Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 554 Resources and Changes [8k words]

A message from the deceased?

When Xin Lailai saw the object displayed in the message prompt, he withdrew his attention from the World Tree sapling in front of him and looked at the brand interface at the edge of his vision:

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The Death Eater: “Recovered?”

Black Sword: "Well, what about you?"

The Death Holder: "Proof of Transcendence"

The Death Holder: "My friend told me that you are more suitable to deal with these things (attached. Screenshot of the treasure chest)"

Black Sword: "I do have a channel here, would you like me to introduce it to you?"

The person who carried out the death: "How much is the handling fee?"

Black Sword: "It's free. I know those people. If you sell it to them, I'll make the profit. Besides, I owe you my life."

The executioner: "..."

The person who carried out the death: “Location.”

Black Sword: "In half an hour, let's meet at the entrance of Sun Hotel. I also need to take inventory of resources here."

The person who held the dead body: “Okay.”

……

You're back so soon...

After a few brief exchanges, Xin Lailai looked at the "Proof of Transcendence" shared by the deceased on the communication interface, with a strange look in his eyes.

According to Ling Yuzi, after confirming that he was successfully rescued by 04296, the Death Bearer and Yamu directly activated the teleportation authority and returned to Paradise.

Among them, Yamu, whose brand level reached the upper limit of the second level, started his own trial of transcendence directly after staying in Paradise for a while. And because the Death Bearer lacked a record of a war world, he was sent to an uncertified second-level native world to fight a single-player war world against the local indigenous people.

In terms of progress, the Death Bearer should be behind Yamu, so Xin Lailai thought that Yamu would return to Paradise first. However, in the end, he was delayed by the War World for half a day. Moreover, the Death Bearer, who stayed in Paradise and the real world for another half a month, completed the Trial of Transcendence one step ahead of time and returned. This was indeed something he did not expect.

"Tsk, this guy's efficiency is a little too high..."

Xin Lailai looked at the names on the communication list and gently rubbed his temples. After finding the names of "The Blazing Gold Cult" and "The Right Punishment Cult" in the series of categories "Same-level connections - Cults - Trustworthy - High priority", he selected the names of Yan Yu and Zheng Shou, who were shown to be inside the paradise, according to the order of contact, and pulled the two into the temporary communication channel and sent them to:

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[Lailai Cult] Black Sword: "@Yanyu@Zhengshou, a friend of mine is planning to sell me a batch of supplies. The quantity is quite large, and the total value is estimated to be above 8000 soul coins."

"The Blazing Gold Cult" Yan Yu: "Got it, thank you for your care, Black Sword Master!"

"The Blazing Gold Cult" Yan Yu: "By the way, Boss Black Sword, your injury should be okay, right? The leader has contacted a high-level physician in the Cult of the Sun recently, and he said that if Boss Black Sword needs it, he can give you his contact information directly."

"The Righteous Punishment Cult" Zheng Shou: "Well, Captain Ah Zheng also told us that if Brother Black Sword needs it, we can use the team authority we have accumulated to help Brother Black Sword contact the healers in the Justice Cult and the Light Cult."

"Lai Lai Cult" Black Sword: "Don't worry, I have fully recovered. I am sorry to have caused you all to worry. Please give my regards to Chi Jia and Captain A Zheng and the others."

"The Blazing Gold Cult" Yan Yu: "Yeah! By the way, Boss Black Sword, is the transaction still at the old place?"

"Lai Lai Cult" Black Sword: "Well, the old place, don't worry, I will arrive with my friend in half an hour."

"The Blazing Gold Cult" Yan Yu: "Okay, then I'll go and inform them to prepare first?"

"The Right Punishment Sect" Masamori: "I'll take my leave now as well."

"Lai Lai Cult" Black Sword: "Well, thank you for your help."

……

Very good, this way, we only need to take the deceased over there once.

Xin Lailai looked at the content on the communication channel, nodded slightly, and a look of satisfaction appeared in her eyes.

