When Zhang Ruochen became the new student of Western Academy for the first time, Wu Shi Xue Gong rewarded him with 3,000 merit points, which he still hasn't used until now.

  He didn't lack cultivation resources at all before, so he naturally didn't spend his merit points.

  The place where you can exchange your achievement points is at the Achievement Tower.

  As soon as he walked into the Merit Tower, many students recognized Zhang Ruochen and stared at him with curious eyes.

  "He's Zhang Shixiong, the top freshman of the fourth institute of Wumeng Xuegong. It's said that he's a genius comparable to the three great female demons." A young boy with an age not too big, looked at Zhang Ruochen who walked into the Gongxun Tower with eyes full of admiration.

  In his eyes, Zhang Ruochen was his idol and the goal he strived for.

  A stunningly beautiful woman at the Profound Extreme Realm's Great Perfection Stage, with an excited glint in her eyes, said: "Have you guys heard? Not long ago, Zhang Shixiong used his Broken Sword to defeat the heroes of various countries in Qian Shui Prefecture. Overnight, he became famous throughout the world."

  "Xu Shijie, could it be that you have feelings for Zhang Shixiong?" another white-clad girl laughed.

  That woman named Xu Shijie, with a dazed and infatuated gaze, looked at Zhang Ruochen and said: "A man as excellent as Brother Zhang, which woman wouldn't be moved by him? Even if it's just a one-night stand, I'd be willing."

  The white-clothed girl next to her covered her mouth and laughed, "If you really have something going on with Zhang Shixiong, Huang Shijie will definitely chase you to the ends of the earth."

  Those female students in the West Wing were very bold and spoke quite openly, making Zhang Ruochen feel somewhat embarrassed.

  If it weren't for Huang Yanchen's intimidating presence, Zhang Yanchen would probably have been surrounded by many female students once again.

  Zhang Ruochen took a deep breath and tried to remain calm as he selected the items he needed from the Merit Pavilion.

  The Merit Tower has a total of thirteen floors, each floor is equipped with various cultivation resources, and the higher you go, the more merit points are required.

  The first floor of the Meritorious Tower, all are some low-grade cultivation resources. The cheapest is second-rate Blood Dan, one point of meritorious value can exchange for 100 pieces.

  Zhang Ruochen currently doesn't lack Blood Dan, so there's no need for exchange.

  The items on the first floor were the most expensive, but they didn't exceed five merit points in value. To Zhang Ruochen, they weren't very valuable, so he didn't linger for long and headed towards the higher floors.

  Finally arriving at the seventh floor, Zhang Ruochen found the item he wanted to exchange for.

  Wings of Wind

  Wings of Wind, looking like two pieces of silver iron plates connected together, with dense "Wind" series patterns engraved on them.

  Just by injecting true energy into the Wind Wing, the Wind Wing can bring the warrior to fly in the sky and burst out a terrifying speed of 100 meters per second.

  To know that even the initial stage of the Earth's extreme boundary, the speed of a martial artist can only reach sixty meters per second. Only the strongest martial artists in the extreme position of the Earth's boundary can reach a speed of one hundred meters per second.

  All martial artists who can enter the Xuanbang are top-notch geniuses, so their speed is comparable to that of a beginner in the Diyu Realm.

  Zhang Ruochen was well aware that entering a mid-tier relic would be extremely perilous.

  What is most important

  Life is most important.

  Anyway, just enter the intermediate ruins for exploration, as long as you keep your life safe, there is no need to be too desperate.

  Inferior Quality Wind Wing:

  Flight speed: 100 meters per second. Number of uses: 3 times. Exchange merit value: 500 merit points.

  Medium Quality Wind Wing:

  Flight speed: 200 meters per second. Number of uses: 5 times. Exchange merit value: 5000 merit points.

  Superior Quality Wind Wing:

  Flight speed: 300 meters per second. Number of uses: 10 times. Exchange merit value: 50,000 merit points.

  Zhang Ruochen originally wanted to exchange for a mid-quality Wind Wing, so that even if he encountered a powerful beast, monster or evil person in the middle-level ancient ruins, he would still have a chance to escape.

  But after seeing the exchange price above, Zhang Ruochen immediately gave up on this idea.

  Too expensive

  Zhang Ruochen had a total of only 3,000 points of merit value, which was far from enough to exchange for a mid-quality Wind Wing.

  "Even a lower quality Wind Wing is fine, although it can only be used three times, it's enough to save my life three times."

  Zhang Ruochen took out the token of Wu City's Imperial Academy and placed it into the recess on the wall of the formation.

  The inscription on the token lit up in circles and connected with the inscription on the formation wall.

  "Wow"

  A crack appeared in the formation wall, revealing a green spiritual paper with white light characters flowing on its surface, depicting the pattern of Wind Wing.

  Zhang Ruochen only needs this spiritual paper to go to the Grand Hall of Gongxun Tower to receive the Wings of Wind.

  Zhang Ruochen retrieved the token and found that 500 points of merit had been deducted. There were only 2,500 points of merit left in the token.

  Continue shopping for other items.

  Then, Zhang Ruochen went to exchange five more Thunder Pearls.

  Each Thunder Bead is worth 100 Merit Points; once detonated, it explodes like a thunderclap.

  Even a martial artist at the extreme boundary of the earth may fall if attacked by a thunderbolt when off guard.

  Of course, the speed of the polar boundary warriors is quite fast. When they found out that Zhang Ruochen threw out the thunderbolt, they could escape with their fastest speed, and the thunderbolt couldn't hurt them at all.

