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Chapter 333: Seen from behind, Iron Clothes Final Move (asking for monthly ticket)

In fact, before entering the Xilu journey, Xu Shu only had 50 contribution points left.

These extra dozens of points were the killing rewards obtained from the previous suppression of the snake servants in Xinglong Village.

Except for the snake mother's clone which is a "dark creature" and has no killing reward, there are still other general snake servants - although they have all eaten the "sublimation pill" corroded by the snake mother's breath and have mutated to a certain extent, they are still "aliens".

"Speaking of which, I killed Edric and that Rashiem. Both of them were chosen by the devil. Logically, they should have received corresponding special rewards. Why didn't they give them to me?"

Xu Shu frowned and flipped through the "Battle Record" in the "System Message".

He soon discovered that the first "battle log" after arriving in Penglai District came from the snake cultivator in Xinglong Village, and the records before that all went back to the "Demon Hunter General" Song Nanshou who was killed earlier. All the messages before that were expired and cleared, but there was still no information about the two chosen ones of God.

After a little thought, Xu Shu could only give up in frustration. Of course, he also guessed the reason: when he killed Edric, he was in the underground ruins, and when he killed Rashiem, the upgrade drive was not turned on and the "signal" was blocked.

In other words, he was out of touch with the array at that time.

The results of the battle will naturally not be counted afterwards.

"Damn the devil's chosen one, he caused me to lose at least 200 million. I will take revenge sooner or later."

Xu Shu touched Alice's green lace viciously, and a lot of things poured out with a clang.

He looked quite serious as he sorted these things into categories and divided them into two parts.

One part was the proceeds from the suppression of bandits in Xinglong Village, including what looked like a considerable amount of cash, and a pile of erosion crystals that were mainly white and green, with a few blue ones, all of which were first-level.

I've calculated the value before, and all added up, it's about six million in cash.

The other one is the purple mist, which is also the most useful thing Xu Shu has now, a flawless level curse crystal.

There are four first-level curse crystals, two second-level curse crystals, and one second-level erosion crystal - the materials to be reserved for the advancement of the small account "Wang Teng", as well as the third-level materials he needs. They have all been listed separately so there will be no confusion.

After categorizing all the information that could be sold and placing them in front of him, Xu Shu took a deep breath, opened the private chat interface, found an old friend with whom he frequently traded, and pushed a pop-up message window.

The store owner of "Pangu Machinery", Lao Gang.

Speaking of Brother Gangzi, he seems to be reliable. He has been active on the Shengge network for many years and posts in the trading channel every day. Whenever Xu Shu finds him, he can respond quickly within minutes, almost like a robot that does not need to rest or eat.

This time, Lao Gang also didn't keep Xu Shu waiting for long, and he got a reply in less than three minutes.

"Hey, good evening, brother! You're visiting me so late at night, I guess you have something in mind for me, Lao Gang? Let me guess, is it another flawless level erosion crystal?" - Pangu Machinery Lao Gang.

When Xu Shu chatted with him, he used an "anonymous" identity, so Lao Gang still doesn't know who is on the other end.

But this did not prevent him from recognizing Xu Shu. After all, private messages could be kept forever.

"Boss Gang, I brought some good stuff this time." - Anonymous.

Having done business with Lao Gang many times, they have always gotten along quite well and the prices given were very fair, so Xu Shu has never suffered any loss.

Therefore, this time Xu Shu did not beat around the bush with him. He opened the virtual and real world of the trading platform and put all the purple materials into it on his side.

After being scanned by the upgraded network, Lao Gang on the other end also saw the holographic images of these items, as if they were right in front of him.

As one purple crystal after another was placed on the 'balance', Lao Gang's eyes changed from being calm at first, to a slight sense of joy immediately afterwards, until the last piece after piece of pure and rich purple completely filled his retina. Finally, he could no longer hold back and said in shock:
"Brother, let me ask you something. Did you steal the baby crib from some alien noble court? So many first- and second-order flawless crystals, what a big deal... Wait, this doesn't seem to be an ordinary erosion crystal. Could it be that this is..."

