110 Awakening

Chu Liuyue paused in her movements. “I didn’t know about this.”

The elder laughed and waved his hands. “It’s normal that you haven’t registered. When new students come in every year, they’ll go for a mass test and be registered in the booklet. It’s normal that you don’t have it because your situation is special. Just find some time to take the test later on.”

Chu Liuyue then remembered that, when the people in front of her placed their nameplates on the black jade, it would show their names and their Yuan meridian and cultivation levels.

However, the stone only showed her name after she placed her nameplate on it. No, there was still a number after it—19.

Chu Liuyue curiously looked at the number behind her name. “This is…”

“This is the amount of time you can spend cultivating in Jiuyou Tower. According to the mid-term assessment results, every student will be allocated different cultivation durations. Since you took second place in the Xuan Master assessment and first place in the warrior assessment, your total cultivation duration is 38 hours.” The elder was very patient and explained everything to Chu Liuyue.

When he finished his explanation, Chu Liuyue could clearly feel quite a few people turn to look at her. Their gazes were filled with envy, unlike the previous curiosity and fear.

Envy? Is it because of these 38 hours? Chu Liuyue knew that one had to meet conditions to cultivate in Jiuyou Tower, but it seemed like it was much harder than what she imagined. With her results, she only had 38 hours. It was easy for her to guess how many hours other people had.

No matter how hard she worked, an extra line would not be added to her pearl of essence.

Chu Liuyue could not do anything about it. She could only helplessly and shamelessly say, “I’m… a stage-one warrior.”

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The Chu family estate.

“First Elder, do you mean that you’re not giving Minmin a dowry?”

Even though Chu Yan and Lu Yao were not satisfied with their daughter marrying the Crown Prince as a concubine, they did not have any other choice now and could only agree.

Three days were too much of a rush, so they could only prepare a bigger dowry to make them look good. It would also allow Chu Xianmin to live an easier life after she married Rong Jin. However, they did not expect to be stopped by First Elder.

First Elder was expressionless. “The family doesn’t have much income these few years, and the two of you know this the best. Now that the ceremony date has been settled so abruptly, we don’t even have time to prepare such a big dowry.”

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Chu Yan suppressed his anger. “Minmin is going to marry the Crown Prince, and she represents our Chu family. If Minmin gets belittled, our Chu family’s reputation will also be tarnished.”

The three of them were too used to living luxurious lives and only loved the best of everything. Thus, they did not have much savings.

The most important thing was that Chu Xianmin had spent more than 100,000 silver taels in Zhen Bao Pavilion the previous month. Lu Yao was planning to ask her marital home for money after Chu Xianmin claimed first place in the academy’s assessment and earned the Crown Prince’s liking.

Who would have expected Chu Liuyue to appear out of nowhere and disrupt her plans?

The Lu family was now mocking her openly and secretly. Why would they give her another cent?

Zhen Bao Pavilion had also chased her very tightly. She definitely did not dare to offend them, so she could only use her own money.

She no longer had money to prepare a dowry for Chu Xianmin. However, judging by First Elder’s look, it was clear that he would not change his mind. Saying anything else would only humiliate her.

Lu Yao stood up and glanced at Chu Yan—who wanted to say something else—before the two of them left with many grievances.

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