Chapter 231
First of all, Lucia had no obligation to inform her about the tower, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that, in Lucia's eyes, the real challenge might not be climbing the tower, but rather obtaining the Moon Sand from "Destiny Unpunctual" under the watchful eyes of the crowd... So she only asked her to give it her all for three attempts.
However, the reason she didn’t truly doubt Lucia was ultimately because the punishment from the Oath Gem wasn’t severe.
Yu Xunge maintained the same respectful attitude as before, saying, “It was an unexpected gain.”
Lucia didn’t ask further. She began teaching Yu Xunge how to brew the "Golden Killer." This potion was different from "Melting Time." While both were master-level potions, the difficulty of the latter lay in the complex and varied handling of materials, whereas the former was challenging due to the brewing techniques.
Yu Xunge spent the afternoon with Lucia, during which she drank two bottles of "Melting Time." When she left Lucia's house, she felt as if she had just touched alchemy for the first time.
She released Tulan to let it stretch its tentacles; since she was here, she wanted to visit the Dark City to find Hufflepuff.
Tulan transformed into a small jellyfish and nestled in the collar of Yu Xunge's clothes, whispering, “Do we have enough money to get back?”
Suppressing a laugh, Yu Xunge replied, “What if we don’t have any money?”
Tulan suggested, “Then come with me to Dragon Island. We can pick up some trash to sell.”
Yu Xunge’s heart softened, and she paused, changing direction. She took Tulan to the largest mechanical store in the City of Eternal Day and bought one of every toy released in the past year. Since Zelan had arrived on Blue Star, Tulan hadn’t had a chance to explore the main city, and she probably hadn’t played with any of these.
Tulan clutched Yu Xunge’s collar, exclaiming, “No, no! Oh my gosh, this is too expensive! We’re struggling here! I can’t even play with all this! Look, look! That little automatic mech on the third shelf over there—how inconvenient would it be to bring it home? We won’t even have space for it!”
“…” Yu Xunge walked over to take a look, finding it was a limited edition priced at 858 gold. She handed it to the Moon Fox salesperson who had followed her, saying, “I’ll take this too.”
In the end, she spent over 1,300 gold, and the salesperson even threw in an 85-slot storage box specifically for toys.
As they stepped out of the store, Tulan’s voice trembled with excitement, “Mommy!!!”
Even when Shengbei Beisnow had taken her shopping before, it was just to let her pick a few items. How could she be so extravagant this time, saying to wrap up all the new products released this year? Wasn’t this just like the domineering CEO in the novels that Qiuguo recommended?!
Yu Xunge, feeling a bit guilty, glanced around nervously, “Don’t shout! If Shengbei hears, I might as well not live anymore!” She added, “Don’t worry, I can afford to take care of you. Don’t stress about money.” I’m committing crimes out here to support you.
Tulan’s voice turned sweet as honey. She patted Yu Xunge’s collar with her jellyfish tentacles, her jellyfish head shyly leaning against Yu Xunge, “Darling, I’ll do whatever you say~”
Yu Xunge: “……………”
Thinking of Hufflepuff and Little Maqi, Yu Xunge returned to the store. At Tulan’s suggestion, she picked out a fun game console for Little Maqi and bought Hufflepuff a clock that told a Minotaur joke every hour.
When Hufflepuff received the clock, it happened to be the top of the hour.
The Minotaur clock let out a moo and began: “The last song of the program is called ‘All Kids Are Purely My Brothers’ and is dedicated to the Alchemy Maniac by the King of Minotaurs. He said, I’m not an alchemical material…”
“Smack—” Yu Xunge slammed her fist down on the toy.
Seriously, this wasn’t a Minotaur joke; it was a Hufflepuff joke.
To her surprise, with her strength now at 857 after equipping her gear, she didn’t break it! What kind of quality was this? The goblin craftsmanship was truly remarkable.
Yu Xunge quickly stood up and pounded it seven or eight times before finally smashing the toy to pieces.
She awkwardly smiled as she collected the shards, “Wrong item, sorry.” After that, she took out 5 grams of Moon Sand and handed it over. Glancing at Hufflepuff’s expression, she gritted her teeth and added another 5 grams that she had planned to give to Dinghai… She would just repackage it when she got back.
Hufflepuff scoffed, lowering the hand he had raised, “You’ve saved your own skin.”
**Chapter 300: You Really Can’t Help But Admire Your Character**
Upon hearing that Yu Xunge had started learning "Golden Killer" from Lucia, Hufflepuff said nothing more and handed her two notebooks, “Here, this is your next stage of coursework. Don’t forget the three notebooks from last time; I’ll check them all together next month.”
Yu Xunge took the notebooks with a subtle expression, feeling as if this was a bit of a competition.
