Chapter 192: Vice Principal Xu's Personal Collection Room (First update, seeking subscriptions)

Led by Vice Principal Xu, Li Zhangsheng soon arrived deep within the building.

Vice Principal Xu's collection room naturally came with some powerful Restrictions; a layer of light film covered the stone door of the collection room, with only one spot left uncovered, where a fist-sized groove sat, as if the stone door could only be opened by inserting the specified token.

Vice Principal Xu did indeed take out a token, and this token matched the groove on the stone door.

Unexpectedly, Vice Principal Xu did not place the token into the groove on the stone door, but instead pressed a spot on the wall to the side, where a similar groove was then revealed.

Without hesitation, Vice Principal Xu placed the token into the groove.

What kind of maneuver is this?

Watching Vice Principal Xu's slick maneuver, Li Zhangsheng felt his brain nearly short-circuit; there's such a maneuver? He had learned something new!

Was the groove on the stone door a trap? Or was that not Vice Principal Xu's collection room?

Click, click, click—

To Li Zhangsheng's surprise, the light film on the stone door vanished, and the door began to move slowly to the side; when it came to a complete stop, it revealed a secret passage leading downward.

Alright, the groove on the stone door was very likely a trap! If someone mistakenly thought they had stolen Vice Principal Xu's token and placed it into the groove on the stone door, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Seeing this scene, Li Zhangsheng secretly heightened his vigilance; in the future, if he encountered the legacy of a predecessor, he must be on high alert. If that predecessor had the same habits as Vice Principal Xu, he would be able to avoid similar traps.

Dozens of Night Pearls were embedded in the ceiling of the secret passage, emitting bright radiance like daylight, dispelling the surrounding Darkness.

"Alright, let's go down!"

Li Zhangsheng nodded and followed Vice Principal Xu into the secret passage.

Upon reaching the end, a room appeared, containing several bookshelves.

On every bookshelf, dozens of boxes of varying sizes and specifications were placed; these boxes were large and small, and their materials were not the same—there were wooden boxes, stone boxes, Iron Boxes, and Jade Boxes; Li Zhangsheng even saw a box crafted from Soul Crystals.

"These are my collectibles; you may choose one at will!"

After Vice Principal Xu finished speaking, he stood to the side and closed his eyes to rest.

Li Zhangsheng nodded and slowly walked to the nearest bookshelf; none of these boxes were locked, and they could be opened and inspected at will.

Furthermore, an introduction to the relevant item was engraved on every box.

Li Zhangsheng opened the nearest Iron Box, revealing a crystal-clear precious pearl.

Linglong Precious Pearl: Advanced Water-type Treasure, can increase the power of Water Attribute skills by 30%.

In terms of value, an Advanced Treasure is worth at least a hundred Soul Crystals, with the specific value depending on the Treasure's efficacy.

After reading the introduction, Li Zhangsheng began to examine the other treasures.

Fengyao Stone: Can be used to craft top-tier Wind Element Treasures!

Essence of Earth: Can be absorbed by Earth Element Demon Pets to increase their probability of breaking through their realm! Note: The higher the rank of the Demon Pet, the lower the probability of breakthrough.

Space Ring: Contains thirty cubic meters of space!

Water Spirit Grass: Heaven and Earth Essence, containing Rich Water Attribute energy essence; if given to a Spirit Beast of the same attribute to absorb, it has a certain chance to increase the quality of that Water Attribute Spirit Beast, depending on the Spirit Beast's original quality—the higher the quality, the lower the chance. Note: Do not allow non-Water Attribute Spirit Beasts to absorb it, otherwise there is a danger of exploding!

Soon, Li Zhangsheng finished looking at all the treasures.

These Treasures were roughly divided into five categories: broadly speaking, Advanced Treasures, Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, rare materials, Exotic Beast corpses, and Treasures related to Monster Tamers.

These treasures might be useless to Vice Principal Xu, but Li Zhangsheng was different; he wished he could pocket all the Treasures.

Unfortunately, he could only choose one!

"I should try my special ability first!" Li Zhangsheng thought to himself, projecting his Mental Power to sense the energy fluctuations of these treasures.

Vice Principal Xu glanced at Li Zhangsheng but did not say anything; this was normal, wasn't it?

Among these treasures, some had no energy fluctuations, or their energy was extremely restrained; he could only sense the treasures emitting energy fluctuations.

The collection room was not large, and Li Zhangsheng's Mental Power was sufficient to cover the entire room.

The next moment, a radar-like image appeared in Li Zhangsheng's mind, with nearly a hundred bright light spots appearing on it.

Among them, a few light spots were brighter than the others, such as the Fengyao Stone, Water Spirit Grass, etc.; these few light spots were almost all in the category of Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure.

What Li Zhangsheng found strange was that two of the light spots were superimposed on each other; one light spot emitted a pure earthy-yellow halo, while the other emitted ten-colored radiance—the intensity of the energy fluctuation emitted by the latter was absolutely the strongest he had ever seen in his life!

Following the location of the two light spots, Li Zhangsheng stood in front of the first bookshelf he had inspected; there was only one stone box at the bottom of the bookshelf, and this stone box was very large, with a space of several cubic meters.

Li Zhangsheng had naturally opened this huge stone box; inside was a complete Exotic Beast corpse.

Ice Rat Corpse: A giant rat, living under ice year-round, weighing a thousand catties, its meat is edible. Clothing and bedding made from its fur are Superior Quality for cold protection; using its skin to cover a drum, its sound can travel a thousand miles; its hair can summon rat-kind. Due to some special reason, the vitality of its flesh and blood has been preserved almost perfectly.

The Ice Rat belongs to the category of High-level Exotic Beast; as long as it reaches adulthood, it can become a Fifth Rank Demon Pet.

This Ice Rat corpse was preserved extremely completely; Li Zhangsheng could not even find a wound, giving one the feeling that it had died of natural causes.

"This Ice Rat corpse was discovered by this old man seven years ago; the cause of death is unknown, there are no external injuries, and its corpse has never shown signs of decay. This old man guesses that it might have eaten some Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure which caused its death, while also keeping its corpse from rotting. Its flesh and blood vitality is also preserved intact, almost the same as when it was alive. This old man once wanted to dissect it, but that would have ruined this rare collectible, so it has just been kept here like this!"

Without knowing when, Vice Principal Xu had appeared behind Li Zhangsheng.

In Vice Principal Xu's view, the Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure eaten by the Ice Rat must have already been digested and fused with the Ice Rat, otherwise how could the Ice Rat's flesh and blood vitality be guaranteed? However, although such treasures were rare, it was not as if Vice Principal Xu had never obtained them. Coupled with the fact that such a complete Ice Rat corpse was too rare, Vice Principal Xu had no thoughts of dissecting it, so the Ice Rat corpse was preserved and became a collectible.

Using the corpses of powerful Spirit Beasts as collectibles is not an uncommon situation; firstly, they can be appreciated by others, secondly, they possess a certain collection value, and thirdly, they can indirectly set off the owner's power.

With almost no hesitation, Li Zhangsheng pointed at the Ice Rat corpse and said, "Principal, I choose this one!"

(End of chapter)