Chapter 18 18. Nine Wonderful Scenes (Part )
Ye Qingcang never fights a battle he is not sure of winning.

In a place where Shrek and his crew couldn't see, he had already done all the work early on. Even if everything went in the worst direction, he had enough backup plans to make the plan proceed as originally planned.

He had been mediocre for fifteen years.

Fifteen years of obscurity.

This eagle's cry, which had been suppressed for fifteen years, might not be much different even if it was not as loud as the bird of the King of Chu that "did not sing for three years but startled everyone with its first cry".

In a word: despise the enemy strategically and take the enemy seriously tactically.

Whether Tang San will become his enemy depends on whether Tang San wants to be his enemy. Anyway, he has set up this pocket formation. If Tang San jumps in, he deserves it. If Tang San doesn't jump in, from now on you walk your own way and I walk mine.

"The pavilion in front is the Water Pavilion in the Nine Wonders, right?" Ning Rongrong was not far from Ye Qingcang. She, Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar were walking at the front of the team, so they were also the closest to Ye Qingcang. It was estimated that the two sides were less than twenty steps apart. "There are more than a hundred True Meaning Trees on the Flower Road. Is there anything magical about the Water Pavilion?"

"Rongrong..." Zhu Zhuqing shook her head meaningfully at Ning Rongrong.

This is a very calm girl.

She is also a very sober girl.

Be it her wrist, vision, or psychological quality, she has reached the limit of her age. Unfortunately, time is the most unreasonable thing. After giving her a hot body that is not suitable for her age, it also found her a strong competitor.

That is her sister, Zhu Zhuyun.

She is also the fiancée of the eldest prince of the Xingluo Empire.

Internal fighting has been a tradition passed down from generation to generation within the Xingluo royal family. The Dai family has a son, and the Zhu family has a daughter. Men and women of appropriate age are picked out from the direct lineage and given the right to choose, allowing them to freely pair up. Then, those singles who have not found a partner are removed and counted as having forfeited, allowing all remaining combinations to fight until the last one is left.

And this last combination is the current Crown Prince and Crown Princess of the Xing Luo Empire.

Also the next emperor and empress.

It's so cruel and twisted that it's unimaginable.

Therefore, the girls from the Dai family and the boys from the Zhu family who are of direct lineage are both lucky.

Unfortunately, Zhu Zhuqing is not this lucky person.

She’s not even a single abstainer.

But a participant in this internal struggle.

Because of this, she knows very well how to write the word "measure".

Ning Rongrong can be so unrestrained because she is the little princess of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. She has Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo backing her up. The entire Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect is her strong backing.

But, she can't.

Because of their friendship, she thought it necessary for her to remind Ning Rongrong that Ye Qingcang was unfathomable, and that being too close and disrespectful to such a person might not be a good thing.

"The pavilion in the water is the place for enlightenment..." Ye Qingcang heard Zhu Zhuqing's reminder to Ning Rongrong, but he just laughed it off. The higher he flew, the more dangerous and insignificant he was in the eyes of those who couldn't fly: "Sitting in the pavilion on the water without waves, the water flows freely without thoughts; the lake surface around the pavilion in the water is related to a person's state of mind. Those who are spotless or have enlightened their minds can walk on the water and enter the pavilion for enlightenment. It is worth mentioning that there are formations around the pavilion in the water, and soul power cannot be used. Therefore, if you want to walk on the water, you need not only to keep your original heart in the illusion, but also the person who steps on the lake needs to be the most Low has the strength of the Skin and Fur Chapter Perfect; Fortunately, the Water Pavilion was not originally intended for ordinary people to use. In theory, people who have perfected the Skin and Fur Chapter can train their peripheral nerves to the extreme and can walk on the water with the help of the buoyancy of the water. However, in the illusion, if you lose your concentration for a moment, you will fall into the water and it will be difficult to move forward. Therefore, the Water Pavilion is an acceleration area specially set up for those students who want to comprehend the true meaning. If you have that kind of hazy feeling that seems to be far away in the sky, and you happen to have credits in your hand, you can try to walk around. You don’t need credits to walk on the water, but you need to pay credits to enter the pavilion. "

"Enlightenment?" Ning Rongrong's pupils trembled, and she looked at the pavilion in the water at the end of the flower path in shock: "Is it the enlightenment that has a very low probability of being triggered?"

