Chapter 345 - 229: Social Practice Mission

Chapter 345: Chapter 229: Social Practice Mission

Yu Fei quickly did the math in his head. He had also promised to give thirty percent of his war merits to the Salted Fish Team. ’Does that mean I’ll only end up with four million?’

Yu Fei scrolled back to look at the total of over twenty-nine million. His heart ached a little; the difference between the two numbers was just too great!

’Sigh... If my Inner Qi cultivation reaches the Infinite Ruins stage, I’ll be able to earn war merits several times faster than I can now!’

The list of war merits also included the distribution confirmation for the other members of the Yulin Army.

Yu Fei made weighted allocations based on Kang Ming’s suggestions.

After some thought, he took out 500,000 of his own war merits as a bonus for the five people Kang Ming had nominated, which included Jiang Nianwei and Liu Ze.

On the last day of the great battle, facing that endless green ocean, Yu Fei had felt the convenience of fighting as a team. He could focus his energy on the higher-value Spider Demons, and overall, he had gained far more than he would have fighting alone.

Yu Fei felt that there would still be times when he needed the Yulin Army as backup. Besides, these people were talented and quite strong; perhaps they could become his trusted aides in the future.

The Fate-Defying Pearl gave him endless possibilities. Yu Fei was fully confident he could cultivate to the level of a Martial Saint, but he wasn’t sure if it could help him cross that threshold into an even higher realm.

But if his realm stagnated at the Martial Saint stage, Yu Fei felt there were some things he still needed to plan for in advance.

Just as Ye Shuping had said, once the prodigy organizations of the "Seven Greats" grasped power, even he had to give them a wide berth. If the number of Martial Saints grew, the side with more of them would inevitably have the advantage.

Unless Yu Fei could maintain his combat superiority from the Inner Qi Realm, or find a path to break through to a realm beyond Martial Saint.

In any case, developing his own team was definitely the right move. It was best to be prepared on two fronts.

Having witnessed the intensity of the war at Dragon Path Crossing, Yu Fei was certain that earning war merits would be a relatively easy task for him in the future. As long as his cultivation of the All Things Return to Origin Scripture could reach the Infinite Ruins stage, that place would become his personal grinding spot for war merits.

War merits couldn’t be used directly as contribution points. Yu Fei carefully examined the relevant conversion rules.

The intensity of the battlefields and the difficulty of survival varied between different border-realms, so there was a conversion rate between war merits and contribution points.

Take the Abyss, for example. The war merits issued here had a conversion rate of 1:1.2. Seeing this, Yu Fei felt a small sense of relief; this meant he could get a lot more contribution points.

The war merit conversion rate for each border-realm changed in real-time, which was a key factor in attracting freelance Martial Artists to accept missions there.

There was too little information available. Yu Fei’s instincts told him he was in deep water here.

The Yu Kingdom had many known border-realms. Aside from the garrison of Martial Artists required by the military, other activities like exploration, farming, husbandry, and processing were all handled by large corporations. This required a huge labor force of low- to mid-level Martial Artists.

Perhaps there was even competition for manpower between the different border-realms.

Shaking his head, Yu Fei stopped thinking about these things. In a world where great power belonged to the individual, you only managed affairs as great as your abilities allowed. For now, none of this concerned him.

War merits had significant uses. First, they were a metric for a Martial Artist’s military rank. Second, before conversion, they offered a discount when exchanging for specialties unique to the corresponding border-realm.

Although Yu Fei and the others were still students, they were also enlisted in the military. However, due to the special nature of Shenhan University, they were only considered reservists.

The military rank system had been explained in detail during their general education courses.

In the Yu Kingdom, both war merits and cultivation realm were used as metrics. One had to meet the requirements for both to be awarded the corresponding military rank.

First, in terms of realm, one could not be commissioned as a field officer without reaching the Inner Qi Realm, and one could not enter the general ranks without reaching the Grandmaster Realm. This was a hard-and-fast rule.

As for Yu Fei, his current war merits were still not enough to become a major. He needed to accumulate a total of ten million war merits.

Yu Fei wasn’t concerned, though. For him, it was just a matter of fighting on the battlefield for another ten days or so.

In the end, Yu Fei converted only 300,000 of these war merits into contribution points. He used the rest to select cultivation resources characteristic of the Abyss. Using Abyss war merits to exchange for Abyss materials gave him a twenty percent discount.

Yu Fei used half of his war merits on extraordinary metals and jades, and spent all the rest on resources to enhance his Inner Qi. Right now, the bottleneck for his combat power was the amount of Inner Qi he possessed.

Breaking through to the Infinite Ruins stage as soon as possible was his top priority. Once he did, he would be able to continuously output an infinite amount of Sword Qi, allowing him to dominate among mid-rank Martial Artists.

Strength was the ultimate pass.

「On the fifth day.」

Feng Hua led the main force back to the university. The wounded from the front lines had mostly recovered, with the exception of Xiang Kun and his broken leg.

Nowadays, it wasn’t difficult for medical martial arts to treat such injuries. Moreover, the recovery abilities of Inner Qi Realm Martial Artists were extremely strong, making minor wounds much easier to heal compared to those of Martial Artists in the lower three realms.

When they saw him again, Xiang Kun was in a wheelchair. His severed leg had been reattached, and it was estimated he would be able to move freely in about half a month. During this period, he needed to rest quietly and was forbidden from using any martial power.

Jiang Nianwei had specially booked a restaurant on campus to hold a welcome-back dinner for everyone, as a way to thank the upperclassmen for their care.

The atmosphere at the gathering was extremely lively. They had all fought a bloody battle together on the front lines, and many had saved each other’s lives or taken blows for one another, forging a bond that brought them much closer.

Furthermore, Yu Fei had given thirty percent of his war merits to the Salted Fish Team. This was a substantial benefit. Although it couldn’t compare to the debt they had incurred during the military exercise, it was still a way for them to recoup some of their losses.

Bound by this dual tie of sentiment and benefit, they now shared the happy and harmonious camaraderie of this day.

Yu Fei looked over the war merits of the Yulin Army members. On average, each person had earned around 100,000. The more outstanding ones, like Jiang Nianwei, had personally earned 500,000 war merits. He imagined that everyone would now enter a period of rapid growth in strength.