The Evil Flood Dragon let out a piercing wail, twisting in pain, shaking the entire sea around it.
It had suffered a heavy blow and immediately grew furious.
Its eyes glowed even brighter green, filled with boundless rage.
It whipped its tail violently, creating several razor-sharp water blades that surged toward Su Fu.
At the same time, it opened its jaws wide, creating a powerful suction trying to drag Su Fu into its bloodthirsty maw.
In divine form, Su Fu’s reaction speed and agility had improved greatly.
She intended to dodge sideways, but found her body reacted faster than her mind, rolling on the spot and completely avoiding the attack.
Su Fu: “…Not bad.”
She still needed to adapt to the surging strength and speed.
After exchanging blows several times, Su Fu gradually got a feel for controlling her divine form.
After over ten rounds, she had mastered it fully and began to suppress the Evil Flood Dragon.
The Evil Flood Dragon started to retreat step by step but still refused to abandon its treasure.
“Enough!”
Su Fu felt it was time to end the fight.
[“Buddha’s Radiance”]!
[“Evil-Subduing Talisman”]!
A burst of golden light exploded, and a golden talisman shot toward the Evil Flood Dragon, subduing it completely.
The Evil Flood Dragon struggled but found itself bound, unable to move.
“Six Ding Divine Fire, ignite!”
“Resonant Thunder, explode!”
Fire dragons surged at the Evil Flood Dragon, engulfing it in Six Ding Divine Fire combos, while thunder crackled wildly, wrapping it mercilessly.
The Evil Flood Dragon panicked, thrashing wildly and spitting torrents of water to try to extinguish the divine flames.
But just as the water left its mouth, it was controlled and diverted, missing the flames entirely.
“How is this possible!?” The Evil Flood Dragon was stunned—it couldn’t even control water now?
Before it could react, the Golden Cudgel crashed down again!
“Boom!”
The Evil Flood Dragon’s head was smashed to pieces.
Its body twitched a few times, then went still.
The Six Ding Divine Fire continued burning, soon reducing the corpse to ashes.
The battle was over.
With the Evil Flood Dragon dead, the treasure beneath it was fully exposed—
Piles of gold and silver, rubies radiant as sunset, sapphires clear as the sea, lustrous pearls, crystals…
Su Fu’s eyes nearly dazzled; her smile curved into a crescent moon.
Shen Yan identified these treasures as ranging from C to D rank—not high level, but numerous and exceptionally beautiful.
Naturally, she collected everything.
Besides the wealth, several water-element spirit plants grew around the lair.
Shen Yan appraisal: [“Water Dragon Vine: A-rank water spirit plant, used to enhance advanced water divine skills, mature stage”]
[“Water Grass: B-rank water spirit plant, can be refined into pills to enhance underwater vision”]
[“Red Blood Coral: B-rank water spirit plant, used to craft healing potions, seedling stage”]
[“Blue Heart Lotus: A-rank water spirit plant, enhances water affinity, seedling stage”]
Su Fu didn’t hesitate and said, “Take everything!”
Luckily, there was vacant land next to the herb garden at home, perfect for transplanting seedlings.
Of course, many items here were corroded by seawater—rusted sword blades and the like—beyond recognition and unusable.
She felt deep regret.
If preserved well, those could have been valuable too.
After cleaning up, Su Fu specially set aside a share for Teacher Zhuge, but he ultimately declined politely.
Suddenly, Su Fu had a thought. “Teacher, should we blow up this instance?”
Teacher Zhuge was shocked and immediately waved his hands, “No way! If we blow it up, how will the Evil Flood Dragon respawn next time?”
“Huh?” Su Fu was stunned, “Respawn?”
The word carried a strange sense of spirit.
She suddenly understood—this was treating anomalies like sheep to shear!
“So this Evil Flood Dragon wasn’t cleared for the first time?”
It seemed so.
Anomalies were energy or rule distortions, capable of generating and maintaining maps that replicated environments.
