Purple Mist Dao Master
Chapter 213 - 183 Praise the Six-Winged! Praise the Divine Master! [Seeking Monthly Votes!]

Chapter 213: Chapter 183 Praise the Six-Winged! Praise the Divine Master! [Seeking Monthly Votes!]

Yingze City was bustling and lively.

In fact, it wasn’t just Zhu Chongshi; many were extremely confident in their abilities for this ’Jian Province Competition’. After all, on the surface, the nine major academies did not have any limit-breaking masters under thirty years old.

For example, Chen Ze.

For example, Wang Zhengyi.

Each of them hid well, unknown to outsiders.

Therefore, in the nine major academies, those who thought they had reached the Qi-Blood limit felt confident, invincible in the Nine Counties. Those who had secretly broken the limit felt even more invincible, reigning over the entire province.

Everyone was confident.

"Jian Province Competition!"

"A gathering of heroes!"

"Excellent!"

"I’ve been worried these geniuses were hidden away in the academies, hard to identify and find.

But now, it’s all good."

"Once the ’Jian Province Competition’ begins, who is a genius and who is ordinary will be clear as day."

Pang Shan in a black robe looked at the five people present and said with a smile, "Fellow friends, this will be a carnival, a feast!"

Sima Ning’s face was hidden under his cloak, appearing mysterious. He said in a deep voice, "The Sect Hierarch has ordered that this time the Four Sects will discuss the ’Dragon Slayer’ matters together, and those who act without orders will be killed without mercy."

He scanned the five people present: "I know you all are tempted, but it’s best to control yourselves and your subordinates, or don’t blame me for being ruthless."

"Naturally!"

"Naturally!"

Wu Luo said with a grin, "Rest assured, Envoy. The Four Sects discussing this is a big deal, and it’s good for us commanders too. Once ’Dragon Slayer’ succeeds, the whole world will belong to the Divine Sect, so why rush?"

"First destroy the Great Yan!"

"Then annihilate the Three Sects!"

"These Fifteen States will ultimately belong to the Divine Sect!"

Sima Ning’s expression softened, and he said with a smile, "Once the Divine Sect unifies the world, each of you commanders will be runners walking the earth for the God, with each at least owning a county, living forever!"

Eternal life!

It’s so wonderful!

Everyone’s faces glowed with intensity as they stood up together, bowing to the north, exclaiming—

"Praise the Sect Hierarch!"

"Praise the Six Wings!"

"Praise the Divine Master!"

...

As the ’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion’ officially began, all the hidden monsters in the dark corners of Great Yan moved with the wind.

The Fifteen States of Great Yan were surging with undercurrents.

Jian Province was no exception.

In a swirl of change.

February 22nd.

Yan Chuan walked briskly into Yingze City!

...

"Master!"

"Master Yan!"

"Professor Yan!"

"Professor Yan!"

At the Taikang Academy station, upon seeing Yan Chuan return safely, Shao Yancong breathed a sigh of relief, a smile appearing on his face, "It’s good you’re alright!"

This time, for the ’Jian Province Competition’, Taikang Academy had placed all its hopes on Yan Chuan. If anything happened to him, Taikang Academy would face an unrecoverable disaster, remaining buried for a long time.

Luckily, Yan Chuan did not fall at Nanyue Lake and returned safely.

"Sorry for worrying Elder Shao."

Yan Chuan smiled at Shao Yancong.

Jian Province Competition!

Cang Mountain Sword Discussion!

This was about the Research and Development of ’Yijinjing’ and ’Purple Mist Divine Skill’, concerning his martial arts progress. Yan Chuan certainly wouldn’t miss it.

He looked at the people present—

Yu Jinpeng, Jin Yutang, Zhong Hui, Su Ye, Peng Quan, Huang Geng!

These were all members of the Yan Chuan Team.

And the elder next to Shao Yancong was ’Du Fist’ Du Zhenzong, one of Taikang Academy’s four Inner Court Elders.

"Elder Du." Yan Chuan cupped his fists in salute to Du Zhenzong.

