I Can Grant Origin Powers To Anything-Chapter 147 - 146: Is it too late for me to regret now?

The car continued to drive.

Even though the sky was getting darker.

But even after passing through the residential area and arriving at the freshman reception area,

the lights were still bright, making the whole Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion appear like a city that never sleeps.

"Alright, we’ve arrived now."

Li Yun said, "The control at Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion is neither too strict nor too lenient. In some respects, they still enforce military-like management. Ling’Er, you follow me later. I’ll take you to handle various procedures... Hmm... Xu Tongxue, you can contact Gu Xi. Oh, you’ll probably need to register for an intranet account first. Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion only opens the public network in the last few days of each month, allowing outside contact, but on usual days, they only use the intranet, which doesn’t affect our attention to national affairs, but it’s unlikely you’ll be making phone calls to the outside world every day."

Xu Lingjun was surprised, "Is this the saying?"

Xu Qing sighed, "Although I could take you, I’m sorry. It’s a tradition for returning students to take care of their freshmen. If I take you, it might seem disrespectful to Senior Sister Gu Xi. I’m sorry."

The female student who had helped Xu Lingjun carry his suitcase all this way reluctantly handed it to him, lamenting, "If I had two billion, I would definitely buy your freedom. Do I have two billion? No, so I’m sorry, I can’t save you. You... take care."

With that, she left with her student.

Zong Xiaoping said, "Old Xu, why don’t you wait a bit? Let me and Senior Sister Xu finish the process, and then I’ll come back to help you."

"No need, I can just go myself."

Xu Lingjun smiled, "It’s just registration, how difficult could it be?"

Xu Qing hesitated for a moment, reluctantly saying, "Actually, it’s quite difficult. I can’t be too blunt, but you... you better wait for Senior Sister Gu Xi to come. It will be much more convenient when she arrives."

"It’s okay, she probably forgot. After all, Instructor Gu seems unreliable."

"Alright then, you should best activate the intranet first, and contact her as soon as possible."

Xu Lingjun nodded.

Watching Xu Qing leave with Zong Xiaoping.

He felt somewhat exasperated...

Even though he had barely met with Gu Xi, only officially interacting once, he felt like he already knew her deeply.

Just like now.

He almost dared to bet with someone that she must have forgotten about picking him up.

Well... after all, the relationship between them was only transactional.

It’s better not to mix too much personal feelings and expectations into it.

He picked up his suitcase and walked towards the freshman entrance.

At this time.

Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion.

In a double dormitory.

On the messy bed, a woman was hugging the quilt, sound asleep, drooling endlessly down her lips, soaking a large patch of the pillow...

She was completely unaware, still stubbornly asleep.

................

In fact.

There were quite a few like Xu Lingjun who registered alone.

After all, some students were relatively cautious and didn’t want to choose a teaching assistant too early, so they refused the invitations from those senior students... planning to make a choice after familiarizing themselves with the environment.

This is understandable.

The dozen or so offices were still quite crowded.

After a long queue.

By the time it was Xu Lingjun’s turn, it was already the middle of the night.

"Name."

"Xu Lingjun."

The senior registering took Xu Lingjun’s ID card, and after registering, quickly pulled out a small card from the machine the same size as the ID card.

After a glance, he said in surprise, "Over 500 academic credits? So high... wait, are you the Dragon Gate Champion Scholar?"

Xu Lingjun: "Just lucky to be first."

He took the card, which had a small transparent display chip on it, showing the numbers 545.

Evidently, any points scored beyond 1000 had turned into his academic credits.

The senior was stunned and said, "The Dragon Gate Champion Scholar doesn’t even have a teaching assistant fighting over them? Are the high-level students now so indifferent?"

He continued, "Pay 20 academic credits to activate the intranet."

Seeing Xu Lingjun’s curious eyes, he laughed, "It’s not a rip-off; everyone has to pay this amount of credits when enrolling. Otherwise, your phone would be just a brick for 300 days a year."

"What if there aren’t enough credits at enrollment?"

