Chapter 862 - The Tortoise Academy (2/2)

“Go to the college?”

Qin Haodong hesitated.

Zhao Xingyue continued, “Well, all the resources of the Lingwu Continent are controlled by the college and the royal family. So going to college is your only choice if you’re not a member of the royal family.”

“In the college, you can learn the best cultivation methods, get the guidance of famous teachers, and enjoy abundant resources. All these are reserved only for the college students.”

Qin Haodong was convinced. As Emperor Green-Wood in his previous life, he didn’t need any guidance or method, but he was eager to get cultivation resources.

With these abundant resources, he would soon reach the Grand Completion Realm and open the space loophole again.

“Well, I’ll go with you.”

“That’s great. I’d love the company.”

Zhao Xingyun tried her best to persuade Qin Haodong to go to the Tortoise Academy with her because she just wanted someone to keep her company.

After a discussion, they flew together toward the Tortoise Academy. But it seemed that Zhao Xingyue was not sure how to get there. She took the wrong route several times. They finally saw the building of the Tortoise Academy after making several inquiries.

Qin Haodong was slightly surprised when they came to the Academy. No wonder this was one of the top academies in the Lingwu Continent. It was as huge as a small city.

They jumped off the toad’s back and put it back into the Spirit Beast Pouch. Then they walked toward the gate together.

The gate of Tortoise Academy was magnificent, like a city gate in a period film. There were some tables by the front door, and there was a banner that said, “New Student Registration.”

They walked over, and a middle-aged man who looked like a teacher asked enthusiastically, “Are you here to sign up?”

Qin Haodong glanced at the middle-aged man. This ordinary teacher of the Tortoise Academy had already reached the Voiding Realm.

He said, “Hello, we are here to sign up.”

The middle-aged man said, “Welcome to the Tortoise Academy. Please pay the registration fee, one piece of top-level Spiritual Stone, before taking our test. You will be one of us if you pass the test.”

“Why is the registration fee so expensive?”

Qin Haodong was confused. The Spirit Stones were the currency of the Cultivation World. But the problem was that he had already used the last top-level Spirit Stone.

Besides, it was too expensive to sign up. Though he had countless Huaxia currency and some other currencies in his Storage Ring, they were useless on this continent.

The middle-aged man said, “This is one of the four most famous colleges in the continent. One top-level Spirit Stone is quite cheap.”

But the problem was that Qin Haodong had no spirit stones now.

He shook his head helplessly. It seemed that he could only ask Zhao Xingyue for help. Judging from her luxurious clothes, she must be from a rich family. She would not care about the registration fee.

However, just as he was about to speak, Zhao Xingyue said shyly, “Could you lend me 100 gold coins first? I’ll pay you back.”

“Well…”

Qin Haodong was dumbfounded. What was going on? Zhao Xingyue had no money either.

He turned around and said to the middle-aged man in embarrassment, “Sir, we don’t have so much money. Can we sign up first and give you the money later?”

Hearing that they didn’t have money, the middle-aged man said coldly. “You have to pay the registration fee before taking the test. This is our rule, and there’s nothing I can do.”

As expected, money was a necessity no matter where they were. Qin Haodong stepped aside with Zhao Xingyue and started to work out a plan.

He asked, “Aren’t you here to sign up? Why didn’t you bring any money?”

Zhao Xingyue was quite embarrassed, “I came out in a hurry, so I forgot to bring money. Please give me some and I’ll pay you double the amount back.”

Qin Haodong spread out his hands and said, “I came from the mountain and don’t have a penny. I can’t help you.”

Zhao Xingyue said anxiously, “What should we do now? Today is the last day of the enrollment and we can only wait for another year if we can’t do it today.”

“We can’t wait, let’s think of a way.”

Qin Haodong was eager to improve his cultivation to return to Earth as soon as possible. He didn’t want to waste a day, let alone a year.

Although he had no top-level Spirit Stones, there were countless materials in his Storage Ring. Maybe he could sell some of them to gain gold coins.

Not far from the school gate was a business street, bustling with people.

At the corner of the street was a wine shop with a big sign on the door that read “Ten Miles of Incense”.

The business of the wine shop was very good. People would go in to buy wine from time to time.

Qin Haodong walked over, and the fat boss immediately came up to him. “Do you want some wine? We have authentic wine here, and you can get one jar with just 100 top-level Spirit Stones.

“Please have a try. I’m sure you’ll be satisfied with the wine.”

The fat boss was good at doing business. As he spoke, he gave Qin Haodong and Zhao Xingyue two small cups filled with wine.