144 The Day to Strike Gold (1/2)

Even though Wang Baole was immersed in the process of refining a second-grade Dharmic Artifact, he was the main team leader of the inspector main team and did not have to personally seek out information for what was happening. His savvy subordinates from the Inspector main team would immediately convey the information to Wang Baole.

”Combat Pavilion's tournament?” After receiving the voice transmission, Wang Baole, who was studying how to refine the scabbard, raised his head, slightly confused. Senior disciples from the Dharmic Armament Pavilion were familiar with the Combat Pavilion's tournament, but as Wang Baole was still new to Upper Academy Island, he was curious and began inquiring further.

His subordinate from the Inspector main team immediately explained the situation to him. Gradually, Wang Baole gained a better understanding of the Combat Pavilion's tournament.

In reality, the Combat Pavilion was the an extremely powerful force on Upper Academy Island. Even on ordinary days, their cultivation and missions were intense, and they handled top secret matters from the outside. It would not be an exaggeration to call them the blade of Ethereal Dao College.

At the same time, to the majority of people, in terms of combating power, the abilities of the Combat Pavilion's disciples far exceeded that of other pavilions. Therefore, most of the time, disciples on Upper Academy Island from the Combat Pavilion were cultivators of combat.

As a result, the Combat Pavilion was usually given several times more resources compared to the other pavilions. That was especially so after they completed their missions, as their one-time gains were enough to make the disciples from other pavilions drool with envy.

Therefore, even though disciples from the Combat Pavilion faced high levels of danger when they are out, they were compensated richly in terms of monetary gains. However, since they were ferocious cultivators of combat, it was naturally expected of them to be cultivating hard all the time. This led to the emergence of the Combat Pavilion's annual tournament that consisted of five rounds, with each round for each of the five levels of the True Breath realm competing on different terms.

The annual Combat Pavilion tournament was important to the other pavilions and the entire Ethereal Dao College. Everyone paid great attention to it.

It was such a significant event that every year, officials from the Federation as well as military personnel would spectate it in order to discover talents. This was so that they could recruit and confirm individuals to be appointed in advance. It was precisely because the event garnered so much attention from the outside world that disciples from the Combat Pavilion placed even greater importance on it. The outcome of the event, regardless of whether it was good or bad, would be recorded and rewarded accordingly.

As such, regardless of whether it was the Alchemy Pavilion, the Dharmic Armament Pavilion, or the Array Runes Pavilion, it meant that the time to strike it rich had arrived for their disciples who usually played a supportive role. After all, the more importance that the disciples from the Combat Pavilion placed on the tournament, the more they needed to equip themselves. Therefore, their need for Dharmic Artifacts, pills, and array formations would exponentially grow.

The generic items handed out by Upper Academy Island were naturally insufficient to satisfy the Combat Pavilion disciple's needs for the tournament. They needed to purchase the items from the other pavilions on their own, and that led to the emergence of a popular saying among the disciples of the supporting pavilions.

”The day the Combat Pavilion tournament happens is the day we strike it rich!”

That was not all, for it would make the level of participation of the other pavilions too shallow. Furthermore, this would make the other pavilions segregated from the Combat Pavilion, and that was not in accordance to the plans made by Ethereal Dao College with regards to the disciples' cultivation.

After all, in the years that Ethereal Dao College spent planning and deciphering the Great Dao, they concluded that it was no mean feat. It required the disciples to advance forward while supporting each other. Even though they did not frown upon individualistic pursuits, they encouraged collaboration.

Therefore, the annual tournament held by the Combat Pavilion appeared to be a simple competition on the surface, but it was far from that in reality. There was a rule in the tournament that the participating disciples had to find a teammate and collaborate together for the tournament.

One could partner up with Alchemy cultivators from the Alchemy pavilion, Dharmic Armament cultivators from the Dharmic Armament Pavilion, Array Runes cultivators from the Array Runes Pavilion, or those from the Beast Taming Pavilion and so on. Even if they could not find anyone from those pavilions, they could still partner up with someone from the Combat Pavilion. In the event that one failed to find a partner, the Dao College would even assign someone compatible to form a team.

This way, the Combat Pavilion's tournament would include everyone. It was also due to this that the officials from the Federation and the other military personnel would spectate it, making it one of the biggest events of Ethereal Dao College.

After understanding the details and rules of the Combat Pavilion's tournament, Wang Baole's eyes lit up as well. It cost him close to nothing to manufacture Spirit Stones, which allowed him to amass significant wealth, making him a rich tycoon on the Lower Academy Island.

However, when he reached Upper Academy Island, the task of refining a hundred perfect first-grade Dharmic Artifacts had already depleted much of his savings. Now that he was refining second-grade Dharmic Artifact, the costs were even more exorbitant. Even someone as wealthy as him found the process slightly unsustainable.

The only way would be to stop the refinement process and switch gears to manufacture Spirit Stones for the entire day instead. After a period of time, it was likely that his wealth would be replenished. However, time would be wasted if this method was adopted, which threw Wang Baole into a dilemma.

In addition, the sect did not seem to have concluded its tallying of Wang Baole's gains in the Spirit Breath Village for some reason, and his reward had not been given yet. Wang Baole was growing impatient, and now that he heard about the Combat Pavilion's tournament from his subordinate, he immediately felt that this was an opportunity for him.

Other disciples from the Dharmic Armament usually first sell the Dharmic Artifacts that they have refined before using the Spirit Stones that they have earned in return to support their cultivation and research studies. This forms a positive feed-forward cycle and is something that I should follow!

Wang Baole seemed to gain a profound realization as he took out a portion of his Dharmic Artifacts to record their data before logging on to the Spirit Intranet to list them for sale.

At this time, there was a flurry of activity on Upper Academy Island's Spirit Intranet. Posts related to the sale of Dharmic Artifacts, pills, and array formations were aplenty, and there were also some disciples from the Combat Pavilion looking for teammates for the tournament.

With regards to the pricing of his Dharmic Artifacts, Wang Baole did some comparisons and decided that he should not be too unreasonable. Therefore, he listed them at ten times the cost price, which in reality could be considered cheap. He saw that there were many disciples from the Dharmic Armament Pavilion listing their Dharmic Artifacts at absurd prices, mostly over ten times the price of the cost price. The most exaggerated listing that he saw was fifty to a hundred times the base price.

That's too unreasonable! Wang Baole suddenly had the thought that such a kind-hearted soul like himself was a rare find in the Dharmic Armament Pavilion. At the same time, he was glad to have chosen to enter the Dharmic Armament faculty in his early days.