The rising sun shatters the darkness!

Chapter 160: Current Situation and Sneak Attack in the Trading Zone (5K monthly ticket required)
As the president of the contemporary Astronomical Society and a fourth-level Dongxuan Zhenjun, Melanie is certainly a person who keeps her word.

And it seems that she has nothing else to do every day, just staying on the upgraded network and replying to messages.

So, less than five minutes after Xu Shu sent the message, she received a reply.

Since they came directly to my door, there was naturally no need to bother sending special email messages. It was a direct one-on-one transaction. The reward for killing the chosen demon was 100 points, and the reward for ranking on the Qingyun List was 20 points, totaling 120 contribution points.

Xu Shu thought so too and started operating his own interface.

The only thing that's a little wrong is.

Why does the other party's words "Open your payment entrance, I'm going to let it in" sound wrong?

I always feel like something is weird.

"Forget it, it's all about collecting money, nothing else matters."

Xu Shu silently opened the payment entrance.

[Hint: You have received 120 points of contribution from "Melanie", the other party's note: array reward]

After seeing 120 points credited to his account, Xu Shu smiled and quickly typed, "Thank you, Master."

“Well, keep working on it.” —Melanie.

It is worth mentioning that Dongxuan Zhenjun, who had said that he would delete Xu Shu after the money was paid, did not break his promise and deleted Xu Shu quickly.

She is really trustworthy.

But before deleting the friend, he reminded me, "You should keep Yu Mingluan as your friend. If you have any questions, you can talk to him. I have already told him."

Of course Xu Shu expressed his gratitude again.

Xu Shu guessed that the other party left such a message because he had encountered the esoteric priests summoning the devil twice in a row, which made Melanie suspicious.

Speaking of esoteric Buddhism, it is quite interesting.

If we dig deeper, we may find that these secret religions have existed in human history for hundreds or thousands of years. However, it was not until the years of the catastrophe that they began to pose a real threat to all of humanity on a large scale and in a serious manner.

Three years before the disaster, the "Holy Temple" suddenly fell. This event was recorded in all major history books without any deliberate concealment, so Xu Shu naturally knew about it.

Before the fall, the temple believed in one true God who was omniscient and omnipotent: the Creator.

It is somewhat similar to the "Spiritual Cult", the predecessor of the Savior Army, but in terms of power, the Temple is the largest supernatural force in the Western world.

However, its fall came without any warning.

The history books say that in the year 2121, there was still a long time before the great catastrophe. Suddenly one day, all the Bibles were mysteriously burned overnight, all the churches under the temple collapsed, and all the extraordinary people above the level of bishops died mysteriously!

This incident was hailed as one of the signs of the coming of the "Great Cataclysm" at the time.

After the fall of the temple, a large number of believers became extremely spiritually empty and confused. Even after the temple was taken under the shelter of the Church of Dawn and partially reorganized, it was unable to bring them back.

These people believed that the Lord had abandoned them, so they abandoned the only true God who had abandoned them and turned to devil worship. All kinds of inexplicable cult organizations sprang up like mushrooms after a rain, and were named after their founders.

Many of these messy and complex cult organizations still exist today and are the basic components of the four major esoteric religions.

For example, there was once a very powerful cult called the Arthas Cult, which claimed that there was no good or evil in the world, no real order, only desire was real and existed, and that by sacrificing five natural sacrifices - a girl, a gambler, a criminal, a scholar, and a whore - a great master could be summoned to satisfy all of everyone's desires.

This sect once flourished all over the earth, and through sacrifices in various countries, it summoned many real demons, causing great trouble to the newly established governing authority.

And to this day, the Astronomical Society has become the only community manager for all of humanity. This esoteric religion is still alive and well, like a stink bug, annoying but still able to survive.

Of course, these are things to follow.

"Master Nini is using me as a monster-luring herb to attract monsters. Is she trying to invest in me? Anyway, she is just ordering others around, so she won't get tired herself, haha." Xu Shu quickly figured out the reason.

