"Let me see where the security is bad first, then I'll go there..."

As a Demon Lord who devours evil, Su Zhou thought of this immediately. University life wasn't short, and the opportunity to go on an adventure in another world was rare. He needed to hunt down the first generation of evil spirits. To avoid wasting time becoming stronger, it was best to go to places with poor security to act as a masked vigilante, secretly helping others while occasionally killing villains to eat their souls. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

But upon closer inspection, this idea was quite unrealistic.

The three newly established top-tier Transcendent Academies were located in Tiandu, the capital of Zheng Nation, Modu, a developed coastal city, and Xijing, the ancient capital of ten dynasties. Forget about poor security, Su Zhou guessed that these places probably had several official elite Transcendent squads cooperating with the Holy Seats stationed there.

If any ignorant, idiotic Transcendent dared to commit crimes in these places, they'd be caught within a day, and their ashes scattered within three.

"This is indeed a bit difficult to think about."

Ordering another bowl of boiled beef, Su Zhou held his phone in his left hand, looking at the map of Zheng Nation, while his right hand seemed to have a life of its own, picking up beef and bean sprouts to eat. He wasn't being polite at all, since Shao Qiming was already full. Su Zhou frowned slightly: "Huh, how do Tiandu, Modu, and Xijing form a triangle? It's a bit like a formation."

"And I just realized that Xijing is actually the very center of Zheng Nation, even more like a national-level grand formation... but this triangle is biased towards the north."

"You noticed?" Shao Qiming also took out his phone, seemingly looking at something. After hearing Su Zhou's words, he replied with a smile, "The locations of the three Transcendent Academies weren't chosen randomly... Anyway, I heard my dad say that much, but that's all he knows for now."

"As for the south, it's the base camp of the ancient Daoist sects. The current Zhengyi Academy and Sichuan Academy are forms that have been transformed from the ancient Daoist lineages, so although they seem empty, there are actually many Transcendent there, and the defenses are tight."

"I guess that's how it is." Su Zhou nodded slightly. The location of professional Transcendent Academies was naturally not chosen randomly. He had already guessed that, but he couldn't choose where to go based on this alone. "What do you think about going to the academy in Tiandu? At least it's the capital, so the resources should be the best."

But going to the capital also meant being under the watchful eyes of other Zheng Nation Transcendent, so he might not be so free. That was what he was hesitating about.

"Before making a decision, you might as well take a look at this."

At this time, Shao Qiming seemed to have finished something on his phone, and then handed it to Su Zhou: "This is news my dad got from Tiandu... Although everyone says not to spread it, the fact that this matter could be spread at all means that the higher-ups intend to make it public."

"Let me see."

Su Zhou took Shao Qiming's phone, which had a document on it. He muttered to himself as he read: "The three major Transcendent Academies are all essentially for cultivating professional Transcendent, but even so, they all have their own biases."

"Tiandu 'Daoji Academy'... cultivates related Transcendent professional researchers, focusing on cultivating Transcendent to cooperate with modern technology in material science, physics, and other fields. Conversely, it also uses modern science to cooperate with research in Transcendent fields, intending to integrate the two. Hmm, under the supervision of the Holy Ones of our Zheng Nation, this kind of purely academic academy is probably one of the highest-ranking academies."

"Modu 'Zhizhi Academy'... almost the same statement, also cultivating related research Transcendent, but in addition to researchers, it also focuses on cultivating some explorers. As for where they are exploring, there is no explanation. I personally guess it should be ruins exploration. You know, after the Spiritual Qi Revival, all kinds of ancient ruins have appeared all over the world."

"As for Xijing 'Qinxing Academy'... also cultivating Transcendent researchers, but it tends to put Transcendent theory into practical use, renovate and reuse various ancient methods. Similarly, it also cultivates some related explorers in unknown directions."

"That's interesting."

In Zheng Nation, the essence of the major academies is to cultivate various researchers. According to Su Zhou's speculation about the academies of the past, the Daoji Academy in Tiandu probably cultivates those 'scholar-officials' who may construct a new Zheng Nation Transcendent system in the future.

The Zhizhi and Qinxing Academies in Modu and Xijing are relatively independent. The so-called explorers, converted into the Zheng Nation 'Holy Ones Supervision' system, are actually 'scholars who need to master independent martial power'. These martial units should be Transcendent Inspectors and officers respectively. The so-called practical application of Transcendent theory can also represent militarization in a sense.

These are all unique and euphemistic system names in Zheng Nation. Even the police major is nominally a scholar belonging to the Legalist school of criminal law, and professional pig farming requires a high-level scholar diploma from an Agricultural school related to animal husbandry.

After reading these, Su Zhou roughly understood: "In that case, I definitely won't go to Tiandu. Although a purely academic academy has a high status, it is also greatly restricted. Being in Tiandu, it is estimated that there are seven or eight Holy Seats stationed there daily. Forget about causing trouble, if I see a small thief on the street, I probably won't even have time to act before he's arrested."

