Chapter 282
“If we can’t do that, let’s take a step back and buy the potion recipes from her. She won’t refuse Ding Hai four times in a row. She’ll ask what kind of effect and what level of potion you want. You can let her recommend, and we’ll pay a high price.”
After saying this, she pulled her hand away from the glass and addressed everyone present: “There’s no time left. She has already grown. Someone who can endure and hide, once they decide to surface, it means they are ready to strike.
“She no longer needs to borrow strength from Ding Hai.”
This was both an explanation and a warning.
Just as Yu Zhao Hai had anticipated, after refusing the deal for the resurrection skill crystal, when Zhao Shu Ying asked if she could buy some potion recipes, Yu Xun Ge’s expression changed repeatedly, the eagerness in her eyes dimming.
But it was hard to refuse now; she tugged at her hair in frustration.
If Ding Hai had dared to show a bit of aggression, she could have used this conflict to demonstrate her strength, warning them not to covet what she held. But Ding Hai had taken a step back, and their attitude was extremely friendly… Yu Xun Ge wasn’t the type to stir up trouble for no reason.
She had already turned down Ding Hai several times today—once for teaming up to explore the ocean depths, once for selling moon sand, and finally for refusing to sell the resurrection skill. Not to mention, even if she wanted to sell it, she couldn’t…
She sighed, “What kind of effect and what level of potion recipes do you want?”
Hearing Yu Xun Ge’s weak voice, Zhao Shu Ying looked up and noticed a glimmer of amusement in Yu Zhao Hai’s eyes.
Not going to extremes, knowing when to yield and endure when strength is lacking, and understanding the importance of choice—this niece was far more interesting than her own father.
Suppressing a laugh, Zhao Shu Ying said, “Do you have any recommendations?”
Yu Xun Ge calculated the potion recipes she currently knew: 80% were publicly available recipes from Ze Lan, 15% were original recipes from Lu Qiya and He Qi Pa, which she couldn’t sell, and the remaining were a few original recipes she had created in the tower, none of which were particularly impressive.
Finally, she said, “There are 17 combinations of acorn fruit. Some are for detoxification, some for inducing unconsciousness, some for explosions, some can release toxic mist, some can distinguish friend from foe, some can dispel illusions, and some can paralyze the opponent’s consciousness… The cost isn’t high; 30% of the fruits can be found in any dungeon with acorns.”
She had utilized the acorn fruit in many ways over nearly seven years, thanks to the skill she gained from the “Monthly Update.” Although a third of those uses leaned towards entertainment, there were still 45 highly practical combinations.
The 17 she offered were the most effective for battlefield use, and even if Ding Hai promoted them, given her current understanding of acorn fruit, these uses wouldn’t come back to harm her.
Yu Zhao Hai nodded slightly, and Zhao Shu Ying immediately asked, “We’ll take this batch. How much?”
Yu Xun Ge quoted a list of materials, all parts needed for “Spring’s Not Late” and “Golden Killer”: “I need 10 sets of these materials, plus 30 skill crystals that can predict the weather, and we’ll consider it a buyout.”
If these materials were bought directly from the auction house, each set would cost no less than 700 gold, but since some were intermediate jewelry products, Ding Hai could save money by having their jeweler craft them.
Since she had already refused Ding Hai, although maintaining a facade of peace, she couldn’t keep the dungeon screen upstairs any longer; she no longer needed it. Unfortunately, the level 3 dungeon had depreciated and wouldn’t sell for much. “Also, add the dungeon screen from my house upstairs. That makes a total of 50 weather skill crystals.”
Selling the dungeon from her villa’s rooftop? This was a very clear signal—Yu Xun Ge no longer needed Ding Hai.
Zhao Shu Ying glanced at Yu Zhao Hai, who nodded again.
Once the deal was finalized, Yu Xun Ge sent an email to Zhao Shu Ying, detailing the 17 combinations of acorn fruit and their peculiar uses. These combinations and methods were so bizarre that without the “Monthly Update,” even researchers would struggle to figure them out.
It was still before 9 PM when they hung up, but by nearly midnight, Zhao Shu Ying had sent everything over.
[Yu Xun Ge]: All safe? Great Emperor?
[Zhao Shu Ying]: Safe, no worries.
[Yu Xun Ge]: Ding Hai didn’t do anything to you, right?
[Zhao Shu Ying]: Just sliced me up; my brain is currently soaking in a jar while I talk to you.
[Yu Xun Ge]: …No wonder you were at work by 8 AM this morning.
[Zhao Shu Ying]: Ah! So that’s where the flaw was!
