Chapter 2: Light Source Stone

  "A complete third-grade material, the starting price for exchanging contribution points is fifty points." After muttering to himself for a while, Meng Zhangguo also discovered the young man in front of him and smiled awkwardly, saying, "However, you've also seen that this is just a section of the tail bone of a third-grade earth dragon. For an earth dragon, the tail part isn't its most precious part. If you picked up the earth dragon's inner core, it wouldn't be fifty contribution points, but even one hundred and fifty contribution points, I can exchange it for you..."

  It seems that he had touched upon the demon beast's core, and a hint of excitement appeared on Meng Zhanggui's face.

  Fang Tian Nan felt speechless at this moment.

  In general, only fourth-order and above demonic beasts can generate inner elixirs. The strength of a fourth-order demonic beast is comparable to that of a True Person among human warriors. A warrior, once they break through the Realm of Qi Transformation, their internal energy transforms into True Essence, and their title changes from ordinary "warrior" to "True Person". True Persons also have three levels of cultivation: Human Origin Realm, Earth Origin Realm, and Heaven Origin Realm.

  According to Fang Tian Nan, any member of the Qing Yun Sect who can enter the True Person realm can directly advance to become an inner sect disciple. For example, in the True Person realm, the strongest is the Tian Yuan realm True Person, and there is only one such person in the entire Qing Yun Sect, namely the Sect Master.

  It's clear how difficult it is for a martial artist to advance to the rank of True Person.

  With Fang Tian Nan's current dark and powerful state, facing a fourth-stage demonic beast is almost a hopeless situation. A fourth-stage demonic beast possesses an inner dan, just like cultivating the true yuan within their body, and compared to ordinary warriors, there will naturally be a fundamental difference in strength. Is it not that a warrior who has not cultivated the true yuan cannot cope with this?

  Of course, the vast majority of third-order demon beasts are not possible to have inner dan in their bodies. However, there is a rumor that the earth dragon has inherited the bloodline of an ancient giant dragon, and once this hidden power is activated under unknown circumstances, it is highly likely that the third-order earth dragon will also generate inner dan.

  For intermediate demon beasts from fourth rank to sixth rank, the inner dan is the most valuable existence on the body of the demon beast.

  Fang Tian Nan had never dared to hope that he would be able to obtain an inner dan.

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  "Alright, this dragon's tail bone, although incomplete, can't be considered a third-tier item. However, compared to ordinary second-tier items, it has some advantages. I'll calculate its contribution points as if it were a high-quality second-tier item." Dream said seriously, "As for the beast skin on the dragon's tail, it's relatively small, so let's calculate its contribution points as if it were a low-quality second-tier item. What do you think?"

  "Alright." Fang Tian Nan thought for a moment before nodding his head.

  "Hehe," Meng Zhanggui smiled lightly, reached out to take two items from the package on the counter, and said, "The tail bone of the earth dragon, 35 contribution points..."

  "Wait a minute......" Fang Tian Nan's heart skipped a beat, and he hastily spoke up, saying, "Isn't this second-grade superior item worth thirty contribution points?"

  Although Fang Tian Nan has not obtained any second-grade top-quality materials so far, he is still very clear about the basic exchange prices in his heart. Unlike the three points, two points and one point for the upper, middle and lower grades of first-grade materials, the upper, middle and lower grades of second-grade materials can be exchanged for 30, 20 and 10 contribution points respectively. The value of the dragon tail bone that Meng Zhanggui exchanged with Fang Tian Nan was not less, but more.

  Meng Zhanggui nodded in approval before explaining, "As I said earlier, the tail bone of this earth dragon is slightly better than ordinary second-tier items. Even compared to high-quality second-tier materials, it has some extra value. So, 35 contribution points are reasonable. Similarly, this small piece of beast skin can also be counted as 15 contribution points."

  "A total of 50 contribution points."

  Fang Tian Nan looked at Meng Zhuo's stout figure and secretly felt grateful. To put it bluntly, the contribution points exchange records would be periodically checked by people from the sect, but as long as the difference between the actual items wasn't too far off, Meng Zhuo had the final say in how much was given or taken.

  The current decision is undoubtedly a great favor for Fang Tian Nan.

  Just thinking of adding another fifty contribution points, Fang Tian Nan's heart wasn't excited, but rather somewhat puzzled. At present, his accumulated contribution points had already reached nine hundred and ninety-nine, only one point away from the standard of a thousand. Seeing the calm expression on Meng Zhuang Jie's face, Fang Tian Nan pondered, could this old man be doing it on purpose?

  Not too much or too little, just enough to fill a contribution point, preventing Fang Tian Nan from immediately becoming an outer disciple of the Qing Yun Sect.

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  As expected, while Fang Tian Nan was still full of doubts, Meng Zhanggui had already prepared the transaction record for this exchange. He beckoned to Fang Tian Nan and said: "If you don't have any other items to exchange, then take out your identity card and let's confirm the transaction."

