NOVEL NEXT Chapter 117: It's All Because of Being Poor
Speaking of this, Shang Ruqi remembered that the accounting office was also in the General Affairs Hall, so he said, "Or I'll accompany you to register and drop by the accounting office on the way?" Lan Zhi: "Sure." The production of the sound-recording stones still needed the cooperation of the Array Cultivation Pavilion and the Artifact Cultivation Pavilion. The headmaster went to discuss with the pavilion masters of the two pavilions first, while Shang Ruqi accompanied Lan Zhi to register at the General Affairs Hall. Lan Zhi received the student robes of the Pinglan Star Academy and changed into them directly. The robes of the Pinglan Star Academy were the same for both men and women. The main color was navy blue which was especially dirt-resistant, and the background color and the matching colors were all light baby blue, which made the clothes look less dull. However, there was no need to think about things like embroidered edges. The only decoration was the logo of the star academy. Just as Lan Zhi was looking at the effect, Shang Ruqi pinned a golden logo on her personally: "From now on, you'll be the eldest senior sister of our Merchant Hall." Lan Zhi recognized at a glance that this logo was the same as the pattern on Chang Lize's robe, only the colors were different: "I haven't decided yet whether to join the Merchant Hall or not." Shang Ruqi smiled like a sly fox: "You're already the eldest senior sister now. You can't back out. If you don't want to be the eldest senior sister, that's okay too. After making money from this batch of portable players, you should be the deputy hall master. Maybe next year I'll be your deputy hall master instead." Lan Zhi: "?" He explained, "The nine halls and eighteen pavilions are all ranked according to strength. The eighteen pavilions are ranked once a year. For our nine halls, whoever has the ability can take the position. In our Merchant Hall, as long as you make money, you can take a higher position at any time. The person with the strongest ability will be the hall master until being surpassed by others." Lan Zhi: "I'd better pass on being the hall master." She picked up the registration forms for the nine halls and eighteen pavilions and took a look. She didn't really need to spend a lot of time learning various basic knowledge like other students. She thought that at present, she needed to make a handy weapon for herself more. Spiritual silk could be used, and soul silk could also be used, but accidents might happen sometimes, so the Artifact Cultivation Pavilion could be an option. In addition, secret realms and filth removal were two key aspects for Xingling cultivators. She had already gone to do the filth removal task. Next time, she could enter the secret realm to take a look. Maybe she could find suitable materials to forge weapons. So, she also chose the Secret Realm Hall. All the halls required participating in the ability assessment. That went without saying. But it wasn't enough just to choose the Artifact Cultivation Pavilion. There were also different levels in the pavilion, from high to low, namely Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. The lowest Yellow level required a tuition fee of two thousand star yuan per year, the Profound level was four thousand, the Earth level was six thousand, and the Heaven level was nine thousand. After registering, she still had to participate in the assessment to get a general understanding of her strength and determine which level she was at. Shang Ruqi saw that she was staring at the assessment instructions and immediately said, "It's okay to go there later. Let's go to the accounting office first. Old Fang is so muddled-headed that it'll take half a day to withdraw some money." The accounting office was affiliated with the General Affairs Hall but not under its management. It had its own independent building and independent staff. Although the position of the accountant was half a level lower than that of the hall master, because he controlled the financial power of the Pinglan Star Academy, even the headmaster had to bow his head in front of him. Shang Ruqi let out a sigh: "It's all because of being poor." While they were talking, the two of them had already arrived at the door of the accounting office. Two female cultivators inside were flipping through the pages while complaining. "It's only the middle of the month, but we've already seriously overspent this month. There's no way to do the accounts." "There's nothing we can do. The maintenance costs of the Heavenly Ladder and the Rainbow Bridge are terrifying. I even want to go and take on the Fengtian Star Academy. Damn it! They insisted that we start the special assessment. I'm so pissed off!" "Yes. Fortunately, Lan Zhi slapped them in the face. Otherwise, we'd have to give them the Three-flowered Fire-tongue Vine. I'd really be furious!"