Having confirmed his hypothesis, Zhao Fao came to a decision.It was time to initiate the scheme."System, exchange my 1000 Exchange Points for a Mirror Beast Talisman and a Divine Alchemy Talisman"[Ding! Purchase successful!]Zhao Fao started to move in the direction northeast in the same direction those apes had escaped in.Hopefully, it wasn't too late to catch up to them.******Evening time.The Ironlimbed Apes who escaped from Zhao Fao's view were actually only a few miles away.Right now, the males pounded on their chests and looked crossly at the females and children.It was clear from their gazes that they wanted nothing more than to return and tear the murderous human to pieces for killing one of their own.The pregnant female Apes caressed their bulging bellies and let out soft squeals to appease their male counterparts.Egos were soothed.Just then, the human from before suddenly appeared and charged in their direction with a bow in hand.How could the Apes tolerate this?

The night was slightly chilly.Two Ironlimbed Apes held Gregory's arm firmly on either sides as they led him to another underground cave.Gregory briefly considered staking his all and making a run for it but killed the thought soon. There were actually three more Ironlimbed Warrior Apes monitoring him from behind.Even worse, they held sharp, jagged pieces of wood. One didn't need much imagination to guess how it would feel upon contact with one's body.They entered the cave. It was filled with a lot of Ironlimbed Apes.The ones here looked older and more majestic. From his theoretical education, Gregory guessed they were the elders of the clan.There was also the King Ape at the center and a young ape by his side.The latter had his back turned and was tinkering with a pile of beast cores on the ground. Every once in a while, there was a runic shine from his body that spread to the three metres radius around him.Gregory was double surprised when ion closer observation, he noticed

Zhao Fao realized there was some additional information attached to the newly synthesized Cultivation Art.[Mist Galaxy Refinement Art: Simulates acupoints in the body as the myriad stars in the universe to absorb and assimilate the purest cosmic energy. The astral energy condensed has no core elemental property]Zhao Fao frowned.If he remembered correctly, he possessed a variant water-element talent....Shouldn't the astral energy he cultivated be the same element as his innate element?[The pure astral energy cultivated by the Mist Galaxy Refinement Art can be converted to other elemental Qi with the corresponding cultivation techniques]Hearing this, Zhao Fao was relieved.He also realized something else.Since he could convert the pure astral energy to other elemental Qi, it meant he wouldn't be limited to using his innate water element only.He would be able to interchange between the five elements at will. His elemental talent deficiency didn't matter anymore.Technically, cult

Zhao Fao's and Professor Shi's conversion was held in private, so Su Jie and Ling Xue remained clueless and had no idea what was going on. They only saw Zhao come out of the crib with a forlorn expression on his face. A small bag was hanging from his waist. Behind him, Professor Shi was smiling faintly as he held his shoulders firmly and walked him to the entrance of the Forest Zone. "What's going on? Is Professor Shi marking Zhao Fao's beast cores as invalid and making him start his examination all over again? Ling Xue found it both weird and amusing. The wretched expression on Zhao Fao's face was icing on the cake. Meanwhile, Su Jie was silent. He knew Zhao Fao too well and instinctively sensed the fakeness of the pitiful expression on his face from a mile away. Something was off..... Unfortunately, Professor Shi did not say anything to them after pushing Zhao Fao to enter the forest zone. The two waited patiently for Zhao Fao to return. ****** "System, I'm

Just like that, the fiasco came to an end. Having completed their missions, Zhao Fao, Su Jie and Ling Xue were able to secure an extended stay in the Spiritual District. However, it wasn't the same for others.By week end, there were many groveling and sniffing brats protesting and pleading for a second chance to retake their missions. Unfortunately for them, the universities didn't care and forcefully took them back to the mortal district.From Jiangcheng High School, only eleven students successfully qualified for admission and remained in the Spiritual District. As a free reward, they would be given free access to cultivation rooms and cultivation arts to cultivate to the one-star realm as soon as they arrived at the university."I wonder if Gregory and the rest would be able to find alternative ways to return here," Zhao Fao thought with some guilt. But it wasn't entirely hopeless.Universities were not the only institution in the Spiritual District. There were also research cent