Protect Our Clan Leader

Chapter 2260: Chapter 262: The Wang Family’s Powerful Heritage! Focused Attention from the Whole World (3)

After everyone had settled in and taken a brief rest, Liu Gaoliang led the excited scholars out for a tour, visiting some of Xinping Town’s unique locations, such as the large docking bay filled with flying boats.

All the way, they were nothing but astonished.

Some had been to the National Capital of Da Zhou, but compared to this place, it was like a remote countryside corner—two completely different worlds.

Here, any random person was at least in the Vital Energy Refining Realm, with most adults at the mid-late stage of Vital Energy Refining Realm, and Spirit Platform Realm cultivators could be seen everywhere. You could throw a brick and hit two or three of them.

These were all “Spirit Platform Old Ancestors,” and even in a 7th-rank Aristocratic Family, those in the Spirit Platform Realm would be clan elders, figures of considerable authority.

Here, they’re just passersby.

There were even huge Spirit Beasts strutting down the street, occasionally stopping to take out Spirit Stones to purchase items, indistinguishable from ordinary people except in appearance.

The other pedestrians on the street and the shopkeepers along the roadside were evidently accustomed to these sights, looking entirely unfazed.

“Up ahead is Zhī Wǔ Street.”

Liu Gaoliang led the Great Zhou Scholars to a bustling street.

The shops along the street sold all kinds of weaponry, Spirit Pills, Profound Martial cultivation techniques, and there was even an array of splendid Profound Martial halls.

“A Spiritual Artifact, and this top-grade one is just displayed in a cabinet for sale like this? Hmm, priced at nine thousand lower-grade Spirit Stones! So expensive, I will never be able to afford it in my lifetime.”

“This… shouldn’t Heavenly Spirit Pills be auctioned? Yet here they’re directly for sale… and not just Heavenly Spirit Pills, you can even buy Bone Marrow Cleansing Pills at any time for one thousand eight hundred lower-grade Spirit Stones… but they must be registered, limited to one purchase. Ugh, selling me wouldn’t be worth that much.”

Faced with these dazzling goods, the Great Zhou Scholars had only one thought in their minds—why am I so poor?

“Don’t be discouraged, everyone.” Liu Gaoliang smiled encouragingly, “Here, there are still many opportunities to make money. After you enroll, you can either work hard to earn study points or find a job to do some part-time work. Did you see Senior Sister Dongfang Lingrou earlier? She’s an Alchemist, and she works part-time in the Wang Family Pill Refining Department. The money she earns in a year… sigh~ so enviable.”

An Alchemist~

Everyone showed eyes full of envy.

It’s well known that being an Alchemist is a very lucrative profession, but to cultivate an Alchemist requires not just talent but also a massive amount of investment; without family support, it’s not easy to rise in the ranks.

“Senior Brother Liu, is there a way to make money quickly?” someone else asked.

“Quick money? Sure.” Liu Gaoliang smiled mysteriously, “Do you see those few arenas in the center of Zhī Wǔ Street? If you can show enough combat prowess, you can find a job at the Profound Martial hall, provided you have the Spirit Platform Realm cultivation base.”

Upon hearing this, most people’s eyes dimmed, save for two or three who were eager to give it a try, especially Li Mingtang of the Grade Eight Prominent Family.

At thirty-one years old, he had already reached the Spirit Platform Realm, making him quite a renowned young elite in his local area.

Being Profound Martial cultivators, everyone naturally had a keen interest in friendly duels, soon crowding around Liu Gaoliang to the front of the arenas.

The first ten or so arenas were intended for the Spirit Platform Realm, and they were quite advanced, made from precious materials, and equipped with protective arrays to prevent spectators from being accidentally injured during duels.

However, these arenas were not free to use. To activate a Spirit Platform Realm arena once, ten lower-grade Spirit Stones must be paid.

At that moment, several arenas were in use, with Profound Martial cultivators exchanging moves and Spiritual Artifacts being deployed—each displaying quite formidable abilities.

“In Changning Guard, private dueling is prohibited. Cultivators use the arena either to resolve disputes and conflicts or to challenge famous experts and make a name for themselves,” Liu Gaoliang explained, “If you have enough strength and can rank in the top hundred of the Spirit Platform List, you’ll hit the jackpot!”

“Top hundred of the Spirit Platform List?” Li Mingtang seemed eager to give it a try.

He prided himself on having uncommon aptitude, being a Second Rate Supremacy with the Heavenly Arrogance Bloodline. Although he had just entered the Spirit Platform Realm, he also had a lower-grade Spiritual Artifact for support, even better than what his family’s two Old Ancestors could handle.

And clearly, he wasn’t the only one with this thought.

“What are you thinking?” Liu Gaoliang, seeing their expressions, could guess their thoughts, chuckling helplessly, “You think any random cat or dog can get into the top hundred of the Spirit Platform List?”

“Senior Brother Liu, have you made it into the top hundred?” someone asked with curiosity.

“Oh, don’t mock me.” Liu Gaoliang blushed, “With my level of strength, let alone the top hundred, I can’t even make it into the top thousand—no, the top ten thousand.”

Can’t even make it into the top ten thousand?

No one believed him, and questions arose.

“Then let me show you.” Liu Gaoliang led everyone to the white jade stele that recorded the top hundred of the Spirit Platform List, pointing to the name at the very bottom, “Hundredth place, Chen Jinying, young elite of the Chen Clan of Donggang, forty-seven years old, Spirit Platform Realm Level Five, Heavenly Arrogance Bloodline!”

The stele had a hundred slots in total, each slot labeled with a number, and each contained a nameplate engraved with the corresponding person’s name and basic identity information, clear to see.

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