Two days later, Su Yuan and the others arrived at the academy and went together to the task office to submit their task materials.
After Xia Yue and Lu Yingying handed in 53 and 38 units of Red Fire Stone respectively, Su Yuan took out 144 units of Red Fire Stone at once!
"You, you actually have this many Red Fire Stones!" Xia Yue and Lu Yingying were both stunned.
Su Yuan casually replied, "I found them on the island. Maybe I was just lucky."
The teacher at the task office looked at Su Yuan with interest and directly asked, "You want to convert all 144 units of Red Fire Stone into academic points?"
Su Yuan was thrilled and immediately responded, "Yes, all of them!"
According to the task description, there was a regulation stating that a student could exchange a maximum of 100 academic points.
However, considering this was a multi-person task, the academy''s need for Red Fire Stone was likely more than just 100 units.
So, Su Yuan tried to bring out all the Red Fire Stones he had. It seemed to work.
The teacher at the task office operated on the computer for a while, created an additional task temporarily, and then credited Su Yuan''s personal account with 144 academic points.
Su Yuan''s academic points skyrocketed from 50 points to 194 points in an instant!
"Alright, that''s a total of 144 points, transferred to you," the teacher reminded.
"Thank you, teacher."
Lu Yingying, standing aside, said enviously, "144 academic points... Isn''t the task limit supposed to be 100?"
The teacher glanced at her without saying much and continued with her work.
Su Yuan lowered his voice and said to Lu Yingying, "Rules are dead, but people are alive. The 100-unit limit is probably to prevent students from gaining too many points from one task at once.
But if you really bring back more, the teacher might not refuse since it''s gathered through students'' efforts."
"Oh..." Lu Yingying understood.
After submitting their tasks, the three of them returned to their dormitories.
"Shang Baiyu has broken through to the Bronze Middle Stage?"
Su Yuan looked at the private message from Shang Baiyu, who expressed some gratitude in his words.
Combining the timing of this breakthrough, Su Yuan thought about it and realized it was likely achieved in the Star Mist Pool.
"It seems I need to hurry too. Now with 194 academic points, four hours in the Star Mist Pool is more than enough. Next is to cultivate to a bottleneck, then head to the Star Mist Pool for a breakthrough..."
Su Yuan took a shower, changed into his training clothes, and then went to the cultivation room on the second floor.
Looking at the Soul-binding Divine Tree spreading its branches and leaves in front of him, Su Yuan took a deep breath and immersed himself in cultivation...@@@@
Except for a few small class lessons, Su Yuan didn''t leave the dormitory for days, always cultivating in the room on the second floor.
Forty to fifty days passed in the blink of an eye.
That day, early in the morning, Su Yuan pushed open the door and headed straight to the Star Mist Hall.
This time, when Su Yuan arrived, he saw someone he was somewhat familiar with, Student Council President Qi Tian.
At this moment, Qi Tian was talking to a cultured male teacher with gold-rimmed glasses at the registration window.
Whether noticing someone approaching or finishing their conversation, Qi Tian respectfully bowed and then turned toward the entrance.
"Senior Qi," Su Yuan greeted.
"Su Yuan?" Qi Tian was a bit surprised. "How long has it been, and you''re already here to cultivate in the Star Mist Pool? Have you saved enough academic points?"
Su Yuan smiled, "I think I have enough."
Qi Tian patted Su Yuan''s shoulder, slightly felt, and nodded, "Not bad, almost there."
Clearly, Qi Tian also felt that Su Yuan had reached a small bottleneck, and it was time to use the Star Mist Pool to break through.
Su Yuan groaned, feeling a powerful pressure squeezing from all sides, as if trying to crush him. He instinctively resisted.
In just a moment, Su Yuan''s exposed skin, including his face, hands, and neck, visibly reddened.
Blood and energy surged violently, and his physical strength was constantly being consumed, seemingly under significant strain.
However, at the same time, Su Yuan noticed that the high-concentration star power flooding into his body was more easily refined by the Star Power Vortex under this pressure.
"This should be the auxiliary cultivation function of the Star Mist Pool''s barrier that Teacher Xiao He mentioned." Su Yuan realized.
He immediately focused his mind, using the high-concentration star power in the Star Mist Pool to attack the realm bottleneck.
An hour, two hours, three hours...
Time passed little by little, and three and a half hours went by in a flash.
Su Yuan sat in the center of the barrier with his eyes tightly closed, never moving since he started cultivating.
At this moment, accompanied by a faint muffled sound from within, the star power in the Star Mist Pool suddenly surged.
"I''ve broken through!" Su Yuan was overjoyed.
The Star Power Vortex within expanded slightly again, increasing his total star power by thirty to forty percent.
And because of the recent breakthrough, the newly expanded Star Power Vortex''s hunger for star power rose again.
Faced with the high-concentration star power in the Star Mist Pool, Su Yuan''s Star Power Vortex spun rapidly, greedily absorbing it like a whale.
In just a few moments, a star power vortex formed around Su Yuan!
And after breaking through to the Bronze Middle Stage, Su Yuan''s internal star power continued to grow...
Nearly six hours passed, and the refining speed of the Star Power Vortex finally slowed down, gradually returning to normal.
Before long, Su Yuan opened his eyes, silently feeling his internal state, and couldn''t help but smile with joy.
"I completed the breakthrough in the third half-hour, and the following two and a half hours not only solidified the breakthrough but also gave my star power a significant boost.
No wonder Teacher Zhang Chengyun told me to extend for another two hours after the breakthrough. This short time is almost equivalent to ten to twenty days of usual cultivation!"
Though extending the Star Mist Pool for two hours cost 60 academic points.
But for students, as their personal strength grows, time becomes more valuable, and earning academic points becomes easier.
Su Yuan got up and retrieved his student ID.
In just six short hours, his student ID only had 14 academic points left.
But Su Yuan was quite satisfied.
Personal strength was fundamental. Academic points should be converted into strength.
This time, not only did he achieve the goal of breaking through to the Bronze Middle Stage, but he also made unexpected progress beyond that, making his trip to the South Sea Islands worthwhile!
Su Yuan emerged from the Star Mist Pool.
Zhang Chengyun immediately knew Su Yuan had broken through and stabilized his realm with solid star power.
Zhang Chengyun glanced at the time; it had been just six hours.
Seeing Su Yuan indeed followed his advice, Zhang Chengyun nodded silently.
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Su Yuan stepped forward, respectfully thanked, "Thank you, Teacher Zhang, for the reminder. The two extended hours after the breakthrough were very fruitful."
Zhang Chengyun kept reading his book and said without looking up, "If there''s nothing else, you''re free to leave."
After bowing once more, Su Yuan turned and left.