Chapter 586: Two and a Half World Strange Treasures (Second Update, Requesting Everything)

"Forget it, things will straighten out when they reach the bridge!"

Li Zhangsheng could only temporarily give up the idea of searching for the Star Palace; after all, it was very unrealistic, and the most important thing right now was the Academy Exchange Tournament.

At this moment, Li Zhangsheng took out the sheepskin scroll again to check the requirements for upgrading from the sixth rank to the seventh rank.

"Six drops of Three Lights Divine Water, three drops of Heavenly One True Water, and Kui Water Essence!"

Seeing the content above, Li Zhangsheng smiled bitterly and shook his head; he was afraid it would be difficult to gather them in a short time.

Li Zhangsheng had fused a total of eight drops of Three Lights Divine Water, and after using four drops, four remained, still two drops short of the requirement.

Three Lights Divine Water was difficult to collect, so Li Zhangsheng could only fuse Sunlight Divine Water, Moonlight Divine Water, and Starlight Divine Water; however, he still had one bottle of Sunlight Divine Water left in his hand and was missing the other two types of divine water.

As for the Heavenly One True Water, he did still have a gourd of it, which he had obtained from the Xiao Clan Leader, Xiao Mu.

Additionally, this gourd was also a rather peculiar Strange Treasure; it could produce one drop of Heavenly One True Water every three months, which was equivalent to a mobile resource point.

As for the final Kui Water Essence, Li Zhangsheng had once obtained a portion, but unfortunately, it had already been absorbed by Datou.

"I hope Bizhen and Dou Yuande can manage to collect them!"

Li Zhangsheng felt somewhat helpless; he currently had three channels for collecting treasures, and besides Ning Bizhen and Dou Yuande, there was also the Starry Sky Auction House.

Ever since the Tiantai Auction House expressed friendliness, the two major auction houses had entered into a relationship of friendly mutual assistance, and the Starry Sky Auction House had used this to overcome its crisis.

Besides this, with Li Zhangsheng's tacit approval, the Starry Sky Auction House had also established cooperative relationships with some small and medium-sized auction houses.

From time to time, the Starry Sky Auction House would hand over some secondary auction items to these small and medium-sized auction houses to auction off; these secondary items all came from Li Zhangsheng, so there would not be any negative impact.

In exchange, these small and medium-sized auction houses would collect treasures for the Starry Sky Auction House or provide information on relevant treasures; the greater their contribution, the more secondary items the Starry Sky Auction House would provide.

In this way, it could be considered the initial formation of a chain of interests; as long as enough time passed, they could completely use interests as a bond to establish connections with the forces behind these auction houses, eventually forming a community of interests.

However, this would take time.

"Wait until tonight to test the effect of the Six-Rank Star Palace Lotus Platform!"

Li Zhangsheng glanced at the sky; it was now past dusk, and there was still an hour or two until night.

Judging from the cloudless weather, tonight would be another good time for cultivation.

If the auxiliary efficacy of the Six-Rank Star Palace Lotus Platform reached expectations, Li Zhangsheng was confident he could reach the Fifth Rank critical point within ten days, thereby breaking through to the Sixth Rank or even Pseudo-King.

Li Zhangsheng began to prepare food for himself and his Demon Pets; besides some Fairy Food, it was mainly some meat.

The body size of most Demon Pets was there, and just the daily consumption required a large amount of food; of course, one could also use Demon Cores to replace part of the food.

Even so, just filling the stomachs of these Demon Pets every day cost anywhere from dozens to hundreds of Soul Crystals, which ordinary people simply could not afford to raise.

However, many times Li Zhangsheng would take his Demon Pets into the wild to hunt; as long as they hunted a few large Spirit Beasts or one or two extra-large Spirit Beasts, they could satisfy the Demon Pets' food for the day.

Now that it was the period of the Academy Exchange Tournament, part of the food would be supplied by the organizing committee, and the rest would be provided by the Academy, so Li Zhangsheng did not need to spend any effort on it.

At a little past five o'clock, one Jipu Moore beast after another flapped their wings, pulling large carriages, and stopped in the courtyard.

The carriages were piled with the carcasses of Giant Pig Beasts; this was a type of Spirit Beast extremely suitable for farming, possessing the various advantages of low strength, docile temperament, short cycles, and fast reproduction.

An adult Giant Pig Beast was about five meters long and two meters high, and it only took one year to be ready for slaughter, becoming the preferred food for most Demon Pets.

One Cyclops after another jumped down from the carriages; they were incomparably strong and began to move the carcasses of the Giant Pig Beasts.

At the same time, an Instructor began to activate the Restriction installed in the courtyard, continuously scanning deep into the carcasses of these Giant Pig Beasts; if anyone had "added ingredients" inside, they would be scanned out.

Now was a critical period; if the condition of the Demon Pets declined, it would have very serious consequences in critical matches.

Such things had not failed to happen in the history of the Academy Exchange Tournament; in fact, they had happened many times, and in order to achieve their goals, some academies were completely unscrupulous.

Better safe than sorry; for an academy with a long history like the Yuanling Academy, it could be said they had very rich experience in this regard.

This year's Yuanling Academy was much more cautious than in previous years, even giving people a neurotic feeling; for example, the food delivered, after one Instructor finished checking, another Instructor would check, and finally, the Academy's top management would conduct the final gatekeeping.

One could not blame them for being cautious; this year was a critical year for the Yuanling Academy, as they had hope of winning the seat of the number one academy.

If a mistake occurred because of this, they would likely feel like dying.

Not long after, the inspection was completed, and the carcasses of the Giant Pig Beasts were piled up like a mountain, available for Li Zhangsheng and the others to choose from.

Soon, Li Zhangsheng had Adai move more than ten processed Giant Pig Beast carcasses to the backyard.

