Chapter 460
Zhao Shuying looked at Yu Xunge's expression, which revealed no hint of joy or anger, and thought to herself that she didn’t know what qualities the commander believed a leader should possess. But if the leader were Yu Xunge, she would willingly follow her, forever.
Yu Xunge had a way of touching her in certain moments.
A mere flicker of compassion from a strong person could stir the heart more than a thousand words from the weak, surpassing even the selfless devotion of the latter.
It was cruel, but it was the truth; even more cruel was the fact that the former often held more value than the latter.
With this thought, Zhao Shuying began to understand why Yu Zhaohai had always urged her to guide Yu Xunge, to help her learn how to be an upper-tier leader.
Perhaps Yu Zhaohai had already seen through Yu Xunge's soft nature, which is why he hoped she could show a cold and tough side to the world, rather than bowing down and inviting unnecessary expectations and demands from everyone.
Only by remaining untouchable and high above could she move her followers when they caught a glimpse of her gentle and warm side.
Zhao Shuying smiled and replied, “Alright! I’ll remember that.”
Yu Xunge had Bai Gu and Hei Fei shrink in size to accompany Tu Lan in a go-kart race while she sat with Zhao Shuying at the edge of the track, discussing trade matters.
The catalog she held was more than three times thicker than the one Zhao Shuying had given her yesterday. She flipped through it casually, recalling that the previous transactions had similar catalogs, clearly not made of ordinary materials.
Yu Xunge asked, “Has there been any network-related divine talent skill that caused losses and troubles for Dinghai?”
Zhao Shuying wasn’t surprised by Yu Xunge’s sharpness. She nodded and replied, “Yes, there was a minor incident involving a foreign talent. Although it was resolved, many habits remained. The most important information only exists in special catalogs.”
Yu Xunge nodded, not pressing further, and began browsing through the catalog.
Unlike the best gift Dinghai could offer after Yu Xunge issued the legion order—a mere A-level skill and a legendary piece of equipment—Dinghai now had far more valuable items.
The first page featured an SS-level skill, but it was extremely rare, with only seven available.
Three attack skills, two defense skills, and one healing skill; Yu Xunge’s gaze lingered on the last skill.
**Chapter 580: Trade & [Regular Savings] & Golden Tree's Withered Leaves**
**[Regular Savings] (SS):** Upon activation, a magical rune can be drawn on any part of the body, which will automatically store 100 mana points every minute. The maximum storage limit is ten times the mana cap. Each activation and deactivation costs 10% of the mana, with no cooldown time.
This skill was quite good; saving 100 mana points per minute meant that over 24 hours, she could store up to 140,000 mana points. With her mana cap of just under 30,000, she could fill it in two days.
She certainly wouldn’t be in high-intensity battles every day, and these values could be adjusted…
She even suspected this skill was designed to complement [12-Month Interest-Free].
Yu Xunge pointed at the skill and said, “Keep this one.”
From the remaining five SS-level skills, she also chose the healing skill, as having more healing options was never a bad thing.
This healing skill was somewhat similar to Yang Zhi Gan Lu; it didn’t heal much but had an extremely short cooldown.
**[Give Me One More Song's Time] (SS):** Upon use, a shield appears around the player, capable of absorbing damage equal to 200% of their health. Once the shield is broken, the player immediately recovers 20% of their health and continues to recover 20% every minute for the next three minutes, with a cooldown of five minutes.
It was far inferior to [Help Me Up] and [Fourfold Spring], but having multiple options was still beneficial.
There was no doubt that the next divine game might introduce annoying mechanics that prohibited the use of SS-level skills.
As for the attack and defense skills, they weren’t particularly special, so she decided to wait and see if there were any unique skills before making a decision.
After spending over an hour, Yu Xunge finished browsing the entire catalog.
In addition to the two SS-level skills, she selected 45 S-level skills, of which only 20 were common attack, defense, and healing skills. The remaining 25 were various niche and obscure skills.
There were sealing skills that prohibited the use of S-level and below movement skills in a certain area, weather-altering skills, skills to create an invisible magical hut, and movement skills similar to Phantom Shift that required a medium for positioning, among others.
Besides these skill books, Yu Xunge also requested 120 sets of potion materials and 100 attribute points.
