Translator: Silavin
[As always, strength is everything!] Regarding this point, Qin Yichen had already gained some understanding long ago. In truth, not only in the Brilliant Sky Sacred Land, but in other Sacred Lands as well, they all operated in roughly the same manner. Without competition, there would be no pressure, and without pressure, how could one speak of becoming stronger!?
Only in an environment filled with a cruel competitive atmosphere could true experts truly be born!
Otherwise, how could Sacred Lands stand upon this continent for so long, enduring through the ages without decline!
*Thud!* After everyone had placed their Divine Jade upon the crystal stone to sense it, the Elder Hua before the desk directly lowered his head, coming into intimate contact with the table. Before the crowd could react, the sound of deep sleeping snores had already risen.
“*Ahem.* Alright then, I’ve explained just about everything. If there’s anything you don’t understand, come find me again. For now, rest up and prepare to welcome your new life!”
As if afraid of disturbing Elder Hua, Yu Liang said no more. After lowering his voice to speak that sentence, he bowed to the snoring Elder Hua before departing.
The twenty-odd talented youths from various Imperial Dynasties who had just entered the Sacred Land exchanged glances with one another. In the end, they did not dare make any loud noises and simply walked towards the exit of the Western Brilliant Hall.
What left this batch of newcomers somewhat helpless was their discovery that even a place to rest required paying Contribution Points to obtain!
These houses were divided into four grades: A, B, C, and D.
At the edge, near the Four Halls, where Yuan Energy was sparse, the houses belonged to D Grade, requiring 1 Contribution Point per day. Slightly better C Grade houses required five Contribution Points per day!
Going further up, B Grade houses reached as much as fifty Contribution Points per day. As for those A Grade houses, the numerous new students didn’t dare inquire anymore…
Looking at the pitifully small number on his Divine Jade, Qin Yichen felt a wave of emotion in his heart. A dignified Alchemy Saint had actually fallen to this state!
In the end, it was Li Yuanba who chose a C Grade room that could accommodate two people, temporarily residing there with Qin Yichen.
Just as Qin Yichen prepared to rest first, he discovered Li Yuanba wore an expression of restless impatience. Qin Yichen knew that since Mu Yanzhen was not here, and having seen so many powerful individuals earlier, Li Yuanba must be itching to find someone to spar with…
“Qin Yichen, want to go out for a walk? Hehe, I wonder if the Battle Hall of the Sacred Land will be lively.”
Li Yuanba said to Qin Yichen with a simple-minded laugh. In his eyes, there already existed a nearly ravenous desire for battle.
“Didn’t the Manager say to stay in our room and rest?” Qin Yichen rolled his eyes at Li Yuanba. Seeing Li Yuanba’s somewhat bewildered expression, he couldn’t help but feel a wave of emotion in his heart.
Others at least had information going in one ear and out the other. This fellow’s ears probably had an automatic filtering function. The earlier Manager’s reminder hadn’t entered his ears at all.
In the end, Qin Yichen could not dissuade him and didn’t want to persuade Li Yuanba either. After resting for a while, he walked out from the house together with him.
From their location, to reach the Northern Brilliance Battle Hall required passing through the D Grade area.
When walking to the D Grade area, Qin Yichen and his companion slowed their steps. Before them, a large crowd was gathered together, and from within came sounds of cursing and commotion.
Among them, several voices seemed somewhat familiar to Qin Yichen. They appeared to be from people who had entered the Sacred Land together with them.
“Let’s go take a look…” Seeing Li Yuanba’s eyes shine with excitement, Qin Yichen slapped his forehead. The two then walked towards the crowded area.
As they approached, they discovered that in the middle of a large group of onlookers stood five or six Outer Disciples, and opposite them stood three newcomers with iron-blue expressions who had just entered the Sacred Land together with Qin Yichen.
“Little Brother, don’t waste time. Just obediently hand over your Contribution Points. Consider it the tuition fee for the first lesson Senior Brother is teaching you about the Sacred Land.”
A youth who appeared to be about twenty-seven or twenty-eight smiled at those three newcomers and said, “I won’t be too ruthless either. Each of you can keep three Contribution Points, so you won’t have to sleep outside on your first day.”
These five or six Outer Disciples clearly took this youth as their leader. The fluctuations of aura on their bodies were all Late Stage Martial Emperors. However, in terms of the stability of their auras, any one of them far surpassed those three newcomers on the opposite side.
As for those three newcomers, two Late Stage Martial Emperors and one Mid Stage Martial Emperor, the gap in strength between both sides was truly somewhat enormous!
“Isn’t that Yi Buzui? These newcomers are really unlucky to have encountered him.”
“Isn’t that right? This Yi Buzui fellow, relying on having a good Senior Brother, frequently does this kind of thing in the C and D areas. Someone who’s been in the Sacred Land for two years is still robbing newcomers…”
“Keep your voice down. Didn’t we all go through this when we first arrived? This is nothing!”
In the crowd, whispered conversations occasionally arose. However, regarding this kind of situation, not a single person had any intention of stopping it.
After all, forget about newcomers who had just entered the Sacred Land, even they themselves occasionally encountered such things!
In the Sacred Land where strength was supreme, without power, no one would sympathize with them!
Looking at those mocking faces, the expressions of those three newcomers who had just entered the Sacred Land darkened to the extreme.
A month ago, they had still been figures in their own Imperial Dynasties who received countless admiring gazes. Yet after fighting desperately, finally standing out from the Imperial Dynasties Assembly with great difficulty, they had turned into targets for others to bully at will in the blink of an eye.
Although they had long anticipated such situations would occur, this enormous contrast still left them feeling quite bitter inside.
“I’ll give you three breaths of time. If you don’t voluntarily hand over your Contribution Points, don’t blame Senior Brother for taking them myself!”
Seeing the three newcomers still had not moved, Yi Buzui became somewhat impatient. Originally, he did not even care about these few Contribution Points. Most importantly, he wanted to feel a sense of superiority in the C and D areas.
At this moment, these mere three newcomers were not obeying his words, immediately causing him to become somewhat angry.
“Haha, I also have Contribution Points here! Senior Brother, come take mine first!”
Just as the three newcomers sighed inwardly, preparing to take out their Divine Jade to hand over their Contribution Points, a booming laugh suddenly rang out.
“Who!?” Hearing this voice, Yi Buzui’s expression immediately darkened. His gaze swept through the crowd, looking towards the source of the voice.
Following his gaze, the crowded people on that side immediately cleared a passage. Li Yuanba with an excited expression, and Qin Yichen covering his face with his hand, appeared at the end of the passage.
When they saw the two figures at the end of the passage, the entire venue fell silent. Immediately after, sky-reaching mocking laughter resounded.