Most Demon Pets liked to eat raw meat, but Kailan, Baitan, Heiye, the Crowned Blazing Flame Bird, and the Bright Heavy-Pupil Bird liked to eat cooked food.

Under Kailan's control, dozens of vines drilled out from the ground and lifted a Giant Pig Beast up.

Chirp~

The Crowned Blazing Flame Bird let out a clear cry, opened its beak to spray a flame that was red with white, and began to scorch the Giant Pig Beast.

The Crowned Blazing Flame Bird controlled the flames, not burning the vines at all, and even the temperature was controlled within a certain range, so these vines showed no signs of withering.

At this moment, Baitan condensed a Blazing Light Sword, controlling the Light Flame Giant Sword to continuously hack at the Giant Pig Beast's carcass, cutting out similar thicknesses so that the Crowned Blazing Flame Bird could better roast these parts.

Heiye condensed a large black energy hand to evenly spread a large amount of sauce onto the Giant Pig Beast.

The Bright Heavy-Pupil Bird gathered Sacred Water and continuously sprinkled it onto the Giant Pig Beast to dispel the fire energy, waste gas, and impurities.

With the skillful cooperation of the Demon Pets, in less than five minutes, a Giant Pig Beast roasted until it was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside was finished.

The five Demon Pets began to feast; their appetites were not very large, and one Giant Pig Beast was completely enough.

Li Zhangsheng casually grabbed a Giant Pig Beast leg and then took out a jar of Life Water to use as a drink.

With Kailan's growth, the production of Life Water had increased significantly, and it could condense several jars a day; Li Zhangsheng often took out the excess Life Water to serve as auction items for the Starry Sky Auction House.

The healing effect of Life Water was not at all inferior to Mid-grade Healing Pills, and it even had the effect of restoring vitality, which had truly earned Li Zhangsheng quite a lot of resources.

When night fell, Li Zhangsheng practiced in the backyard; he sat cross-legged on the Six-Rank Star Palace Lotus Platform and began to refine his Mental Power.

In the night sky, the Four Symbols Constellations flickered, merging into a pillar of starlight that instantly fell onto Li Zhangsheng, shrouding him in starlight.

Among them, in the Northern Black Tortoise Constellation, a total of five constellations cast down starlight, while the rest all appeared dim.

The further one went with the Star Apertures, the greater the difficulty of opening them; for the same sixth Star Aperture, the difficulty of the Black Tortoise exceeded the White Tiger, and the White Tiger exceeded the Vermillion Bird, and so on.

However, Li Zhangsheng could feel that the sixth Star Aperture of the Black Tortoise was already on the verge of completion, and he hoped to use the Six-Rank Star Palace Lotus Platform to open the sixth Star Aperture of the Black Tortoise tonight.

Compared to last night, due to the Six-Rank Star Palace Lotus Platform, the Starlight Power cast down this time had another significant increase, and Li Zhangsheng's cultivation speed had improved once again.

In the rich starlight, Li Zhangsheng had no distracting thoughts and quickly absorbed this starlight.

Aside from the cultivation amplification, the violent factors of these Starlight Power were almost entirely removed, and they were very easy to digest and absorb, which to a certain extent also accelerated his cultivation speed.

Very quickly, an hour passed, and a milky-white spot of light appeared under Li Zhangsheng's armpit, suddenly blooming with brilliant and dazzling radiance.

With the help of the powerful auxiliary effects of the Six-Rank Star Palace Lotus Platform, Li Zhangsheng successfully opened the sixth Star Aperture of the Xuanwu Constellation—Room Fire Pig!

After being saturated with Starlight Power, the Room Fire Pig Star Aperture faded and disappeared.

Li Zhangsheng did not stop his cultivation, and only stopped when he was on the verge of his limit.

"If the fifth-rank can only amplify by 1.5 times, then now it is two times!"

Li Zhangsheng opened his eyes, and a smile appeared in them.

The third-rank provides a one-fold amplification, the fifth-rank a 1.5-fold amplification, and the sixth-rank a two-fold amplification; at his current cultivation speed, it will definitely take less than ten days to reach the Fifth Rank critical point.

As for exactly how many days, it mainly depends on the weather.

If it remains as starry and cloudless as it is tonight, Li Zhangsheng is confident he can reach the critical point within five days.

This is the limitation of the Star-Light Demon Taming Art; when the weather is good, one gets twice the result with half the effort, and when the weather is bad, one gets half the result with twice the effort.

If conditions allow, Li Zhangsheng plans to refine a treasure that can disperse clouds, though the cost would certainly be high.

If that doesn't work, he can only wait until Aixi and the other Demon Pets reach the Demon King level to forcibly disperse or evaporate the clouds in the sky.

However, this is a thankless task, and even for a Demon King level Demon Beast, it would take quite a bit of effort.

The Six-Rank Star Palace Lotus Platform turned into a stream of light, instantly rushing into Li Zhangsheng's acupoint between his eyebrows and disappearing.

In his Consciousness Sea, the position of the Six-Rank Star Palace Lotus Platform was significantly deeper than before, only slightly lower than the Taiyin Token.

The Six-Rank Star Palace Lotus Platform has officially reached the level of a World Wonder, though it is at the bottom tier and still has a certain gap compared to the Taiyin Token.

However, as long as Li Zhangsheng continues to improve its rank, it will definitely surpass the Taiyin Token in the future; this is a certainty.

In this way, Li Zhangsheng possesses two and a half World Wonders, among which the Taiyin Token belongs to the combined type of World Wonder and can only be counted as half a piece, but even if it is only half a piece, its rank is still above the Six-Rank Star Palace Lotus Platform.

As for the Xuan Kun Creation Stele, that can only be considered a broken World Wonder, not even counting as half a piece.

(End of this chapter)