28: Daming School Boxing

Just these five supreme-grade mysterious stones alone represent a level of wealth that countless ordinary people might never achieve in a lifetime of struggle!

Long Yuan couldn't help but sigh. Dragon Snow's background was merely that of a girl from a small Family, but after becoming Prince Fu's concubine, she accumulated enormous wealth in just a few years. It was truly a transformation from a common hen to a Phoenix, instantly becoming a person of high status. No wonder many women, despite knowing the great risks of marrying into a wealthy Family, still eagerly rushed forward, one after another. As a certain woman of the world on Earth famously said, 'I'd rather cry in a BMW than laugh on a bicycle.'

"These are all items Dragon Snow likes, so I'd rather not use them. As for this money, not using it would be a waste. Only by turning it into strength or circulating it can it create new wealth..."

"Huh? These are... Great Bright Treasure Notes?!" Long Yuan was slightly stunned.

After these two days of understanding, he knew that these so-called Great Bright Treasure Notes were a type of paper currency issued in the Early Stage of the Great Bright Dynasty. However, due to the Great Bright Dynasty's official lack of basic financial knowledge, they only knew how to print more and more, without even setting up corresponding reserves for the paper currency. This led to the common people's gold and silver being exchanged by the officials, but it was impossible to exchange it back from the officials. Moreover, the people had to pay a processing fee to exchange old notes for new ones, which was essentially robbing the people's wealth in broad daylight. Therefore, after being used for a period, these Treasure Notes continuously depreciated, becoming akin to waste paper within a dozen years. People's usage habits reverted to the era of gold, silver, and copper coins, a point that had similarities with the Great Bright Dynasty on Earth.

So why did Dragon Snow still have so many Treasure Notes in her possession?

And she seemed to treasure these Treasure Notes quite a lot; even the packaging was an exquisite jade box. Was there some trick to it?

Long Yuan simply communicated with the Heavenly Dao Eye to search for relevant information and found that in this alternate Great Bright Dynasty, the fate of the Treasure Notes had reversed later on!

After the Treasure Notes began to turn into waste paper in the Early Stage of the Great Bright Dynasty, people discarded them casually, with many using them as toilet paper. The officials also officially announced that they would no longer print them, and all printing equipment was destroyed.

However, as the number of Treasure Notes on the market became scarcer, especially after the Great Bright Dynasty continued for a thousand years, their value actually increased!

Rarity makes something valuable. Treasure Notes, at their core, are also a carrier of a period of history. Even if the Great Bright Dynasty fell, they could become antique-level treasures in later generations. And now, this alternate Great Bright Dynasty has continued for a thousand years, making these Treasure Notes even more precious. Currently, one note is hard to find on the market, and Dragon Snow's method of acquiring so many is unknown.

Long Yuan looked closely and found that these Treasure Notes were sequential, numbering over a hundred. According to the current antique market, one Treasure Note is worth one supreme-grade mysterious stone. Since they are a hundred sequential notes, their value would undoubtedly double!

I'm rich!!!

So rich!!!

Just this bundle of sequential Treasure Notes is worth over two hundred supreme-grade mysterious stones. No wonder Dragon Snow treasured them so much...

Long Yuan's spirits lifted. He quickly stored those exquisite artifacts in a small space within the Heavenly Dao Space. The xuan stones, gold, silver, copper coins, checkbooks, and the Great Bright Treasure Notes, along with his own xuan stones, were placed together. After a rough calculation, his current wealth might be equivalent to that of a second-tier Family. The Long Family's previous attitude towards Dragon Snow was truly blind, like a titanium dog's eye...

"There's also the bounty from the county and the Ye Family. I won't have to worry about money for now. Since that's the case, I should hurry and Cultivate, striving to enter the Innate Stage early. Only then will I have the strength to protect myself in Fengyang..."

He composed himself and entered the Cultivation room...

Operating the Creation Profound Heaven Skill, holding two Medium Grade xuan stones, it wasn't long before a small Qi vortex funnel formed around him, and Profound Qi frantically entered the vital acupoints and Meridians within his body, circulating and flowing.

