Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 464: Dark Scales and Sky Feathers
Inside the shabby hut, Chengnuo spoke calmly, looked at the two people in front of him, and put down the Biyi Gem in his hand.

Xin Lailai was recalling what the other party had just said, and quickly sorting out the information he had just said in his mind.

The promise boss is the creator of the Biyi Gem. He was actually a pioneer in the past, and he had a lover who was also a pioneer. However, due to the invasion of the abyss, his life changed drastically...

"Wait, Mr. Promise, were pioneers allowed to become workers at that time?"

"No, it's just that the change we encountered was an unexpected situation. Paradise acquiesced to my choice for the purpose of compensation. Under normal circumstances, the pioneers still have only two choices: to continue to be powerful or to die in a certain world one day."

I see, compensation from Paradise...

"So, Mr. Promise, you said before that you only have a superficial understanding of gems..."

"I really only know the basics. When I gave up my pioneer status and became a worker, my teacher couldn't stand my cowardice and expelled me from the sect. Since then, I have never taken the initiative to learn any gem carving techniques, and my level has remained at the level of 20 years ago."

Because you couldn't stand the cowardice of the big boss, so you expelled him from the sect?
Xin Lailai was surprised when she heard Chengnuo's words. From Chengnuo's story, it seemed that the other party's encounter with the Abyss was a complete accident. Although it was indeed a bit extreme for the other party to give up his pioneer status because of his lover's death, the other party's teacher expelled him from the sect just for this reason. No matter how you listen to it, it is obviously too...

"Are you thinking that my teacher is going too far by expelling his own disciple just for giving up his pioneer status?"

"This one……"

"In my opinion, the teacher's choice was not wrong. At that time, I was indeed no longer qualified to continue to inherit his mantle."

"Although I gave myself the excuse that becoming an employee would allow me to live better and prevent her name from completely disappearing from this world, I knew very well that this was just an excuse to avoid the issue."

"If I really have enough determination and courage, I will not sit here as an employee, but should be like 04296 and others, go all the way as a pioneer, constantly surpass my own limits, and seek more possibilities, instead of being discouraged by a setback, or even having the idea of ​​committing suicide."

"Of course, that's all in the past. When she first left, I often had thoughts of suicide, but as time passed, some things gradually faded away."

Chengnuo said, looking at the two people who were holding hands and listening to his story, and gently touched the Biyi Gem on the table with his fingertips, and said:

"Don't worry. You don't have to think that this gem is so meaningful to me that I'm embarrassed to use it. That was twenty years ago. For me now, instead of holding these two gems and reminiscing about the past, I hope that they can find a pair of owners who can truly bring out their value."

Chengnuo answered, lowered his head, the image of the Winged Gem reflected in his pupils, and he sighed softly:

"At the time, I thought that I would never be able to get out of the shadow of that accident, but as time went by, I had to admit that time is indeed an extremely scary thing."

"Or maybe it's because I was too weak and didn't insist on letting her continue to be the most important part of my life. Instead, I chose to walk out and rely on making friends with guys like 04296 to dispel the shadows in my heart. In this way, I escaped from my past."

Chengnuo sighed, with a hint of reminiscence and fatigue in his eyes. Finally, he shook his head slightly and said to the two people in front of him:

"Okay, there's no need to talk too much about the past. Let's get down to business. There's not much to say, but it's mainly about these two gems."

"Although I have no intention of taking these two gems away from you, I also cannot bear to see them continue to exist in their current broken state. So if you wish, you can temporarily leave them with me and come back to take them after I have fully restored their durability."

"Also, after you mount them on the equipment, I want to see it shine again with my own eyes."

"That's all. If you have any questions, you can ask now."

Upon hearing this, the two shook their heads at the same time, believing that their previous explanation had already made many things very clear, and some questions that the other party had not mentioned were obviously not suitable for them, two outsiders, to ask.

"In that case, I'll close the shop today. You can come pick up the gems tomorrow at noon. Also, remind Xiao Pu to do his homework. Although he has good talent and a solid foundation, he can't neglect his daily practice."

"Well, please promise me, sir. We will take our leave now."

Xin Lailai nodded, and left the shabby hut with Ling Yuzi. Before leaving, they remembered to close the door, leaving Chengnu alone sitting in the rocking chair, staring at the two gems on the counter for a long time without saying a word.

……

"Lai Lai, has the promised boss really walked out of the shadow of his past like he said?"

After leaving the shabby hut, Ling Yuzi looked back at the tightly closed wooden door and asked Xin Lailai in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Xin Lailai also stopped and glanced at the shabby wooden house behind him. After a moment of silence, he shook his head slightly.

