Chapter 98: Traps Everywhere

As soon as he returned to the courtyard, Li Zhangsheng opened the lid of the incubator. The inside of the incubator was quite unique, featuring ten grooves slightly larger than a fingernail, used to inlay ten Demon Cores of different attributes.

Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Thunder, Ice, Light, and Darkness; by utilizing a combination of ten different energies, it created the most suitable incubation environment for a Fairy Egg, with the goal of accelerating the egg's hatching.

Of course, this could also significantly increase the hatching probability of the Fairy Egg, avoiding it becoming a Dead Egg due to environmental reasons.

Li Zhangsheng was not lacking in ten-attribute Demon Cores.

After inlaying the Demon Cores, Li Zhangsheng began to turn the handle to expand the incubator's area. After adjusting it to the appropriate size, he placed the Fairy Egg inside and finally closed the lid.

After pressing the switch, the incubator began to operate.

It did not immediately simulate the environment, but instead detected the attributes of the Fairy Egg.

The next moment, the ten Demon Cores began to release energy, and one could see multicolored energy radiating outward, simulating an incubation environment suitable for the Fairy Egg.

The energy released by the ten Demon Cores varied in amount; some were not even activated, which was mainly related to the basic information of the Fairy Egg.

In an instant, the interior of the incubator was filled with misty energy; among it, the Water Attribute energy adjusted the humidity, the Fire Element and Ice Attribute adjusted the temperature, the Light Element simulated sunlight, the Darkness simulated darkness, and the Wind Element created a light breeze... in short, each had its own wonderful use!

"The cost-performance ratio is very high!" Feeling that the Fairy Egg's vital signs seemed to show signs of activity, Li Zhangsheng could not help but have a few more expectations.

Perhaps it would not take long before it could complete hatching!

Seeing the efficacy of the Advanced Incubator, Li Zhangsheng clearly attached much more importance to Academic Credits, because this kind of incubator was difficult to buy outside. He began to ponder how he could obtain a large amount of Academic Credits.

With his current strength, if he went to do missions, he could only accept low-level missions, and the gains would definitely not be great. To accumulate enough Academic Credits to exchange for the Intermediate Demon Taming Art, it would take at least several months.

And that was just for the cheapest Intermediate Demon Taming Art; if it were an Intermediate Demon Taming Art costing one thousand Academic Credits, he feared it would take a year.

At his cultivation speed, in a year's time, he feared he would already be a Third-rank Royal Beast Master.

"It seems I can only use money to smash my way through; sell the Superior Quality Lark to gather Academic Credits!" Although the Healing Spring and Sacred Water could bring Li Zhangsheng a steady stream of income, this would require a very long period of time.

He could not wait, and he could not afford to wait!

Because he was the master of the Number One Courtyard!

The Number One Courtyard could be said to be the focus of the new students, almost representing the position of hegemon among the new students.

Yet he was only a First-rank Beast Master, with no deterrent power to speak of; it was inevitable that many excellent new students would challenge him, especially those three Second-tier Students.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, if the Number One Courtyard were taken away, it would be no different from being slapped in the face in public.

In this life, one cannot help but care about fame and fortune!

Li Zhangsheng was a worldly person, so it was understandable that he valued fame and fortune.

To keep the Number One Courtyard, Li Zhangsheng had to improve his strength, especially by becoming a Second-rank Beast Master as soon as possible; while increasing his win rate, it could also bring a certain deterrent effect to other new students.

After making his decision, Li Zhangsheng took out the Jade Bottle gifted by Instructor Ning Bizhen and poured out a jade-green Alchemical Pill. This was the Concentration Pill, which could significantly speed up the condensation of Mental Power.

The Concentration Pill melted upon entering his mouth, turning into a warm current that flowed directly along his meridians into his Consciousness Sea.

In Li Zhangsheng's Consciousness Sea, 23 starlights had already condensed, slowly rotating around the Soul Light Sphere.

Under the influence of this warm current, the Soul Light Sphere became significantly more active, beginning to produce a large amount of Mental Power, which turned into surging waves of spirit that rapidly scoured a dark area.

