Chapter 535: Expensive Lessons, Drunken Scholar Continues Previous Connections
“School token?”
“What do you want me to do with this? You don’t want me to go to class, do you?”
“That’s right, I want you to go to class.”
Chen Changsheng pointed at the token in the Old Celestial Master’s hand and said, “This red token is for the course on generating wealth.”
“The lecturer is the God of Wealth from the Heavenly Court, Qian Ya, and it is currently only available to cultivators at or above the Celestial Fairy Realm.”
“The price for one token is ten million Divine Source.”
“Hiss!”
As soon as these words were spoken, the Old Celestial Master immediately gasped, saying, “Ten million Divine Source for one class? Why doesn’t she just rob a bank?”
“Why would she rob? It’s much quicker to earn money this way.”
“This type of token has only been issued a total of one hundred pieces. The strong powers from the Eight Desolates and Nine Domains are scrambling for them, and the black market has already inflated the price to fifteen million Divine Source per piece.”
“Interestingly, this token is fate-based, meaning that payment is made only after you reach the specified location.”
“Based on my estimation of that girl, she has probably only released half of the one hundred tokens; the rest are intentionally kept in the black market to drive up the price.”
“In other words, she can make one billion seven hundred and fifty million Divine Source from these one hundred tokens, with seven hundred and fifty million coming from the black market.”
“Gulp!”
The Old Celestial Master struggled to swallow, saying, “Are those who buy tokens from the black market crazy?”
“The cost of purchasing a token includes tuition fees, totaling twenty-five million Divine Source.”
“Spending twenty-five million Divine Source just to attend one class?”
“Exactly, just to attend one class.”
“Everyone knows the God of Wealth’s money-making ability, and now all powers want to develop. If you attend the God of Wealth’s class…”
“Those below will think you’ve acquired some of the God of Wealth’s true teachings.”
“With those true teachings, people will believe your power is developing better than others.”
“This way, a continuous stream of talent will automatically come to you.”
“Moreover, I’ll let you in on a little secret, some major forces in the Nine Domains have begun to team up with certain forces in the Eight Desolates to acquire tokens from the black market.”
“Why? Don’t they have tokens?”
“They are the first batch of people to get the tokens.”
“Then why do they want to acquire more?”
“Because the value of one hundred God of Wealth’s disciples is nowhere near as high as that of ten God of Wealth’s disciples.”
Faced with Chen Changsheng’s explanation, the Old Celestial Master was left speechless.
Old Celestial Master: “……”
It seems you in the Nine Domains really know how to play, no wonder the Eight Desolates can’t compete with you.
“So this token was given to you by the God of Wealth?”
“No.”
“I went to ask her for one, but she didn’t give it to me and said something like ‘no accounting between close brothers.’”
“So the token you have is one I bought from the black market; many strong powers were eyeing it.”
Hearing this, the Old Celestial Master looked at Chen Changsheng with confusion.
“This sounds a bit strange. Is there really no inside story?”
“Of course, there’s an inside story. I did indeed spend fifteen million Divine Source, but Qian Ya gave me back one hundred million.”
“Even the teacher of the God of Wealth has to purchase the token from the black market; this shows how precious this token is.”
“This means that the price of the tokens in the black market could go up by another twenty percent.”
Seeing Chen Changsheng’s smiling expression, the Old Celestial Master suddenly felt exhausted.
Playing schemes with these people, it felt like he had been sold off and was still counting money for them.
“Sigh~”
The Old Celestial Master sighed lightly and then said, “Then what about this white token?”
“This is from the Heavenly Court’s cultivation academy, and the lecturer is the Ice Fire Immortal King, Xu Hu.”
“This token can be reused, but you need to pay each time you use it, and the amount depends on the situation.”
“What do you mean by depending on the situation?”
“Below the Lamp of Life Realm, it’s eight million Divine Source for one class; for cultivators in the Divine Realm, it’s ten million Divine Source for one class.”
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“At the Celestial Sovereign Realm, it starts at twenty million, and for the Immortal King Realm, it starts at one hundred million; for every rank higher, it adds another hundred million.”