"I don't know. As for this question... only Mr. Promise knows the answer best."

After all, as someone who had also experienced despair, he knew very well that accepting the facts and accepting oneself are two different things.

"Come to think of it, Boss Tatters, Boss Promise should have told you about these things in the past, right?"

Xin Lailai said this, looking curiously at the muscular and burly figure who had stood beside them at some point, and asked.

"Of course I have said that, but to be honest, this guy has a bad temper. From this point of view, the appearance of you two guys can be regarded as a help to him."

"With his bad personality, if he doesn't have something to worry about, he might sneak out and do something stupid one day. After all, this kind of thing has happened more than once or twice, tsk!"

The rag-and-bone man looked at the tightly closed wooden door, clicked his tongue, then looked at the two people in front of him and said:

"Alright, hurry up and get out the stuff you're forging. I don't know what you two are planning to do, but this is the first time I've seen you look like you've already written a suicide note."

"Uh, is it really that obvious?"

"It's almost written on your foreheads, isn't it obvious?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Xin Lailai awkwardly took out the Iron Scale Sky Feather and other equipment that needed repair from the storage space, then placed the materials he bought from the Gold Honor Store on the anvil and spread them out in front of the scrap metal.

"Well, let me take a look...it's okay, there's no problem." Trashy Copper and Iron looked through the other equipment and Yuan Mo that Xin Lailai had put out. After carefully checking them twice, he nodded with satisfaction. Then he looked at Tie Lin Tian Yu that were placed separately and the space materials that Xin Lailai had taken out.

"As for this pair of fluttering things... the feathers of the Sky Demon Bird and the dust star crystals you two got are both of good quality. You should be able to make a top-quality item out of it."

"It's a pity that time is too tight. Otherwise, if I let you two collect some materials with space-blocking capabilities, we can fully unleash the potential of this Sky Demon Bird feather."

Materials with space blocking capabilities...

Hearing what Broken Copper and Scrapper said, Xin Lailai's eyes moved, and he quickly took out something from the storage space and placed it in front of Broken Copper and Scrapper:
"Well, Boss Broke, do you think this thing can meet the requirements?"

"Hmm? A fourth-level Sealing Stone? Good boy, you are good at hiding things! With this thing, there will be no problem at all! Okay, pay the forging fee, I'm going to start working!"

"Uh-huh!"

Xin Lailai nodded, and quickly transferred 100 million Paradise Points to Scrap Metal as agreed before. She did not dare to disturb the other party, and quickly opened the branding interface with Ling Yuzi and teleported back to the exclusive room.

……

[Transmission completed, returned to the exclusive room]

"Huh... With this, things are almost done for now. The rest depends on how many universal passive skills the Blazing Gold Cult can help collect."

In the room, Xin Lailai looked at the balance of Paradise Points which had increased from 7012w to 5411w in less than half a day, rubbed his temples gently, and thought about what to do next.

He had already arranged the props and skills, and as for the remaining supplies, Ling Yuzi had entrusted Xiao Pu to help buy a large number of alchemical potions in the park as a pharmacist when he left. The current preliminary budget is about 1000 million yuan, and he will try to prepare a bundle of alchemical potions with various functions in case of emergency.

As for why they asked Xiao Pu to help with the purchase instead of Chengnuo? It wasn't that Xin Lailai felt embarrassed, but the medicines that Chengnuo usually sold to them were all prepared and sold on the spot, so if it was just a few bottles, it would be fine, but once the number exceeded a hundred bottles, it would be obviously inappropriate to ask the other party to do so.

No matter how much he was, he was a ninth-rank alchemist, not their exclusive servant. It was impossible for him to spend all his free time helping them prepare some low-level supplies. Xin Lailai was very clear about this.

In fact, since the Overlord world, he has been gradually trying to use the channels he has established among his peers to solve the problem of supplies and equipment repair needs.

Of course, this doesn't mean that he dislikes Chengnuo and Trash for doing anything bad to him, but he is very clear that big guys like them are willing to lend a hand when he is at a lower level because of appreciation and favors, not because of any responsibility or obligation.

Simply put, if one relies too much on scrap metal and promises, and rushes to the other party no matter what he needs, it will only lower his evaluation in the eyes of these people.

Therefore, it is extremely important to properly cultivate one's own network of contacts, which can not only improve their evaluation in the eyes of other big guys, but also reduce his dependence on big guys like promises and scrap metal. In this way, even if the other party happens to be out when he returns one day, he does not have to worry too much about cutting off the channels for supplies and equipment repairs, and minimize the impact of the other party's departure on himself.