Du Zhenzong knew how formidable Yan Chuan was; Yao Qingshan and others who had broken the limit were easily killed by him, truly ferocious. Moreover, Taikang Academy’s next year of resource allocation depended on Yan Chuan’s efforts, so Du Zhenzong did not dare to slight him. He smiled at Yan Chuan and said, "Just as I’ve heard, seeing you today, Professor Yan, you indeed have great presence."

"Elder Du, thank you for the praise."

Yan Chuan replied modestly.

Beside Shao Yancong, besides Du Zhenzong, were three others, all young people in their twenties.

"Come."

"Professor Yan, let me introduce you."

Shao Yancong smiled, introducing them one by one: "This is Tian Xiu, the son of Magistrate Tian Weishan from the County Magistrate’s Mansion, who has broken the limit of Qi and Blood. These two are Liu He and Yan Baishou, from the Taikang Army, also having broken the limit of Qi and Blood."

County Magistrate’s Mansion!

Taikang Army!

Plus ’Taikang Academy’!

These are the three powers of Taikang County.

And now, in the station of Taikang Academy, there were young limit-breakers from the County Magistrate’s Mansion and Taikang Army.

Yan Chuan guessed the reason.

"I suppose you have guessed it."

Shao Yancong smiled and nodded, "Correct, these three are temporarily affiliated with Taikang Academy, participating in this ’Jian Province Competition’ to win glory for Taikang Academy."

Indeed!

Yan Chuan thought to himself.

On the surface, the County Magistrate’s Mansion and Taikang Army seem unrelated to Taikang Academy, as they are not of the same system. However, being in the same county, and with ’Taikang Academy’ being a special institution for teaching martial arts, the talents it nurtures are readily available to the County Magistrate’s Mansion and Taikang Army due to geographic proximity; Taikang Academy is essentially a talent pool for them.

This time, in the ’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion’, the better Taikang Academy’s performance, the more resources it can acquire in the coming year, which will also allow them to train more talents and experts. This benefits both the County Magistrate’s Mansion and the Taikang Army.

Therefore.

They naturally took it seriously.

Even though Taikang Academy had already found Yan Chuan, the other two powers still dispatched three young limit-breakers, temporarily affiliating them with Taikang Academy to participate in this ’Jian Province Competition’—

"General Liu and General Yan will each lead a team."

"Master Tian will lead a team alone."

"In addition to Professor Yan’s team."

"These four teams are the three seed teams of Taikang Academy. As for the other seven teams, to be honest, they are just for show."

Shao Yancong looked at the four people, feeling a bit regretful.

These four individuals, including Yan Chuan, were all Heaven’s Chosen Sons under thirty, having already broken the limit of Qi and Blood, making them outstanding. If they could unite into one team, they would undoubtedly be a ’Galaxy Battleship’, unstoppable.

Too bad!

Precisely because they are Heaven’s Chosen Sons, each has their pride, and coming together would result in conflict, dissatisfaction, and disarray.

They can only be separated.

And Shao Yancong valued her personally discovered Yan Chuan the most.

After some small talk among the people.

Then.

Shao Yancong and Du Zhenzong met Yan Chuan alone, taking out a cloth bag and handing it to him, "Professor Yan, open it and see."

Yan Chuan took it, glanced inside, and his eyebrows arched at the sight of four or five pieces of ’Essence Stone’, weighing roughly three catties, along with some bottles and jars.

"This is—" Yan Chuan didn’t rush to look through it; he glanced toward Shao Yancong.

Shao Yancong smiled, "Inside is Taikang County’s special subsidy for ’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion’, as well as your ’Guest Professor’ salary. Additionally, a few of us elders gathered a few bottles of ’Dragon Tiger Great Pills’ and two ’Heavenly King Pills’ for you."

This was what Shao Yancong had mentioned at the end of last year, saying it would be decided and distributed earlier this year, but it was delayed until now.

Of course.

It might also be because Yan Chuan was in the Mountain and Sea Realm at the start of the year and thus they hadn’t found the opportunity to give it to him.

