Although the dragon soul had been sealed in the Dragon Subduing Academy and led a prisoner life, it was still very imposing in the eyes of the students.
At the very least, every great teacher and student who had entered the Dragon Subduing Palace would have a pious attitude, feeling worship for the divine dragon. They wanted to comprehend the stages and obtain the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture.
The dragon soul was used to such a life. It originally thought that things would be the same when it came to the Central Province Academy. But who would have known that the behaviors of the first people it met actually caused it to be so shocked?
Who were these two personal students of Sun Mo?
One was very shocked, but that expression was like how a human saw a rare wild beast. Such an expression was very normal, but there was no fear, panic, or worship at all.
The other one was even more terrifying. She actually ate dragon meat before?
The dragon soul was also an old dog that had been whipped badly by society. So, it could tell that this girl with huge papayas wasn’t joking at all.
“I suddenly feel somewhat uncomfortable and want to rest first.”
The dragon soul transmitted its voice to Sun Mo and immediately transformed into a cloud of green smoke that vanished in the air.
“Haha!”
Sun Mo laughed uproariously.
Li Ziqi was someone who had seen the Ancient Wind King before. In fact, she was even planning on making the Wind King become her spiritual beast. How would she be afraid of a giant dragon?
One must know that giant dragons were recorded in the history of the Nine Provinces.
Bluntly speaking, it was just a species on the edge of extinction. As for the Wind King, it was an elemental lifeform. Everything about it was a mystery.
“Have you really eaten dragon meat before?”
Li Ziqi was curious.
“Yup. Other than the meat being rarer, there’s nothing special. I remember my father instructed the chef to add more salt and to stew it longer.”
Lu Zhiruo licked her lips. “On the other hand, those mushrooms my elder sister found were truly delicious. After consuming them, I would always be able to have a beautiful dream.”
As the two girls chatted, Sun Mo patted Lu Zhiruo’s head.
“System, open the chests. Open three mysterious chests in one go.”
Sun Mo instructed.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
After three clear sounds of the chests opening, a green, black, and golden-colored ball of light floated out from the chests.
Ding!
“Congratulations on obtaining a 100-year time emblem.”
Ding!
“Congratulations on obtaining [Advanced Theories of the Study of Poison]. Proficiency level: expert.”
Ding!
“Congratulations on obtaining a Soul Calming Incense prescription. Proficiency level: expert.”
“This prescription belongs to the type categorized as alchemy pills. After using it, a weak white-colored smoke with a gentle fragrance will be generated. After wild beasts smell it, their minds will calm down intensely, causing the probability of them attacking you to be greatly reduced.”
“Note: If the ferocious beasts absorb too much of the smoke, they may suffer mental damage and paralysis for light cases, death for heavy cases.”
Upon hearing the system’s explanation, Sun Mo revealed a satisfied smile.
(As expected. With my lucky mascot of opening treasure chests here, all good things under the heavens belong to me!)
There was no need to mention the 100-year time emblem. It was a strategic resource and even if it was sold in the merchant store, the price would surely be extremely expensive.
Sun Mo absolutely wouldn’t waste favorable impression points on this.
As for the [Advanced Theories of the Study of Poison], which was also at the expert grade, it could let him immediately use poison and make it a part of his combat strength once he learned it.
Sun Mo had a righteous personality and didn’t wish to depend on poison to harm people. However, one must always be vigilant toward others. So, if he learned a little about the art of poison, he could avoid suffering a disadvantage.
Naturally, the most precious thing was the prescription.
Let alone the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces. Even in the modern era, prescriptions and recipes were still the most valuable items.
The small ones were recipes for braised meat, coke, or the thirteen spices. The large ones involved prescriptions for curing ineradicable diseases. Once someone managed to find something like that, their family could live well for several generations.
This was a money tree.
As for the soul calming incense prescription, although it wasn’t an alchemy pill that one could directly consume, its effect was just as tyrannical.
When students or great teacher groups headed out to temper themselves and explore the Darkness Continent, encountering ferocious beasts was the most common danger. But once you had the soul calming incense, the safety factor would be greatly enhanced.
One could say that as long as the effect of this item was good, it would surely become a must-have item for cultivators when they headed out for training exercises. It would be an item where the supply wouldn’t be able to match up with the demand.
“I’ve struck it rich.”
Sun Mo was joyful for some time before calming down.
There was no solution to it. The current him truly didn’t lack money.
Leaving aside the spirit mine in the Wind King Divine Hall, just the sales produced by the giant medicine packets and spring water beauty medicine packets were enough to give Sun Mo huge amounts of gold every month.
If it wasn’t enough, Sun Mo could just draw a few spirit runes and auction them.
Naturally, this amount of money was more than enough for him to live well. But if he wanted to maintain a school, it was clearly insufficient. After all, schools would need to build new buildings and facilities. They also had to give free education to genius students and provide alchemy pills and monetary rewards.
In the modern era, all these would be provided by the country’s government. But in the Central Province, if he wanted to give all these to the students, it would have to depend on himself.
The Great Tang Emperor actually wanted to give funding for this. But if someone received money from these funds, the money would feel scalding to the touch as they probably had no choice but to work for the Tang Emperor in the future.
“Continue opening. Open another three treasure chests at one go!”
Sun Mo was very composed. With Lu Zhiruo being present, the rate of him opening top-rated stuff was extremely stable.
Ding!
“Congratulations on obtaining a spirit rune design template!”
Ding!
“Congratulations on obtaining a Life Pursuit Pill. Quality: Peerless-grade Saint-tier.”
“This prescription is already lost in this world. Moreover, it requires 100 types of medicinal herbs that are incomparably valuable. The concoction process is filled with difficulty as well. This is why it is extremely valuable.
