Chapter 128: As Wished, I Dare Not Ask for More

After obtaining two items, Mo Xiaobai did not rush to use them immediately.

He signaled Li Ji to wait a moment, then took out two other items from his Player Backpack.

The Heaven’s Gift Treasure Box, and a Heaven’s Gift Points Gift Pack exchanged from an Instance.

In this “Battle of Guandu” Instance, Mo Xiaobai had worked tirelessly and earned a total of 5243 Points. After spending 1500 Points to exchange for the Colonel official position, the remaining 3700 Points were almost all used to exchange for a Heaven’s Gift Points Gift Pack at the end of the Instance.

“A Heaven’s Gift Points Gift Pack!”

“Usage Instructions: Using this pack will randomly grant 2 to 5 Heaven’s Gift Points. Only the Player themselves can use it.”

Ever since he first entered the game and used the Heaven’s Gift Treasure Box to exchange for a Gold Token and access to Lingyan Pavilion, this high-quality item box had been quietly sitting in Mo Xiaobai’s backpack.

This time, he had finally earned enough Points in the Instance, so Mo Xiaobai didn’t even bother checking other item rewards and directly took the only Heaven’s Gift Points Gift Pack from the Guandu Instance into his hands.

Compared to this pack, even a Lord Talent of up to Rank A was not worth a glance for Mo Xiaobai.

“Now is the moment to witness a miracle!”

Mo Xiaobai let out a deep breath, held the Heaven’s Gift Pack, and whispered, “Confirm usage.”

“Ding~ Player Daydreaming successfully used the Heaven’s Gift Points Gift Pack, obtained 3 Heaven’s Gift Points. Players can check this in the Heaven’s Gift Treasure Box.”

Only 3 Points?

Hearing the prompt, Mo Xiaobai instantly pouted his lips. Although it wasn’t too stingy, it had nothing to do with a lucky red hand.

“I really shouldn’t have expected too much. Luckily, 3 Points are enough.”

Mo Xiaobai sighed inwardly and opened his Heaven’s Gift Treasure Box. A series of rainbow lights appeared again, and the items floating around were still the ten items he had left over from earlier.

The Gold Token was clearly on the list, but Mo Xiaobai still had no interest in it.

What interested him was another Building Item:

“Special Building: Yingtian Academy!”

“Building Effect: Increases the breakthrough rate of a scholar’s aptitude by 18%. Those with aptitude higher than that of the Academy Doctor are unaffected.”

“Building Introduction: The Academy covers a wide range of schools and teachings. Classic works such as the Confucian ‘Book of Songs’, ‘Book of Documents’, ‘Book of Rites’, ‘Book of Changes’, and ‘Book of Music’, as well as the Mohist ‘Mozi’, the Daoist ‘Tao Te Ching’, and ‘Spring and Autumn’ are all taught. In the Song Dynasty, there is a record of ‘setting up schools in prefectures and counties beginning here’.”

“Usage Limit: Valid only within the Territory.”

“Exchange Points: 3”

Yingtian Academy!

In the Song Dynasty, this was an Academy comparable to the Imperial College!

Ever since he first saw these items, Mo Xiaobai had been eyeing this famous Northern Song school. Now it was finally going to belong to him, to Daming Village.

The original Yingtian Academy had Mr. Fan Wen. Daming Village now has Mr. Zheng Kangcheng. Based on Zheng Xuan and Hu Zhao, Mo Xiaobai dared to compete directly with the original by building a Yingtian Academy for Daming Village.

And since Zheng Xuan had an aptitude of “S”, it meant that as long as they entered Yingtian Academy, there was a high chance they could cultivate a batch of Plane Scholars with A or S rank aptitude.

For Daming Village, which generally had average aptitude across its Territory, this was another huge piece of good news.

“Maogong, come with me to see where the Academy and the Projection Hall should be placed.”

Walking out of the Baron’s Manor with Li Ji, the two strolled around the Territory for a while. First, they used the Projection Hall item next to Lingyan Pavilion, and then decided to place the Academy in the quiet southwest corner of the valley.

In this position, Yingtian Academy stood opposite the Martial Temple on the other side of the far end of the Territory, creating a truly unique charm.

