The benefits of being a First-Class Instructor at Qianwu Dojo Headquarters were quite generous.
After taking the position, Lu Qingshan received a manor covering several thousand square meters.
In Qianwu City, where every inch of land was worth its weight in gold, owning such a manor meant his status surpassed ninety-nine percent of the people in the city.
The manor came with one butler, four servants, and two cooks. With them around, Lu Qingshan, apart from cultivation and teaching his disciples, had no need to worry about any other daily trivialities.
Lu Qingshan was very satisfied with these conditions.
After all, for a long time to come, he would need to stay here to teach and nurture students, serving as a good instructor.
"Lord Lu Qingshan, this is the ten-day menu drawn up by the chefs. Please review whether any adjustments are needed..." Butler Luo Er respectfully presented a list.
The menu listed quite luxurious dishes, some ingredients Lu Qingshan had never heard of, and none repeated within ten days.
As a First-Class Instructor, this was also one of the benefits.
The meal allowance provided by Qianwu Dojo every year was extremely generous, requiring no personal expense.
"That's fine. I don't have high requirements for food; clean and hygienic is enough. Just prepare some roast meat tonight." Lu Qingshan instructed.
Luo Er accepted the order and withdrew to make arrangements. Lu Qingshan, meanwhile, sat in the manor's garden and pulled up his points interface.
Name: Lu Qingshan
Position: First-Class Instructor (Domain Master)
Points: 0
The conspicuous "0" was somewhat glaring, but Lu Qingshan didn't mind. Points were an important resource for motivating Qianwu practitioners' work enthusiasm and certainly wouldn't be given away lightly.
With 0 points, he could buy nothing. The most urgent matter was to figure out how to get some points.
He began searching the exchange catalog for items he needed.
Ordinary Bloodline Evolution Serum: 1 point.
S-Rank Bloodline Evolution Serum: 10 points.
SS-Rank Bloodline Evolution Serum: 1,000 points.
Life Fruit: 20,000 points.
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As for Domain Master-Level Bloodline Evolution Serum, he didn't find it in the catalog. Such core resources probably could only be obtained by joining the core layer of the five great powers.
However, Lu Qingshan had his own plans.
He planned to exchange an SS-Rank Bloodline Evolution Serum for Lei Ming. That way, the serum returned by the System should be no lower than Domain Master level.
The primary issue was points.
Based on the value of other items, Lu Qingshan roughly figured out the market price of points.
Approximately 1 point corresponded to 100 million Cosmic Currency.
Putting it that way, obtaining an SS-Rank evolution serum through internal channels didn't seem difficult?
One hundred billion Cosmic Currency was nothing to him at the moment.
Just as he was reviewing the materials, the cook had prepared the roast meat. The fragrant meat slices were carefully cut into chunks and brought to Lu Qingshan's side.
"Not bad." Lu Qingshan took a bite; it was delicious. After ten years of travel, he hadn't enjoyed such delicious food for a long time.
After a few bites of roast meat, he took out a jar of aged fine wine from his interspatial ring. This wine was called "Milky Way Three Thousand Dreams," personally brewed by his wife Catherine. Thirty thousand years had passed, and several hundred jars still remained in the ring.
The wine aroma was still rich and mellow; at first sip it had a slight bitterness, but upon careful tasting, sweetness gradually emerged, with a lingering aftertaste.
Lu Qingshan was contentedly eating meat and drinking wine, extremely pleased.
"Are you the new instructor?" A rough voice sounded from outside the door.
Lu Qingshan looked up and saw a man in a red robe standing at the doorway.
"I only reported for duty today and haven't had time to visit my neighbor yet. Come in and sit..." Lu Qingshan stood to invite him in. Someone who could appear here must be a fellow instructor at Qianwu Dojo.
He had originally planned to make friends with some instructors, so he naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity.
"I'm Chi Yan, a First-Class Instructor of the Fire Law, and I live right next door." The red-robed man said cheerfully.
"So it's Brother Chi Yan." Lu Qingshan cupped his hands. "Care to join us?"
"Good! Just finished class, my mouth had no taste. Let me try your cook's skill." Chi Yan wasn't polite at all, picking up a piece of roast meat and chewing it. "Hmm... the taste is alright, but the heat is a bit off. If I did the grilling, the flavor could improve by quite a bit."
Lu Qingshan had no reason to doubt Chi Yan's claim. An instructor specializing in the Fire Law naturally had fire control as his signature skill.
"Next time I must definitely try Brother Chi Yan's cooking. Come, try my wine..." Lu Qingshan poured him a cup of "Milky Way Three Thousand Dreams."
Chi Yan raised his cup and drained it in one gulp.
"It's aged enough, but the taste is too bland; not my type. Come, try my Fire Wine!"
Speaking of which, Chi Yan also took out a jar of wine and, without further ado, filled a cup for Lu Qingshan.
"Please!"
The two raised their cups and drank together. As the wine went down his throat, Lu Qingshan instantly felt a scorching heat pierce his lungs and organs, as if he were inside a furnace.
"So strong!" Lu Qingshan didn't deliberately try to dispel the wine's effect, openly feeling this overbearing and direct stimulation. Unlike the delicate and lingering "Milky Way Three Thousand Dreams," Fire Wine prided itself on this kind of simple and crude impact.
No wonder Chi Yan liked this wine; drinking this wine gave an unparalleled sensory experience.
However, Lu Qingshan still preferred his own Milky Way Three Thousand Dreams... The meaning contained within it could not be replaced by other fine wines.
After three rounds of drinks, the two became more familiar. Lu Qingshan took the opportunity to ask about points.
"Junior Brother Qingshan, it's completely normal for a newcomer to have no points." Chi Yan was straightforward. "Earning points is simple. Besides cultivating excellent students, it's taking on missions. The dojo releases some missions every month, and the points are usually quite generous. Junior Brother, if you're interested, I'll bring you along on the next mission."
"Brother Chi Yan, I don't know how points are exchanged for Cosmic Currency? I want to get some points for my disciple to exchange for bloodline medicine. Brother, do you have a channel?" Lu Qingshan asked.
Chi Yan let out a full burp. "By rights, 1 point is roughly equal to 100 million Cosmic Currency. But points are more precious; they can exchange for good things that Cosmic Currency can't buy, so private transactions have a serious premium. Basically, 1 point can exchange for 200 million Cosmic Currency."
"Not bad..." Lu Qingshan sighed in relief. The premium wasn't scary; what was scary was having no one to exchange with. Hearing Chi Yan's words, point exchanges had already formed an understanding, showing this was already quite common.
Lu Qingshan pressed: "Brother Chi Yan, could you part with some points? Or introduce others to trade? One to two hundred million, I accept."
"Why be so troublesome! Junior Brother, however much you want, I'll exchange it for you directly." Chi Yan waved his hand generously.
Lu Qingshan's eyes lit up. "I need one thousand points."
"A small matter, consider it done!" Chi Yan was extremely straightforward.
Soon, Chi Yan transferred one thousand points over, and Lu Qingshan also transferred two hundred billion Cosmic Currency to the other's account.
The trade was fair, but Lu Qingshan knew he owed the other a favor.
He had just arrived; finding someone to exchange with wasn't easy. Relying solely on himself, who knew how long it would take to save up this many points.
Lu Qingshan didn't avoid the issue; right in front of Chi Yan, he used one thousand points to exchange for an SS-Rank Bloodline Evolution Serum.
The two continued drinking and chatting, establishing a preliminary friendship through toasts and cups.
Chapter 20