Chapter 61
Chapter 61
Meanwhile, somewhere in Qingshui City.
“Master, your disciple has disappointed you!” Gaibang Laoda said with shame.
He had given everything he had during the siege, but he had still failed to defeat Zhouyou Shijie.
“This wasn’t your fault!” Mo Yun shook his head. “Who could have imagined his Talent would be so bizarre? Not to mention that he had Xuanniao helping him!”
In Mo Yun’s original plan, Harmony and the Windrider Stone should have allowed his disciple to decisively suppress Zhouyou Shijie.
The facts had initially unfolded exactly as planned.
If not for Sovereign’s Descent’s heaven-defying effect, Zhouyou Shijie would unquestionably have died.
His disciple truly couldn’t be blamed for the defeat.
“Don’t lose heart. Work hard to improve yourself!” Mo Yun placed a hand on his shoulder and comforted him. “Remember, you can fall countless times. He only needs to fall once!”
“Your disciple will not stop moving forward!”
Gaibang Laoda nodded heavily, then asked, “Master, what method will you use against him next?”
“The gods have already discussed the matter. You’ll be informed when the time comes!”
“Understood. Then your disciple will take his leave!”
“Go!”
Mo Yun watched Gaibang Laoda depart, and his expression gradually darkened.
Zhouyou Shijie only needed to fall once!
That was easy to say.
But if they allowed him to keep living, the abilities of the Divine Ember Queen and Xuanniao would deepen his foundations even further. Killing him would only grow harder and harder. Mo Yun understood that better than anyone.
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Purple Moon Valley.
Zhou Ming browsed the Mysterious Merchant’s inventory and found an invaluable treasure among the items.
[Double Reward Card] (Rare S-Rank Item)
Description: This road carries great risk and great profit.
Item Effect: Doubles the value of the next reward you receive.
Price: 200,000 gold coins
Purchase Limit: 1
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Double the value of the next reward!
There were endless ways to use something like this!
First-kill rewards, event rewards, ranking rewards, and more could all be doubled with this card.
And it was S Rank!
With Xuanniao beside him, every item had to be considered in light of what it could do after advancing by one rank!
“I’ll take it!”
Zhou Ming bought it without hesitation.
Truthfully, he strongly suspected the system knew he possessed a million gold coins and had deliberately sent the Mysterious Merchant after the siege to empty his pockets.
But…
Whatever he spent now, he would earn back twice over in the future!
[You have spent 200,000 gold coins and purchased Double Reward Card (Rare S-Rank Item)!]
“Boss, your eye for quality is impeccable!”
The Mysterious Merchant immediately raised a thumb, offering ten thousand enthusiastic likes.
“I’ll take the other limited items too!”
Zhou Ming also bought Beat a Retreat, Fashion Mystery Box, and Schrodinger’s Health Potion.
Those items might represent an enormous risk in anyone else’s eyes, but he had the Goddess of Luck at his side!
Xiaoyou’s support abilities were simply unbeatable!
“I’ll buy this one too!”
Zhou Ming opened the skill-book section and specifically selected a suitable skill for Xiaoyou.
[Holy Light’s Blessing] (S Rank)
Description: Holy light may be late, but it will never fail to arrive.
Skill Effect: Restores 1,000 + 2% of the target’s maximum HP per second.
Additional Effect: If a unit protected by Holy Light’s Blessing dies during the skill’s duration, it revives on the spot with 10% HP.
Duration: 5 seconds
Revival Cooldown: 3 days
Cooldown: 60 seconds
Learning Requirement: Divine Priest
Required Level: 80
Price: 300,000 gold coins
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Healing plus revival was worth any price!
The learning requirements were extremely high and even demanded a hidden class, but that wasn’t a problem. Xiaoyou could ignore every restriction when learning buff and debuff skills.
After that spending spree, Zhou Ming had only a few hundred thousand gold coins left. The pain was real.
The items were excellent, but they were also genuinely expensive!
“You really won’t consider buying anything else?” Seeing that Zhou Ming intended to stop, the Mysterious Merchant launched into another enthusiastic pitch. “Everything I sell is high quality at a fair price. Miss this chance, and you won’t find another shop like mine!”
