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Chapter 80: I say, it’s the two-hour period that has a problem

Chapter 80: Chapter 80: I say, it’s the two-hour period that has a problem

Opening a treasure chest relies on timing, location, and harmony.

Zhang Ze felt confident that the problem wasn’t with him.

The last time he failed to open a chest, it must have been due to bad timing and location.

It must have been the dark, damp, and gloomy underground that caused him to get a bunch of underworld stuff.

Absolutely not because of his bad luck.

So this time, Zhang Ze decided to choose a high and well-ventilated place.

The Grand Clock Tower in the west of the city was quite suitable.

That clock tower was built last year by the Zhendong Trading Company of the Northern Territory Demon Race.

The intention was to benefit the residents of Cold City by ringing the bell at regular intervals to announce the time.

But the grand bell was so loud that within three days, someone blocked the bell’s keyhole.

They never found out who did it.

Many people in Cold City also found the bell noisy, and under the cover of the crowd, the mysterious person disappeared.

The Zhendong Trading Company and the troublesome townspeople bickered for a long time, but in the end, nothing came of it.

Since then, Cold City gained a grand clock that doesn’t ring.

Standing on the clock tower, Zhang Ze stretched his wrist and took a sip from a chilled Winter Wine produced in Cold City from his Hundred Treasures Bag.

"Why does it taste like Brave Adventurer?"

"Forget it, that’s not important."

Feeling cheerful, Zhang Ze gathered Spiritual Qi at his fingertips and turned around to add a line to the big clock behind him.

"Beer is real cold, I stand by the big clock, I am real cool."

After carving the words, Zhang Ze turned his back to the bright moon, adjusted his breathing, closed his eyes, and opened the task list.

Opening a chest effectively involves a "sequence."

You start small and work your way up.

Both the tasks [Qi Liu Qiqi] and [Profound Bird Protecting Its Young] offered rewards entirely in System Exchange Points and cultivation points.

But the specific values include a fixed amount plus a randomly drawn bonus.

What’s quite annoying is that, when drawing for [Profound Bird Protecting Its Young], a red light flashed, and I drew the highest tier bonus.

But for [Qi Liu Qiqi], a brilliant white light shone, yielding the lowest tier bonus.

This couldn’t be explained away as today being a lucky day or comforted by the fact it’s just practicing.

But Zhang Ze maintained his positivity.

"Seeing red isn’t a loss; this is a win."

He clicked on the second task.

[Cold City Mystery]

This task, being long-term and merged with the [Incubation] task, granted six rewards.

However, these six rewards could be combined once more.

[This task can be upgraded for one special chest opening]

Zhang Ze contemplated it and felt that a person should have courage.

If you can draw from a limited pool, don’t settle for the regular pool; fortune favors the bold.

After selecting the upgrade, a chest appeared before Zhang Ze.

But this time, it wasn’t a physical item, merely existing within the system, similar to the point draw roulette.

Perhaps after Zhang Ze exploited a bug last time, the system became more cautious.

However, fortune was good this time. The chest opened, projecting two beams of golden light.

A double reward.

Zhang Ze felt his Hundred Treasures Bag on his waist gain two new items.

But after taking out these two objects, Zhang Ze found them very familiar.

A steel bar, and a Dragon Tiger Mountain Magic Mirror.

The incident of the steel bar being gnawed full of tooth marks by Li was something Zhang Ze had known about for a long time, as Li later confessed out of guilt.

Zhang Ze also didn’t mind, as he didn’t practice swordsmanship; he occasionally used that steel bar just out of convenience.

Besides, he had originally planned to feed those three weird Sword Embryos to Li at some point.

Li was connected to him by origin, and its cultivation grew alongside Zhang Ze’s; giving himself points was equivalent to giving points to Li.

Moreover, Li could assimilate the power of the treasures it devoured. If such an awesome pet isn’t maxed out in resources, you might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes.

But looking at the magical treasure returned to his hand, Zhang Ze thought it was fine.

At least he didn’t have to worry about the fifty thousand Spirit Stones debt.

