Chapter 145 - 115: "Surely He Wouldn’t Kill His Own Stepmother, Right?
Chapter 145: Chapter 115: "Surely He Wouldn’t Kill His Own Stepmother, Right?
The night was deep and quiet.
Everyone in the camp was asleep. Even Hey Hey was snoring beside the Farmland, the wound on its head completely gone. It was sleeping soundly.
"..."
Chen Fan couldn’t help but chuckle as he looked at Hey Hey, which was curled up protectively around its porcelain vat by the Farmland.
He had learned the name of this Exotic Beast from Qi Feng.
Heaven-Swallowing Crocodile.
A very Rare Exotic Beast.
A faction’s foundation wasn’t just built on Exotic Treasures and connections, but also on information. For instance, in the few Ancient Texts he had obtained from the Pill Sect, he discovered a rather terrifying piece of news.
Everyone in Jiangbei was in agreement.
The Eternal Night had descended 378 years ago.
After that, the Eternal Night enveloped the entire continent, and Ghost Objects ravaged the world.
But—
—a fragment of the Ancient Texts from the Pill Sect recorded that the Eternal Night had first descended and ravaged the world 8,000 years ago. Many factions had joined forces to drive it back and restore peace.
But for some unknown reason, those factions gradually vanished from the world. No Cultivators were seen, no buildings left behind.
Then, a few years later—or 378 years ago from the present—the Eternal Night descended once more.
Ghost Objects once again ravaged the world.
This meant that the Eternal Night was not a one-time event. It was cyclical, like the tide.
Another key piece of information was also recorded: the Pill Sect had been secretly exploring a deep mountain in Jiangnan, suspecting they had found the ruins of a faction from Ancient Times. If they could find even a single Building Blueprint or Exotic Treasure there, it would surely be of a High Grade.
The whole thing felt a bit like...
’An old server shutting down and a new one opening up.’
However, before they could find any real clues, he had wiped out the Pill Sect.
This was the kind of deep knowledge he never would have learned so quickly if he hadn’t destroyed the Pill Sect.
And—
—another crucial piece of information.
The reason the Pill Sect had risen so quickly was that it had found the ruins of a faction from Ancient Times. Inside were the recipes for several buildings, including some Pill Formulas and Ghost Stones. Of course, the ruins of these ancient factions varied in strength, and this particular one had been weak, with nothing of high quality.
For example, crafting Ghost Fire required only a handful of withered grass and no other materials.
This crucial information was recorded plainly within the Pill Sect’s records.
"..."
Chen Fan walked silently toward the Warehouse. The Eternal Night was still fraught with peril. His goal was to turn Nameless Mountain, and even all of Jiangbei, into an absolute sanctuary, a shelter that no crisis could touch.
...
He stood before the Warehouse, inspecting the panels of the Exotic Treasures one by one.
The Exotic Treasures he was examining were still in their "unopened" state, showing no signs of having been appraised by an Appraiser.
Most of the "opened" Exotic Treasures were related to Alchemy.
For instance, some increased the quality of refined Elixirs.
Others increased the yield or reduced the failure rate.
There were also many defensive Exotic Treasures. His gaze fell upon one of the "opened" ones, which was shaped like a bolt of cloth.
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[Exotic Treasure Name]: Cloud Cloth.
[Exotic Treasure Level]: Green.
[Exotic Treasure Effect]: Can be used in a Level 7 Life Workshop to create robes. The resulting robes will have a defensive effect equivalent to a Level 1 City Wall. Can create 6-10 pieces.
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’Good stuff.’
The Life Workshop in the camp was currently only Level 5. He’d upgrade it tomorrow.
Besides that, there were many material-type Exotic Treasures.
For example:
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[Exotic Treasure Name]: Flame Stone.
[Exotic Treasure Level]: Green.
[Exotic Treasure Effect]: Can be used in a Level 6 Artifact Refining Workshop to forge weapons, Armor, etc. The resulting weapons will be Green Level Spirit Treasures. Can create 1-10 weapons.
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The camp didn’t have an Artifact Refining Workshop, as it required an Artifact Refiner to be present, and they didn’t have one.
Weapons came in different sizes.
The number that could be created varied accordingly.
If he made throwing darts, he could produce many, but for something like a Big Saber, he could only make a few. Armor would consume even more material.
By incorporating different materials, the resulting Spirit Treasures would also have different effects.
A Green Level Exotic Treasure was equivalent in power to a Green Level Spirit Treasure.
The only difference was that the former was dropped by Ghost Objects, while the latter was crafted by people.
There were quite a few other similar Forging Materials.
Scattered here and there.
Then there was that "opened" Yellow Level Exotic Treasure.
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[Exotic Treasure Name]: Dragon Head Staff.
[Exotic Treasure Level]: Yellow.
[Exotic Treasure Effect]: Wielding this Exotic Treasure increases one’s defensive capabilities, granting a defense equivalent to a Level 3 City Wall. If an attack exceeds this threshold, the staff will shatter and cannot be repaired.
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"..."
Chen Fan looked at the staff in his hand with a hint of delight. It was made entirely of Jade and felt weighty when swung. Its body resembled bamboo segments, and the head was a dragon-shaped handle. A fine Protective Spirit Treasure.
’Now I don’t have to worry so much about assassinations.’
What did a Level 3 City Wall even mean?
He had learned from the Pill Sect Jade Scroll that a Level 5 Ghost Object was called a "Ghost King," and a Level 10 Cultivator was called a "Martial King."
Wielding this staff, he could withstand several blows from a Ghost King.
He could even endure more than ten strikes from a Martial King.
"Not bad!"
He couldn’t help but praise it again. This was the only Yellow Level Exotic Treasure from the Pill Sect. It seemed that even in Jiangnan, Yellow Level Exotic Treasures were not so easy to come by.
It was also worth mentioning that there were two Green Level Mental Methods.
One was a Mental Method specifically suited for Alchemy Masters, while the other was for Cultivators. It offered a faster Cultivation Speed than Zhou Mo’s method, and there was no cost to switching.
’I’ll switch to the new Mental Method and cultivate after I get back from Jiangbei City tomorrow.’
He was currently a Level 2 Cultivator.
’I need to hurry up and reach Level 3 Cultivator.’
It wasn’t about gaining immense combat power. At the very least, his body would become more agile and his movements nimbler. If a faction’s leader ever had to personally step onto the battlefield, it basically meant that faction was on the brink of collapse. No matter how strong he became, how many could he fight alone?