Chapter 25: Rebirth Special Training

  "No need to look anymore!" Jin Zhen and Jin Mei walked over, both wearing beautiful new name tags on their chests. "Passing the interview was really easy."

  "Yes! However, the Qi Dan level is just barely passing, and the dual attribute level is also just barely passing. This shows that the student's foundation is also very strong!" Long Song sighed.

  "But that strength isn't anything special, is it? However, the number of people is quite large because every year tens of thousands of people sign up. Those who can get in are all dual-attribute, and there's one or two triple-attribute ones. So, the high-level experts gathered by the entire academy over so many years must be very formidable." Long Di looked down on those new students, but he was still extremely intimidated by the old students because they had been cultivating for many years already.

  "Let's not think so much for now, let's go eat something and celebrate our admission first!" said the beautiful Rose.

  "Great!" Long Song said excitedly, apart from cultivating and refining equipment and pills, he probably liked eating the most!

  Back in the imperial capital's best wine house, walking on the soft carpet, the four of them arrived at a luxurious private room on the fifth floor. This private room was excellent and offered a beautiful view of the Imperial River.

  "The majestic Yellow River waters, nourishing people abundantly." The rose sipped fine wine and hummed poetic lines, her captivating demeanor mesmerizing even at the tender age of five or six.

  "I'll add two sentences!" Long Di wanted to show off "Hero holds a treasured sword, beautiful wine and a charming beauty."

  "Hehe! Brother Long always jokes!" Rose said with a smile.

  "I'll say a poem too." Long Song ate a delicious fish, "Scenic view by the river, eating fresh fish"

  "I was admitted to Overpass Academy," said Jin Zhen.

  "Haha!" Rose laughed and said "Brother, is this what you call poetry?"

  Jin Yu's face turned red as she hastily said, "Eat your food! Eat your food, what poetry is this? The dishes are all cold."

  "Haha!" Everyone burst out laughing.

  A sumptuous lunch was eaten with great relish. Anyway, there were still three days before leaving school, so for these three days, Long Ge followed the lead of the three people and played around the entire Imperial Capital!

  Four people were all rich masters, so they bought whatever they saw and then casually threw things into the spatial ring. For example, delicious snacks, barbecue for gluttons, many were bought and thrown into the ring. There was also fine wine and even some beautiful clothes and accessories that were bought in large quantities. Having money is great! As for Long Song, he bought a 100-cubic-meter spatial ring to replace his original one, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.

  As he walked to the Imperial Capital's Alchemist Guild, Long Song found that the Imperial Capital's Alchemist Guild building was even more exaggerated. The main gate alone was 300 meters high and 100 meters wide, with wisps of light smoke and bursts of danxiang fragrance wafting out from the entrance, somewhat like a divine realm.

  Four people walked to the entrance and were about to go in, while the gatekeeper saw Long Di and respectfully came forward to greet him, "Young Master Long, have you come to our Alchemist Guild to buy elixirs?"

  "Yes, and bring a few friends along to take a look." Long Di said with an air of complacency.

  "Alright, please come in." Then a butler-like person led four people on a tour.

  "I often come here, the elixirs inside are really good! Let's go in and buy some, otherwise it'll be half a year before we can leave the academy!" Long Di also thought that there would definitely be many battles to come, so he wanted to stock up on elixirs first, or else once they were inside the academy, there wouldn't even be anywhere to buy them.

  "Hmm! Brother Long is right!" Long Ge also said, although he could also refine the elixir, but sometimes having money to buy the elixir was better than refining it himself. What was truly worth Long Ge's effort to refine were small quantities of high-grade elixirs.

  "Then let's go take a look at Dan Medicine District!" Rose had also been there several times, so she knew where to buy dan medicine.

  The alchemy area is very large, with rows of shelves filled with all sorts of pills. Each shelf has thirty-six layers, and each layer holds one hundred bottles of pills. It's truly astonishing! The first-grade pills are the most numerous and cheapest. Almost anyone who works in the Alchemist Guild can refine them, so they're extremely cheap. Because they're so affordable, they take up a lot of space - there are ten entire shelves dedicated to first-grade pills.

  Long Song They didn't lack money, so they spent tens of thousands of gold coins to buy 400 bottles of Da Hui Dan. Da Hui Dan was the best among first-class Dans, and each one cost only 1 gold coin. So everyone spent 10,000 gold coins to buy 100,000 grains of Da Hui Dan, all stored in 100 bottles.

  Then they walked to the place where the second-grade dan was, and the shelves started to decrease, with only one left. Long Ge and others also bought two bottles of Zhongfu Dan each, with one bottle costing 500 gold coins, so two bottles cost 10 million per person, a total of 200 grains. Why not buy Daifu Dan? Because it's too expensive! One costs 2,000 gold coins, such consumables can't be eaten much!