"The remaining time... can be used to prepare more alchemical items and rune items."

Xin Lailai glanced at the time at the edge of his vision, made a quick decision in his mind, stood up and walked towards his laboratory.

Alchemical creatures are also an effective means to improve survival ability. Especially with his current level of alchemical biology, he can produce more special alchemical creatures that can help him adapt to various extreme environments, and use this method to improve his survival ability.

In the past, due to his low skills and insufficient storage space, he had never touched upon the creation of those large alchemical creatures. But now, including the auxiliary space and the python-swallowing bag, the storage space he can use has exceeded 100m. In addition, after his authority level reached LV.50, he successfully unlocked the team storage space of the Lailai Cult, which gave him 108m more storage space to use.

By the way, the mechanism of team storage space is quite special. It is a type that is shared but not fully shared.

Simply put, everyone can be allocated a certain amount of space from the team storage space according to the rules set by the cult itself. When team members are not in the same world, these space quotas cannot be interoperable with each other, just like normal personal storage space. Only when team members are in the same world, these space quotas will be merged together to form a public storage space open to all cult members in the current world, becoming a true "team storage space".

As for the Lailai Cult, Xin Lailai actually didn't know how big his team's storage space was. He only knew that from the time his authority level reached LV.50, he could control a team storage space of [current authority level] × [current brand rank] m.

As for why such a high level of authority is required to activate the team storage space, according to what Xin Lailai heard from 04296, Meimu had used something on the Lailai Cult's team storage space in the past, making the Lailai Cult's team storage space abnormally high in rank, which indirectly led to the authority level required to use the team storage space becoming particularly outrageous.

——At least apart from the Lailai Cult, he had never heard of any other cult whose team storage space must have a brand authority level of LV.50 or above to be used.

……

So, one day later, the Universal Forge.

"Yes, take a look for yourself, they are all in there."

In front of the remote forge, the shirtless Scrap Iron Man shook the forging hammer in his hand, pointed at the big box in the shop, and said to Xin Lailai.

Upon hearing this, Xin Lailai, who had rushed over as soon as the time came, hurriedly walked to the box and carefully opened it. A huge black sword and a set of equipment that looked like a black windbreaker suddenly appeared in front of him. These were the Yuanmo and Transcendence suits that were entrusted to the Scrapbook for repair yesterday.

Xin Lailai nodded slightly as he felt the familiar feeling coming from the sword as his fingertips slid across it. After storing all the equipment including Yuan Mo into the storage space, he looked at the last piece of equipment at the bottom of the box:
It was a wing-like cloak, with gorgeous silver-white lines engraved on the black scales with a metallic luster, which made the iron-scale cloak, which should have been heavy, feel light. The sharp edges reflected a chilling light under the light, as if it was going to split the entire space into two.

……

[Dark Scales and Sky Feathers]

Place of Origin: Sanctuary Paradise

Quality: Legend

Durability: 80/80
Space Energy: 0/1000
Equipment Effect 1, Ghost Feather (Passive): Can freely switch between [Ghost Scale] and [Air Feather] states. In [Ghost Scale] form, the equipment's defense is increased to 60 points, sharpness is increased to 30 points, spell resistance and armor resistance are increased by 20 points, and durability can be slowly restored by absorbing life energy and space energy.

Equipment Effect 2, Airspace (Passive): When in the [Air Feather] state, the equipment can fly with a maximum flight speed of 350m/s. During flight, it can generate an [Airspace Barrier] with an initial strength of 30, which can greatly reduce flight resistance and block flying objects. During this period, the spatial energy absorption efficiency of the equipment will increase greatly, and the strength of the [Airspace Barrier] will continue to increase, up to a maximum of 60 points.

Equipment Effect 3, Severance (Core·Active): When the accumulated space energy is greater than 100 points and is in the [Air Feather] form, it can immediately consume 1 point of durability and enter the [Space Shuttle] state, during which 0.1 points of space energy are consumed every 100 seconds, and a cooling time of 100 to 1000 seconds is entered according to the duration; when the space energy is fully accumulated and is in the [Ghost Scale] form, it can immediately consume 10 points of durability and release all space energy, forming a fourth-level [Space Blockade] effect with a radius of 100 meters that lasts for 10 minutes, and then enters a 10-day cooling time.

Rating: 500+
Introduction: According to legend, when the Sky Bird soars to a certain extreme in the sky, the feathers on its body will possess incredible power.

Price: 600000 park points
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(End of this chapter)