Xu Shu was slightly amused and said, "Lao Gang, we are old friends, is there any need for you to put on this show with me? Although this thing is good, I am afraid it will not be pleasing to your boss Gang."

"Haha, what are you talking about, brother! You are definitely the best customer for me. Without further ado, you are this!"

Gangzi sent a thumbs-up emoticon.

He then continued, "Curse crystals are quite rare. I got so many at once. Brother, you are taking care of my business so much. I won't say much about my gratitude. It's all in my heart!

"Pack everything here and I'll charge you 2800. Do you think this is a good idea?"

"2800..."

Xu Shu touched his chin.

In fact, before he came, he had already estimated it in his mind countless times. According to his previous trading experience with Lao Gang, the total value of these materials was originally estimated to be around 2700, which was still a little bit higher.

Now Brother Gangzi asked for 2800 right away, which was contributions higher than his psychological expectation. It was really quite realistic.

Seeing this, Xu Shu felt quite satisfied.

He was not the kind of person who was willing to spend too much time on such things. Since the other party was honest in his work, he would not break the rules, so the deal was settled immediately.

In addition, Xu Shu also set aside 200,000 yuan in cash as a reserve from the money from Xinglongzhuang, and let Lao Gang take all the adventures, including those first-level erosion crystals.

With the array as proof, Lao Gang generously covered the "express delivery fee", and the money and goods were settled, and the payment arrived in the account quickly.

Xu Shu’s income from this trip is 3350 contribution points!
For any second-level transcendent, this is a staggering amount of money. After all, for an ordinary second-level transcendent, such a large sum of money is enough for them to spend from the early second level all the way to the third level.

However, Xu Shu thought it was nothing special.

Next, he planned to take one step at a time and make impacting the third realm his top priority, so all these contribution points were intended to be used to buy cultivation resources.

His current second-order curse seal "Iron Armor" is at level 14. These more than 20 contribution points are actually just enough for him to obtain the erosion crystals required to upgrade the curse seal to level .

However, it is a little more than expected, so there should be one or two hundred points left after the upgrade.

Xu Shu was polite to Lao Gang, and then he took advantage of him a little and bought a batch of green "excellent" quality erosion crystals.

This time, because his level was higher, he chose full-level green crystals of levels 12-14. The price of each crystal reached 30, and when converted into contribution points, they were all above 25 points.

Considering that when level 13 was upgraded to level 14, the number of level 10 second-order crystals consumed reached eleven;
Xu Shu conservatively estimated that the consumption of the last six levels, from 14 to 20, should be close to one hundred.

Therefore, he did not hesitate and directly spent 2850 points to purchase second-order green crystals. On the basis of a sufficient quantity, he also saved a certain amount of surplus.

Although the second-order crystals have almost no effect on me after the successful promotion, it doesn't matter if I have too much. Anyway, I have traded with Lao Gang many times and we are both quite satisfied with each other. I can just refund the excess and make up for the shortfall after using it up.

It is better than setting a strict quantity limit and then finding out that it is not enough when you have used it up, and having to waste time running back here to make up for the shortfall of one or two dollars.

After the transaction was completed, Xu Shu's inventory quickly returned to a relatively normal 584 points.

He planned to keep this part.

As the level gets higher, not only does the consumption required for daily training increase, but the demand for some special props in the upgrade network will also increase sharply.

For example, when entering a relic, if the strength limit is the second-level relic, the price of an ordinary "incense burner" is only about two hundred points.

But if you want to enter a relic with a strength limit of level three, the price of the corresponding incense burner will rise sharply, and it will cost more than a thousand contribution points to buy it. Even then, you may not be able to buy a good one.

Xu Shu naturally also had to make a budget for his future advancement.

Thinking of this, he felt a little emotional, thinking of the snake cultivators in Xinglong Village who he had previously described as poor guys.

In fact, we can't really blame them for being poor. The ability of extraordinary people to make money is, of course, something that ordinary people can never catch up with in their entire lives, but extraordinary people also spend money like water.