"Modu and Xijing are both good. The exploration major, to put it bluntly, is exploring ancient sites and ruins everywhere. Dao Sheng told me about this related information. I think exploration is more in line with my major and personality. In comparison, although Modu is closer to my hometown, Xijing is more in line with my preferences."

"In that case, I'll fill in these two as my choices, and then flip a coin to choose."

Su Zhou's tone was very confident, as if he could go to whichever school he wanted. In fact, that was also the case. To be honest, it was still unknown whether the deans of these three academies were at the Transcendent level, so how could they reject Su Zhou?

As for Shao Qiming, it was similar. There were only a few geniuses with A-grade talents in the whole country, and they were highly sought after. With Shao Qiming's usual grades, there was no need to worry about problems with the Holy Examination.

The matter of the college choices was settled. If they were more particular, the two of them should have ordered a bottle of wine to celebrate.

But because the two were good students who didn't touch alcohol, they replaced it with cola and corn rib soup respectively. Very unrefined.

"Hey, look at the cup! There's a snake in it!"

In the room, only Yala was unhappy: "Your cup is over there!"

"Sorry, sorry, I was just absent-minded and didn't notice."

Time flew by.

Five months later, without much turbulence, the senior year of high school gradually came to an end.

In these five months, the Spiritual Qi Revival phenomenon had become so obvious that it affected the daily lives of many people, even requiring them to change their living habits.

The Spiritual Qi Revival caused drastic changes in the environment around the world. Problems such as desertification in some areas and rapid increases in forest area in others caused great distress to local residents.

But the biggest impact was still the movement of the Earth's veins. The spiritualization of the Earth caused the world's volcanoes to become active. Many residents in volcanic and earthquake zones were forced to migrate, or had to stay where they were and endure the difficulties.

But every cloud has a silver lining. Although volcanoes and earthquakes could cause harm, they were not without benefits.

In the East Ying Fusang, several Spiritual Qi explosions caused by pan-plate veins caused Mount Asama to erupt several times, causing small-scale earthquakes, but this eruption brought a large amount of spiritual volcanic ash, making the land around Mount Asama fertile and extremely conducive to the growth of spiritual plants. The turbulent ground Qi also created several high Spiritual Qi zones conducive to cultivation.

Similarly, Tianchi Lake in the Taibai Mountains of Zheng Nation was also gradually evaporating and disappearing. This dormant volcano had recently become active, with black smoke rising from time to time, accompanied by rumbling sounds.

To be honest, every time Su Zhou watched the process of the Taibai Mountains becoming active, he felt a strange sense of deja vu. After all, in another century, he had lived there for nearly a month, fought a few thrilling battles, and learned thunder magic.

With the Spiritual Qi Revival, humans changed, and plants and animals also changed. Many farms or large-scale farmers said that some spiritual beasts and plants with reversion or spiritualization phenomena occasionally appeared among their livestock and crops.

These livestock and grains, although enlightened, were still quite domesticated and were gathered by local officials as seeds, intending to gradually replace the original ordinary cattle, sheep, and grains with these more delicious livestock and grains.

Food is the paramount necessity of the people, and this is indeed true. Although it doesn't seem so grand, this most basic food replacement plan is actually one of the most important aspects of governments around the world today. In Zheng Nation alone, it is said that several Holy Seats, led by the Agricultural Saint, are investing their efforts in this area with more than twenty-three Agricultural Academies. After Su Zhou tasted some expensive spiritual beast meat, he repeatedly praised this plan.

The better the people eat, the better their talents, the faster they cultivate, the stronger the country, and the higher their resistance to the possible chaos in the future.

Not only that, but many aging old people also seemed to have been saved by the Spiritual Qi Revival. The suddenly soaring Spiritual Qi was not like oxygen or other things, where a high concentration would instead stimulate people's discomfort. It was like a timely rain after a long drought, nourishing the life essence of everyone in the world.

After all, compared to the time when Spiritual Qi existed, the mere era of decline that lasted for a little over a thousand years was only an insignificant part of the entire human history. Everyone's body had an affinity for Spiritual Qi, but it was just a matter of how much benefit they received. At least, according to reports from relevant researchers, as long as the Spiritual Qi Revival steadily increases, the average human lifespan is likely to increase by ten to fifteen years.

All countries and forces were dealing with their own problems, so that from September 2014 to June of this year, there had not even been a large-scale conflict that could be called a 'war' anywhere in the world. The biggest riots were only in the African and South American states, where there were phenomena of Transcendent attacking officials, but even so, they were quickly quelled.

But this calm in a series of small disturbances was like the tranquility before a storm, as if some huge thing was quietly lurking in the shadows of darkness, waiting for its opportunity.

Of course, all of this had nothing to do with Su Zhou, who had been studying and cultivating diligently for half a year.

Because the Holy Examination was coming soon.