Chapter 1042
Relics: Great Sage Set
After standing still, I looked up at the familiar white sphere of light above my head.
Each member of the Zhongzhou team had a different expression.
"You say, within this sphere of light..."
Chen Zilong didn't finish speaking.
He was afraid that if he said the wrong thing, the thing inside would wake up and that would be the end of them.
Li Xiao, however, was worried about something else.
He looked around and asked, "Chu Xuan, these things can be found in the Main God Space... uh... shouldn't this be considered black market goods?"
Chu Xuan took out a jade-colored ring, held it up, and said while looking at it.
"If only one company does this, there might be risks involved."
"But if all three companies do this, then they are simply sticking to the old ways."
"And don't forget, other teams have already made their gains, so these things are no different from those of the Ironclad Soldiers and the Golden Mask."
Chu Xuan put down the ring, looked at everyone, and pushed up his glasses.
"So next, it's time to take stock of what we've gained this time."
Compared to before, the reward points and side quests have become less important this time.
Even if someone obtains a B-level side quest, the same applies.
Or rather, nobody cared at all, and they even forgot that one of their gains was a B-level side quest.
The time to count the harvest flew by, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.
For three days, everyone worked without sleep or rest.
Because everyone's gains are too numerous and varied.
There are numerous types of elixirs, magical artifacts, talismans, jade slips, cultivation techniques, and formations.
And most importantly, I don't recognize any of them.
Therefore, we can only rely on the main god above our heads.
This extended the proofreading and confirmation process to three days.
Even though they hadn't rested for three days and three nights.
No one was sleepy at the moment; they were even more excited than when they first returned.
Li Xiao rubbed his slightly sore eyes and said:
"Except for the things I took on the third floor that I haven't looked at yet, I've finally finished counting everything else."
Having recovered, Chu Xuan nodded and tossed a series of identical jade rings to the crowd.
"There are fourteen spatial rings in total, each ten times the size of a spatial bag, and one B-grade side quest in the Main God Space."
"Then there are magic treasures that are two levels higher than the defensive jade pendant."
"The Heart-Protecting Mirror, a B-grade side quest item, is a defensive magic weapon for cultivation. Its defensive capabilities are equivalent to Saito Hajime's Purple Gold Bowl, but it only has an energy barrier and no physical defense capabilities."
Li Xiao nodded and looked to the other side: "We can only deal with these talismans, array plates, and array flags after Xiao Honglu recovers."
"Having obtained the elixir, he should be waking up soon, right?"
Chu Xuan nodded: "Judging from the appearance, the nascent soul has been replenished, but the exact time of awakening is still uncertain. It will most likely be the next horror movie."
Cheng Xiao, rubbing his eyes, said, "The pills have been counted."
"There are thirty-two categories in total: seventeen for cultivation, eleven for recovery, and four for special purposes, among which..."
Chen Zilong interrupted, "Wait, wait, do pills have special uses?"
Cheng Xiao rolled his eyes at the person next to him and then explained:
"Of course there are. For example, there's the Tranquility Pill, which enhances comprehension; the Breakthrough Pill, which increases the probability of breakthroughs; and most importantly, the third and fourth types are the Foundation Establishment Pill and the Golden Condensation Pill!"
Cheng Xiao smiled and nodded at everyone's stiff expressions: "Yes, yes, that's exactly what you're thinking of."
"The Foundation Establishment Pill is worth two B-level side quests in the Main God Space, and it can allow a person to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage."
"The Golden Core is worth one A-level side quest, which can allow a person at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage to break through to the Golden Core stage."
Before anyone could react, Chu Xuan spoke:
"What about cultivation and recovery methods?"
Cheng Xiao replied, "I've tried cultivation-type methods, and they're only suitable for the cultivation system, meaning they can use both spiritual power and true essence. However, they're not compatible with vampire energy or other types of energy."
"However, there are no restrictions on the type of recovery pills. Among them are the Ice Condensation Pill and the Lesser Creation Pill that we learned about before. There are twenty-four of the former and seventeen of the latter."
There are three types of pills that are better than the Lesser Creation Pill.
"The Jade Yang Pill is specifically designed to reshape the physical body. According to the materials translated by Evelyn, it is used to reshape the body of a Nascent Soul that has lost its physical form."
"The Returning Essence Pill can quickly restore 80% of the body's injuries and peak energy levels."
