The First Cultivator - Changing Existence - Chapter 715

Chapter 715: The Tower – 715 Chapter 715: The Tower – 715 Skymender and the Imperial Scholar left the palace as many servants spurred into action.

After a brief goodbye, the Imperial Scholar left to plan his lessons.  Skymender had a bit of time alone, and for the first time in a while, he relaxed.

He went back to his house, which now belonged to Melly.

However, he could enter whenever he wanted.

Skymender learned that Melly had returned to her parents Dukedom.

Most likely, she would return when news spread to her about Skymender’s return.  With more than four years having passed, their class had already graduated from the Imperial School.

He learned that Melly had impressively graduated 12th of her class.

Skymender learned most of this information from Fatty, who was now much older.

He was still just as fat.

He had been running the restaurant well, and had even paid people to create some new recipes.  After he told Skymender about the events since he was gone, Skymender spoke.

“It is time to sell the restaurant.” The Fatty nodded, but hesitated.

“What if you sold it to me, Skymender?” Skymender thought for a moment before nodding.

“I can do that.

And I can do it at a reasonable price.” He and the Fatty instantly began to negotiate, and Skymender ended up with 30% more money than he had ever put into the restaurant, which was quite the gain.  After selling the restaurant to Fatty, Skymender headed to the mail office.

Although he usually had mail delivered to his house, it had stopped due to his prolonged absence.

Once at the mail office, he picked up the mail that had been gathering for more than four years.

Opening them up one at a time, he saw many letters from Li Youcai, who had heard about his journey but continued to faithfully send letters and money.

Even after so many years, Li Youcai was doing great.

He had even hired two new assassins.  As Skymender counted up all the money, he was astonished.

It was an unimaginable sum.  Enough to buy his house three times over.

He felt that it was the right decision to leave the assassination organization to Li Youcai.

After writing a letter to Li Youcai, explaining that he would no longer have to send any money, and that he was the new owner, Skymender left the mail office.

He visited his Aunt in the Imperial Capital, and had a few meals with her family before leaving.

Over the next week and a half, many servants were constantly working.

In addition, people were sent out to bring people from all over the Empire.

After another half week, everything was set up, and everyone was gathered.

Skymender once again attended the Imperial Scholar Camp.

He once again started in the lowest tier of room.  A day passed, and they had their first meeting at the Education building.

Skymender saw Charles there.

There were also a few other people from last time.

Charles was much more refined.

Skymender was now an adult, but the blindfold that covered his face was very obvious, and distracted others from realizing that fact.

The Imperial Scholar explained the rules.

Many of the new students were eager to have the chance to become the next Imperial Scholar.

Only Skymender knew that this entire thing was a charade.

He could not possibly lose to anyone here.

Even Charles was no longer anything close to being his equal.

Things were noticeably different this time.

Everything moved much faster.

Despite that, the Imperial Scholar only spoke for four hours a day, condensing his teachings greatly.

For another four, he would teach Skymender personally.

There was not much left to teach him, but everything left to learn was extremely advanced or classified knowledge.

He was tutored on how to run the Empire as the Imperial Scholar, and how to deal with things such as corruption and war.

Everything he needed to know about being the Imperial Scholar was taught to him.

The first test came upon them.

Same as before, there was a ranking board.

As time passed, everyone noticed that Skymender’s name shot up.

He was constantly at the top.

The Imperial Scholar seemed to be in a rush with everything.  A week passed, and surprisingly early, the great library was opened early.

It was the Imperial Scholar’s way of repaying the people who were not focused on, as he was too focused on Skymender.

Everyone’s growth increased, but none could compare to Skymender, who found that everything they were being taught, he already knew.

As the days passed, he noticed Charles growing increasingly maddened.

He felt as though he could not even touch Skymender’s coattails.

Everything he had prepared for and believed was crumbling in front of him.

The second week finished, marking the halfway point.  Skymender moved into the penthouse of the dorm building.

His points had reached 90.  After a few more days, it reached a total of 100.

Late one night, Skymender left the dorm building, heading towards the largest building in the Imperial Scholar Camp, The Tower.

He stepped into the entrance, and was received by an elegantly dressed woman.

Despite having stood here every Imperial Scholar camp, without a single customer, she remained standing with a great posture, and without the slightest sign of exhaustion.

When she saw Skymender, she knew that she was looking directly at the next Imperial Scholar.

“Welcome, Skymender.

It is my pleasure to serve you.” She said.

Skymender nodded.

The Tower was thin, and all that was in the lobby besides the lobby room itself was a spiraling staircase.

Skymender began to walk up it.

He felt a feeling that was hard to describe.

It was as if with every step he took, he was elevated above the common people.

Yet, the common people he referred to were also nobles.

The majority of nobles could not longer compare to his status alone.

Skymender eventually reached the top, which had a single, comfortable seat, and table facing the distance.

From here, he could see the entire Imperial Scholar Camp, as well as most of the Empire.  He let out a sigh.

This was why it was worth 100 points.

The feeling of being above everyone else was truly unimaginable.