32: Chapter 32 Thank you for your generous gift, Your Majesty!

Fang Yuan scratched his head awkwardly, his facial fat bunching up into a mass: "I... I am ranked outside the top thirty thousand."

"Outside the top thirty thousand?"

Chun Xiaobai knew that this fatty was at the seventh level of Qi Refining, which just happened to fall into the Late Stage of Qi Refining. That meant that just in the Outer Sect, there were at least over one hundred thousand Disciples at the Late Stage of Qi Refining?

However, he wasn't too worried about this.

As long as there were enough Cultivation resources, he believed that he would soon be able to trample all over this bullshit "Genius Disciple Ranking" from top to bottom!

Chun Xiaobai looked at Fang Yuan, then raised his hand and waved it, fishing out a few Cultivation Techniques from Cheng Haoxuan's Storage Pouch and tossing them over.

"Here, this is your reward!"

Fang Yuan hurriedly caught them in a flurry, and upon looking closely, he discovered that they were two sword techniques and one palm technique, all of which were Medium Grade Yellow Rank Cultivation Techniques.

Cultivation Techniques were divided into four Ranks: Heaven, Earth, Mysterious, and Yellow. As for what existed above the Heaven Rank, he did not know...

But just these few Yellow Rank Cultivation Techniques, if one were to exchange for them in the Sect using Merit Points, would require at least two hundred points each!

In the Qingyun Sect, one Merit Point was worth roughly one Spirit Stone. In other words, this Senior Brother Chun had casually rewarded him with Cultivation Techniques worth nearly a thousand Spirit Stones!

He widened his eyes abruptly, his entire body trembling with excitement.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Chun! Thank you, Senior Brother Chun!"

"Alright, alright!" Chun Xiaobai waved his hand, speaking with an air full of banditry.

"From now on, you brat will follow This Great King! If This Great King has meat to eat, you will definitely have soup to drink!"

"Yes, yes! Thank you, Great King!" Fang Yuan blurted out without a second thought.

"Uh—!"

He hadn't heard the title "Great King" for several days. Hearing it again so suddenly actually gave him a long-lost sense of familiarity and intimacy.

Chun Xiaobai grinned immediately and patted Fang Yuan on the shoulder.

"Not bad, This Great King thinks highly of you! From today on, you are the Second-in-Command under This Great King!"

"Ah?!"

You... did you really work as a Mountain King?

Fang Yuan was stunned. He had originally thought that "This Great King" was just this Senior Brother's catchphrase.

But listening to this, could it be that he really was a bandit leader who robbed homes and looted houses on some mountain in the past?

He paused for a moment, then shook his head.

"Whatever!"

"Anyway, as long as I follow this golden thigh, I'll have meat to eat!"

Before he entered the Qingyun Sect, his old man had once taken his hand and told him:

"Cultivators like us with mediocre talent, no money, and no background, if we want to make a name for ourselves in this world of Cultivation where the strong prey on the weak, besides relying on that ethereal Opportunity, the greatest chance is to encounter a noble benefactor!"

Although he was dull, he had always kept these words in his heart, and he had always been looking for the noble benefactor his old father spoke of.

He had been in the Outer Sect for nearly ten years and had clung to countless thighs, but those people only treated him as a handyman; no one had ever rewarded him with even a single Spirit Stone!

He knew that these people were at best just a boss to him.

Until today...

He finally realized that he had found the greatest noble benefactor of his life, and it was none other than the person in front of him... Chun Xiaobai.

The first time he received a reward, it was a Yellow Rank Cultivation Technique worth nearly a thousand Spirit Stones!

If he performed any more meritorious service in the future, the rewards... wouldn't that be much better than risking his life doing missions or raiding Secret Realms?

Isn't this the noble benefactor his father spoke of?

Chun Xiaobai saw that the fatty's eyes had actually turned red and was immediately stunned.

"Sigh, you're a grown man, why are you crying all of a sudden?"

"No, no! I... I'm just too excited!" Fang Yuan hurriedly shook his oily, fat belly and cast aside the thoughts in his head.

"Alright, you go back first. Remember to close the courtyard door for This Great King."

"Yes, Great King!" Fang Yuan nodded heavily, then wiggled his barrel waist and trotted out.

"Not bad. Although this fatty is a bit slick, he is diligent and has a sweet mouth."

