Chapter 60: Source of Joy
Su Xiao tossed the [Sun Potion] to Kaisa. This potion was acceptable, and as for the additional enhancement effects, that was a common occurrence, especially when improving or developing potions.
After inspecting the [Sun Potion], Kaisa found that it was indeed ten times stronger than similar potions. There was one unavoidable drawback: each person could only consume the [Sun Potion] once.
Kaisa left with the potion to begin initial promotion, preparing for the opening in the evening.
At the workbench, Su Xiao glanced at the remaining [Sun Particles]. There were still 95 ounces left. Barring any accidents, he could brew another 95 bottles of Sun Potion without issue.
Su Xiao had Baha open the window. After lighting a cigarette, he leaned back in his chair, completely relaxed. He planned to brew all the Sun Potions this afternoon, using them as leverage in his hands. Adjusting his state was to brew more bottles of perfect-quality Sun Potion.
A few minutes later, Su Xiao had Baha close the window. He focused all his energy on potion brewing, bottle after bottle of Sun Potion being produced by him.
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At 4 PM, the first floor of the Grand Cathedral, Supply Point.
Knock, knock, knock.
A knock came, and two figures, one tall and one short, entered the supply room. Behind the wooden counter, Kaisa was sound asleep, a large puddle of drool spreading out.
The two arriving believers were a tall man wearing a faith robe and a head bucket. From his figure, he was male. The faith robe he wore indicated he was skilled in using Sun Miracles, belonging to the ranged type.
The slender figure beside him was a head shorter. She wore a black leather outfit, with a brutal saw-spear on her back. She also wore a head bucket, with the number 39 written on it, representing her age, to prevent young brats from harassing her due to her voice.
These two were a married couple. The tall male believer was named Dan'er·Nuo, and the shorter female believer was named Xiwei.
Female believer Xiwei, though not tall, had a fiery temper. Seeing Kaisa sleeping soundly with drool pooling, she confirmed the time and made to slap the counter.
Just as Xiwei raised her hand, her husband Dan'er·Nuo caught it. Xiwei felt annoyed but, remembering they were outside, stepped back. Even though the only bystander was still sleeping soundly, in Xiwei's view, this was her husband. Outside, she had to give him the utmost respect, just as he respected her.
Dong, dong.
Dan'er·Nuo lightly tapped the counter with his knuckles and called out, "Mr. Kaisa, it's still early. Don't sleep anymore."
"Hmm? Who?"
Kaisa groggily straightened up. Seeing the 39 on Xiwei's head bucket, he remembered this was a couple.
"Dan'er·Nuo, did your couple's commission go smoothly this time?"
Kaisa didn't smirk. He only showed his cunning side to familiar people. When he was truly being cunning, his expression would be very sincere.
"Very smoothly. We need..."
Dan'er·Nuo listed the items they needed and placed a bag of gold coins on the counter.
Kaisa's business skills needed no praise. He quickly handled the transaction for the couple. His sleepy brain, which had been running on 'dual-core,' upgraded to 'octa-core.'
"Dan'er·Nuo, I've got a new batch of potions. Interested?"
"Is it a formula developed by Bishop Cooper? If so, I'll only be interested in at least three months."
Dan'er·Nuo smiled. He respected Bishop Cooper in his heart, but he would never drink any potion brewed by the man himself. As for the formulas he developed, after some time for refinement, Dan'er·Nuo would feel safe drinking potions made from those formulas.
Of course, it couldn't be brewed by Bishop Cooper himself. It had to be the church's alchemists. Bishop Cooper often added his own 'special ingredients' when brewing potions.
"No, this time it's from Alchemist Kukulin."
"Alchemist Kukulin? Who is that?"
"None of that matters. I guarantee with my personal integrity that this potion is effective. It has already passed inspection by other church alchemists. This potion is called Sun Potion."
"Sun Potion?!"
Dan'er·Nuo's tone was slightly displeased. Within the Sun Church, not everything could be named after the sun, unless it was something very significant, like the Sun Head Bucket.
"Here are the effects and the finished potion."
Kaisa took out the only bottle of Sun Potion and a card listing its effects.
After seeing the effects of the Sun Potion, Dan'er·Nuo was inwardly surprised. He hadn't expected the potion to be so powerful.
When he saw that the potion greatly enhanced the heart and kidneys, his expression turned serious. When he was young, his kidney... cough, no, his heart had suffered a penetrating wound. Plus, nearing 40 and married for nearly 20 years, he urgently needed to strengthen his two 'hearts.'
"Cough, this potion is good, especially for the growth and adaptability of Sun Power. How many gold coins?"
"3000."
Kaisa held up three fingers.
"This..."
Dan'er·Nuo hesitated. 3000 Sun Gold Coins was a huge sum for him. Although he could save some money from each commission, such a high price made him hesitate.
