Chapter 68: Dragon Bane Academy
Amelia is now in nascent soul real along with Blake who is held up inside his lab. Has been for the past few weks after another attempt at getting Amelia to accept their relationship.
Amelia had just released an official website for the academy into the world. In the school, many things related to abilities are taught and going there is not a loss.
Most importantly she released a cultivation manual into the school website that can be used by anyone as long as they have a spirit root.
This website has not been up for more than a few hours and she is already being call for a meeting with leaders from other bases.
Amelia had made the website have a page where students can sell their items such as weapons they have created and engraved with runes to the public.
These are not regular weapons, even the ones without elemental runes like the sharpness rune it makes the weapon infinitely more powerful than a regular weapon.
There are many videos of these weapons being used in battle in the past three years. Now that the website is made public, people can see how well they work.
The Jiangkang base members were able to sell these items to each other and then send a video of the buyers using the artifact to post on the store of the seller.
This is how the sellers and buyers interact with each other in the academy and in the Jiangkang base as a whole. It's just that the website was not accessible to people not from Jiangkang base and everyone was warned not to show outsiders the website.
The good thing about owning a base by yourself is that no one challenges your decisions and your word is the law.
"Now it is time to showcase what we as a base and as a shool are capable of." The statement that Amelia released before she pulled the pin on the website.
The students and disciples were very happy because now they can sell at a market with more buyers. There is no need for delivery since the bracelet can scan and teleport an item of certain weight to a specific location for a price.
When Amelia entered the meeting room she saw many familiar faces. "Good day everyone. How may I be of service?" The room became silent after she spoke.
These tuff men all seemed to swallow at the sight of her. Whether it is because of the nerves or the extraordinary temperament and the noble aura she exudes as she walked into the room, it is unclear.
"Cousin?" Liang Fei asked not completely sure his eyes are not deceiving him. The person is wearing a mask but it is clear that her beauty is unparalleled. The mask just adds to her charm.
"It is me. I just broke through and well, you can see the side effects." Amelia has a nine yang body, the more powerful she becomes, the more beautiful she gets. She, a natural cauldron is built for maximum pleasure or to be pleasurable? Or is it to make people want to use her?
Amelia only read the first few paragraphs on that book. The more she read, the angrier she became. But, there is a silver lining at the end of the tunnel, Amelia can destroy her physique or transfer it. She would rather give it to a stone.
Her figure and beauty has truly increased. She feels like a fox now. Every gesture makes people swallow which is why she is wearing a mask. It only shows her sumptuous red lips and that delicate chin.
"Alright, I am already wearing a mask. Either say what you came here for or leave." She spoke softly with obvious displeasure.
"We want to know if we can buy the barrier. Beasts are rampant and it is not safe even inside the base." Qing Ze said finally.
"If you can check your smart bracelets there is a website called Jiangkang city. There are various products offered for sale there, the barrier being one of them. I can understand you haven't seen it since It was only put up this morning." Amelia said with a pleasant voice.
In her previous life when she suddenly became overly attractive. She thought her fiance might like this knew look and maybe he will pay more attention to her but ...
Her eyes, cheeks, the entire face became rearranged as soon as she reached nascent soul. That day Blake didn't say anything about it but when she came home and realized how she looked, she became angered and challenged him again. She had completely forgotten about it.
What does he mean by not telling her how she looks, what if she goes outside and starts beating people up for how they look at her?
"It says here you want 3 million energy stones for an area of 60.2 km² why don't you go rob it?"
"It's just two million, you have mines of the stuff. I am actually selling it for cheap because we are all from the same country. I am still going to sell to the foreigners. Infact, I am making a loss here."
"500 thousand." A man from the Liu family haggled. She looked at him with amusement.
"2.5 million." She said
"What? That an increase!"
"I am charging you for wasting my time with haggling." She answered calmly.
"Do you really take students from everywhere even if they don't have a spirit root? Wait do you have a way to make those without a spirit root gain spirit root?" The one who asked is Wei Jie.
"I do. I can sell this to you for cheap. Currently I only have two thousand of them. Selling it will depend on your sincerity." The men can only see a charming smirk in that face.
"Wait, cousin..how do we know that these people have spirit root ot not?"
"In our website there is a cultivation manual that caters to all types of spirit root out there. If a person has a spirit root they will know after using it."
"Even If you have very low talent you will feel something on the first try even as the spiritual energy is not drawn into the body." She answered the young man.
"You gave away a cultivation manual for free?" Wei Jie asked incredulously.