Especially since they had instincts to replicate and evolve, meaning as long as the map existed, new anomalies would endlessly spawn, looping over and over…
Wow.
Su Fu’s expression changed instantly—this was even more capitalist than capitalists.
But it made sense.
Anomalies were targets to clear.
If resources could be gained during clearing, why not?
It was like a controlled environment letting anomalies grow within limits, while humans periodically “harvested” their resources.
But was there no fear of anomalies growing too strong?
There was a solution—regular clearance.
Like now, they’d cleared an anomaly and gained treasure.
And next time…
Su Fu realized this meant treasure could be continuously harvested.
“Wow—that makes so much sense!”
She marveled at humanity’s endless wisdom.
Over long coexistence with anomalies, they had learned to utilize and tame them.
No wonder the teaching mode could be entered and exited anytime—the instance was fully controllable, a practical teaching subject.
“Time to go,” Teacher Zhuge glanced at the time.
Su Fu nodded, coughing lightly, hoping for another chance to return.
“Shen Yan, exit teaching mode.”
[“Received exit request, processing…”]
[“Warm reminder: After exiting teaching mode, the system will enter the update waiting phase. Before completion, you cannot re-enter this instance. Please confirm whether to proceed.”]
“Confirm exit.”
[“Confirmation received, countdown started: 5…4…3…2…1…”]
As the countdown ended, Su Fu felt the surrounding seawater begin to distort, and the contours of the Dragon Palace blurred, as if she were in a dream.
[“Exit Successful”]
Su Fu opened her eyes again and found herself back in the tea room.
At that moment, Teacher Zhuge’s voice lowered slightly: “Su Fu, I might need to investigate some matters next. I’ll send you the remaining map permissions that you can still access. Also, don’t forget the opening time for Tianqiong Path.”
He explained with meaning: “Generally, the dungeons allocated by the Ministry of Education are distributed according to quotas. The higher the academy’s level and the more students it has, the more and better-quality dungeons it will receive. And you should know about the Divine Power quota system, right?”
Su Fu nodded, “That means Divine Power isn’t equally divided anymore, but distributed based on indicators provided by Shen Yan, so the stronger and more suitable individuals get more.”
“Exactly,” Teacher Zhuge continued, “the better the school, the larger the Divine Power lending limit on exam papers. So…”
He cleared his throat twice, “the dungeon rewards on Tianqiong Path will be quite generous.”
Su Fu’s eyes lit up as she instantly caught on: “Oh~ I get it!”
Top-tier academies naturally have abundant resources.
The teacher was reminding her not to forget to grab as many resources as possible.
Teacher Zhuge smiled faintly: “In short, dungeon resources are all decided, managed, and allocated by the Ministry of Education. Kunlun will reserve some for you here, but Tianqiong Path…”
He didn’t finish, but Su Fu understood — missing an opportunity there meant losing a resource.
“Well, that’s it for now. Contact me or your tutor anytime if you have questions. I’ll send you the next lesson when I have time~”
After saying this, Teacher Zhuge hurriedly left.
Su Fu stroked her chin thoughtfully: ‘So, the teacher must be off to handle the Shen Yan update.’
But thinking it over, this update concerned a new great era ahead.
Many preparations would be necessary.
Although it’s called a Shen Yan update, it’s more like a world version update, which inevitably involves reshaping rules and changing orders.
The revolution was silent but turbulent beneath the surface.
To be honest, if her strength weren’t still too weak, she’d investigate what this so-called “Gleam Boundary” really meant and prepare accordingly.
Maybe she’d have to wait for the next-next version.
At least now Su Fu had figured out how to divide her time between Kunlun and Tianqiong Path academies.
At Kunlun, she was the only student, so everything belonged to her.
No rush there.
Plus, Kunlun’s biggest advantage was the Sacred Land—rich in Divine Power and an excellent place for cultivation.
Honestly, how many students were as lucky as her, living and cultivating directly in the Sacred Land?
But for the most important dungeon resources, regardless of which university, they were uniformly “allocated for use” by the Ministry of Education.
