# Chapter 6: The Worm-Eaten Eternal Wooden Stick
**Hint:** A wooden stick with marvelous characteristics. Without external force damage, it can exist almost eternally, but if worm-eaten, burned, etc., it can be easily destroyed.
**Price:** 1 Soul Coin.
**Selling Price for this item:** 1 Soul Coin.
**Warning (visible to Hunters):** This item has been adaptively replaced by ***** No.*** using a personal unique ability. This is a special authority granted by Reincarnation Paradise.
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When he saw the last item, Su Xiao immediately recalled what had just happened. After the battle ended, Kaisa acted as if he had been possessed by a god, trembling and sprinkling various powders onto the [Original Sin Blade Scythe].
Among the reward exchange options for killing a Sin God, the [Worm-Eaten Eternal Wooden Stick] obviously shouldn't appear. Without even thinking, it was clear that Kaisa had used his almost magical ability to swap the [Original Sin Blade Scythe] with the [Worm-Eaten Eternal Wooden Stick], making the former become the latter, and the latter replace the former.
He could do this because Kaisa had a special authority granted by Reincarnation Paradise.
Anyone could tell with their butt that the original purpose of this authority definitely wouldn't be this buggy. It must have been that this originally reasonable special authority, when combined with Kaisa's bizarre personal skills, reacted with each other, causing a marvelous qualitative change, resulting in this eye-popping effect.
Thinking about it, Kaisa's special ability could at most be used occasionally, or even once or twice per world progress. But even so, this guy's abilities always made people feel: 'Damn, how did this guy do that? That works too?'
Regarding Kaisa using a broken wooden stick to replace the [Original Sin Blade Scythe] that should have appeared in the exchange list, Su Xiao had no opinions or comments. Kaisa was an Arbiter and had entered this world through a special method, so after killing the Sin God together, Kaisa wouldn't get any kill rewards.
In this battle, Kaisa contributed significantly, so taking a share of the [Original Sin Blade Scythe] was reasonable.
Su Xiao currently had 56,579 Soul Coins. Long ago, he had concluded a principle: as long as he had enough Soul Coins, buying everything in the exchange list that appeared after killing an Ancient God was a sure profit. Even if he couldn't use it himself, selling it at a markup was easy.
The facts proved this true. None of the five items above were bad. The [Original Sin: Heaven's Execution Slaughter] ability didn't need mentioning. Anyone who met the prerequisites for mastering this thing wouldn't hesitate to pay 14,000 Soul Coins, or even 41,000 if asked. This was an Ultimate-level ability; there was no room for pickiness. Being able to master one was already good.
There was also the [Dark Matter Absorption] above. Seeing this, Su Xiao thought of the Black Demon little fatty. Given his situation, Su Xiao didn't believe he had no connection to the Abyss at all.
The Black Demon little fatty couldn't possibly refuse [Dark Matter Absorption]. As long as Su Xiao's price wasn't outrageous, the other party wouldn't even bargain and would just take it.
Paying a total of 35,480 Soul Coins, Su Xiao bought all items except the [Worm-Eaten Eternal Wooden Stick].
Putting away the obtained items, Su Xiao turned his gaze to Gulu. Gulu was sitting on the bench opposite. After having the Primordial Mask deducted, her trust in Su Xiao had dropped significantly.
Considering they would go to Dead Silence City together later, Su Xiao took out an IOU and said, "It's yours."
Gulu on the opposite side instinctively became alert. She squinted and observed for a while before walking over to take the IOU. After seeing the content drafted on it, Gulu felt terrible. This was understandable. Anyone who saw an IOU jointly drafted by Kaisa and Wood would feel bad.
Gulu tore up the IOU and burned it to ashes, not even leaving any residue, before she felt at ease.
Su Xiao took out a [Soul Candy] and tossed it to Gulu. After catching it, Gulu's alert gaze softened a bit. She sat on the bench beside Su Xiao, and trust slightly recovered.
"Is Sacred Poem dead?"
Gulu ate the candy, speaking a bit unclearly.
"..."
Su Xiao didn't speak but answered with action. He pulled off the silver necklace on his wrist and threw it to Gulu beside him.
Previously, Gulu had only seen the Primordial Mask transform into an elemental spear, not the subsequent transformation into a silver necklace. She looked at the silver necklace in her hand with confusion. The next second, the necklace transformed back into the Primordial Mask, and the spirit body of Sacred Poem rushed toward her face.
"What the hell!"
Gulu raised her hand to block, but it was useless.
"Having her with you is beneficial. She's the strongest Eighth Rank healing type. She'll take a share of your gains, but she can also save your life."
Su Xiao spoke. Upon hearing this, red lips and white teeth appeared on Gulu's right palm. It was Sacred Poem. She said, "That's right, little Gothic dress. With me around, you won't die so easily. Have you forgotten who helped you survive the Dragon God's pursuit?"
"If it weren't for you, could he have found me?"
Mentioning this, Gulu became furious.