He was not angry either. Yu Mingluan was very capable and a very good partner. There was no need for him to be so pretentious.

Judging from the sense of oppression created, Yu Mingluan’s strength may be about the same level as Lance.

There are also strong people in the third level.

It's a waste not to hold on to a thigh that's given to you for free.

The prerequisite is that he doesn't keep urging me to join their religion. Oh, this is also a troublesome thing.

Xu Shu shook his head and put these things behind him.

Randomly, he clicked on another friend of his in the astronomy club.

Li Tao is a "notary" of the D8B3 District Astronomical Society.

Xu Shu quickly sent him a message, telling him that he had opened the trading area and asked him to send the bounty for Xiang Yin over.

His response was not as prompt as Melanie's. It took more than an hour before he finally replied and the money was transferred smoothly.

Then Xu Shu deleted him.

"This guy started crying for no apparent reason when he saw the bounty on Lu Bingwei that day. There must be something fishy going on. Either he has a grudge against Lu Bingwei, or they have an old grudge. But it has nothing to do with me~"

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In the safe zone, Li Tao, who was called up to work overtime in the middle of the night, looked at the moon outside the window for a long time, sighed with red and swollen eyes, and typed: "Thank you."

【Tip: Sending failed, please add the other party as a friend first. 】

"???"

Li Tao's sadness froze on his face in an instant, and he looked confused.

what?
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"In this way, I still have 182 points left to contribute. If converted into cash, at a 1% increase, it would be almost 200 million."

"This is more than the wealth that most people in this world can save in their lifetime. This is the confidence that Chaofan has given me."

"Of course, this is far from enough~"

After closing the private chat interface, Xu Shu couldn't help but smile as he watched himself upgrade to the network.

He once had more than two million yuan in cash, but he used it all to treat his adoptive father's illness. After using it all up, he still owed one hundred thousand yuan.

But now, these 182 contribution points are real accumulation.

I finally turned my financial burden into wealth.

Come to think of it, so much time has passed, and Aunt Yueming’s twin sister should have recovered from her adoptive father’s illness.

Xu Shu thought that his adoptive parents had not lived alone for a long time, so he might as well wait until the weekend to go back and give them some space to be alone.

It just so happens that I have a chance recently, so I can get some erosion crystals and try to raise my level directly to level 20 when I return to the city, and it would be best if I have already obtained the alien mark.

In this way, the martial artist's seal required for Dao Biao Wang Teng's advancement can be prepared.

Thinking of this, Xu Shu opened the prop column of the Taichu Volume and pondered for a while.

The martial artist's Xuan Zhang [Bloodline] is epic and can be used to engrave new entries on the flawless-level curse.

A flawless-level curse seal only requires a blue excellent-level talisman (curse crystal) and a flawless-level mark to create.

To be on the safe side, Xu Shu decided not to use the dual-path seal for Wang Teng, but to directly use the "Martial Artist" seal + "Martial Artist" Xuan Chapter to avoid the huge trouble of subsequent upgrades and advancements like himself.

"But..."

Xu Shu stroked the Taichu volume [Opened 0/3 times today], but this time his face did not show the expression of anxious hope for dawn for the first time in a long time. Instead, he had a faint smile on his face.

After all, if he originally wanted to obtain the curse seal, he had only one way, which was to draw two legendaries in the Taichu Volume.

Get the Mark Altar, then complete the sacrifice and get the "Mark".

But in that case, the most troublesome thing is to keep "trial and error". After all, the mark altar produced by the legend cannot be controlled by the profession to which it belongs, and it is an event with great randomness.

And the quality is also a problem. According to preliminary judgment, there is a high possibility that the quality of the fate pool can be improved due to the potential high-quality dangers around, but it is not completely certain and further exploration is needed.

But now, with the trading zone, many problems can be easily solved.

"Haha, let me find out the price of the purple curse seal and the purple talisman."

