Chapter 588: Chapter 263: New System Features, Ten Benefits, Purple Mansion Spiritual Objects 3

"There’s even a legendary Celestial Tier Technique hidden within the Myriad Phenomena Pavilion."

Celestial Tier Technique?!

For the Noble Families from remote regions, the Great Zhou Academy is clearly an opportunity to defy destiny and change fate.

Fu Changsheng’s breathing suddenly became rapid.

Master Xu continued:

"Moreover, the Great Zhou Academy has close ties with the Court. Students graduating from the academy, if they aspire to become officials, often receive priority recommendation. In the court, they are more likely to be put in important positions. After all, after the academy’s rigorous training, their talent and knowledge are beyond compare to ordinary people."

"However."

Master Xu changed her tone.

Shaking her head, she said:

"The Great Zhou Academy has a stringent assessment system. Many Noble Family descendants, especially those from the least noble families from remote areas, don’t even last a month at the academy before being expelled."

"Take for instance, the recommended disciples from your South Huai Prefecture’s Gongsun Family, Shi Family, and Nangong Family, who couldn’t even pass the entry-level assessment and were sent back to their fiefs in less than a month."

Fu Changsheng furrowed his brows.

The assessment system of the Great Zhou Academy is indeed harsh.

However.

Master Xu hadn’t finished her words.

She pointed in the direction of the Shangguan Family:

"Being safely sent back to their fiefs is considered fortunate. A few years ago, descendants sent by the Shangguan Family perished directly at the academy, leaving not even a trace."

Fu Changsheng was startled in his heart.

Entering the Great Zhou Academy even poses life-threatening dangers:

"Master Xu, why did the three disciples from the Shangguan Family perish at the academy?"

Master Xu shook her head.

She initially didn’t want to say more, but considering Cao Xiang’er’s connection, she added a remark:

"At the Great Zhou Academy, there are not only Noble Family descendants but also members of the Great Zhou Royal Race, along with disciples from sects within the territory. In our South Huai, they may be prideful youths, but in the Imperial Capital, at the academy, they might end up being at the bottom. If they’re not careful and offend a dignitary..."

"Of course, that’s secondary."

"What’s most critical is that the education at the Great Zhou Academy is completely different from what we imagine. Even members of the Royal Race have perished within."

"However."

"The Great Zhou Academy is directly under His Majesty’s control, and no one dares to interfere with its operations."

Given this.

Entering the Great Zhou Academy is clearly a double-edged sword.

Fu Changsheng planned to inquire about the situation from other Eighth-Grade Noble Families, and if it truly is a dragon’s pool and tiger’s cave, it might be better not to enter:

"Master Xu, what about the other eight benefits?"

"For the third, once your Fu Family pays the Spirit Stones, you may use the Teleportation Array to leave Jingzhou...."

.....

Master Xu listed seven benefits in one breath, including access to secret realms below Yellow Tier Middle-Grade.

In Great Zhou.

Secret realms and sect sites are classified into Celestial, Earthly, Mysterious, and Yellow tiers, with each tier further divided into upper, middle, and lower grades.

The noble family level varies.

The quota for entering secret realms is also limited.

From this point of view.

The Court clearly tilts resources towards High-Grade Noble Families, indirectly encouraging Low-Grade Noble Families to climb upwards.

However.

After hearing about the eight benefits.

He didn’t hear Master Xu mention the secrets of the Purple Mansion.

Although Fu Changsheng already knew a bit from Shangguan Hongyu, he wasn’t aware of which spiritual objects aided in the breakthrough of the Purple Mansion.

Master Xu sipped some Black Spirit Tea.

With a flick of her forefinger.

Suddenly, the array light curtain in the Main Hall rose, and her face turned solemn:

"The tenth benefit, which should also be what Clan Leader Fu cares about the most, is the secret to breaking through the Purple Mansion....."

As Master Xu slowly explained.

Fu Changsheng’s face revealed delight, but in his heart, he remained unmoved. As expected, the method the Court teaches to break through the Purple Mansion is just as Hongyu said: merely opening seventeen acupoints, ultimately forming a Golden Core that’s at most Ninth Grade.

However.

Master Xu did mention two spiritual objects for breaking through the Purple Mansion.

The first is the auxiliary spiritual object to open the Niwan Palace, [Profound Yin Grass].

The Upper Dantian is located between the eyebrows, and when the Power of Divine Sense opens it, if one is even slightly careless, it can cause the cultivator to lose their mind at best, or obliterate their Divine Soul at worst.

The sandalwood formed from refining Profound Yin Grass allows a cultivator to stay in a clear state when opening the Niwan Palace.

The second auxiliary spiritual object is the [Soul Transformation Pill].

The function of the [Soul Transformation Pill] is to nourish the soul after awakening it and to aid its transformation into a Divine Soul once the soul resides in the Purple Mansion.

After Master Xu finished speaking.

Fu Changsheng then asked:

"Master Xu, can Eighth-Grade Noble Families exchange Merit Points for [Profound Yin Grass] and [Soul Transformation Pill]?"

Master Xu shook her head.

But quickly nodded:

"It’s possible, but the amount of Merit Points required for either the Profound Yin Grass or the Soul Transformation Pill is so large that few families are willing to trade for them."

With that said.

Master Xu made a gesture indicating eight.

Fu Changsheng’s pupils contracted, one auxiliary spiritual object requiring eighty thousand Court Merit Points, two would be one hundred sixty thousand, which is undoubtedly an astronomical figure.

Seeing Fu Changsheng frowning, Master Xu quickly added:

"Of course, besides Merit Points, if you want to exchange the Profound Yin Grass and the Soul Transformation Pill from the Court, there are other channels, like completing certain tasks from the Court. But that depends on fortune and cannot be sought."

Even the Foundation Establishment Pill.

The Court keeps a tight grip on it.

The recipe for the Soul Transformation Pill likely can’t be bought even in the marketplace.

Fu Changsheng muttered in his heart:

"No wonder South Huai’s Purple Mansion Great Cultivator is rarely seen."

In this remote region of theirs.

Besides the Court.

There’s no place they can rely on.

After finishing the rights of Eighth-Grade Noble Families, Master Xu mentioned the conditions for promotion to Seventh-Grade Noble Families.