"We'll take it. We'll bring the money in half an hour."
Female believer Xiwei spoke, her attitude exceptionally firm. Dan'er·Nuo coughed lightly beside her but said nothing.
"Thank you for your patronage. Oh, I almost forgot. My partner and I plan to offer customers a discount. From today onward, if customers are willing to help us promote, we are willing to give you two a substantial discount, or even... free."
Kaisa began explaining the discount rules. It was simple: for every customer Dan'er·Nuo and Xiwei brought in, they would be exempted from 100 gold coins of the purchase cost. In other words, if they brought in 30 people to buy Sun Potion, they would get one bottle for free.
This sales model suggested that Kaisa might have visited the real world.
Assuming a total of 100 bottles of Sun Potion were sold, the total cost would be 10,000 Sun Gold Coins. Kaisa, who took 30% of the total profit, was willing to cover this expense. It was a promotional cost, his responsibility.
Sun believers trusted each other more. A potion recommended by one of their own was far more reliable in their eyes than one recommended by Kaisa.
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Apartment 4, Room 05 on the third floor. The setting sun cast its light from the horizon. Su Xiao put down a bottle of Sun Potion. On the table were 95 bottles in total: 93 of common grade and 2 of perfect grade.
Being able to brew 2 bottles of perfect-grade Sun Potion was due to Su Xiao's good feel. He didn't plan to sell these 2 bottles but to use them for something more important.
"Woof."
"Mm, send them over."
Su Xiao stored 43 bottles of Sun Potion in the team storage space, leaving 52.
Kaisa had already opened up sales channels. For most believers, the Sun Potion seemed a bit expensive, but for those devoted to combat, it wasn't expensive at all.
Kaisa knew this, which was why he confidently guaranteed he could sell them. That was the value of intelligence.
Shortly after Bubu Wang delivered the potions, Su Xiao noticed several large bags of gold coins appear in the team storage space, totaling 10,500 Sun Gold Coins.
These Sun Gold Coins couldn't be sold to Reincarnation Paradise but had to be given to Kaisa. This way, Kaisa, in his capacity as logistics manager, could transfer the equivalent reputation value of the 10,500 gold coins to Su Xiao. Otherwise, Kaisa couldn't help Su Xiao gain reputation by any means, unless he wanted to try violating the initial rules.
[You have gained 105,000 Reputation.]
[You have gained 168,000 Reputation.]
[You have gained 147,000 Reputation.]
The Sun Potions were sold one after another. In less than half an hour, 20 bottles were sold, netting 420,000 Reputation.
Interestingly, when Su Xiao resolved the anomaly in Yongwang Town, his sanity value even dropped below 200 points, and he only gained 7,830 Reputation. Now, selling one bottle of Sun Potion netted him 21,000 Reputation.
This was just the beginning. Once the Sun Potions were sold out and Su Xiao had amassed a large amount of Reputation, he would announce something: from that day forward, he would brew several types of potions for all Sun Church believers, with the believers providing the materials.
Su Xiao's proposed payment was that they do him a favor. This favor was dangerous but not necessarily fatal. Moreover, once they made this deal with him, that believer could bring materials for free potion brewing in the future.
In reality, this was just a gimmick. Su Xiao publicly stated that he would only brew a few types of potions. Finding the corresponding materials was neither too difficult nor too easy; it would take time.
Climbing to a high position within the Sun Church was useless to Su Xiao. The high-ranking members of the Sun Church were merely strong; they didn't give orders and couldn't command other believers. That was the church's tenet.
So Su Xiao adopted this strategy. He needed the Sun believers to do one thing for him: when Blazing Sun Monarch, Wood, Zuiyasi, Molei, and the others were fighting to the bitter end, go there and seize the Scroll Fragments.
This matter wasn't urgent for now. Su Xiao had Bubu Wang, stationed at the Supply Point, activate the faction shop and share the permissions. The exchange list appeared before Su Xiao.
With a huge sum of 420,005 Reputation in hand, Su Xiao immediately exchanged for [Solidified Sun Blood Crystal · Extra Large Block]. Buying this now wouldn't cause problems.
What Su Xiao regretted was that there were three [Solidified Sun Blood Crystal · Extra Large Blocks] in total, but he could only exchange for one. That was the shop's rule.
[You have consumed 136,000 Reputation.]
[You have obtained Solidified Sun Blood Crystal · Extra Large Block.]
[Solidified Sun Blood Crystal · Extra Large Block]
Quality: Immortal Rank
Type: Enhancement Item
Effect: Can enhance an Immortal Rank equipment's enhancement level to +10 (excluding Immortal Rank weapons and a few special Immortal Rank equipment).