Zhou Ming shook his head. “I wouldn’t have any use for the other items yet.”
“How could that be?”
The Mysterious Merchant took out a strange stone where black and white flowed together. Spittle flew from his mouth as he launched into his sales pitch. “I think you should prepare this in advance!”
This was…
Zhou Ming swept his gaze over it.
[Mount Fusion Stone] (Rare S Rank)
Description: A wondrous stone containing the power of creation, capable of changing the original nature of things.
Item Effect: Fuses two mounts into one, advancing and mutating their bloodline. The exact success rate depends on the mounts’ grades, with a minimum chance of 1%.
Price: 300,000 gold coins
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“Too expensive!” Zhou Ming said bluntly. “Besides, we don’t even know when mounts will become rideable!”
The Mount Fusion Stone was certainly a useful item.
But it required two decent mounts in the first place. It was still far too early for that.
“Mounts become rideable at Level 80!” The Mysterious Merchant didn’t hesitate to leak information that hadn’t yet been announced.
“Then I’ll wait until Level 80.”
“How about this? You clearly do want it, so name a price. If it sounds reasonable, I’ll sell it to you at a discount!”
“One hundred thousand!”
“…Goodbye!”
The Mysterious Merchant silently closed his shop interface and prepared to leave.
He clearly couldn’t accept a price that low.
“One hundred fifty thousand!” Zhou Ming raised his offer through gritted teeth. “Consider it the price of making a friend!”
“Two hundred thousand!” The Mysterious Merchant gritted his teeth in return. “Consider it the price of making a friend!”
“One hundred sixty thousand. Consider it the price of making a friend!”
“…”
In the end, their friendship price settled at one hundred eighty thousand.
[You have spent 180,000 gold coins and purchased Mount Fusion Stone (Rare S Rank)!]
“Farewell!”
The Mysterious Merchant turned and left in frustration, apparently very unhappy with the final price.
“Until fate brings us together again!” Zhou Ming waved goodbye.
“That was a terrifying amount of spending!” Even Qianying felt her heart ache after watching it all.
“The money I have left is still enough to live comfortably,” Zhou Ming said with a smile, unconcerned. “I don’t want to waste money either. But if I fail a trial by the narrowest margin because I didn’t build a deep enough foundation, I’ll regret it for the rest of my life.”
Without strength, everything else was meaningless!
He had decided to help Qianying break the dimensional wall. How could he afford to fall along the way?
Besides, if he could turn these purchased items into genuine combat power, what he earned in the future might far exceed one million gold coins!
“Mm, that does make sense.” Qianying was convinced.
“Back to leveling!”
Zhou Ming returned his attention to the Demonized Black Tigers that had been too afraid of the god-tier expert’s pressure to approach earlier. He raised a hand and fired Dawnbringer.
-100,860!
The monster it struck died instantly.
“Xiaoyou, enhance this skill and learn it!” Zhou Ming tossed Holy Light’s Blessing to Xuanniao.
“Chirp, chirp!”
Xuanniao understood immediately. After Super Lucky Star advanced the skill to SS Rank, it learned the skill of its own accord. Then, as the horde of Demonized Black Tigers charged, it applied the buff to its master.
[Your pet Celestial Spirit Beast ยท Xuanniao has used Holy Light’s Blessing. You recover 2,000 + 3% of your maximum HP per second for 10 seconds. If you die during the skill’s duration, you will revive on the spot with 20% HP!]
+3,404!
+3,404!
The healing was terrifying!
Zhou Ming charged straight into the monster pack. Every time his HP fell, it immediately returned to full, leaving him with nothing to fear.
[You have killed Demonized Black Tiger (Elite Monster). Current Level EXP +3.62%!]
[You have killed Demonized Black Tiger (Elite Monster). Current Level EXP +3.57%!]
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If the Demonized Black Tigers had been a few levels higher, Zhou Ming’s leveling efficiency would have risen even further.
But there was nothing he could do about that.
This was already the most dangerous leveling area near Qingshui City.
Zhou Ming continued until noon. Golden light finally rose around him as he reached Level 50, a full fourteen levels ahead of second place on the level rankings. Everyone after that was even farther behind.
His level target had been achieved!
Now he could complete his class advancement!
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