Chapter 532: Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure—Kui Water Essence (Second update, seeking votes)

This is a square jade box, containing a deep blue precious pearl inside, emitting a hazy halo.

However, when Li Changsheng touched it with his hand, he discovered that this was not a precious pearl, but a drop of deep blue liquid, about the size of an adult's fist; on the surface, it looked like a precious pearl, but from the tactile sensation, one could judge that this was a treasure composed entirely of liquid, giving one a feeling somewhat like Heavenly One True Water.

"This thing looks somewhat familiar!"

Li Changsheng scratched his head, closed his eyes, and recalled carefully.

Within the span of a few breaths, Li Changsheng clapped his hands together, a brilliant smile appearing on his face; he already knew what this treasure was.

Kui Water Essence: Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure; while enhancing the damage of Water Attribute skills, it lowers the opponent's speed upon every hit, and automatically grants comprehension of Kui Water Divine Thunder. Note: This item contains a massive amount of Water Attribute energy; do not use it unless you have a Water Attribute Demon Pet of Elite rank or higher, otherwise there is a danger of sudden death.

To think it was another Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure grade treasure!

This time, among the five treasures Li Changsheng obtained, two belonged to the Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure grade, and the Thunder Element Crystal was also comparable in value to a Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure grade treasure.

Not counting the ancient physique-enhancing potion formula, only the Millennium Black Iron had the lowest value.

"Who should I give this to?"

A thought subconsciously surfaced in Li Changsheng's mind, which he immediately cut off.

Only the Giant Whale Kun and the Venomous Flying Dragon met the requirements; given that the latter was a temporary spirit pet, it was naturally best to let the Giant Whale Kun consume the Kui Water Essence, which was also the expression of maximizing benefits.

As for the Venomous Flying Dragon, Li Changsheng decided to wait until after a period of lying low before going to trouble the Demon King-level Hei Long Ha Li Ku Qi again.

Once he obtained the corpse of that ancestral black dragon, he believed the Venomous Flying Dragon's strength would definitely have a qualitative improvement.

Li Changsheng thought for a moment and did not immediately give the Kui Water Essence to the Giant Whale Kun to consume.

The reason was simple: the Giant Whale Kun was currently only at the Leader 6th Rank level, so consuming it now would be a bit of a waste; if he waited until it reached the critical point before consuming the Kui Water Essence, he believed it could leap to the Lord rank.

In the following time, Li Changsheng stayed in the Baisheng King Secret Realm, training his Demon Pets while improving his artifact refining skills.

Because the energy in the Baisheng King Secret Realm was extremely sparse, Li Changsheng had to release the energy of the Yuanhe Ten-Color Pearl from time to time to supply energy for the Demon Pets.

However, doing so required recharging the Yuanhe Ten-Color Pearl from time to time; unlike the outside world where it automatically absorbed energy, in the Baisheng King Secret Realm, Li Changsheng could only continuously shatter Demon Cores to recharge the Yuanhe Ten-Color Pearl.

The higher the rank of the Demon Pets, the more energy was required for daily training; Li Changsheng had to expend hundreds of Soul Crystals every day just to maintain the daily training.

But this was absolutely no problem for Li Changsheng; after all, what he had the most of were Soul Crystals and Demon Cores.

Most of Li Changsheng's artifact refining materials were obtained from the Xiao Clan members who died at his hands, and he also had to continue refining Advanced Treasures to do his homework for refining a Semi-Artifact.

Under the influence of Li Changsheng's incantation, a mass of molten metal in the Jade Dragon Mist Cauldron quickly took shape, finally turning into a metal scepter flickering with cold light.

After the treasure cooled, Li Changsheng reached out and beckoned, and the metal scepter flew automatically into Li Changsheng's hand.

"Not bad, it increases the power of Gold Element skills by 40% and also comes with a certain Armor Breaking ability; its value is already comparable to an ordinary Top-Grade Treasure."

Li Changsheng revealed a smile and put the metal scepter away.

This metal scepter was useless to Li Changsheng; the only Gold Element Demon Pets he possessed were Aixi and Adai.

Among them, Aixi was already carrying two Top-Grade Treasures with even better effects, and Adai itself possessed the ability to ignore defense and was also carrying a Top-Grade Treasure.

Li Changsheng prepared to use this metal scepter treasure for a trade or throw it to an auction house.

In the process of improving himself, time flowed by slowly; at this moment, five days had passed since Li Changsheng entered the Baisheng King Secret Realm.

During these five days, Li Changsheng still lived a fulfilling life.

Besides training his Demon Pets, the rest of the time was spent either refining artifacts or studying knowledge, striving to master this knowledge thoroughly.

Because the Baisheng King Secret Realm lacked equipment and professional training rooms, the training effect for the Demon Pets was naturally far inferior to when they were at the Yuanling Academy, so the progress was naturally not significant.

On this day, Li Changsheng left the Baisheng King Secret Realm directly.

According to common sense, let alone the Seven Luminaries Heaven-Patrolling Incense, even similar higher-grade treasures or Secret Techniques could not lock onto the true culprit after more than five days.

The resentment of Xiao Mu and the others could not possibly be maintained for five days, and the aura Li Changsheng left on their corpses had long since dissipated, so the Seven Luminaries Heaven-Patrolling Incense was naturally powerless.

After leaving the Baisheng King Secret Realm and using the Hundred-Change Thousand-Illusion Mask, Li Changsheng's appearance changed instantly, transforming into a face that even he felt was a stranger's.

Li Changsheng shook his Monster Pet Bag and summoned the Bright Heavy-Pupil Bird.

