Divine Power Treasure Bead

This world is indeed dangerous and cruel.

Even if you just want to be an ordinary person and live a normal life, you need to give it your all.

On every full moon night, demons of any power level can descend and wreak havoc on the human world.

Every month after the fifteenth, the casualty reports from around the world are bloody facts.

"After the fifteenth this month, I hope to see you all again," Li Yanzhu said in a deep voice.

The cheerful atmosphere in the classroom vanished, leaving only a dead silence.

Li Yanzhu gave the students ample time to reflect before speaking, "Team 98."

Jiang Ruyi and Deng Yutang immediately stood up.

As for why Lu Ran didn't stand up, it was because he was already standing. He hadn't sat down at all.

Li Yanzhu took out three small red boxes and placed them on the podium. "For this assessment, your team ranked first in the entire school.

These are your prizes. Come up and get them."

The trio immediately stepped forward and walked towards the podium.

The school's rewards were distributed based on team rankings.

Individual rankings only received believer points. For anything else, students could report back to their gods at home.

For a believer, the recognition of their god was undoubtedly the greatest reward!

As for whether the god would bestow a blessing or deign to offer a few words of guidance, that was a matter between the two of them.

"Check them," Li Yanzhu said, her voice softening considerably as she looked at Jiang Ruyi, who had arrived at the front.

Jiang Ruyi picked up a small box and gently opened it. Inside, she saw a treasure bead.

The treasure bead was only the size of a fingertip, like a crystal product, but not particularly transparent.

Visibly, wisps of mist still flowed within the bead.

A divine power bead!

And judging by its size, it should be a stream-grade divine power bead.

In this world, whether it's the power level of believers, the grade of divine techniques, or the quality of treasures, they all use the same evaluation system:

Mist, Stream, River, Yangtze, Sea.

For Yuxiang No. 1 High School, a high school in a small county town, being able to offer a stream-grade divine power bead as a reward during the students' first assessment was already quite good.

It's worth noting that the quality of this treasure could be improved.

This didn't mean the divine power bead had growth potential.

Rather, Great Xia had a special welfare policy for new believers.

During the summer vacation, as long as Lu Ran could complete the corresponding tasks, he could exchange it for a higher-grade divine power bead.

Li Yanzhu cautioned, "When using this magic treasure to aid in combat, do not deplete all the divine power within the bead.

Now, feel the total amount of divine power within the bead. This portion of divine power is the foundation for the bead's normal operation.

Unless you are in a life-or-death situation, never kill the goose that lays the golden egg!"

"Okay, teacher." Jiang Ruyi's fingers were slender and fair. She held the crystal bead between her fingertips, admiring it closely.

For a moment, Lu Ran couldn't tell whether the bead was prettier or her hand was more exquisite.

Hmm. Both were lovely~

"You two, did you hear that?" Li Yanzhu looked at Lu Ran and Deng Yutang.

Lu Ran immediately nodded. He was all too familiar with the properties of divine power beads.

His father owned divine power beads, and more than one.

But on that full moon night, all that remained of his father in this world was a blood-stained Xiaguang Saber.

It was said that the divine power beads his father wore around his neck had all shattered.

It was hard to imagine how brutal that battle must have been.

Of course, it was also possible that after his father's sacrifice, the demon race had drained all the energy from the divine power beads and completely shattered them.

But Lu Ran preferred to believe the former.

Fierce like his father, he must have fought until his strength gave out, until he had nothing left.

"Go back," Li Yanzhu encouraged. "Remain humble, don't get complacent, and keep up the good work."

"Yes." Lu Ran closed the small box and quickly walked back to his seat.

His classmates cast envious glances his way.

After all, only the top ten teams received divine power bead rewards!

As for the students in other teams, they could only purchase divine power beads privately.

And most of the divine power beads circulating in the market were of the lowest grade, mist-grade divine power beads.

One Mist Grade Divine Power Bead can only store the energy of 8-10 Mist Realm evils, a very small amount.

