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Several older individuals appeared this time. As soon as they entered the room, they breathed heavily, and their faces showed expressions of great ecstasy. When they personally examined a small bottle of Celestial Wine that Guan Yue handed them, their eyes widened in surprise. They exchanged glances and immediately began to swap their offerings, all of which were High-Quality Golden Jade. They kept asking Guan Yue where they could find more of this wine.
However, they never revealed what kind of wine it was. They only emphasized to Guan Yue that as long as there was more of this wine available, they would be willing to pay any price.
One drop of wine could be exchanged for two pieces of Golden Jade, which meant this wine was worth hundreds of times more than gold.
Looking at the pieces of Golden Jade, even the Northern Champion lost his composure. He exclaimed loudly to Guan Yue, "Brother, you must get more of this fine wine for us to enjoy! Today was just a taste; it wasn't enough at all!"
Guan Yue replied, "Since my brother from the North has requested it, I will certainly comply. In a few days, the three of us will drink until we are satisfied."
The Carefree Traveler added, "Guan Tian, let me have a taste too! Such precious wine; I must try some!"
Meanwhile, the Female Manager and the elderly men she brought were continuously speaking to Guan Yue. "Young friend, if you sell us one liter of this wine for Celestial Wine House, we will let you live here for free for a month. If you can supply us with ten pounds of wine, we will give you a permanent 50% discount on your expenses here."
"Alright," Guan Yue immediately agreed but then quickly added, "However, I can only find that much wine in a month. Ten pounds should be doable."
"Then do we need to give you a deposit?" The Female Manager's face sparkled with excitement.
"Young friend, please come visit us at Wanhua Xian Restaurant. Our terms are even better. Plus, our restaurant has many beautiful women for you to choose from," said a plump man who stepped out from the crowd. He had a round belly and looked quite prosperous. While he appeared quite arrogant in front of those from Celestial Pavilion, he was very respectful towards Guan Yue and lowered his demeanor significantly.
Just as Guan Yue was about to speak, the Female Manager immediately interjected, "Luhan, what do you think you're doing? We already have an agreement; do you want to steal our business? This is our territory!"
"I am also inviting him; you are discussing business as well. Everyone is equal here. Let the young friend decide for himself. There’s no talk of stealing business," the plump man retorted loudly, clearly indicating that his status was much higher than that of the Female Manager.
He then turned to Guan Yue and said, "Young friend, I am Luhan, the Boss of Wanhua Xian Restaurant. Please come visit our restaurant for a discussion. You must come; I will be waiting for you at Wanhua Xian Restaurant." With that, he strode away without paying any attention to the Female Manager and her companions.
The Female Manager smiled at Guan Yue and said, "This fellow doesn’t understand manners; please don’t take offense. We are still looking forward to you delivering ten pounds of fine wine."
"Guan Yue" also agreed, saying, "Then you all need to prepare for the Vermilion Jade."
As they spoke, "Carefree Traveler," "Northern Champion," and "Guan Yue" walked out of the Celestial Pavilion. "Carefree Traveler" was the first to speak, "With such fine wine from Brother Guan Tian, it will be much easier to make friends in the future. If we can find a few tons of this exquisite wine, even the emperor could be persuaded."
"Northern Champion" laughed and said, "Such fine wine would be a pity if 'Disciple' doesn't get to taste it. Nothing could benefit 'Disciple' more than this wine. Unfortunately, I have had too little of it."
"Gao Yuxin" said to "Guan Yue," "Fool, extremes lead to opposites. There’s no way you can level up without effort; otherwise, it’s not about the level of your realm but rather the size of your belly. Just a useless bag." Her tone was filled with disdain for "Northern Champion."
"Guan Yue" could only promise again that he would ensure they both got thoroughly drunk next time. However, in his heart, he was calculating that since that was the case, why not go to the Wanhua Tavern to compare prices? Whoever offered a reasonable price would get the supply of wine; after all, there was still plenty left! Not just a few million tons, but at least several million tons were available.
After this incident, the three became more casual with each other. "Northern Champion" even invited "Guan Yue" and "Carefree Traveler" to visit his military camp, which they were both eager to see.
"Carefree Traveler" wanted to win over "Northern Champion," while "Guan Yue" was simply curious about the military camp.
So the three went together to the military camp. While there, they heard some news: "Northern Champion's" subordinate had a son who was currently an outer disciple at Dragon Lake Academy but had recently died during training and needed his father to identify the body. Today his father had just returned, and "Northern Champion" called him over for a detailed inquiry.
It turned out that entering Dragon Lake Academy was very difficult; generally, one needed to be at the Guardian Realm to apply. Those at the Peak of the Human Realm could also apply, but the exams were much stricter and almost life-threatening.
Once inside the academy, all were outer disciples, which were further divided into lower and higher ranks. Only higher-ranked disciples had hopes of entering the Inner Courtyard. There were over a million disciples in the Inner Courtyard—quite ordinary. Among them, there were annual selection competitions where only the top one hundred could qualify as core disciples. Currently, there were also over ten thousand core disciples.
Core disciples had to go through another selection competition; only the top fifty each year could become inner disciples. Inner disciples represented the essence of Dragon Lake Academy and numbered in the thousands.