“If a cultivator consumed this at the Longevity Realm when they encountered a bottleneck, they would instantly break through. However, it is not advised to do so because every level up in the Longevity Realm would bring about a tempering enhancement to your will and spirit if you broke through by yourself.”
Sun Mo fell into contemplation. The explanation of the system revealed a lot of information.
Firstly, because the prescription was already lost, it meant that every Life Pursuit Pill in the Nine provinces was priceless.
This item not only could aid cultivators in breaking through, but it could also extend lifespan.
Being able to live a few more years was a thing humans thirsted after the most.
Hence, this alchemy pill was hard currency. Many kings and emperors would definitely be willing to give you noble titles and many lands in exchange for it.
Moreover, when someone at the Longevity Realm broke through, there wouldn’t merely be an increase in lifespan. If they broke through by themselves, it would enhance their will, vision, and spirit as well. It was like someone from a village arriving in a huge city and traveling to various countries. At that point in time, their world view, ideology, and outlook would change.
If there was no enhancement to their will, vision, and spirit, they would be unable to step into the Legendary Realm.
“So, it’s no longer possible to break through using medicinal pills when you are in the Longevity Realm. It would have to depend on your own comprehension to gain the enhancement.”
Sun Mo understood.
But after thinking about it, it made sense. If one could enter the Longevity Realm just by living for a long time, why were those turtles who lived for 1,000 years or 10,000 years not all at the Legendary Realm?
Li Ziqi and Lu Zhiruo didn’t speak. They were quietly looking at Sun Mo with worship in their gazes.
Their teacher, who was in deep thoughts, was so charming!
It wasn’t enough no matter how much they looked at him.
Ding!
“Congratulations on obtaining 100 average-grade heaven-tier cultivation arts. Proficiency level: Grandmaster.”
This reward also wasn’t bad. Although Sun Mo no longer used average-grade heaven-tier cultivation arts, their expertise level was at the grandmaster level. They could provide him with plenty of experience.
“Next, open the seven-colored diamond treasure chests. Two of them at once.”
Sun Mo instructed.
The chests were instantly opened. A ball shining with golden light floated out.
Ding!
“Congratulations on obtaining a dragon seeking pearl!”
Sun Mo’s eyes brightened.
“Good stuff!”
He had one of these. It was a limited purchase from the merchant store that he had to spend 250,000 favorable impression points on before he purchased it.
The dragon seeking pearl was a mysterious and powerful natural secret treasure. After one infused spirit qi into it, it would be able to point out the most valuable secret treasure in an area.
Its effect was similar to a treasure radar.
If it was used well, the user would surely get high returns.
The other reward was also very good. It was the first part of the Undying Mystic Art.
This was a peerless-grade saint-tier cultivation art as well.
Also, after possessing the first part, this meant that Sun Mo could finally start to train in it. However, he didn’t have the time. He hadn’t even cultivated the Battlegod Catalog and the Great Desolation Dragon Subduing Scripture yet.
“Ai, having too many divine arts is also a type of annoyance.”
Sun Mo sighed ruefully.
If others were to hear Sun Mo’s words, they would definitely spit in his face. Truly, someone with his belly full would never understand the feelings of those who had to go hungry.
“Continue!”
Sun Mo patted Lu Zhiruo’s head.
There were too many good items. As for the rewards Sun Mo would open next, he didn’t really care much anymore. Even if he opened trash for the rest of the treasure chests, he had profited.
Ding!
“Congratulations on obtaining 100 types of mid-tier puppet creation techniques.”
Ding!
“Congratulations on obtaining an illustrated handbook about the rare species on Darkness Continent: Plant edition. 1,000 types of plants. Proficiency level: expert.”
Ding!
“Congratulations on obtaining 3 bottles of Myriad Spirits Divine Oil.”
After hearing this, Sun Mo couldn’t help but glance a few more times at them.
This was a type of grease that could allow one to temper their bodies and minds. There would be a miraculous effect if it was used with the ancient massaging technique.
From the introduction, this was a type of essence extracted from ten thousand plants and animals, which was then refined into divine oil. Its effect was 1,000 times that of the ancient whale oil.
How impressive was it exactly?
For people who frequently used this oil to smear their bodies, even if they used to not be able to sense spirit qi, they could start cultivating after it.
Was the honest guy Qi Shengjia miserable or not?
Yes. However, some people were even more miserable than him. They couldn’t even have the chance to work hard and cultivate.
But now, this bottle of divine oil could give them an opportunity.
One could say that if this type of divine oil could be produced, the entire population in the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces would enter an absolute era of cultivation.
“System, does the merchant store sell this divine oil?”
Sun Mo estimated that this thing should be very expensive.
“Are you dreaming?”
The system spoke in contempt, “Even if they do, you won’t be able to afford it.”
“Why are you so arrogant? Are you looking down on my lucky mascot? Just wait a few days and she will help me to open the prescription for this Myriad Spirits Divine Oil.”
Sun Mo rolled his eyes.
There were two mysterious treasure chests left and Sun Mo decided to open them all.
The first reward was a 100-year time emblem.
The second one was ’10 types of spiritual techniques to summon small birds. Proficiency level: expert’.
One could only say that this was a good thing for other spiritual controllers. But it was useless for Sun Mo. After all, he was someone that had grasped a spiritual divine language like Air Proof.
But he could give this to others.
Sun Mo inhaled deeply. He leaned against the side of the pool and was prepared to close his eyes and rest. After Li Ziqi and Lu Zhiruo left, he would ‘digest’ these rewards.
“I grew stronger again and am not balding yet.”
Sun Mo felt very joyful. But in the blink of an eye, he suddenly furrowed his brows so tightly to an extent where they could squeeze a crab to death. It seemed that he had forgotten something!
