Chapter 91: Inner Courtyard

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The most excited person was Cloud Scimitar. As soon as he stepped out of the Spirit Realm, he started shouting about going to collect a thousand True Qi pills from that Evil Eye man. Zhu Rong was envious of Cloud Scimitar’s easy win when he saw that he had only won a thousand True Qi pills.

According to the pricing, one True Qi pill cost half a thousand Crystal Stones. Therefore, this was no small sum of money!

"Senior Shen, I’ll take one thousand True Qi pills. After all, I’m only covering the bet. I never expected it to turn out that way!" Cloud Scimitar smiled, not putting much weight on this sum of money because he’d eaten up so much more throughout the years.

Senior Shen was amazed as he saw Cloud Scimitar treat True Qi pills with such disdain. But then again, Cloud Family was the fourth of the four Grand Families in Taiwu State. Therefore, it wasn’t too surprising that he didn’t care about money.

“Big fatty Zhu’s family is more powerful than ours. They are actually richer than us despite being stingy and cunning! ” Cloud Scimitar patted Zhu Rong’s back and laughed.

Zhu Rong just snorted, but his giant body already revealed his rich background.

Zhang De sighed as he shook his head, "Having a good back can spare you decades of hard work!"

Shen Xiang followed Zhu Rong to the Third Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Martial Academy. This was the weakest Outer Courtyard, and it was also an obligatory place for all new members to visit.

"There’s no one here" Cloud Scimitar was puzzled and shouted out, "Hello! Are you new members Come out!"

Zhu Rong chuckled, "Don’t shout. No one has entered the Inner Courtyard for decades! This has been like this since we took over!"

Shen Xiang asked, "If that’s the case, everyone must have moved to a higher-ranked Martial Academy then. But if so, there should be someone who got kicked out"

Zhu Rong nodded, "That’s true. But the Outer Courtyard disciples have a lot of tasks that are very weighty and dangerous! There’re over three hundred Outer Courtyards, but each Inner Courtyard only has less than ten disciples. The one we’re staying at now only has five."

The Outer Courtyard provided a comfortable living arrangement, with thirty True Qi pills and three thousand Crystal Stones being delivered every month. A Jade Root Pill was also provided once a year. Medicines to heal injuries and counterpoisons were also handed out when assigning tasks, as well as rewards of all kinds. Zhu Rong’s White Jade Powder was from the rewards he received.

"The people in this Outer Courtyard are all dead, and the same goes for Outer Courtyards numbered Three Hundred to Three-Hundred and Twenty-Ninth," Zhu Rong’s expression became serious. Inner Courtyard disciples weren’t as glory-fueled as they might seem, for they also had their own missions to fulfill.

"Why didn’t you bring me here" Cloud Scimitar glared at him.

"F*cking little Cloud, I’m doing this for your own good. The higher the numbers are, the heavier the tasks become! Let Shen Xiang grow to become a Decadent Realm Disciple before taking on those dangerous missions!" Zhu Rong said, smiling.

Shen Xiang agreed, "We’re just new members inside the Inner Courtyard now. We can learn more advanced martial arts here. After we’ve mastered them, our strength would stabilize before moving forward!"

"Pull together, everyone. I’m at Number Two Hundred Academy now. It was quite a long time before I could get here, but you can clean the place up and get ready. I’m leaving." Zhu Rong left quickly, worrying that Shen Xiang would ask him to clean up.

Many small estates had gathered in the Martial Academy. All sorts of buildings were built together with the courtyard, so Shen Xiang and Zhang De didn’t have to walk every day to reach their accommodation within the courtyard.

"I’m not staying here, so you two can clean up," Cloud Scimitar laughed and left.

Since the courtyard had been abandoned for so long, there was a lot of dust and leaves all over. Shen Xiang and Zhang De took care of cleaning up for the whole day before finally getting everything cleaned.

Shen Xiang found many training tools in the room full of equipment, but they were of little use as either too light or required a lot of time to use.

"These are just for passing time. Real cultivation requires extreme training and experience outside," Zhang De said.

Just then, Cloud Scimitar returned and shouted with excitement, "Senior Shen! I asked the Evil Eye man for True Qi pills. Turned out he was very generous and gave me a hundred pills! Come take a look if they’re fake."

As for the bet, Shen Xiang didn’t put much weight on it. He thought obtaining those thousand True Qi pills might be troublesome, and would possibly cause conflicts.

Cloud Scimitar brought out ten jade boxes, each containing one hundred True Qi pills. After Shen Xiang inspected them all, he confirmed they weren’t fake. While the quality wasn’t as good as those that Shen Xiang made, it met all requirements.

Cloud Scimitar took only one box. Shen Xiang originally wanted to give Zhang De a box, but Zhang De refused his offer and finally bought one at half the price.

Zhu Rong once gave Shen Xiang a box of White Jade Powder, and Shen Xiang gave Zhu Rong the same thing as gratitude. However, when Zhu Rong received it, he was envious and planned to buy three boxes at half the price. Unfortunately for him, Cloud Scimitar kicked him away.

"Greedy fatty!" Cloud Scimitar shouted.

They were now Inner Courtyard disciples, so they decided to gather their belongings and head towards the Inner Courtyard Library. They wanted to search for a good cultivation method of Higher Rank and Earth Rank in the Inner Courtyard Library.

Zhu Rong prepared thirty True Qi pills, one Jade Root Pill and three thousand Crystal Stones for Shen Xiang. However, there was no need to worry about weapons because they were only a common-grade nine-part weapon. It was a dragon-head greatsword!

Cloud Scimitar and Zhang De both took their own weapons, but neither of them cared about the quality.

As they were going towards Inner Courtyard Library, Cloud Scimitar saw Shen Xiang play with the dragon-head greatsword. "Senior Shen, how good are nine-part common-grade weapons My old man and I only have Spirit-grade weapons."

Cloud Scimitar was amazed, realizing that they actually had Spirit-grade weapons!

The cheapest Spirit-grade weapon required tens of thousands Crystal Stones. Therefore, it wasn’t too surprising that they had such great weapons.

"I’ve never seen a Spirit-grade weapon before. What do they look like" Shen Xiang asked curiously.

Cloud Scimitar took out a broadsword, with pride, "This is the Five-Part Spirit-grade Sword Wolfslayer. It costed a hundred thousand Crystal Stones, and it was made using the bones of an Iron Wolf. This sword is extremely durable! The pattern on its blade represents Spirit Qi, which absorbs and blends with the True Qi. This process can make your True Qi stronger! The veins inside its blade are similar to humans’. When you pour True Qi into the sword, it flows smoothly. The wolf’s spirit core is embedded in its handle. If you can utilize the spirit core, your attacks will be more devastating."

Shen Xiang could see many beautiful patterns on the blade that were sophisticated and mysterious. The sunlight reflected off them, shining brightly.

"This is a good Spirit-grade weapon! Although it costed only hundred thousand Crystal Stones for the creation, its real value is beyond that," Zhang De said with envy and resentment.easing flames from both hands.‌Several world-famous medicinal immortals on the competition stage are feeling a kind of pressure. If they're being outpaced by an unknown person, their hearts wil...