Xu Shu happily put all the things into the Mao Mao Panties storage bag, thinking that he was still lucky. You know, snake cultivators have to keep a snake servant, which means doubling their expenses.

At least I can eat enough and my whole family won’t be hungry…

This thought had just come to my mind, but when I looked up, I saw Alice staring at me with her gem-like eyes.

After looking at it for a while, she said aggrievedly:

"Alice has been helping Xu Shu, selflessly contributing and working hard. Alice is good. Xu Shu only buys food for himself and doesn't buy anything for Miao. Xu Shu is bad!"

"Forehead……"

Xu Shu's face turned red.

This... is really hard to refute.

Ever since Alice followed him, she has never failed to do her job well.

It can be said that without Alice's help, Xu Shu would not have been able to fight in the previous battles and could only run for his life.

Anyway, he had enough food on hand, so he was not worried. Buying some green crystals was nothing. Thinking of this, he readily agreed: "Don't worry, since Lao Yu has handed you over to me, how can I let you starve?"

Alice immediately smiled: "Xu Shu raised me, Xu Shu is good!"

Xu Shu scratched his head, turned on the upgrade drive again, found Lao Gang, and was about to speak when his pupils suddenly shrank.

He realized that he had overlooked a very important issue.

That is, as a "succubus" of the third realm, Alice needs to practice, and the second-order crystals are of no effect on her. She must eat the third-order crystals.

As we all know, third-level crystals can only be found in the bodies of third-level monsters.

Indeed, there may be some special extraordinary people in the world who have underdeveloped limbs but extremely agile minds. They take unconventional approaches and can use special methods to force themselves to advance even if they are not qualified enough.

For example, Ji Yu's father, Ji Yang, was a transcendent with a white curse, but he used the "inner alchemy method" that he figured out somehow to forcibly get another piece of erosion crystal, established a connection, and became half a "second-level transcendent".

As a result, the unreasonable phenomenon of "white second-order crystals" appeared.

But the problem is that this kind of thing does not exist among normal "monsters".

In other words, there is no such thing as a "green third-order" crystal.

For all third-order crystals, the lowest quality starts from the blue "excellent" level!
Thinking of this, Xu Shu has already received Lao Gang's offer for a level 6 third-order crystal: 450 contributions, or 500 million in cash!
"Grass……"

Xu Shu's heart trembled violently.

At this moment, he really wanted to take back what he had just said.

But facing Alice's expectant eyes, he really couldn't go back on his word.

Moreover, he actually had several purple third-level spell crystals in his bag. Although they had to be spent, if he really counted the money, their value was nearly ten times higher than that of a blue crystal.

After all, the third level is already a watershed, and the gap between the flawless level and other qualities will widen dramatically.

After much hesitation, Xu Shu finally gritted his teeth and reluctantly bought the crystal for Alice.

"Thank you, meow!" Alice hugged the blue crystal that was bigger than her paw and happily crawled back into the cat bag. She was also very considerate and took the initiative to help Xu Shu zip up his bag.

Xu Shu's deposits also dropped rapidly, returning to less than 200.

He didn't ask any more questions. After he was fully prepared, he immediately left the transmission cabin.

As soon as I went out, a tiny guy who was only as tall as my waist blocked my way.

"Hey, stop! How dare you bump into me just now? Don't you know who I am?" The girl in the Aries mask asked arrogantly.

Uh, you're still waiting for me... Is it such a small matter...

Xu Shu frowned, his eyes swept over the other person's indescribable uniform robe and mask, his eyes rolled around, and he lowered his voice and said coldly: "Who are you? Get out of the way, I think you know the rules of the Star Tower."

After saying that, Xu Shu left quickly.

"Ah, isn't that the person from before?"

The Aries girl looked closely at Xu Shu's back.

Unfortunately, because of the Air Invisibility Mask, she couldn't remember any characteristics of the person before.

Although they came out of the same teleportation cabin and were wearing the "Xuan Xiao" mask, there was no way to be sure that he was the same person. Perhaps he had just flown here from somewhere else on a "plane ticket".

