Chapter 81 - Exchange

He checked his phone and saw that it was Zhao Bingqian who had called.

Pressing the answer button, Ye Haochuan said, “Hello.”

“Uncle, where the hell did you go?

You actually didn’t come home all night?

Now that you’re back, you don’t even return to the dorm, hmph, fess up, did you go hook up with some wild woman?” Zhao Bingqian had an accusing tone.

Where I go is none of your business, right?

Ye Haochuan was somewhat speechless, but still chuckled, “What are you talking about?

I got a call from a former patient last night, her condition was quite serious, so I rushed over to treat her.

I just got back and had parked your car in the parking lot of Building Seven when the school hospital called me in for an emergency, so…”

Before he could finish, Zhao Bingqian grew impatient, “Okay okay, why are you explaining so much?

You’re not this lady’s boyfriend, I couldn’t care less about your random affairs.”

Ye Haochuan was completely speechless.

“All right, this lady is going to class now, I don’t have time to chat with you.

Bye!”

After Zhao Bingqian finished, she hung up the phone.

Ye Haochuan smiled wryly and shook his head, dealing with such a fiery beauty was simply beyond him.

Five minutes later, Ye Haochuan returned to Dorm Room 512 in Building Seven, all four of his roommates were out, presumably attending classes.

Enjoying the quiet, Ye Haochuan locked himself in his room, took out the new phone that Immortal Aunt had given him, and started to study it.

It had to be said that this new phone, with a 7-inch screen, was insanely awesome.

At first, he thought he’d have to reverify each time he unlocked the phone, but he discovered that once the initial verification was successful, whether by pattern, password, or fingerprint, future verifications would be skipped.

From then on, the phone owner only needed to input True Qi to unlock it, greatly simplifying the process.

Once he entered the interface, most of the icons looked no different from a regular phone.

However, Ye Haochuan knew these were just meant to mislead outsiders.

Sure enough, on the last page of the interface, he found an icon labeled Huaxia Dragon Group.

With a light tap, the phone immediately popped up a new interface resembling WeChat.

This new interface not only had all the extensive functions of WeChat but also a completely new function of spatial transmission.

“Ding ding ding~”

Just then, a system notification suddenly popped up in the bottom right corner of the screen—

“Dear Ye Haochuan trainee, welcome to your successful promotion to a reserve member of the Ancient Martial Arts Sect.

Next, you will follow the system’s instructions to learn how to use the Superphone developed by our sect.

To start learning, please select ‘Confirm,’ to not learn, select ‘Decline’…”

Ye Haochuan directly chose “Confirm.”

Soon, the system began teaching him how to use it, and five minutes later, Ye Haochuan had mastered it.

However, just as this learning segment ended, another system message popped up saying that ten Qi Condensation Pills had been added to his account.

And he could use these Qi Condensation Pills to exchange for corresponding items from the sects, such as various Cultivation Techniques, Secret Manuals, and treasures, and even use the pills to exchange for more high-level miraculous elixirs at a certain ratio.

“Fantastic, now I can refine Qi Condensation Pills by myself, which means I can use them to exchange for even higher-level items, amazing!”

The reason he was so thrilled wasn’t just talk.

From the information he had gathered from the platform, within the Ancient Martial Arts Sects, only those who were Pill Masters could craft miraculous elixirs.

Other martial artists focused on the Martial Arts Path and simply had no right to participate in pill refinement.

In Ye Haochuan’s view, this was an effective method the Ancient Martial Arts Sects employed to manage their vast numbers of martial artists.

To put it bluntly, while it seemed that this allowed countless martial artists to devote themselves to the Martial Arts Path earnestly, in reality, it was a way to keep them under control.

Simply put, should anyone dare betray their sect, if their supply of pills was cut off, their progress in the Martial Arts Path would be severely hindered.

As for the Pill Masters, correspondingly, most weren’t deeply passionate about the Martial Arts Path; instead, they primarily focused on Alchemy and Pill Refinement, with their martial skills serving merely as an aid to that end.

Like the Holy Hand who passed on Medical Techniques to him, he was actually a Pill Master from an Ancient Martial Arts Sect.

However, due to his exceptional talent, the Holy Hand had become a standout among Pill Masters, not only mastering martial techniques but also being extremely skilled in Artifact Refining.

“Now I have ten Qi Condensation Pills in hand, let’s see what good stuff I can exchange them for,” Ye Haochuan said as he scrolled through the system’s prizes.

It goes without saying that the good items one could exchange with ten Qi Condensation Pills were very limited.

Other than the Meteor Fist and Meteor Step, which suited those in the Postnatal Early Stage of Cultivation and were two compatible Cultivation Techniques, there was nothing else available for exchange.

This was because only the icons for these two Techniques were brightly lit, whereas the rest were greyed out and completely inaccessible.

However, Ye Haochuan was in no hurry.

He planned to mass-produce Qi Condensation Pills later and would return for more exchanges.

For now, he would exchange for the Meteor Fist and Meteor Step, these two matching Cultivation Techniques, and then concentrate on his practice.

Although he embraced diverse techniques, believing in taking in all schools of thought and not rejecting the Techniques from other Sects, as a member of an Ancient Martial Arts Sect, it wouldn’t be to his advantage not to know his own Sect’s Techniques, should he seek a footing among them in the future.

As soon as the thought struck him, Ye Haochuan proceeded to make the exchange.

Soon after, a dialog box popped up on the interface.

The system transferred the two manuals to him through its spatial transmission feature.

The two manuals were bound in a retro style,

and upon gently flipping through them, one could see that the content was rich and elaborately detailed, complete with illustrations.

After scrutinizing them a few times, Ye Haochuan absorbed the information and began practicing in the still fairly spacious living room…

Meanwhile, in the president’s office of Haishan University,

Xiao Ding, the heir apparent, sat opposite Xiao Haimei with a grimace, roaring, “Xiao Haimei, do you even regard me as your older brother anymore?

That Ye Haochuan, with his low quality and lack of respect, not only refused to sell me that authentic Gu Kaizhi painting but even dared to talk back to me.

Why haven’t you fired him yet?”

Xiao Haimei furrowed her brows and said, “Grandfather has already transferred the management rights of Haishan University’s board to me.

Whether or not to fire an employee shouldn’t really be your call, should it?”

Xiao Ding burst into anger, “Nonsense!

Even though I am no longer the chair of the Haishan University board, I am still the Xiao Family heir, am I not?

All the family’s assets will be mine one day.

By defying me now, aren’t you afraid that I will kick you out of the Xiao Family in the future?”

The word “bitch,” spat out from Xiao Ding’s foul mouth, deeply wounded Xiao Haimei’s pride.

“Bastard, who are you calling a bitch?” Xiao Haimei, who had been holding back her anger, suddenly stood up.