"Being debt-free, this is a second win."

"Get another win, and it will be three wins."

"I have three wins today, zero for the system, this is four wins."

"Victories never cease."

After deceiving himself again and bowing to the moon three times, Zhang Ze faced north and clicked on the last task.

[Snake with Three Heads]

Snake with Three Heads, one head, one reward.

Taking out Han Yao, the system rewarded Zhang Ze with the exchange permissions for Demon Sect’s Foundation Establishment and Golden Core Stage Heart Methods.

After defeating the middle-aged cultivator, the system rewarded him with a Snake Sword, but Zhang Ze found it a bit light and not very handy, so he put it away for now.

The key point was the reward for defeating the big snake.

Perhaps because Zhang Ze felt really involved in the taking down of the big snake, the reward for this task was especially generous.

It was a choice of two.

The first reward maintained the traditional style of the system.

And Zhang Ze found that he’d already experienced enough of such things before his transmigration.

It indeed didn’t suit him.

So he decisively abandoned it.

Reward one, [Begin Immortal Cultivation and Longevity by Devouring Demons]

[Comprehend the Devouring Demon Longevity Technique among the Demon Refining Array]

[Consume Demon Blood, Devour Demonic Power, Obtain the Hundred Demons’ Flesh and Blood, Consume Lifespan, Prove the Way by Killing, Deduce Cultivation Techniques, Seek a Path to Immortality]

The second reward, though lacking the previous "a sword, pick one" kind of outrageous prompt,

Was still quite perfunctory.

[Random Golden Legend]

No explanation, no hint.

Looking at the shining box in front of him, Zhang Ze chose to open it.

All the groundwork of the night was for this one soulful moment.

No wonder it’s a golden legend; the way it opened was rather cool.

The golden box shattered into pieces, forming a Heavenly Door. The door opened wide, shrouded in mist inside, with one after another light orb exuding treasure aura passing in front of the door.

As the speed slowed, a pale gold orb remained within the Heavenly Door.

Watching this process, no different from opening a CSGO case, Zhang Ze was noncommittal.

The light orb dissipated, and a mask appeared in Zhang Ze’s hand.

After a glance at the description, Zhang Ze felt invincible.

But after trying it out, he realized he had celebrated too early.

The mask was modeled after some primordial exotic beast, with a deep black background and dark red bloodstains extending along its structure, its surface adorned with complex ancient patterns...

Overall, extremely cool.

According to the system, this mask is named [Night Demon Emperor’s Head·Replica]

And from Grandpa Wang’s historical anecdotes,

Back when the Dongqi Immortal Dynasty still existed, to fight against the barbarians in the west,

The last Emperor of Dongqi exhausted the Royal Family’s ten-thousand-year foundation, forging ten Emperor Weapons and five Emperor Armors.

These Divine Soldier Emperor Armors were either destroyed or lost in subsequent great battles.

And the Night Demon Emperor Armor was one of them.

From the system’s description, although this replica Emperor Armor mask doesn’t have the devastating power of a genuine one, it possesses a special divine technique almost indistinguishable from the original.

[Formless]

[Invisible, even a cultivation expert cannot detect it]

In Zhang Ze’s understanding, the effects of such suits should be progressive.

Wearing one piece of equipment allows you to become invisible in front of a Golden Core.

Wearing three pieces ensures even Divinity Transformation experts won’t notice.

Wearing the complete set allows you to truly become formless, disappearing in front of Tribulation Crossing Mahayana experts.

But after Zhang Ze put on the mask, something off happened.

Zhang Ze’s head disappeared, but his body remained.

This mask’s [Formless] is partial...

From a certain perspective, unless you open a full set, this is utterly useless.

Even if the mask could fully exert its power, becoming invisible even to a Mahayana expert,

What’s the use?

To perform a headless trick and laugh a grand cultivator to death?

Headless, Zhang Ze squatted down, patting his own hand.

"Why couldn’t I just hold back my hands?"

"Why did I have to open a box in the middle of the night?"

"It must be the wrong two-hour period now, nothing to do with my bad luck."

"What a loss."