As the models landed and spread out, Daming Village gained two more Territory Buildings.

The small Projection Hall was built very simply. It was just a dark room of less than 500 square meters, seemingly with a roof made of solar panels. Once the energy was stored and powered on, it could be used.

Compared to the simple Projection Hall, the other building, Yingtian Academy, was not so small in scale.

Inside the entire Academy, there were not less than a hundred rooms and halls, including the Chongsheng Hall, the Dacheng Hall, the Front Lecture Hall, the Imperial Book Tower, the Top Scholar Bridge, the Minglun Hall, and covered corridors.

If one really calculated the area, it was not even smaller than the Martial Temple.

“There are truly quite a few books here.”

Taking a step into the Imperial Book Tower of Yingtian Academy, Mo Xiaobai felt as if he had walked into the National Library of Huaxia.

Rows of bookshelves were packed tightly in the huge building. A quick glance showed that all the books were bamboo slips packed in cloth bags.

In terms of quantity, they could be counted in the ten thousands.

“Let’s go to the second floor.”

Climbing the wooden ladder straight to the upper floor, Mo Xiaobai saw many paper books on the second floor. He flipped through them casually and found that most were rubbings.

Although the area was slightly smaller than the first floor, the collection of books might be even larger.

When the two slowly stepped up to the top floor, the volume of scrolls stored there was very small.

However, every scroll on the top floor was enough to be recorded in history, such as Jia Yi’s “Examination of Qin” from the Han Dynasty, and Du Mu’s “Ode to the Epang Palace” from the Tang Dynasty…

“Are these truly the original works of great sages?”

After walking the entire round, Mo Xiaobai’s shock in his heart was no less than when he built the Martial Temple. If the Martial Temple was the faith of the spine of martial men, then this place was the inheritance of Huaxia’s scholars carrying the Way.

“No wonder Yingtian Academy could attract and cultivate a famous Confucian scholar like Fan Zhongyan.”

“Although the reason includes Fan Zhongyan’s own excellent natural talent, this Academy was certainly instrumental.”

Just by taking a cursory look at the Yingtian Academy, Mo Xiaobai already had great interest and confidence in this Academy, believing that in the future it would certainly bring miracles to Daming Village.

If Zheng Xuan, Hu Zhao, and others knew this, they would surely be overjoyed.

…

That night, the Baron’s Manor held another banquet.

There were former “old timers” from Daming Village, as well as newly arrived Famous Scholars and Martial Artists. A group sat together drinking heartily and talking loudly, and Mo Xiaobai himself was equally enthusiastic.

The dinner lasted from twilight until late at night.

When everyone was either drunk or asleep, the elderly Mr. Zheng Xuan, supported by Guo Yuan and Dong Zhen, came up to Mo Xiaobai. A slight flush of drunkenness hovered on his cheeks.

“In my life, I have rarely toasted to anyone, but today I must toast this Baron.”

“Mr. Duke Kangcheng, you are too polite. The junior should be the one toasting you.” Seeing the elder was here to toast him, Mo Xiaobai immediately stood up.

That attitude, he dared not even consider holding.

“No, this time it is the old man who must thank you.”

Zheng Xuan did not know where he got the strength, but he managed to press down Mo Xiaobai with one hand and spoke: “The old man also visited your Academy this afternoon. The vastness of the scrolls is not less than the Imperial University of old. Many of the knowledge inside, the old man has never explored even in his entire life. It is very good, very good indeed!”

“As long as you are happy, once you recover, you can move to the Academy to live.” Mo Xiaobai smiled and said, “I knew Zheng Xuan would be moved by Yingtian Academy.”

“Exactly. That is why I have come specifically to toast you.”

As Zheng Xuan said this, he raised his wine cup forward, his eyes sparkling: “I observe that Yingtian Academy does not yet have an Academy Head position. The old man is today willing to set aside his dignity and ask the Baron not to think me too old. Will you let the old man manage the Academy?”

Zheng Xuan actually spoke first!

Mo Xiaobai almost wanted to laugh out loud in his heart. He bowed deeply immediately: “As wished, I dare not ask for more.”