86: Moon Spring Elixir

Qin Tian's tone faltered, and for a moment, he was unable to refute it.

Xue Cheng laughed, "Qin Tian means, why don't you learn a Level 4 Talent Skill? At the very least, you should learn a Level 3 Talent Skill."

Fei Xiaobao said irritably, "You guys really have it easy. We aren't members of a Family like you; how could we borrow so many points?"

"I forgot about that. But that's not right either. Given your strength and Extraordinary Talent, you should still be able to borrow 30,000 to 50,000 points, right?"

Fei Xiaobao nodded, "Mm, I borrowed 40,000 and learned a decent Level 3 wind-type passive Innate Skill to increase the power of my original Extraordinary Talent."

"How about you guys?"

Qin Tian said, "100,000, Level 4, Qi Transformation."

Xue Cheng said, "100,000, Level 4, Thunder Spear Technique."

"Stop... stop... I don't want to hear it anymore," Fei Xiaobao said unhappily.

Xiao Weiqing asked in confusion, "100,000 points shouldn't be enough to buy such good Level 4 Talent Skills, right?"

Yin Tiantian shook her head, "You can't."

"Then..."

"The rest is covered by our Family, provided to the academy in the form of massive resources."

Xiao Weiqing sighed slightly, "Cultivate is all about wealth, companions, methods, and locations. It seems that saying is absolutely correct."

Fei Xiaobao snorted, "So what? Which one of them can compare to you? It still depends on the person."

Qin Tian and the others darkened their faces. This damn fatty, always telling the brutal truth.

"By the way, Xiao Weiqing, you still haven't said why you didn't learn a Level 3 Talent Skill?"

Xiao Weiqing said, "I don't have points, and I don't want to take out a loan."

Fei Xiaobao said, "That's not right. In Cultivate, if you're fast one step, you're fast every step. You should utilize existing resources to boost your strength as quickly as possible. If you need to borrow, you should borrow."

The others nodded one after another.

"Is that so..."

"Then you guys... are stronger than me?"

"?"

Fei Xiaobao glared at Xiao Weiqing, "Damn it, Xiao Weiqing, how did you even make it this far in life?"

Xiao Weiqing laughed, "I learned Level 2 Reinforcement partly because I didn't have enough points, and also because Teacher Sun recommended the Level 2 Reinforcement."

"Furthermore, even with a loan, I couldn't afford a Level 4 Talent Skill, and I don't want to settle. Finally, isn't the academy going to select a batch of Talent Skills next month for us to compete for?"

Fei Xiaobao nodded, "So that's it."

"That makes sense. With your strength, you'll probably get to pick the best Talent Skills first when the time comes. There will definitely be Level 4 ones, so there's no rush for these few days."

However.

Xue Cheng spoke up, "Xiao Weiqing, the Talent Skill competition next month won't be that simple."

Fei Xiaobao laughed, "Oh? Can any of you beat Xiao Weiqing?"

Qin Tian shook his head, "Xiao Weiqing is indeed stronger than us, but sometimes, a person's combat power isn't just about themselves; there are other factors."

"What do you mean?"

"External forces, like weapons."

"Just like Yin Tiantian's conch shell. Do you understand what I mean?"

Xiao Weiqing's expression sobered, "You mean that people from your Families will use some underhanded tricks?"

"Not underhanded tricks. Normal competition is just fighting, but fighting doesn't prohibit weapons and armor."

"Right now, everyone is only at the Initial Realm, so sometimes external forces play a bigger role than one's own strength."

Fei Xiaobao cursed, "Damn! Isn't that cheating?"

Xue Cheng said, "That falls within the rules."

Xiao Weiqing was silent. It seemed the competition for Talent Skills would be a bit more difficult than he had imagined.

But it didn't matter.

As for the external forces Qin Tian and the others mentioned, Xiao Weiqing scoffed at the idea. If you give a toddler a knife, can they use it? They'd just hurt themselves.

Seeing Xiao Weiqing silent, Xue Cheng comforted him, "Xiao Weiqing, this is reality. You are currently powerless to change it."

Xiao Weiqing said indifferently, "There was never any need to change anything to begin with."

...

