"Oh my god!"
When he arrived at the Forging Pavilion, Guo Ran's eyes lit up blue as he looked at tens of thousands of warehouses piled high with mountains of divine immortal gold, and he was so excited he felt like he was about to explode.
"To be honest, since these divine materials and immortal gold were moved into the small world, they have never been touched. Such high-grade materials—no one even has the ability to use them." Lu Chengkong said with a look of shame.
Speaking of the gray history of Lingxiao Academy, he felt deeply saddened. The once glorious First Branch had now become a rotten rat nest, and just thinking about it was truly lamentable.
For so many years, Lingxiao Academy has lived off the savings left by their ancestors, like a bunch of prodigals—clothes are handed to them, food is served to them, and they have almost become cripples.
The most terrifying thing was that they themselves were unaware. When Long Chen arrived, he slapped them awake with a slap, making it impossible for them to immerse themselves in the dreams they had woven.
"Heh heh, no shame, no shame, only wasting such a gift is truly shameful." Guo Ran touched pieces of divine immortal gold, feeling its terrifying fluctuations, and drooled as if he were about to savor it.
You have to know, these are all immortal materials used to forge Human Emperor divine weapons or even higher-level divine weapons. Hearing that no one in Lingxiao Academy can use them, it means that from now on, all these divine materials and immortal gold will belong to Guo Ran.
It should be known that collecting immortal materials was extremely difficult for Guo Ran before. Even a piece of top-grade immortal gold the size of a fist was something he treasured immensely. Now, looking at this mountain of treasures, he wished he could just lie down on it.
After Guo Ran's excitement had calmed down a bit, Lu Chengkong said, "The artifact forging heart technique manual is on the second level. The artifact forge and all related tools are on the third level. Let's go take a look. No one has been here for so many years; I wonder if it can still be used." The
second floor wasn't as large as the first floor, but it wasn't small either. Here was an endless bookshelf filled with countless books, all about forging, covering everything from basic to deep.
Guo Ran was so dazzled that his eyes were blurry, but he still wanted to check out the third floor first. When he reached the third level, Guo Ran shouted excitedly.
Just the artifact forging furnaces and large casting platforms numbered in the thousands, each like a small mountain. Today, Guo Ran was truly amazed; it was the first time he had seen such a luxurious forging platform.
Guo Ran's forging platform was only several dozen zhang long, but it was already the best he had so far.
Compared to the forging tables here, Guo Ran's was so shabby and unremarkable. He stepped forward to inspect them and exclaimed in delight, "
No problem, everything is good. The artifact spirit is asleep; as long as you wake it, it can be used."
Wow, furnace casting, sword forging, spear forging... Each crafting tool is designed for a single weapon. Guo
Ran also discovered that all the forging tables here were specialized grades, and all the runes on one artifact building platform were aimed at only one weapon.
But Guo Ran's single forging table required forging all weapons, making it impossible to achieve specialization. With these casting tables, Guo Ran was like adding wings to a tiger.
"Boss, you all go ahead and take care of your business. I'll stay here to study. By the way, Dean Chengkong, where are the blueprints you mentioned?" Guo Ran said.
Lu Chengkong arrived in front of a warehouse, opened the door, and saw blueprints of hundreds of longswords carved on the walls. Guo Ran immediately recognized the blueprints for those divine weapons, which included notes on the order of rune combinations, formation fusion methods, and so on—exactly what Mo Nian wanted.
Guo Ran got to work immediately, immediately starting research and immersing himself in his work. Xia Chen wanted to stay and help Guo Ran, but Guo Ran politely declined.
Because inside the Lingxiao Pavilion, there was also the Inscription Sutra Pavilion, which was the place Xia Chen was supposed to visit. Guo Ran didn't want to hold Xia Chen back, and besides, studying the blueprints would take some time. Once he finished and needed Xia Chen's help, he would naturally come to him.
So, Guo Ran stayed behind, while Xia Chen went alone to the Inscription Sutra Pavilion. Since the doors here were wide open and no one else could enter except them, they could walk around with peace of mind.
The vast Lingxiao Treasure Pavilion had no disciples coming to study, which Long Chen and the others found hard to understand. After Lu Chengkong explained, everyone finally understood.
Aside from those cultivation manuals, there was nothing else that could attract them from the Lingxiao Pavilion. Within the academy, cliques were rampant, and even one faction was supported by cultivation techniques.
If you cultivate this technique, you are one of us; if you practice it, you belong to another system. As a result, factional strife within the academy is endless, and those precious texts are discarded like worn-out shoes.
"How is this any different from digging your own grave?" Gu Yang couldn't help but sigh, this was practically courting death. He had seen people courting death, but never anyone like this.
Li Qi chimed in, "How can they be so stupid?" But
as soon as he finished speaking, Li Qi immediately sensed something was wrong and hurriedly said, "Ahem, sorry, Dean Chengkong, I didn't mean to offend you." Lu
Chengkong gave a bitter smile, signaling that it was fine. He said, "People are foolish because they have short-sighted vision and shallow experience."
A group of frogs at the bottom of a well can only see a palm-sized sky. In their eyes, whoever controls this well is the master of this world.
A single leaf blocks the view, but the mountains cannot be seen—how tragic. Most importantly, our foolishness has caused suffering to the children of the academy. Hearing
Lu Chengkong's words, Long Chen and the others were deeply moved. Although Lu Chengkong was persecuted by the two vice deans, he always maintained a kind heart. Even though it wasn't his responsibility, he always felt guilty. This compassion for the world was truly admirable.
"So, I sincerely beg Dean Long Chen to let me continue teaching the children in the future, so I can spend the rest of my life making amends." Lu Chengkong looked at Long Chen and said sincerely.
"Dean Chengkong, don't worry. Even if you don't teach, we still ask you to teach us." Long Chen said.
Hearing Long Chen agree, Lu Chengkong immediately relaxed his anxious heart. He believed that only by doing so would his remaining life be more meaningful.
As everyone chatted and walked forward, Long Chen suddenly asked, "Why don't I see the Alchemy Pavilion?" "
The Alchemy Pavilion isn't in this small world; it has its own exclusive world. And just a couple of days ago, it moved from the small world to Emperor Heaven. The Pill Institute was just rebuilt. If it weren't for Dean Long Chen's arrival, the Pill Institute could have been activated tomorrow." Luchengkong said.
Long Chen was moved. So, it seemed Lingxiao Academy still placed great importance on and relied on alchemy.
Unlike other resources, pills are consumed the most. If they relied solely on their old inventory, they simply couldn't sustain themselves now.
"Dean Long Chen, we've arrived!"
When Long Chen and the others arrived at the largest hall inside the entire Lingxiao Treasure Pavilion, the moment they pushed the door open, everyone gasped in surprise.