The Art of Chaotic Divinity

Chapter 354: Dragon Blood Sacred Fruit!

Three days later, after extensive investigation, Vice Director Tong Chengtai confirmed that Liu Shengjie had indeed provoked the incident first. However, because Liu Shengjie had suffered severe injuries and lost face, no punishment was administered.

Ling Feng, who had injured Liu Shengjie, was fined five million crystal coins and was ordered to issue a verbal apology. Additionally, a formal reprimand was to be issued within the academy.

This punishment was mostly a formality. In reality, since Liu Shengjie did not want to appear in public again, even the verbal apology was waived. Ling Feng's only real loss was the five million crystal coins.

For someone of Ling Feng's current wealth, this amount was merely a drop in the bucket.

Although Xuanyuan Ao was dissatisfied with this verdict, he could not argue against the vice director's decision.

In the end, he could only issue a few harsh words to Ling Feng and Gu Tengfeng, claiming that during the Five Courts' Sword Team Grand Competition, the West Court Sword Team would once again trample the East Court Sword Team underfoot.

Gu Tengfeng then made a wager with Xuanyuan Ao on the spot: if the East Court Sword Team lost to the West Court Sword Team again in this year's competition, he would kneel before Xuanyuan Ao and kowtow a hundred times, after which he would then run ten laps around Tianwei Academy naked.

Conversely, Xuanyuan Ao agreed to do the same if the West Court lost.

As usual, Xuanyuan Ao looked down on the East Court Sword Team and readily accepted the bet. This wager caused quite a stir within Tianwei Academy.

However, everyone could see that Gu Tengfeng had indeed recruited some talented individuals this year. Yet, how they would perform in the Five Courts' Sword Team Grand Competition remained to be seen.

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With the turmoil settled, Gu Tengfeng, fueled by determination, certainly did not want to run naked around Tianwei Academy.

As a result, the training intensity for the East Court Sword Team increased once again!

Every day was filled with hellish training. In comparison, Devil Instructor Leng Jianfeng seemed far from deserving of his title when juxtaposed with Gu Tengfeng's rigorous regimen.

In the blink of an eye, half a month had quietly passed.

One day, a guest suddenly arrived at Tianshu East Court.

No, to be precise, two guests arrived.

They were Yue Yunlan and her maid, Qiao Qiao!

The sudden visit from Yue Yunlan, the most beautiful woman in Central Court, naturally left the men of Tianshu East Court feeling both surprised and honored.

However, they knew that Yue Yunlan wasn't there to see them, but rather their leader, Ling Feng.

"Miss Yue, what brings you here today? It's quite rare for you to visit me personally."

Ling Feng remarked with a faint smile when he saw Yue Yunlan and Qiao Qiao standing gracefully at the door.

"Hey, hey, hey! Why are you just ignoring me and greeting my lady?" Qiao Qiao protested, giving Ling Feng a disapproving look.

"Yes, yes." Ling Feng shook his head and laughed. "So, what brings Miss Qiao Qiao here today?"

"That's more like it! To be honest, my lady and I have come to deliver some good news!" Qiao Qiao replied with a mischievous grin.

"What good news?"

Qiao Qiao lowered her voice and whispered into Ling Feng's ear, "Three days from now, the Tianmeng Chamber of Commerce will be auctioning a Dragon Blood Sacred Fruit."

"Dragon Blood Sacred Fruit?"

Ling Feng's eyes lit up. Having thoroughly studied medical books in the past, he was familiar with countless herbs and plants necessary for healing. Later, in Yan Cangtian's study, he had also learned about various rare flowers and fruits in the world.

Naturally, he had read about the Dragon Blood Sacred Fruit and had a general understanding of its effects.

The Dragon Blood Sacred Fruit was an exceptional item for Transformation Realm martial artists looking to enhance their cultivation. Consuming it could almost certainly elevate one's realm by one level; for example, it could raise someone from the fifth level to the sixth level of the Transformation Realm. However, using it solely to enhance cultivation would be a waste. Typically, it was a treasured item for geniuses in the Pulse Formation Realm to stimulate their latent potential.