"So much?"

Yan Chuan examined—

Essence Stones!

Dragon Tiger Great Pills!

Heavenly King Pills!

Truly considerable.

Du Zhenzong laughed, "In total, there are three catties of Essence Stones, twenty-four ’Dragon Tiger Great Pills’, and two ’Heavenly King Pills’. All here."

Tsk tsk!

So generous!

Yan Chuan remembered Wang Kuan saying that his salary at Guangling Academy was only thirty-six ’Dragon Tiger Great Pills’ and one ’Heavenly King Pill’, plus 280 taels of patterned silver a year.

’Dragon Tiger Great Pill’ is officially priced at 49 taels of silver in Great Yan.

’Heavenly King Pill’ is officially priced at 300 taels of silver in Great Yan.

Wang Kuan’s annual salary, converted to patterned silver, was about 2344 taels. This was inflated, as the cost for the Great Yan Court to acquire or produce ’Dragon Tiger Great Pills’ and ’Heavenly King Pills’ couldn’t be that high, yet they set a high price. Such pricing allowed the court to recoup the distributed cash salary through elixirs.

In the end.

What the court paid was just the cost value of some elixirs.

But undeniably, at least on the surface, Wang Kuan’s annual salary was as high as 2344 taels.

And the subsidy this time from Taikang Academy to Yan Chuan, if converted to cash silver—

"4776 taels!"

"Nearly five thousand taels!"

Yan Chuan was astonished, "So much?"

This was equivalent to two years’ salary for an Inner Court Elder of Guangling Academy, or approximately two hundred years of total income for an ordinary martial master or Escort Master in Guangling City.

This was a lot!

"Not too much, not at all."

"You can’t look at it that way."

Shao Yancong smiled, "Since Great Yan Buwu began, the assets of limit-breaking martial artists have only increased, but whether it’s ’Essence Stones’ or ’secret medicines’, purchasing from the court naturally is at the official price, not a penny less. However, selling privately, you’d never get that price. For example, ’Dragon Tiger Powder’, officially priced at 10 taels a pack, but in prosperous states and counties, the private price can drop to two or three taels. Take ’Essence Stones’, officially priced at a thousand taels a catty, but except for noble families, who can casually produce thousands of taels of patterned silver? So either the price is lowered to three to five hundred taels, even lower, or it’s bartered."

Du Zhenzong also smiled, summarizing to Yan Chuan, "In short, if you have thousands or tens of thousands of silver taels or even gold, then acquiring all sorts of resources from official or private channels is easy. But turning those resources into silver or gold according to the official price is extremely difficult."

That’s the reality.

In the end, Great Yan controls all resources, and pricing power is in the hands of the court.

But privately, few follow it to the letter.

For example, this ’Jian Province Competition’—

"The competition is imminent, a gathering of talent."

"In early February, in the Chaotic Stone Forest of Southwest Suburb of Yingze City, some martial artists organized a private trade, exchanging what they had for what they needed. In just over half a month, it’s grown quite substantial, becoming a semi-acknowledged trading zone. People sell ’Secret Skills’, ’secret medicines’, even ’surprise weapons’. "

"Everything you could want."

Du Zhenzong looked at Yan Chuan, seriously saying, "This ’Jian Province Competition’, each county academy is going all out, ready for a big show. For example, Taikang Academy has the County Magistrate’s Mansion and Taikang Army sending young limit-breakers to assist. Other academies, naturally, won’t be any different. It’s not just strong support from the military and political circles, but even academies might spend huge sums to hire external reinforcements from outside the county or the state. Even Yingze Academy, the weakest, can’t be ignored. Who knows what kind of masters they’ve secretly enlisted."

Shao Yancong also said, "I know you don’t lack for surprise weapons, and now you have Essence Stones and secret medicines, but these resources are never enough. If you acquire any treasure you don’t need along the way, feel free to trade it with others for ’secret medicines’ or even ’Essence Stones’, to try to enhance your strength further."

"Black Market!"

"Essence Stones!"

Yan Chuan was interested!

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