Su Luo couldn't count how many gems there were in a short while.
"I've struck it rich! I've really struck it rich this time!"
She happily grabbed a handful of sparkling gems, letting them slip through her fingers. With a beaming smile, she said, "There are so many gems, even if every disciple in Qingxu Tian received one, they wouldn't be enough. The rest can be sold... Hmm, perhaps not. That's still several hundred million spirit coins!"
The Dragon Hound, however, lay on the floor, bored. "Not fun."
It didn't like gems at all.
They couldn't be eaten, nor could they accompany it in fights. They were utterly pointless.
"Da Hei, you've been fighting with A Bu and the others for three days, aren't you tired yet?" Su Luo said as she tidied up. "You've been undefeated in the Royal Court these past few days. You should rest now that you're back, right?"
The Dragon Hound rolled its eyes. "Is that considered fighting? I can't even use my full strength, or they'd all be finished."
The little prince on the table croaked, "A Bu and the others are numerous. They were letting you win. If they had all ganged up on you, they would have stewed you by now..."
The Dragon Hound scrambled to its feet, glaring at the little prince. "Say that again? You stinky frog, don't think I won't bully you just because you're small. If you push me too far, I'll eat you in one bite!"
"Croak croak! Stinky dog!"
The little prince stuck out his tongue at him. "Try it if you dare?"
The Dragon Hound immediately became enraged. How dare a stinky frog clamor in front of it? It lunged forward.
"Pfft!"
The little prince opened its mouth and spat out a gem.
Just as the Dragon Hound was about to swat it away, the blue gem suddenly exploded. A fierce blast of cold air surged forth, and ice crystals, like tiny blades, shot out. The piercing cold made the Dragon Hound yelp.
Its fur was instantly coated in a thick layer of frost, and the surrounding temperature plummeted. However, the Dragon Hound only froze for a moment. It shook its body, scattering the frost on the floor, and prepared to charge again.
"Stop fighting!"
Su Luo quickly hugged the Dragon Hound. Just with that one action, the storeroom was thrown into disarray.
If they continued fighting, wouldn't they tear the place down!
"Da Hei, this is the storeroom, you can't fight here! And you, little prince, you're actually this powerful? The gems you spit out can explode?" Su Luo hadn't expected the little prince to have such abilities. It was indeed unusual.
The little prince croaked proudly, "Of course! The gems I spit out each have their own functions. Whoever dares to provoke me, I'll teach them a lesson! But don't be afraid, Luoluo beauty, this prince will protect you."
After saying that, it spat out three red gems. "These are gifts for you today. Do you like them?"
She had truly found a treasure.
Su Luo happily picked up the gems on the table. "Little prince, how many gems can you spit out per day?"
Ever since the little prince started following her, it spat out a few gems every day, calling them gifts for Luoluo beauty.
If it could spit them out casually, Qingxu Tian wouldn't have to worry about resources!
The little prince croaked, "Three is easy, a maximum of five. Any more than that and I can't. This prince needs to rest, and then I can continue the next day."
Su Luo calculated, even if it was three per day, that would be nine hundred in a month, and about ten thousand in a year.
This was a fortune worth hundreds of millions, something that couldn't be bought with money!
With so many gems to enrich the Resource Hall, even outer disciples who put in a little effort could exchange them for contribution points. Whether used for cultivation or inlaid into magical artifacts, the effects would be good. In a short time, Qingxu Tian's overall strength would significantly improve.
After excitedly imagining for a while, Su Luo picked up the Fountain of Life again.
She now had a bottle of refined Fountain of Life, containing less than a hundred drops. The 'original ecological version' had ten bottles, each weighing about half a kilogram.
The refined Fountain of Life could be drunk freely. A single drop could extend one's lifespan by ten years. If it were sold, it would definitely fetch an astronomical price, more valuable than longevity pills with the same effect.
Longevity pills were eighth-grade elixirs. One pill could extend one's lifespan by fifty years. However, due to the rarity of the spirit herbs and the difficulty in refining them, it had only appeared at an auction thirty years ago, and there had been no news of it since.
That longevity pill had been auctioned for a sky-high price of three hundred and eighty million spirit coins, plus a ninth-grade magical artifact!
Su Luo opened the bottle and drank half of it.
Gulp, gulp...
As the cool, slightly sweet spring water went down, Su Luo felt a wondrous sensation.
It was as if every cell in her body was radiating intense vitality, and her previous fatigue vanished completely. She felt clear-headed and sharp-sighted, able to see tiny things in the distance with perfect clarity, as if she had just completed her cultivation and broken through a realm. The feeling was unspeakably refreshing.
She was finally relieved. The life force consumed by using the God Conferring Art had been fully replenished.
And it had increased significantly!
She saved the remaining half bottle for emergencies.
"I'll give these ten bottles to Third Grandfather for alchemy. He can use them for experiments," Su Luo said, setting aside the original ecological version of the Fountain of Life separately. After all, she had plenty, and she wasn't afraid of wasting them. There was still more in the fountain pool in the Giant Royal Court.
Finally, Su Luo tried to ignite the Lotus Glazed Lamp.
The Dragon Hound was immediately attracted by the faint light. Then it felt something was wrong. "Eh, such strange energy fluctuations... Why do I suddenly have no strength? I feel so sleepy..."
It lay down lazily, like a puddle of liquid.
This was a divine artifact of Emperor Lang Kui. Su Luo couldn't use the Divine Eye Goggles to detect its specific effects yet. She had always thought that with the lotus lamp in hand, she could resist all attacks. As long as the lamp was lit, it was equivalent to having a golden bell cover.
However, after seeing Shui Qingyue use it, she realized it wasn't quite like that.
The Lotus Glazed Lamp had to be lit with spiritual power; ordinary flames wouldn't work. Within its light radius, it could weaken the state of those who didn't possess it, making them weak and dispirited, losing their will to fight. The Dragon Hound's reaction was a prime example.
At this moment, the little prince weakly called out, "Stinky dog, why aren't you barking anymore?"
The Dragon Hound suddenly stood up, furious. "You stinky frog, say that again..."
Before it could finish, it slumped down again.
So tired, it didn't even want to speak, let alone fight.
"You've lost your courage, you don't dare..." The little prince also lay on the table, stretching out its triangular frog head to provoke lazily. "Come on, stinky dog, come and fight me, Prince... so sleepy, croak!"
"I'm going to kill you..." The Dragon Hound lay motionless on the ground.
"You come, come..."
"You come... *snore snore snore*..."
Watching the Dragon Hound, who had already fallen asleep from exhaustion, Su Luo was exasperated and amused. Were these two mortal enemies in their past lives?
They still wanted to argue even in this state?
She tapped the little prince, who was struggling to stay awake. "You have no feud with Da Hei, why do you keep provoking it?"
The little prince, groggy with sleep, said, "I just can't stand it... its dog-like arrogance of being undefeated in the Royal Court! If... if you dare, come... come and suck... *pant*..."
It too had fallen asleep.
Needless to say, with the arrival of the little prince, Qingxu Tian would be even more lively.
Su Luo smiled, put away the Lotus Glazed Lamp, and decided to ask Jiang Muxue about it next time she saw him. Then she sent for Steward Liu and Steward Wang.
The two elder stewards were stunned by the colorful gems before them as soon as they arrived.
Su Luo said with a smile, "Uncle Stewards, it's almost time to distribute resources next month. I have a new decision to announce..."