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”It's true,” Lin Xiao replied and nodded his head seriously. ”I will not lie. If you tell us something that is useful to us, then we will gift you a pill.”
The many experts looked at one another as if it was too good a deal to be true. No one wanted to be the first to speak because they were afraid of being tricked, but after some time went by, Shen Longyue stepped up to Lin Xiao and smiled. ”What kind of information do you want?” he inquired.
”I am interested in anything, but I mainly want to know how there can be so much soul power around here.”
Lin Xiao had wanted to add a question about missing people and massacres, but he stopped himself in time. If he had asked this question right after asking about the oversaturation of soul power in the air, then the implication behind the initial question would be obvious, and as students of the academy, they would without a doubt feel insulted.
Lin Xiao and Hei Gou were here to make friends, not to insult anyone, and as such he could only take it slowly and get some information one step at a time.
”We are interested in any kind of information you might have,” Hei Gou piped up for once. It was the first thing he had said since their appearance and the others looked at him with narrowed eyes, trying to decipher if he had any authority to come with such a comment.
Lin Xiao continued to smile and nodded his head. ”We are indeed interested in everything,” he said, making all of the others smile and relax.
”Well, in that case, let me go first,” Shen Longyue started without hesitation. ”The Black Nebula Stone is the reason there is so much soul power in our surroundings. There is a spiritual vein under us, and the heart of the vein is in the Soul Tower, which gathers the soul power inside the floors for us to absorb as we want.
”The rest of the academy is fueled by the Black Nebula Stones. They attract soul power from the surrounding air and concentrate it in one spot.
”These stones and the vein are the reason for the dense soul power that is present within the Academy,” Shen Longyue smiled as if this was all there was to it, but Lin Xiao had already heard Bai Tianyi say that it was impossible for the vein and the Black Nebula Stones to produce as much soul power as was evident here.
Unfortunately, it seemed that these students knew nothing more about it. All of them seemed to be of the impression that these stones and the vein were all that maintained the high levels of soul power.
Noting that the students were unaware of anything behind the soul power, or even questioning it, Lin Xiao still smiled amiably and waved his hand, taking out a pill from his storage treasure and passed it to Shen Longyue.
”Thank you for your information,” he said with a grin. ”This is a pill specialized for Qi cultivators. It allows you to absorb the heaven and earth essence much faster and refine it at a higher rate than normal. Although it does not sound like much, it is exactly what you need to break through into the Ordinary Knight rank when you consider the fact that you have never taken Qi medication before.”
Shen Longyue accepted the pill with shaking hands. His face had a massive grin spread across it, and he was all giddy as he rushed back from the training field back to his residence with excitement in his eyes.
Seeing that Shen Longyue received one of those pills, the others' eyes shone brightly. While they were apprehensive to share before, all of them rushed forward now.
”I can tell you about the teachers of the academy,” one of them said, but before he had the time to begin, another cut in, claiming their story about a hidden expert in the academy was better.
”No one wants to listen to the story about the hidden expert. It is just a legend, why not listen to my rumors about who is dating who?”
”No, I think it is better to tell them concrete information like the Cloud Monument and the rankings of the students!”
Like this everyone suddenly started yelling over each other and both Lin Xiao and Hei Gou were overwhelmed.
”Okay, one at a time,” Lin Xiao laughed. ”Queue up and tell us the stories one after another.”
Although the experts were not eager to do so, they knew that Lin Xiao was the one who set the rules. He was the owner of the pills they desired, so all of them ended up doing exactly as he said.
The first person who appeared told them about the teachers and elders of the academy. Although it was good to know about the elders and the teachers, Lin Xiao found no useful information in his story, but he still gifted him a medicinal pill.
The next expert talked about the different factions in the academy, the main families who had created groups within the academy and about whom were neutral of the stronger experts. Although this did not help with the mystery, it was useful information nonetheless, so Lin Xiao gladly gifted him a pill.
After him came a young expert who told them about the different places within the academy. There was the training field they were on already, but there were also the school buildings, the skill buildings for spiritual energy, and a desolate place for Qi techniques. There was the Cloud Monument, a place where one could see the ranking of all the students in the academy, and there were other places mentioned in the explanation, including the forbidden area that was placed in the east side of the academy.
Lin Xiao was suddenly interested. He quickly gave him a pill and asked a few questions about the forbidden area, but the student knew nothing about it other than it being forbidden and that no one went there.
Then came another expert, and his eyes were shining brightly. ”I know about the forbidden area,” he grinned.
Lin Xiao was immediately hooked. ”What do you know?” he asked curiously. The young man looked around before he began telling them about the story of a legendary hidden expert.