The Tycoon God of Online Gaming
Chapter 428 - 429: Remodeling the Divine Power Awakening Stone

Chapter 428: Chapter 429: Remodeling the Divine Power Awakening Stone

"Ah..." A sigh escaped from his lips as he looked at the Divine Power Awakening stone, Chu You shook his head. This item was so hard to come by, failure meant that it would be very difficult to obtain such an item again. Although his luck in Celestial World had been decent since the game started, he had relied on luck in the past. But when it came to the Divine Power Awakening stone...a gleam flashed in his eyes as a plan formed in his mind.

He stored the two Divine Power Awakening stones into his backpack, merged the mask into his face to make it invisible, stretched out lazily. The loss of numerous pieces of equipment didn’t make Chu You feel bad at all.

Why not use these two Divine Power Awakening stones on better and higher-grade Divine Power Equipment? Giving it a thought, he shook his head. That would be a long journey!

During this ’long journey’, he might obtain the Divine Power Awakening stones again...

Listening to the distant sounds of battle, Chu You opened his wings. Seeing the master’s form, seventy Battle Demon Princesses also opened their wings, and so did Emperor Ji. Suddenly, numerous figures rose from the ground, climbing higher and higher.

The Beast Tribe’s top commander was already dead; it was highly possible that the invading Beast Tribe army would disperse. If that happened, players would no longer be able to obtain more Demon Crystals, without enough Demon Crystals, they wouldn’t be able to exchange for Battle Blood Tokens, and thus would miss out on Battle Blood Equipment.

If that happened, players would definitely associate it with him - Night Ghost killed the Beast Tribe Commander, which led to the retreat of the Beast Tribe’s large army. Hahaha, they would probably hate him even more!

But so what, they couldn’t do anything about him!

Actually, Chu You speculated that this event was a disguised measure to greatly enhance the overall strength of the Yan Country Players. This was an excellent opportunity, and he believed that many players would realize this. Because players from other six countries had already started arguing on the forum, crying out ’unfair’. Even some players from the six countries came through the crack to harass Yan Country Players.

Should we continue the fight? Chu You chuckled lightly.

After gathering in the air, Chu You led his pets to the Luo River Wilderness Teleportation Array. Finally, they used the device there and were instantly teleported back to the governing fortress.

After settling all the Battle Demon Princesses in their comfortable nests, Chu You once again came to the large teleportation circle. Then he teleported to Yan Country’s capital city, and from there he teleported to the central main city of Huaxia.

Upon arriving here and stepping out, Chu You noticed that players were curiously looking at him. When their eyes met, they would look away, but their peripheral vision remained on him. Some players were having conversations, but from time to time, their gazes would rest on him.

Their expressions had a mix of schadenfreude, though he wasn’t sure why they seemed happy about his misfortune. Some were sympathetic, some looked disgusted, some... Chu You actually felt pitied from their gazes.

This was fucking ridiculous!

It seemed the internet rumors and constant attempts to disparage him had started to take effect.

Who was behind this?

...It’s not important! Even the Wind and Cloud big shots of his past life had been targeted with hostility, he was just targeted a bit more intensely.

With a nonchalant mindset, Chu You walked straight to the carriage and rented the most expensive one. After mentioning his destination, he was swiftly yet comfortably taken there by the luxurious carriage.

System: You have arrived at Witch Chief Street.

After getting off the carriage, Chu You looked around. This place was teeming with players too. They must be here to glean some information from the NPCs or to figure out the purpose of each building on the street. The vast majority of these players were backed by powerful forces, with only a small portion being solo players. Players with force backgrounds would compile the information and pass it on to the upper management. It was all part of a process to make their own force stronger.

Just as he was about to enter a tall building with a very unique exterior, two female players from Wei Country approached him. When they got close, Chu You noticed they were looking at him like a prey, their eyes sparkling, and they didn’t seem to recognize him.

What the fuck was this situation?!

Chu You halted his steps, watching the two girls who had approached with a detached expression.

"Handsome, need any services? We can ’do it’ in the game!" One of the girls, who wasn’t bad-looking, uttered this ambiguous sentence.

"Yeah, we rented a room in a brothel here. We can ’do it’ there, handsome, are you interested?" The other girl chimed in, both of them looking at him expectantly, smiling.

Hearing this, Chu You raised his brow slightly, then shaking his head, turned and walked up the steps, where a few gray-robed Taoists stood.

Huh, female players were already resorting to such methods! And they had found a completely ’legal’ place too - a brothel run by the game’s original inhabitants.

"Halt, it costs 100 gold coins to enter!" One of the gray-robed Taoists said.

Without a word, Chu You handed over 100 gold coins. Another Taoist opened the large door upon seeing this, and Chu You walked in.

Upon entering, the interior was surreal. The hall was spacious, white fog flowing around, several colored beams of light shot down from above, and a giant Eight Diagram was painted on the stone bricks. Numerous red candles flickered, and there were tripod-like objects placed in every corner of the hall, emitting white fog.

System: You have entered the Wuya Dao Zu Master Tower!

At this moment, a pretty female Taoist walked over. She wore a gray robe and a hairpin held up her neatly tied hair.

"Esteemed guest, how may our Wuya Taoism Doctrine assist you today?"

From the female Taoist’s words, he could tell this was a ’service institute’.

"I want to improve its quality, who should I look for?" As he spoke, he took out a Divine Power Awakening stone to show her.

The female Taoist seemed somewhat surprised as she examined the Divine Power Awakening Stone in her hand. Blinking, she said, "What a treasure. Ah...I believe you may require the assistance of the Heavenly History Taoist. I’ll take you to him right now."