At the same time, because of the iron rules of the Star Tower, she did not dare to stop Xu Shu from causing trouble.

After all, with the arrow of "those who struggle in the Star Tower will be killed" hanging over their heads, no one in the Star Tower dares to go too far. Who knows if maliciously blocking someone's way is considered "struggle" in the eyes of the Star Tower?
This is not something you should try.

"Damn it, if I catch you, I will definitely..."

The girl gritted her teeth, but she had learned her lesson this time, and hurriedly pulled the hatch closed and slipped in, leaving no chance for others to take advantage.

Xu Shu didn't care about this little episode at all.

He walked among the crowd for a while, then found a corner exit to leave the Star Tower and returned to the hotel under the cover of night.

Because we are in a safe zone, we don't need to be as cautious as we are in the wasteland. Also, it is to avoid suspicion, after all, my sister is still a little older.

So, Xu Shu opened three rooms, one for his parents and one for him and his sister.

After returning to his residence, he sat cross-legged and closed his eyes to rest for a while.

When he opened his eyes again, he had adjusted his state. His eyes were as calm as spring water. As usual, he walked into the bathroom, picked up the erosion crystal and stuffed it into his trouser pocket.

There are too many things to do during the day and no time to practice, so we must make use of the time at night.

As for sleeping...

Never mind, you won’t die from a few days of less sleep!
As the sit-ups started, Xu Shu's body radiated with vitality, constantly repairing the erosion caused by swallowing the crystals.

Just like the occasional screams from the beds upstairs and downstairs, for Xu Shu, this was undoubtedly another night of sweating.

……

There is no time in cultivation.

Xu Shu once again pulled himself out of the crazy desire brought about by the increased degree of erosion. When he got up from the ground, it was already noon outside.

This time he remembered the lesson learned. He did not indulge in the pleasure brought by the pain, nor did he lose himself in the desire brought by the obvious improvement in strength. Instead, he gritted his teeth and stuck to his original intention.

When he felt his spirit was almost tingling and exhausted, he immediately forced himself to stop swallowing the crystals.

After resting for a while and waking up from a huge trance, Xu Shu felt an obvious increase in instinctive memory in his body. He thoughtfully turned on the upgrade drive and began to check.

* Upgraded network
*Gu Pan (Taichu), Level 2 Iron Armor

*Contributions: 134
[First-level Curse: Hercule (Legend) // Level: 20/20]

[Second-level Curse Seal: Iron Armor (Legendary) // Level: 17/20]

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"Sure enough, upgrading three levels at once is still a bit of a big loss for me."

"Fortunately, there was a surplus from the last upgrade, so strictly speaking, this upgrade is not three levels, but two and a half levels!"

"I'm already level 17, having reached the 'bottom line' of level 16. The two extra memories in my mind are indeed abilities gained through a new breakthrough..."

Xu Shu was not in a hurry. Instead, he finished washing up and then quietly sat down on the bed. While he was trying to understand the usage of his new ability, he opened the details of the curse and carefully read the relevant description.

[Entry 1: Yangshen (Epic)]

* Talents: Spiritual Perception; Blood Sky; Eight Diagrams: The Sublime Kun (Breakthrough Skill)...

[Entry 2: Madman (Legend)]

*Talents: Iron-boned; Iron-clad; Domineering; Love-loving; Sad farewell...

As the details of the curse opened, Xu Shu also saw information about his two new abilities.

The new unique skill belonging to "Iron Armor", which is also the last unique skill of this curse, was the first to appear on paper.

He suddenly remembered that there was a time when he seemed to vaguely feel that this ability was about to be realized first, but in the end he still got the bottom line, and he has been brooding over it ever since.

Now that he had seen the truth, Xu Shu's gaze gradually froze. He thought to himself, so that's how it is. No wonder he always had a vague feeling of wanting a breakthrough during the desperate battle. It turned out to be due to his state of mind.

Now, it has finally come to fruition and appears before our eyes, named:——

"The killing intent is burning!"

(End of this chapter)