Chapter 85: Selling It
After finishing his enhancements, Su Xiao walked out of the Alchemy Laboratory. He lay directly on the bed, closed his eyes, and went to sleep. During the few days in the War World, he hadn’t been able to rest properly. Every time he woke up, he had to participate in the war or be inside the Twilight Palace, where his perception was heavily suppressed. Entering deep sleep in a place like that was no different from seeking death.
Su Xiao quickly fell asleep. He didn’t know how long he had slept when he heard a crunching sound, like a mouse gnawing on wood.
Su Xiao turned over in bed. How could there be mice in his Exclusive Room? And gnawing on wood was even more absurd.
Wait! Gnawing on wood?
Su Xiao’s eyes snapped open, and he sat up with a whoosh.
“Bubu!”
Su Xiao roared. The room was dead silent. Bubu Wang ‘seemed’ not to be home, having gone out to fool around.
Getting up from the bed, Su Xiao grabbed the large slipper on the nightstand, which was used to ‘ward off evil spirits.’ This thing was at least 70 centimeters long, made entirely of special rubber. Whether in feel or striking power, it was top-notch.
Su Xiao searched around the room, but he didn’t find Bubu Wang. The gnawing sound he had heard earlier seemed like an illusion.
Walking to the bed, Su Xiao suddenly bent down. Under the bed, Bubu Wang was terrified.
“Found you.”
Su Xiao grabbed Bubu Wang from under the bed and carefully examined the space beneath. However, he didn’t see any wood shavings, and the bed was ‘perfectly intact.’
Su Xiao held the large slipper, hesitating for a moment. Without direct evidence of Bubu Wang gnawing the bed, beating him seemed a bit inappropriate.
“You’re lucky this time.”
Su Xiao placed the large slipper back on the nightstand to continue its duty of warding off evil. He seriously doubted the deterrent power of this thing.
Bubu Wang stared at the large slipper, breaking out in a cold sweat. Getting hit with that thing was definitely not a pleasant experience.
Gulp.
Bubu Wang tilted his head back and, with great effort, swallowed the object in his mouth. He choked, rolling his eyes, his pitiful little gaze seeming to say, “Wood is really hard to swallow.”
Bubu Wang’s home-wrecking level had increased. This was his hobby, often using this trick to engage in a battle of wits with Su Xiao.
Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed and took out a Golden Chest. This was a reward from Reincarnation Paradise after killing Lan Jue. Opening it had a 100% chance of obtaining a Gold-quality piece of equipment.
Seeing Su Xiao about to open the chest, Bubu Wang immediately jumped onto the bed, sneaking up cautiously.
“Bubu, I have a feeling we’ll get something good today.”
Hearing Su Xiao’s words, Bubu Wang nodded, his eyes clearly saying, “Master, Bubu believes in you.”
“Mm, if we get something good, I’ll take you for a big meal.”
Su Xiao put a cigarette in his mouth and lit it with Destiny Redemption, gaining a 3-minute Lucky King state.
With the Lucky King state active, Su Xiao directly opened the chest. A faint golden light emerged, and a large object appeared on the bed.
Crack! The bed’s four legs broke, and the entire bed frame hit the floor. Bubu Wang’s face lit up—his ‘criminal evidence’ had been ‘silenced.’
[You have opened the Chest (Gold).]
[You have obtained: Malicious Tremor.]
[Malicious Tremor]
Origin: Reincarnation Paradise · Black Abyss Ruins
Quality: Gold
Category: Tower Shield (Height 162.8cm, Width 63.1cm)
Material: Sandvik Alloy, Shock Steel, Evil Spirit Powder, Devourer Beast Skin.
Durability: 128/128
Defense: 83～94
Equipment Requirements: Strength 40 points, Stamina 78 points, Shield Basic Skill LV.35 or above.
Equipment Effect 1: Shock (Passive), each time it takes an attack, it returns 11% + 30 points of damage from that attack to the enemy.
Note: Shock (Passive) only works against melee attacks.
Equipment Effect 2: Firm as a Rock (Active), after using this skill, total defense increases by 20%, movement speed decreases by 50%, Shock (Passive) damage doubles, effect lasts 30 seconds.
Note: Firm as a Rock (Active) consumes 80 Mana Points.
