Chapter 606: Chapter 600: A Lack of Martial Ethics

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Everyone looked at David Jones as he walked out of the gate, their eyes filled with surprise.

Ever since the anomaly occurred at The Tower of Refining Beasts and the gates had opened automatically, whether it was students practicing Beast Refining or Pharmacy in the Purple Star Realm, they were all awakened by the commotion and had exited the Tower to gather in the plaza outside, leaving the Tower long since deserted.

“???”

“Is it true? Is David Jones that newly advanced Epic powerhouse?”

“How is that possible? It must be a coincidence!”

“He truly is the top student of this class, to remain so composed even with such a massive Epic anomaly.” The admirers of David Jones exclaimed, eliciting a speechless reaction from the surrounding students.

Excessive praise will only harm your idol!

Watching the group of teachers and students who were initially shocked but quickly regained their composure, David Jones did not step forward to announce his breakthrough to King status, as that would have been far too low.

Thus, he left under the gaze of the crowd with an indifferent expression on his face.

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Elsewhere, Blake Easton, who was reflecting on the emergence of new talents in the world, was issuing orders to have the official Purple Haze Club website post a congratulatory announcement, following the rules.

[Congratulations to David Jones, a freshman of the 1027th class at Rosewood College, on breaking the national record and advancing to Class VI King]

This explosive news spread across the entire Rosewood campus like an atomic bomb had detonated, instantly.

Innumerable students buzzed with discussions, and even the Rosewood website nearly crashed due to the sudden influx of countless comments.

“What a joke, David Jones is twenty years old, a well-known freshman at Rosewood College, and now he’s a Class VI King? Are you sure there wasn’t a mistake with the name on the school announcement?”

“The chance of the name being wrong is very slim, do you also want to question the school’s announcement?”

“I’m not saying I don’t believe it, but David Jones is only twenty years old, right? Do you realize the value of being a twenty-year-old King?”

“Hold on, couldn’t the anomaly at the Beast Refining Tower today have been caused by David Jones?” some students who had seen David Jones on the plaza suggested in their posts.

“That’s right, I was also there at the time, I recall that David Jones was the last student to walk out of the Beast Refining Tower that day.”

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Amidst numerous discussions filled with disbelief, the application inbox for the Purple Haze Club was flooded to capacity, and notification tones on phones went off incessantly.

Even the seniors who had previously politely rejected the idea of recruitment were now calling one after another, causing Margaret Yule’s face to betray the stressful pleasure of her happiness.

“I’m sorry, but we’ve received an overwhelming number of applications to join the Purple Haze Club recently, and we need to go through an initial screening before we can give any definite responses.”

“Yes, that’s correct. We will conduct retests for those who meet the criteria in the next two days.”

After hanging up the phone in her hand, Margaret Yule let out a breath of relief.

Today alone, she had answered hundreds of calls, practically to the point of giving her a headache.

However, with effort comes reward, and the club had gained three or four top-ten-ranked seniors, though still on a tentative basis.

While these seniors were powerful, Margaret Yule did not immediately plan to cultivate them as core members. Instead, she focused more on the resources represented by their families.

“The taste of power really does inflate one’s ego,” Margaret Yule muttered to herself.

All these talented individuals from wealthy families were sly creatures, with sweet-talking skills; if it weren’t for knowing that David Jones was the reason she was being flattered by everyone, she might have been deceived by their excessive adulation into thinking she was some unparalleled prodigy herself.

“It’s better to have a few committed core members than an excess of mediocre talents. It’s a pity most of those who came forward lack character and aren’t worth being taken seriously!”

Margaret Yule shook her head, turning her attention back to her busy official duties.

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In a luxurious villa, a handsome nobleman with an elegant demeanor stared blankly at the announcement displayed on his phone.

“Bang!”

With a loud explosion, the brand-new phone was crushed in Fred Hoyle’s palm, causing electrical arcs to flicker throughout the room.

“Damn it, all of this should have been mine!!!”

Fred Hoyle’s face was contorted with fury, a far cry from his earlier nobility and elegance.

Had he defeated David Jones and allowed his Devouring to consume David Jones’s Talent and fate, he himself would now be the King of Arcane Star, looked up to by all teachers and students.

“I still have a chance, as long as I can defeat David Jones on the beastmaster list, all the glory will return to me!”

Fred Hoyle clenched his fists, his tone icy cold.

Seeing this, the Greenwood Dragon lying nearby secretly shook its head, its gaze becoming incredibly sharp.

Compared to that terrifying man, its own Trainer was significantly inferior.

But the pride of an Overlord True Dragon did not allow it to be defeated again by that seemingly cute but actually powerful chinchilla; it would eventually regain its honor!

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“Very good, a twenty-year-old King Trainer, this year’s National Trainer Cooperation Competition is almost certainly in the bag. It looks like I can lie back and enjoy a championship before I graduate,” Jackson Grant laughed heartily.

“Big brother truly has a far-sighted vision.”

The woman in the cheongsam swallowed hard, finally understanding why her elder brother was favored by their family elders. Just his far-sighted vision was enough for her to learn from for a lifetime.

“This national competition is an opportunity for our family to establish a good relationship with David Jones, I hope you don’t do anything out of infatuation with a man that disappoints me,”

Jackson Grant looked up at his sister with a hint of warning in his tone.

“I’m not someone who can’t see the bigger picture,” the woman said, her face showing a hint of annoyance.

“Good, compared to Richard Goodwin, the immensely talented David Jones is more suitable for our family to invest and befriend,” Jackson Grant chuckled, his mind already made up.

While Rosewood College was in an uproar, the other top four universities of the Flowery Kingdom also heard about David Jones’s breakthrough to King.

There’s a saying that fits well: those who know you best are often not your friends but your rivals!

At that moment, Peony Colledge’s vice-chancellor Jerald Goldsmith, looking at all the materials on David Jones on his desk, let a hint of anger show on his usually calm face.

“What is Rosewood College trying to do? They even used a Six-turns Golden Elixir just to refresh the historical records of the Flowery Kingdom!”

As a high-ranking member of the Flowery Kingdom Trainer Guild, it was easy for Jerald Goldsmith to investigate David Jones’s cultivation trajectory.

David Jones had leapt two major levels in Arcane Star within a year, and apart from the Six-turns Golden Elixir, he couldn’t think of any other possibility.

Besides, in this era of flourishing beast taming civilization, with the strength of Peony Colledge, they could also cultivate a King under the age of 23 by using the Six-turns Golden Elixir at a great cost, thereby artificially refreshing the records of the Origin Emperor. But was it worth it?

Not at all. This approach was not only a huge loss but could also mislead the youth, failing to gain recognition from the Flowery Kingdom Trainer Guild!

A Trainer can only take a Six-turns Golden Elixir once in their lifetime, which if given to a Class VI apex Talent Trainer, would definitely enable a breakthrough to an epic King, but no power was willing to use it in this way.

This is because it is an elixir that could increase the odds of breaking through to Legend, and it can also be taken in conjunction with the Universe Eight-turns Golden Elixir to maximize its effects.

In simple terms, using a Six-turns Golden Elixir to break through to a Class VI King is not just wasteful, it’s far beyond that.

Such an exaggerated act is like using a nuclear weapon that can only be used once to kill a wild boar that could be hunted down with a single gunshot.

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