As for why Yan Yu asked about his injuries, he naturally did not reveal it to the other party on his own initiative. Instead, Ling Yuzi took the initiative to put on the guise of Black Sword and Xin Lai'er and released false information to the outside world during his coma in order to stabilize the situation at the Chijin Sect and the Zhengfa Sect, as well as the rhythm of "Xin Lai'er and Black Sword" that had been brewing for more than a month.

Of course, although it is said to be false, in fact most of the content is true. The only false one is that 'Miss Xin Lai'er was seriously injured by Black Sword, so she decided to temporarily stop her performing activities and concentrate on taking care of Black Sword until he wakes up'.

Not only that, at the initiative of Ling Yuzi, Yamu also cooperated in shooting a short video of only a few seconds from the "Performer" and put it in that issue of the newspaper. The content of the video was also very simple. Ling Yuzi used the alchemical doll sent by Yamu, wearing a "disguised evil face", and said to the screen "Black Sword, this time, I won". After saying such intriguing words, he directly switched the picture to the underground city space shattered by the space storm and the fleeting wide-angle shot of the Dead Sea ruins, leaving ample room for imagination.

As expected, that issue of the newspaper became the most popular issue in the past month. Even now, the words "Black Sword", "Sin Lai'er", "Performer", "Dead Sea Ruins" and "Space Storm" are still on the hot search list of the official platform of Paradise Express.

In fact, if it was just a bloody triangle drama, it would be fine, but this incident was unexpectedly linked to the term "Dead Sea Ruins" which once had a profound impact. In addition, both the "Performer", the untraceable offender, and the "Black Sword", the highly anticipated pioneer, are not ordinary people. As a result, there are even many comments saying that the purpose of the Performer may be to start a second major turmoil, and the support rate is still very high.

Affected by this, and with a "little bit" of public opinion guidance from Yamu, the negative effects brought about by the news that "Sin Lai'er", as an idol, had an affair with her "own brother" were suppressed. Instead, many people applauded and cheered, thinking that this was the right way to deal with the "performer" who wanted to harm all the low-level contractors and employees in the park. Even the comments under the newspaper that triggered public opinion at the beginning changed from a fan circle war to a uniform "I wish you a happy marriage", "Well done", and "Performer (green hat + clown nose emoticon package)".

After all, although the current low-level contractors and workers have not experienced the great turmoil 20 years ago, they have more or less heard about it when learning about various regulations. In addition, affected by the reappearance of the Dead Sea ruins, many workers and low-level contractors in the paradise now know about the major accident that almost directly interrupted the low-level generation of the paradise and caused the stable world to collapse.

The main audience of Paradise Express in the paradise happens to be low-level contractors and employee groups. Under such circumstances, naturally, not many people are willing to speak for the performer who "intends to stir up a second major turmoil."

It can be said that during the month when he was unconscious, the employees and low-level contractors of the park were arguing heatedly on the major communication platforms. For example, the topic of "Who is stronger, the Black Sword or the Performer" on the Park Express platform had reached over a million views in just three days, and it took only half a month to successfully break through to tens of millions of views, reaching the so-called "explosive" level of discussion among the buyers of the Park Express.

You have to know that this is a paid platform where you have to pay 10 Paradise Points to post a comment. Normally speaking, it is very difficult for a topic to generate comments. A million comments is considered a hot topic, and tens of millions means that the topic is almost known to every employee at that time.

Xin Lailai guessed that even Yamu and Paradise Express probably didn't expect that this topic would generate such a huge amount of heat. The best proof was that from the time he fell into a coma to the time he woke up, no less than five editors-in-chief of Paradise Express secretly sent anonymous emails to the sanatorium where they had stayed before, but Ling Yuzi ignored any of them.

As for the specific benefits brought by this topic, because it exceeded expectations, we can only wait for Yamu to come back and then redistribute it. According to Xin Lailai's estimation, the final figure will most likely not be less than 50 million.

From this point of view, he had triggered the public opinion operation between Xin Lai'er and Black Sword in advance because he was worried that he would die in the next world, but he accidentally caught up with the popularity of "Dead Sea Ruins" and "Space Storm". Otherwise, no matter how he operated, it would be impossible to create a hot topic with just an entertainment news.

