"Master Instructor, Academy Principal."
Entering the instructor's office and seeing both Liu Wenyan and the academy principal there, Su Yu quickly greeted them.
"Su Yu is here."
Liu Wenyan had a smile on his face, much more enthusiastic than when he was dealing with the principal just now. He said with a big smile, "Your father has gone to the Battlefield of the Heavens. Have you had any inconveniences in your daily life recently?"
"No, everything is fine."
Su Yu thanked him and soon said with some concern, "Master Instructor, I heard that recently people from the Ten Thousand Races Sect might come to Nanyuan..."
"It doesn't matter!"
Liu Wenyan didn't take it seriously and said with a faint smile, "Not to mention that they may not come. Even if they do, so what? If they dare to attack me, they should be prepared to suffer heavy casualties. It's hard to say who will gain and who will lose if they trade a large number of lives for my old life."
Liu Wenyan stood up, looked out of the window, and said with a smile, "One should remain calm in the face of major events and not let one's mind be in chaos! Su Yu, what I have admired most about you in these years is that you can calm down and not be flustered when facing difficulties. This is the foundation that makes you stronger than others."
"Don't let some minor disruptions disturb your state of mind."
After saying a few words, Liu Wenyan quickly looked at the principal and said, "You can go out first. I have something to talk to Su Yu about."
The principal smiled and this time didn't insist. He soon left the office.
...
When the principal left, Liu Wenyan's smile disappeared.
He gestured for Su Yu to sit down by pressing his hand. Su Yu felt a bit strange but didn't ask many questions. He sat down opposite Liu Wenyan.
"Su Yu, I heard that you applied to the War Academy?"
"Yes."
"Do you want to go to the War Academy, is that right?"
Su Yu was slightly stunned and explained, "No, it's just to have an extra option..."
"Don't lie to me. Your teacher isn't that stupid. Because your father has gone to the Battlefield of the Heavens, you want to go there, right?"
Su Yu was silent.
Liu Wenyan said with a faint smile, "Silly! Even if you go to the War Academy and cultivate to the level where you can protect your father, how long will it take?"
"..."
Su Yu was silent. He had thought about this question before, but he didn't want to think about it. Moreover, now that there was an extra book in his head, everything was hard to say.
"Do you know who the top powerhouses of the Human Race are?"
"The Great Xia King, the Great Zhou King, the Great Ming King..."
Liu Wenyan nodded slightly and soon said, "Then do you know which powerhouses emerged after the Anping Era?"
Before Su Yu could speak, Liu Wenyan smiled and said, "The most famous and well-known ones are probably the principals of each academy and the commanders of each major war legion."
"Do you know that thirty percent of these people come from the Civilization Academy!"
Su Yu was stunned for a moment. Thirty percent come from the Civilization Academy?
Isn't the Civilization Academy for cultivating...
As if knowing what he was thinking, Liu Wenyan chuckled and said, "Do you think that people from the Civilization Academy should be like me, only knowing some languages of the Ten Thousand Races, with weak combat power and being easily knocked down by the wind?"
"Wrong!"
Liu Wenyan said seriously, "I didn't tell you this before because you hadn't reached that level!"
"Actually, there are many powerhouses in the Civilization Academy, and even some top powerhouses are stronger than those in the War Academy!"
"As we study the civilizations of the Heavens, how could we be so weak? If we were, how could we understand the deeper levels of cultivation techniques and secret realms?"
Liu Wenyan's eyes were bright. "I'm just a insignificant failed student of the Civilization Academy. But do you think your teacher is really as weak as a willow in the wind?"
"Huh?"
Su Yu opened his mouth but hesitated to speak. Teacher, could you please not be so vain?
You're only at the Seventh Level of Qianjun. That's too weak.
"Do you want to say that I'm only at the Seventh Level of Qianjun and too weak?"
"..."
Su Yu blinked, always feeling that the teacher had seen through him.
"Yes, I can see some of what you're thinking."
Hearing this, Su Yu was shocked!
"Surprised?"
Liu Wenyan smiled. "You're too weak, so you're almost defenseless in front of me. Pay attention in the future and restrain your thoughts a bit."
"Your teacher is telling you this just hoping that you won't abandon your strengths and choose the War Academy instead of the Civilization Academy."
Liu Wenyan said seriously, "Originally, your teacher wanted to wait until you went to the Civilization Academy and you would naturally know these things. But now I have to tell you in advance to prevent you from going astray."
"There are thousands of paths in the world. Different races have different paths. Fundamentally, they all involve absorbing and refining primordial energy, tempering oneself, and making oneself stronger!"
"To make oneself stronger, there are two aspects, one is the physical body, and the other is the will or spirit!"
"The will is elusive and difficult to strengthen. So ordinary people usually start by strengthening their physical bodies and then touch on the will after they become stronger."
"We're different..."
Liu Wenyan had a smile on his face. "We have been exposed to many civilizations of the Ten Thousand Races, have a broad vision, and a strong will. So we do the opposite. We first strengthen our will and then strengthen our physical bodies."
