Invincible through Touching Corpses

Chapter 461: Chapter 459: The Number of Qualifiers

Lin Xinghai had to consider that if a single Body Tempering Pill only increased his progress by 0.1%, he would need at least 1,000 of them to push his Thunder Divine Body to 100%.

The sheer fortune required was enough to make even Lin Xinghai feel like he was suffocating.

And this was just for cultivating the Divine Demon Body. Once he reached the Blood Qi Realm, he would need similarly immense resources to rapidly advance his Cultivation.

’No wonder more than half the students fail to reach the Body Shaping Realm before graduation. It’s not just a matter of talent! It’s also about resources,’ Lin Xinghai thought with a wry smile.

He picked up a Body Tempering Pill and fell into deep thought.

He was now faced with two paths.

The first was to stick with his original plan and continue using Body Tempering Pills to increase his strength. If he did that, he would have to desperately find a way to make money.

The second path was to follow Little Fatty’s earlier advice and choose some more cost-effective elixirs.

Lin Xinghai knew that some elixirs might only be half as effective as a Body Tempering Pill but cost only a third of the price.

Using such elixirs would certainly be more economical, but it would also take much more time.

’I’ll worry about that later. I still have money on hand, so I’ll just focus on increasing my strength for now,’ Lin Xinghai quickly decided.

He currently had 105 Body Tempering Pills. If he used them all, he should be able to push his progress to 10.6%.

If he spent all his remaining money on Body Tempering Pills, he could probably push his progress to around 25% fairly quickly.

Then he could borrow another million Huaxia Coins from Little Fatty to push his progress to 30% and complete the first stage of his Thunder Divine Body cultivation. That shouldn’t be a problem.

By then, he would be able to preliminarily activate his Thunder Divine Body, and his strength would certainly ascend to another level.

Over the next three days, everyone desperately seized every moment to cultivate, and Lin Xinghai was no exception.

He spent nearly 20 hours out of every 24 cultivating his Divine Demon Body.

He attended two classes during this time, but the lectures were about techniques for opening one’s meridians. He only listened to the introductions before returning to his dorm to continue his Cultivation.

His Thunder Divine Body progress steadily advanced at a Speed of 2% per day.

Of course, his supply of Body Tempering Pills was also rapidly dwindling at a Speed of 20 per day.

This was equivalent to spending 400,000 Huaxia Coins a day, a cost that made even Lin Xinghai’s heart ache.

So when three days had passed and he received a message from Jian Hua telling the students who had opened their meridians to gather at the Cultivation Building for the impending opening of the Creation Blood Pool, Lin Xinghai’s eyes were bloodshot.

He still clearly remembered Jian Hua saying during the first class that some students from previous years had used the vast Energy provided by the Creation Blood Pool during their breakthrough to directly complete the first stage of their Divine Demon Body cultivation.

Completing the first stage required reaching at least 30% progress, which was equivalent to 300 Body Tempering Pills, or six million Huaxia Coins.

It was no exaggeration to say that, in Lin Xinghai’s eyes, the Creation Blood Pool was a gold mine that made him burn with envy.

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Jian Hua had appeared at the entrance of the Cultivation Building early that morning.

He felt even more nervous than the students themselves.

This was because the annual opening of the Creation Blood Pool always drew the attention of the academy’s senior leadership.

As this year’s class instructor, the students’ performance during this opening of the Creation Blood Pool was essentially his first report card submitted to the academy.

So he couldn’t help but be nervous.

What he hoped for most was for the number of students arriving to enter the Creation Blood Pool to be as high as possible.

Based on previous years, the number of students qualified to enter the Creation Blood Pool was generally between 25 and 35.

Logically, since this year’s class had more elite students, the number should have been even higher.

Therefore, Jian Hua had set a personal baseline of 35 students. If the number fell below that, he would have a difficult time answering to the academy.

Jian Hua had arrived at the entrance at 7:00, but he waited until 7:30 before the first two students showed up.

This wasn’t surprising. The required assembly Time was 8:00, so arriving half an hour ahead of schedule was already quite early.

The two students, who had arrived together, were both flushed with excitement, though their expressions were also somewhat listless.

Jian Hua wasn’t surprised by this. ’They must have barely slept these past three days to open their meridians just in time,’ he presumed.

When the pair arrived and saw Jian Hua was already waiting, they hurried over to greet him.

"Good, you both performed well. Keep up the effort in a bit. The chance to enter the Creation Blood Pool is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Jian Hua advised.

Even he felt a pang of regret when he recalled his own performance in the Creation Blood Pool back in his student days.

Because he hadn’t taken it seriously at the start and failed to absorb the medicinal power with all his might, he felt he had missed out on at least 2% progress for his Divine Demon Body cultivation.

That 2% of progress likely set him back two weeks compared to others down the line.

One slow step could lead to falling behind at every turn. It was possible that missing 2% of Cultivation progress could have affected his ranking on the Hero Ranking, which in turn would have impacted the Cultivation Resources he received.

It might have even ultimately lowered his chances of breaking through to the Body Shaping Realm due to an insufficient foundation.

After hearing Jian Hua’s advice, the two students nodded repeatedly to show their gratitude.

However, judging by their expressions, which were still steeped in excitement, it was hard to say if his words had truly sunk in.

After offering that piece of advice, Jian Hua said no more and resumed his silent wait.

As Time passed, more and more students hurried over. The group grew from a few people to a dozen, and then to over twenty.

The students’ energy levels varied. Some looked extremely fatigued, while others were brimming with vigor.

For instance, the Special Class Students like Qiu Liang, Yuan Zheng, Yan Feijie, Hong Xiuyuan, Jiang Zijin, and Qian Xingxiu were all generally in good spirits.

Clearly, not only had they opened the meridians for Divine Demon Body cultivation, but they had also done so with relative ease, or rather, quite early.

They’d had ample Time to rest afterward, allowing them to maintain such high spirits.

Jian Hua was quite satisfied seeing them. After all, the better their state of mind, the more favorable their upcoming breakthrough would be.

However, as Time went on, his brow gradually began to furrow.

He glanced at his watch for the umpteenth time. Only five minutes remained until the final assembly Time, and though he had counted the students present more times than he could remember, the number had barely reached 30.

’With so little Time left, almost everyone who’s coming must already be here,’ he thought.

Of course, Jian Hua knew there were bound to be exceptions. For example, he was well aware of the talent of Lin Xinghai and Liu Miaomiao. Opening their meridians shouldn’t have been difficult for them.

However, he didn’t dare hold out much hope for Jin Tong and Ye Xin, who were also Special Class Students.

’That means 32 people at most... That can’t be right!’ Jian Hua’s brow furrowed tightly.

A result like this wasn’t bad compared to previous years, but the problem was that the quality of this year’s students was so high that they should have been breaking records.

If they didn’t break the record, he would have to find out why.

Just as Jian Hua was growing anxious, a student suddenly shouted, "Lin Xinghai and the others are here! Huh? Why are so many people following him?"