9 THRONES

CHAPTER 35: MONSTER ARENA

Vann got up early in the morning and prepared to go to class at the academy. As he walked away in his room, Vann found Lifure asleep in the living room with a huge number of books scattered around her.

Seeing this, Vann slightly shook his head. Maybe Lifure was busy learning about how to make medicine from the book that Vann gave last night, therefore he fell asleep in the middle of his learning.

Van took a blanket from his room and put it on Lifure before walking away from home.

When he opened the door, he found Torti who was planning to go to class as well.

Realizing Vann's appearance, Torti says kindly "Vann, let's go to class together-".

Before he could finish his words Torti looked at Vann in disbelief "Vann, did you manage to reach the Qi Gathering level 4?".

Vann was not surprised that Torti could sense his development, however the strength of cultivators could definitely be felt by other cultivators unless they were much stronger or used concealment techniques.

Therefore, Vann nodded "I just reached the Qi Gathering level 4 overnight, but after this the Medicinal Qi will no longer apply to me because I have used it too much already, I might have to figure out how to make a new drug again, let's go to class".

Without waiting any longer, Vann walked towards the classroom while Torti who was still shocked regained consciousness.

He ran after Vann while sighing "About 2 months, you can already increase your cultivation by 4 levels, are you from a family of cultivators? Otherwise, how can you obtain that much Medicinal Qi? Wait up! You don't have to answer, nor is it polite to ask someone else's background all of a sudden like this".

"But Vann, I think you should stop taking drugs that increase your strength for a while".

"Why?", asked Vann puzzled "Isn't the faster the power increases the better?".

"What you think is wrong, you didn't join the class early so you might not know it" Torti said shaking his head "Vann, cultivation is like building a multi-storey building. As our cultivation gets higher, it is the same as adding floor levels to the building. If you keep adding floors to a building quickly, there is a possibility that the foundation becomes weak which makes the building destroyed when it is too high".

"So you should not increase the floor level of the building too quickly, but you should build a strong foundation first so that the building does not crumble when it is too high. It may take more time, but it is useful for the future. After all, everyone must be trying to have the highest possible strength, right? Not to mention that you take too much medicine without strengthening the foundation, if your strength is too high in the future then there is a possibility of being destroyed due to the foundation being too weak".

Vann was a little surprised, he had just heard this problem and felt Torti's words were true.

If he increased his strength only took medicine all the time which made his foundation weak, now Vann must not panic anymore to increase his strength regardless of the foundation so that all his strength is not destroyed in the future and facilitate the increase of his strength in the future.

"Then, how to strengthen the foundation?", asked Vann curiously.

"You have to absorb the energy slowly every day, in heaven and earth there is a battle energy that can strengthen the foundation and increase the strength. But the energy is too slow, so many people are starting to take advantage of faster-enhancing drugs" says Torti "That's why the energy from nature is so well-suited to strengthening the foundation".

"Therefore, improving a fighting technique could greatly strengthen one's cultivation foundation. Let alone a life and death battle, your foundation and fighting abilities will increase rapidly".

"Are we not allowed to go to the pillar to fight monsters yet?", asked Vann "For this reason, it is difficult to find a genuine fight between life and death because the students in the academy are forbidden to fight each other. I guess I can only look for other disciples to try out a friendship fight where it is not permissible to kill each other, even though it cannot provide true fighting experience but I'm sure it definitely brings improvement as well".

Torti hesitated for a moment before suggesting "I know of a place where you can fight life and death against monsters, but it's too risky that I wouldn't advise you".

"Where?", said Vann interested, he was already a cultivator now which made Vann unable to wait any longer to try his strength.

"The city under the mountain has a monster arena, it is a place where human and monster cultivators can fight and there will be many people watching the fight. Even as long as you win, you can earn money! Even if I didn't suggest you go there, they wouldn't help you at all if you were killed by a monster. Not only that, the monster arena was not afraid of the Wood Sword Academy so you might be able to die there" Torti said, they had already arrived at the classroom and sat in their respective seats.

Unbeknownst to Torti, Vann's eyes were already shining now.

The monster arena might be risky, but on the other hand it could provide a huge advantage. He could increase his strength and earn money at the same time as long as he could win, when he lost then there was a possibility of dying at the hands of monsters.

Vann had already decided, he would try the monster arena today.

If he continues to stay in the academy like now, Vann's strength can only increase slowly.

Therefore, he had to take a risk that could greatly accelerate the increase in his strength.

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The class finished faster for Vann because he could already make the Qi Medicine, so Githa let Vann not have to study for the afternoon class and could practice on his own.

After all a cultivator academy was like that, they only gave light lessons to the novice disciples. When the beginner students have become stronger, the beginner students are left to learn on their own and only a few times come to class.

Even the elite disciples in the academy almost never went to class, if they needed fighting techniques or how to make medicine, they only needed to come to the school library.

Vann returned to his home while bringing a meal to Lifure who was from the canteen.

Lifure remained at home and planned to continue studying while Vann who had brought food went alone to the city again, he planned to go to the monster arena as Torti had told him.