating enough Contribution Points through contributing Human Pills, their talents were then upgraded.
In summary, Zhang Baiyi, with upgraded talent, and all the employees unanimously supported Su Yuan’s talent absorption operation.
As long as he was willing to offer bonuses and vacations, Su Yuan could absorb as he pleased.
Only Qi Hanyan, the Pill Hall Master, was an exception.
Although the "Infinite Pill" absorbed from this girl was the strongest Human Pill Su Yuan had obtained to date, Su Yuan had no intention of giving her any bonus money.
Since he had already boosted her talent once during military training, it was considered prepaid in advance.
Once she accumulates more Contribution Points, the next upgrade will be bigger for her.
With these Human Pills packed full of artifact refining talent ready, on October 31st in the morning, Su Yuan officially reported to the Artifact Refining Academy.
Or to be precise, reported to an Artifact Refining Laboratory within the Artifact Refining Academy.
In the era of universal cultivation, the high-end artifact refining industry was no longer about hammering away with big hammers, where precision depended solely on the steadiness of the artifact refiner’s hand like in the Ancient Era.
On the contrary, the high-end artifact refining industry is the epitome of high-tech.
It can be entirely compared to the semiconductor industry in Su Yuan’s previous life.
Even if it was just a laboratory for a second-year student, it was filled with an advanced and sci-fi vibe.
"It’s my first time witnessing the high-end artifact refining industry of the Blue Star Federation. I wonder how it compares to the assembly line at Juque Factory."
"Is the lab’s interior the legendary elemental-free workshop? Can it isolate any unstable elements and spiritual energy impurities in the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi?"
"Are the students working inside required to wear anti-element suits?"
"If the advanced technologies learnt here could be applied to the assembly line, it should surely boost productivity greatly."
With a slight reverence, Su Yuan slowly pushed open the door to Wei Yuxiu’s laboratory.
However, the scene that met Su Yuan’s eyes was utterly unexpected!
Because the first thing he saw in the lab wasn’t any cutting-edge equipment but a tall, upright cross.
On the cross, a young man wearing only shorts was tied up.
Below the cross, wood and oil were piled up.
A figure, apparently an experimental assistant, held a torch, flames blazing fiercely.
Then, the young man tied to the cross spoke:
"Divine Body Sacrificial Artifact Technique! Activate!"
The next second, the assistant threw the torch into the oil.
Flames shot up instantly, engulfing the young man entirely.
Heart-rending shrieks immediately echoed throughout the lab, soon followed by the smell of burning filling Su Yuan’s nostrils.
Su Yuan: "..."
Is this really representative of an advanced artifact refining laboratory, or is it some ritualistic ceremony even more primitive than the Ancient Era?
Are all you artifact refiners this crazy?