That meant even though Kunlun had many Chinese series dungeons, she couldn’t just go wherever she wanted because those were under the Ministry’s management and could only be used in normal teaching activities.
Like final exams or practical lessons like today, otherwise, only free dungeon coupons from rewards could be used.
It made sense.
Otherwise, if dungeon resources could be freely assigned by schools, those from powerful families would monopolize the best resources.
Come to think of it, Tianqiong Path had an obvious advantage in teaching activities.
Those resources must not be missed.
Su Fu summarized: “To develop quickly, I have to hustle at Tianqiong Path and grab as many dungeon coupons as possible. Ahem, no, as a student, how can I say ‘hustle’?”
“That’s seriously studying and improving myself! As for Chinese Divine Pantheon studies, I’ll follow Tai Xuanzi and Teacher Zhuge’s plan, and use the dungeon coupons I get to clear Chinese dungeons, coordinating perfectly! Now, let’s plant these spirit herbs first.”
Su Fu returned to the loft and walked to the nearby herb garden.
It wasn’t large but was clearly divided into several small sections.
Following Shen Yan’s guidance, she planted the water-type spirit plants—
“Water Dragon Vine must ensure the vines can spread across the water surface… Ming Water Grass should be placed in a spot with plenty of sunlight. For the seedlings, I need to make sure every tiny root touches the nutrients…”
As she adjusted details carefully based on Shen Yan’s analysis, she realized how difficult planting spirit plants was.
These spirit plants were extremely delicate, seemingly ready to die at the slightest mistake.
She wondered why life was so easy living near that fierce flood dragon before.
But thoughts aside, she did her best now.
“Phew… finally done.”
Su Fu straightened up and stretched her almost stiff back.
“Grow well, don’t die on me easily.”
With everything arranged, she looked at the new treasures in her herb garden with satisfaction.
Once grown, these spirit plants would be invaluable for cultivation or refining pills.
“Now it’s time to try out the newly acquired Divine Skills.”
Let her see how well she could create divine artifacts—
[“Dragon Palace: Luminous Pearl”]!
[“Dragon Palace: Coral Treasure Tree”]!
Quickly, Divine Power gathered in her hands, gradually forming a bright luminous pearl, followed by a delicate and exquisite coral treasure tree.
“Wow,” Su Fu was shocked at the coral treasure tree’s elegant branches, vibrant colors, and intricate shape.
So beautiful.
“Let’s put them up in the mall to try.”
She opened Shen Yan Mall and uploaded the holographic images and information for both:
[Luminous Pearl (Water Attribute): D-rank, provides constant gentle light that never goes out. Suitable for nighttime cultivation or setting up formations.]
[Coral Treasure Tree (Wood Attribute): D-rank, absorbs impurities in water and purifies Divine Power. Suitable for water-type cultivators to decorate cultivation environments.]
She thought for a moment and added one more: [Dragon Breath Stone (Gift): A special stone containing dragon breath energy, used in refining instruments to increase water attribute affinity.]
These Dragon Breath Stones were also collected near the flood dragon.
There were many of them, low level, likely worthless to sell, so better to use them to make a good impression.
After finishing, Su Fu looked at her product page contentedly.
The prices were based on Shen Yan’s recommended data, which could dynamically adjust.
She was just testing the waters.
She stroked her chin again thoughtfully—should she also list those gold, silver, and gems?
Although low level, they were beautiful!
***
Meanwhile, at the Second Stellar Ring Ministry of Education, Mirror Platform.
Mirror Platform was located in the center of the upper belt in Star Hub City, serving as the core management institution for the entire Second Ring education system.
At this moment, the admissions for the six major academies had ended, and various vice deans were at the Ministry to confirm and archive the final admissions.
After entry, the Ministry would conduct a comprehensive evaluation to allocate resources for the upcoming academic year.
Hence, it was very important.
However, only five of the six vice deans were present.
As usual, Kunlun Academy’s representative was absent.
The vice deans sat in chairs, flipping through documents or quietly conversing.
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