All I can say is that the world is so magical, such as this huge public opinion storm, such as the "big guys" category with dozens of names suddenly added to his friend list, and such as the various materials, props, and equipment worth at least 10 billion paradise points lying in his storage space and team storage space.

Yes, 10 million.

Thanks to the Abyss Erosion Zone, when he was in the dungeon, he managed to gain nearly 300 million points of dungeon faction reputation by killing Abyss derivatives. Although nearly million of the reputation was used on soul crystals, world tree output and the purchase of god bones, and later he spent almost million of the reputation on the scrapped alchemy doll and the home court layout for the battle with Extreme Blade Abyss Shadow, even so, there were still nearly million reputation materials left in his storage space.

Originally, he was planning to use the Demon Seal to convert all these materials into soul energy at the critical moment, but after considering that Ji Ren Yuan Ying's swordsmanship level might have reached the grandmaster level, he gave up this plan.

Although he could use the Demon Seal to convert unused materials into soul energy, the quality of these soul energies was only equivalent to the soul energy in the Soul Crystal (Small) and the Soul Crystal (Medium). Given the sword master's resistance to soul damage, if he wanted to rely on the impact of soul energy to affect the opponent, he would have to use soul energy of at least the quality of the Soul Crystal (Large) and the Soul Crystal (Complete).

The problem was that if they wanted to obtain soul energy of this quality, they would need to use the Demon Seal to transform at least legendary equipment and materials. Therefore, they ended up only using the legendary and above parts, while the remaining various equipment, materials, and props below the legendary level with a total reputation of approximately 300 million were all left in their storage space.

According to the exchange list in the dungeon faction store, with 14 points of reputation being worth one small soul crystal worth 1 Paradise points, the market value of these 5000 million reputations is at least over 300 billion. And considering that the goods in the faction store are almost all top-notch products of the same kind, the value of this batch of goods is likely to be sold for over 10 billion.

This is why Xin Lailai and Yan Yu quoted an exaggerated figure of 8000 soul coins and gave the other party half an hour to prepare. Because if the thousands of gold and legendary treasure chests shown by the Death Bearer in the screenshot were also counted, the transaction amount of this wave of transactions could really exceed 8000 soul coins. With the current specifications of the Blazing Gold Cult and the Right Punishment Cult, it is obviously difficult to reap this wave of profits without risk. Therefore, the most appropriate approach is to unite with other cults.

For example, the Yaohuo Sect that Chijia introduced to him before and which had cooperated with the pioneer of the Sun God Sect was a very good partner. After all, the Yaohuo Sect had also led the Chijin Sect to digest a batch of materials worth 600 million Paradise Points a month ago, and the source of that batch of materials was obviously from the pioneer of the Sun God Sect who had completed the Trial of Transcendence a month ago.

In this case, with his tacit approval, the Blazing Gold Cult will inevitably pull the Shining Fire Cult to develop further. This is not only to deepen the cooperation between the two cults, but also an invisible communication between the two pioneers.

Even though he has never met the pioneer of the Sun God Cult, but because of the tacit understanding between the Blazing Gold Cult and the Shining Fire Cult, it is highly likely that they will not become enemies when they meet in the future. Instead, they will cooperate like Yamu and Dao Ji. Even if they really encounter something that neither side can give up, there will be room to sit down and communicate.

As for why they had to find the Blazing Gold Cult and the Right Punishment Cult instead of first looking for the affiliated cults of the Lailai Cult to share the benefits? This involves the story of Shan Xi sleeping with all the good-looking men and women in ten affiliated cults that once flew the banner of the Lailai Cult, and even gathering at the Lailai Cult headquarters to initiate an independence, which eventually caused the Lailai Cult to have no more affiliated cults.

Of course, he could actually find Ms. Qing Weiliao, who was in charge of the finances of the Lailai Cult, and ask her to deal with these resources. However, according to 04296, unless he obtained the ownership of some world or planned to deal with hard currencies such as soul coins and soul crystals, before the sixth level, those miscellaneous income, which added up to less than the "fare" of a ride on the teleportation array, should be handled by himself as much as possible, so as not to disturb others' business.