"If there aren’t enough, you’ll have to borrow, with nine returns for thirteen borrowed, and just the interest could make them work for nothing for a year, so low scores have no future at Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion."

The senior laughed, "But you have over 500 credits, just a drizzle."

"Okay."

Following the senior’s instructions, Xu Lingjun swiped the card lightly on the machine, and 545 changed to 525.

"So calm... seems like you don’t understand what 20 credits represent."

The senior praised, entered Xu Lingjun’s phone number, and said, "Activation completed."

"Is that it?"

"Of course not."

The senior turned a page, wrote Xu Lingjun’s name, and said, "Food, clothing, housing, and transportation all require spending... Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion has harsh weather, for considering the students’ physical conditions, they specially made a set of protective clothing. It’s up to you to wear it, but you must purchase two sets as a freshman. One set costs 10 credits."

He paused here and said, "To be honest, the school uniform doesn’t have much protective function, it’s just worn to resist the cold, and because it’s ugly, not many wear it... but freshmen don’t know this, without veterans guiding them, they can easily be conned, like being tricked into buying three to five sets, by then we seniors get a commission, but two sets is the minimum standard because some serious activities require wearing them."

Serious activities require wearing it?

What about non-serious activities?

Xu Lingjun asked in surprise, "Senior doesn’t intend to rip me off?"

Only then did he understand why Xu Qing was so hesitant before.

Because freshmen are easily conned... like buying uniforms, if this senior said to buy 5 sets, he might have foolishly bought them.

The senior laughed, "Dragon Gate Champion Scholar, scoring over 800 in martial trials, only seven people in all Four Great Martial Mansions, you may not be the highest, but ranked in the top three. Let’s put it this way, as long as you don’t die, you’re bound to be great someday. Would I offend you for a few academic credits? Others can be ripped off, but ripping you off isn’t worth it."

Xu Lingjun immediately laughed and said, "May I know your name, Senior?"

"Duan Long."

Duan Long smiled, "Junior, you haven’t chosen a teaching assistant yet, right? Although my strength is weak, I think what you need is not protection, but some guidance and experience from predecessors... I should be fine."

Xu Lingjun said, "No, I’ve chosen Gu Xi as my assistant tutor."

He handed the card back, smiling, "Then I’ll just buy two sets."

"Gu... Gu Xi?"

Duan Long looked at Xu Lingjun blankly, blinked, and murmured, "Can I still regret it now?"

"Senior, what did you say?"

"Nothing, nothing."

Duan Long had a dry smile on his face, thinking, as long as he doesn’t fall prematurely... darn, I didn’t consider what to do if he did fall prematurely?

I’ve missed out on such a big opportunity, even went out of my way to give a reminder, lost out on this deal.

Well... why bully someone who’s practically doomed?

He turned another page and said, "Also, for the annual Martial Mansion meal fee, which standard are you planning to choose?"

Xu Lingjun puzzledly asked, "What standard?"

"The Martial Mansion canteen is on an annual package system, where you pay a fixed amount of academic credits each year and eat as much as you want."

Duan Long said, "There’s a 50 academic credits annual package, 100 academic credits annual package, and even a higher 150 academic credits annual package... which one do you choose?"

Xu Lingjun asked, "Which one’s better?"

"Of course there are differences. For 50 academic credits, it’s a normal meal. The taste is fine, but not great either. For 100 academic credits, you get a mix of demon beast blood and meat every day. These demon beasts are often enriched with spiritual qi, thus their meat is quite nutritious. The 150 academic credits option even provides meat from mysterious races of the heavens."

Duan Long said, "Not all mysterious races of the heavens exist in technological civilizations, there are also exotic beast civilizations that can survive physically in the cosmos, like the Iron Bone Dragon and the Lieyun Leopard. These creatures can live in the cosmos, so when they wander to our place, it’s a great nourishment. Consuming them is naturally better than the blood and meat of demon beasts in terms of effects. Apparently, many freshmen have even had nosebleeds from eating them for the first time."

Even had nosebleeds?

Xu Lingjun blinked, his eyes suddenly flashing with insight, thinking this is good for me.

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