Chapter 459: Chapter 385: Buying the Secret Realm
The True Man of Locking Dragon and Pharmacist’s Wish lifted the treasure chest, and a heap of True Spiritual Jade clattered to the ground, finally splitting into two large pieces of jade.
Just as Spiritual Jade can merge into a hundred jade, True Spiritual Jade can merge into a thousand true. In terms of conversion, one thousand true = one thousand True Spiritual Jades = one billion Spiritual Jades.
The two thousand true on the ground could probably equal the GDP of several years for all the mortal Secret Realms in the Central Plains. Yan Qing recalled that two months ago, when he had just crossed over, he was quite anxious because the Thief’s House wanted to deduct nine thousand Spiritual Jades. Two months later, every hour amounted to a billion Spiritual Jades for him.
In a fantasy novel, this would certainly be a breakdown of values. In a game...it’s actually quite ridiculous as well. However, due to the unique Spiritual Essence mechanism of the Messenger World, even if the Secret Realm overissues currency, the Messenger World won’t experience inflation. If a guild war breaks out, it may even cause deflation and a rise in gold prices.
The Spiritual Essence limit of Sixth-Turn Foundation Establishment can easily break a thousand; if they go all out without holding back, a battle consuming three to four thousand Spiritual Essence would be as easy as eating or drinking water.
Sixth-Turn Foundation Establishment hitting an eight-player instance and yielding no results means the team would have to cover tens of thousands to even hundreds of thousands of True Spiritual Jades out of pocket—not even counting the cost of repairing items—it’s pure expenditure with no circulation, truly the sound of a cannon is worth a thousand gold.
Whether it’s Spiritual Jade, True Spiritual Jade, or Immortal Spiritual Jade, no matter how much is stored, it won’t cause inflation because they fundamentally aren’t currency; they are strategic resources like bullets, oil, body armor, logistics. As long as there are battles in the world, as long as someone wants to conquer a Secret Realm, they will inevitably be consumed indefinitely.
Foundation Establishment cannot rest easy, Immortal Monarchs cannot roam carefree, so can Ninth Transformation Full Level transcend this cycle? Yan Qing did not know, perhaps after reading "The Legend of the Primordial Dao Venerable" he might find the answer.
Besides the two thousand True Spiritual Jades, the chest also contained the following loot:
Celestial Spirit·Wishful Ring, Earth Demon - Staff Unbinding Scepter;
Six materials including ’Chongming Bird Bone’;
’Celestial Revolving Nourishing Box’, a repair item, can repair any token that can be placed in the box;
"Resounding Gale Script", Wind Master’s Introduction Manual;
Fourth-Turned Rare Token "Cloud-Stepping Boots" and "Howling Moon Bracelet"!
The Cloud-Stepping Boots are quite interesting; although they still cannot enable aerial flight, they allow the messenger to consume Spiritual Essence for infinite midair jumps. With Dao Foundation support, they can essentially remain airborne, with decent mobility.
Although the Howling Moon Bracelet is just rare, it is very suitable for Yan Qing and others—
"Howling Moon Bracelet"
"Grade: Fourth-Turned Rare"
"Durability: 200/200"
"Equipment Requirement: 100 Soul Points"
"Equipment Effect: At night +10 Soul / Daytime +3 Agility"
"Effect: Howling Moon: You gain the protection of the Moon Lord, with an additional 15% damage reduction on the defensive barrier, this effect becomes invalid after the defensive barrier accumulates 10,000 points of damage. To activate this effect, wear the bracelet and absorb moonlight for 8 hours at night."
"Evaluation: Wearing this bracelet unlocks the ’wolf howl’ action."
"Celestial Spirits and Earthly Fiends, Master’s Introduction Manual, two Fourth-Turned Rare Tokens, and so much True Spiritual Jade..." Pharmacist’s Wish took a deep breath: "So much gain with such ease?"
"Easy? Not easy at all." True Man of Locking Dragon shook his head: "It’s time, luck, fate—all indispensable."
Don’t be fooled by how easily they completed the second phase of the Chongming Bird. In fact, the second phase of the Chongming Bird is quite ridiculous, with the final Eight-direction Water Wave Execution requiring everyone to share the burden, and it activates frequently. Either the DPS quickly kills the Chongming Bird to skip the execution entirely, or the nanny or tank class is strong enough to withstand the final berserk state; if either the long board isn’t long enough or the short board is too short, it’s a disaster zone for team wipes.