"The Soul-Shaping Pill can repair severe injuries to the soul and spirit. The main god's description says that even if someone's soul is scattered within a quarter of an hour, they can be saved by using this pill."
"Of course, this last type is also the most valuable of all the pills. In the realm of the main gods, it is worth an A-level side quest, which is equivalent to a resurrection item."
"Other things like Blood Limb Pills regenerate severed limbs, and Mystic Mushroom Pills repair the divine consciousness..."
Listening to Cheng Xiao's summary report, Chu Xuan concluded by saying:
"Take out six Foundation Establishment Pills and give them to Saito Ichi, Zhu Wen, Ling Dian, Chen Zilong, Li Xiao, and you."
Then he took out two Condensing Gold Pills and one Breaking Dust Pill and gave them to Li Xiao and Chen Zilong.
"Before entering the next horror movie, the four of you need to complete the Foundation Establishment stage. Even if you don't follow the cultivation system, the Foundation Establishment Pill should be able to greatly improve your physical fitness and strength."
"Li Xiao and Chen Zilong, after you two reach the Foundation Establishment stage, directly use the Condensing Gold Pill and the Breaking Dust Pill to try to condense your Golden Core."
“You are not following the traditional path of cultivation like Xiao Honglu.”
"With the true energy you currently have compressed within your bodies, you might even succeed by directly consuming the Condensing Gold Pill."
"While condensing the Golden Core may not necessarily greatly increase your strength, it should significantly improve your endurance."
"And only in this way can one gain access to those magical artifacts."
Everyone nodded as they accepted the jade bottle that Cheng Xiao handed over.
As for why Zhang Jie and Zhao Yingkong weren't included, it's quite obvious that these two are simply unnecessary.
The fourth-order gene lock is a watershed moment.
One is that one can still rely on things within the main god to strengthen oneself.
One is free from this limitation, and it can only be said that each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
After Cheng Xiao distributed the pills, everyone put them into their own spatial rings, which they hadn't even had a chance to warm up yet.
Saito rubbed his flushed cheeks with excitement: "So, I'm next?"
"Ahem, besides Li Xiao's magical treasures, we have a total of 136 items of various sizes that cannot be put into a spatial bag."
"This includes the spatial ring and the heart-protecting mirror I just mentioned. These can only be stored in the body after a blood oath is performed."
"The remaining value lies between D-level side quests and double B-level items, all of which are cultivation-related items."
In other words, magic weapons.
Moreover, corresponding entities can be found within the Main God Space, so this is quite simple for me; I just need to match them one by one.
"Moreover, Chu Xuan was probably right back then. That floating continent might really be the place where the cultivators who built the God Space lived."
"These things must have been taken from the Main God Space."
"Most of them are weapons and defenses, and some are support items." Saito paused for a moment, looking at the piles of things in front of him.
"Um, let me start with the smallest one."
"Fire-repelling beads, water-repelling beads, wind-stabilizing beads, poison-repelling beads, or similar items are all of D-level and C-level value in side quests."
"The difference lies in the effect and scope."
"There are also eighteen robes that can automatically clean themselves of dust and odors, and the male and female styles can be freely converted..."
"Now that we've covered the unimportant stuff, let's move on to the important stuff."
"We shouldn't need to exchange for weapons anymore, as we have almost everything here."
"The captain will be happy when he wakes up, because there are quite a few knives here: two double A-grade, four double B-grade, and twelve C-grade."
There were also swords of various styles. Perhaps because there were many sword cultivators, I only had to look around to find a double A-grade flying sword, several C-grade swords, and even more D-grade swords, which seemed to be a batch of standard-issue flying swords.
“Li Xiao and Xiao Honglu will have no shortage of flying swords in the future. Although these can't be used as their main weapons, they are still quite good.”
Saito looked embarrassed as he spoke.
"It's my fault. When I went into the basement of that attic, I was so overwhelmed by what I saw that I couldn't fit it into my spatial bag, so I started stuffing things in haphazardly."
"Actually, I saw several extraordinary longswords at the time, but they were too far away, so I pretended to be closer to them first."
Looking at the ashamed man, Li Xiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Ahem, let's continue, Saito Hajime."
"Anyway, I'm quite comfortable using the Dragon Abyss Sword now, so I can just replace the Black Sword. I wouldn't know what to choose if I had more."
The Dragon Abyss Sword was crafted by the Dragon Emperor and is at most equivalent to a double-B level sword in the Main God Space.
