While several students focused on breaking through, Yun Che opened his game inventory and opened the Diamond Treasure Chest and Platinum Treasure Chest together.
Ding! Congratulations! You obtained top-grade flying boat x1, mid-grade spirit fruit x2, second-grade Essence Pills x1, gold coins x5, and 1,000 experience points. Ding! Congratulations! You obtained high-grade longsword x1, low-grade spirit crystals x3, first-grade Bone-Strengthening Pill x1, gold coins x1, and 300 experience points.
Yun Che brightened with delight. He had actually gotten a top-grade treasure this time. What incredible luck!
He ate the mid-grade spirit fruits, the second-grade Essence Pill, and the first-grade Bone-Strengthening Pill right away. They were all good things that could directly strengthen him.
Ding! Congratulations! You gained 40 constitution points. Ding! Congratulations! You gained 12 spirit points. Ding! Congratulations! You gained 5 endurance points.
Yun Che merely glanced at the high-grade Red Demon Sword without paying it much attention. After all, it was just another sacrifice to be smelted together with the Radiant Annihilation Sword.
He took a closer look at the top-grade flying boat's information. Flying boats were relatively rare transportation treasures. Even the cheapest low-grade flying boat cost over ten thousand gold coins, and that was assuming one was available at all.
[Silver Shuttle (top-grade): A flying boat for use in both water and air. Insert spirit crystals to enable flight. The higher the quality of the spirit crystals, the longer its flight duration. Its speed rivals that of a peak King Realm expert. When subjected to an unidentified attack, it can automatically activate a spiritual energy barrier capable of blocking attacks from experts at the late King Realm and below. Note: The barrier's duration depends on spirit crystal consumption.]
After reading the flying boat's information, Yun Che's eyes lit up. This thing would be incredibly useful for escaping danger or diving into the sea to hunt for treasure.
Although flying through the sky and entering the sea would be no trouble once he reached the King Realm, even King Realm experts could not go without breathing indefinitely.
By the halfway point of the class, Yun Che had used his snatching ability on every student present, earning modest increases to his various attributes and experience.
Although his Superior Martial Root meant his cultivation speed would not be slow, it still seemed slower than snatching experience points.
More importantly, cultivation required him to sit still. As a restless young man in his prime, he found that difficult to get used to.
Using his innate talent, Divine Hand, was different. He could stroll around, take his bird out for a walk, and pick up experience along the way. What a pleasant life!
As usual, Yun Che dismissed class early. There probably was not another instructor who had it as easy as he did.
Afterward, he went to the herb garden on the academy's rear mountain and found Huang Huihong, the old man who was still playing chess under the shelter.
When Huang Huihong saw Yun Che return, a complicated, resentful look flashed through his aged eyes.
He had also taken part in yesterday's battle to defend the city, so he naturally knew why Yun Che had come to see him.
Judging by the strength Yun Che had displayed yesterday, he might really have completed the task of picking Snake Fruits.
With a slight smile, Yun Che took ten Snake Fruits out of his storage ring and placed them before the old man.
Ding! Snatch successful! Congratulations! You gained 10 poison resistance points.
Yun Che paused in surprise. He had actually snatched poison resistance from this old deadbeat. That was a rare find!
"Elder Huang, I'm here to turn in the quest. Here are the Snake Fruits you wanted, all ten of them."
Although Huang Huihong was an old deadbeat, he could not be bothered to withhold a few measly silver coins now. After all, he had already given Yun Che the biggest reward.
With a sweep of his sleeve, he tossed Yun Che a coin pouch.
"Here, take it. These are the ten silver coins we agreed on."
"Tell me, kid, do you have some treasure that protects you against poisonous miasma? Why can't anyone else get in, yet you can pick Snake Fruits so easily?"
Yun Che put away the silver coins and, for once, told the truth. "I don't have that kind of treasure, but I'm immune to poisonous miasma."
Huang Huihong gave a soft snort, naturally refusing to believe such nonsense.
Poison resistance was exceedingly difficult to acquire, and achieving immunity to poisonous miasma was harder still.
Even an alchemist like him had only developed a little poison resistance by taking poison pills over many years.
Even if a youngster like Yun Che had mastered the academy's Poison Suppression Demon Codex to perfection, he could not possibly move freely through the Poison Miasma Snake Forest.
