The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

"Principal, I called you the day before yesterday when I came out of there to ask about the scholarship and guaranteed admission. You didn't say that then."

In Class 5 of Senior Three, the principal sat at a table in front of Song Gua, a somewhat ingratiating smile on his face.

The students in Class 5 were all around me, and other students were outside the door and windows.

Crowds of people.

The principal felt uneasy discussing funding in this setting.

"The day before yesterday... the day before yesterday, I actually wanted to explain to you, but you didn't listen carefully."

Explain yourself, I'm listening now.

"The Zhao family thinks our school should sponsor Ma Feng, who has an S-level professional degree..."

"You'll do whatever the Zhao family tells you to do? I seem to remember our school being a municipal school, not a private school run by the Zhao family?"

"Well... but what the Zhao family said is not wrong either. The quota for guaranteed admission and financial aid are all based on a comprehensive assessment of growth and career level. This is a clear regulation, and every school does it this way."

"If that's the case, why did you change your mind today, Principal?"

The principal wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Actually, what the principal was worried about was not that Song Gua would be poached by other schools.

For this small percentage of college entrance exam pass rates, neither public nor private schools would go to such lengths.

What the principal fears is that now that Song Gua has such a great reputation, leaders from the Ministry of Education will definitely come down to inspect.

When the higher-ups discovered that the few benefits available to the Fifth Middle School were not for Song Gua, but for Ma Feng.

The principal won't be able to explain this to his superiors.

After all, from the perspective of growth, it is only natural that Song Gua received a guaranteed admission and the highest level of financial aid.

Moreover, given its current performance and the brilliance of the Song hexagram, how could Ma Feng possibly imitate it?

Given Ma Feng's close ties with the Zhao family, it's easy for superiors to suspect a power-for-money deal.

At that point, I'm afraid I won't even be able to hold onto my position.

"Song Gua, if you're willing to renegotiate your sponsorship contract with the school, I'm personally willing to contribute another sponsorship fee to support you until you finish high school. What do you think?"

Hedong in thirty years and Hexi in thirty years.

In the Song hexagram, it doesn't take thirty years, only three days.

Poor scholars, rich warriors.

Becoming a powerful professional is a very expensive endeavor.

Equipment, skills, resources—everything costs money.

If everything depends on drops, then it's like having a free kill in a game—it's designed to provide a better gaming experience for whales (players who spend a lot of money on the game).

Although Song Gua, with his clone ability, the talent of the Bonded One, and the power of the three major classes, can obtain the rarest drops, he is no worse than the big spenders.

The problem is, he has a very large family business.

So many clones all require resources.

Although the principal's previous actions were very unethical and his attitude was unpleasant.

But now that they're offering me money, I have no reason to refuse.

However, everyone should pay a small price for their wrong decisions.

Song Gua leaned forward and asked in a low voice, "I wonder, Principal, how much is your personal sponsorship fee?"

The principal gritted his teeth and held up one finger.

"Alright, I won't make it difficult for you, but I'm not interested in the guaranteed admission spot."

"You think it's not enough? Song Gua, this position of mine..." The principal glanced at the surrounding students and lowered his voice, "...has limited perks too..."

"No, what I mean is, I really don't need the guaranteed admission spot; I want to cash it out."

"Discount? Discount to cash? How do you discount this?"

"I'll teach you."

Song Gua whispered a few words to Song Gua.

One day later.

Principal's Office.

"Principal! That's not what you told me before!"

Ma Feng slammed his hand on the principal's desk, causing cracks to appear on it.

The wind is at level 7.

While he was diligently leveling up outside, he suddenly received a call from the principal, who said that his guaranteed admission spot and financial aid had now been transferred to Song Gua.

It made him very angry.

Use the return scroll to get back to town quickly and have a serious talk with the principal.

"Ma Feng, I know you're in a hurry, but please sit down and listen to me."

"Principal! You have to follow the contract! I've already signed it!"