Although Li Xiao didn't know what the sword in Saito's hand, which was worth double A-level side quests, was, it was two levels higher than the Dragon Abyss Sword.
So it definitely won't be too bad.
And isn't this rounding up practically like getting it for free?
Saito nodded: "These two types of swords are the most numerous, with more than fifty in total. The other one I want to talk about is this one."
As he spoke, he drew a jet-black arrow from in front of him.
"This is the fourth A-grade item, besides the three double-A-grade side quest swords."
"If I hadn't heard Zhang Heng mention it before, I probably would have categorized this thing as miscellaneous or D-grade."
Saito Hajime didn't mince words and said directly, "The Xuanyuan Arrow requires an A-rank side quest to exchange for, and costs 8600 reward points per arrow!"
"The main god explained that this arrow, once shot, can pierce through clouds and mist, covering a thousand miles in an instant. Of course, the drawback is that not just any bow can shoot this arrow."
"We can only try after Zhang Heng is resurrected."
"I've done the math, and not counting the pills Cheng Xiao mentioned, the magical artifacts and items here alone are worth..."
Li Xiao felt a chill run down her spine as she listened to the final number.
Fortunately, thanks to their strong and healthy bodies, everyone's faces flushed but no one showed any signs of fainting.
Li Xiao looked at Chu Xuan:
"Where's the cultivation technique, Chu Xuan?"
"What are the cultivation techniques they found, and what did I take out from the first and second levels?"
"By now, the classification should be almost complete in the next three days."
Chu Xuan nodded: "The simple classification has been completed."
"However, further detailed subdivision cannot be done in a short time; it requires a lot of time."
Chu Xuan continued speaking without pausing.
"They found a total of 3,214 cultivation manuals. Unlike magic weapons and elixirs, these cultivation techniques were not on the main god's exchange list."
"I suspect that the yellow-skinned cultivators did this on purpose."
"As for what you found, Li Xiao, you obtained thirty-two cultivation manuals in the first level, eight of which have information in the Main God Space, and their value is between B-grade and double A-grade."
"You have acquired eighteen cultivation manuals from the second level. Of these, only three have information in the Main God Space, and these three are all double-A level side quests."
If these can be measured by side quests and reward points, then the following cannot.
In terms of value, it can even rival this God's Space.
Li Xiao rubbed his head: "So, all that's left is this."
Some things have been here for three days and haven't been touched since.
Now, everyone on the Zhongzhou team lowered their heads and looked here.
These things were none other than the various magical treasures that Li Xiao had taken out from the third floor.
Chen Zilong swallowed hard, his eyes gleaming.
"Shall I go first?"
"There are two things that I figured out as soon as I arrived, and I've been trying to hold back these past few days."
Li Xiao looked at Chen Zilong's smug expression and said with a smile:
"It was meant for you anyway, so don't hold back."
Upon hearing this, Chen Zilong didn't stand on ceremony and took out a piece of golden full-body armor and a pair of brocade cloud boots.
With his hands rubbing together, Chen Zilong carefully poured his true energy into it.
However, as the true essence of the Great Celestial Immortal Technique dissipates...
The armor, which was already as golden as gold, shone even brighter, with a layer of light flowing across it.
At the same time, a mysterious and profound feeling filled Chen Zilong's senses.
After noticing certain runes flash by, Chu Xuan immediately spoke:
"Chen Zilong, signify your allegiance with blood!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Zilong bit his tongue, and two crystal-clear drops of blood shot into his golden armor and brocade boots.
next moment.
The two things shrunk together and transformed into a rainbow of light, flying into Chen Zilong's body.
In that instant, the man leaped up.
A full suit of golden armor and a pair of boots embroidered with white clouds appeared on Chen Zilong's body.
The iron rod in his hand rang out with a series of clear, ringing sounds.
"Not enough, we're one short, come on!"
After saying that, Chen Zilong made a single gesture in mid-air.
A black hair crown rose into the air from the ground.
Finally, it fell on Chen Zilong's head.
This time, there was no blood; instead, a surge of mental energy emanated from Chen Zilong's mind and landed on it.
The next moment, the black covering on the crown shattered, revealing the purple divine essence within.
Amidst the radiance, two white-crowned long-tailed pheasants have grown into their full form.
The purple light emanating from it merged seamlessly with the golden chainmail on its body and the boots on its feet, forming a unified whole. (End of Chapter)