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Chapter 296 - 61: Current Situation in the Trading Area and Sneak Attack (5K Votes for Monthly Pass)_2

Chapter 296: Chapter 61: Current Situation in the Trading Area and Sneak Attack (5K Votes for Monthly Pass)_2

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"This means I have 182 Contribution Points left, which, converted into cash with a 10% increase, amounts to about 2 million."

"That’s already more than what most people in this world can save up in a lifetime. This is the confidence being Transcendent has given me."

"Of course, it is still far from enough~"

After closing the private chat interface, Xu Shu looked at his upgraded network and couldn’t help but smile.

He once had over two million in cash, all of which he spent on his foster father’s medical treatment, and even ended up owing one hundred thousand afterward.

But now, these 182 Contribution Points were a solid accumulation.

He had finally turned his financial liabilities into assets.

Speaking of which, it had been quite a while since then; Yue Ming’s twin sister should have cured his foster father’s illness by now.

Thinking along these lines, Xu Shu considered that his foster parents hadn’t lived alone for a long time. He might as well wait for the weekend to go back, giving them some space to be alone.

This was a good opportunity to acquire some more Erosion Crystals, with the goal of reaching level 20 upon his return to the city, ideally already having obtained a variant Mark.

In doing so, the Martial Artist Curse Seal needed for Dao Mark Wang Teng’s advancement could be prepared.

With this in mind, Xu Shu opened the inventory of the Tai Chu Scroll and pondered a bit.

The Martial Artist Mystical Chapter "Bloodline Affinity" was Epic and could be used to engrave new attributes onto a Flawless Level Curse Seal.

A Flawless Level Curse Seal, on the other hand, only required blue Superior-Level talismans (Curse Crystals), coupled with a flawless Mark, to be crafted.

To be cautious, Xu Shu decided not to provide Wang Teng with a dual-path Curse Seal, but rather to combine the "Martial Artist" Curse Seal with "Martial Artist" Mystical Chapter directly, to prevent complications with future upgrades, much like his own experiences.

"But then again..."

Xu Shu caressed the Tai Chu Scroll, now showing [Today’s Openings 0/3], but this time with a long-absent playful smile on his face rather than that impatient expression, hoping for daybreak.

After all, originally to obtain a Curse Seal, he only had the path of getting 2 legendary draws from the Tai Chu Scroll.

Then he’d have to complete a Mark Altar sacrifice to get a "Mark."

The tricky part of that was the constant "trial and error" since the Mark Altar produced by a legendary draw had uncontrollable class affiliations—a highly random event.

Moreover, the quality was also a big issue. His preliminary assessment was that surrounding dangers with potential high quality could increase the chances of improving the Destiny Pool’s quality, but it’s not a guarantee, and more exploration was necessary.

But now, with the trading section available, many problems could be solved more easily.

"Heh, let’s see the prices for Purple Curse Seals and purple talismans."

Xu Shu expected that the two would be similarly priced, or even that the latter might be more expensive.

From a scarcity perspective, half-finished purple talismans might be rarer.

Because the synthesis path for Purple Curse Seals = blue talisman + purple Mark.

However, purple talismans can be combined with Epic gold Marks to create Epic Curse Seals.

The potential is different.

Thinking this way, Xu Shu opened the trading channel again, searched for a while, and soon found that seller shouting ’Heavenly Master Mansion specialty store’ and looked into his showcase.

Among the three main institutions of the Astronomy Association, the Taoist sect produces ’talismans,’ while the academy would provide various ’Marks,’ complementing each other.

And the Heavenly Master Mansion is one of the branches under the Taoist sect’s influence.

Since it specialized in talismans, he figured it could serve as a reference point for prices.

Xu Shu clicked to look and indeed found a dedicated segment for selling Curse Seals.

From white-grade Curse Seals to Purple Curse Seals, all were categorized.

Of course, the purple segment displayed [Sold Out], empty—it seemed they either had no stock or whatever they had was snapped up immediately.

The pricing was hard to fathom.

A Second Rank, green, Fine-quality Curse Seal was selling for over 100 Contribution Points, while blue Curse Seals started at 200.

And that was just the ordinary stuff.

To get something of better quality, you had to chat privately for a separate price negotiation.

As for First-Tier Curse Seals, it seems no one bothered to make a showcase for direct sales, perhaps because most people got their First-Tier Curse Seals directly from the Supervision Bureau, so there wasn’t much market for selling them separately.

It was like in Xu Shu’s previous life when book merchants sold a plethora of extracurricular, advanced tutorial materials, but "compulsory education textbooks" were sold by weight.

Nevertheless, he estimated a First-Tier Curse Seal would also be around fifty Contribution Points.

No, why don’t they just go rob? Xu Shu’s mouth twitched, the slight smile disappearing.

A white-grade First-Tier Erosion Crystal, traded directly to Lie Zhenzi, would be about 4 points, and even in the trading market, it wouldn’t fetch more than 5 or 6 points.

Add a Mark, and they’re selling it for ten times the price... oh, but Marks require a sacrifice to obtain...

"It’s life they’re trading... Seems almost cheap now, haha. But I guess the market price could be bargained down."

Xu Shu pondered for a while and didn’t find any Superior-Level half-finished "talismans" for direct sale on the stalls.

Including Curse Crystals, although some were selling, he couldn’t find any above blue quality.

He browsed several people’s showcases, and they were all a sea of green.

The prices were also quite similar, basically ranging from dozens to over a hundred points, each different, and the price actually didn’t seem to be more expensive than Curse Seals, which surprised Xu Shu.

"Are blue-quality or higher ones extremely scarce?"

In fact, this matched Xu Shu’s speculation—the higher the quality of the item, the half-finished "talismans," "Marks," are even rarer than the finished "Curse Seals."