"When your will is strong, strengthening the physical body will be much easier."
"Of course, it's difficult!"
Liu Wenyan said in a deep voice, "When the will is strong enough to solidify the physical body and absorb more primordial energy without harming the body, it takes time and more foundation. Some civilization masters in the Civilization Academy, when their will is as strong as the blazing sun, can advance from Qianjun to Tengkong in a single day, or even stronger!"
"All roads lead to Rome. The ultimate paths of the Civilization Academy and the War Academy are both to make oneself stronger and to strengthen the entire Human Race!"
"The physical body is easy to cultivate, but the will is hard to obtain!"
"It's more difficult for the Civilization Academy to achieve that step, so few people mention these things to avoid some people overestimating their abilities and going astray."
Liu Wenyan looked at the stunned Su Yu and smiled. "Are you surprised? Actually, there's nothing to be surprised about. You have studied the Ten Thousand Races of the Heavens. Although not much, you should know some things. For example, the Nightmare Race that you have mastered the language of. They are elusive and their real bodies are almost invisible."
"They can freely invade your dreams. Actually, it's not really a dream. It's just that their will creates a world and makes your will sink into it."
"This is the fundamental reason for their strength. Strictly speaking, the cultivation of civilization masters is somewhat similar to theirs."
Su Yu felt his mouth a bit dry and said softly, "Teacher, do you mean that the path of civilization can also be very powerful..."
"Not can be, but faster!"
Liu Wenyan smiled. "First temper the will, then temper the physical body. Some geniuses in the Civilization Academy can materialize their will, solidify their physical bodies, and advance to the Tengkong Realm in three to five years! The subsequent cultivation path will be faster than that of the physical body path!"
"And how long does it take for the War Academy to cultivate to the Tengkong Realm?"
"Even for geniuses, it takes many years of grinding!"
"Of course, our entry is more difficult and there are fewer people. Even so, thirty percent of the top powerhouses of the Human Race come from the Civilization Academy, which shows something!"
Su Yu was absorbing and digesting this information and soon said, "Can the will be cultivated?"
"Yes."
"Can't ordinary people do it?"
"Yes, there is a threshold, a higher threshold than that of the physical body path. The will is equivalent to the spirit. In the initial stage, it's invisible and intangible. The number of languages of the Ten Thousand Races mastered is actually a kind of assessment..."
Liu Wenyan smiled. "Many times, it's not that some people don't work hard, but that they don't have enough energy and a strong enough will to absorb and digest that knowledge. You can master 18 languages of the Ten Thousand Races. Why can't others?"
"They aren't working hard enough? Wrong. Some people are actually very hardworking and may not even be worse than you. But they just can't learn. Thinking too much may even cause them the pain of a splitting headache because their will foundation isn't strong enough."
"Based on this, they have to first temper their physical bodies, strengthen themselves, and then strengthen their will."
Su Yu let out a long breath. "So, does that mean my talent lies in the path of the will rather than the path of the physical body?"
" You can also understand it this way."
Liu Wenyan smiled. "So this is the reason why the Ten Thousand Races are afraid of civilization masters and why the Ten Thousand Races Sect wants to assassinate some civilization masters. When your will isn't strong enough to strengthen your physical body, your strength is still quite weak. At this time, it's also the easiest to kill."
Su Yu couldn't quite accept it. It was the first time he knew that being a civilization master was also a way of cultivation.
"Even if you didn't come to me today, I was going to find you. If you want to go to the Battlefield of the Heavens to find your father, I won't stop you. Instead, I'll be happy for you. This is human nature, this is the human heart, and this is the fundamental reason why the Human Race is undefeated!"
"But you can't be blind. You have to calm down."
"The number of students selected by the Civilization Academy every year is fewer than that of the War Academy. It seems that there are no conditions, but the conditions are actually higher. It's vaguely even more difficult than the War Academy. Is it really just a gathering place for bookworms?"
Liu Wenyan couldn't hide his smile. "Wrong. That's because we can not only study in the rear but also go to the front line to fight the enemy. And those who can go to the front line are at least at the Tengkong Realm! What is called Qianjun and Wanshi is just simple primordial energy tempering of the body. It can be achieved in a day!"
"..."
Su Yu's face was stiff. After a while, he said, "Teacher, are you at the Tengkong Realm?"
"No."
Liu Wenyan looked calm.
"Are you even stronger?"
"No!"
Liu Wenyan was still calm.
Su Yu was stunned. What did that mean?
"I said that only when the will is materialized can the physical body be strengthened. I haven't achieved the materialization of the will."
Liu Wenyan seemed to be saying that all those words just now were just bragging!
He... hasn't materialized his will, so he's really at the Qianjun Realm.
Su Yu looked up at the teacher with a stunned face. Old man, how did you manage to be so calm?
You're already seventy years old. You haven't materialized your will. You just told me that it could be done in three to five years?
That's not how you brag!