Within the span of a few breaths, the darkness in this area was completely dispelled. At the same time, a dim starlight was born, which was polished to become increasingly brilliant under the scouring of the spirit waves.

Judging from the progress, he could finish one starlight in two days!

At his current cultivation speed, he feared it would take less than a month to gather 36 starlights and complete a breakthrough in his realm.

The bright moon was obscured by dark clouds, and the vast earth fell into darkness.

Suddenly, a figure appeared. After looking around, the figure quickly climbed up the wall of the backyard of the Number One Courtyard. This figure was wearing student attire; judging from the features on the attire, this was a Second Grade student.

In order to increase the vigilance of the new students and let them grow up faster, the Yuanling Academy would also frequently set tasks for senior students, letting them launch sneak attacks on the new students from time to time.

On the first day of school, Li Zhangsheng became a target; one did not know whether to call him lucky or unlucky.

"Number One Courtyard, must be careful!" After climbing the wall, this Second Grade student named Qing Cang observed carefully and saw that the backyard was pitch black, with only the room located in the central area emitting light.

As a Second Grade student, Qing Cang was also executing such a mission for the first time, and he had no experience to speak of in this regard. However, before coming, the Academy had provided him with the structural diagram of the Number One Courtyard.

Judging from the structural diagram, that room emitting light was the master bedroom of the Number One Courtyard, and his target was very likely there.

As long as he snuck in, the chance of success was high.

In order to avoid being detected by the new student, Qing Cang did not release his Mental Power. After finishing his observation, he flipped and jumped down from the wall, landing steadily on the ground of the backyard.

"Number One new student, you're unlucky to have met me!" Qing Cang thought to himself. His footsteps were silent as he slowly approached the master bedroom. Who would have thought that after only a few steps, he would step on a dead branch, making a 'Crack!' sound, which was particularly obvious in the silent darkness.

"Damn it!" Qing Cang felt a tightness in his heart and hurriedly quickened his pace, lunging toward the direction of the master bedroom. Once discovered by the other party, it meant the mission had failed.

For a sneak attack mission, if the new student who was the target of the sneak attack detected it in advance, it meant the mission had failed, and naturally, there would be no reward to take.

Yet at this very moment, Qing Cang's foot went empty, and before he could react, he fell into a trap three or four meters deep.

This was a chain trap. At the same time he fell into the trap, a bucket on a nearby big tree tilted instantly, and countless soil poured down, making Qing Cang look disheveled and covered in dirt.

"Ptooey, ptooey! Bastard, who would set traps in their own home!" Qing Cang spat. Fortunately, the trap was not very deep, and he was not injured. With his physical fitness, it only took him a few moments to climb out of the trap.

This time, Qing Cang did not continue to move, but waited for a while, listening to the sounds around him. After finding that there was no movement in the courtyard, he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

With such a big commotion, the other party actually did not hear it; Qing Cang felt he had had great luck.

A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit; Qing Cang was clearly becoming cautious. Risking being detected by the courtyard master, he began to release his Mental Power to explore the surrounding ground.

"Holy crap, so many traps, what exactly is this new student thinking?" Under the feedback of his Mental Power, Qing Cang discovered many similar simple traps, which made his scalp tingle; this opponent seemed quite cautious.

It turned out that Li Zhangsheng had instructed the Burrowing Mouse that as long as it was night, except for one 'path', the Burrowing Mouse could dig holes and set traps in both the front and back yards at will.

As long as it was early morning, the Burrowing Mouse would refill the soil, and such a cycle would greatly ensure Li Zhangsheng's privacy while also preventing sneak attacks.

Digging could be said to be the instinct of the Burrowing Mouse; not only was it without any difficulty, but it was also tireless in doing so, wishing it could turn the entire courtyard into an underground labyrinth.

After remembering the location of the traps, Qing Cang moved again, carefully avoiding the traps one by one, and it looked like he was about to approach the house.

Swish~

Suddenly, Qing Cang's right foot tightened; he had stepped on an inconspicuous green vine. The next moment, the green vine contracted instantly, and a bent tree branch not far away rebounded instantly. Under a huge pulling force, Qing Cang flew up involuntarily, eventually hanging upside down under a big tree.

(End of chapter)