But the True Man of Locking Dragon can use a pig to withstand the execution, directly bypassing the biggest difficulty; defeating the Chongming Bird was just a matter of time. This is something game players absolutely cannot achieve.
Additionally, the substantial gain this time was due to the equivalent zero cost from Rabbit Heroine’s Infinite Divine Power.
You must know they battled Chongming Bird fiercely for over an hour. In the meantime, "Candle Tear Red" never stopped. "Candle Tear Red" can only last 53 seconds; two hours are 7200 seconds, meaning Rabbit Heroine had to activate "Candle Tear Red" at least 135 times, ten Spiritual Essence per activation amounts to 1350 Spiritual Essence—in actuality, it’s far more than this; Rabbit Heroine needed to activate three "Candle Tear Red" at least to maximize damage, and without Infinite Divine Power, she would have to spend at least four thousand Spiritual Essence.
And that’s without considering the consumption of True Man of Locking Dragon.
Plus, all these spoils were split evenly between the two, and when calculated like this, you find they didn’t end up profiting much from normal Secret Realm exploration.
No wonder a Foundation Establishment’s Secret Realm progression can span months; if they aren’t meticulous and flawless, they might just battle themselves into bankruptcy.
"I want the Cloud-Stepping Boots, Howling Moon Bracelet, Resounding Gale Script, and Celestial Spirit," Rabbit Heroine said, "How about you take the True Spiritual Jade, Celestial Revolving Nourishing Box, Earth Demon, and materials?"
Logically speaking, Rabbit Heroine contributed more in this battle, inflicting at least 80% of the damage, so taking 80% of the spoils isn’t excessive. But that’s not how things are counted; without True Man of Locking Dragon’s interruption ability, without the Lock Chain manipulating piggy to divert the water wave execution, Rabbit Heroine wouldn’t have had space to deal damage.
It’s like an eight-player instance with DPS, tanks, and nannies. Even if the latter two rank lowest in DPS, their contribution isn’t any less than that of DPS classes, and technically, eight tanks and nannies could grind the boss to death, but eight DPS would probably just keep causing the team to wipe.
"Agreed." True Man of Locking Dragon nodded: "But if you continue fighting the Demon King, next time, I’ll want the Cloud-Stepping Boots."
"No problem."
"So, are you still fighting?" True Man of Locking Dragon asked: "Even if we’ve found an effective attack strategy, fighting once will probably take an hour, and the front part alone takes at least thirty minutes. There are only twelve hours in a day. If you calculate from the moment you established your Foundation, three hours have passed. With nine hours left, even if we went without rest, at most, we could clear this Secret Realm six more times."
"But if we only fight the Thunder Eagle in the front, we can fight thirty-six times in nine hours, and it will be much easier."
"Though the Demon King’s loot is plentiful, it doesn’t reach four times the yield of the front segment. However, the Demon King’s big chest has a chance to produce a Rare Treasure Token, and if a Fourth-Transformation Rarity appears, its yield would far surpass only the front segment," True Man of Locking Dragon said, "Personally, I suggest we only fight the first half, but the decision is yours, and I’ll support you."
Although the Demon King’s big chest holds two thousand True Spiritual Jades, Celestial and Earth Demons, Master’s Introduction Manual, and two rare tokens, the small chest from the Thunder Eagle can stably produce one Earth Demon and one rare token. The value of Earth Demon - Wind Leaf is approximately 500 Spiritual Jades, with four times the Thunder Eagle in an hour, yielding four Earth Demons, equal to two thousand True Spiritual Jades, not to mention four rare tokens, not much different from the Demon King’s big chest.
If it were normal Secret Realm exploration, Ture Man of Locking Dragon would certainly persuade to only tackle the first half.
Because taking down the Demon King not only consumes time but also requires nearly four times as much Spiritual Essence, the input-output ratio alone is far lower than the first half, and if no Fourth-Transformation Rarity drops, it might even be a loss.
However, Rabbit Heroine’s Infinite Divine Power saves on that part of the cost, so whichever choice she makes is profitable.
After a brief silence, Rabbit Heroine suddenly asked a strange question:
"What price must I pay to buy this Secret Realm?"
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