"We are very generous in Jiangkang city..." when everyone looked at her with disbelief she continued "....To poor people."
"Still, do you expect us to just trust your word that this manual works the way that you say it works?" Liu Amin from the Liu family said with deep distrust.
"Your well being is not my priority so if you don't want to use the bread I threw into your empty hands, you are the beggar that is going to starve to death." She spoke in a cold tone.
"Did you just call me a beggar? You bitch..!" Just as he finished speaking, Amelia's eyes turned to him and the man stood from his chair, the next second he crouched down spitting out his minced tongue. Seeing what happened to him he passed out.
The floor is now full of blood but Amelia's secretaries called in cleaning robots and the place became spotless a minute later.
"Now, where were we? Ah yes. You good men were going to buy the spirit fruit that will help people get super powers. I sell them in groups of five." She sounded like nothing happened a moment ago.
The place is silent. It seems her actions were excessive. "These are not offered in the website so if you snooze now...its a spirit fruit, who knows how long it will take to grow?"
"Did you just mince that guy's tongue with your brain?" A young man from the south asked with a thick accent.
"Not with my brain, I save my brain for learning. His tongue was very filthy. I did him a favor." Amelia answered after a brief pause.
"How powerful are you now?" Another one from the B base asked.
"I don't know, draw your weapon and find out." Amelia said lazily.
"Does cultivation make you beautiful?" She doesn't know who asked that.
"Yes. The stronger you are, the prettier." She blinked with slight amusement in her eyes. Her blue eyes are no longer just blue, they now seem like they house thousands of blue stars. It's very mysterious.
"Can anyone really join the Dragons bane academy?"
"Yes, but you will have swear your allegiance to me." This time she saw a secretary from the Liu family asking.
"How do you enforce it?" Qing Ze asked intrigued.
"They sign a magic contract, if you betray me or the school, your sea of consciousness crumbles. Depending of my judgement you may live or die a slow death." She answered calmly. She showed no sign of irritation to the constant questions.
"Can anyone enter and study without signing the contract?" Liang Fei as a scholar is excited about learning new things.
"For my cute cousin? Sure. What do you want to study? Let me guess, alchemy?" She asked with a doting smile.
"Yes."
"You can come any time. Just don't bring anyone else unless it is the bastard girls. They are even more cuter than you." Amelia bonded with her cousin in the mist if negotiations.
"Thanks, I'll let them know." He said with flushed cheeks. It is obvious he is very happy.
She stood up "I'll take my leave then."
"Wait! You said you'd sell us the fruit." Wei Lin said. He needs to increase the B base overall strength. Ever since he lost the Zhou An's army, he is always on edge and now beasts are on the rise.
"You can buy them on the online auction under our website the Jiang auction. That is where precious items and high level equipment, pills and potions are auctioned off. Everything sold there has been authenticated so you don't have to worry." She left them regardless of their protest.
Three days later
"Many people are talking about the online auction that is claiming to sell a mental enchantment pill that will allow a water ability user to become an ice ability user."
"I am your host Libai. Three days ago a website went up the internet. This website is aimed at communicating with the public. The Jiangkang base has started a school where ability users are trained to use their powers and there is also talk about a group of students I'm sorry disciples who cultivate spiritual energy in the same school."
The anchor played a video of a cultivator with a shadow spirit root casting a spell that materializes a giant hand in the air and captured a giant ape like beast holding it firmly on the spot. The disciple then trew a fire ball into the chest of the ape. This fire ball is very acidic, it melted the ape's chest including the bones.
A while later, only the golden fist size demon core is left on the ground. Many people including the anchor couldn't watch anymore.
"Apparently these disciples have been at it for a few years now and thus acquired all sorts of valuable skills such as creating magical artifacts. I have to admit I was curious and bought one that intrigued me the most.
A space pack. You heard me, check this out."
The young man pulled out a three feet tall ladder from the small bag pack. "Magic."
"This bag was made by a level 2 senior disciple in a graduation axam from level 2 to level 3 junior level. This bag was sold for 15 level 5 crystal nucleus. Cheap no? This bag san save your life. It has a space equal to 30 cubic meters."
The anchor continues to introduce Items from the Dragon Bane school.
The items auctioned gave people a surprise. Mental enchantment pill, body refinement pill and a bone marrow washing pill. Then there are healing pills made from the silver lillies.
The only item made from a fruit found only inside Amelia's space is the mental fruit. The rest are herbs found by students on missions.