"Much obliged."

So, Chu You followed this female Taoist. After ascending the elevator to the seventh level, she led him through double doors. Chu You followed her inside.

Once inside, the female Taoist bowed slightly and said, "Heavenly History Taoist, a distinguished guest requires your help."

"Ah, I understand. You may leave now," came the response.

"Yes..." After uttering her reply, the female Taoist left, closing the door behind her.

Chu You observed that the space was mystically shrouded in an ethereal haze. A considerable number of books lined the walls, and an old gent, clad in a Taoist robe and making peculiar hand gestures, was sat calmly on a stone bench, his eyes shut.

Seeing that the old gent remained silent, Chu You approached him. As he stepped onto the confluence of a Yin-Yang pattern in the center of the room, still halfway from the old gent, the conjurer began to talk, "What assistance does the gentleman seek?"

Chu You took out the Divine Power Awakening Stone and waved it a bit in front of the man with closed eyes. "I need you to enhance its quality."

At that moment, Chu You acutely detected a probing consciousness manifesting around the stone in his grip, apparently inspecting the Divine Power Awakening Stone from a distance.

Given the situation, Chu You kept his silence, awaiting the result with utter confidence.

After a pause, the man nodded slightly. "Indeed, this is a rare gem. I have refined an item of this sort several times. A Divine Power Awakening Stone, huh... Interesting. What level of quality do you wish for me to enhance it to?"

"The highest quality, of course." Chu You had never visited this place before but he was familiar with it, hence his composed tone.

"Big ambitions, I see. But the cost of this procedure..."

"Even if it scares the hell out of me, spit it out!"

"Well, utilizing my best materials, employing my finest furnace, draining my vast magical power, among other provisions... It totals to 4 million Gold Coins!"

Damn, 4 million Gold Coins?! Chu You was momentarily taken aback, before quickly regaining his composure. "What quality will the Divine Power Awakening Stone be enhanced to?"

The Taoist, however, shook his head faintly, "I cannot provide a definite answer. We’ll have to see how our luck fares!"

Oh, for God’s sake, is there a distinction between the top-tier and merely satisfactory in this matter? Could you be a little more reliable?!

"I see...Well, I guess I’ll witness Wuya Dao’s prowess with my own eyes today then." Chu You made up his mind—if the result didn’t meet his minimal expectations, he would never return.

Next, Chu You handed over 4 million Gold Coins to the Taoist. Taking the Divine Power Awakening Stone, the Taoist placed it into a cyan-colored cauldron filled with what seemed like water. Observing the man begin the incantation, Chu You saw him intermittently add some unique materials to the cauldron and affix several intricate talismans to its exterior. Underneath the cauldron, a white flame was burning, translucent but frighteningly intense.

After 3 minutes, the Taoist stopped. Chu You noticed the beads of sweat on his forehead and waited silently for the outcome.

"Ah!" The Taoist drew back his right hand. The Divine Power Awakening Stone emerged from the cauldron and floated in mid-air.

"Take it!" Rather than reaching for the stone, the Taoist switched his hand gesture and lightly pushed his palm towards Chu You. Instantaneously, the Divine Power Awakening Stone flew to Chu You’s side, where he caught it with his hand.

(Remodeled) Divine Power Awakening Stone: (omitted...) This item has a 58% chance of successfully upgrading a Seventh-Awakening state Divine Power Equipment to Eighth-Awakening state and a 17% chance of successfully upgrading Eighth-Awakening state Divine Power Equipment to Ninth-Awakening state. Note: Remodeled items cannot be remodeled or strengthened again.

Seeing these results, Chu You slightly furrowed his brows. Not out of dissatisfaction, but due to a mild disappointment towards the success rate for upgrading from the Eighth to Ninth-Awakening state.

However, he could see that this remodeled Divine Power Awakening Stone had its Seven-to-Eight upgrade success rate increased by 30%, which was quite impressive, whereas the Eight-to-Nine upgrade odds only increased by two, from the initial 15% to 17%.

Silently, he put the remodeled Divine Power Awakening Stone back into his bag. He then heard the man’s voice, "How do you find the result, honorable guest?"

"It’s all right, I suppose. By the way, I have another Awakened Sky Stone here. Could you remodel it as well?"

Upon hearing Chu You’s request, the Taoist finally opened his eyes. A hint of surprise flickered across his face, soon replaced by a smile. "Ah, you really are a big spender. Luckily, I have just enough materials to refine another Sky Stone for you."

"Let’s hope this time brings a pleasant surprise." After the transaction, Chu You gave him the second Awakened Sky Stone. As the old Taoist began the incantation once again.

After a while, with a low grunt, he repeated the previous gesture and, just like the last time, drew the Awakened Sky Stone out of the cyan cauldron and sent it flying to Chu You, where he caught it, feeling the warmth it emitted.

"I think I did pretty well this round. Have a look." With a flushed face and a serious expression, the Taoist said.

Upon hearing this, Chu You felt a bit embarrassed. Doesn’t this old man consider other people’s feelings when speaking!?

Avoiding eye contact, he then shifted his attention to the Divine Power Awakening Stone in his hand.

(Remodeled) Divine Power Awakening Stone: (omitted...) This item has a 35% chance of successfully upgrading Seventh-Awakening state Divine Power Equipment to Eighth-Awakening state, and a 47% chance of successfully upgrading Eighth-Awakening state Divine Power Equipment to Ninth-Awakening state. Note: Remodeled items cannot be remodeled or strengthened again.