"What about the Duke incident? Didn't I help treat you?"
"Without you, the Duke couldn't have found me either."
"What about the Smoke Lady incident?"
Sacred Poem still tried to find evidence of having helped Gulu before.
"Mentioning this makes me even angrier. Who offended the Smoke Lady? Was it me?"
"Well~, about that."
Sacred Poem was speechless and tried to gloss over the matter.
"Great Sage, right. A few days ago when the Great Sage sent people to hunt you down, didn't I help treat you so you could break through the encirclement?"
Hearing this, Gulu didn't refute, obviously acknowledging it.
Bubu Wang, who was listening nearby, was stunned. High Wall City only had these few strong individuals, yet they had all been offended by this plastic sister pair.
Earlier, Su Xiao had wondered why Gulu was so proactive this time. In the previous few days, Gulu came to the Treatment Institute headquarters every few days. The most shameless time was when she deliberately came to the Treatment Institute when Su Xiao wasn't there, looking for him, and told Ms. Marina: 'When my dad comes back, tell him I came. If it's too late, I might not be able to see him again.'
Ms. Marina was shocked upon hearing this! She immediately went to ask Amu, who was staying in the headquarters office. This fool Amu scratched his head after hearing this and finally nodded, indicating that seemed to be the case.
At that time, although Ms. Marina was shocked in her heart, she remained calm. She called Old Chaman, and the two went to negotiate with the 'enemy.' The 'enemy' at that time was the Steam God Cult.
After an awkward conversation between both sides, the matter was dropped. The Steam God Cult stopped pursuing Gulu.
It wasn't that Gulu was willing to cause trouble. Contractors had missions when entering a world. Failing a mission meant sudden death. Gulu's mission this time was obviously a bit troublesome. She had offended almost all the strong individuals in High Wall City, but none were mortal enemies.
"Gulu, post a recruitment message on the World Contact Platform, saying you're going to explore Dead Silence City."
"Impossible."
Gulu refused extremely decisively and looked at Su Xiao with a puzzled expression. She said, "White Night, why do you think I can recruit teammates?"
"..."
Su Xiao didn't speak. Due to Gulu's recent shameless behavior, he had almost forgotten her reputation as a madwoman in the external Travel Group. Furthermore, Gulu herself obviously belonged to the Chaotic Evil camp.
If Gulu couldn't recruit teammates, Su Xiao certainly couldn't either. Although posting this message on the World Contact Platform wasn't really for recruiting teammates, but to tell others that Dead Silence City was open and could be entered.
Su Xiao and Gulu couldn't do this, but Sacred Poem could. Regarding this, Sacred Poem had no psychological pressure. This person who looked like a kind older sister but actually killed people and buried them herself, then held simple memorial services for others, wasn't a good person either.
After a while, Sacred Poem posted a recruitment message on the World Contact Platform. The reputation of the strongest Eighth Rank healing type wasn't for nothing. As soon as this message came out, many contractors who had entered the Gloomy Continent applied to join the team, and some were recruiting Sacred Poem for other teams.
Seeing the team, Su Xiao remembered that he could form a team himself. By forming Gulu and Sacred Poem into the team, it would be much easier to control things when entering Dead Silence City later. As for their concerns about being able to detect their positions and view some of their information, and the resistance this caused, this wasn't a big problem.
"I have a team. You two join."
Su Xiao spoke. Upon hearing this, Gulu and Sacred Poem both showed alertness. They both felt that joining a team led by Su Xiao seemed very dangerous, and they might end up being arranged clearly.
"Forget it, I'm not joining. Even if you beat me up now and beat me half to death, I won't join."
Gulu stated her position.
"Me too."
Sacred Poem stood on the same side as Gulu this time. The friendship between the two seemed to have increased by '2 points.' But at the same time, they both received a team invitation from the [Dawn Team].
[You have received a team invitation from the Dawn Team. Do you wish to join? The Dawn Team's situation is as follows:]
Dawn Team
Number of Members: 15.
Team Rank: SSS (Shares the team leader's individual Adventure Group rank).
Team Skill Slots: 34 (Team skills can be obtained through shared team skills or by inserting team skill cards. Such skill cards are extremely scarce and have fixed levels and fixed bonuses that cannot be upgraded).
Inserted Skill Cards: 1.
Team Skill 1: Radiant Team (Passive, X), all members' Health Points +9700, Mana Points +4200.
Team Skill 2: Thunder Breath Blessing (Passive, X): Improves physique with active lightning. After triggering this ability, permanently increases Health Points by 1 per minute (upgrade limit 5000 points), permanently increases Mana Points by 1 every five minutes (maximum 1500 points), permanently increases Lightning Resistance by 1 per day (maximum 30 points).
Hint: When the bonus effect of Thunder Breath Blessing reaches its maximum, this ability's personal bonus will adaptively change to provide high Lightning Resistance.