Oscar doesn't have as much experience as Ning Rongrong.

In fact, Oscar was not the only one with limited knowledge. Even Zhu Zhuqing, who was born in the Duke's Mansion of the Zhu family, heard the word enlightenment for the first time.

The difference is that Zhu Zhuqing is reserved, while Oscar is much thicker-skinned than Zhu Zhuqing. He also has some small thoughts of admiration for Ning Rongrong, so he asks when he doesn't understand, and chats with Ning Rongrong by the way: "What is enlightenment?"

"It's a kind of..." Ning Rongrong thought for a moment and said uncertainly: "A realm of thought?"

She also didn’t know much about enlightenment.

She was able to understand enlightenment mainly because her Grandpa Jian had once experienced enlightenment. It was because of that enlightenment that her Grandpa Jian broke through the bottleneck of level ninety-five and reached the current level ninety-six. To use the original words that Grandpa Bone described to her at that time, this is a state of mind that is hard to come by by chance. Even for a Titled Douluo, enlightenment is the best opportunity in this life, bar none. Its value is even comparable to that of a hundred thousand year spirit ring or a hundred thousand year spirit bone. However, a hundred thousand year spirit ring or a hundred thousand year spirit bone can be obtained by hunting a hundred thousand year spirit beast, but enlightenment is an opportunity that cannot be obtained artificially. Ninety-nine percent of Titled Douluos have never experienced enlightenment in their entire lives, and for spirit masters below the Titled Douluo, let alone one percent, even one billionth of a chance of enlightenment is not even there.

Think about it, among the one hundred Titled Douluo, at least ninety-nine of them will never achieve enlightenment in their entire lives. How low is the probability of triggering enlightenment?
The rarer and more precious it is, the greater the profit.

This is one of the eternal iron laws in the world of soul masters.

It only takes one day and one night to attain enlightenment.

It can allow a Level 95 Titled Douluo to break through the bottleneck and directly enter Level 96. This incredible benefit is indeed worthy of the triggering probability.

Even though this trigger probability is too touching...

However, if she were asked to describe enlightenment now, she really didn't know how to describe it. Even Grandpa Jian, who had attained enlightenment, could only describe it with four words - mysterious and profound.

The only thing that can be linked to these four words is the realm of thought.

However, Ye Qingcang, who had attained enlightenment hundreds of times, had a different view on this question: "Enlightenment and Taoism, these two words can be separated and interpreted; "Enlightenment" means to comprehend, for example: I read a book and comprehended the knowledge in it; Tao refers to the ultimate truth of heaven and earth, for example: why do apples on a tree fall down to the ground after they are ripe instead of flying up into the sky? Therefore, if we put these two interpretations together again, enlightenment means to comprehend the ultimate truth of heaven and earth, just like reading a book. Every person who has attained enlightenment is also reading a book, but the book they read is different from the books other people read. The book they read is called the world. However, this book called the world contains too much knowledge, and anyone can only comprehend a tiny part of it. Some smart people will rely on these insights to leave something that can be passed on to future generations..."

"Create your own soul skills!"

Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing said the name in unison.

"Yes..." Ye Qingcang confirmed the guess of Ning Rongrong and the other two, but this guess was not entirely correct: "Self-created soul skills are the product of enlightenment, but they are only one of the products. Some people do not comprehend self-created soul skills, but a kind of inexplicable belief; one is limited to skills, easy to learn, and the other is limited to intention, difficult to understand; the disadvantage of self-created soul skills is that there is an upper limit. For example, the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect's distraction and soul control technique can only achieve seven uses with one mind, and the Haotian Sect's Great Sumeru Hammer can only blow up nine soul rings, because soul masters have a maximum of nine soul rings. However, true meaning like sword meaning has no upper limit, or the upper limit of true meaning is created by people. The sword meaning that can be used at level ten can still be used at level ninety-nine, and the benefits to those who have realized the truth are no less than that; the disadvantage is that it is difficult to pass on. There are more than a hundred true meaning trees on the road between flowers. How many later generations can truly comprehend the true meaning from the road between flowers, and how many later generations can pierce the last piece of paper without the help of the pavilion in the water?"