When Zhao Shuying received the list, she didn’t haggle like before but quickly sent a message. Soon, 47 skill books, 120 sets of potion materials, and 100 items that could increase attribute points were delivered to Yu Xunge.
Dinghai’s straightforwardness caught Yu Xunge off guard.
However, she didn’t think her asking price was high; the skill books that could only be learned by one player were far less valuable than the martial arts and magic books that could be learned by countless players. Dinghai surely knew which was more precious.
She handed over the 37 copied volumes of Yue Hu books to Zhao Shuying, saying, “You can take these back to study. As for extracting the 15 S-level skills and 30 A-level skills from them, I’ll need a day to organize. Otherwise, you might not understand them just by looking at the books.”
Zhao Shuying thought to herself that it was a good thing she hadn’t been stingy with Yu Xunge. Although she didn’t know where Yu Xunge had learned all this, the valuable knowledge was priceless.
Dinghai had no shortage of research geniuses, and perhaps they could develop something new to inscribe onto weapons.
Zhao Shuying accepted the books and handed Yu Xunge a bag of gold coins, saying, “This is the potion share from [Time Will Always Squeeze In].”
Yu Xunge directly stored it in her backpack and handed Zhao Shuying a list: “Do you need these potions and gems? The prices for the materials and crafting are listed.”
Zhao Shuying glanced at the list; all were master-level potions, including explosive potions, gems that could detect lies, potions that could shrink players, and potions that could transform players into water, mist, fire, or various elemental forms.
She looked at the prices and pushed the list back: “Not needed for now.”
The potions were excellent, and the prices were reasonable. Dinghai had to pay alchemists to craft potions, and moreover, they currently had no channels to find master-level alchemists. Yu Xunge was the most skilled alchemist they could access.
But the cost-effectiveness was too low; given the players’ current strength, using these potions would be a waste. Those gold coins could yield greater benefits elsewhere.
Yu Xunge didn’t press the issue. She intended to craft those potions anyway; no matter how busy she was, she couldn’t give up alchemy.
She simply pushed the list back: “Keep it with you. If you need it, just find me. Can I go to that prison dungeon anytime?”
Zhao Shuying replied, “Of course, just go whenever you want. No need for any credentials.” Yu Xunge’s face and her light wings were unique passes.
She then provided Yu Xunge with several addresses: “These also store the high-level dungeons collected by Dinghai. I can take you anytime, and you can go by yourself whenever you want.”
Yu Xunge called for Tu Lan and then pushed her toward Zhao Shuying, saying, “You go level up.” Then she turned to Zhao Shuying, “For any dungeons that need to refresh the unsealing time, just take Tu Lan with you. For the next seven days, she’s in your hands, anyone below level 30 is fine.”
As she spoke, she stuffed various potions and food into Tu Lan’s hands.
She didn’t specifically remind Tu Lan whether she could bring other players to level up in the dungeons; after all, even if she did, 99% of the experience would definitely go to Tu Lan, which was why Yu Xunge didn’t want to take her along.
As for the equipment dropped from the dungeons, Dinghai would surely send it to her.
Tu Lan was obedient, but her mind was on her engineering workshop: “You have to keep an eye on my workshop!”
Yu Xunge replied, “You’ll be back in just five minutes; it’s not like you can’t take a break.”
That was true, and Tu Lan immediately said to Zhao Shuying, “Then let’s go.”
Tu Lan silently asked Yu Xunge, “Can I use [I Really Want to Progress] while I’m in the dungeon?”
Yu Xunge replied, “Just focus on killing monsters and leveling up while you’re in there. After you come back, we can go to Zelan together to progress; it’ll be more efficient.”
Tu Lan: “Alright.”
After sending Tu Lan and Zhao Shuying off, Yu Xunge got back to work.
She returned to the prison dungeon to grind for luck.
By midnight, her luck had stopped increasing, stuck at: 10 (+48).
Adding the 51 points of luck she had from making skewers, the luck in parentheses was stuck at +99.
As she defeated the alien creatures beneath her, she had already switched out three different types, and even used [Steady Happiness], yet her luck still didn’t increase. She couldn’t help but think, “So luck can only go up to +99?”
B8017913 had remained silent since Yu Xunge started grinding for luck yesterday. Now that she asked, it replied, “This is the first time I’ve seen luck being ground like this; you’ve touched on my knowledge blind spot.”
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