Team Skill 3: Vitality Awakening (Rare·Team Passive Lv.40): When a member's Health Points drop below 10%, this ability activates, restoring 3950 Health Points + 42% of maximum Health Points over the next 3 seconds.
Hint: This ability has a cooldown of 19 hours (cooldown is calculated separately for each member).
Team Luck: E ~ S+
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More than ten seconds after the team recruitment was sent out, Su Xiao received the following prompts.
[Contractor No. 1*****3 · Gulu has joined the team.]
[Executor No. 1*****7 · Sacred Poem has joined the team.]
Gulu and Sacred Poem both stopped talking, using silence to ease the awkward atmosphere. After a while, Gulu left. She would go to the Treatment Institute headquarters tomorrow morning.
Only Su Xiao and Bubu Wang remained in the back hall. Su Xiao continued waiting. About ten minutes later, Kaisa walked over and sat on the bench.
"My dear friend, have you been waiting long?"
"How's your investigation going?"
What Su Xiao was asking about was Kaisa's investigation of the Workshop. The purpose was, of course, the [Sanctuary Stone].
Kaisa had previously treated the Dragon God Dean. To be precise, it wasn't really treating him. But the wonderful thing was that not only did Kaisa not know if he had cured him, but even the involved party Dean hadn't figured out whether he was better or not.
In Kaisa's words, this was the recovery period. It would be fine in a few days. Leaving this statement, Kaisa left.
After doing this, Kaisa went to the Workshop. Only the Workshop originally had the secret method to manufacture [Sanctuary Stones], which was later lost.
Su Xiao didn't care how the [Sanctuary Stone] secret method was lost. What Su Xiao wanted to determine was whether the Workshop could still produce [Sanctuary Stones] now.
The craftsmen at the Workshop were mostly stubborn, meaning they had focused temperaments. These craftsmen, each with a more stubborn temper than the last, would definitely study how to manufacture [Sanctuary Stones]. Moreover, before the [Sanctuary Stones] they produced reached the level of the original ones, they wouldn't reveal any information.
What Su Xiao had discussed with Kaisa before was this matter. He certainly wouldn't use semi-finished [Sanctuary Stones], but this thing could be sold.
Later, when Wood showed up, he had been conspiring with Kaisa about this matter, aiming to produce semi-finished [Sanctuary Stones] and sell them in large quantities.
Otherwise, the threshold for obtaining [Sanctuary Stones] was too high. Few contractors in this world could enter the Root Source·Dead Silence City.
If they sold semi-finished [Sanctuary Stones], it would not only prevent them from daring to go deep into Dead Silence City (since semi-finished [Sanctuary Stones] couldn't withstand such high concentrations of Dead Silence Force), but also allow more people who wanted a share to enter Dead Silence City, thereby spreading the risk. Finally, there was the profit from selling semi-finished [Sanctuary Stones].
This was a triple win. The only thing left was to obtain semi-finished [Sanctuary Stones].
Su Xiao and Kaisa's guess was correct. The Workshop had started trying to remake [Sanctuary Stones] over a hundred years ago. Unfortunately, the [Sanctuary Stones] they currently produced weren't even as good as semi-finished ones.
Regarding this, Su Xiao, Wood, and Kaisa had originally wanted to give up. Since the Workshop had studied for so long and couldn't even reach semi-finished quality, the three of them, without any background in this area, had no chance of success. That was until Kaisa threw a defective [Sanctuary Stone] into the Abyssal Jar, hoping to enhance it with Abyss energy.
The result was that this defective [Sanctuary Stone] actually reached semi-finished quality, or rather, slightly worse than semi-finished. To be precise, the Workshop's many years of research and development had actually been close to the original [Sanctuary Stone] manufacturing process. They were just missing one most critical step: Abyss enhancement.
Kaisa had turned a dead horse into a living mule this time. The subsequent actions could obviously begin. Delaying the entry into Dead Silence City by one day was also for this purpose.
The process for the 'good teammates' four was: Zuiyasi would go to the Workshop to obtain defective [Sanctuary Stones]. What method to use was up to Zuiyasi himself.
Wood would contact buyer channels, etc., and had already started contacting them.
Kaisa would be responsible for the secondary processing of [Sanctuary Stones] and act as the merchant selling semi-finished [Sanctuary Stones].
The profits from selling [Sanctuary Stones] would be split 25% each among Su Xiao, Wood, Zuiyasi, and Kaisa. After this plan was proposed, Zuiyasi couldn't help but ask: 'White Night, what aspect are you responsible for?'
Su Xiao only answered Zuiyasi with four words: Creative investment. The Doom Star obviously didn't have this concept. But after Zuiyasi sorted out his thoughts, he felt this was correct. If Su Xiao hadn't proposed the entire plan, there wouldn't be this opportunity to gain benefits at all.
Currently, Kaisa had already prepared to sell semi-finished [Sanctuary Stones] and was even planning to offer a 20% discount for recharging Soul Coins to points for purchases.
Even more marvelously, the first customer Kaisa contacted was his old client, Dragon God Dean.