After Amelia forced everyone on the force to learn each herb inside the herb master manual, she released a simple on going missing to collect whichever herb is on the manual if they come across it outside.
This was an easy credit so all of them fulfill it dutifully and earn credits. This way alchemists can buy the herbs and learn to make pills and potions. Those with wood spirit root are natural alchemists they find it easy to learn and adjust formulas.
The anchor left every one excited about the prospect of buying a rune weapon if it is as cool and powerful as it is shown on the videos.
The different bases bought barriers and had to have it recharged for a while so Amelia allowed a few combat robots to keep their bases safe from a sudden attack.
The entire Asian went abuzz with the news of learning immortals and growing in power by attending the academy. The school welcome a few students and many handymen who will be accepted as official students when they use neutral cultivation technique to breakthrough to qi condensation realm in less than six months.
The time is not too tight but people are generally lazy and prefer easy things that will come for free.
On the other hand, the warrior academy will only accept a fixed number of recruits every six months. These things are now taken care of by the previous students who have reached foundation establishment realm and have decided to stay and become a teacher in the accadamy.
Many of these are truly good at their jobs as teachers while most are just staying to gain access to the schools extensive knowledge. Many have reached medium high level as an alchemist. They can make medium high level pills and sell them to the public.
The money flows into the school bank as well since there is a handling fee in the transactions. Those who love their electives will never deregister with the school just because of a few bucks.
The school is the only place that can facilitate their research. The schools several venues have been enlarged and separated into higher level and low level so that students do not disturb their teachers.
Amelia on the other hand spends time gathering origin energy drops because her glutton nascent soul keeps eating them. She understood that her nascent soul is enticed by the power of wood and space elements inside the origin drops and has to eat them.
When the nascent soul does this, her comprehension of her law of nature and law of space soared. At first she could put up a nature domain but as time went by her domain encompassed a large area. Because her soul ate the origin drops she can understand the laws of space too.
When this happened she wants to learn more from the library about the laws so that she can condense more drops. The baffling thing though is that except for the first time when the nascent soul ate the drops for the first time, it doesn't increase the level any more it just offers enlightenment.
This enlightenment has resulted in her creating two separate domains. This is not unseen but just unusual. She now spends time studying the two laws inside her library and making the pills which will aid in her journey to be enlightened.
One of the days that school was continuing normally a man walked in and asked to be enrolled. Sensitive to auras, the gate keeper quickly notified someone and the man was quickly surrounded.
When Amelia is called, she found him hand cuffed in an interrogation room. "I hear you want to enlist?"
The man raised his head from looking down and his blood red eye and black eyes gave Amelia a disturbing gaze.
"Qing Xuan?" Amelia looked surprised.
"You remember me, good. I want to join your school and learn more about my ....condition.
"If you're going to lie, find someone less knowledgeable. You drank the blood of humans and that is why your demon core is mutating."
"Mutating to what?" He frowned and asked.
"To a devil core. You ate your own species, that qualities for a mutation into something...sinister." Amelia sat next to him.
"Even now as you try to control yourself, you can smell my blood and you know it will be a great tonic for you..." She spoke to him lazily as if she is not speaking to a prospective devil.
"What will happen if I mutated?"
"You will be very powerful." She said and Qing Xuan relaxed hearing what he wanted to hear.
".....at the cost of your sanity."
"What?!"
"You will become a mindless beast that knows only food, and your favorite food will be humans. You will essentially be a low level zombie with high strength."
"What do you mean food?" He has a bad feeling about this.
"It means you will eat humans bite by bite like how zombies do. You will crave human flesh and most importantly, your body will be in control."
"What do I do?"
"Why would you want to do anything?"
"I don't want want be a mindless beast."
"You have already drank human blood on more than a few occasions. The demon core in your hear is already corrupted."
"Help me." He finally said with a pleading tone that just broke Amelia's heart.
"Why should I?" She seemed surprised by his plea.
"If you help me, I will work for you for as long as you want." He finally said.
"You are of significant value." She tapped the table. Alright. But you must sign here." She took out a contract and used her spirit force to put a few more things in it.
He took the contract and read it. Seeing no problem even with the phase, 'loyal to Amelia and 'can not betray'. He signed and gave it back.
"Follow me." The contract got into her space and she took him into her forging room. He watched her use a peculiar brush and even more peculiar golden ink that spackle as she draws runes formations on the ground.
"Lay down in here with your limbs like this." She then put four cups in the four corners of the formation and started chanting the elven tongue.
A sharp pain assaulted his heart. He couldn't move all he could do is scream but the sound is muted so he feels very miserable.