The principal sighed.

"Contracts? These are just for show; in practice, they're practically useless."

"But Song Gua is a convict; how can we give him a guaranteed admission spot and the maximum financial aid?"

"It's labor re-education. In our city, that's not considered a criminal record. It's a trivial matter."

"Principal, are you going to break your promise?"

"Ma Feng, the school values ​​you highly and has been doing its best to secure benefits for you."

But as you know, Song Gua single-handedly broke two dungeon records, and now everyone in the world can see his name on the leaderboard.

Under pressure from superiors, they had no choice but to transfer the benefits to Song Gua.

However, I did my best and still managed to secure an opportunity for you.

Ma Feng sat down and asked curiously, "What opportunity?"

"We can't give you financial aid, you know Song Gua's family situation. If we don't provide him with aid, the media will definitely write all sorts of things. However, the guaranteed admission spot is still yours!"

Ma Feng's lips finally curled into a smile.

"I knew it! The school has great foresight! I don't need the money, I just need the guaranteed admission spot! I want to use this one and only spot to prove that I'm the most promising student at No. 5 High School!"

"However... it hasn't been decided yet."

"What's wrong?"

"I need to... pull some strings with the higher-ups."

As he spoke, the principal rubbed his fingers together.

Ma Feng immediately understood.

"I understand, Principal. Just tell me, how much do you want?"

Half a day later.

Yunshan City Level 10 Training Area.

"Young Master Can! You have to help me!"

Zhao Can was leveling up when Ma Feng came running over, grabbed his leg, and started wailing.

"You've been crying for ages, and you haven't said what's wrong!"

Ma Feng quickly got up and rattled off a long explanation.

"How much?! Five million?!"

Ma Feng sighed, "Yes, you know, my family is just an ordinary middle class. Even if we sold our house, we wouldn't have enough money. Only you can help me."

"Five million is not a small amount for me... I mean, you're an S-level professional, why would you need a guaranteed admission spot? You can easily get into a top university in the entire Chinese administrative region, can't you?"

"No, Young Master Can, you don't understand."

The school officially announced my guaranteed admission spot a couple of days ago, but now they've suddenly changed it. Isn't this a slap in the face?

Now everyone knows that I, Ma Feng, have pledged allegiance to you, Young Master Can.

Is this a slap in my face? It's clearly you who's doing this!

Song Gua went to great lengths to get the guaranteed admission spot back, just to humiliate you!

Upon hearing this, Zhao Can felt that there was some truth to it, but not much.

"Old Wang tried to take down Song Gua before, but ended up getting himself into trouble."

That kid Song Gua is probably suspicious of me now, thinking that I instructed Lao Wang to do this, which is why he made things difficult for me at the dungeon entrance.

Now they're taking away what belongs to you; this is a warning shot.

Zhao Can's enterprise-level understanding impressed Ma Feng, who nodded vigorously in agreement.

"That's right, Young Master Chan!"

"Hmph, an orphan with no power, influence, or background, trying to show me who he thinks he is! He wants a guaranteed admission spot, I'll make sure he doesn't get it!"

Another day has passed.

Principal's Office.

Song Gua was very satisfied with the notification that the account had been credited to his account.

"Principal, don't worry. If higher-level leaders come to inspect, I will say that I chose to give the guaranteed admission spot to the student who needs it more, and that I myself chose to pass the exam."

"And you, Principal, went to great lengths to persuade me to accept the spot during this process."

The principal was deeply grateful.

"This would be the best possible win-win situation."

into the night.

Monkey, Blood, and Fire went out again to punish evil and promote good.

Based on Xuezi's feedback, Song Gua reached level 12, and Xuezi himself even reached level 13.

Goodness, this is even more efficient than leveling up or running dungeons.

At this moment, Song Gua's house was filled with clones.

"Tonight, we're going to launch a big operation: buy two hundred copies of the 'Self-Destruct' skill book!"