Chapter 259: Chapter 211: Sophomore Year, Silver High Stage Chapter 259: Chapter 211: Sophomore Year, Silver High Stage Su Yuan got up and went to open the door.
There stood Xia Yue.
She wore a red shirt with a pleated mini skirt, and a pair of black over-the-knee socks perfectly complemented the absolute territory.
Su Yuan said with slight surprise, “Didn’t expect you to come over directly.”
“It’s easier to talk in person.
Besides, I need to see what you’ve got.
If the stuff is too lousy, our Beidou Consortium won’t take it!”
Su Yuan smiled, “Of course.
If it were trash, I wouldn’t trouble you.
Come in.”
Xia Yue’s eyes brightened as she feigned nonchalance, walking in with her hands behind her back, occasionally glancing around.
“I didn’t expect a boy’s dorm to be this tidy?”
“Well, I’ve been out a lot lately and haven’t been staying here much.
And with the Clean Dust Barrier, there’s no fear of dust.”
“So you mean, you just got back?”
“Yes, I took a trip north recently, so I had some gains.”
Xia Yue nodded, assuming Su Yuan had gone to the Northern Great Flame, not realizing he had traveled abroad to the Snow Burial Mountain Range.
Su Yuan glanced at the table and, after a little thought, said, “There’s not enough space here.
Follow me to the Cultivation Room on the second floor.”
“Alright~”
In the second-floor Cultivation Room, Su Yuan changed his shoes and walked in.
Xia Yue’s face blushed slightly, a bit self-conscious as she removed her black leather shoes and stepped in.
The two of them sat on the floor, and Su Yuan handed her several rings.
“Everything’s inside—some Star Devices, Star Cards, materials, and tools.”
“Okay, let me see.”
Xia Yue took the rings.
As soon as she checked them, her face displayed intense amazement.
“So many?
Let me look.”
Xia Yue casually took out an item.
“Oh?
This is a Blue Star Artifact?”
“This one too, and this one…
all Blue Star Artifacts?!”
“This ring contains an Ice Element Blue Star Card, huh?
And there’s a Blue Summoning Card too!”
“Xuan Crystal Ice Stone, Hundred-year-old Cold Marrow…
are these all third-level materials?”
“…”
Xia Yue examined the items one by one, and by the end, her eyes were full of shock; she felt like she was dreaming.
Earlier, Xia Yue had received a message from Su Yuan, saying he had “some nice items.”
But she hadn’t expected there to be so many third-level items!
Xia Yue took a deep breath, slowly calming herself.
Looking at Su Yuan, she asked with a serious expression,
“It seems your last trip was quite perilous…”
These items clearly came from different sources.
Those who could possess these Blue Star Artifacts and Star Cards likely had significant strength.
“Not really,” Su Yuan replied with a casual smile.
After all, it was just a Silver Stage Secret Realm.
Among Silver Stages, few things could threaten him.
Even with ordinary Gold Levels, Su Yuan was confident he could handle them now.
Xia Yue appraised all of the main items and then slowly said,
“Our Beidou Consortium can take all these third-level items.
As for the price, I’ve done some rough calculations after looking them over.
Just the Blue Star Artifacts alone are worth nearly ten thousand Cent Star Stones.
Adding the Star Cards, materials, and so on, at an 85% recovery rate, you will likely receive around 18,000 Cent Star Stones!”
Even Xia Yue was amazed when she said the price.
She had recently spent all her resources to create a single Blue Star Artifact, but Su Yuan already had nearly two thousand Cent Star Stones in assets!
Among the items in these Space Rings, the most valuable were the Star Artifacts, each worth at least over a thousand Cent Star Stones.
Next were the Star Cards, varying from a few hundred to two or three thousand Cent Star Stones based on their strength.
As for third-level materials, their price depended on demand and rarity, and a professional appraiser from the Consortium needed to evaluate them.
However, the total value definitely exceeded 20,000 Cent Star Stones.
If there was a good “Ice Element Special” event, the sale price could be even higher.
“18,000 Cent Star Stones is almost enough…” Su Yuan pondered for a moment and said to Xia Yue, “Then you should collect these rings.”
“What, no written receipt or agreement?”
Su Yuan smiled, “Knowing your personality, you probably wouldn’t consider doing something like that anyway.”
Xia Yue crossed her arms and huffed, “Of course not!
August is almost here, and with the summer break, I plan to return to Demon City.
I’ll take your items there and give you a detailed quote later.
Rest assured, I’ll oversee the pricing and make sure you come out ahead.”
“Yes, I believe that.
But apart from handling these items, I hope you can help me find any Space Star Cores or Star Cards.”
“Space Element, huh…”
Xia Yue pondered for a moment and said, “These special attribute Star Cards are rare and very valuable, seldom appearing on the market.
Even if there is occasionally one or two, they often cause a frenzy, which could be very costly…”
Su Yuan had already anticipated this, and without hesitation said, “No matter how much it costs.
The money from these rings should be enough, right?”
“Of course, it will be enough!
Star Cards that appear on the market are mostly Blue Grade at most.
Even extremely rare ones like Time or Space seldom go for more than a few thousand Star Stones.
Your 18,000 Star Stones will definitely suffice.”
Su Yuan thought for a moment and said, “In that case, use 10,000 Star Stones from the sale to buy Space Star Cards, and transfer the remaining Star Stones to me.
I need them for cultivation soon.”
“For cultivation…” Xia Yue was surprised, “Are you planning to use Star Stones at the Star Mist Pool?”
