Chapter 198: The increase in strength
“Report it to the Elder?” Yi Yun hesitated as he was counting the time in his mind. “How long would it take to report to the Elder?”
“Oh? Why are you asking?”
Wang was surprised for a moment. The Divine City’s Elders all lived within the central divine tower and many of them were in closed-door training. At Wang’s level, she had to go through the bureaucracy, which would definitely take some time.
“Oh… It’s this. I said earlier that I had something to deal with. Can I take off for now?”
Yi Yun did not want to wait here for nothing. He still remembered Baldy Qin’s assessment that was set a month ago. Originally, Yi Yun was fully focused on the preparations needed for picking the primordial herb in order to be in time for the lunar Yin day. As a result, he applied for seven days of continuous herb-picking and he had planned on giving up the assessment.
However, his capture and absorption of the primordial herb went surprisingly smooth and he came back three and a half days early.
Hence, Yi Yun figured that he could make it in time for the assessment.
The two hours of cultivation time in the Wilderness Divine Hall was worth 1000 dragon scale runes.
A hundred or two dragon scale runes was alright, but to lose out on a thousand dragon scale runes, Yi Yun would feel the loss.
Although he would receive a hefty reward for handing over the primordial herb, but in the Tai Ah Divine City, every resource was bought with dragon scale runes, so he had to save every rune.
“What’s the matter?” Wang asked Yi Yun. At this time, what was more important than the primordial herb?
Yi Yun explained the assessment to Wang.
Upon hearing this, Wang snapped unhappily, “It’s just two hours of cultivation time. I too can reward you. The Elder might even want to meet you this time!”
When Yi Yun heard this, he was overjoyed. “Thank you, Sis Wang. Originally, I heard rumors that Sis Wang was petty, but it’s now clear those rumors were untrue. See, since Sis Wang is rewarding me with two hours of cultivation time, it would be a waste not to receive Instructor Qin’s reward too. If the Elder wants to see me, then regardless of what I’m doing, I’ll stop everything immediately and rush to the central divine tower. Nothing will be delayed, right?”
Yi Yun was good at exploiting people. He accepted Wang’s offer and he did not want to waste Instructor Qin’s. He had managed to get four hours of cultivation time in one go, which was worth 2000 dragon scale runes.
Wang was speechless. In the past, she did not think that this kid was that crafty. But upon further thought, if the Elder were to summon him, whether he came from the office or from the school grounds, the distance was about the same and there would not be much a delay.
As for the reward, since Wang had said so, she could not retract it. After all, Yi Yun had brought back a primordial herb. Wasn’t such a large contribution worth more than a bonus reward of two hours cultivation time in the Wilderness Divine Hall?
“I’ll give you fifteen minutes. Get everything done quickly!” Wang said stiffly, but the way she looked at Yi Yun, she had an undisguised sense of appreciation for him. Yi Yun’s account may seem like it was all luck, but from his judgment at that point in time and the arrow he shot using his perception, it could not simply be explained with luck.
If it wasn’t Yi Yun and it was someone else, that person would have been turned into a retard by the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng, which made it an empty harvest and also a great waste of a golden opportunity.
“Thank you, Sis Wang!” Yi Yun smiled and turned around, running towards the school grounds.
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At this time, in the school grounds ten miles away, Instructor Qin’s group of youths were undergoing their assessment.
“Insert it! Insert it!” A group of energetic youths shouted like they were in heat. A stout youth was holding on to a Primal Arrow. His forehead’s vein popped out and with a loud shout, he inserted the Primal Arrow into the purple tungsten wall with great difficulty.
“Dang!”
With a loud metallic sound, the Primal Arrow’s arrowhead was barely inserted into the purple tungsten wall.
Although it was a bit shaky, it was still inserted.
In today’s assessment, about half of the hundred members could insert one Primal Arrow into the purple tungsten wall.
This result was completely different from the one a month ago.
The first reason was that after a month, these people had matured a lot.
The second reason was, a month ago, these youths had just entered the Wilderness Divine Hall and had frog-jumped five kilometers with weights, which made them exhausted.
But today, they were all in tip-top condition.
“Brother Kui, well done. It’s the second arrow!” Someone shouted. The stout youth who inserted the Primal Arrow was none other than Zhou Kui. He was the person with the strongest strength among the hundred people. It was fairly easy for Zhou Kui to insert the first Pr