Absolute Destiny Game
Chapter 510 - 79 Heavenly Cave? Magic Treasure Emerges?_3

Xiao Jie didn’t join the discussion; each of them went to find merchants to clear their backpacks and replenish their items.

Although this trip was quite dangerous, the rewards were substantial. Not only had their levels increased by one, but the drops from the monsters here were also impressive.

In the past half hour alone, Xiao Jie had exploded seven pieces of whiteboard equipment, ancient-style, all of which could be sold for a few silver taels.

What excited him the most was that he had also found three skill books.

Two combat skills.

[Sweeping Thousands of Army (Combat Skill/Long Handle Weapon)]

[Chaotic Shooting (Combat Skill/Bow and Arrow)]

Unfortunately, none were suitable for him–he would just have to sell them for money.

However, the third book, a professional skill, was something Xiao Jie could actually use.

[Imperial Pot Helmet (Cooking Recipe)]

Learning Requirement: Culinary Mastery.

Xiao Jie decisively learned it; there was now another recipe in his cooking profession.

[Imperial Pot Helmet (Cooking Recipe)]

Requirements: flour, water, minced meat, cooking fire.

Food Effect: Restores 50 points of satiety, with an additional benefit [Hunger Resistance].

Food Description: The military ration used during the ancient Longhua Empire era that quickly restores soldiers’ satiety and is particularly hunger-resistant, maintaining full energy for a long period after consumption.

This Hunger Resistance effect was quite magical, and the lower the player’s energy, the faster the energy recovery rate.

It was certainly a nice benefit.

Besides, he also picked up many materials.

[Bone Powder], [Quenching Spirit Bone], [Zombie Blood]... All these were for alchemy and artifact making, and could be sold at the auction for tens to hundreds of wen.

After roughly calculating, this trip yielded at least 15 taels of silver.

Even after deducting the cost for medicines and talisman money, the profit was still more than half.

If one didn’t consider the danger, it was definitely a good place for leveling and treasure hunting.

Keep in mind, in just over half an hour, they had only killed little monsters, not even touching an elite monster. If they could take down a few more bosses, the earnings would be much greater.

However, the danger was real.

After selling the items, Xiao Jie began buying supplies—elixirs, for instance, go without saying, but purification talismans especially needed to be purchased, as they were absolutely life-saving—saving other people’s lives, that is.

Since he had money in his bag, this time Xiao Jie bought five talismans in one go from Carefree.

After finishing their purchases, the four met again at the small square in the town.

Xiao Jie was just about to discuss the next course of action with everyone.

Ye Luo suddenly proposed, "While we’re going to see Xia Yi the Unrivaled later, if it’s on the way, why don’t we check out that place where the Yin Energy whirlpool is forming?"

"Do you think a Magic Treasure might really appear there?"

Magic artifacts are relatively common in this game, but Magic Treasures are extremely rare.

So far, Xiao Jie had only come across one and a half; one being the Immortal Transformation Gourd in his hand, which essentially unlocked the profession skills of an Ancient Qi Refiner, its value was indeterminable.

The other was the Moon Spirit Pearl dropped by the Wolf King, unfortunately, it was a damaged Magic Treasure and seemed to be of low grade as well.

According to Xiao Jie’s understanding, a magic artifact is an object imbued with magic skills, usually learnable by a Master of Magic, in other words, it merely gives physical players a chance to obtain magical skills.

But a Magic Treasure is unique, inherently spiritual, and immensely powerful, possessing magical effects that are one of a kind.

"It’s either the emergence of a Magic Treasure or the rise of the Ghost King," Ye Luo stated confidently.

"What if it is the Ghost King?"

"Then you all wait far back, and I’ll go check it out myself first. If it’s a Magic Treasure, I’ll call you over, but if it’s the Ghost King, I’ll definitely run away first."

Xiao Jie pondered for a moment, "Okay, I’m fine with that."

Ye Luo had been through life and death with him in Canglin State, and had just risked his life covering their retreat; it wouldn’t be right not to help him now.

"I’m also okay with it," I Want to Be Immortal also said without hesitation.

Bai Ze, however, was somewhat helpless, "Aren’t we here to level up our weapon skills? What if—damn, I leveled up!"

It turned out that on their way back, in order to survive, Bai Ze used Thunder Skill to clear the way, killing countless little monsters, and had leveled up directly to 29; now one more level and he would need to change professions.

Xiao Jie was speechless, "Why don’t you just not change to Sword Master? I think being a Thunder Mage isn’t bad either, isn’t your Thunder Skill quite powerful?"

Bai Ze wasn’t satisfied, "Thunder Mage can only be a cannon; without a tank, it’s just a glass cannon, definitely need to cling to the guild’s coattails to get by, besides, Thunder Mage isn’t as cool as Sword Master—you said earlier you had a way, right?"

Xiao Jie sighed, "Of course there’s a way; actually, it’s quite simple, just slow down the leveling speed.

First, there are some equipment in this game that have negative effects which reduce the Experience Points you gain; get a few of these pieces and wear them, it will somewhat slow down your leveling speed.

Second, group up with more people, and let others watch while you tackle the monsters; this way, when you kill a monster, most of the Experience Points will be given away to others, you’d only get tens or even just a few points, naturally, you would have plenty of time to slowly increase your Weapon Experience."

Both could be done, but either way was very troublesome; never mind selling equipment, grouping up was even more so, as people wouldn’t just watch you fight monsters for nothing, it would cost money.

And the group members couldn’t be too low-level, or they wouldn’t divert much Experience.

Bai Ze obviously understood this and hesitated.

"Actually, there’s another way, there are adventures in this game that can boost your sword skill Experience, and some Sword Masters have left behind carvings, sword techniques, and the like. If your comprehension is high enough, or you trigger certain conditions, you can comprehend them and instantly gain a large amount of sword skill Experience.

However, such things are hard to come by and difficult to find."

Bai Ze felt even more helpless; advancing his Master-level Swordsmanship was really tough.

Ye Luo suddenly said, "I think Master-level Swordsmanship might be enough; after all, Sword Master is a fusion Profession, the requirements can’t be as high as pure advanced professions, right? As far as I know, the advancement requirement for Sword Saint is only Grandmaster-level Swordsmanship.

Sword Master should theoretically require slightly less."

Xiao Jie thought it was not impossible, but Bai Ze wanted to be completely sure.

"How about this, let’s first go find Xia Yi the Unrivaled; that secret realm might have similar adventures. I saw earlier that many fairies there wielded swords; if it doesn’t work out, we can consider other options."

Bai Ze sighed, "Alright."

The group of four returned to the city walls and looked outside; the Yin Tide had completely dissipated, looking exactly as it did when they first arrived.

Carefully walking out of the city gate, the four headed towards the coordinates given by Xia Yi the Unrivaled.