"Speaking of which, what to do with these World Tree Fruits is also a problem..."

Xin Lailai looked at her storage space, and finally her eyes fell on the pile of 5 World Tree Fruits, and she lowered her head to think.

The output of the World Tree that he exchanged in the dungeon was basically used up to repair Yuan Mo's durability, leaving only 1 piece of bark and 2 branches, and the rest were these 5 extremely expensive World Tree fruits.

To be honest, considering the value of the World Tree Fruit, if he were to sell it on the market, it would definitely fetch a sky-high price.

The problem is that Xin Lailai doesn't really want to exchange this thing for Paradise Points, but is more inclined to barter, using the World Tree Fruit to exchange for things that cannot be bought normally.

"Let's ask the person who holds the dead first."

After thinking for a while, Xin Lailai opened the communication channel and sent a message to the person who was holding the dead:
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Black Sword: "I have 3 more of these (attached with the "World Tree Fruit")"

……

After the message was sent, the reply from the person who held the dead popped up on the branding interface:
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The person who held the dead body: “The price.”

Black Sword: "Are there any divination items left from Luna's place?"

The person holding the dead: "Let me ask."

The Death Bearer: "Not now, but she said that she can guarantee you will receive at least one divination item at each level until you reach level 5."

Black Sword: "Deal."

「Reminder: Email has been sent」

"Reminder: The deceased has received the email"

……

Very good, this way, we can get rid of a World Tree Fruit.

Xin Lailai looked at the content on the communication channel, glanced at the only four World Tree Fruits left in her storage space, and a look of satisfaction appeared in her eyes.

On the surface, this transaction seemed to be a huge loss for him. After all, the value of the World Tree Fruit was guaranteed to be 2 million Paradise Points, and the "Starlight Pendant" he traded with the Death Master last time only cost him the "Energy Cycle Basic Type (Career Template)" worth about 3000 million Paradise Points. Logically speaking, he should have exchanged it for at least 6 divination items this time.

But in fact, this account cannot be calculated in this way from the beginning. Not to mention that the divination props made by Shirona are actually getting stronger as the other party's attributes grow, just the divination props that can be effective even in the abyss erosion zone cannot be measured by normal value.

You have to know that when that thing comes in handy, it's not just a simple reminder, but it can really save lives.

From the time he used the divination props made by the other party to now, he has relied on this to break at least five nearly unsolvable deadlocks, especially in the dungeon. Without the guidance of the "Star Pointer", he would probably have failed at the level where he first encountered the Extreme Blade Abyss Shadow. 2 million Paradise Points in exchange for 3 guaranteed divination props may sound like a loss, but if it is exchanged for five lives, it is a big profit. It is equivalent to only paying the price of 8 Soul Crystals (complete) to help him resolve a nearly fatal disaster. You must know that the number of Soul Crystals (complete) he detonated in the dungeon is more than this.

That is to say, he has a relationship with the Death Master. Otherwise, with Shilona's outrageous talent and his current wealth, he probably can't afford the divination props made by her. No, to be precise, he doesn't even have the qualifications to hear her name.

"Lai Lai, what are you going to do with the remaining two?"

"Let me think about it. I'll ask in the group first."

Xin Lailai said in his mind, closed the communication interface with the Holder of the Dead, opened the Lailai Cult communication channel that he hadn't used for a long time, flipped through the records twice, confirmed that the content inside was still at the welcome ceremony when the Holder of the Dead joined the cult, and sent a message:
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[Ordinary member] Black Sword: "I have two more World Tree Fruits, with a score of 600. If you need them, you can chat with me privately (attached. "World Tree Fruit")"

……

After sending this message, Xin Lailai directly closed the team channel and continued to count the remaining supplies.

There are only a few official members of the Lailai Cult, most of whom are high-level members. The only ones still at the middle level are him, the Death Bearer, Sanshui Renyun, and the Black Kindness who calls himself Tian'er.