According to Xu Shu, the price of the two should be similar, and the latter may even be more expensive.

In terms of scarcity, perhaps the semi-finished purple talisman is even rarer.

Because the synthesis path of purple seal = blue spell + purple mark.

However, the purple talisman can be combined with the epic golden seal to form an epic curse.

The potential is different. Thinking of this, Xu Shu opened the trading zone channel again, searched for a while, and soon found the guy who called "Tianshi Mansion Counter" that he had noticed, and went in to look at his cabinet.

Among the three major components of the Astronomical Society, the Taoist sect produces "talismans" and the academy provides various "seals", which cooperate with each other.

The Tianshi Mansion is one of the branches of Taoism.

Since it is an official company specializing in making talismans, I guess the prices can be used as a reference.

Xu Shu clicked on it and saw that there was indeed a column selling curse seals.

There are classifications from white-grade curse seals to purple-grade curse seals.

Of course, the window for the purple category shows [Sold Out] and is empty. It seems that either it is out of stock, or if it was actually in stock, it was sold out.

And the price is hard to describe.

A second-level, green, high-quality curse seal costs more than 100 contribution points, and a blue curse seal costs at least 200 contribution points.

Even this is just ordinary stuff.

If you want better quality, you have to chat with them privately to discuss the price.

As for the first-level curse seal, it seems that no one sets up a special window to sell it. It may be because most people obtain the first-level curse seal directly from the Bureau of Control, so there is no market for selling it alone.

Just like in Xu Shu's previous life, there would be a large number of booksellers selling various extracurricular and advanced extension course textbooks, but "compulsory education textbooks" were sold by weight.

But it is estimated that a first-level spell would require fifty contributions.

No, why don't they go and rob? Xu Shu's mouth twitched, and the faint smile disappeared.

A first-order white erosion crystal can be directly exchanged for about 4 points in the array, and on the trading market, it can only be exchanged for less than 5 or 6 points at most.

Add a mark and sell it for 10 times the price... Uh, it seems that the mark requires sacrifice to obtain...

"It's in exchange for human life... It seems cheap by that calculation, haha. But I guess the stall price can be bargained for."

Xu Shu pondered for a while and did not directly find the excellent semi-finished product "Talisman" for sale at the stall.

Although some people are selling curse crystals, I haven't found any of blue quality or above.

I went through several people's windows and looked out, all I could see was green.

The prices were all similar. Basically, they ranged from a few dozen points to over a hundred points, and they varied from one to another. Surprisingly, the prices did not seem to be more expensive than the curse seal, which made Xu Shu miscalculate.

"Are blue and above quality ones very scarce?"

In fact, this is consistent with Xu Shu's speculation. The higher the quality of the product, the rarer the semi-finished "talismans" and "seals" are than the finished "curse seals".

Or just like some games he remembered, as soon as a certain type of prop was put on the trading floor, it would be swept away by "dealers" and then sold at a unified high price.

This really made him feel very upset.

He doesn't have that much time to scan the list every day.

"This damn studio is so confusing! It seems that I can only let it go or trade with people one-on-one to get it."

"However, since the starting price of a blue-quality curse seal is almost one to two million (1-200 contributions), can't I make a fortune from this?"

"Two draws from Legendary, about 2 sacrificed lives, and a green erosion crystal made into a spell, can be exchanged for 10 million?"

"It can be seen that in the concept of the Astronomical Society, high-quality marks are the most difficult things to obtain. They control it very strictly."

Xu Shu took out an altar with the mark of the "Ferryman" that he had obtained when he played Godzilla not long ago, and his eyes gradually fell into deep thought.

After a moment, he opened the private chat interface.

Found a Taoist nun friend of mine.

Send a message asking:
"Are you there, sister? Can you cast a spell?"

……

……

"You go in and kill him,"

The man wearing a mask, black clothes, and several guns in his waist pocket looked at another younger, shorter man.

