Monarch's Order
"Finally awake, huh?" As Zhao Jun opened his eyes, lying on a bed inside his dorm room back at the academy, Dong Feng was seen entering the room along with some pills in his hand.
"Teacher Dong Feng..."
"Haha! No need to struggle too much! You have overexerted your body too much. Fourteen of your ribs were found cracked, and even the tendons around your neck have sustained harm. It's a miracle to see you breathing, really. The principal has sent you these 10 Qi Gathering Pills, by the way."
Dong Feng placed a jade bottle beside Zhao Jun's bed and started explaining the current situation.
"Xu Ming would have loved to visit you today, but fortunately, he is getting promoted today, so he isn't here. The cyclops was taken away by government officials, but instead, they have given you 50 barrels of Tier 3 Demonic Beast Blood Essence. It's quite a lot even in my eyes. Well, I'm not complaining since I got my own share too. The sword you borrowed from Xu Ming was crushed after the battle, but I guess he forgot about that in the joy of promotion! Hahaha!"
Zhao Jun sniggered, and then suddenly his face turned serious as he questioned.
"So, did you find out about the reason behind the stampede?"
"Ah, that..."
Dong Feng's face filled with a frown as he explained seriously.
"It was Wu Yifan. He got a corruption crystal from some shady merchant on the streets. That fool thought he could use it to control Demonic Beasts. Instead, he caused a berserk situation in the whole region, leading to a stampede. He has been taken into custody by the government for further interrogation. Even the Wu Clan doesn't have that much influence to dare play with the government after such a big incident. Principal Sun Shifu has already handled other matters too. Just rest well for now; your classmates seem to be quite worried."
Dong Feng patted Zhao Jun's head with pride and left with his carefree personality again. Zhao Jun just smiled and opened the TV screen to see reactions.
(Viewers, we are directly reporting from the place of the incident, at Tiger Fang Stronghold, where a stampede appeared because of mysterious reasons. There was even a mutated Tier 4 Demonic Beast in the attack, but thankfully, because of the heroic acts of Teacher Dong Feng from Pure Jade Academy, Stronghold Captain Xu Ming, and the genius student Zhao Jun, the person being said to be the commander and hero of the whole operation, the city has been saved! Let's hear views of soldiers who fought on the frontlines last night!)
(Ah! Zhao Jun! He was really the greatest commander I ever saw!)
(I can still feel goosebumps from last night! Fight for your life! Fight for your family!)
(Sure! Those words and inspiration!)
(I can tell this story to my next 10 generations hahaha! Truly the hero of Tiger Fang City!)
Zhao Jun scoffed as he closed off the screen and started to remove the bandages all over his body, as all injuries had already healed within a night.
"Hero of Tiger Fang City, people really like this title, huh? And they hid Wu Yifan's actions too. Well, that's kind of understandable. Well, anyway..."
Zhao Jun gulped down all the pills at once and started meditating over his bed. Slowly, the dim universe-like core inside his dantian started to refine better and better with each passing second, making stars and celestial bodies even brighter. In just a few hours, the breakthrough pillar rushed out of his body.
[Congratulations on breaking through to Stage 3 Core Formation Realm!]
"Fuu~ though it still hurts losing all my system points. Guess the spells and techniques aren't bad. Well, anyway, it's time to redeem the points..."
Zhao Jun jumped back to the ground, and after cracking a few bones, the bracelet he was wearing sounded again.
(Bzzz! Total Achievement Points collected _ 25 million! Zzzz!)
Zhao Jun grinned and immediately left the room, equipping a white t-shirt. As he came out of his dorm room, all students passing by, no matter the senior or the same class, looked at Zhao Jun like he was some warlord, filled with respect while bowing and complimenting him with respect as he passed by.
"Congrats on your recovery, Brother Zhao Jun!"
"You were really great last night!"
"Truly! You were almost on par with Teacher Dong Feng!"
"It's really amazing!"
Zhao Jun just nodded and kept moving with a little smile on his face.
'It would have been an impossible task without Teacher Dong Feng, Xu Ming, and that Core Cannon. I was just like a mosquito to those cyclops, but when a mosquito bites, even a tiger has to jump in panic!'
Zhao Jun scoffed and entered the shop where he saw Zhang Qiang looking at him with blank eyes, full of surprise.
"You already recovered?! I'm pretty sure I heard you broke quite a number of bones last night."
"Haha! Well, I drink a lot of milk, so everything's fine now. Anyways, I came to redeem that sword!"
As Zhao Jun said, he pointed to a black-hilted sword with a shining dark silver blade. On the surface, it looked quite ordinary with some designs, but to the eyes of experts like Zhao Jun and Zhang Qiang, it was clearly a hidden masterpiece, which was also the reason why it was priced so highly.
(15 million points have been transferred!)
"You really did it in a month..."
Zhang Qiang was surprised yet again. Next, Zhao Jun just grinned and grabbed the sword hanging on the wall. As soon as Zhao Jun grabbed the sword, an intense sense of enhancement rushed through his body, and immediately his sword intent burst out into the sword, with a bit of it being absorbed into the sword within a moment.
"Sword Intent?! How old is this brat!?" Zhang Qiang suddenly shouted in shock as Zhao Jun quietly took his intent back while looking at the system panel in front of his eyes.
[Monarch's Order
Grade_ ???
A growth sword that grows along with its owner; the stronger the master is, the stronger the command of the sword will be!]
"It already accepted me as the master, huh? I thought I would be fighting this cutie for 3 days and 3 nights."
Zhao Jun sighed and turned back towards Zhang Qiang as he apologized.
"I'm sorry for the commotion there. Can I get some defense items too? Not really a fan of breaking my bones each time. Haha."
As Zhao Jun questioned, Zhang Qiang scoffed and took out a black, one-sided earring and explained.
"This is a High Earthly Grade item. Normally, the price should be 20 million points for you today, but just 10 million points! Ding! Ding! You have 10 seconds to choose! 10! 9! 8! 7-"
"Why don't you rob a corpse someday! This old man, really! Take my money!!!"
(10 million Achievement Points have been transferred!)
"Damn, I'm broke again..."
Zhao Jun sighed as he grabbed the earring and left the shop, releasing continuous deep sighs.
[Tears of Moon
Grade_ High Earthly
An earring that can protect the user from three powerful strikes from even a Tier 5 Demonic Beast, while granting a 20% increase in defense capabilities of the body.]
"Well, at least the options are good, but still, my money..."
Zhao Jun sighed again, but just then, Fang Xiyue walked by alerted Zhao Jun.
"Zhao Jun, Principal Sun Shifu has called for us to the hall. Follow me."
'Principal Sun Shifu? What now...'
Zhao Jun quickly equipped the earring over his left ear and placed the sword into his storage ring, then started to follow Fang Xiyue.
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