Ning Rongrong and the other two were speechless.

The topic was too profound. Their level of knowledge made it difficult for them to follow the conversation.

They could only follow Ye Qingcang around the lake. After the Shrek group was divided into four levels and reorganized, they walked towards the majestic teaching building in the distance.

The layout of Lan Ba ​​Academy is very peculiar.

The area next to the gate of Lan Ba ​​College is the park, which is also the transportation hub of Lan Ba ​​College. There are three main roads in total, one leading to the student dormitory, one leading to the club activity area, and the last one is the flower path leading to the teaching building.

At the end of the Flower Path is the Water Pavilion, which is actually a large lake with a small pavilion built with enlightenment stone in the middle. A circle of railings and handrails are built around the lake. Whether you walk around the lake from the left or right, you can reach the door of the teaching building.

Behind the teaching building are the playground and training ground.

Behind the playground and training ground are the dormitories for faculty and staff.

The one hundred and fifty students on the three lists of Heaven, Earth and Man are also qualified to live there. The treatment of a single villa is incomparable to that of a four-person dormitory. This is also a privilege given by Blue Bully Academy to top students.

The weak eat the strong, the fittest survive.

We are all civilians, and if we want to stand out, we must work hard!
Maybe it's too cruel, but if you want to stand out after leaving Blue Bull Academy, you may not even be able to do it by trying your best. It also depends on vision and luck. If you are short-sighted and lack luck, you will only kill yourself by trying your best in the end. Blue Bull Academy's teaching philosophy of promoting the capable and demoting the mediocre may seem cruel, but as long as it remains fair and just, it is the greatest fairness to these students of civilian origin!

Want a soul ring?

The teacher from Lan Ba ​​Academy will lead you to hunt.

Want soul bones?

Thanks to alchemy, Blue Bully Academy can have as many soul bones as it wants, and as many years of training as it wants.

Want to create your own soul skills?

The fifth, sixth, and seventh floors of the Blue Bully Academy's library are filled with self-created soul skills.

Want Gold Soul Coins?
There are restrictions on exchanging gold soul coins for credits, but there are no restrictions on exchanging credits for gold soul coins. The prices are clearly marked, and one credit is equal to one hundred gold soul coins. As long as you have credits, you can exchange them for as many gold soul coins as you want.

If you want to get the above treatment, you need to climb up by stepping on the heads of your peers. The aristocracy emphasizes elite education, so the most suitable education for common people is to sift through the sand and pile up quality with quantity.

Maybe we cannot teach every student from sand to gold, but we will try our best to discover every grain of gold from thousands of sands - this is the slogan of Lan Ba ​​Academy written on the wall at the entrance of the teaching building, and it is also the teaching style that Lan Ba ​​Academy has maintained since its establishment!

Unfairness is the fairest fairness!
"Lan Ba ​​Academy is a contradictory academy..." In the office of the dean of teaching in the teaching building, the dean of teaching of Lan Ba ​​Academy bluntly introduced to Shrek and his group who were sitting on the sofa: "Lan Ba ​​Academy is free and has strict rules. Strict rules refer to school rules. School rules cannot be violated. Except for those who make school rules and those who have the right to change school rules, anyone who violates school rules will be punished accordingly. Freedom refers to students. Under the premise of not violating school rules, no one cares what you do, even if you don't attend class. No one will care about you. It all depends on self-consciousness. The cafeteria has free white rice and seaweed soup. Students with credits can eat delicious and spicy food, and even eat spiritual meals every meal. Students without credits can only watch others eat and eat free meals themselves. Lan Ba ​​Academy will not expel any student without reason. Three minor offenses will be converted into one offense, and three offenses will be converted into one major offense. Three major offenses will be expelled. Merits and demerits can be offset. There are also three corresponding system ratings of minor merits, merits, and major merits."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar on Shrek's side.

Spiritual meal!

This is a strange yet familiar word!

The reason why it is unfamiliar is that spiritual food is a product that has only become popular in the last ten years. It is a variety of foods made from various medicinal herbs, various soul beast meats, and various plants. Since these foods have a good nourishing effect on soul masters, they are uniformly named spiritual food by soul masters. The reason why it is not called medicinal food is because medicinal food cannot contain soul beast meat. The advantage of spiritual food is that it can give full play to the characteristics of soul beast meat, nourishing the soul master's body while improving the soul master's cultivation speed. It can be said that this dish is hard to come by.

