Supreme Star Card Master

Su Yuan returned to the dormitory.

Since he needed to accumulate academic points to exchange for time in the Star Mist Pool, he would have to check how many points the academy tasks offered.

Su Yuan turned on the computer and followed the guide to log into the academy's intranet task system.

"What, I still have to register?"

Seeing the registration page pop up, Su Yuan was a bit surprised. He thought the academy had already entered all the freshmen's information.

Su Yuan entered his name and student ID to complete the quick registration. Seeing the confidentiality agreement on the screen, he understood why he needed to register himself.

Because the Demon Capital Academy's task system was directly linked to the City Guard teams in various places!

After confirming the agreement, Su Yuan officially entered the task system. As soon as he got in, he saw numerous tasks listed on the homepage:

"Level One Task: Administrator of the first floor of the Book Tower, 6 academic points per month, responsible for registration, maintenance, and cleaning. Three days a week required."

"Level One Task: A Bronze Level wanted criminal has been active recently between Lanting and Hengzhou City. He has killed three Star Card Masters and is very powerful. One person is needed to assist the City Guard in hunting him down. Reward: 14 points."

"Level One Task: The Purple Gold Building will hold a five-day jewelry convention soon. Five Bronze Level guards are needed. Basic points: 5, with additional rewards based on performance."

"Level One Task: A citizen in the east of the city lost a Fifth Stage Snowflake Mink pet. Finding it will be rewarded with 2 academic points."

...

At a glance, there were various types of tasks such as patrol, wanted missions, guard duty, and searching.

"The rewards for Level One Tasks are mostly under 10 points, with wanted tasks offering the highest rewards, generally above 10 points."

Su Yuan browsed through the tasks and found that for Level One Tasks, those involving risk like wanted missions, assistance, and guard duty rewarded more points than administrative or maintenance tasks.

The higher the risk, the greater the reward. This made sense.

Tasks like being an administrator for the Book Tower had almost no risk but only offered 6 points per month.

A wanted task, if the target's location could be locked, could be resolved in two or three days, including travel time.

Thus, the difference was quite obvious.

Of course, this was assuming everything went smoothly.

If not, it could take half a month or more to track the target, with the possibility of the target escaping in the end.

Wanted tasks were not only unstable but also riskier.

"Second Stage Tasks reward more points, mostly over 10 points. Unfortunately, I can't take them."

Su Yuan saw that the Second Stage wanted tasks rewarded more than 10 points, some even offering over 30 points, much higher than Level One Tasks.

But the problem was, Su Yuan found he didn't have the permission to take them.

As for Level Three Tasks, he couldn't even view them, let alone take them.

So, he opened his information:

Name: Su Yuan

Points: 0 (Level One)

...

Clearly, the Demon Capital Academy's task system had a strict hierarchical system.

Every time a Demon Capital student completed a task, besides academic points, they would also get equivalent points.

When points reached 100, they could advance to the Second Stage. When points reached 1000, they could advance to the Third Stage.

This system was also a form of protection for students, forcing freshmen to start with simpler tasks. Only after going through numerous low-stage tasks could they take on higher-stage tasks.

This prevented some students, who might be reckless or overconfident, from taking on unexpectedly difficult tasks, leading to failure.

If it were a regular task, failure would at most result in some delay.

But for wanted or guard duties, task failure could mean injury or death, and might also endanger others, leading to severe consequences!

In fact, because many similar incidents had occurred in the past, many academies later adopted such hierarchical systems.

Even so, the death rate among academy students on tasks was still significant.

The Star Card Master was ultimately a transcendent force group.

With competition, there would be battles; with battles, there could be life and death!

"I need at least 70 academic points to use the Star Power Cultivation Room. For Level One wanted tasks, I would need about five..."

"And if I want to ensure a breakthrough, it's best to earn extra time in the Star Power Pool. That means doing two more wanted tasks."

"Considering the tasks, cultivation, studying, and travel, two months' time is not really sufficient."

Su Yuan showed a thoughtful expression.

"But if I can advance to the Second Stage soon and take Second Stage Tasks, the speed of earning academic points would greatly increase. Going to the Star Mist Pool now and then wouldn't be a dream anymore..."

Just as Su Yuan was preparing to select one or two wanted tasks, his phone lit up, and a notification arrived in the class group.

Xia Yue: "Teacher said there's a class at 8 a.m. the day after tomorrow. Please be on time."

A class so soon?

Su Yuan was a bit surprised.

He had learned from the forums that Demon Capital Academy's small class courses were roughly once a week.

Today's first class had ended, and there was another class the day after tomorrow, with only one day in between.

But Su Yuan quickly understood.

The first class wasn't about cultivation and didn't need digestion, so there was no need for an interval.

With Xia Yue's notification, students in the advanced class began to discuss.

Shang Baiyu: "Is this class about cultivation?"

Mu Qingyu: "It should be. Do you know which aspect, Xia Yue? Did Teacher Xiao He say anything?"

Xia Yue: "From what Teacher said, it seems to be about Star Power techniques."

Du Tao: "Star Power techniques? Isn't Star Power just for attaching skills?"

Shang Baiyu: "Of course there are techniques, like Concealing Breath."

Zhang Tai: "Concealing Breath? Is that why I couldn't sense your and Xiang Dingqian's Star Power fluctuations during class this morning?"

Xiang Dingqian: "That's correct. My family taught me in high school."

Zhang Tai: "Wow, being from a noble family does make a difference. But Shang Baiyu isn't from a noble family, how does he know it too?"

Shang Baiyu: "It was taught by an elder at home."

Mu Qingyu: "Zhang Tai, mind your own business."

...

No one had said a word in the group before, but now it was buzzing, quickly reaching "99+."

Everyone was around eighteen years old, having just entered the academy with a lot of excitement and new experiences.

Everyone had their own reservations, so without a topic, no one wanted to be the first to start a conversation.

Now, with Xia Yue bringing up a topic, almost everyone actively and passionately participated in the chat.

"Star Power techniques, huh?" Su Yuan looked at the messages in the group and felt some anticipation.

He had witnessed Shang Baiyu and Xiang Dingqian's ability to conceal their presence and Star Power fluctuations.

Later, in the Book Tower, Yang Yifeng had used Star Power to isolate sounds effortlessly.
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The potential and variability of Star Power was far greater than he had imagined. Just knowing how to attach skills seemed shallow and crude...

"Let's see what they teach the day after tomorrow, then focus on tasks. Within two months, I must break through to the Bronze Middle Stage!"