The third day.

Everyone arrived at yesterday's location again.

The Moon Wolf on the ground was reduced to nothing but white bones.

"Qin Tian, shall we go in and take a look?"

"Mm, let's go. Be careful. I'll take the lead, and Xiao Weiqing will bring up the rear."

The group entered the cave.

The cave was not large.

There was nothing unusual about it; it was just a nest for ordinary animals.

"There is an exit here. Shall we go check it out?"

"Let's go."

Keeping alert, the group entered the opening and walked for another ten minutes.

The originally narrow cave suddenly opened up. There was a hole in the ceiling with a diameter of one zhang, and sunlight shone directly into the cave.

Drip!

The sound of a liquid drop falling was crisp and loud.

Everyone looked towards the sound. Several stalactites hung upside down from the top of the cave. The stalactites were warm and moist like jade, clearly not ordinary items.

From time to time, milky white liquid dripped from the stalactites, landing perfectly into the concave stone below.

The group approached, and Xue Cheng wiped the milky white liquid from the edge of the stone with his hand and sniffed it.

Fei Xiaobao asked, "What is this? It looks like good stuff."

"It looks like moon spring spirit liquid."

"moon spring spirit liquid?"

Xue Cheng opened his Wristband and tapped a few times, "Found it. It really is moon spring spirit liquid. We've hit the jackpot this time."

"Is it worth a lot?"

"It's worth a lot of points. It's a miracle medicine for recovering Mental Energy. One drop is worth 10 points."

"Holy crap?"

Xue Cheng laughed, "Don't look at how it's less than half a small bowl; there are still two or three thousand drops here."

"Then what are we waiting for?"

"Hurry and pack it up."

Xue Cheng asked in return, "Did anyone bring a jade bottle?"

"I didn't bring one. There are some in the car; I'll go back and get them," said Duan Shuyu.

"I'll go with you," said Yin Tiantian.

"Alright."

After the two left.

Xiao Weiqing and Qin Tian looked around.

"This is the only entrance and exit. There are no other abnormalities."

"It seems that it was because of this moon spring spirit liquid that those two Moon Wolf packs came here," Xue Cheng judged.

The wolf packs were indeed different from ordinary Yao Beasts; they knew how to cooperate. Otherwise, it would have been almost impossible for a single pack to monopolize this. They also found traces of tiger and bear Yao Beasts in this cave.

Clearly, the ownership of the cave had changed hands several times.

Fei Xiaobao said happily, "Now it's our gain."

Ten minutes later.

The group explored the area outside the cave again, recorded some information, and then returned.

"Duan Shuyu and Yin Tiantian haven't returned yet?"

"Not yet, but they should be back soon."

Fei Xiaobao suddenly narrowed his eyes, looking a bit lecherous, "Do you think they might..."

"Impossible."

Xue Cheng denied it directly.

Fei Xiaobao was a bit confused, "How do you know?"

"Could it be that you and..."

"Even more impossible. I definitely don't like Yin Tiantian."

Fei Xiaobao shook his finger and laughed cheekily, "I wasn't referring to Yin Tiantian."

Xue Cheng was confused, "Not Yin Tiantian?"

Suddenly.

Xue Cheng's small eyes widened instantly.

"Get lost!"

"I'm perfectly straight."

...

A few more minutes passed.

Everyone felt something was wrong.

Xiao Weiqing frowned, "Isn't it taking too long? It's been almost twenty minutes."

"Let's go find them."

"Wait!"

Xiao Weiqing shouted. He then took out the muscle-relaxing ointment Yan Xin had given him earlier and scraped out all the remaining ointment. The box was also made of jade, so he carefully packed all the moon spring spirit liquid into it.

After doing this, the group quickly walked outside.

As soon as they walked outside, they encountered a group of people.

Four of them were wearing uniform school uniforms with the words "Yuzhu" written on their chests. The leader was a woman with short hair, a curved blade at her waist, and round, long legs, looking heroic and spirited.

Behind them were Duan Shuyu and Yin Tiantian.

At this moment.

Both of them were in a very sorry state. Yin Tiantian looked like a drowned rat, and Duan Shuyu was battered and bruised.