  Every young man who joins the Qingyun Sect will receive an identity token from the sect when they exchange their contribution points for the first time. The token contains not only the result of the bone age test, but also the transaction details of the contribution points. As long as the contribution points on the token reach one thousand and the bone age is under eighteen years old, you can enter the outer gate affairs office of the Qingyun Sect and exchange for an identity plaque belonging to the outer gate disciples.

  Fang Tiannan couldn't help but smile wryly as he looked at Meng Zhuangui. For a moment, his left hand involuntarily rose to the right side of his chest, while his right hand was about to reach into his pants pocket to retrieve something for exchange. However, with only one contribution point short, Fang Tiannan still had half a month before turning eighteen, so he didn't need to rush too much.

  Just then, Fang Tian Nan's eyes scanned the wall cabinet behind Meng Zhuangui, which was neatly arranged with various supplies, and his gaze fell on a certain bottle of medicine. His heart moved slightly, and after careful consideration, he took out a small crystal stone that emitted a faint white light from his pocket and placed it on the counter.

  "Huh?" Meng Zhanggu looked at Fang Tian Nan with a strange gaze and said, "It's actually another Light Source Stone. You little scoundrel, it seems you really do have quite a few good things hidden away. No wonder I've been watching you and you never seemed anxious. It turns out that two months ago, you were already preparing for today's exchange. Tsk tsk, kid, it looks like you had planned for every possible outcome."

  "Meng Zhanggui is joking." Fang Tian Nan replied with a bitter smile.

  If it weren't for Meng Zhanggui's deliberate "trouble", the contribution points would still be short of one, and Fang Tiannan naturally wouldn't take out the light source stone. As for Meng Zhanggui's mention of "another" piece, it was naturally because Fang Tiannan had exchanged a light source stone two months ago.

  That was the first time Fang Tian Nan obtained a Light Source Stone. To be exact, Fang Tian Nan still had curiosity and learned of its name from Meng Po's mouth. This thing almost didn't have any grade. If you said it was precious, then it was extremely precious; if you said it was useless, then it wasn't worth a single coin. In short, it depended on the person who owned it, whether they could absorb and use it or not.

  Because of this, the properties of the light source stone are somewhat special.

  According to Meng Zhanggui, among all the cultivators on the mainland, very few are suitable for using the Light Source Stone. This thing is neither innate nor acquired through cultivation, but is attached to a plant called Yinyang Grass. As for Yinyang Grass itself, it doesn't even count as a first-class herb. In the Youming Mountains, there is a considerable amount of Yinyang Grass. However, not all Yinyang Grass can produce Light Source Stones, and the conditions are extremely harsh.

  At that time, Meng Zhang had given 10 contribution points to Fang Tian Nan, who was stable, down-to-earth and hardworking, which was almost equivalent to the value of a second-grade lower-quality ore. This price was already very high, but Fang Tian Nan only exchanged it for a piece of light source stone.

  At this moment, Fang Tian Nan surprisingly took out another one. With Meng's old experience as a shopkeeper, he naturally wouldn't think that Fang Tian Nan had just found it recently.

  "This time, still ten contribution points?" Meng Zhangguan looked at Fang Tiannan and said with a hint of playfulness.

  "Hmm." Upon hearing Meng Zhang's words, Fang Tian Nan felt a sense of relief and took out his own identity token, saying, "According to the rules, advancing to an outer door disciple only requires 1,000 contribution points. The excess can be distributed among ourselves, right?"

  Meng Zhanggui nodded. In fact, not only the part that exceeds 1,000 contribution points can be used personally, but even if it doesn't exceed that amount, as long as you are willing to spend contribution points, everything can be used. Individuals can exchange materials with the sect to obtain contribution points, and the sect provides finished products such as "Qi-Enhancing Pills", "Qi-Gathering Pills", "Golden Healing Pills", and even some basic martial skills, which can be purchased using contribution points.

  It's just that acquiring contribution points is extremely difficult, and in general, most people won't choose to buy dan medicine from the sect. For young men who haven't become disciples of a side door yet, this is undoubtedly a luxury. Fang Tian Nan only exchanged for an "Essence Stabilizing Pill" from Meng Zhanggui when he was seriously injured once, otherwise, he would try his best not to use contribution points.

  Now, Fang Tian Nan's gaze was slightly scorching as he looked at the bottle of medicine on the wall cabinet behind Meng Zhuangui, pointing with his finger and saying: "I want to exchange a bottle of 'Wash Seal Agent'."

  Meng Zhanggui's eyes widened in surprise as he stared at Fang Tian Nan, saying strangely: "You actually want this bottle of 'Seal Washing Agent'? Are you sure?"

  "I'm sure." Fang Tian Nan nodded firmly.

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