Generally speaking, only the disciples of major sects and clans had the opportunity to consume such celestial fruits.

Yue Yunlan glanced at Ling Feng and smiled, saying, "I believe, with your knowledge, you understand the significance of the Dragon Blood Sacred Fruit.

"A year ago, I consumed a Dragon Blood Sacred Fruit. That fruit fully stimulated my latent potential, allowing me to break through from forty-nine meridian gates to fifty meridian gates successfully. In just a year, I've already opened more than sixty meridian gates. Although you haven't yet reached the bottleneck of forty-nine meridians, with your foundation, you would likely benefit from a treasured item like the Dragon Blood Sacred Fruit."

Yue Yunlan paused, bit her lip, and then continued, "I happened to pass by the yellow-tier student area and thought of you, so I came to inform you..."

"What do you mean 'happened to pass by'? Clearly, you came here especially..."

Qiao Qiao couldn't help but interject, but Yue Yunlan shot her a glare, causing her to pout and fall silent.

"Regardless, thank you, Miss Yue, for the information."

Ling Feng cupped his hands in a respectful salute. The Dragon Blood Sacred Fruit was indeed a treasured item he needed.

Had Yue Yunlan not informed him, he might have missed the opportunity to bid on the Dragon Blood Sacred Fruit.

Seeing the sincerity in Ling Feng's eyes, a blush rose to Yue Yunlan's cheeks. She pressed her red lips together and said, "This news was released more than half a month ago, clearly to give the disciples of major clans in the imperial capital enough time to gather elemental stones to bid at astronomical prices. Therefore, the competition at the auction will likely be very intense."

What she said was true. Currently, throughout the imperial capital, not only were the geniuses from the four major academies eager for this item, but even some old monsters were getting restless. Although they might not need it for themselves, they could keep it for their descendants.

Yue Yunlan's words felt like a bucket of cold water pouring over Ling Feng. Although he had a Supreme VIP Card that allowed for overdraft, this time the price of the Dragon Blood Sacred Fruit would likely surpass that of the Sword Enlightenment Stone and even the twelve ancient medicinal pills that were the highlight of the last auction.

Without 300,000 to 500,000 high-grade elemental stones, he wouldn't even qualify to compete.

"It seems I need to find a way to gather some elemental stones."

Ling Feng muttered, touching his nose. Suddenly, an idea struck him, and his brows furrowed in thought.

He didn't intend to follow Yan Cangtian's previous method of selling medicinal pills at a low price. In fact, he had something simpler and more easily obtainable that could still fetch a high price!

Within the Five Elements Heavenly Palace, the elemental realms contained stones, drops of water, and leaves that held the purest elemental attributes.

Take the rivers in the Water Elemental Realm, for example. These rivers were composed of the purest water spiritual power and could be treated as water attribute elemental stones.

More importantly, they contained a trace of water attribute rule-based power. If he auctioned off the river water from the Water Elemental Realm, it would likely attract the attention of water attribute practitioners. It could even fetch an astronomical price.

Determined, Ling Feng immediately took out several porcelain bottles. With a thought, he filled them with river water from the Water Elemental Realm. He then turned to Yue Yunlan and said, "Miss Yue, how about we go to the Tianmeng Chamber of Commerce together?"

Seeing Ling Feng fill several bottles with spiritual liquid brimming with water attribute energy and then asking her to accompany him to the Tianmeng Chamber of Commerce, Yue Yunlan instantly understood his intention.

"Mhmm."

Yue Yunlan nodded. She knew that Ling Feng's Five Elements Heavenly Palace was full of valuable items, so gathering elemental stones was a trivial matter for him.

Thus, Ling Feng, accompanied by Yue Yunlan and her maid, left Tianwei Academy and headed towards the Tianmeng Chamber of Commerce at a brisk pace.