Therefore, if Sanshui Renyun and Black Shanshan do not need the fruit of the World Tree, then he will most likely have to find other people to trade with.

"Hmm? I almost forgot about this."

Suddenly, Xin Lailai seemed to have discovered something. With a thought, a pitch-black object suddenly appeared in his hand. It was none other than the [Black Dragon Essence] that could hatch a baby black dragon from the black dragon's treasure chest.

Because this thing was different from ordinary props and materials, he did not use the Demon Seal to transform it when he was setting up the home field, and then forgot about it in the corner. Now when he was counting his storage space, he remembered that there was such a thing.

"Forget it, I'll just sell them to Chijia and the others when the time comes."

Xin Lailai looked at the black ball in front of him, thought for a while, shook his head and made a decision.

[Black Dragon Essence] This summon embryo, which requires a relatively high cost to cultivate, is usually sold to cults or summoning departments. Among the people he knows, there is only one person who is related to the summoning department, the Hades. However, considering the other party's financial resources and main profession, it is highly likely that he cannot afford to pay enough money to buy this thing, so the only choice is...

Buzz, buzz——!!

"Ok?"

Suddenly, a weak vibration came from Xin Lailai's hand, which made Xin Lailai stunned. He saw that the black essence in his hand seemed to come alive suddenly and kept shaking.

"Um, Lailai, this couldn't be..."

"This... shouldn't be the case. This is an egg from a treasure chest in Paradise. It shouldn't be able to hatch on its own..."

Before Xin Lailai finished speaking, she suddenly caught a glimpse of the World Tree sapling in front of her that was emitting bursts of natural aura. She immediately realized something and wanted to put the Black Dragon Essence back into the storage space, in case she couldn't sell it...

Click——! !

The sound of an eggshell breaking was heard, causing Xin Lailai's eyelids to twitch. Then, cracks began to appear on the black eggshell in front of her.

[Tip: Because the unit is a living thing and has a sense of resistance, it cannot be stored in the storage space]

It’s over.

Almost at the moment the prompt popped up, Xin Lailai's heart skipped a beat, knowing that these tens of millions of theme park points were most likely irretrievable.

"Lai Lai! Look!!"

"I know, I'm trying to figure it out now."

"Not this, look at what's hatched!"

Hatched thing? Isn't it just a baby black dragon?

Xin Lailai heard Ling Yuzi's surprised cry, lowered his head in confusion, turned the Black Dragon Essence in his hand, and then was stunned:

In the broken part of the eggshell, I saw a creature with two horns. Its head looked similar to the stereotypical dragon head, but with slightly rounded lines. It was huddled there, gnawing on the edge of the eggshell, with one eye excitedly looking at the World Tree sapling in front of it.

Judging from the color, the creature's body color is an icy obsidian color, and its surface is as smooth and shiny as if it were glazed. There is some expectation in its light golden vertical pupils, and it is obvious that it possesses a very high level of intelligence.

However, these were not the main points that stunned Xin Lailai. The real key point was that the creature lying in the eggshell at this moment, although it had a head and horns like a dragon, a skin as shiny as obsidian, and gave people a very handsome feeling, but...

——This·is·a·catcher!

"Gurgling~! (burping sound~!)"

……

……

Twenty minutes later.

[Tip: The contractor Yan Yu has paid you Paradise Points*600000000]

[Hint: The contractor Zheng Shou has paid you Paradise Points*300000000]

[Tip: The contractor Hong Fu has paid you Paradise Points*300000000]

"Boss Black Sword, the money has been transferred."

"Well, thank you for mobilizing such a large amount of funds."

"Nothing. We need to thank Mr. Black Sword and Miss Death Bearer for their care."

Inside the Sun God Cult's hotel, Yan Yu, who was obviously a little excited, showed a gentle smile, bowed slightly to Xin Lailai and the Death Bearer in front of him, and expressed his gratitude.

"That's a bit exaggerated. If it weren't for Captain Chijia and Captain Azheng's protection, I would have died on the battlefield. We are all friends who have risked our lives for each other. There's no need to be so reserved."