Note: Firm as a Rock (Active) cooldown is 6 hours.
Equipment Effect 3: Evil Spirit Summoning (Passive), when taking melee/ranged attacks, there is a 5% chance to summon an Evil Spirit. The Evil Spirit has no physical form and can absorb life force from a designated target at a distance, absorbing 2 life points per second. The Evil Spirit lasts for 40 seconds. After 40 seconds, the Evil Spirit explodes. The life force absorbed during its existence heals the user at a rate of 40%.
Note: Evil Spirit Summoning (Passive) has no cooldown.
Note: Evil Spirit Summoning (Passive) has a maximum of 3 Evil Spirits existing simultaneously.
Note: If 3 Evil Spirits exist simultaneously and absorb life force from the same target, the enemy’s defense decreases by 18%, and the reduced defense is added to the user.
Rating: 370 (Gold equipment rating ranges from 310 to 400 points)
Description: Like a mountain, like a vengeful spirit, unmoving as a mountain.
Price: 165,000 Paradise Coins.
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The equipment Su Xiao opened was quite good, with a rating of 370 points. It was a shield that enhanced defense and survivability, and it could reflect melee damage.
However, Su Xiao couldn’t use this thing at all. He didn’t even have a level 1 Shield Basic Skill, let alone LV.35 or above.
As soon as Su Xiao saw the stats of this item, an idea popped into his head: sell it. Convert it into a large amount of Paradise Coins, as many as possible.
Su Xiao was very short on Paradise Coins right now. Although his assets totaled 403,860 Paradise Coins, he still urgently needed more.
The reason he needed so many Paradise Coins was because of the items he had obtained this time. His haul included:
[Soul Crystal (Large) × 8.]
[Camis Injection (Gold)] (Used)
[Aura Release (Gold)]
[Hunter’s Proof (Set 1/3)]
[Green Phosphorus Fire Solution] (For research)
[Sacred Oak Branch] (Used)
[Essence of the Moon] (Can be re-refined)
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Among these items, there were eight Soul Crystals (Large). These Soul Crystals were, of course, for upgrading Blade Master. Each level of Blade Master required 100,000 Paradise Coins + Soul Crystal (Large) × 1.
He had the Soul Crystals (Large), but upgrading Blade Master by 8 levels would require 800,000 Paradise Coins. For most Second Rank Contractors, this was an astronomical figure.
Not only that, Su Xiao also needed to learn [Aura Release] afterward and upgrade its level, which would be another huge expense.
Selling just one Gold shield was clearly not enough. After thinking it over, Su Xiao focused his attention on [Essence of the Moon].
This item could be re-refined. After re-refinement, it would transform from a recovery item into a permanent enhancement potion. The reason Su Xiao hadn’t re-refined it yet was that he had previously paid to consult Reincarnation Paradise. After re-refinement, [Essence of the Moon] would become an enhancement potion leaning toward magic-type classes. Moreover, the cost of re-refinement was not low, requiring Moonlight Concentrated Essence + Starlight Grass + Soul Crystal (Medium) × 2.
Additionally, re-refinement had other requirements, such as mastering ‘Advanced Pharmacy Lv.20’ or ‘Alchemy Pharmacy Lv.20’ or similar pharmacy skills.
Su Xiao still had four Soul Crystals (Medium) left. As for Moonlight Concentrated Essence + Starlight Grass, he could substitute them with 50,000 Paradise Coins.
After some deliberation, Su Xiao decided to re-refine this item. If he was lucky and the attributes suited him, he would use it himself. If not, he could sell it. Permanent enhancement potions were even more popular than Soul Crystals.
Su Xiao got up and walked toward the Alchemy Laboratory. A few hours later, he walked out holding a glass vial the size of a little finger.
“What a strange attribute. What is ‘Elemental Connection Strength’?”
Su Xiao was a bit puzzled because the attributes of the potion in his hand were too strange.
[Essence of the Moon]
Origin: Dragon Soar Empire · Dark Elf Clan
Quality: Light Gold
Type: Enhancement Potion (Finished Product)
Effect: After drinking, Elemental Connection Strength +3, Elemental Perception Sensitivity +1.
Rating: 310+
Description: Re-refinement completed. No side effects. Please use with confidence.
Price: 90,000 Paradise Coins.
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