“That’s right.”
“Hiss…
That’s quite lavish…”
Spending over ten thousand Star Stones for a breakthrough in the Star Mist Pool is unimaginable, even for a wealthy second-generation like Xia Yue!
The rates for the Star Mist Pool were already high, and using Star Stones to cultivate there was even more expensive!
Ten thousand Star Stones might not last long and might not even guarantee a breakthrough.
Even if it did, for an ordinary Silver Stage or even Gold Stage Star Card Master, ten thousand Star Stones were a lot.
The choice between this money and saving a few months’ time would be obvious.
Of course, they’d choose the Star Stones.
That was over ten thousand Star Stones!
Most Lower Third Level Star Card Masters couldn’t earn that much in their entire lives!
But thanks to Su Yuan’s haul at the Snow Burial Plain Secret Realm, inheriting the takings from Sino, Yin Manli, and others, he had become wealthy in one go.
Otherwise, an ordinary Silver Stage Star Card Master would have to kill thirty or forty enemies to amass such wealth!
But that was typical for ordinary Star Card Masters.
For Su Yuan, besides Space Star Cards, he lacked nothing else, so time was more valuable than Star Stones!
Turning money into Star Stones quickly was the right move!
Additionally, his teacher mentioned that there would be a high-level activity in the next semester where he could acquire Space Star Cards.
He had to enhance his strength quickly for that.
Although many of the third-year students would be just at the Silver High Stage, several of the top fourth-year students had already reached the Gold Stage.
Su Yuan smiled and said, “Thank you.”
“Heh, it’s a trivial matter.
You focus on cultivation, and I’ll handle this!”
…
After sending Xia Yue off, Su Yuan didn’t stay in the dorm.
“Having rested enough at home these days, it’s time to use these Star Stones to break through to the Silver High Stage!”
Su Yuan immediately got up and headed to the Star Mist Hall!
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, a month had passed.
From the end of July to the end of August.
Students at Demon Capital Academy were generally busy.
With the hunting trials during the winter break in February, many had gone home after a full school year.
People like Xiang Dingqian, Xia Yue, and Shang Baiyu had all returned home.
Even Luo Bingtong wasn’t at school recently.
She’d been taken to Ming King Mansion, where Bai Ze and others were guiding her in using Mystic Ice.
The campus had become quite deserted.
But it didn’t affect Su Yuan much.
Every day, he went to the Star Mist Pool for intense cultivation.
In early August, Xia Yue had completed the transaction for all of Su Yuan’s items and had the Star Stones delivered to him by the Demon Capital branch.
After setting aside 10,000 Star Stones for buying Space Star Cards, there were still 9,000 Star Stones remaining, slightly more than Xia Yue had initially estimated.
9,000 Star Stones, plus the over 10,000 Star Stones he already had, gave Su Yuan over twenty thousand Star Stones to spend at the Star Mist Pool!
Eight hours daily at three times concentration, then, when close to breaking through, switching to six to eight times concentration for the Silver Stage’s limits.
Within just a month, he spent over 20,000 Cent Star Stones.
Such extravagance even shocked Zhang Chengyun, who oversaw the Star Mist Hall!
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For Zhang Chengyun, 20,000 Star Stones was a trivial amount.
But for Su Yuan, who was only at the Silver Stage, to have wealth comparable to the Shining Star Level was astonishing!
Spending Star Stones without limits, Su Yuan, as expected, successfully broke through to the Silver High Stage!
One year, Silver High Stage!
The Gold Level was close at hand!
“A trip to the Black Snow Country yielded more than I expected.”
“Violence indeed brings in quick profits.”
Accumulating wealth through violent means was faster than hunting Star Beasts or exploring Secret Realms.
Su Yuan felt he had found a suitable path for himself, but it lacked efficiency…
The wanted criminals from academy tasks didn’t have much valuable on them and were time-consuming to track down.
Either the quantity must be sufficient, or the targets must be “fat.”
It had to be efficient in both ways…
Bidding farewell to Zhang Chengyun, Su Yuan returned to his dormitory to rest for a few days, consolidating his breakthrough.
A few days later, the new semester began!
Su Yuan and his peers entered their second year.
Demon Capital Academy also welcomed a new batch of freshmen, full of anticipation and excitement.
Just like the previous year when Su Yuan and his peers enrolled, the first day of school was September 1st, followed by a week of admission challenges before the second-year students officially started on the 9th.
Following the sequence of directions, this year’s freshmen lived in the west district of the academy.
Yet, even so, Su Yuan still saw many excited freshmen along the way.
“Look over there, that seems to be a senior from the upper class!”
“Looks like it, but I can’t sense any Star Power fluctuations from him at all, just like an ordinary person.”
“You don’t know, my cousin told me, there’s a skill you can cultivate in the academy.
Once you master it, you can hide your aura and Star Power fluctuations better.”
“Really?”
“Of course!
But my cousin is now in his second year and hasn’t completely mastered hiding his aura yet.
This senior must be quite accomplished.”
“I see…”
Though there was some distance, their glances and whispered discussions were clear to Su Yuan.
“Ah, the vitality of summer is truly wonderful…”
Su Yuan smiled, “With new outstanding young people emerging constantly, the Great Flame Country has remained strong for thousands of years and even grows more powerful!”
Why did it sound like he was an elder…?
After all, he’s just a sophomore!
Su Yuan shook his head and quickened his pace towards the Book Tower…