Chun Xiaobai stroked his chin. "Letting him serve as a Second-in-Command for the time being isn't bad."

"When one is out and about, one always needs someone to run errands, right?"

Chun Xiaobai walked with his hands behind his back, humming a tune out of key, strolling to the Cultivation room where he sat cross-legged.

He flipped his hand, and the Storage Pouch he had just won appeared in his palm.

Compared to the one he had stripped from that pair of wild mandarin ducks, this Storage Pouch was much more refined; it should be of Medium Grade.

Storage Pouches were also divided into Low Grade, Medium Grade, and High Grade. Above that were the rare Storage Rings.

However, such treasures shouldn't be seen in the Outer Sect. If he wanted to get one, he reckoned he would have to take a stroll in the Inner Sect.

The biggest difference between a Storage Pouch and a Storage Ring, besides the size of the space, was that a Storage Pouch only required Mental Energy to communicate, allowing one to store and retrieve items at will. Whoever held it owned it; there was no need to bind it to an owner.

But Storage Rings were different; not only did they require blood to bind them to an owner, but they also required powerful Divine Sense to operate.

Chun Xiaobai played with the Storage Pouch for a moment, then with a thought, he dumped out the items inside with a "clatter," and a glittering little mountain appeared directly before his eyes.

"Holy crap! When that guy wakes up, won't he just be pissed to death?"

Chun Xiaobai looked at the mountain of various Medicinal Pill bottles in front of him; there were over a hundred of them.

There were over a dozen long swords of various colors alone.

But the most abundant item was Spirit Stones!

A quick glance revealed at least over six thousand of them, and there were also about a dozen jade boxes containing Spirit Medicine.

Adding all these things together, the value was at least ten times more than the belongings of that pair of wild mandarin ducks!

"Damn it! This big brother on the ranking is way too rich!"

From the fact that Fang Yuan was ranked outside the top thirty thousand and was so excited to see a few Yellow Rank Cultivation Techniques, one could tell that the low-strength Disciples in this Sect were all dirt poor.

It seemed that if he wanted to make a big score, he had to set his sights on these big brothers on the "Genius Disciple Ranking"!

"Then let the fortune-making start by sweeping the ranking!"

Chun Xiaobai muttered a sentence and immediately began to organize things.

There were over a dozen Jade Slips of various sword techniques, Cultivation Techniques, and Spirit Skills, all of which were uniformly Medium or Low Grade Yellow Rank.

He had studied these Cultivation Techniques and Spirit Skills; not only was their power mediocre, but they also required Spirit Power to activate.

His punch now had a force of five thousand jin, which was much more lethal than these flashy Spirit Skills.

Therefore, these Yellow Rank Cultivation Techniques and Spirit Skills were complete trash to him.

He organized these Cultivation Techniques, tossed them aside first, and then activated the [Tongbao Dharma Eye] to look at the Spirit Medicine boxes.

Very quickly, he discovered that one of the boxes was emitting a rich green light.

He opened it to look and found a piece of Spirit Medicine inside that resembled a small blade of grass, but the green light it emitted was much greener than the two he had gotten from that pair of wild mandarin ducks earlier; clearly, its grade should be one level higher.

He set this Spirit Medicine aside separately, then organized the Medicinal Pill bottles, sorting the "Spirit Recovery Pills" and "spirit gathering pill"... which had mild medicinal properties and could be eaten like meals, to one side.

Those of unknown Origin were stored separately.

Finally, he counted the Spirit Stones again; there were exactly six thousand five hundred of them.

Chun Xiaobai stared at this pile of glittering Spirit Stones, somewhat dazed.

If he were to dissolve Spirit Stones in water and drink them every day, not to mention whether he would get kidney stones from drinking too much, gastrointestinal indigestion was definitely guaranteed.

After pondering for a moment, Chun Xiaobai grabbed a handful of Spirit Stones, clenched them in his palm, and squeezed hard.

He then activated the [Tongbao Dharma Eye], locked onto these green lights, and used the "Martial God Art" to drive them, guiding these lights into his body to refine them.

Sure enough!

These faint wisps of Origin Qi escaping from the Spirit Stones, as long as they were locked onto by his [Tongbao Dharma Eye] and combined with the "Martial God Art", could be freely driven, manipulated, and refined!

"Damn it! Finally, I don't have to gnaw on stones and drink cold water every day!"

Chun Xiaobai let out a long sigh of relief.