Chapter 50: Wang Chao searches for treasure, meteorite breaks arrow

  The nest of the Black Woodpecker group is based on a giant tree about ten zhang high. The entire nest has a dense structure, with branches stacked layer by layer. The giant tree became the central pillar of the nest, and the black branches that made up the nest's framework stretched from the treetop to the roots.

  At first glance, it looks like a black hollow high-rise building.

  Chu Yun and the three of them entered from the bottom, breaking through the obstructing branches, and opened up a small path in the dense and thick bird's nest. Then, they approached the giant tree in the center and began to climb.

  When they reached the middle section of the giant tree, they stopped and were delighted to see that the extended bird's nest was filled with layers of black beast eggs.

  These monster eggs were only the size of a fist and pitch black. The surface was irregularly rounded, pockmarked with holes, just like charcoal.

  "These are all Dark Crow's demon beast eggs, there should be over three hundred!" Yan Que exclaimed.

  Even Jin Bi Han felt somewhat unexpected: "There are actually so many demon beast eggs."

  "This shows that before the arrival of the Black Crow Clan, the forest was rich in vitality. Chu Yun analyzed and continued, "There are too many demon beast eggs here, it's better to notify the Academy and send someone over to collect them."

  Black Crow Flock, often brings disaster to the natural ecosystem. They are similar to locusts, ravaging the life force of the forest. After absorbing it, they produce a large number of demonic beast eggs, thereby expanding the entire tribe.

  The original green forest will slowly change into a black forest after being occupied by the black wood crow group.

  This time, Chu Yun and his three men took action to accept the mission of the Academy, to eradicate the Black Wood Crow group, and bring peace and tranquility back to this island village.

  However, when they saw these demon beast eggs, Chu Yun and his group did not have the ability to collect them.

  Lower-grade spirit bags can only hold one demon beast. Mid-grade spirit bags can hold multiple demon beasts of the same kind. Chu Yun has three spirit bags on him: a small Accumulating Clouds Spirit Bag holding the Revolving Elixir Tree, a Fire Silk Spirit Bag holding the Heavenly Fox, and a Spirit Bag commonly known as the Knife Bag, shaped like a scabbard and worn on his back, loaded with the Drunken Snow Knife.

  Three gourds, all of them inferior.

  Jin Bi Han's body did have a medium-sized storage pouch, but it already contained a batch of demon butterflies.

  Yan Que was also only a lower-ranking immortal, and he was powerless against the black wooden crow demon beast egg in front of him.

  "When are you going to raise a Prime Minister Pig or wrap up the grass? Hmm, Pocket Flower is not bad either, we need a storage-type demon beast." Chu Yun said to Yan Que.

  "The young master doesn't know, but I've actually been cultivating a wrapping grass. It's just that it's currently only at the infant demon level and can't comprehend the innate Taoist method 'Wrapping Heaven and Earth'." Yan Que replied.

  "Then cultivate well." Chu Yun nodded, a hint of appreciation flashing in his eyes.

  Since Yan Que truly submitted, his attitude has been very serious. Sometimes when Chu Yun had some unconsidered places, he would check and make up for the deficiencies. Moreover, he never sought to take credit, being sincere and down-to-earth.

  The three of them continued climbing up and reached the upper section of the giant tree.

  This is where the Black Wood Crow King resides.

  Yan's eyes flashed with anticipation, and Jin Bi Han's breathing also became somewhat urgent.

  Black wood magpie, Noguchi, dark double attribute beast. Therefore, it often collects some wood and dark heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and puts them in the bird's nest. Using the rich yuanqi emitted by these heavenly materials and earthly treasures to enhance the home environment.

  This situation is common among wild You beasts.

  "Shi Xiong, among us three, you are the lightest, it's better if you take action." Chu Yun said to Jin Bi Han.

  Jin Bi Han nodded, actually eager to try. To be honest, Princess Dunhuang had already fallen in love with the feeling of treasure hunting.

  She carefully left the giant tree trunk and stepped onto the bird's nest.

  Coughing...

  The bird's nest immediately emitted a heart-pounding sound. If this king's nest were to collapse, although it wouldn't cause any harm, finding some heavenly treasures among the countless branches would be troublesome.

  Jin Bi Han walked cautiously for a while, suddenly a flash of light in her eyes, and saw the heavenly treasure hidden in the branches. She approached slowly, made sure there was no danger, and then started to collect it.

  "Young master, what gains will we have this time?" Yan Que asked, looking forward intently.

  Chu Yun smiled faintly, he was a seasoned person, and this small gain had already made his heart undisturbed. He replied casually: "A group of black wood crows, what good collection can they have? Compared to those heavenly treasures, I value these black feathered woods that build the magpie's nest even more. This is indeed a good material for building warships."

  Yan nodded, saying with deep agreement: "Especially the black wood on top, its value is even higher. However, what Shu Family Island lacks now is not materials for shipbuilding, but a master shipbuilder who excels in refining soldiers. This time, the island owner personally invited Master Ba Fang, only to be rejected again. It's been like this several times, it can almost be confirmed that there is a behind-the-scenes black hand interfering."

  Shujia Island has salt trade, which is truly poverty alleviation and wealth creation. With capital in hand, Shu Tianhao wants to build a sharp warship. Materials and shipbuilders are not lacking, but what is lacking is a true master shipbuilder.

  However, recently, Shu Tianhao has repeatedly invited several masters to stay, but was rejected every time. This situation is unreasonable, and it's clear that someone doesn't want to see the naval forces of Shujia Island become stronger.

