# Chapter 5: No Refunds After Exchange
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Su Xiao closed the terms of the Honor Shop, and the exchange list popped up.
[As the Hunter holds Diamond Honor Medals, the following exchanges are available.]
[Number of Diamond Honor Medals held: 52]
[Soul Crystal (Complete) ×10]
Price: 5 Diamond Honor Medals
Current stock: 61 units
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[Honor Recovery Potion (Sixth Rank)]
Effect: Immediately restores 100% Health Points and 100% Mana Points after use, and rapidly recovers physical injuries, such as severe organ damage, partial brain tissue damage, severe penetrating wounds, etc.
Price: 1 Diamond Honor Medal (first exchange price)
Stock: 1
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[White Dragon Essence]
Effect: Contains high-purity biological energy. The Holy White Dragon is a Seventh Rank Overlord-level Void creature.
Price: 25 Diamond Honor Medals
Stock: 1
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[Bloodthirsty Mad Laughter (Overlord Equipment)]
Category: Combat growth type, initial rating 730 points, maximum growth value ??? rating (this is a rare characteristic).
Price: 109 Diamond Honor Medals.
Stock: 1 (Unique)
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[Mark Signal Gun (Quality: ???)]
Effect: A unique signal gun of Reincarnation Paradise. After firing, it projects a giant φ attribute mark in the sky. The mark lasts for 3 hours and cannot be erased through conventional means (representing Reincarnation Paradise).
Ammunition capacity: 5 rounds. Signal flares can be replenished for free through the Honor Shop.
Price: Free exchange.
Note: This item cannot be destroyed, traded, or sold. It will be retrieved if abandoned.
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There were five items in total, the most special being the [Mark Signal Gun]. This item had extremely high quality but could be exchanged for free.
Su Xiao was somewhat puzzled about its use. Was it meant to be used as a signal gun in a War World? To gather his own people? That seemed unlikely. One shot from this thing would be clearly visible for dozens of kilometers around, and it was more likely to attract enemies.
Since the exchange price was free, Su Xiao simply exchanged for one and stored it in his storage space. What he didn't know yet was that this item would soon become an extremely terrifying symbol for a certain group of enemies.
One signal flare shot into the sky, and all enemies within dozens of kilometers would flee...
Compared to the [Mark Signal Gun], Su Xiao was more curious about the attributes of [Bloodthirsty Mad Laughter]. This item was actually a growable Overlord equipment. Unfortunately, the exchange price was too high.
The stock of Soul Crystals (Complete) in the Honor Shop this time was definitely the largest ever. Su Xiao even suspected that this was related to his previous invasion of Apocalypse Paradise.
[You have consumed 25 Diamond Honor Medals.]
[You have obtained Soul Crystal (Complete) ×50.]
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After exchanging for the Soul Crystals, Su Xiao also exchanged for the [White Dragon Essence]. This item contained high-level biological energy that could be used to enhance the Cyan Steel Shadow Energy ability.
With that, Su Xiao only had 2 Diamond Honor Medals left. Keeping 2 was of little value, so he exchanged for a bottle of [Honor Recovery Potion (Sixth Rank)]. This was a lifesaving good item.
Su Xiao closed the Honor Shop. Just as he was waiting for Divine Emperor to prepare the Paradise Coins and come to negotiate, Bubu Wang ran to his side and gently nudged him with its head.
"What?"
"Woof."
"Hmm, indeed, that's safer."
Su Xiao walked over to a wooden door. After pushing it open, slightly cool air rushed toward him.
This was the natural room Su Xiao had set up. Not only had he spent Paradise Coins to simulate sunlight, but he had also had Bubu Wang go through the Bana Dwarf Clan to purchase special soil from the Black Abyss, which was spread on the ground.
The entire room was at least three hundred square meters, with a height reaching an exaggerated thirty meters. The ground was covered with seven meters thick black soil. Sunlight shone down from the formation above, providing 7 to 8 hours of light per day.
Temperature and humidity were not constant, striving to simulate the harsh conditions of nature. Su Xiao did not want the Black Maple Tree to grow in a greenhouse.
That's right, the Black Maple Tree had already been transplanted into the natural room. At this point, the Black Maple Tree was about 1.72 meters tall, and the lower part of the trunk was already as thick as an egg.
The somewhat harsh environment made the Black Maple Tree appear very upright. It was no longer like when it was first planted, constantly threatening to die on Su Xiao.
Soul Crystal Fragments were inserted in a circle, surrounding the Black Maple Tree at the center. The environment in the natural room was somewhat harsh, but the nutrients were definitely sufficient.
Bubu Wang stepped onto the soil, took out a ruler, measured it, and found that the Black Maple Tree had grown about 3.5 centimeters.
In the corner of the natural room, two bamboo baskets were placed there, filled with Black Maple leaves. If the Demon Race allies saw this scene, they would definitely be so angry their blood pressure would rise and their whole bodies would tremble.
At first, Su Xiao did indeed carefully preserve every Black Maple leaf. But as time passed, he found this meaningless.
The activity of Black Maple leaves would gradually decrease, no matter what method was used to preserve them. So, Bubu Wang simply stuffed the Black Maple leaves into baskets. Once, on a whim, this guy even brewed Black Maple leaves in water to drink. The taste was quite good, with a faint tea fragrance.
Baha and Beini also discovered the joy in this. They often used fresh Black Maple leaves to brew water and drink. So far, they hadn't noticed any significant changes.
The only one who had changed was Bubu Wang, who became more covert when blending into the environment. It was impossible to determine whether this was caused by the Black Maple leaves or by its frequent integration into the environment, thus training this ability.
Bubu Wang took out the [Natural Source] and poured the Water of Life inside at the base of the Black Maple tree.
Bubu Wang looked solemn, waiting for the Black Maple Tree to show changes.
5 minutes, 10 minutes, half an hour...
Bubu Wang yawned. The Black Maple Tree hadn't shown much change. Clearly, this plant couldn't be forced to grow. However, the "Water of Life" would likely assist the Black Maple Tree's growth.
Cultivating the Black Maple Tree was a long process, requiring considerable resources along the way. Moreover, because it was so rare—so rare that once exposed, it would attract countless greedy eyes that would fight Su Xiao to the death—those greedy people were not simply Sixth or Seventh Rank.
Su Xiao walked out of the natural room, took a cold shower, and then went to meet with Divine Emperor. The meeting place was arranged at Xia's restaurant.
A dozen minutes later, Su Xiao, his hair still slightly damp, pushed open the restaurant door.
Xia wasn't in the front hall but was busy in the back kitchen.
Inside the restaurant, Divine Emperor, Old Goat, and Matcha were sitting around the dining table. Seeing this, Su Xiao also took a seat.
As soon as Su Xiao sat down, a fair hand patted his shoulder from behind.
"What do you want to eat?"
"Anything."
"Anything again. Let me think... How about noodles?"
"Not bad."
"Decided. Ramen it is. I got some seafood this morning. You're in for a treat."
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"It's delicious!"
Xia walked toward the back kitchen somewhat indignantly. This simple conversation made Divine Emperor's mind race. A female powerhouse like this actually had a hobby of running a restaurant? What puzzled him even more was that Xia's aura didn't seem like that of a Sixth Rank Contractor.
If Xia knew what Divine Emperor was thinking, she would definitely find it amusing and tell him that she was very weak—so weak she couldn't even kill Sixth Rank small fry, so weak that... she had completed the tasks of two Sixth Rank worlds.