Chapter 180 — Secretly Tripping Him Up
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The Imperial Preceptor of Jingping knew his true identity. Had Emperor Yanfeng not known, he would have been somewhat worried; but now that both the Emperor and the Imperial Preceptor of Jingping knew, he was instead at ease, with no need to fear that these two giants would move against him. More than ten days later, Shen Mu's west room was piled full of Dafeng coins exchanged for dragon saliva.
Libationer Bashan, taking Wei Yong and the Heir Minyue out for training, came to his west room, carried off several sacks of money, and left. Shen Mu did not mind; after all, he was flush with wealth. These past days, whenever he had a spare moment, he refined Scarlet Fire Spirit Pills and another kind of spirit pill that replenished the spirit. Because he used Buddhist methods in refining this pill, and Buddhist sounds issued forth when it was completed, Shen Mu called it the Spirit Buddha Pill.
These days he had gone to the storehouse to buy medicines and had nearly bought out several dozen kinds of herbs. Recently the Grand Academy was holding a large-scale training exercise, selecting scholars to go to the front, with the Directors of Education of each hall leading the scholars to the front to put down a rebellion. Shen Mu was also named by Pei Wujiu, who insisted on sending him to the front.
And because Shen Mu was an Erudite of the Grand Academy of the sixth rank, with treatment nearly equal to that of a Director of Education, Pei Wujiu also assigned him several scholars to lead. These scholars were all of the mid Five Luminaries realm in the Scholars' Lodge, with little fighting strength; their cultivation was inferior by far to the divine-power wielders of the Divine Power Lodge.