One Stream Grade Divine Power Bead can store the energy of 8-10 Stream Realm evils, equivalent to 80-100 Mist Realm evils!

What a massive difference!

Even more terrifyingly.

Stream Grade Divine Power Beads are already excellent, and Lu Ran, as one of the top ten, can even upgrade this Divine Power Bead through the summer mission!

What do they mean by "one step ahead, every step ahead"?

It's just pure bliss!

Here's the problem:

The magic crystals dropped by the demon race also have a sustained effect. Why are people so fixated on owning Divine Power Beads?

Firstly, Divine Power Beads can extract the last bit of energy from an evil's body.

Take the corpse of an Evil Dog for example. Only a Divine Power Bead can completely drain the dog's corpse; otherwise, it's just a carcass.

Secondly, many evils are incorporeal!

For instance, the Yanzhiren evil.

She appears to have a physical body, but in reality, her body is composed of pure energy. Killing a Yanzhiren doesn't drop a magic crystal.

You can think of the Yanzhiren's body as a "magic crystal."

However, you can't directly absorb it while she's alive. You have to shatter her first and then collect the energy into the bead.

"Looks like I'll be busy this summer."

Lu Ran suppressed his joy, fiddling with the small box, and plopped down onto his seat.

He planned to find a jewelry store after school to process it, so he could wear the Divine Power Bead around his neck in the future.

Before Lu Ran could even settle in, Li Yanzhu informed everyone to gather at the training ground.

Her exact words were: "The instructors who led you during the assessment in Evil Dog Village have been invited to the school and are waiting at the training ground. You can ask the instructors any questions you have about the problems you encountered in combat."

Upon hearing this, Lu Ran couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Instructor Dou Zhiqiang is here?

Does that mean I'll get to see Wu Shanshan at the training ground later?

"After you see your former teammate, don't get impulsive. Talk things out calmly," Jiang Ruyi moved her arm and gently nudged Lu Ran's elbow.

Lu Ran: "..."

I'm not someone who gets impulsive or angry.

I only fought Kou Yingquan because I couldn't take it anymore.

"Did you hear me?" The girl looked at Lu Ran, earnestly advising him.

Lu Ran gestured towards the middle of the desk: "Your hand, your hand crossed the line."

Jiang Ruyi was speechless.

Are you an elementary schooler?

Seeing that the girl didn't move, Lu Ran immediately reached out to grab her hand: "If it's on my desk, then it's mine!"

Jiang Ruyi quickly retracted her fair, tender palm.

Slightly annoyed, she glared at Lu Ran again. Just as she saw Lu Ran's elbow cross the line, she immediately said, "You crossed the line too."

"Mhm, mhm, here, here," Lu Ran proactively extended his hand, "If you like it, it's all yours."

"Who likes it," Jiang Ruyi's face turned bright red, a mix of shyness and anger. She slapped Lu Ran's arm.

"Slap~"

"Everyone, go to the training ground now," Li Yanzhu's voice came again. "Team 98, stay behind!"

Jiang Ruyi immediately lowered her head, thinking her little actions were discovered, which is why their team was being kept behind.

For a moment, she felt a surge of anger, grinding her teeth at Lu Ran.

The students in the classroom got up one after another and quickly left.

Only when the classroom was empty did Deng, Jiang, and Lu gather at the podium again at the teacher's signal.

"The school has notified that there will be some adjustments to your team," Li Yanzhu looked at the three of them. "The school has taken your wishes into consideration, and the three of you will remain as you are for now."

Hearing this, Jiang Ruyi felt a sense of relief, while Lu and Deng were even more reassured.

Li Yanzhu advised, "Team member changes are very normal. Don't have any other thoughts about it. Before the start of the third year of high school, it's the stage for forming and integrating teams. No team is fixed."

"We know," Jiang Ruyi said softly, "Wu Shanshan also called me last night and explained."

"Ah?"

Deng Yutang and Lu Ran both looked at Class Monitor Jiang.

