I Am Overlord c1-962
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Experts like those two were considered powerful even in the entirety of this fort. Nobody would wish to offend them for no reason. The people also noticed that the two peak Emperors were guarding a youngster who was staring at the Contribution Stele. And noticing the youngster caused them to be even more astonished.
"I-is he comprehending the accomplishments of our predecessors? How is that even possible?"
"What a lucky youngster. I heard that every hundred years or so, someone would get to comprehend the accomplishments of the names on the Contribution Stele, getting a chance to be enlightened by the combat scenes of our predecessors. I have never imagined that I would get a chance to witness this happening with my own eyes."
"Who's that young man? What luck!"
"Watch your voice. Don't you see the two experts guarding him? If your loud voice disturbs him, they'll kill you right where you stand!"
...
The people around Xiang Shaoyun were looking at him with numerous different emotions, such as envy, admiration, and hatred. Those who had managed to comprehend the accomplishments of the predecessors on the stele had all benefited greatly from it. Most of them had eventually ended up as remarkable individuals who dominated large swaths of land.
Right this moment, an indescribable power rippled from the Contribution Stele, slowly approaching and enveloping Xiang Shaoyun. Initially, only a small number of people had noticed what was happening. But the power rippling out of the Contribution Stele alarmed everyone in the fort.
Numerous powerful auras started approaching the area. Both Du Xuanhao and Han Pojun broke out in cold sweat when they sensed the approaching auras. The owners of those auras were all Sovereigns. If they decided to meddle with what Xiang Shaoyun was doing, the two would be completely helpless.
"Hmph. Which kid is so audacious to..." Finally, one of the Sovereigns couldn't hold it anymore and tried interrupting Xiang Shaoyun.
The Sovereign's voice rumbled on. Both Du Xuanhao and Han Pojun could hear ringing in their ears. Du Xuanhao erupted with his saber aura, trying his best to withstand the pressure exerted by the Sovereign. But before he could do anything, an incorporeal palm appeared out of nowhere and swatted the Sovereign away.
"AHHH!"
After a miserable wail, the Sovereign went silent. The other Sovereigns felt their hearts palpitate when they sensed what happened. They decided to keep their mouths shut. Even so, the short interruption was enough to pull Xiang Shaoyun's consciousness back to reality. The radiance on the Contribution Stele dimmed, and it returned to how it was before.
At that, regret filled the eyes that were focused on Xiang Shaoyun. In their opinion, Xiang Shaoyun must have suffered a disastrous loss, having his comprehension session end prematurely. Shaking their heads, the people dispersed.
Du Xuanhao gripped his fists tightly and shouted, "Damnable bastard! You dare interrupt my young master's comprehension? Don't let me find out who you are, or I won't rest before I hunt you down!"
In his fury, a dreadful saber energy shot to the sky. The current Du Xuanhao was most likely a War Sovereign. The people in the area quickly scattered, not willing to be dragged into the mess.
Xiang Shaoyun recovered his consciousness and said, "Forget it. A narrow-minded scoundrel like that won't amount to much in life anyway. There is no point in wasting our energy on someone like that. In any case, it's not like I have lost anything."
After saying that, he went to a certain platform with his contribution plate. It was the same platform where the contribution plates were given out, and it was also the same place where one could record one's contribution points.
There, Xiang Shaoyun handed his contribution plate to an old man and said, "I will have to trouble you to record my contribution points, lord."
The old man nodded and took the contribution plate before placing it on a sleek stone beside him. The moment the contribution plate touched the stone, it shone, and the number 13,000,000 appeared on it. The old man raised his brow. With a gratified look, he said, "Not bad. You did well getting so many contribution points with your cultivation level."
Xiang Shaoyun smiled. "Thank you, lord. I wish to convert these points for some rewards. I wonder what's available for conversion?"
"You can do it here," said the old man as a catalog appeared in his hand. "Anything listed in this book can be traded for, and naturally, you won't be able to trade for anything worth more than 13 million contribution points."