[Chapter 355: A Breakup (1/1)]
[Zhao Shu Ying]: Don’t worry, it’s fine. Although a few idiots wanted me to donate the Obsidian Wings to the research department, most people still have brains. I expect a few more teams will enter the tower soon.
[Yu Xun Ge]: They think this is a good thing? Want to use the tower for training?
[Zhao Shu Ying]: Yeah.
Yu Xun Ge wasn’t too surprised; the 11 alien races probably all did the same. However, the 11 races were reluctant to invest too much, both yearning for and wary of the tower… They wanted to uncover its secrets and replicate it, yet feared their elites might never return…
As for the acorns, they likely had no such reservations. As long as they didn’t go completely mad while exiting the tower, they could train strong individuals, and successfully reaching the top meant the spirits would be reborn in them, which they viewed as an honor.
[Zhao Shu Ying]: I’ve reported that the dungeon screen can be turned off. This information was gathered by the three of us—me, you, and Liang Yu Chuan. The rewards will come in due time.
[Yu Xun Ge]: You’re still Zhao Shu Ying.
[Zhao Shu Ying]: Is that a compliment?
[Yu Xun Ge]: Of course. I can’t do it, but I won’t mock you for your selflessness.
[Zhao Shu Ying]: I’m not selfless. I’m not planning to collect specific items with Ding Hai’s people. Continuing to cooperate? Plus Liang Yu Chuan?
[Yu Xun Ge]: Does she really have to be included?
[Zhao Shu Ying]: Hmm? You really don’t get along with her, huh? But she says you’re her closest friend, like family.
[Yu Xun Ge]: …………
[Zhao Shu Ying]: Alright, mainly because she has an S-level skill, “101 Dalmatian,” which can quickly find what she wants. We can let her handle those specific items while we slack off a bit.
Oh? That skill sounds pretty good! Yu Xun Ge indeed didn’t have the time or energy to collect those specific items, but she immediately sent a message to Liang Po Zhou, assigning him the task of gathering a few sets of specific items for her, regardless of level.
But she didn’t refuse Zhao Shu Ying’s suggestion; everything was still uncertain. She wanted to test whether there was a difference in difficulty and rewards between turning off the dungeon screen solo versus with a group.
After ending the conversation with Zhao Shu Ying, she quickly picked out the skill crystals Ding Hai had sent her. What she wanted was the weather prediction skill, but Ding Hai generously provided her with a skill that could change the weather.
[What Weather Do I Want to Create]: After using this skill, for the next minute, the type of attribute skill you use on the sky will directly determine the weather in your area for the next hour.
If she used a lightning-type skill, like a hundred thousand volts, it would mean that even if it wasn’t a thunderstorm, at least it would be a rainy day, right?
An hour was barely enough for her to fill 10 feathers with lightning power.
Unfortunately, that was far from enough; her orange-red wings had a total of 3,500 feathers.
In the tower, Feng Tang had helped her complete the wing transformation in just a month, likely due to the method being incomplete.
She suspected that if it weren’t to ensure that Feng Ran and her soul resonated more often and to make her dependent on them, like Su Yi Tong’s desire to become “Feng Mu,” Feng Tang might not have spent that month accompanying a “fake Feng Ran.”
Yu Xun Ge didn’t waste any time; she had Tu Lan deliver the mahjong machine she had been working on for the past few days. After Tu Lan left, glancing back three times, she entered the dungeon alone to clear and lock it, during which she also took out the Mind Catcher to play a round.
[Truth or Dare?]
Yu Xun Ge chose Dare.
—“Propose to your enemy.”
Could Mi Ya Si be driven mad by this? Is this the bone of Mi Ya Si’s own hand? Or is Mi Ya Si just a pervert?
Yu Xun Ge immediately chose to skip the game.
[A Breakup (1/1)]: Select two targets; using this skill can evoke their dissatisfaction with each other. If their bond is strong and there’s no dissatisfaction, in the next three days, they will discover the secrets the other most wishes to keep hidden.
This skill could only be described as barely useful, as the secrets one doesn’t want the other to know aren’t necessarily about having wronged them. So if their bond is truly strong, this skill wouldn’t work, but it’s still decent.
So far, the skills from the Mind Catcher had been quite good.
Yu Xun Ge stayed in the dungeon until late at night, using 10 of the “What Weather Do I Want to Create” skill crystals to ignite 100 feathers.
Of the eight wing bones, she only ignited the tip of the shortest one, and that feather looked more vibrant and real.
The “feather” that resembled flames appeared to have a certain fluffiness typical of feathers, and from a distance, it even seemed to have a light, fluffy quality.
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