Hearing this, the Old Celestial Master was dumbfounded.
“This is even more of a robbing than the God of Wealth! A class at the Immortal King Realm is this expensive? Only someone insane would go.”
“Old Celestial Master, you can eat food carelessly but not speak carelessly.”
“The classes at the Immortal King Realm are the most sought after; they have already begun to limit attendance.”
“No, how many Immortal Kings are there in the Eight Desolates and Nine Domains? They can’t all go, right?”
“Of course, the numbers from the Eight Desolates and Nine Domains aren’t sufficient, but what about the numbers from the various Forbidden Grounds?”
“You even do business with the Forbidden Grounds!”
“Is that not allowed?” Chen Changsheng looked at the Old Celestial Master calmly and said, “Money is money, no matter whose money it is, it can be spent.”
“Xu Hu’s Ice Fire physique is the first of its kind in history, and he is currently at the peak of the Eighth-Ranked Immortal King, one step away from the Ninth-Ranked Immortal King.”
“Spending a few billion Divine Source to invite an Eighth-Ranked Immortal King to lecture is a very worthwhile thing for the Forbidden Grounds.”
“After all, peak Eighth-Ranked Immortal Kings are relatively scarce in the Forbidden Grounds.”
“A few billion is just pocket change to them.”
“Now do you understand why I said it’s easy for Dragon Tiger Mountain to earn a hundred million?”
Old Celestial Master: “……”
Having lived for so many years, I consider myself enlightened.
All this time I’ve been living a simple life!
Look at them, easily talking about billions of Divine Source; the total value of all of Dragon Tiger Mountain isn’t even worth one of their classes.
Thinking of this, the Old Celestial Master asked, “Do I have to pay for these classes too?”
“Of course you do, but don’t worry, I’ve already spoken to Xu Hu.”
“You can attend his classes first and slowly pay back within twenty years, but there will be interest.”
After saying this, Chen Changsheng stood up and left.
Watching Chen Changsheng’s back, the Old Celestial Master suddenly felt immense pressure.
The academy hasn’t even convened, and I’ve inexplicably racked up a debt of six hundred million Divine Source; this is too absurd.
However, having a quasi-Ninth-Ranked Immortal King as a lecturer for six hundred million Divine Source is still worth it.
……
Reincarnation.
“After nurturing you for so many years, you should have recovered, right?”
“Thank you, sir.”
The Drunken Scholar’s phantom bowed deeply to Chen Changsheng.
Seeing this, Chen Changsheng said dismissively, “You don’t need to thank me. Just don’t be so stubborn next time.”
“Don’t threaten your own life over trivial matters; what’s that all about?”
“If it weren’t for reincarnation, you wouldn’t even have this bit of true spirit left.”
“Do you know how much effort I spent to restore your true spirit as a Seventh-Ranked Immortal King?”
Hearing this, the Drunken Scholar hesitated and said, “Sir, is Seventh-Ranked Immortal King already the limit?”
“Yes, anything above Seventh Rank, even reincarnation wouldn’t be able to handle it, because they’re too strong.”
“Then may I ask, after my reincarnation, can I retain my memories?”
“No. Those who retain their memories cannot undergo reincarnation.”
“So even if you can renew your ties with Yuqing, you will not be the former Drunken Scholar.”
“The future you will ultimately be just a similar flower.”
Upon hearing this, the Drunken Scholar smiled slightly and said, “Then please help me sever this karmic tie; she should let go of me and start her new life.”
“All right!”
Upon getting Chen Changsheng’s answer, the Drunken Scholar turned to enter reincarnation.
After he left, Sun Yuqing appeared beside Chen Changsheng.
“Sir, is the karmic tie between me and him stable?”
“Very stable. The Phoenix Emperor, the Yin Heavenly Sovereign, and I have bound this karmic tie; you will at least be entangled for three lifetimes.”
“Thank you, sir. I’ve already asked Tian Guang to take care of matters at the academy; I’ll be bothering you from now on.”
After saying this, Sun Yuqing began to dissolve her form, a bit of true spirit entered reincarnation.
