167: Buy rare treasures

“Ten thousand years is too long, seize the day then?”

Yue Shan, on the other end, muttered, then nodded:

“I understand.”

“Since you want to seize it, I’ll help you.”

“Wait for my news.”

Yue Shan said a few words and hung up the phone. Yang Dian also put down his phone and turned to Professor Shen Fei:

“Professor, when will my 300 million Merits be credited?”

Professor Shen Fei raised his eyebrows:

“Listening to Yue Shan, you’ll be getting quite a lot of Merits later.”

“Still focused on that loan?”

Yang Dian rubbed his wrist:

“I won’t dislike myself for being strong.”

“The stronger I am, the more disasters I can resist in the coming great change, right?”

Saying that, he urged again:

“Professor, don’t dawdle. You also said the organization is preparing to cultivate people with resources now. If you delay a bit longer, the good stuff might be snatched away by others.”

Professor Shen Fei sat back in front of the computer, manipulating the Jingwei Bird projected onto the light screen in front of him:

“Then as you wish.”

A moment later, Yang Dian’s phone rang with a soft “ding~”.

He opened it and, sure enough, there was a document waiting for his confirmation.

He didn’t look at the file name, nor did he look at other related clauses.

Knowing that confirming and signing the document would grant him a 300 million interest-free loan, Yang Dian operated his phone to connect to the Research Institute’s AI Jingwei Bird and signed the agreement through a series of authentications.

Another soft “ding~” sounded.

Opening the Merits System and seeing the 8-digit Merits value after the 3, Yang Dian couldn’t help but curl his lips.

The Martial Arts Grandmaster realm was within reach!

He tapped the screen a few times to open the Merits Mall, and then, remembering something, he gave another instruction:

“Jingwei, help me list all heaven and earth treasures.”

Perhaps because his authority had been elevated to the special level Professor Shen Fei mentioned, the organization had opened up all its resources to him.

This time, the heaven and earth treasures in the Merits Mall were finally no longer just a mere two or three types.

He casually swiped the screen, then sorted them by the amount of Merits required for purchase.

Firmly at the top of the list was still celestial marrow.

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【celestial marrow】

Discounted 150 million Merits, obtained from Moonbay Crater on the far side of the Moon, only 3 portions remaining.

Consuming it grants a long-lasting ‘inspiration activation’ state, with a very high probability of re-Awakening a talent.

Note: The Aerospace Bureau collected a total of 9 portions of celestial marrow in the Moonbay Crater area, 6 have been used, among which 5 people Awakened new talents, and the new talents are of high intensity.

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Looking at the celestial marrow in the video, a sphere 3 centimeters in diameter with an aurora seemingly brewing inside, causing ripples in the surrounding air, Yang Dian subconsciously swallowed.

‘I want to eat it...’

As soon as he swallowed, he realized.

He had only seen the celestial marrow in the video, and he had subconsciously developed the desire to eat it.

How incredible must the real celestial marrow be?

‘As expected of a heaven and earth treasures originally priced at 250 million Merits.’

After a moment of contemplation, Yang Dian continued to scroll down.

celestial marrow was too expensive.

If he had tens of billions of Merits, he wouldn’t mind buying one to taste, or buying it for his family to try and Awaken their talents.

But unfortunately, his Merits was limited.

Everything had to make way for increasing his strength.

‘To cultivate all four Cultivation Techniques—Hun Yuan Strength, Iron Shirt, Star Gazing Art, and Heaven and Man Unity Skill—to three traits, I need just under 70,000 energy.’

‘With Iron Shirt Body Refining, my physical strength should be sufficient.’

‘The safest approach is to first buy 470 portions of earth core milk to guarantee the baseline.’

Thinking this, Yang Dian pulled the screen to the very bottom.

And as expected, earth core milk, discounted to only 600,000 Merits, was the cheapest heaven and earth treasures.

“Jingwei, help me purchase 470 portions of earth core milk.”

