Chapter 176 Zhongli Tianyu l
Translator: 549690339
Inside a wooden hut on Crimson Mountain, Chen Mobai sat on his cushion.
On the floor in front of him were the 20 Spirit Stones he had earned from two hard days of chopping logs. He found it quite laborious.
However, chopping logs indeed seemed to be a path to wealth.
This was the amount he earned from selling to Liu Wenbo. If he sold to Yu Lian instead, the earnings would be doubled.
But Chen Mobai remembered the favor he received from Liu Wenbo, when he gifted him the “Sutra of Everlasting Life,” so he decided to give Liu the Red Sun Wood logs.
After this event, their friendship had deepened even further.
“Now I have 50 Spirit Stones, although it’s still a little far from the 90 needed to cultivate the Double Sun Body. However, these Spirit Stones should be enough to last for half a year. Maybe it’s time to start trying?” Chen Mobai muttered to himself.
But finally, he decided to consult with the teachers of the Dance Tool Dao Academy before taking the next step.
Even though he possessed the precious Turtle Shell, which allowed him to freely traverse between two realms, Chen Mobai felt increasingly stretched by his limited energy and found it hard to focus on the best plan he had devised.
He even wondered whether he should abandon the Sutra of Everlasting Life and the Dual Yin-Yang Powers, and concentrate solely on cultivating the Pure Yang Scroll.
He hoped that after the semester began, he could find a teacher who could answer the doubts in his heart.
While immersed in numerous thoughts, Chen Mobai took a rare nap.
The next morning, Chen Mobai left his hut, shouldering a small backpack, and walked on the mountain trail towards the Dance Tool Dao Academy.
“Oh!”
A familiar voice sounded from behind him and Chen Mobai turned his head to look.
He saw a girl with delicate facial features, slightly curly long hair, wearing a white shirt, light-colored coat, and tight jeans that outlined her perfect waist and hip curves. She was floating above a skateboard. It was Meng Huang.
“Why are you here? Are you jogging?” She asked, as she took off her headphones, raising her hand to greet Chen Mobai.
“I’m accustomed to sleeping alone since childhood, so I rented a place.” Chen Mobai gave an excuse but avoided mentioning that his wooden hut was located in the valley below her villa to prevent any misunderstanding.
“Is that so? Then I’ll go ahead, don’t be late!” Meng Huang didn’t suspect anything. She injected her Spiritual Power into the skateboard under her feet, put her headphones back on and sped past Chen Mobai, floating along the winding mountain trail.
“That’s a nice skateboard, I should perhaps consider getting one too,” Chen Mobai took out his mobile phone and started searching for similar products on the ‘Xianmen’ website. He found a variety of prices.
Sorting by price, the most expensive skateboard turned out to be the one Meng Huang had just been using, costing a whopping 880,000 Good Deed Points.
He almost gasped at the price.
Who would dare to charge such outrageous prices?
Chen Mobai clicked to view more details.
Oh, it turns out to be a Rank-2 Magic Artifact.
The core component is an Earth Elemental Magnet. As long as it is within the range of the Starry Earth’s magnetic field, it can freely fly and float according to the terrain, over lakes and mountains.
When he saw Meng Huang only floating along the mountain trail earlier, he thought its functionalities were simple. He didn’t expect Meng Huang was only abiding by traffic regulations and not flying over the mountains.
If he brought this Artifact to the Tianhe Realm, Chen Mobai could sell it for 888 Spirit Stones.
Only if he could afford it. Moreover, it is a Rank-2 Magic Artifact specially designed for the Starry Earth’s magnetic field. If brought to the Tianhe Realm, it would probably become junk.
Checking the time, he felt he might be late and quickly stuck two Godspeed Talismans on himself.
“Hi.”
Half an hour later, Chen Mobai caught up with Meng Huang at the foot of the Dance Tool Dao Academy and greeted her.
“You can go ahead.”
Meng Huang hesitated a bit, seemingly afraid that her presence might impact Chen Mobai’s peace at school, and gently suggested.
“Alright, I’ll go to the auditorium first and reserve a seat for you.”
Chen Mobai misunderstood, thinking that Meng Huang perhaps had something to do.
While the effects of the Godspeed Talisman were still in place, he hopped lightly, instantly crossing several steps. After six or seven bounces, he arrived at the reception platform where he had conversed with Qu Hongyu and Meng Mu last time.
However, the place was now empty.
Chen Mobai followed the arrows marked throughout Crimson Mountain, and after climbing nearly a thousand steps, he finally arrived at an auditorium in the middle of the mountain.
There was a receptionist at the door who let him in after scanning his student ID.
Chen Mobai found a seat in the back corner, continued browsing for similar magic tools like Yuan Magnets Skateboard on his mobile phone, and kept an eye on the door to see when Meng Huang would enter.
However, even when the leaders of the Daoist Academy took the stage to give their speeches, he still didn’t see Meng Huang appear.
“What’s going on?”
He wanted to ask, but then Chen Mobai remembered that he didn’t add her as a friend on his phone.
“Okay, I’ve said my piece. Now let’s invite this year’s Freshman Delegate to the stage.”
The leader of the Dance Tool Dao Academy ended his speech very concisely. Chen Mobai hadn’t even reacted when he already stepped down from the stage.
The Freshman Delegate was a short boy with bangs covering his eyes.
His opening remarks rendered everyone in the audience speechless.
“My name is Zhongli Tianyu.”
“Originally, my first choice was the Kunpeng Daoist Institute, and I was accepted.”
“However, after evaluating my qualifications, they said I was more suited for ‘The Union of Differences’ instead of the ‘Six Resisting Sutra’. So, I had no choice but to come here.”
“That’s all, done!”
After he finished speaking, he walked straight off the stage and returned to his seat in the first row.
Only one thing came to Chen Mobai’s mind.
This guy is pretty arrogant.
Not just him, the whole auditorium, including the new students attending the orientation ceremony and those who have been studying for several years, all looked indignantly at Zhongli Tianyu.
“Is he the monster who established his foundation before entering school?”
“Yes, from the Zhongli family of the Mysterious Heavenly Cave, after all, he’s a descendant of a Divinity Transformation ancestor.”
“No wonder he is so arrogant, he really has the means to back it up.”
After hearing these remarks, Chen Mobai felt they were correct.
If he had such a background and had already established his foundation, he suspected that he would probably be more arrogant than this kid.
“Now let’s invite our student representative to the stage…”
The subsequent ceremony went by for Chen Mobai who thought the opening ceremony of one of the four great Daoist Academies would be interesting, only to find it wasn’t much different from high school.
Despite the opening ceremony being over, he still hadn’t seen Meng Huang. He was about to leave when a call from an unknown number reached him.
After hesitating a bit, Chen Mobai answered.
“Hello, I’m the assistant guidance counselor from the academy. As your mentor, Master Shaoyang, is in seclusion, I will be guiding your cultivation temporarily to avoid affecting your studies. Are you available now?”
“Yes.”
“Good, please come to the principal’s office in the mountain-top teaching building. I’m waiting for you here.”
When the call was over, Chen Mobai suddenly realised.
The principal’s office!
The principals of the four great Daoist Academies are all Nascent Soul experts, aren’t they!
Why choose this place to meet?