There are only three spiritual food houses in the world that are responsible for making various spiritual meals. They are located in Tiandou City, the capital of Tiandou Empire, Xingluo City, the capital of Xingluo Empire, and Wuhun City under the jurisdiction of Wuhun Palace. There are no branches and all three are main stores. No one knows the secret recipe to this day. Any soul master can only buy first-hand spiritual meals from the spiritual food houses. In the early years, there were soul masters who dared to spy on the secret recipe. One even kidnapped a chef from the spiritual food house and tortured him brutally. However, after the spiritual food house offered a reward for the lifelong supply of free spiritual meals to anyone who killed this soul master, the head of this soul master was placed at the door of the spiritual food house in less than a day. Since then, no soul master dared to attack the spiritual food house.

Blocking someone's path is like killing one's parents.

Many Soul Emperors broke through the bottleneck of level 69 by eating bowls of spiritual food and became Soul Sages of level 70. The reputation of the Spiritual Food Room is world-famous.

A ground dragon turned over, three thousand gold soul coins.

A dish of stewed red clams with ice lotus, four thousand gold soul coins.

A piece of dragon spine meat, five thousand gold soul coins.

These three dishes are the cheapest dishes in Lingshanfang, which fully explains that practicing is just burning money. Even so, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Family, the Spirit Hall, the Tiandou Royal Family and the Xingluo Royal Family also have a large number of order demand notes with Lingshanfang and are its partners. It is conceivable how much Lingshanfang can improve soul masters.

Ning Rongrong can afford spiritual food.

He has a large family and a lot of wealth, so he's not short of money.

It can be said that most of her level 36 soul power was gained through eating.

Otherwise, it would be very good for her to have a soul power of level 30 or 31 now. How could she be ranked second among the seven monsters in terms of soul power level?
But just because Ning Rongrong can afford it doesn't mean that Flanders and others can afford it too.

In fact, not only Flanders couldn't afford it, even Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai could only have a meal occasionally, and they ate the cheapest kind. Even so, they still felt a deep sense of happiness.

Now you tell me, in Blue Bull Academy, can I use credits to eat spiritual meals every day?

Looking at the questioning expressions of Shrek and his group.

The dean of Blue Tyrant Academy, who was also a middle-aged Soul Saint who looked very serious, couldn't help but laugh. He communicated with Ye Qingcang with his eyes. After getting Ye Qingcang's permission, he casually threw out a shocking piece of news, which was like a bolt from the blue, and stunned all of Shrek and his group:
"Lingshan has been positioned as food from the beginning, not a tonic."

"And the reason why spiritual food is positioned as food is because the soul masters who practice the star martial arts have too much energy demand. If they eat ordinary meals, the students who have just entered the Flesh and Blood Chapter will have to eat by the bucket. For example, they eat one bucket for breakfast, two buckets for lunch, one bucket for dinner, and half a bucket for supper. Even if the cafeteria can provide it, the students' stomachs can't bear it. Therefore, the positioning of spiritual food has been food from the beginning."

"The Spiritual Kitchen is one of the properties of Blue Tyrant Academy. To be more precise, the Spiritual Kitchen is a place for apprentices to practice. The chefs in the Spiritual Kitchen are only assigned to help the chefs in the cafeteria of Blue Tyrant Academy, cutting vegetables, chopping meat, etc."

"Since Blue Tyrant Academy implements a credit system, the price of spiritual food purchased by students will cause the academy to lose money, so we thought of selling spiritual food to recover funds. For example, dragon spine meat that sells for 5,000 gold soul coins outside can be eaten in Blue Tyrant Academy with only three credits. It is worth mentioning that the exchange rate between Blue Tyrant Academy's credits and gold soul coins is always maintained at 1:100, which means that one credit can be exchanged for 100 gold soul coins..."

　One more thing to add: I can guarantee more than 4,000 words every day, but I can't guarantee that it will be two chapters. Sometimes I feel comfortable writing and just follow my mood, and when I look back, it becomes a big chapter of 4,000 words (_|||). So, don't misunderstand me for being lazy, the word count is about the same, don't worry.

　　
　
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