Xin Lailai smiled and shook her head gently. At the same time, she looked at Zheng Shou and the tall lady in a fiery red dress, and said with a smile:

"The same goes for the other two, especially Captain Hongfu. I'm glad we had such a pleasant experience on our first cooperation."

"Me too, Mr. Black Sword."

The lady in a long skirt named Hong Fu showed a charming smile and was obviously very satisfied with today's transaction.

"Since the deal is done, shall we just leave?"

"Well, Mr. Black Sword and Ms. Death Bearer, take care!"

As soon as the voice fell, Xin Lailai and the Death Holder disappeared directly from the spot. Seeing this, Yan Yu, who was standing there, finally breathed a sigh of relief. Hong Fu, who was standing beside him, gently wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and patted his chest. After a long while, he looked at Yan Yu beside him helplessly and complained:
"Yanyu, you almost scared me to death. I haven't heard of anyone so scary being here?"

"Well... I didn't expect that Black Sword's friend would be so scary. The Death Bearer... By the way, Sister Hongfu, have you heard of this name? Why does it sound familiar to me?"

"Me too, I feel like I've heard this name somewhere."

"Now that you mention it, it reminds me that a year ago, a newcomer in the Rurouni Kenshin world wiped out all 50 members of a subsidiary sect of the Elemental God Cult. I think that guy's name was this."

"One year ago, in Rurouni Kenshin's world...wait, Hongfu, you're not talking about the Netherworld Death God, are you? I remember that the people in the Death God Cult said that she failed the advancement test and died half a year ago?"

"Who knows? Maybe he was actually poached by the Black Sword, and the people of the Death Cult felt ashamed, so they made up a random excuse and told it to others? Didn't he specifically tell us not to tell anyone?"

Hong Fu shrugged her shoulders slightly, looked towards the place where the deceased had left, with an obvious look of fear in her eyes.

Obviously, the other party did not show any murderous intent or hostility, but for some reason, as long as the cold woman with the black sword stood there, she would feel a strong sense of fear, as if every cell in her body was advising her to stay away from the other party.

"Sure enough, what Brother Dong said is right. The Black Sword of the Lailai Cult must not be provoked. We can only cooperate with them."

The memories from a month ago emerged in Hong Fu's mind, reminding her of the warning given to her by the person who was the biggest backer of their Yaohuo Sect. A strong sense of recognition appeared in her eyes.

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On the other side, the headquarters of the Lailai Cult.

"So, what is your charm attribute like?"

In the corridor, Xin Lailai looked at the Death Clerk beside him, who had obviously restrained his aura to the extreme but still gave people a cold feeling as if falling into an ice cave, and the unusually dazzling screenshot of [Charm: 0 (Real Attribute·Main Attribute)] sent by the other party on the communication channel, and her eyelids twitched slightly.

——To be honest, when the Death Executor teleported over according to the coordinates he gave, not to mention Yan Yu and the others, even he almost couldn't help but enter a state of combat readiness.

——And, to be honest, this was definitely the first time in his life that he had seen someone whose charisma could drop from 80 points to 0 points in a whole world and still develop as a real attribute.

"After the Netherworld inheritance breaks the barrier of reality, the charm attribute seems to develop in a negative direction."

The Death Eater said calmly. In fact, she herself was a little surprised, but since it had become like this, she would not regret anything. Besides, the development direction of negative charm itself was more in line with her style.

"..."

"Forget it, if there's nothing else, I'll go back first?"

"No practice?"

"There's an extra worm at home, and Ling Yuzi is waiting for me to go back and figure it out."

"insect?"

"Yes, worm."

Xin Lailai said, with an obviously strained expression on her face, and finally, under the somewhat puzzled gaze of the person holding the deceased, she simply disappeared on the spot.

Logically speaking, earning a full 12 billion Paradise Points should be a cause for celebration, and the charm of the Dead is also worth discussing.

But now, his mind was full of only one thing to figure out:

——That’s why a black dragon’s essence can hatch a tapeworm, and it crawls in an S shape! !

……

(End of this chapter)