Chapter 67: 67, A bet of 100 million spiritual energy coins 1
Translator: 549690339
“100… million?”
Haimleke came to a sudden halt.
He turned around, unbelievingly looking at Su Yu, “Are you sure you want to bet 1 million spiritual energy coins? Can you even afford that?”
The scholars of the Scholar’s Temple earned a living mostly by drawing magic scrolls.
A first-grade scroll would earn about 70-80 spiritual energy coins and take several tens of minutes to draw.
A million spiritual energy coins, doesn’t that mean selling tens of thousands of scrolls?
“I can, of course, afford it. It’s up to you whether you want to bet or not,” Su Yu said with a smile.
Looking at Su Yu’s fearless appearance, Haimleke took a deep breath, “Tell me, what do you want to bet?”
“The Scholar’s Temple certainly has a ‘high-level scholar exam’, right?”
“Of course.
“I wish to take the ‘high-level scholar exam’, if I pass successfully, the Temple allows me to join and confer the ‘High-level Scholar Badge’ to me;
“If I fail, I will donate one million spiritual energy coins to the Temple! Do you dare accept this bet?”
Su Yu smiled at Haimleke.
The ‘High-level Scholar Badge’ is an ornament and an unrestricted equip level legendary golden ornament at that!
The first player who acquired this ornament in his past life had been highly sought after by the players after posting its attributes!
After all, this is an epic ornament that can be brought into reality!
To get the ‘High-level Scholar Badge’, one must pass the ‘high-level scholar exam’.
But anyone can’t just participate in the ‘high-level scholarly exam’. You have to join powerhouses such as [Scholar’s Temple], [Silvershine Spire], [Arcane Academy] and have a high enough contribution and at least a “Reverent” reputation level to participate.
(A force’s reputation level is divided into: Neutral, Friendly, Respected, Revered, and Worshiped.)
In his past life, Su Yu was a member of the top tier force [Silvershine Spire]. After grinding his reputation up to “Revered”, he relied on a huge amount of back questions and rich gaming experience to pass the ‘high-level scholarly exam’ and obtain this legendary golden ornament.
The whole process was even more strenuous than a civil service examination!
If he could acquire this ornament in the early stage, it would undoubtedly be a massive enhancement to his power in the game and real world!
Haimleke stared at Su Yu with a “are you kidding me” expression:
“Listen here, young man. I have been part of the Temple since I was young. I only passed the ‘high-level scholar exam’ two years ago when I was 35, you, an otherworld adventurer…”
“10 million spiritual energy coins! I’ll bet you 10 million! Do you dare to accept?” Su Yu interrupted him directly.
“1…10 million?”
All the scholars around him looked at Su Yu, their eyes full of disbelief.
Is he a son of a great noble family? Can he even afford this much money?
“Then…that, young man.” Haimleke brain was blank, not knowing what to say.
After a good while, he finally stuttered, “I…Although I’m a core member of the temple…but…the ‘high-level scholar exam’, that’s not something I can decide…” “One hundred million spiritual energy coins!” Su Yu continued.
Su Yu’s voice wasn’t loud, but it sounded like a bomb had gone off in everyone’s ears!
One hundred million spiritual energy coins! !!
Even powerhouses like the [Scholar’s Temple] couldn’t ignore such a vast amount of money.
Moreover, the stake Su Yu proposed was extremely uneven. The opportunity of one ‘high-level scholarly exam’ wagered against one hundred million spiritual energy coins, the higher-ups of the Temple would surely wake up laughing from their dreams!
Su Yu’s expression was very indifferent, as if one hundred million spiritual energy coins were nothing more than scrap paper to him.
If this was a real alternate world, Su Yu definitely wouldn’t be so “wild”.
After all, one doesn’t show wealth casually. One day you are showing off, the next day you don’t know which strong man will rob you.
But this is, after all, a game with the protection of the system god, Su Yu can’t possibly be robbed by an NPC, this is also why he dared to set up a bet.
“I’ll be the one to bet with you!”
At this moment, an old voice echoed from inside the Scholar’s Temple.
The voice at first seemed far away.
But by the time Su Yu heard the sentence, an old man dressed in a simple blue robe, his face kindly, appeared in the lobby.
The old man’s movement speed was even faster than the speed of sound!
“It’s Master Alex!”
“Greetings, Master Alex!”
“Master Alex, may the light of wisdom ever shine upon you.”
Haimleke and the scholars present quickly bowed to the old man. The greetings were full of deep respect.
The old man returned the greetings to everyone present and then slowly walked towards Su Yu:
“Young man, I am Alex, a sixth-order mage in the Sanctuary. I have the authority to let you take the high-level scholar examination.”
When a mage reaches level 75, which is the sixth order, one’s own realm is stimulated and is revered as a “Sanctuary Mage”, they also represent the strongest existences in the entire game world!
In his past life, the exam nerds had counted, there were only around 1000 NPCs above the Sanctuary in the entire game world, including all humans, elves, Orcs, dwarves, abyssal demons, deep-sea monsters…
Since this old man is a Sanctuary Mage, he must be one of the main decision-makers behind the [Scholar’s Temple].
“It’s an honour to meet you, Master Alex!”
Su Yu respectfully bowed to the old man, smiling, “The main reason I am doing this is to prove to Haimleke, that we ‘nouveau riche’ can also have profound knowledge.”
After saying that, he gave Haimleke a look.
Haimleke was immediately choked.
You can easily pull out one hundred million spiritual energy coins, this is already beyond the scope of ‘nouveau riche’ right?
And to pass the ‘high-level scholar exam’ at such a young age? Are these otherworld adventurers a group of monsters?
Haimleke stood still on the spot, starting to question his life.
The old man, however, smiled faintly, “Since you are confident in passing the ‘high-level scholar examination’, let’s just let you try. If you pass the examination, we Scholars Temple welcome your participation!”
“I would be honored to join the Temple and become a member of the Temple.”
“Then, young man, come with me.”
The old man led the way, leading Su Yu towards the interior of the Temple.
The nearby scholars mostly had not witnessed the ‘high-level scholar exam’. Seeing that Haimleke had no time to stop them, they followed Su Yu in a flurry, hoping to gain some insight.
Behind the stone book statue, there is a long corridor.
Gone all the way in, you arrived at the atrium of the Scholar’s Temple.
But unlike the lavish statues in the temples of faith nearby, the atrium of the Scholar’s Temple is planted with flowers and plants, like a large garden.
Many scholars sat in the garden, engrossed in reading a book.
Compared to the outside warzone, here is like a paradise.
There are several rooms along the side of the courtyard, the old man walked to the door of one and beckoned to Su Yu, “The high-level scholarly examination is held here, and I will be your examiner.”
“Okay.” Su Yu nodded, “So about this bet, should we sign a magic contract to guarantee its validity?”
“No need, I believe in your character.”
The old man smiled and walked into the room..