  "This matter, let's talk about it later. After the sea salt crisis, Shu Island became the only beneficiary, which is already enough to make other forces resentful." Chu Yun furrowed his brow and sighed. Although he had defended Shu Island, saved Shu Tianhao, and even driven out the Ning family's business power, making them self-sufficient. However, there were still many difficulties and obstacles hindering the development of Shu Island.

  "Look what I've found!" Jin Bi Han had already returned, her voice trembling with excitement. Her delicate face was flushed with suppressed excitement.

  Chu Yun's eyes scanned, the so-called heavenly material and earthly treasure, didn't exceed his expectations, overall value not great. However, seeing Jin Bi Han so excited, he also didn't want to dampen the enthusiasm, immediately smiled: "Harvest is quite rich ah. Hmm, what's this?"

  Chu Yun's gaze paused for a moment, then she reached out and pulled out a broken arrow from among the flowers, grass, and stones.

  The arrow has been lost, the arrow shaft is also broken in half, only half of the arrow tail remains. The body of the arrow has been worn out badly, full of vicissitudes. The arrow tail has a faint mark, which further confirms Chu Yun's thoughts at this time.

  "It's just an arrow made of fallen star stone, what's wrong with that?" Jin Bi Han muttered to himself.

  Yan Que suddenly caught on: "The shape of this arrow seems to be that of the once-famous Shooting Star Arrow."

  "Is it that famous Shooting Star Arrow Art?" Jin Bi Han's face changed slightly.

  "It's true. This is a specially made, Meteoric Arrow that matches the Meteoric Shooting Technique. Each and every one of these Meteoric Arrows are at the level of a minor demon soldier. However, this broken arrow has already died. Its spiritual light has completely disappeared..." Chu Yun said while playing with the broken Meteoric Arrow in his hand.

  "What a pity, if it were a complete and flawless meteorite arrow, we could have analyzed its manufacturing method from this." Jin Bi Han's eyes dimmed.

  "Even so, it's still the most valuable thing on this trip. Many princes and nobles of the Mongol Empire like to collect meteorite arrows. Although this meteorite arrow is just a relic, it's an authentic antique. Worth 500,000 Di Sha Shi coins, no problem." Chu Yun said with a smile.

  "50,000 Geomancer's Stones?"

  "So expensive?!"

  Yan Que and Jin Bi Han stared at each other, they were not clear about the antique market being normal. In fact, many people in Xingzhou loved collecting ancient artifacts and relics.

  In Chu Yun's past life memories, there was a wandering swordsman who unexpectedly obtained this Flowing Star Arrow, which was also a broken arrow, with a higher degree of damage than the one in Chu Yun's hand. However, after selling it to a big shot in Jiang Han Country, he received 550,000 Di Xie Shi coins. This news once made Chu Yun so envious that his eyes turned red. Thus, he gained motivation and began to pay attention to the market for collecting ancient artifacts of the demon soldiers.

  Chu Yun put the broken arrow in his bosom and took charge of dividing these heavenly treasures. After that, the three of them searched again to confirm that no treasure was left behind, then flew out with a white jade carrier pigeon to inform the academy to send someone to receive them.

  It was already the next afternoon when I returned to the academy.

  "It's no wonder you're the Young Tiger Lord. You've completed a high-difficulty mission like annihilating the Black Crow Troop in just one and a half days."

  "Who cares who it is? But the achievement of one and a half days is too terrifying. I heard that those Black Wood Crows are even stronger than what was described in the task."

  "Didn't you see? Young Master Tiger returned this time and harvested more than 300 black wood raven beast eggs. In addition, there are also a large number of black feathers."

  ……

  Inside the Miscellaneous Hall, everyone looked at Chu Yun and his two companions with a mixture of reverence and admiration as they submitted their task results and received their reward points.

  "How many credits have you accumulated?" Chu Yun asked Jin Bi Han as soon as they walked out of the Miscellaneous Hall. He knew that his counterpart had a purpose, which was to exchange for a top-grade demon-suppressing technique that required 1,000 credits.

  "Still 646 points short." Jin Bi Han spat out a mouthful of turbid air and replied. Accumulating academic points wasn't as easy as one imagined, the cafeteria, courses, elixirs and so on all required spending academic points to exchange for them.

  Compared to others, Chu Yun was even more miserable. His academic credits were always stuck at around 50, constantly fluctuating. Although he had just received a task reward of 13 academic credits, he had already set his sights on a volume of Taoist scriptures in the Cangjing Pavilion, which would require him to pay an additional 5 academic credits.

  "In fact, you can challenge me. If I lose to you, you will get a batch of thick academic credits." Chu Yun proposed.

  Jin Bi Han shook her head, refusing: "Originally there was such a plan, but now you, Brother Chu, are in the prime of your life and have great prestige. If you were to lose to me, it would be a huge blow to your reputation. This is something that you've worked hard to accumulate, so I won't do something so malicious."

  "Actually, prestige doesn't count for much. I hope that one day you'll change your mind." Chu Yun sighed and saw Jin Bi Han's serious expression, so she didn't try to persuade him anymore.

  In fact, he had proposed this many times before and was rejected by Jin Bi Han. Fortunately, there were still many tasks to be completed, and the academic credits rewarded were numerous. Chu Yun, Jin Bi Han, and Yan Que formed a team of three, with high efficiency in completing tasks, strong collaboration, and substantial gains.

  After the afternoon's alchemy class, Bai Mei Dan Shifu kept Chu Yun behind: "I have a secret mission here. If you can complete it, I'll reward 150 academic credits. Are you interested?"