Xiang Shaoyun nodded and started going through the catalog. When he saw the contents of the catalog, his eyes lit up.
The catalog was separated into several sections. One of the sections was the herb section, filled with herbs at the king medicine grade and beyond. A large number of emperor medicines could also be found, and even sovereign medicines and saint medicines were available as well. There was also a weaponry section, with weapons of the king weapon grade and beyond.
Apart from that, there was also a technique section. It was filled with battle techniques and cultivation methods. Numerous other rare treasures were also listed in the catalog, and it was as if one could find everything in it. Every single item listed in the catalog had a price tag corresponding to their value attached. With enough contribution points, one could even get a saint medicine from it.
Of course, the price tag for something like a saint medicine was over 10 billion contribution points, an amount one might not be able to earn in a lifetime. Someone with over 10 million contribution points like Xiang Shaoyun could only purchase the emperor medicines or emperor weapons in the book or other treasures of corresponding grade.
Xiang Shaoyun also found the blood cocoon stone listed in the book's sovereign medicine section. The price tag listed was 500 million contribution points and 30 sovereign-grade devil cores.
His eyes grew wide at the listed price. He had known that the blood cocoon stone was rare, but he had never known that it was this valuable. It wasn't hard to get 500 million contribution points. One only needed time. But getting 30 sovereign-grade devil cores would be extremely hard, and it was certainly not something an Emperor could do.
Xiang Shaoyun continued going through the book, trying to see if there were any other sovereign-grade treasures comparable to the blood cocoon stone. Soon, he saw a mid sovereign-grade treasure called the icesouls heart, with a price tag of 600 million contribution points and 35 sovereign-grade devil cores.
This icesouls heart would be a decent treasure, thought Xiang Shaoyun.
At this time, the old man reminded him, "Young man, don't get ahead of yourself. With your contribution points, you won't be able to afford any sovereign-grade treasures. Just focus on emperor-grade treasures."
Xiang Shaoyun nodded and did as told. Soon, he found what he was looking for.
True Martial Academy entrance test quota, limited to those below 30 years old, priced at 10 million contribution points.
Nine Palace Academy entrance test quota, limited to those below 30 years old, priced at 10 million contribution points.
Dragon Phoenix Academy entrance test quota, limited to those below 30 years old, priced at 10 million contribution points.
Sacred Deer Academy entrance test quota, limited to those below 30 years old, priced at 10 million contribution points.
Chapter 510: A True Scum
"I'm trading my contribution points for a Dragon Phoenix Academy's entrance test quota," said Xiang Shaoyun while pointing at the catalog.
"Ok," said the old man with a nod. He took the catalog and placed the corresponding page on the stone. With a flicker, 10 million was deducted from the number written on the contribution plate. Next, the old man returned the plate to Xiang Shaoyun. A different jade plate appeared in his hand. A dragon and a phoenix were carved on the plate, both exquisite and vivid.
"This is the entrance test plate of the Dragon Phoenix Academy. You can head straight to the Dragon Phoenix Academy with it in hand to take the test. As for whether you will be able to pass th
e test, that will depend on yourself," said the old man.
He further told Xiang Shaoyun more about the location of the Dragon Phoenix Academy and the time of the test. Done with all that, he left Xiang Shaoyun alone. Looking at the plate, Xiang Shaoyun found that apart from the dragon and phoenix, the number 55,555 was written on it.
It was really a rather big coincidence that Xiang Shaoyun was the 55,555th person to obtain the test qualification. Inwardly, he sighed, There are actually so many people taking the test. I reckon the number of participants will continue growing.
After stowing the plate away, he made way for Du Xuanhao and Han Pojun. The two had gathered a considerable number of contribution points as well. Naturally, they were here to spend their points.