  Only by throwing out the Thunder Bead unexpectedly can one kill a warrior of the Earthly Boundary.

  Then Zhang Ruochen spent another 100 merit points and exchanged them for an antidote bead.

  As long as the antidote bead is carried on the body, it can resist the vast majority of poisonous fogs and miasma. In case of any unexpected event, Zhang Ruochen also exchanged a bottle of detoxification pills.

  Then Zhang Ruochen exchanged some other cultivation resources and life-saving treasures, spending all 3,000 merit points.

  Back at Longwudian, Zhang Ruochen prepared enough drinking water and filled up two spatial rings and a spatial jade bangle.

  The next morning, under the leadership of Qinghua Deputy Dean, the top ten disciples of Xiyuan, rode on Qinghua Deputy Dean's mount, left Xiyuan and flew towards the depths of Tianmo Ridge.

  The top ten disciples of the Western Academy are: Luo Shuihan, Huang Yanchen, Duanmu Xingling, Tuomuzi, Zhang Ruochen, Sikong Shu, Ju Hailan, Mo Qinglong, Cai Chen and Zi Qian.

  The other eight students were all old students who had been in the West Wing for more than three years, and only Zhang Ruochen and Zi Qian were freshmen.

  Si Kong's character was very heroic, standing on the back of a lion-like creature, he asked: "Deputy Master, is the intermediate ruin we are going to the Chi Kong Secret Mansion?"

  Qinghua, the deputy dean, nodded and confirmed: "It is indeed the Chi Kong Secret Mansion. As for the dangers of the Chi Kong Secret Mansion, there's no need for me to say more. I believe you are all fully prepared. Zhang Ruochen, Zi Qing, as newcomers, have you two made sufficient preparations?"

  Zhang Ruochen and Zi Qian nodded at the same time.

  The Western Courtyard was established on the outskirts of Tianmo Ridge, although there were many savage beasts, they were basically all first and second tier savage beasts, with very low danger.

  However, the Red Sky Secret Mansion is located deep in the Tianmo Ridge, separated from the Western Courtyard by a vast distance, with treacherous mountains and rivers, filled with danger, where many powerful fierce beasts live.

  If an outer palace disciple were to enter the depths of Tianmo Ridge alone, it would be a dead end. Even if one is a legendary martial artist at the Tianji boundary, entering the depths of Tianmo Ridge still poses a risk of falling.

  The deeper they flew towards the Heaven Demon Ridge, the higher and steeper the mountain peaks became, the trees grew thicker, some thick ancient vines wrapped around the entire mountain peak, it was like a coiled dragon.

  In some areas, the miasma covers all year round. Generally, when a barbarian bird flies into the air above the miasma, it will be poisoned to death in an instant, and if it falls to the ground, it will shatter into pieces.

  In the midst of dense mountains and steep ridges, there flows a mighty river.

  In those rivers, powerful aquatic beasts also lived. When Zhang Ruochen and others flew over the sky above one of the great rivers, suddenly, a shocking and earth-shaking long whistle sounded from the river water.

  The river water was shaken and cut off.

  The ten students sitting on the Griffin's back were all shocked by the sound, their ears ringing and their blood boiling, fortunately their cultivation was strong, otherwise they would have fainted.

  A mighty power surged forth, the ground around the great river was torn apart, and tree after tree of giant ancient trees were shattered by the powerful true energy waves, turning into splintered wood.

  A black dragon, over sixty meters in length, with a neck as thick as a water jar and a pair of flesh wings on its back, flew out of the river and charged towards Ning Xiaochuan and others in mid-air.

  "How bold, even the disciples of Wushu City's Xuegong dare to attack, are you looking for death."

  Qing Hua, the deputy head of the institute, stood on the lion eagle's head, his eyes cold and detached. He took out a white array diagram, unfolded it, and formed a huge spherical light ball with a diameter of 100 meters, covering the lion eagle and ten young students inside.

  Rumble

  In the crimson eyes of the Black Dragon, two pillars of flame shot out, striking the surface of the white light sphere and causing it to shake violently.

  Qing Hua's eyes became even colder, and he raised the wooden staff in his hand, pouring true energy into it.

  The inscription on the wooden staff was activated, and the originally two-meter-long wooden staff became as thick as a bowl mouth and extended to 56 meters.

  Qing Hua's deputy, the old man's body became extremely strong and powerful, his entire skeletal system seemed to protrude outward, his legs slightly bent, his body arched like a bow and arrow as he leaped from the lion eagle's head, swinging his wooden staff and striking it on Xuan Huang's head.

  Rumble

  The enormous body of the black dragon plummeted straight down, crashing into the river three hundred meters below, sending up a massive wave over ten meters high.

  The river water turned blood red, and it was clear that Qing Hua's deputy had severely injured the Black Flood Dragon with his previous blow.

  Qing Hua, the deputy head of the institute, displayed a kind of body technique. His feet kicked out in mid-air and his body somersaulted backwards before landing back on the lion-eagle's back.

  The ten disciples on the back of the lion eagle all stared at Qing Hua, Deputy Head of the Institute, with shocked eyes.

  No one expected that the old man who seemed to be stumbling while walking would burst out with such a powerful martial arts power.

  To know, that one dark turtle was a fourth-stage fierce beast, its combat power comparable to the martial arts legend of the Tianji boundary. However, Qinghua Deputy Dean only needed one move to heavily injure the dark turtle, which escaped back into the water.

  Qing Hua Deputy Dean is also considered one of the strongest among the warriors in Tianji Realm.