If he really had to go the guild route, Lu Chenxing felt it would be better to create his own guild.
Creating a guild is very simple; it only requires the guild leader to reach third-order strength, contribute one million in funds, and then choose a location for the guild base. The guild can then be successfully created without any high thresholds.
The difficulty lies in upgrading the guild! To upgrade, one must complete ten regular tasks that meet the guild's current level requirements, and one upgrade task. It's not as if everything is taken care of once the guild is successfully established.
However, it's a bit too early to talk about these things now. Lu Chenxing temporarily pushed these matters to the back of his mind, because at this moment, they had already arrived at the entrance of the principal's office.
As soon as they reached the door, the office door opened automatically. Yan Pingsha smiled and said, "I still have things to do, so I won't go in with you. Just go in by yourself."
Watching him walk through the door, Yan Pingsha smiled helplessly. She could tell that Lu Chenxing was not very interested in guild matters, and she didn't intend to say more. This time, people from the guild had heard some things about the secret realm, so they wanted her to act as a persuader.
"Anyway, I've delivered the message. If he's not interested, then it's not my fault." A curve appeared at the corner of Yan Pingsha's mouth, a sense of relief from completing a task.
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A moment later, Lu Chenxing walked out of the principal's office, looked at the badge in his hand, touched his head, and laughed self-deprecatingly, "I've become a hot commodity now."
Bai Yuntian sought him out for two things this time.
The first thing was to show concern for him, hoping he wouldn't get carried away, but seeing Lu Chenxing's steady demeanor, he didn't say much more.
The second thing was the main point: after this incident, Bai Yuntian again asked him if he wanted to join Super Martial University. After Lu Chenxing refused, he handed over a badge with the ten large characters "College Assessment Competition Special Guest" written on it, along with Lu Chenxing's portrait and name.
"Don't rush to refuse. In another week, our school will hold its annual assessment competition. Come and see it first before you decide. Maybe you'll be tempted? Believe me, having someone provide systematic guidance will help you avoid many detours. It's different from fumbling your way through it yourself."
Although what Bai Yuntian said was right, and Lu Chenxing agreed, he knew his own situation. He was very different from ordinary self-taught individuals. Rashly becoming an academic would also restrict him. His current situation was somewhere between self-taught and academic.
He needed some knowledge and spell principles from the academic side, but he didn't need people to arrange his cultivation methods, nor did he need the spells and combat techniques that everyone else yearned for. So, going to an academy wouldn't really make much of a difference to him.
However, he didn't refuse; he just accepted the pass and said he would go see it.
Putting the pass into his storage ring, he smiled and nodded at the cleaner who was wiping glass at the door. Lu Chenxing walked along, looking at the special watch on his wrist, mentally listing the items he needed for his recent cultivation, intending to send the list to Song Lijie to help him acquire them.
"Second-order perfect crystal cores, fifty thousand per piece. Let's get a hundred for now. I wonder if that's enough."
"Second-order mental power enhancement potions, each person can only use three bottles per stage. So, three bottles it is."
"Second-order physical quality enhancement potions, three bottles too!"
"Second-order magic power enhancement potions, three bottles!"
"As for rare treasures, get some mermaid tears to increase mental power, some treant essence to increase vitality, and also this one that increases mental power, the elf race's Moon Reflection Spring! Get some!"
"And a weapon or magic artifact? Let's look at staves... why are they all standard second-order staves! What about magic artifacts? Five Elements Orb, enhances the power of Five Elements spells or Daoist arts... Tsk, feels pretty ordinary too!"
Lu Chenxing meticulously browsed through the military merit store but couldn't find a suitable staff or magic artifact. After all, he was an all-elemental user, publicly declared as an elemental mage. He'd at least need a magic artifact that increased the power of ten elemental spells, right?
After all, it was a rare opportunity to fleece them! The military had promised to provide him with all resources to advance to the third order, which meant he could ask for anything below the third order. He wouldn't be polite!
As for weapons, he no longer intended to ask for them, because the best second-order staff enchantments were those that increased spell casting speed and precise casting, meaning increasing casting speed and reducing mana consumption, which were useless to him!
While he was thinking, Lu Chenxing arrived near his Card Shop and found three people waiting at his doorstep.
One of them was the newly appointed Director of the Academic Affairs Office, Wan Song, directly assigned by Bai Yuntian, likely his confidant.
Another was a somewhat familiar Little Fatty. For a moment, Lu Chenxing couldn't recall who he was.
The last one was a gentle and elegant noblewoman in a cheongsam, seemingly the Little Fatty's parent.
The Little Fatty saw him from afar and immediately waved excitedly, "Big Brother! Big Brother, I'm here!"
Hearing this address, Lu Chenxing's eyebrow twitched fiercely, and then he remembered who this Little Fatty was!
Wasn't this the Little Fatty he met the first time he went to the Card Maker Association? At that time, he even said he wanted to acknowledge him as his Big Brother and have him teach him card making. His name seemed to be Guo Jiahao! (From Chapters 10-11)
If he called him that normally, Lu Chenxing wouldn't care and would just casually deal with it, but wasn't his parent also present now?!
Calling someone Big Brother in front of one's parent, especially a young man with no background or strength, how was this any different from watching one's own daughter get on a punk's motorcycle?!
Looking at the half-smiling expression on the noblewoman's face behind Guo Jiahao, Lu Chenxing felt his head ache and quickly sped up his steps.
The Director of the Academic Affairs Office quietly said a few words to the noblewoman, and the smile on the noblewoman's face grew wider, which made Lu Chenxing quicken his pace even more.
"Stop right there!" Lu Chenxing quickly called out, making Guo Jiahao stunned for a moment, then he said somewhat aggrievedly, "Big Brother, didn't you say I could come find you after I awakened?"
At this moment, Lu Chenxing also recalled their conversation at the time and immediately said, "I only said we'd talk about it after you awakened! Besides, I never agreed to be your Big Brother!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Lu Chenxing paused slightly, "Wait, you've already awakened?"
"Yes, yes!" Guo Jiahao said excitedly, "After Big Brother told me those things that time, I decided to work hard, awaken first to see if my talent was suitable for card making before coming to find you. Fortunately, I awakened a magic-type talent, and now I'm a glorious first-order mage!"
"Huh?" Lu Chenxing subconsciously let out a question from his soul. This Little Fatty is only 16, right? Saying he could come find him after awakening was just a casual remark at the time; he never thought he would awaken early!
And isn't awakening early a sign of a genius among geniuses? How did he make it sound like it only required hard work to awaken early?!