Meanwhile, Xiang Shaoyun headed elsewhere. He was heading to the Contribution Hall, a place constantly filled with a large crowd. The so-called Contribution Hall was a place where one could trade their devil materials for contribution points. Of course, the trades conducted there were all free trades. There was no specific way in which one could trade. A lot of people would directly trade with other individuals instead of trading with the hall.
Xiang Shaoyun went to the hall to trade his devil materials for enough contribution points to purchase either a blood cocoon stone or an icesouls heart that he could use to repay the favor Du Xuanhao owed Han Pojun.
One ought to say that Xiang Shaoyun was really generous when it came to his own people. Upon entering the hall, he found that the hall was rather spartan in architecture. A few appraisers were seated at different corners of the hall, and they were in charge of appraising the value of the different devil materials brought here by the various cultivators.
Xiang Shaoyun headed toward one of the appraisers and stood waiting for his turn. At this time, the Han Clan sisters came over and stood beside him. The two beauties immediately attracted the attention of the other cultivators in the hall. Many of them started harboring evil designs on the sisters.
Despite their perverse thoughts, none of them dared to create trouble in the Contribution Hall. As for the sisters, they were already accustomed to being gawked at, so they did not seem to care.
Xiang Shaoyun asked them, "Here to trade?"
Han Xuewei answered, "Yes. We had gotten some stuff from the Devil Domain as well, so we're here to trade them for some contribution points."
"Oh," Xiang Shaoyun gave a short reply and said nothing else.
Suddenly, a youngster approached them and said, "Qianwei, Xuewei, you're both here? Nice to see you here!"
The young man was handsome and lavishly dressed, with a frivolous look on his face. He was clearly the young master of some organization. He was about 30 years old, his name was Yang Shuo, and he was a seventh-stage Skysoar Realm cultivator. One could say that he was decently talented in terms of cultivation. He was one of the Han Clan sisters' many pursuers.
Back then, after Xiang Shaoyun had released the Han Clan from the Skeleton Gang, the two had gathered a number of young cultivators to form a group that would head into the Devil Domain and search for the other Han Clan members.
At the second layer, they were attacked by a group of devils. As a result, many of the people in the group were killed. Subsequently, they encountered the Noxious Blood Gang, which resulted in the death of more of their group members while the rest fled.
This Yang Shuo was one of those who had fled with his guardian elder the moment they had encountered the Noxious Blood Gang. He had not expected that the sisters would be able to escape the gang. Thus, when he saw the sisters, he had to come explain himself and repair his image in the hearts of the two beauties.
After all, the sisters used to have a decent impression of him. Unfortunately for him, no joy could be seen on their faces when they saw him. Evidently, they were still displeased with him.
"Hey, Mister Yang," responded Han Xuewei indifferently.
To the side, Han Qianwei said unhappily, "Why are you talking to someone like that?" She then said to Yang Shuo, "We don't know you. Please leave."
"Hehe, how can you say that, Qianwei? Are you forgetting me after I helped you two? You're breaking my heart!" said Yang Shuo.
"Someone who abandons his friends during a moment of danger is not qualified to criticize us. Leave. We will be strangers from now on," said Han Qianwei.
"Come on, look at you? Both of you are still fine!" Yang Shuo argued. He shot Xiang Shaoyun a glance and said, "Are you abandoning your old lover after getting a new lover? How heartless of you!"
He was only saying that in order to make Xiang Shaoyun think that the sisters used to have a relationship with him. But Xiang Shaoyun did not react. Instead, the sisters were the ones infuriated.
"You bastard! What nonsense are you saying?" Han Qianwei raged.
Han Xuewei was also furious. "I have never seen someone as shameless as you!"
"Haha, I can't be bothered to bicker with sluts like you two. Brother, you have quite an appetite, huh? How do you like my leftovers?" said Yang Shuo as he howled with laughter.
He was the type of person who would ruin what he couldn't get so he could feel better about himself—a true scum. The Han Clan sisters were so infuriated they were on the verge of attacking.
However, an imposing voice suddenly rang out, "Do not create trouble in the Contribution Hall."