Black lines wiggled from his heart and to his sides. Amelia cut him with a knife for the black blood to come out. It wiggled creepily on the floor and entered the cups.
The stench is rotten and suffocating. The slow agonizing process took a lot out of him. By the end of it she had changed the cups for larger containers.
Feeling froggy, she put all the blood into the pot that she use to purify ore when making weapons. The amell got so bad that she used a cleaning spell and it vanished. The blood is then lit on fire and it bolied. The exhausted Qing Xuan lay on the ground without moving but he can see what is happening in the pot.
He is wondering if she is cooking the blood, is she going to make him eat it? Should he run?
A few minutes later the blood is gon and in its place, a strong Iron liquid remained. It is enough to make a long knife so she made it. A simple long knife with intricate runes all over its body. .
Amelia had still underestimated the properties of this knife. It is created from the blood that was inside a demon core that was on the verge of being a devil. The knife is evil but it can also only be used by the one whose blood birthed it.
In the future this knife will bring horror wherever it went. People will tremble at the mention of its name. Then soaked the knife inside the immortality tree juice.
"I know you can move. Come with me." She took him to a room with everything he needs to fresen up.
When he came out again he seemed rejuvenated although a little pale. How do you feel?" She asked.
"Like I just got rid of a mountain off my shoulders. Thank you." Even though he has been evil for a while, he is not without manners.
"The reason you were enticed by the blood of the powerful is because you used your blood without replenishing it. And the demonic core in your chest."
"So from now on you will take these blood replenishing drugs. I made them myself so they are highest level in the school. They will work, and with a week you will feel normal. If you ever use your blood to enslave others again. Do it after replenishing your blood essence. But also don't be evil because then I won't be associated with you and might have to kill you. You understand right?"
"What about the 1.6 million people in the North as we speak?" He doesn't feel like beeing a slave master anymore. Unbeknownst to him, his demonic core had been subtly influencing him.
"They are your army and also my army so..." She gave him a ring with resources. Taking out a pill bottle she started giving him instructions.
"These will be for you. These will be for all your followers. They clean marrow and improve talent, these ones allows the body to gain 50 kg worth of attack power, improves mental strength, this one is very expensive so use it sparingly."
"You will just give me all these?"
"Yes, your army belongs to me now. But you are free to operate however you like I won't interfere. I will provide you with resources and you will grow stronger and when the time comes and I call on you, you will deliver. Don't worry I can call you even if you are billions of light years away." She smiled a scary smile.
"I can do whatever I want?"
"Yeah. Just grow strong.And use this barrier devices to cover up all of your territory. I gave you four since you have many places to protect." Amelia confirmed.
"Thanks." Qing Xuan is confused. he thought that she will call in his people into her territory and put a firm hold on them. He had heard about the barrier and he has seen it so he knows how valuable these are.
"This agreement is confidential Qing Xuan, I don't want people thinking I sent you to do the bad thing you have been doing. Also, you will notice I only gave you this much resources, you have to find me valuable things for me to give you more." She told him.
"Amelia, are you ashamed of our relationship?" He looked at her with his big cat like eyes that sparkle as if on the brink of tears. If it was any other woman they would have melted and pulled him into their arms, this one however...
"Yes. I am very ashamed to be associated with you..demon lord." She rolled her eyes and gave him a list of things she wants.
"Did you just roll your eyes? Why are you wearing that thing?" He reached out to pull it out but his had is smacked away.
"Go now..." She dismissed him.
"Alright. I will first have to see how effective these things are." He teleported to his home.
After he got there he called a few people who are high in levels and gave them a pill each. They sat down in front of him so that he can see what happens.
Each of them started to emit a foul smell. Black substance kept coming out of their bodies making the place reek. These pills are available in the website but the level is not the same. Amelia gave him excellent superior level pills.
After the people washed up and came back, they demonstrated their increase in power and told him how much they have improved. The demon lord gave them a list to scawer the world looking for the items in the list and bring them back to him.
This is the beginning of a partnership that will profit the both parties. Qing Xuan went into seclusion and taking the blood essence replenishing pills while cultivating. As a demonic cultivator he will only have to deal with heavenly punishment when he reaches nascent soul realm.
Using these resources, he used the golden dragon pill to increase his physical strength and improve his aptitude. Amelia had managed to turn the golden fruit into a high level dragon fruit. She got the recipe from the school of alchemy in the library.
Liang Mei came out of her seclusion a year later. She is ready to take revenge.
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