Rating: 1500 points (Immortal Rank item rating is 1000-1500 points)
Introduction: This is the scorching blood flowing from the Sun Ring. After this blood solidifies into blood crystal, it becomes this item. Unfortunately, it cannot be used for painting. Compared to scorching blood, Dark Blood is what this world needs. The Sun Church has done its utmost, but they do not come from darkness. Only the Trace King craves darkness, and the painter needs Dark Blood.
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[Solidified Sun Blood Crystal · Extra Large Block] was a good item. This [Sun Blood Crystal] could enhance an Immortal Rank equipment to +10, making it an excellent choice for enhancing Fate Dominator or Berg's Heart.
Su Xiao then spent 60,000 Reputation to exchange for 30 [Warm Sun Stones]. These were to be paid as compensation to ten believers. Su Xiao decided to hire people now to capture Yueshitu and Molei.
Each believer would get 3 [Warm Sun Stones], meaning items worth 6,000 Reputation per person. For a commission, this was already a very good reward. More importantly, this was a 10-person operation.
Sun Church Set · Set Effect 2: Sun's Justice (Passive) — When you fight alongside other Sun believers, for each additional Sun believer beside you, your True Strength, True Agility, True Stamina, True Intelligence, and True Charm attributes each increase by 2 points.
Tip: This set effect can increase True Strength, True Agility, True Stamina, True Intelligence, and True Charm attributes by a maximum of 10 points each.
Tip: When the set effect reaches its maximum value, a stronger Sun Power enhancement will be activated. Sun Power will nourish your body. After you are injured, your HP recovery speed will be determined by the severity of your injury (the more severe the injury, the stronger the recovery effect from this enhancement).
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Kaisa had already contacted 10 Sun believers skilled in stealth and capture. Su Xiao placed 10 [Warm Sun Stones] into the team storage space, letting Bubu Wang transfer them to Kaisa as a down payment for the ten believers.
Twenty minutes later, the down payment was made, and the ten believers set off.
After this spending spree, Su Xiao had 224,005 Reputation left. Reputation came fast but went even faster.
By the window in the setting sun, Su Xiao lay on a recliner. A gentle breeze blew in. He took out his deathmatch terminal and played the DLC of a puzzle game. From this DLC, he could feel that Pi Pang's game-making skills had improved.
Meanwhile, in the Ancient Dragon Kingdom · Eboyasi, a thousand meters above the ground, a stone bridge hung in midair, leading to a tower.
Inside the Confinement Tower, burn marks could still be seen on the walls and floor, as if it had been bombed many times. A layer of crystal covered them to prevent the smell of scorching from spreading.
The White Dragon Lady still wore her cold-white dress. The translucent veil covering her head had been removed because it obstructed her vision and slowed her reactions.
At least, that was what the White Dragon Lady thought. It definitely wasn't that her reactions were slow. The previous mistakes were all due to the veil blocking her view.
It could be said that the White Dragon Lady's current thoughts were no different from the excuses many netizens made: 'the network lagged,' 'there was delay,' 'my hands were sweaty.'
Sitting on a chair, the White Dragon Lady held a tablet in both hands. On the screen was the puzzle game Su Xiao had once played. The keywords for this game were: 'inhuman difficulty, nightmare for the unskilled, game addiction breaker, malice from the developer, unfriend after recommending to friends.'
This puzzle game had driven countless contractors to rage, foam at the mouth, and smash their phones. When they played this game, Pi Pang became their best friend, constantly on their lips in 'greetings.'
The White Dragon Lady's eyes were fixed on the screen. Her slender fingers tapped rapidly. After clearing a small level, she felt an inexplicable joy. Then, the character on the screen was stomped on by a butcher, hacked to death with an axe. The screen was covered in blood specks. With each axe swing, the screen shook irregularly, accompanied by a vibration effect.
The screen turned black and white. The White Dragon Lady stared at it for a few seconds before forcing a smile. She thought to herself, this was a plaything called a game. As the Dragon's Daughter, a survivor of Eboyasi, a witness to the demise of two civilizations, how could she get angry over failing a game level? Absolutely not.
The White Dragon Lady started a new game. The random character was a mechanical puppet, her favorite character and the one she played best. Unfortunately, 5 seconds later, the screen turned black and white.
"Hoo~"
The White Dragon Lady let out a light breath. She didn't notice that her mindset had already changed.
Half an hour later, the White Dragon Lady frowned. After hesitating for a few minutes, she didn't put the tablet away.
An hour later, her frown deepened.
Two hours later, the White Dragon Lady seemed to be gritting her teeth, her eyes narrowing slightly. She felt like smashing the tablet in her hands, but she couldn't bear to. Besides, as a lady, she had to maintain dignity and elegance. The White Dragon Lady silently recited that she couldn't get angry. It was just a game, not worth it.
Five hours later, the White Dragon Lady shut down the tablet. The pitch-black screen reflected her expressionless face.
In total, it took 16 hours. The White Dragon Lady was completely driven to self-isolation by this puzzle game.
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