Chapter 948: Chapter 43: Harvest! The Wang Family Twin Sisters Ascend Together as Great Celestial Prides
"Miss Artifact Spirit, those two are reserve elite soldiers who rushed over to report in as soon as they got the notice that the road was safe." Wang Shouzhe patiently explained. "As for the other three, they’re all our family’s Jewels of the Ocean."
"Your family sure has a few too many ’Jewels of the Ocean’..."
"Alas, Miss Artifact Spirit, what can I say, our family is poor. An Ye, An Ye, come over here and tell Miss about our family’s situation."
"Miss Artifact Spirit..." Wang Anye immediately put on his signature innocent expression.
A dozen breaths later, he had smoothed things over with Miss Artifact Spirit.
"Fine, since that’s the case, I’ll give them a chance at a make-up exam." Miss Artifact Spirit said helplessly. "Anyway, the make-up exam is harder. If they manage to pass, supplementarily admitting them as elite soldiers doesn’t violate the rules."
This was exactly what Wang Shouzhe had been waiting for. He immediately said, "In that case, I want to apply to take the graduation exam right away."
"But they still have to take the make-up exam." the Artifact Spirit said. "Why don’t you wait until they finish and then..."
"My apologies, but I feel in particularly good shape right now. I might even get a great score and break the record of the Divine Martial Army No. 5 Recruit Training Camp." Wang Shouzhe cut her off.
"Such shameless boasting. I do very much hope you can break the record, but do you know who set the historical record for the No. 5 Recruit Training Camp’s graduation exam?" The Artifact Spirit snorted, sounding a bit proud. "That was the renowned Legion Commander of the Divine Martial Army’s Seventh Army—Lord Wang Chuanwu. He’s the pride of our training camp!"
"I know. Lord Wang Chuanwu ultimately reached the Peak of Lingxu Realm. Back then, he broke through to the Celestial Human Realm at twenty-five, then took the graduation exam. He held out for a full hour at the seventh stage, breaking the record of his predecessors and leaving behind a glorious stroke in the history of the No. 5 Recruit Training Camp." Wang Shouzhe said with complete understanding. "Don’t worry, this record won’t be a problem."
He had already dug up all this intel over this recent period. He had also figured out the content and rewards of the graduation exam clearly, and had gone over his plans and calculations many times in his heart.
That Emperor Lingxu had indeed been formidable in his youth, but no matter how formidable, he’d still only taken the graduation exam at twenty-five. As for Wang Shouzhe, he was already ninety... naturally his chances were quite solid.
Those sixty-four "wasted" years on the road had indeed cost him the opportunity to farm contribution points in the Recruit Training Camp, but in turn had created an even better chance to fleece the place.
"Alright, since you’re that confident, we’ll start the exam immediately." As Wang Shouzhe’s application met the regulations, the Artifact Spirit naturally wouldn’t make things hard for him.
Very soon.
Everyone gathered in the training field.
After skipping over some idle chatter, Wang Shouzhe’s opponent for the first stage appeared—it was still that familiar old fellow, the Demon Puppet.
It was just that, for the graduation exam, the Demon Puppets started at the Peak of Spirit Platform Realm.
No wonder either. Anyone who could enter the Recruit Training Camp was at least a Celestial Pride. If you’d cultivated at Spirit Platform Realm for thirty years and still couldn’t beat a Peak Spirit Platform Realm Demon Puppet, you could hardly blame anyone else for failing to graduate.
But given Wang Shouzhe’s tactical mindset, there was no way he was going to finish it off quickly. The rewards were the same whether he took his time or not.
After he bound the Demon Puppet with vines, he calmly started planting his personal-use Witch’s Long Hair No. 113. Compared to the public version, it was stronger, tougher, and grew faster.
The only problem was that it needed to be catalyzed on-site by Wang Shouzhe, so it couldn’t be popularized among his clan members.
There was also the Rapidly Growing Enhanced Fire Dragon Fruit, which was currently one of Wang Shouzhe’s signature skills.
After spending three days and three nights, Wang Shouzhe filled the gladiatorial-style training field with Witch’s Long Hair and a considerable number of Rapidly Growing Enhanced Fire Dragon Fruits. The perfectly fine training field had been forcibly turned into a botanical garden by him.
After that, Wang Shouzhe spent quite some time eating, drinking, and meditating to recover his stamina and Profound Qi. Only then did he snap his fingers and use Bloodthirsty Vines to end the Demon Puppet’s life.
The Artifact Spirit was stunned. She’d never seen an operation like this before. But no matter how she thought about it, she couldn’t figure out which rule Wang Shouzhe had violated.
"Congratulations, Wang Shouzhe. You’ve passed the graduation exam and are hereby approved to enter the army’s junior officer track. Strive to become a qualified junior officer as soon as possible. You are awarded one ’Middle-Level Breakthrough Assistance Pill’ and a Divine Martial Army No. 5 Recruit Training Camp graduation certificate." The Artifact Spirit asked, "Wang Shouzhe, are you planning to continue on to the next stage?"
While she was speaking, Wang Shouzhe had already claimed the Middle-Level Breakthrough Assistance Pill.
The so-called "Middle-Level Breakthrough Assistance Pill" was a term from the Divine Martial Dynasty era. To put it plainly, it was today’s Fifth-Grade Pill, the Immortal Ascension Pill, worth roughly three hundred thousand Qian Gold.
For the current Wang Family, this thing could only be described as better than nothing.
"Open the next stage." Wang Shouzhe said.
Once the second stage started, two Peak Spirit Platform Realm Demon Puppets appeared.
Even though Wang Shouzhe had already known the situation in advance, he still couldn’t help but complain at the sight. His Majesty the Saint Emperor who designed these stages really had no creativity. He could at least change it up a little, right~
If it were in his previous life, any game company or webnovel author who dared design a dungeon this half-heartedly would absolutely get roasted until they didn’t dare open the comments section.
Complaints aside, once Wang Shouzhe got moving he was extremely efficient. He easily took them down without even needing to replant Witch’s Long Hair or Rapidly Growing Enhanced Fire Dragon Fruits.
"Congratulations, Wang Shouzhe. You’ve cleared the second stage of the graduation exam, obtained the title of ’Excellent Graduate’, and are awarded one vial of ’Middle-Grade Bloodline Talent Improvement Liquid’. Upon enlistment you may directly serve as a junior officer, with prospects for promotion."
