NOVEL NEXT C23
Chapter 23: So It Shall Be
“Liu Li, she’s like that, but she’s actually a good person…” Wei Wei said somewhat shyly.
“It’s okay, it’s understandable. Anyone with special talents always has their own personality.” Ying Luo calmly took a sip of juice. Whether Liu Li stayed or left, she didn’t care at all.
Yuyin also smiled lightly. Although Liu Li’s words were not pleasant, they were indeed the truth. Filling in college choices is a gamble. If you fill in too low and score high, you’ll suffer; if you aim too high and miss, you might end up with nothing.
Any decent school cares about its reputation; in terms of score lines, they will definitely prioritize admitting first choices. Once you fail to get into your first choice, your second choice will surely be looked down upon during admissions, and you’ll end up in a passive position.
But 150 points… that far exceeded Yuyin’s expectations, and this was just last year’s minimum admission source energy value. It was said that the overall quality of students this year was even higher than last year, making the competition fiercer, and it was likely to be even higher.
And just as Liu Li said, truly top schools offer no advantages to girls.
With the college entrance examination approaching, how should she decide when it comes time to fill in her choices?
The three girls chatted for a while longer, and as it grew late, they decided to head back. Ying Luo silently scanned the code to pay the bill without consulting anyone, and Yuyin silently felt grateful. After all, she had less than 300 yuan left, and the four girls had ordered nearly 200 yuan worth of items; even splitting the bill would be a bit of a strain for her.
That evening was quite sultry, likely signaling rain. When Yuyin returned home, she found several large paper bills stuffed at the door.
“What now?”
Yuyin opened the door and picked them up, realizing they were utility bills. It seemed the mailbox outside had been damaged, so the bills were directly shoved under the door.
“No way… is it over 200 yuan?” Wouldn’t that take all of Yuyin’s savings?
Although her mother had helped her pay rent for a long time, she probably couldn’t keep up with the utility bills, which meant she had to pay them herself. Yuyin could save on other things, but as a girl, she couldn’t skimp on water; taking two showers a day was a must, and they took quite a bit of time. It was refreshing, but unfortunately, water in Lingdu was expensive.
Yuyin sighed, walked into the house, and closed the door, leaning against it.
She needed to think of a way.
Otherwise, this little money wouldn’t last until the college entrance exam.
Should she borrow money from Ying Luo? Ying Luo’s family had some money, but it was earned by her parents, so unless absolutely necessary, she didn’t want to borrow from a classmate.
She had originally thought that with the soul charm income from last time and today, increasing her source energy value to 115 was still hopeful, but unexpectedly, Lingdu Academy required 150 for both genders! Relying on the resources she had now to nearly double her source energy value in less than 50 days was clearly unrealistic.
But soul charm values weren’t easy to earn.
Opportunities like the physical fitness test wouldn’t always be available. Even if she set up her own schemes, she needed suitable opportunities; she couldn’t just keep startling people at school every day, right? Such intentionality might not even be effective.
She needed to think of a way to obtain a large amount of soul charm values.
If all else fails, she could take a step back, aim for a solid first-tier school, and try for other 289 academies, which wouldn’t be bad either.
But Lingdu Academy was the top in the country; if she could get in there, perhaps she could uncover some clues about the Ghost King. How could she expect to escape the Ghost King’s grasp three years later without knowing anything, not even what kind of existence the Ghost King was?
Moreover, the issue of money was pressing and needed to be resolved.
Yuyin fell into deep thought…
To obtain a large amount of soul charm values, she first needed to do something that would shock people, and at the same time, there needed to be a large number of onlookers. No matter how outstanding the act was, if no one saw it, there would be no shock. Ideally, there should also be people who would naturally question her, only to be ruthlessly crushed by her actions. Only under such conditions could she gain more soul charm values.
So… what exactly could she do to continuously shock people, and where could she do it to have enough “audience”?
It would be best if this could also earn her some money, after all, soul charm values can’t be eaten.
At that moment, Yuyin’s chest unconsciously rose and fell, and in her mind, various conditions seemed to point to a certain place.
A place she had just visited recently, which had stirred her emotions and was hard to forget.
“The underground fighting arena!” Yuyin’s eyes lit up.
Yes, it was the underground fighting arena.
Yuyin couldn’t help but recall the posters recruiting participants.
As a slender girl, if she participated, it would undoubtedly attract a lot of attention, and if a weak girl like her could defeat those burly men, how could that not be astonishing?
Moreover, there was money to be made, and the amount was quite substantial for Yuyin at the moment.
A place that could earn money and gain soul charm values, it would be hard to find a second one with what she currently knew.
“Decided, I’ll go to the underground fighting arena!” Yuyin made a decisive choice, her heart unable to hide a bit of excitement and thrill.
At that moment, the sound of rain pattered outside.
Yuyin walked to the window, feeling the cool breeze, trying to calm herself down a bit.
Since she had made a decision, she needed to take action, but she couldn’t act recklessly.
Those giants were all professional underground fighters, incredibly fierce, and their combat experience was very rich, far beyond the likes of Zhang Biaoyang, the school bully. Moreover, those people were not only very strong but also armed with weapons. Although Yuyin felt she could hold her own based on her last observation, relying solely on her leg techniques against fighters wielding axes, hammers, and great swords would clearly put her at a disadvantage.
Against enemies wielding sharp weapons, her leg techniques could only serve as support.
She must learn a weapon and develop a set of weapon combat techniques suitable for herself before she could face those giants.
Regarding weapon combat techniques, Yuyin had actually been searching for them these past few days but hadn’t found anything suitable.
She took a shower, lay on her bed, and entered the God-Eating Chess space.
“This weekend, I won’t go out; I’ll spend all my time looking for combat techniques.”
Yuyin now has 32 soul charms.
She summoned five pieces to the altar, first buying all the pieces, then, after some hesitation, she couldn’t help but spend 2 soul charms to refresh them, buy again, refresh again… buy again!
“Refresh the attackers!” Yuyin told herself.
She bought a large batch of monsters; although there weren’t any rare pieces, it still formed a small army of monsters.
She let Little Yuan lead them, entering the deep, dark forest with an imposing aura to start their sweep.