Chapter 18 - Value of the Divine Essence
In the quiet of his classroom, Tian Wen's eyes swept across the 42 students still present in his class, clearly pleased. “This major exam was an important test deliberately structured to identify and separate the strong from the weak,” he explained. “I am therefore confident that you, the students who remain, are true elites.”
After giving some words of encouragement, Tian Wen smiled and said, “I would like to ask the three students who scored the highest in my class to step up to the podium for their rewards.”
The students observed with a blend of admiration and envy as Han Wu, Qin Shuang, and another student called Xu Sun approached the podium.
Han Wu had secured first place both in his class and across the entire year, and Qin Shuang achieved second place in both her class and the overall year rankings. Xu Sun, however, secured third place in his class and fifth place in his year.
Though Zhang Xiaolong’s strength was undeniable, he had placed fourth in class and ninth in the year, which unfortunately was not enough to earn a reward from his teacher.
Tian Wen displayed the list of class resources to the students. He wanted them to know that excellent students would obtain rewards, hoping to motivate the other students too.
“Han Wu, by winning first place during the major exams, has brought honor to our class. I am therefore awarding him with a hundred class points, as well as the privilege to choose anything from the high-rank resources in our class treasury,” Tian Wen stated. Upon hearing this, the students were stunned, clearly astonished by his generosity.
The resources allocated to the class could be separated into two—the general and the high-ranking resources.
The general resources included Rank 1 Sacred Objects, low quality divine realm pieces, and other quite basic resources, which students could easily exchange for by using their accumulated class points.
The high-ranking resources, on the other hand, were sealed in the treasury and could not be exchanged with points. They were only used by the school to boost the growth of the more outstanding students.
Han Wu hurriedly suppressed his growing excitement and gave a quick look at the display to see what he could exchange.
He was disappointed to find only six rewards to choose from—a Rank 2 Sacred Object, the Giant’s Fist; a Fountain of Life; an Iron Mine Core; a Rank 2 skill, Frost Bullet; a Rank 2 building, the Goblin Nest; and a Unique life form, the Liger Beast.
Some were capable of providing an immediate increase in his strength, while the others offered passive growth over a long period of time.
After carefully considering his options, Han Wu finally settled on the Fountain of Life.
[Fountain of Life: Produces a lot of spring water that nourishes life and improves its environment.]
As long as Han Wu had the Fountain of Life, he could ensure that the environment in his divine realm would always be suitable for his core race, the locusts, to live in. This single factor alone caused its potential value to dwarf that of the other resources.
Tian Wen admired Han Wu’s decision; he didn’t blindly pursue strength but recognized his capabilities and used them to his advantage.
Afterwards, Qin Shuang and Xu Sun were then presented with the opportunity to make their choices.
Qin Shuang was awarded 80 points and chose the Rank 2 building Goblin Nest, while Xu Sun was awarded 60 points and chose the Unique life form Liger Beast.
Witnessing this, the other students felt a strong desire to improve their performance and excel in their subsequent exams. After the selection process was over, the three students headed to their seats. The instant Han Wu took his seat, however, he received an alert regarding an encrypted message from Xu Sun.
“Han Wu, give the Divine Essence you obtained from the exam to me. I will pay 105 million Divine Points for it right now.”
Han Wu frowned. While it was normal to have business transactions among students, Xu Sun's condescending tone pissed him off. Also, a Divine Essence could be formed by condensing 100 million Divine Points. Why would Xu Sun just decide to add an extra 5 million Divine Points?
Han Wu was certain that Xu Sun wasn't the type to carelessly spend money without a clear justification. This is a bit suspicious, he thought curiously.
Seeing that Han Wu had ignored his message, Xu Sun urged, “This is a no-brainer. If you agree, 105 million Divine Points will be yours. You'll have more than enough to buy a complete Evolution Path for your locusts! This deal can change your life!”
Han Wu internally scoffed at that proposal. Xu Sun’s apparent desperation was a confirmation that there was more to the deal he had proposed.
“I don’t want to.”
“110 million Divine Points—I’m not going any further than that.”
“Heh.” Han Wu rejected the offer yet again.
Xu Sun grew increasingly furious. When had he been so blatantly snubbed? His household boasted a staggering nineteen Demigods and one God! It wasn't an exaggeration to say that his family had more prestige and wealth, while Han Wu had practically nothing. Where did a person of such low social standing find the nerve to reject him over and over?
“Han Wu, my grandfather is getting ready to ascend to become a God—he urgently needs Divine Essence. If you sell it to me, not only will I give you the Divine Points, but I'll also owe you a favor in return.” Xu Sun suppressed his anger and sent another encrypted message. Unlike before, Han Wu began to find the deal slightly more tempting—it had caught his interest.
110 million Divine Points was a large sum of money, after all. With that amount of money, he could greatly improve his divine realm and increase his locust population by at least ten times. At that stage, he wouldn't have any reason to worry about the procurement of Divine Essence either.
Just as he was about to agree to Xu Sun's terms, he received yet another encrypted message, this time from Qin Shuang.
“Han Wu, can you please sell the Divine Essence you obtained to me for 150 million Divine Points? I would really like to buy it.”
Han Wu was stunned by that amount. 150 million Divine Points! That was 40 million Points more than Xu Sun’s final offer. Was Qin Shuang really that rich? Her offer had greatly surpassed the amount of Points needed to condense a single Divine Essence.
Then again, why was Qin Shuang willing to pay 50 million extra to buy the Essence? Was it really that valuable to her?
He curiously asked, “Isn’t a single Divine Essence worth 100 million Divine Points?”
He soon received her encrypted message. “Are you that clueless? Though a single Divine Essence can be condensed with 100 million Divine Points, the Divine Points must come from your own race. To make it simple, you must first condense the Faith Points obtained solely from your race into Divine Points before using those Divine Points to condense a Divine Essence.
“If you use Divine Points obtained from others, the chance of condensing a Divine Essence would greatly decrease. The current market price for Divine Essence is 145 million Divine Points, and the demand is exponentially greater than the available supply.”
It wasn't until Qin Shuang’s thorough explanation that Han Wu understood how valuable a Divine Essence was, also realizing that Xu Sun had tried to scam him!
Han Wu immediately rejected Xu Sun’s offer, scolded him and told him to scram.
Xu Sun almost burst into a rage upon receiving such a humiliating message from Han Wu.
“Han Wu, just because you won first place doesn’t mean you can be arrogant. Just you wait…” Xu Sun grumbled.
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