Urban Super Medical Sage
Chapter 503 - 497 Shocked (3rd update)

Chapter 503: Chapter 497 Shocked (3rd update)

"Class Five has self-directed cultivation. I don’t have anything else to do, so today, I’ll head to the Ancient Texts Pavilion first!" Su Chen said. He had been on the Divine Martial Continent for some time now, but had yet to truly understand it.

Shortly after.

Su Chen left the Residence Pavilion.

"Brother Su, you got up really late!" But there, in front of the Residence Pavilion, was Lan Su already waiting for him. Seeing Su Chen come out, she hurried forward and hooked her arm around his.

And the passing Martial Cultivators couldn’t help but take a few extra glances at Su Chen.

It couldn’t be helped; Lan Su was one of the school beauties. Wherever she went, she was the center of attention.

"Su’er, what are you doing here looking for me?" Su Chen curiously asked.

"Hmph, can’t I come find you if there’s nothing wrong?" Lan Su huffed, scrunching up her little nose: "Do you not like me?"

"No!" Su Chen shook his head with a wry smile. Who could dislike Lan Su? From any angle, she was the kind of girl who just invoked fondness.

"But I came to find you because there really is something!" Lan Su lifted her large eyes and stared at Su Chen: "Sister Qiushui said she wants to invite you to dinner tonight, to apologize to you!"

As Lan Su spoke, she exhibited a hint of pride and happiness.

Sister Qiushui mattered a lot to her, and so did Su Chen. She hoped the two of them could make up.

"Isn’t that unnecessary? She was just looking out for you. Whatever misunderstanding she had with me is already in the past, right?" Su Chen really didn’t want to go. "Moreover, we’re Martial Cultivators, what need have we to eat a meal?"

"No, Brother Su, you’ve got it wrong. The very reason we’re Martial Cultivators is why we need to eat!" Lan Su said earnestly: "Don’t you know that many people are desperate to get into the Holy Spirit Academy, mostly because of the meals they serve?"

"What do you mean?" Su Chen was somewhat confused.

"The meals in Holy Spirit Academy can’t be found anywhere else. The rice is Spirit Rice, and the dishes are mainly Spirit Vegetables and high-grade Demon Beast Meat. It’s all free to eat. For someone like me, even without cultivating, just eating two meals there a day will significantly increase strength over time!" Lan Su explained.

Su Chen’s eyes lit up.

So that was it.

Last night, at Wang Yue Pavilion, he remembered the food and drink he had.

It was fantastic!

Not just the taste, but also because it was rich in Spiritual Energy.

Well worth the money.

It seems that the free meals provided by Holy Spirit Academy must not be much lesser than what Wang Yue Pavilion offered, right?

"Brother Su, tonight, Sister Qiushui has already booked a place at the Spirit Restaurant. You have to go! If you don’t, Sister Qiushui might think you haven’t forgiven her!" Lan Su said, shaking Su Chen’s arm: "Brother Su, you’re the best. Please, I’m begging you!"

"Fine, I promise you, I can’t resist you when you act like this!" How could Su Chen withstand Lan Su’s coquettish pleading?

"Brother Su, you’re so nice, I’m going to class now!" Lan Su let go of his arm, smiling happily, her crescent eyebrows bent in joy.

After bidding farewell to Lan Su, Su Chen headed straight for the Ancient Texts Pavilion.

Before long.

He arrived at the Ancient Texts Pavilion.

The Ancient Texts Pavilion was much larger than Su Chen had imagined, a grand, thirty-story building with a reddish-brown hue exuding an air of antiquity and majesty.

As soon as Su Chen stepped in.

He heard: "One Zixuan Stone per Shichen."

Su Chen looked toward the source of the sound. At the corner to the left of the entrance, a middle-aged man sat there with his eyes slightly closed, not even looking up, speaking blandly.

Next to him was a crystal basket, filled with more than half a basket of Zixuan Stones.

"Eight Shichen!" Su Chen said. He calculated the time from now until the evening when he had agreed to meet Lan Su at the Spirit Restaurant and placed eight Zixuan Stones into the crystal basket.

Su Chen proceeded inside.

"Eight Shichen inside the Ancient Texts Pavilion?" The middle-aged man muttered: "Has he lost his mind?"

After all, the Ancient Texts Pavilion only held records of ancient events, offering no help in martial arts cultivation.

The popularity of the Ancient Texts Pavilion is far less than that of the Martial Arts Pavilion.

Only the occasional martial cultivator, needing to look up some information, would visit and, generally, spending just one Zixuan Stone for a Shichen’s time, would be more than enough.

For someone like Su Chen to request eight Shichen at once, he indeed must have water in his brain.

It’s very uncommon.

Su Chen heard the middle-aged man’s muttering; he frowned slightly but did not retort.

Being new to the area, it was better to keep a low profile, and besides, there was no need to argue about everything. That would be too tiring. Considering the old man guarding the Ancient Texts Pavilion was at the Divine Power Seventh Turn Realm, Su Chen had no interest in bickering with someone so insignificant.

He entered the Ancient Texts Pavilion.

He was about to discover something astounding!!!

It was virtually a sea of books.

He made a casual estimate, and there were at least five hundred thousand volumes!

And these were just the ancient tomes.

At this moment, Su Chen truly understood the formidable nature of the Holy Spirit Academy; the largest academy in the Scarlet Prefecture was worthy of its reputation—the depth of its resources was indeed astonishing.

Following that.

Su Chen immersed himself in the sea of books.

Feverishly absorbing all sorts of information about the Divine Martial Continent.

Time passed, second by second.

In the blink of an eye, eight Shichen had gone by.

"Time’s up!" came a somewhat impatient and cold voice.

It was that middle-aged man who was guarding the Ancient Texts Pavilion.

Su Chen lifted his head, glanced at the man, nodded, and set down the book.

He left.

He had covered only a part of what he intended today but gained a lot; he decided to come back when he had more time.

"Lunatic!" Watching Su Chen’s departing figure, the middle-aged man muttered again. It was as if he’d seen a ghost—a whole day in the Ancient Texts Pavilion, if not a lunatic, what else could he be?

Su Chen didn’t hear the middle-aged man’s muttering; as soon as he stepped out of the Ancient Texts Pavilion, he asked a student for directions to the Spirit Restaurant.

Shortly after.

He arrived at the Spirit Restaurant.

The Spirit Restaurant, to put it plainly, was a restaurant full of spiritual energy.

It was extremely popular as well.

Su Chen had just arrived and was stunned!!!

What a huge restaurant.

Much larger than the Ancient Texts Pavilion.

For the Qian Long Institute’s mere one to two thousand students, such a large restaurant seemed somewhat wasteful, didn’t it?

After marveling for a moment, Su Chen entered.

As he walked in, he was like Old Lady Liu entering the Grand View Garden, his gaze darting everywhere.

The Spirit Restaurant was divided into several zones, with the first being the Spirit Valley Area. What is Spirit Valley? It’s grain and cereals grown with Spirit Water, turned into dozens of varieties of Spirit Porridge, dizzyingly numerous and emitting a rich aroma.

The second zone was the Spirit Fruit Area, with hundreds of Spirit Fruits, each one washed clean and looking appetizing, exuding a fragrance of fruit and spiritual energy.

The third zone was the Spirit Meat Area; naturally, this referred to Demon Beast Meat. This area was the largest; Su Chen roughly counted and found there were over three hundred kinds of Demon Beast Meat, ranging from meat of Demon Beasts in the first to the ninth turn of the Hollow Void Realm.

"Brother Su, over here..." Just as Su Chen was looking around, he heard Lan Su’s excited voice.