"Today feels much better. Perhaps my Cultivation has gotten on track?" Long Yuan clearly felt that the Cultivation Technique had become much more proficient. When the Profound Qi circulated, there was none of the initial sluggishness; it was more like the smooth feeling of eating chocolate...

However, he soon realized that his calculations from yesterday must have been wrong. He had initially thought that a few hundred more cycles would be enough to fill the thirty-six vital acupoints of the first stage with Profound Qi, allowing him to Breakthrough to the Late-stage Martial Master. But now, he found that as Cultivation progressed, the speed at which the vital acupoints filled with Profound Qi also slightly slowed down. The main reason was that the concentration and intensity of the Qi vortex in the vital acupoints were continuously increasing. In other words, he not only had to absorb Profound Qi but also had to make the Profound Qi denser and the Qi vortex wider and stronger. This was a doubled difficulty!

According to the Cultivation Technique's description, if the Qi vortexes in all the vital acupoints could transform into dense lakes, then one could Breakthrough the Acquired Stage, enter the Innate Stage, and become a Martial Ancestor!

"Very good, I knew that a strong person cannot achieve success overnight! Continue!!!" Long Yuan, upon discovering this, was not discouraged; instead, he felt more at ease. He encouraged himself and focused on Cultivating. He practiced all night until the two Medium Grade xuan stones in his hands turned completely into dust. Only then did he slowly open his eyes from his Cultivation state, a sharp glint flashing in them. The Martial Apprentice Extreme Stage had reached Perfection, and he had successfully Broken Through to the Martial Artist Early Stage! Awesome!!!

"It's time for class..." Long Yuan's thought moved, and the xuan stone dust was instantly moved into the spatial devouring maw. After washing up, he left to take the car...

Upon arriving at the campus, he headed straight for the sports field and found that he was still a bit late. Most of the other students had already arrived. Seeing Long Yuan, each of them had a strange look on their faces, but their whispers about him had disappeared. Long Yuan didn't pay much attention, and began his warm-up exercises on the side...

After a while, Yun Yi arrived, and the training class immediately began.

The Elite Class had fewer cultural classes; the focus was on the refinement of Martial Skill. Today, Yun Yi taught the Great Ming School Exercise Fist. This set of fist techniques was created by powerful individuals of the Great Bright Dynasty after many years of refinement and summarization, to be popularized for Cultivation as an Entry-Level fist technique for middle school martial arts youths. Don't underestimate this set of fist techniques; it is said that cultivating it well has great benefits for the Awakening of Aptitude. It not only helps Martial Apprentices lay a foundation for the Martial Dao but can also be used even by Martial Artists and Martial Masters, because in terms of Rank, this set of fist techniques has already reached Yellow Rank Medium Grade.

Martial Skills on Blue Star are generally divided into four Ranks: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. But on more powerful planets, Xuan Practitioner Martial Skills also have King Rank, Saint Rank, and God Rank. Martial Skills are extremely rare. The Great Bright Dynasty being able to popularize a set of Yellow Rank Martial Skills among students for Cultivation can be said to be a considerable benefit. One must know that many third-tier Families' own Legacy Cultivation Techniques are at most Yellow Rank; Cultivation Techniques that can reach Profound Rank are priceless treasures!

"Ye Xuan, step forward and demonstrate the School Exercise Fist!" Yun Yi's gaze swept over, calling out Ye Xuan, who was standing in the first position. This was, of course, a form of commendation. As the only A-grade Aptitude user in the class, Ye Xuan enjoyed this honor.

"Yes!!!"

Ye Xuan let out a clear shout and stepped forward to demonstrate. Today, she was wearing a pink background with blue flowers Cultivation uniform, her hair tied in a long ponytail. As her agile and spirited figure unfolded, her ponytail also swayed, and a youthful vitality, accompanied by powerful fist winds, emanated, making the boys below watch intently, secretly swallowing their saliva...

Long Yuan's predecessor, Zhu Deyuan, had naturally also practiced this set of fist techniques, but after watching Ye Xuan's demonstration, Long Yuan had to lament that his predecessor's Aptitude was truly too poor. After many years of practice, he was only at an Entry-Level, while Ye Xuan should have reached the proficient level, with a skilled level in between...

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