"Head to the Yuanling Academy from the Gale Layer!"

Li Changsheng straddled the Bright Heavy-Pupil Bird and directed it to fly toward the Gale Layer, avoiding being seen as much as possible.

The Gale Layer was located at an altitude of five or six thousand meters; it was filled with a large amount of Wind Element energy, and astonishing gales often blew there. Even if ordinary flying Spirit Beasts could fly to such a high place, they would not dare to go up, otherwise, what awaited them would often be nothing left but bones.

With the Bright Heavy-Pupil Bird's ability, it could indeed survive in the Gale Layer, but it could not stay for long; if the time was too long, its body would not be able to withstand it.

However, with the protection of the Taiyin Token, the Bright Heavy-Pupil Bird naturally did not need to worry about the gales.

After spending more than three minutes, the Bright Heavy-Pupil Bird finally crashed into the Gale Layer.

This was a pale green ocean where one could often see large amounts of Wind Element energy gathering together to form gusts of gales, and occasionally one could also see the traces of Wind Blades, wind beams, and even wind balls.

Under Li Changsheng's control, the Taiyin Token emitted silvery-white moonlight, completely wrapping the Bright Heavy-Pupil Bird to avoid being affected by the gales.

Suddenly, a pale green gale blew from the front, and the Bright Heavy-Pupil Bird did not dodge, charging directly into the gale.

Like countless tiny blades, the gale fell continuously on the moonlight barrier, causing wisps of ripples.

The ripples were very slight and posed no threat to the Taiyin Token at all.

Of course, this was only the lowest layer of the gale; if it went any higher, the gale would turn into Xun Wind, and at that time, even the Taiyin Token would likely be unable to withstand it for long.

Due to the protection of the Taiyin Token, the Bright Heavy-Pupil Bird's speed was not affected at all as it flew toward the direction of the Yuanling Academy.

Judging by its speed, it would arrive at the Academy District in half an hour.

Along the way, Li Changsheng did not encounter anyone else; there were only so many people in the entire Langya Kingdom who could fly in the Gale Layer, and unless they were kings, no one would fly in the Gale Layer for no reason.

In less than half an hour, the outline of the Academy District was already visible in the distance, and Li Changsheng hurriedly found an uninhabited area and let the Bright Heavy-Pupil Bird land.

After retracting the Bright Heavy-Pupil Bird, Li Changsheng controlled his aura to the Third Rank level before walking toward the Academy District.

After spending more than half an hour, under Ning Bizhen's cover, Li Changsheng snuck into the Yuanling Academy without anyone knowing.

In the Number One Courtyard, after arriving in the bedroom, Li Changsheng and Ning Bizhen snuggled together.

Li Changsheng stroked Ning Bizhen's hair and said gently, "Bizhen, you've worked hard these past few days!"

Without Ning Bizhen's cooperation, it would have been impossible for him to kill Xiao Mu, otherwise, it might have been detected by Dou Yuanbin.

"What's so hard about this?" Ning Bizhen snuggled into Li Changsheng's arms like a kitten.

"How have you spent these past few days? Has anyone been monitoring you in secret?"

Li Zhangsheng began to cross-examine the details.

"Every day, I took one Phantom Face Pill to use Camouflage and appear as you, staying deep within Number One Courtyard and rarely going out. However, starting from the third day, I discovered a Second Grade student secretly monitoring Number One Courtyard, and he had also bribed one of the Servants of the courtyard."

Ning Bizhen recounted everything that had happened over these five days in full detail; the Servants assigned by the Academy were different from outside servants, as often only the Academy held the power of life and death over them.

Li Zhangsheng felt a jolt in his heart; he guessed that this was likely the work of Dou Yuanbin, and it was fortunate that he had Ning Bizhen here to provide cover, otherwise he truly would have been discovered.

"How do you intend to punish them?"

"I plan to expel that Second Grade student, revoke his student status, and issue a notice to the other Academies. As for the Servant who betrayed us, I will just kill them; what do you think?"

Speaking to the end, a rare hint of killing intent appeared in Ning Bizhen's eyes.

Losing one's status as a student of Yuanling Academy, coupled with a notice sent to the other Academies, meant that unless this Second Grade student possessed extremely high talent, he would not be accepted by any other Academy.

In a certain sense, this was no different from killing him.

"Do as you say, but I have two suggestions: don't forget to interrogate that Second Grade student, it would be best to ferret out the person who bribed him, and as for that treacherous Servant, it would be best to kill them in front of the other Servants!"

Li Zhangsheng nodded in agreement and offered his suggestions; this was naturally to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys.

"Alright!"

Ning Bizhen did not object and prepared to go handle it now.

"Wait, look at the gift I brought you this time."

At this moment, Li Zhangsheng took out a wooden pendant and hung it directly around Ning Bizhen's fair, delicate neck.

This was a wooden pendant carved from Yinhun Wood, which could effectively resist abilities related to the soul, spirit, and illusions.

Seeing that Ning Bizhen wanted to decline, Li Zhangsheng pulled out a handful of similar wooden pendants and said, "Look, I still have plenty of these things!"

From that piece of Yinhun Wood, Li Zhangsheng had carved more than ten wooden pendants, and he wore one himself. He did not make the excess Yinhun Wood into rings, but instead ground it into powder to serve as a material for alchemy.

"Then I'll go handle this first!"

After Ning Bizhen left, Li Zhangsheng became a shut-in once again, preparing to wait until his second uncle was about to get married before coming out of seclusion.

(End of this chapter)