I conquered the cultivation world with scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Chapter 269 Lingqing Academy Returns to Number 1 on the Points Ranking

[To be honest, I'm a staunch supporter of Lingqing Academy. Lingqing Academy has been number one for so many years. What's the point of Wanjue Academy killing so many people at the beginning? In the end, they'll just be doing someone else's bidding. Besides, Jiang He's personal points are what they are now. As long as the people from other academies aren't stupid, if one of them gangs up on Jiang He and she dies, those 6,000 points will be given away.]

That's true. Now that you mention it, Jiang He is in quite a dangerous situation; she's suddenly become a target for others.

With more points come corresponding risks. This leaderboard is transparent; nobody's stupid. Killing an S-rank monster is less profitable than killing a cultivator with a high number of points.

Lingqing Academy has the most players remaining on the field, so I still support Lingqing.

Yeah, yeah, what's the use of having a lot of points if there are too few people? How will we compete with other universities later in the competition?

Mingyue is really not doing well this year. Almost half of the contestants were eliminated. Wasn't Mingyue supposed to get fourth place this year?

We're currently in eighth place, and I doubt we'll even make it to fifth. Liuyun Academy has caught up.

]

Jiang He accepted the contract and, as agreed, untied and released the six people from Xiling Academy.

Mu Sui's expression was somewhat complicated. She hadn't expected that Jiang He would actually agree to her trade request.

The others at Xiling Academy felt that it wasn't worth the life gained in exchange for three A-grade crystal cores; they thought it would take forever to obtain those three crystal cores.

There are so few A-rank monsters.

The female cultivator beside Mu Sui complained:

"Why should we agree to sign the contract? These crystal cores will tie us all down, leaving us with no freedom at all."

"Shut up, Captain. This is the best he can do for us."

Mu Sui ignored the female cultivator's complaints in the group. She felt it was worth it. After the academy competition ended, students from the academy would gradually enter sects or take up various positions in the empire through various channels over the next four years.

These cultivators who participated in the academy's grand competition will surely become great figures in the future.

To be able to spar with a future great being is itself a valuable experience.

Trading three A-grade crystal cores for the next 20 days of experience is a deal that can be made.

Mu Sui didn't actually harbor much resentment towards Jiang He for targeting Mingyue Academy and their academy. She was well aware of her own abilities, and the blame for this matter lay with Mingyue Academy.

Having cultivated on a remote planet with scarce spiritual energy since childhood, Mu Sui is far more mature than her peers. After this incident, she will think more deeply about things.

For example, you can mess with the cultivators from Mingyue Academy, but you should never provoke the cultivators from Wanjue Academy, especially Jiang He.

During the battle, Mu Sui realized Jiang He's strength. With such skillful magic, she would believe it if she were told that Jiang He was a senior in college.

Moreover, Mu Sui had a premonition that the rankings of this year's academy competition would definitely be overturned and rearranged. What she needed to do was to find resources as quickly as possible to increase her influence in Xiling Academy, so that she could win over more cultivators. Otherwise, she might not have a significant advantage in the final battle.

Mu Sui led the remaining cultivators to regroup, while Jiang He intermittently gathered many cultivators from the Myriad Absolutes Academy along the way.

At that time, the cultivator who informed Zhao Wuchi of Mingyue Academy had not yet been identified, and with the combat forces of other academies concentrated, she could not allow the cultivators of Wanjue Academy to be scattered.

Jiang He will look for another opportunity to observe the suspected individuals.

Mingyue Academy is the first obstacle. Cultivators from Mingyue Academy can be eliminated first. As for the other three academies, Jiang He will not go to extremes from the beginning.

For example, Jiang He chose to let Mu Sui and the others from Xiling Academy pass through. The reason was simple: the four academies had the most students, so it was best to let the other three academies wear each other down first.

As for other smaller academies with fewer cultivators, Jiang He would not choose to take the initiative in the early stages. Once the scattered cultivators were almost eliminated, the situation would be unfavorable for Wanjue Academy.

Xiling Academy's attitude is neutral, Jingxu Academy's is currently unknown, but most cultivators from Lingqing Academy will choose to target Wan Jue.

If Ling Qing and Wan Jue were to fight, it would only benefit the other two academies. Jiang He believes that a large-scale conflict between the four academies is unlikely to break out in the near future.

The Mingyue Academy and Liuyun Academy are yet another variable.

In short, the cultivators from smaller academies can be used to counterbalance the four major academies, including them. They must not be killed.

It is possible to devise a plan to kill a small number of cultivators from the three major universities, but this must be done little by little.

If possible, Jiang He intended to wipe out both Mingyue and Liuyun academies.

Both academies have over a hundred students each. If either academy falls, it will be an extremely unfavorable situation for Wanjue Academy.

Jiang He and Bai Zhizhou analyzed the situation, and Long Aotian and Hua Xi occasionally joined the discussion.

Li Ling was positioned as a forward, listening to Jiang He speak while keeping watch, though she still couldn't understand what he was saying.

Jiang He and the cultivators had almost finished exploring the desert map, and Ling Qing had killed most of the monsters in the mountains and forests. The other half were divided up by Xiling Academy and Jingxu.

There aren't many monsters on either of these maps. Unless they respawn in the second phase, you won't get many points by killing monsters.

Jiang He led a team of over 120 people toward the glacier map.

-

"Ziye, what's the matter with Zhong Hengshan? Those people are in such a hurry, I don't know what they're rushing for. The S-rank monster should appear in the second phase. If they keep doing this, we won't have enough manpower." Li Songcheng's wooden zither was strummed rapidly, the music carrying a chilling tone.

With that final note of the zither, the A-rank monster in front of him instantly exploded and died. He picked up the crystal core, wiped it clean, and casually stuffed it into the inner pocket of his linen shirt.

Wan Qiziye carefully wiped the perilla-scented longsword in his hand:

"It's alright, you can kill him."

“That’s true. Now that you’ve reached the Nascent Soul stage, with your eye techniques and our combined efforts, we can barely manage to take down an S-rank monster.”

Wan Qiziye shook his head: "It's not a forced request, it's a certainty!"

Li Songcheng did not refute. In his opinion, Wanqi Ziye, the team leader, was still too young. Even at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, he was not confident in dealing with S-level monsters.

Are all members of the royal family as extraordinary as Wanqi Zixi? He doesn't think so. If there aren't enough people, he can let Ming Yue and his group do the work. Anyway, they're just there to be sacrificed.

Li Songcheng's calculations were quite impressive.

Wanqi Ziye did not object to his idea; in his view, everyone was born to pave the way for him.

Viewers in the live stream witnessed Wanqi Ziye's team of 200 people wipe out more than 30 A-level monsters in one fell swoop. Lingqing Academy's score also returned to first place because of these 3,000 points plus the accumulated points from other monsters, about 100 points more than Wanjue Academy.

This is a very subtle number. In the eyes of netizens, the relaxed demeanor of the Lingqing Academy cultivators, especially Li Songcheng and others, made them unconsciously sense the impending war.

A silent points war between Lingqing Academy and Wanjue Academy.