  Longge had little money to begin with, so he didn't even want to buy the Zhongfu Dan, but considering everyone else was buying some, not buying any might arouse suspicion from others. So he bought some too. Actually, there were three bottles of large-sized Zhongfu Dan inside Longge's ring, totaling 300 pills, which were made by Longge himself in the past.

  In front of the shelf of third-grade elixirs, there were only three layers. The first layer had 100 bottles of low-grade soul-restoring elixir, the second layer had 80 bottles of mid-grade soul-restoring elixir, and the third layer had 40 bottles of high-grade soul-restoring elixir. This inventory still left Long Song and the others speechless, because the higher the grade of the elixir, the more difficult it was to refine, and being able to refine so many already showed the level of the Imperial Capital.

  Relatively high-grade elixirs are very expensive, with a small soul elixir costing 1 million per bottle. A medium soul elixir costs 10 million per bottle, while a large soul elixir costs 100 million per bottle. Of course, these elixirs are difficult to refine and the selling price is high, so there aren't any customers who can buy them by the bottle, making retail sales possible.

  Long Song spent 100,000 gold coins each to buy 10 small soul pellets, which made Long Song feel heartbroken. He could refine them himself, why spend money to buy them? If he could buy materials to refine them himself, how much money would he save?!

  Unfortunately, Long Song didn't wear the crystal ring that represented his elder identity in order to keep it a secret. This identity would be revealed later, and his strength should be shown gradually. Every time he showed his strength, others had to suffer losses to make up for the value of keeping it a secret!

  A shelf for fourth-grade elixirs? No! Because fourth-grade elixirs can no longer be measured with money, not only do they have the effect of increasing power, but also the effect of calming the mind, so generally they are not sold, and can only be exchanged for things. Dragon Song and his group currently don't have anything good to exchange for a fourth-grade elixir, so shopping ends here.

  After this shopping, Long Song and his group had enough food and drink to last three months, with twenty sets of clothes per person, and Rose had 100 sets. As for the elixirs, they had enough to sustain them through ordinary battles for several months. Among them, Long Song's elixirs were the most abundant, and he also had many materials for refining more elixirs. With some time, he would have enough elixirs for everyone to use.

  For the remaining three days, the three of them spent their time sightseeing and buying some protective gear and weapons. In fact, these were just for show, as their real powerful weapons were stored in their spatial rings. For example, Long Ge's golden bow was a low-grade item from the Dragon Song Golden Set, and Long Di's weapon was likely to be of similar quality given his status as a member of the Jinling family. As for diamond-grade weapons, it was unlikely that even adults had access to them, let alone children.

  Three days passed like this, today is the first day of entering the academy!

  Many people were already waiting for admission at the entrance of the college on the north bank of the Huang River.

  "All freshmen take note, gather at the college square now!" The teacher in charge of leading the freshmen into the campus shouted loudly, his powerful voice making every freshman's ears tremble!

  The freshmen quickly walked to the square of the college and lined up in order, waiting for the leader's speech.

  "Welcome to the Imperial Academy!" A white-bearded old man on the square's lecture platform said passionately, "I am your principal, my name is Qizi. I hope that by coming to the Imperial Academy, you can become stronger, not only in terms of abilities but also in spirit!"

  "Our Imperial Academy has a long history, cultivating countless talents in its long history..." The words of the chess piece were endless, and it had been talking for two hours!

  "Finally, I wish you all to adapt to the life in our college in the new semester and blend into the big family of Imperial College!" After enjoying countless applause, the Dean of Chess continued, "Next, please let Fruit Teacher, who is responsible for your special training, speak!"

  Still! Bureaucracy! What's the point of so much nonsense?

  "My words are few!" Fruit Teacher said loudly and concisely. "For the next six months, you will be living in the Desert Sea of the Dragon Empire, and we will make arrangements for your future class distribution based on your living situation."

  "Ah! The Desert Sea, a place where legend has it that only camels can survive?"

  "Ah! The desert sea, that place has no water, nothing to eat, how can we survive for six months? Isn't this sending us to our deaths?"

  "We're here to learn advanced magic at the academy, not to suffer in that godforsaken place!"

  The students below buzzed and made a fuss, so Guozi said with a pointed tone: "This is the tradition of our Imperial Academy. Every new student must receive the baptism of the Desert Sea. If anyone is unwilling to accept the baptism, they can directly drop out! Of course, we will send experts to secretly protect you. When you are in absolute danger, we will save you, and your baptism will end there. We will assign you to a class based on how many days you persist, and for those who can persist for six months or more, we will give them a mysterious gift."

  The fruit teacher said that at this point, the newcomers have all recognized it. After all, they have plenty of space rings, which basically contain everything, so it's not impossible to survive for six months, and there are also masters protecting them on the side! Challenging one's limits in a situation without life danger may be the best.

  After unanimous consent to the special training, more than a thousand new-borns with dual attributes or above, the future talents of the empire, and the pillars of various families were sent to the terrifying Desert Sea for six months of arduous special training.

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