But no matter what, she was open to this learning task.
After leaving the alchemy shop, Yu Xunge sent Tulan back to her space; she had something important to do.
She turned around the corner, drank a bottle of "Melting Time," and reactivated "Out and About, Identity Given by Myself." She was still a little owl, but now she looked different, and she casually updated her information as well.
Although "Golden Killer" and "Melting Time" had no common ground, Lucia liked to teach her some of her unique tricks during lessons, and Hufflepuff’s habit probably came from Lucia.
After finishing the afternoon class, although she still had no clue about "Golden Killer," she felt she would soon be able to brew "Melting Time." At this moment, using it didn’t hurt her heart.
Yu Xunge teleported to the City of Eternal Night, wandering near the tower while using "I Want to Progress Too" on passing strangers. After an hour, she had gathered quite a bit of equipment and money, along with two points of agility and one point of intelligence.
What pleased her most was that she had actually stolen a few “secrets” from the guards outside the tower, one of which happened to be related to the tower.
— “On the 15th of next month, the three great Owl Emperors will actually be absent. If it just so happens that an owl climbs to the top that day, will Lord Taoli have to impersonate an Owl Emperor? Won’t everyone find out…”
The 15th? Could it be the World Battlefield?
Xiao Zhao! We have hope now, Xiao Zhao!!!
After obtaining this secret, Yu Xunge immediately stood at the street corner and sent the news about “the three great Owl Emperors being absent on the 15th” to Zhao Shuying. To be safe, she added, “This information cannot be confirmed for authenticity.” She believed Dinghai would have a way to verify the news.
If all three Owl Emperors were absent on the 15th and most of the owls were busy celebrating, then this mission should ideally be controlled to climb the tower on the 15th—if they could succeed, it would be the least dangerous arrangement.
When Yu Xunge returned to Blue Star, Zhao Shuying’s reply had also arrived. The news was confirmed to be true, and the mission was moved up to the early morning of December 12th, with all seven teams, including Yu Xunge, entering the tower that day.
As the mission date drew closer, Yu Xunge didn’t dare waste any more time. She studied "Melting Time" in the morning and went to Zelan to attend class with Lucia in the afternoon. By the 14th, she finally succeeded in making her first bottle of "Melting Time," which relieved her a lot, as it lowered her future costs for going to Zelan.
In fact, Zelan did have items that could reduce cooldown times, but most were food or herbs, which were quite expensive, often costing seven or eight gold coins, and the reduction in cooldown time wasn’t significant. With that money, it was better to buy a few more skills to keep them cycling during combat.
Although "Melting Time" was troublesome to make, from handling the herbs to brewing the final product, the entire process took two hours, but the actual cost of each potion was less than 3 gold. Moreover, once she became proficient, she could handle multiple batches of herbs simultaneously and brew ten pots at once, with each pot yielding two bottles.
She shook the potion bottle in the light, admiring its enchanting hue with satisfaction.
“Smack!” Tulan popped out from the pet space. Recently, she had been flying to the mahjong parlor every day to play with the uncles and aunts. When they finished, she would return home directly through the pet space, becoming a local spectacle. Fortunately, the "Nameless One" could keep the situation under control; entering to play mahjong was fine, but chasing dragons was not allowed.
After Tulan emerged from the space, she pulled out a large basket of vegetables, “Aunt Wang sent these for you!”
Yu Xunge scanned Tulan from head to toe, noticing the LV scarf around her neck—gifted by Aunt Wang; the diamond-studded sunglasses on her head—gifted by Uncle Wang; and the Patek Philippe watch on her dragon claw—gifted by Aunt Liu…
No wonder people online said she had raised Tulan into a spoiled brat…
Yu Xunge felt her eyes hurt a bit, “Did you give the gifts I asked you to take to those uncles and aunts?”
Tulan flicked the scarf behind her, “I did! I even sent several boxes of dragon dung to those aunts! They said the vegetables grown from it are especially fragrant! Here they are.”
“Alright, thank them for me. I’ve put some dishes in the fridge; remember to take them next time so we can all eat together.” After putting away the vegetables, Yu Xunge said, “Tomorrow I’m going to the Special Affairs Bureau to discuss the precautions for entering the tower and various code words. You should come with me.”
Tulan asked, “Don’t you have a contact list? Can’t you just rely on that to communicate once you’re inside?”
Yu Xunge replied, “I’m worried it won’t work inside. These are backup plans.”
“Okay.” Tulan took out her phone, “I’ll let my friends know that I can’t play mahjong tomorrow.”
Yu Xunge pressed her temples, reassuring herself that as long as Tulan didn’t follow her to dance in the square, she could do whatever she wanted… Besides, she really wanted to play mahjong too.
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