Above inner disciples were Ranked Disciples, who achieved their status solely through personal ability. As long as one remained on the ranking list for a year, they could become a Ranked Disciple; only Ranked Disciples qualified to compete for the position of sect leader. Currently, Dragon Lake Academy had nearly a hundred Ranked Disciples—each one a remarkable figure with great renown.
What surprised "Guan Yue" even more was that Dragon Lake Academy was not part of the Southern Source Empire but ranked among the top three renowned disciple academies on Yongning Continent. Its total number of faculty and students approached fifty million—a completely independent and massive institution.
Hearing all this information filled "Guan Yue" with admiration for it even more.
Dragon Lake Academy, I will definitely come!
Carefree Traveler saw the expression on Guan Yue's face and knew that Guan Yue had already fallen in love with Dragon Lake Academy. A plan began to form in his mind.
Sure enough, three days later, when Jiang Ming invited Guan Yue out for drinks again, he presented a very thick book to Guan Yue. Upon looking at it, Guan Yue realized it was all the relevant information about Dragon Lake Academy. This made Guan Yue extremely excited; it was just what he needed. This would be very useful for both himself and Ouyang Shaohua.
Give a pear and receive fine wine in return.
Guan Yue immediately took out a jar of Celestial Wine and handed it to Jiang Ming.
Jiang Ming exclaimed joyfully, "Is this the special wine? I heard that a single drop can be exchanged for two pieces of Golden Jade. Thank you, Brother Guan. Such fine wine must be offered to my father immediately as a token of my sincerity."
Guan Yue was also amused; this Jiang Ming really needed to be taken care of in every aspect. Being a prince must be quite exhausting.
Guan Yue honestly said, "My friend mentioned that this is called Celestial Wine. It is the wine of the heavens, not something from our world, known as Source Water of Jiuquan, so it has some effects." Guan Yue deliberately explained the benefits of this wine in detail to Jiang Ming, but he also had his own motives because only he possessed this kind of wine. If its value were to rise in the future, he would benefit the most.
Guan Yue did not expect that Western Celestial Law Ancestor was truly a treasure trove. Similarly, being a treasure trove, Western Celestial Law Ancestor must be far more useful than a pig. If he encountered Western Celestial Law Ancestor next time, he would definitely ask for something else; it would all be precious! No need to search everywhere for treasures! Just thinking about it made him want to laugh.
As long as he had enough Vermilion Jade, there was no need to worry about lacking cultivation materials.
However, Guan Yue also considered that if news spread about this wine being able to significantly increase the quantity of Essence, could it pose a new threat to him?
He should avoid doing anything self-defeating.
In the end, Guan Yue decided that for now, it would be best to supply this wine in small quantities and just enjoy it himself. With matters concerning the Origin Tool and Celestial Soldier, he already had enough trouble. The best course of action was still to enter Dragon Lake Academy as soon as possible.
As long as he could align himself with the colossal entity that is Dragon Lake Academy, his safety would have a basic guarantee. Then he could truly showcase his abilities.
After returning, Guan Yue collected forty pounds of Celestial Wine. He exchanged it with the Celestial Wine House and Wanhua Xian Restaurant. Of course, both restaurants hoped to have exclusive rights to this wine, but they did not tell Guan Yue what kind of wine it was.
Guan Yue had heard from the Western Celestial Law Ancestor that this was Celestial Wine, so he referred to it as Celestial Wine himself.
The other twenty pounds of wine were given to Carefree Traveler and Northern Champion, allowing them to arrange it as they pleased. Guan Yue's generous act left both of them astonished, as ten pounds of this wine was a significant amount of Vermilion Jade.
Carefree Traveler naturally handed it over to Jiang Ming Prince. With these ten pounds of wine, Thirteenth Prince Ming could make a few important friends.
Northern Champion invited several close friends to enjoy the wine together, experiencing the joy of Essence growth!
In the blink of an eye, the day of the major auction at Ruyi Auction House arrived. Experts from over a hundred empires in Yongning Continent, countless sects, families, and Loose Practitioners gathered in Southern Source Empire, making it a tense time for the empire.
All disciples dared not act recklessly; even the local bullies who usually flaunted their power were cautious, as there were too many Great Powers in Southern Source Empire. If they wanted you dead, you wouldn't even know who killed you.
The emperor and prince of Southern Source Empire also became busy because too many royal families came to attend the auction, and the royal family had to play host. They were also worried about not being attentive enough.
Southern Source Empire was a small nation compared to those larger empires; there were many empires ten times larger than Vast Empire.
Similarly, Qilin Academy was responsible for hosting some friends from distant academies: Ouyang Shaohua, Huangfu Jiayin, Naijia, He Bi, Naiqian, Sima Xiaosa, and several others including Huangfu Jiayun who had just broken through to Guardian Realm. As prideful students of Qilin Academy, they were busy with guest reception activities. Their presence greatly enhanced Qilin Academy's reputation since it was remarkable for a young disciple academy to cultivate so many students in Guardian Realm.
Qilin Academy was subtly becoming the prototype of the top young disciple academy in Yong'an Continent. This made Nantian and other directors very proud.
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