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Duan Mingben's expression changed.

I don't understand what these five monsters are.

Before he could speak, five puppets rushed forward!

Although their steel arms were unarmed, they were sharp and powerful enough to pound down on Duan Mingben's head, chest, and heart—their hands themselves were made of steel, comparable to sharp weapons!

In the blink of an eye, before Duan Mingben could even scream, he was chopped into six pieces by five dwarf puppets!

At this moment, Li Yalan inside the villa had no idea what was happening outside!

She just sensed that Chen Yang was acting strangely.

Sensing this movement, Li Yalan immediately became anxious and asked, "Chen Yang, what's wrong? Is it over?"

She was filled with disappointment!

Chen Yang pursed his lips, twisted Li Yalan's nose, and said, "I was just thinking about something else!"

Li Yalan immediately replied, "Fine! So I'm really that unattractive to you? You're even thinking about other things at a time like this!"

Chen Yang laughed heartily: "It's alright, it's alright, let's continue!"

Chen Yang didn't take Duan Mingben seriously at all.

The eldest disciple of the alchemy academy is indeed of average strength!

However, through the five puppets, he discovered that Duan Mingben's weapon was actually a high-grade spiritual artifact, which was beyond his expectations!

It's truly remarkable that a student without a prestigious family background could possess a top-grade spiritual weapon!

An hour later, Li Yalan fell asleep contentedly!

Chen Yang walked into the courtyard, brought Duan Mingben's body inside, and returned to the room to search carefully!

The Blood Fiend Blade in Duan Mingben's hand was indeed a high-grade spiritual weapon, and its attack power was extremely strong!

Chen Yang stroked his chin and opened the system panel:

[Ding! Host has obtained the superior-grade spiritual weapon, the Blood Fiend Blade!]

[Ding! You can upgrade it to the next level for 15 spirit stones!]

Upon seeing "15," Chen Yang felt a pang of heartache: "It seems that evolving from a high-grade spiritual weapon to a spiritual treasure requires at least tens of thousands of spirit stones!"

He shook his head and handed the Blood Fiend Blade to one of the dwarf puppets.

This makes the puppets even more powerful!

Chen Yang then searched Duan Ming's body and quickly found the hidden animal skin pouch at his waist!

Upon seeing the animal hide bag, Chen Yang exclaimed excitedly, "This guy has been the top disciple for so long; he must have hidden away a ton of spirit stones. After all, that's the most lucrative position!"

He opened it eagerly, but was quickly disappointed.

Inside the animal skin bag were only a token and a scroll of animal bone bamboo slips!

Chen Yang first opened the bamboo slip, which was filled with small characters and many ancient characters that he could not understand at all, but he could vaguely tell that it was related to alchemy!

Chen Yang suddenly realized: "It seems that Duan Mingben must have stolen this bamboo scroll from Sun Siyi! Sun Siyi's ability to become the top alchemist in the Ming Dynasty was very likely due to the inheritance he received from this bamboo scroll!"

He put the bamboo slip away and looked at the token—the token was carved from a seashell, with the words "East Island" written on the front and "Hachimonogatari, Helmsman" on the back!

Chen Yang stared at the token, momentarily stunned, then exclaimed in realization, "Holy crap! Dongdao? Could it be that small island nation east of the Ming Dynasty? Rumor has it that it's full of Japanese pirates and bandits who frequently raid the Ming Dynasty!"

"So, Duan Ming was an undercover agent all along! No wonder he looks so sleazy and short!"

Chen Yang put away the token, found a pill-refining furnace, and burned Duan Mingben's corpse to ashes!

Over the next two days, Chen Yang continued to study the introductory alchemy techniques in the Enlightenment Hall, occasionally taking out the fragments of the beast bone scroll for research!

He also figured it out: the incomplete scroll was called "Secret Treasury of Alchemy," and it did indeed record profound alchemy techniques!

That's right, they can't even recognize all the characters, let alone understand them.

However, Chen Yang was not in a hurry—for him, pills were just a tool for making money. The system did not display those Exploding Pills and Blood Transformation Pills, and they could not be evolved, so their effect on improving strength was indeed very limited!

He has a system that allows him to level up at an incredibly fast pace, so he doesn't need any elixirs at all!

Two days later, Chen Yang was walking towards the Hall of Enlightenment.

Suddenly, they noticed that all the students from Wanxing Academy were excitedly rushing towards the square in front!

He found it strange, but followed the crowd to the square!

A huge gold poster was displayed in front of the square, with the words "Linggui Island Selection Competition" written on it!

Chen Yang had never heard of Spirit Turtle Island before, so he carefully read the description on the poster:

[Linggui Island is the place with the most abundant spiritual energy in our Great Ming Kingdom! Since 530, the Great Ming Kingdom has established a special benefit to cultivate young people—any outstanding individual under the age of 25 can go to Linggui Island to cultivate for a month! Linggui Island is rich in spiritual energy, teeming with demonic beasts, and even harbors hidden opportunities!]

[Wanxing Academy has only 10 spots available, and the selection will be conducted through an open martial arts competition! Those wishing to register must spend 50 points. After successful registration, a lottery system will be used to determine the 10 winners who will then travel to Linggui Island!]

Chen Yang had absolutely no interest in Spirit Turtle Island. Seeing that registration required 50 points, he was practically laughing in anger. He muttered to himself, "Damn! This Wanxing Academy really knows how to make money! 50 points is equivalent to 5000 spirit stones, that's outrageous!"

The surrounding students were also talking about it!

Not far away, Wang Duobao's fat trembled with excitement as he exclaimed, "Wow! It really is Spirit Turtle Island! Legend has it that Spirit Turtle Island is rich in spiritual energy and has rare and precious herbs that can improve one's physique and greatly enhance one's cultivation! In recent years, every year someone has obtained tremendous opportunities on the island, soaring to great heights, and even those who broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm laid their foundation on the island!"

"The registration fee is 50 points! That's too expensive! We don't have any!"

"Yes, this is purely a selection competition for the young masters of various families."

Wang Duobao immediately retorted, "You're so ignorant! 50 points isn't expensive at all! The quota for Linggui Island is only opened once a year, and with so many people under 25 in the entire Great Ming Kingdom, they only select 100! As one of the three major academies, it's already very fortunate that our Wanxing Academy has 10 slots!"

"Now that you mention it, you're right! 50 points may be expensive, but the scions of powerful families will definitely fight tooth and nail for those 10 spots!"

Wang Duobao chuckled, "Of course! But the super families already have spots, so they don't need to compete with us! Let's go, let's go sign up! Maybe we can defy fate! I'm still a bit short on points, I need to hurry to the mission hall to see if there are any easy ways to earn them!"

Chen Yang paid no attention to these discussions and had no intention of participating in the selection. He turned around and prepared to leave!

A huge list was hanging next to it, showing the number of people who had registered, and it was being updated in real time!

Chen Yang glanced at the list casually and saw that although 50 points were expensive, more than 50 people had already signed up!

Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks!

In the third row of the list, he saw a name so familiar it was etched into his memory—Ma Xinran!

Chen Yang clenched his fists instantly, his eyes wide open!

He had searched for a long time but still didn't know where Ma Xinran was.

Unexpectedly, this woman also signed up for the Linggui Island selection competition.

Since that's the case, then I won't hold back!

Ha ha.

I'm finally going to see this bastard!