"No, big brother. I'm afraid of blood. Ugh~" Lin Ming, a short man who was about thirty years old, immediately covered his mouth and started pretending to roll his eyes. He actually foamed at the mouth.

"Damn, trash."

He kicked the short man down the stairs, and then said to Lin Qin next to him: "Go in and kill him, and we'll split the stuff in half!"

The heavily made-up hotel owner, Sister Qin, pointed at her face blankly: "Who? Me?"

"Yes, didn't you say so? This guy has a lot of valuable things on him, and you think he is definitely an inexperienced novice who just went out of town to pick up trash? You go and kill him, and I'll keep watch for you." The man said as a matter of course.

"No, no, no, Brother Jiang, don't joke with me. How can I, a woman, beat a strong young man?"

"Just shoot him with a gun and that'll be it."

"I can't shoot a gun!"

"You are so skilled at masturbating, but you can't shoot a gun? Humph, how can a woman who can run a hotel alone in the wasteland be so innocent? Do you think I'm stupid?"

"No, no, besides, I'm doing legitimate business. I only came here because you forced me to open the door. I'm just watching." Sister Qin waved her hands repeatedly.

“If you say so, I’ll be the only one getting the money this time.” The man pointed the gun at the woman’s head.

"...Brother Jiang, do we have to do this?" Lin Ming asked from behind.

"Stop talking nonsense. If you don't want to die, let your sister go in!"

The man handed Lin Qin a gun, and hid beside her, holding her waist and said, "Sister Qin, don't play tricks on me. If the job is done well, you will not lose your share! But if it is not done well, you and your brother will both die today!"

"I know...I know, Brother Jiang."

Lin Qin was crying in her heart, blaming herself for being too talkative tonight. She went back and complained to her brothers about the young man there.

Who could have thought that this brother of mine, who had done nothing but idleness and had been a bachelor all his life, would now have the guts to think of killing people and robbing?

But in the final analysis, it was the fault of this guy who called himself Brother Jiang!
If it weren't for him, his brothers would have the guts to flirt with a decent woman, but they would never do this...

She glanced back, wondering if she could take the opportunity to turn around and shoot this guy.

However, the other party was very cautious and experienced and obviously would not give her this opportunity.

Seeing that after causing trouble, the man just hid behind and watched his younger brother like a coward, Lin Qin sighed in his heart and silently apologized to the man in the room.

I'm sorry, handsome boy. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself. You didn't know the seriousness of the matter. You picked up a good thing while scavenging, but didn't hurry back to the city. You wandered around in this strange place alone, carrying a bulging bag that attracted people's attention. Don't blame me if you die. I just want to live on. In the next life, remember not to show off your wealth when you go out...

Lin Qin convinced himself in his heart, gently opened the lock with the key, skillfully pulled the safety of the pistol, and the moment he opened the door, he fired three shots at the raised part of the bed.

"Sister Qin, you're quite capable!" Brother Jiang's eyes lit up.

Two shots to the chest and one shot to the head. This is the standard "Mozambique three-shot method" (Note 1)

This woman is definitely not using a gun for the first time, she is an expert!

At this time, Lin Ming came over and said, "Brother Jiang, look, I told you there's a treasure. Look at the jade Buddha beside his bed! It's worth a lot of money!"

"Ok?"

Hearing this, the three of them looked inside the house together.

Under the moonlight, I saw a small and exquisite Buddha statue, less than a foot high, placed beside the bed, facing the direction of the door.

She is so lifelike that one glance at her makes people feel as if a real Bodhisattva has really descended to the world, and they can't help but bow down in worship.

But one eye was dark and misty and full of charm, while the other eye was scarlet and contained cunning and ferociousness.

These three completely different "faces" appear contradictory yet harmoniously on the same face.

With all these things, it is hard to imagine how high the artistic attainments of the craftsman who carved it must have been.

The three of them stared at her quietly.

The next moment, their collars, belts, cuffs and other clothing began to move.

died.

(End of this chapter)