Jingwei, who had projected into the office at some unknown point, blinked:

“The organization’s inventory of earth core milk only has 317 portions remaining.”

As Yang Dian looked up at Jingwei, Professor Shen Fei had already begun to explain:

“earth core milk is a heaven and earth treasures nurtured within Spiritual Veins.”

“According to the Daoists and alchemists, our Huaxia has three great Dragon Veins: the Northern Dragon, the Central Dragon, and the Southern Dragon.”

“There’s some truth to this statement.”

“We found traces of earth core milk in the underground caves of famous mountains and rivers along the Northern Dragon, such as the Altai Mountains, Helan Mountains, Taihang Mountains, Greater Khingan Range...”

“The Central Dragon’s Qinling Mountains, Dabie Mountains...”

“And the Southern Dragon’s Minshan Mountains, Mangshan Mountains, Hengshan Mountains...”

“And earth core milk is also a renewable heaven and earth treasures, with each region accumulating 5 to 20 drops of earth core milk annually.”

“The inventory of over 300 drops of earth core milk is the foundation we’ve accumulated over these years.”

Yang Dian nodded silently and immediately bought all the earth core milk:

“Jingwei, help me purchase all the earth core milk.”

“All earth core milk has been added to your shopping cart. Confirm purchase?”

“Confirm.”

After grandly purchasing 317 drops of earth core milk and seeing the words [Out of Stock] stamped on the earth core milk image, Yang Dian then asked:

“Professor, since these famous mountains and rivers have earth core milk beneath them, what about other famous mountains and rivers?”

“For example, Mount Tai, Mount Hua, the Kunlun Mountains, or even under Mount Everest, could there be some heaven and earth treasures nurtured there?”

Professor Shen Fei nodded:

“Probably, but we can’t dig through Spiritual Veins to find those rare treasures that may or may not exist.”

“Now that Qi Revival is happening, who knows if these famous mountains and rivers will nurture Heaven And Earth Treasure, Spiritual Vein, or Spiritual Mine underground?”

“What if digging breaks the earth’s Qi and causes the nurturing to fail?”

“Unless absolutely necessary, we won’t act recklessly and do things that deplete resources.”

“The organization is truly thoughtful.” While agreeing with Professor Shen Fei verbally, Yang Dian’s thoughts had already flown back to the Alien Planet.

‘Speaking of famous mountains and rivers, those 13 Sacred Mountains on the Alien Planet should also count as famous mountains and rivers, right?’

‘The radiation Crystal Mine cave hidden in another spatial dimension beneath the Lizardmen Sacred Mountain should be some kind of Spiritual Vein or Spiritual Mine.’

‘I just don’t know what heaven and earth treasures, or heaven and earth treasures, are nurtured at the core of the mine...’

With thoughts swirling in his mind, Yang Dian didn’t forget to continue instructing the Jingwei Bird:

“Jingwei, help me select the heaven and earth treasures that contain a large amount of energy and can enhance physical strength.”

As he spoke, the screen flickered a few times, and the Jingwei Bird’s voice sounded in Yang Dian’s ear:

“I have filtered out the heaven and earth treasures that meet your requirements.”

Yang Dian looked down at his phone screen.

【Blood Leech】

Inventory: 5, discounted 900,000 Merits.

A leech variant heaven and earth treasures, consuming it strengthens the body and has a very small chance of Awakening a talent for limb regeneration.

【Earth Dragon】

Inventory: 7, discounted 900,000 Merits.

An earthworm variant heaven and earth treasures, effects similar to Blood Leech.

【Glazed Spider】

Inventory: 1, discounted 1.2 million Merits.

A spider variant heaven and earth treasures, consuming it can greatly improve physical qualities... 【Fish Pearl】

Inventory: 1, discounted 1.3 million Merits.

A special heaven and earth treasures found in the belly of Yangtze River carp, consuming it greatly enhances physical qualities and lung capacity, allowing for deep-water diving...