"Don't look at me like that!"
Liu Wenyan said calmly, "I was the most failed student of the Civilization Academy back then. I'm not a genius. I've been muddling along for many years after graduation. It's normal that I haven't materialized my will. If it were that easy, ninety percent of the top powerhouses of the Human Race would come from the Civilization Academy instead of thirty percent."
"Any path of cultivation is not easy. But compared to the path of the physical body, I think this is faster and more promising."
"If you want to become stronger in a short time, then this is the only way, the path of the will!"
Su Yu fell into deep thought. After a while, he said, "Teacher, is there a cultivation technique for the path of the will?"
"Yes..."
Liu Wenyan said, smiling. He was just about to continue when he quickly coughed lightly and said, "There isn't one in Nanyuan. You'll know when you go to the Great Xia Civilization Academy!"
Of course, the prerequisite is that the will is materialized.
He didn't say it. If he did, Su Yu would probably curse.
"Actually, the process of learning the languages of the Ten Thousand Races, including the process of analyzing some cultivation techniques and secret realms, is all about tempering the will. Especially the originals..."
This time Liu Wenyan was much more serious. "You know, some of the things we come into contact with are not the originals. The originals all carry some power of the Ten Thousand Races or even spiritual will. After cracking and deciphering them, we will gain a lot."
"Of course, there are also dangers. For example, mental disorder. Every year, some people in the Civilization Academy go crazy because of deciphering these originals. You should be careful when you come into contact with them in the future. The more powerful the cultivation technique, the more important the literature, the stronger the will it contains, and the more likely it is to cause you to go crazy."
"So the work of distinguishing the importance of the literature of the Ten Thousand Races is easy to do. If the will it contains is strong, it must be important!"
"You can go to the Xia's Commercial Firm to look at those unknown cultivation techniques. Any that look simple are actually useless. In fact, these things have already been sorted out. The remaining ones are all safe and harmless... useless things!"
Su Yu smiled bitterly. I knew it. Otherwise, they would have been snatched up long ago.
Liu Wenyan saw this and smiled again. "So, do you still want to take the exam for the War Academy?"
"In the Civilization Academy, you can also cultivate the path of the physical body. But in the War Academy, you may not have the opportunity to cultivate the path of the will. At least most of the powerful originals of the literature of the Ten Thousand Races are almost all in the Civilization Academy."
"As long as you are strong enough and reach the Tengkong Realm, you can go to the Battlefield of the Heavens whenever you want, right?"
"Why go to the Battlefield of the Heavens at the Qianjun and Wanshi Realm? Going there would be cannon fodder. What's the point?"
"Unless... you aren't confident enough in yourself. If that's the case, it doesn't matter where you go because you can't become strong at all!"
...
Liu Wenyan's words made Su Yu's previously not-so-firm idea waver.
Should he still take the exam for the War Academy?
It seemed... not necessary, right?
It turned out that the Civilization Academy could also make him strong!
"Civilization Academy... originals of the literature of the Ten Thousand Races... spiritual will..."
Walking out of the instructor's office, Su Yu clenched the bottle in his hand. He'd go back and try. While strengthening his will, he could also strengthen his physical body. Wouldn't that be better?
By activating the Na Yuan Jue, maybe his physical body strengthening could also be accelerated.
"Civilization Academy..."
At this moment, Su Yu had made a decision. Maybe he should go to the Civilization Academy. This was his original goal.
...
When Su Yu left, the principal entered the room and shook his head. "Old guy, you've tricked someone again!"
"What do you mean?"
Liu Wenyan was unhappy!
"Materialization of the will... Have you cultivated for fifty years? Have you materialized it?"
"Almost!"
Liu Wenyan said calmly. "When I materialize it, I'll be at the Tengkong Realm. By then, you, who have just entered the Wanshi Realm, won't be worth looking at!"
"You!"
The principal was both amused and exasperated. Well, let him be. As for Su Yu, it's indeed better for him to go to the Civilization Academy. The War Academy is still too dangerous.
However, this old guy always uses this argument. How many students has he tricked over the years? Whenever a student's will wavers, he's been tricked by this argument and finally goes to the Civilization Academy.
"The Great Xia Civilization Academy should give you an award. Otherwise, they'd lose a few students every year..."
Liu Wenyan didn't take it seriously. "Although there's no award, the Great Xia Civilization Academy gives me 200,000 in bonuses every year. It's enough."
"..."
The principal was speechless and couldn't help muttering, "You're a spy for the Great Xia Civilization Academy!"
"That's not how you say it. I'm originally a staff member of the Great Xia Civilization Academy. How can it be called a spy?"
Liu Wenyan smiled. The principal was completely speechless. Yes, these instructors of the languages of the Ten Thousand Races are almost all dispatched by the Great Xia Civilization Academy. Even if they aren't, they'll soon be. The main purpose is to prevent the loss of students. They can't all rush to the War Academy.
After all, research isn't as exciting as cultivation. Young people love passion. They have to be watched.