Before one realized it, a month and a half had passed, bringing the date to April 22.
Aside from the compulsory liberal studies, Su Yuan spent most of his time every day cultivating. With the aid of the Soul Card, the growth rate of the Star Power within the Star Power Vortex in his body was quite decent, about thirty percent towards reaching the Ninth Stage.
It should be known that, including the breakthrough due to the awakening of the Soul Card, it had taken Su Yuan nearly two years to advance from the Sixth Stage to the Eighth Stage.
Now, in just less than three months, he had made over thirty percent progress. Without any auxiliary resources, this cultivation speed was already remarkably fast.
Every weekend, Su Yuan would go to the Great Barbarian Mountain Area to slay demon beasts and earn Star Dust. Although the efficiency couldn't compare with that of the Rainforest Secret Realm, after several weekends, he also amassed more than 2600 Star Dust.
Su Yuan directly upgraded Elemental Magnetism Pressure and Gray Flame Strike to the Transformation Realm, and the power of these two skills surged!
With this, all the five skills he had embedded reached the Transformation Realm!
Furthermore, Su Yuan upgraded Instant Movement from Master to Great Success!
Great Success in Instant Movement reduced the casting time to 0.3 seconds and the interval between castings to four seconds. He could now teleport to any location within an eighty-meter radius, and the Star Power consumption for the same distance also decreased significantly!
The inherent Soul Skill of Azure Sky Phoenix was becoming increasingly terrifying.
That morning, the sky was clear and the sun shone brightly.
Su Yuan did not go to school, but wore casual clothes and white sneakers. After greeting his family, he stepped out of the residential complex.
At the entrance of the complex, a black sedan was waiting, and next to it stood a beautiful woman in a black suit.
The woman, smiling lightly with a trim figure and long legs wrapped in semi-transparent high-gloss black stockings, had her black hair tied back neatly, looking both sexy and competent.
Well… Director Wang not only had a knack for picking talents, but his choice of secretaries was also top-notch…
Su Yuan inwardly praised and quickly walked over.
Seeing Su Yuan coming, the woman greeted with a smile, "Mr. Su, right?"
"That's me."
The woman walked to the back seat to open the door for Su Yuan, "Please come in; Director Wang is already waiting for you at the airport."
"Thank you."
…
Today was the day to travel to Qingye City.
After arriving at the airport, Su Yuan flew to Qingye City with Wang Haiping, experiencing a rare free upgrade to first class.
By noon, the two arrived at the Star Card Master Association located in the downtown area of Qingye City.
The Star Card Master Association exists in every city of Great Flame, including Guangchuan City.
It is a semi-official and semi-civil organization involved in many activities, including registration, trading, tasks, intelligence, etc. Anything related to Star Card Masters is within the scope of the Star Card Master Association.
The most basic rule is that all Star Card Masters in Great Flame Country must register with the Star Card Master Association; otherwise, they are not recognized, which makes things inconvenient everywhere.
Although Su Yuan was only a Star Apprentice, he had already registered with the Star Card Master Association, which allowed him to carry weapons.
To become a Bronze-level Star Card Master later, he merely needs to update his formal Star Card Master credentials.
The Qingye City Star Card Master Association was a vast complex of large buildings, much larger than the association in Guangchuan City. It was more majestic and impressive.
After all, it was a Second Stage City!
Inside a large venue of the Star Card Master Association, Su Yuan followed behind Wang Haiping as they entered.
As for that beautiful secretary, she had stayed outside.
Su Yuan and Wang Haiping were not particularly early because some who lived farther away had arrived the night before. At this moment, the venue was already filled with quite a few people.
"Ha, Haiping, you have arrived!"
As soon as the two walked in, a middle-aged man with a face shaped like a Chinese character and over 1.8 meters tall came over with a smile.
Wang Haiping gently greeted with Su Yuan: "Director Yan!"
Yan Chenfei, the head of the Qingye Municipal Education Bureau and also Wang Haiping's superior.
"I was just thinking that you should have arrived soon," Yan Chenfei laughed heartily, "This year, Guangchuan City has produced two first-rate academy special recruits in one fell swoop. As the head of the Guangchuan Municipal Education Bureau, you are really set to soar!
Another few times like this, and you might be transferred to various Second Stage cities; you could even come over to help me out here."
What Yan Chenfei referred to was the position of Deputy Director of Qingye Municipal Education Bureau. Moving from being the head of Guangchuan Municipal Education Bureau to the Deputy Director of Qingye certainly meant a promotion.
Wang Haiping shook his head and smiled: "Director Yan, don't tease me. Even Second Stage cities might not produce a special recruit in a year, let alone our Level Three city.
Besides, even if a few special recruits do emerge, it's pointless. You and I both know that it all comes down to the students' diligence and talent. All we can do is provide a bit of guidance."
Yan Chenfei smiled and said no more, his gaze then fell on Su Yuan who was behind Wang Haiping: "You asked me for a slot, is it to bring this student here? I wonder which of the two special recruits he is?"
Wang Haiping turned his head towards Su Yuan, and Su Yuan stepped forward understandingly and greeted: "Su Yuan from Guangchuan Fourth Middle School, greets Director Yan."
"Su Yuan?" Yan Chenfei looked puzzled, "I remember the two special recruits, one was called Fang Kun, and the other... seems to be called Chen Jiujun?"
Wang Haiping chuckled: "This kid has great potential, so I brought him over this time."
"Potential is good, huh?" Yan Chenfei looked thoughtful and did not ask further, "Alright, then take a seat here and wait, I still have to host over there."
"Sure, go ahead."
...
On the side of the venue, among the students brought by Qingye City, Zhuang Xun was talking with three other Qingye City geniuses when he suddenly turned his head and saw Su Yuan, who had come with Wang Haiping, showing surprise on his face.
"No way, he actually came!"
"Who?" Next to Zhuang Xun, a short-haired girl wearing a purple windbreaker asked.
"The one I told you about last time, the Fourth Middle School student I met in the Great Barbarian Mountain Area and who later surpassed Fang Kun during the trial."
"Oh?" The short-haired girl, Xu Xin, raised an eyebrow and turned around to follow Zhuang Xun's gaze towards Su Sheng, "He seems quite ordinary? Fang Kun is our special recruit from Shuzhou, yet he lost to him?"
"Don't underestimate him; he cannot be judged by ordinary standards…" Zhuang Xun silently shook his head.
Xu Xin, you still don't realize the seriousness of the situation. With this guy coming, it means that four quotas are directly reduced to three, and the competition has become much tougher!
Zhuang Xun was thinking when he saw Su Yuan also looked up, so he quickly waved.
Su Yuan nodded at him, then diverted his gaze.
"Zhuang Xun is here too…"
Although Su Yuan didn't know Zhuang Xun was a Shuzhou special recruit, he knew he was a Qingye High School student and wasn't weak, so his presence here was quite normal.
Just then, his phone suddenly "ding dong."
Su Yuan took out his phone and saw a message from Zhuang Xun. He looked up at Zhuang Xun, who grinned and even winked.
Su Yuan opened the message and saw just four words.
"Please show mercy!"
"This guy…" Su Yuan couldn't help but smile.
After all, he was once a comrade who had fought against the Green Flame White Wolf together. If possible, Su Yuan didn't mind showing some leniency.