Seeing that Yun Che was about to leave the herb garden, Huang Huihong gritted his teeth slightly and called him back.
"Wait. I have another task here. If you can complete it, I'll give you another fourth-grade pill."
"But if you fail, you'll return that Fourth-Grade Grandmaster Pill to me. Do you dare?"
Yun Che looked at him with amusement. The old man clearly could not accept losing!
After a moment's thought, he said, "That doesn't seem to offer me much. To be honest, I'm not particularly interested in precious pills for cultivation and breakthroughs. If you can offer a pill that permanently strengthens me, I'll hear you out."
Huang Huihong bristled with anger. Everyone fought over pills for cultivation and breakthroughs, yet this brat claimed he did not care for them!
"Fine, I agree. I happen to have a fourth-grade Dragon-Tiger Pill. Taking it will strengthen your body and increase your strength. If you're willing to accept the task, I'll give it to you as the reward for completing it."
A glint flickered in Yun Che's eyes. He nodded. "All right. Tell me what the task is."
Huang Huihong snorted coldly and thought, Poisonous miasma can't stop you, but surely you can't dive into the sea too.
"In the Eastern Sea, a thousand li east of Falling Moon City, there's a spirit plant called shellfish melon seeds. It's extremely difficult to harvest and sells for a high price."
"If you can bring me ten jin of shellfish melon seeds within seven days, I'll hand over this Dragon-Tiger Pill."
"Well? Do you dare accept?"
Ding! Huang Huihong has offered you an A-rank quest. Accept?
Yun Che froze for a moment, then almost burst out laughing. Suppressing his delight, he nodded and accepted immediately.
All he could say was that this deadbeat NPC had suffered eight lifetimes' worth of bad luck by running into him.
For anyone else, this task would be extremely difficult. For him, it was another freebie!
"All right, I'll take it. I'll bring you ten jin of shellfish melon seeds within seven days."
Huang Huihong snorted irritably. "Don't think you can buy them at the market. This old man can tell how fresh they are at a glance."
Yun Che waved a hand behind him and offered a warning of his own. "And don't think you can welsh on the deal. I'm on good terms with the Dean. If you dare withhold my reward, I'll have the Dean come collect it from you in person."
Huang Huihong's mouth twitched. He really had intended to claim he had no Dragon-Tiger Pill if Yun Che somehow completed the task.
Damn it, is this brat a worm in my belly? It's as though he can guess what I'm thinking.
Yun Che walked over to the Poison Spirit Flower plot and casually tried snatching from it. Unfortunately, he failed.
Plants seemed to work differently from people. He could snatch from people every day, but apparently he could only snatch from these poison spirit plants once.
Of course, their recovery periods might simply be different. Perhaps he would be able to snatch poison resistance from them again in a few days.
A little over ten minutes later, Yun Che left Falling Moon Academy and headed toward several streets frequented by beggars.
Although his chances were slim, he still had to search for that mysterious drunken old man. Whatever happened, he could not let his dear older brother meet him.
As Yun Che walked along the streets, he searched for the drunken old man while using Divine Hand on passersby who looked reasonably agreeable.
As the saying went, a steady trickle filled the stream, and small gains added up. He could not refrain from acting just because a target was lousy.
Ding! Snatch successful! Congratulations! You gained 3 experience points. Ding! Snatch successful! Congratulations! You obtained one packet of Yang-Strengthening Powder. Ding! Snatch successful! Congratulations! You obtained the Treasury combination.
"Huh? The Treasury combination?"
Yun Che hurriedly looked toward the middle-aged man who had just passed him, but the man had already rounded a street corner and disappeared.
[Treasury combination: The Wang Family's exceptionally secure Treasury has remained in use for three hundred years. Apart from entry using this combination, it has never been breached by thieves.]
"Up, down, up, northeast, left, down, southwest... That really is complicated!"
"Three hundred years of accumulation should mean they've stored up some good stuff! I'll take a look tonight."
Just then, a red-nosed old man sleeping in a shaded corner by a wall caught Yun Che's attention.
The old man hugged a large gourd half as tall as a person and slept soundly, as though even the sky falling would be none of his concern.
"Could it be him?"
Yun Che frowned slightly and used Divine Hand on him.
Unexpectedly, a pleasant surprise appeared.
Ding! Congratulations! You triggered Divine Fortune's Turn and gained an opportunity to choose an item yourself.
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