It was not known where the voice had come from, but it was imposing enough that the sisters no longer dared to do anything. Even Yang Shuo shut his mouth and left, still feeling pleased with himself.
Before leaving, he glanced at Xiang Shaoyun one more time as he thought, Don't dream of getting what I failed to get.
Xiang Shaoyun couldn't be bothered to offer any sort of reaction. Not even Emperors were worth his attention right now. And finally, it was his turn to make the trade.
"Take your items out," said the appraiser.
Xiang Shaoyun already had a storage ring on his finger. He did not dare to expose the fact that he had an astral cosmos sea before so many people.
Whoosh!
A large pile of devil materials appeared. The appraiser merely gave the materials a glance before saying, "3,000 seventh-stage Devil King materials, valued at 210,000 contribution points. 4,050 eighth-stage Devil King materials, valued at 360,000 contribution points..."
Chapter 511: Not Even Houseflies Are as Noisy as You
"All in all, your materials are worth 1,500,000 contribution points," concluded the appraiser.
Xiang Shaoyun nodded. "I have some more here. Please appraise them for me as well."
Yet another pile of devil materials appeared. This was also a pile of Devil King materials, and they were valued at about 500,000 contribution points. Next, Xiang Shaoyun took out yet another pile of materials.
The appraiser was getting displeased. "You don't have to take them out bit by bit like this. Take them all out at once."
The appraiser concluded that Xiang Shaoyun had definitely not gathered all these materials by himself. Rather, he must have robbed others for the materials. Otherwise, there was no point in taking them out separately.
Xiang Shaoyun smiled. "Sure, I'll take them all out, then."
He thus took out all the devil materials he intended to sell. Instantly, a massive pile of devil materials appeared. In fact, the pile was the size of a tiny hill, occupying much of the space in the hall. It shocked all the people there.
"Wow, so many materials! How much contribution points are they worth?"
"Who is that young man? Is he the young master of some big organization, and did he have his underlings hunt devils for him?"
"That might be the case. Look, there are even Devil Emperor materials. How can a Skysoar Realm cultivator like him kill Devil Emperors? Someone else must have been doing the hunting for him."
"Wait, I remember him! He is one of the Yu Clan's son-in-law candidates! He is Xiang Shaoyun, the victor of the competition for the yin devil wind. This has been publicly announced by the Yu Clan at t
he Bloodsin City."
"So it's him? There's no surprise, then. If a son-in-law candidate of the Yu Clan is not a decently capable person himself, he would be an embarrassment."
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The Han Clan sisters were completely calm when they saw the large pile of devil materials. They had long known how capable Xiang Shaoyun was. The only thing they had in mind right now was to spend more time with him. After he left for the ancient academy, it would probably be very hard for them to see him again.
After scanning the materials, the appraiser valued the materials at a price of over one billion contribution points. That was an astonishingly large figure. After all, Xiang Shaoyun was only a King. The fact that a King had so many contribution points in hand gave the people there an odd feeling.
If they knew that most of the materials were obtained from killing the Noxious Blood Gang and extorting the nether prison devils, they would no longer be as surprised at the price tag of over one billion contribution points.
Of course, Xiang Shaoyun had still kept some of the materials for himself. He was quite satisfied with the amount of contribution points he had gotten from the materials. So long as he could purchase a blood cocoon stone or an icesouls heart, giving away all these materials would be worth it.
"Alright, your turn to do your trade," said Xiang Shaoyun to the Han Clan sisters after getting his contribution plate back.
"Ok. Please wait a bit for us. We'll leave together," said Han Xuewei.
Xiang Shaoyun hesitated for a bit before deciding to wait for them.
Although he did not have much interest in the sisters, his attitude toward them had still improved considerably out of respect for the friendship between Han Pojun and Du Xuanhao.
Of course, the fact that the two had changed their behavior around him was the main reason for his change of attitude. If Han Qianwei had still harbored suspicions about him, he would not have had much interest in deepening their friendship.