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Chapter 300 - 62 Bizarre Two Sides (Requesting Monthly Tickets)_3

Chapter 300: Chapter 62 Bizarre Two Sides (Requesting Monthly Tickets)_3

He looked around and, finding that no one seemed to have seen him, he dragged the three bodies into a vacant room nearby, planning to deal with them tomorrow by hauling them up to the roof to be cremated—Having learned from his previous experiences, Xu Shu had decided that from now on, he would destroy any evidence of bodies to prevent a repeat of the Ao Yaolin incident.

He locked the door and returned to his room with an expressionless face, and lay back down.

The following night passed without incident as Xu Shu browsed trading posts and the world channel for much of the night.

Even though he didn’t plan to buy anything, "window-shopping" in the trading area was an essential part of being a qualified player.

The purpose was to accurately understand the prices of various items in the Transcendent world, so he wouldn’t end up overlooking a treasure because he was too fixated on something less valuable.

"Hmm, I need to think about how to deal with Wang Teng’s Curse Seal. It’s time to put that on my agenda. In the next few days, I’ll try to see if I can acquire a purple mark through legendary farming. If not, I’ll have to figure out a way to gather a large sum of money and buy one."

However, the prices of purple Curse Seals could be inferred from the market to some extent, probably several times more expensive than the blue ones but they were hard to come by—expensive and scarce, with people already hoarding them in the trading markets.

As for the gold Epic Curse Seals, they were much harder to price.

It wasn’t a matter of being priceless.

As Xu Shu scanned the trading area, he noticed that there was no category for "Epic" items at all.

This indicated that while purple-grade Curse Seals might still be in circulation, the higher-quality Epic ones were not truly being traded.

Even with the way Lie Zhenzi went to such great lengths to protect the privacy of the Transcendents, it was still the case.

What did that mean?

It meant that any Epic item, be it a Curse Tool or a Curse Seal, was absolutely scarce—truly rare.

If something wasn’t incredibly scarce, it wouldn’t lead to this situation.

Xu Shu believed that if there were any commodities that could be traded, they would definitely show up on the Promotion Network.

After all, even a fugitive like Lu Bingwei could enjoy a good life in the safe zones using a nickname and a fake ID.

What did other people have to be afraid of?

Moreover, Gu Pan once said that if an Epic Curse Seal ever appeared, it would be something that could cause massive turmoil—definitely not something you’d want people to know belonged to you.

Xu Shu, who had initially harbored some doubts, now realized that his frugal teacher had indeed spoken the truth.

His gaze lingered on his own nickname "Tai Chu" as he silently pondered for a moment.

It wasn’t enough that Tai Chu had shown his face before; his reputation wasn’t well-established yet.

This time, Xu Shu considered whether to use "Tai Chu" to post about the appearance of a Second Rank Divine Chosen in the Wasteland, where they shouldn’t have been.

But after some thought, of course, he decided against it.

It would be far too easy to expose the fact that Xu Shu and Tai Chu were one and the same.

Melanie wasn’t stupid. From beginning to end, only Melanie, Yu Mingluan, himself, and the deceased Magitelle knew about the matter.

If he made the post, wouldn’t that just be blowing his own cover?

"What a shame, this would be enough to reignite the conversation and attract countless people to add [Tai Chu] as a friend and give me a ’massage’—a truly major piece of news."

"Strange, why am I suddenly craving a meat bun~"

Xu Shu, lamenting the missed chance to hit the headlines, brushed aside these thoughts and took one final look at the world channel to see if there were any significant messages worth noting.

Although there wasn’t anything in particular that demanded attention, he did pick up a new tidbit today—about Protective Talismans.

While browsing through a Taoist person’s trading cabinet, Xu Shu found out there were basic forms of defensive gear in the Transcendent realm known as Protective Talismans.

According to the detailed classification provided by Lie Zhenzi on the Promotion Network, there were four simple categories: ① Silk Armor, ② Cloth Armor, ③ Leather Armor, ④ Heavy Armor.

You could only "equip" two pieces, a "helmet" and "armor."

Warriors like Xu Shu, being not very agile, would mostly choose Heavy Armor because selecting any other would be pointless; it was more practical to stack up heavy armor for sturdiness without a second thought.

Xu Shu learned that these Protective Talismans were special items shaped by curse power, referred to as Curse Tools, which was just a generic name.

In fact, based on their properties, it would be more appropriate to call them "Protective Spells."

They could be stored inside the body through the Promotion Drive, just like a Curse Seal.

Normal Transcendents, who underwent a period of selection and training at the Supervision Bureau, would be given a set of white-grade Protective Spells for free.

But Xu Shu didn’t have any, not only that, he had not even been aware of such things.

So it turned out he had been running around "naked" all this time.

After asking Xie Xiaochan if she could make talismans, he also inquired whether she could create "Protective Talismans."

However, several hours went by.

Xu Shu checked and saw that Xie Xiaochan still hadn’t responded to his message.

He figured that the "new bride," prone to laziness, must have gone to bed early.

Day by day, avoiding proper cultivation and just wanting to sleep, she would be replaced sooner or later!

Of course, Xu Shu decided to swap her out after getting the trigger item from the Death Sea Ruins she had talked about.

"Ah yes..."

Remembering Xie Xiaochan, Xu Shu also recalled that she once, through tens of thousands of friend requests over the Promotion Network, helped him vigorously "massage"... bah, no, it reminded him he still owed a bit of money to a certain friend.

[Pure Sword Heart, Second Order Weapon Master]

Xu Shu located him and sent a message:

"Are you there? I can pay you back now, why not come out?"—Gu Pan, First-tier Warrior.

It didn’t take long for a response.

"Awesome, Brother Gu truly is a man of honor, worthy of being called the Muscle King! You reminding me, I had completely forgotten about it."—Song Nianhui.

Seeing this, Xu Shu’s face darkened as he replied irritably, "Brother, quickly open your portal for me, I’m coming in!"