Li Yanzhu nodded, "Your grades are excellent, and the school has listed you as key development targets. Many students want to join you. After comprehensive consideration by the school, four candidate students have been selected for you. They belong to different Gods, each with their own characteristics, and are all very suitable for your team. Today and tomorrow, these four students will come to report to you and trial at staggered times."

"Haha, that's just right!" Deng Yutang laughed heartily.

Lu Ran also became interested, "Am I a judge now?" It feels a bit like The Voice of Great Xia? If you want me to turn around, you have to offer something first~

Li Yanzhu looked at Jiang Ruyi, "By 8 PM tomorrow, you will unify the team's opinion and choose one new teammate from the four candidates. Report to me."

"Okay, Teacher Li."

"Go ahead," Li Yanzhu waved her hand, "Training Ground No. 13."

"Yes!"

"Thank you, Teacher Li."

The trio said goodbye to their homeroom teacher and quickly left, heading towards the training ground located in the mountainous forest on the north side of the school.

Although called a training ground, they were actually just concrete areas enclosed by wire mesh, similar to basketball courts. The difference was that there were no basketball hoops, only weapon racks displaying various wooden weapons.

On the way, Deng Yutang curiously asked, "Class Monitor, what did Wu Shanshan say to you?"

"She said that after discussing with her teachers and family, she felt she wasn't suitable for this team." Jiang Ruyi said softly, then added, "She also wished us continued strength and success."

"Heh," Deng Yutang snorted, "What's not suitable about it?"

"There's one sentence that's quite true," Jiang Ruyi thought for a moment and said, "Wu Shanshan said, 'This is not her team.'"

"She wants to be the captain?" Deng Yutang's expression was strange. If Wu Shanshan wanted to be the leader, rather than distrusting her teammates or being prejudiced against Lu Ran, Deng Yutang would actually think highly of her.

"I see the instructor," Lu Ran interrupted their conversation, pointing into the distance. Through the wire mesh, they saw a familiar figure. They didn't see Wu Shanshan, so they guessed she had already joined a team.

"Instructor Dou!"

"Instructor." The three quickened their pace, jogging into the field.

Dou Zhiqiang spoke, "Time is tight, so I'll first discuss some issues that arose during your mission." This soldier is really efficient.

Lu Ran raised his hand, "Instructor, I have a question. Can you help me answer it first?"

"Speak."

Lu Ran: "I've always wondered how I got a score of 98." The scores for this assessment were reported by the proctoring instructors, and the results were given by the military. On the military's individual score list, the second place only had 87 points. Lu Ran was leading by a landslide!

Dou Zhiqiang explained, "Your understanding and application of the Immortal Sheep Sect's divine techniques far surpassed others."

Lu Ran: "Is that so..."

Dou Zhiqiang continued, "Due to your outstanding performance, your team was transformed. You formed an overwhelming advantage against the Vicious Dog Clan. Your success rate reached 100%, your killing efficiency was higher, and you were safer yourselves."

"Heh heh~" Lu Ran chuckled, "Look at this mess."

Dou Zhiqiang's face was stern, "Any other questions?"

Lu Ran: "..." Why is he so fierce?

Dou Zhiqiang said coldly, "If not, I'll begin."

Lu Ran raised his hand again. Dou Zhiqiang frowned slightly, "Ask." Lu Ran was indeed bold, blurting out, "Since I'm so powerful, where were those two points deducted from?"

Dou Zhiqiang: ???

Deng Yutang was also a bit stunned, "Good heavens."

Jiang Ruyi, quick as lightning, grabbed Lu Ran's wrist and pushed his raised hand down.

"Instructor, you can talk about our problems. Lu Ran has no questions."

Lu Ran felt terrible.

What do you mean I have no questions?

Going by the instructor's logic, a perfect score wouldn't be enough. I should get 120 points!

Thanks to the alliance leader Xiaodaofengli for the 100,000 reward. Thanks to my brother for his care and support. I wish my brother a smooth writing career, that he writes better and better, and has a long and prosperous journey.