Chapter 424: It's Damn Cheap
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Xu Que was confused by what the Ice Queen had told him before disappearing.
The Water Empress is not in danger now, but she will be in danger in the future? The Ice Queen can predict the future?
Thinking, he shook his head.
Anyway, at least the Water Empress is not in danger now. I should just wait until she comes back, then I will ask her myself.
Now it is time for me to upgrade my magic inscriptions.
Recently, Xu Que's body had become much stronger as he had been practicing the Hell King's Prison Suppression Style, as well as techniques from the Killer Book, the Killer Sword and the Buddha's Fiery Lotus. Now no one of his stage would be able to defeat him, and he would be able to kill someone at a higher stage.
However, after being tricked by Liu Jingning, he realized that his current magic inscriptions should be upgraded.
"It seems that staying in the five nations can no longer really help me accumulate Acting Tough Points," Xu Que murmured and summoned the System.
On the screen, he pressed the 'Skill' button, and chose the Celestial Stage. With the Acting Tough Points he got, he could buy any magic inscription that he wanted.
In the Celestial Stage, most of the inscriptions were subsidiary ones that could not quickly kill an enemy.
Soon, he spotted a inscription he liked.
The Shadowmeld of Three Thousand Thunders.
It was a tactic of the Advanced Earth Rank in the Fight Break Spheres. In the Sphere of Immortals, it could be regarded as a high-grade celestial art.
After a while, the host would be able to create a thunder shadowmeld of their own. After fully mastering this tactic, the shadowmeld could become as strong as the host, and the host would be able to control it with his Soul Strength. As long as the host lived, the shadowmeld would not die. But the host would have to master the Three Thousand Volts Lightning first!
Price: 300 Acting Tough Points…
"This is nice. I will take this. But the Sky Rank is the highest rank the System has? Well, I just feel like I have overestimated this System," Xu Que said and bought this the Shadowmeld of Three Thousand Thunders.
After all, he had mastered many powerful magic inscriptions, but with these inscriptions, he would only be able to kill someone who was one level above him.
The System replied, "To buy magic inscriptions of a higher grade, you must upgrade the entire System. This will cost you twenty thousand Acting Tough Points."
"No, no, no, no. I will not upgrade the System!" Xu Que refused.
It was simply too expensive…
If I had not bought the Shadowmeld of Three Thousand Thunders, I would probably upgrade this System. Now that I might be able to have a shadowmeld of my own, in the future, I will just rely on my shadowmeld. If it loses, I will still be able to fight. And as long as I am alive, it would not die…
However, when he bought the Shadowmeld of Three Thousand Thunders, he found that his Skill Essence had almost been completely consumed. There were only around ten points left.
All these years, he had been stealing magic inscriptions from others' treasure vaults, and as soon as he had gotten them he would immediately let the System recycle them in order to obtain Skill Essence. With Skill Essence, he would upgrade other magic inscriptions, such as the Three Thousand Volts Lightning, the Flame Devouring Wave and the Six Corporeal Forms.
As for magic inscriptions such as the Troop (one of the Nine Secrets) and the Buddha's Fiery Lotus, the process of upgrading had not been completed yet, since these inscriptions belonged to the Sky Rank and would require more Skill Essence.
As for the Shadowmeld of Three Thousand Thunders, the higher his proficiency was, the stronger his shadowmeld would be. When the degree of his proficiency reached ten percent, the shadowmeld would become as powerful as its host.
Due to this, Xu Que needed to exchange for Skill Essence with a huge number of magic inscriptions. Only then would he able to use Skill Essence to upgrade the Shadowmeld of Three Thousand Thunders.
…
The next morning, he left the palace and headed to the center of the city. He set up a wood plate and wrote a few lines of writing on it: 'buying various kinds of magic inscriptions for a high price!'
Most of the cultivators and citizens in the Imperial City did not know about Xu Que, so not many people had showed much interest in him before. But after setting up this plate, people began to show interest.
"High price?"
"Magic inscriptions are very precious, I don't think anyone would be willing to sell them."
"How naive this young man is! How many Spirit Stones has he got, really?"
Many people shook their heads and left. A few people asked him how much money he would give.
Seeing this, Xu Que was a bit unhappy and said, "Do not miss this opportunity. I am from the Exploding Heavens Faction and intend to buy magic inscriptions for a high price! Come and have a look!"
Then he summoned his system storage and poured out millions of low-quality Spirit Stones on the ground.
Throughout the years, he had killed countless people and gotten countless storage rings. There were not only millions of Spirit Stones of low quality, but also a great number of Spirit Stones of medium, high and top quality.
He had poured out millions of Spirit Stones of low quality to appeal to the people, and he had intend succeeded at stunning all the cultivators who were present.
Spirit Stones were the universal currency in the World of Cultivators. They could not only be used to enhance the abilities of their holders, but could also be used as a currency to buy either magic weapons or medicine.
The people from a few small-scale factions were also stunned. "Where has he come from? Does he just carry around a bunch Spirit Stones like this?"
"Can it be possible that he stole these stones from his home?"
"He is really bold. Although this is the Imperial City, there are still plenty of bad guys around here, especially these days."
"If he is seen by the Gang of Twelve of the Imperial City, he will definitely be robbed."
"A few days ago, a thug took a young girl away in a broad daylight and made her his concubine, but he was not arrested simply because his cousin was a member of the Gang of Twelve."
A middle-aged man walked forward and smiled. "Young man, I am the boss of Zhai Bao Ge, a store in which I sell all kinds of magic inscriptions. I am planning to leave here in a few days. If you have enough Spirit Stones to buy my store, I can sell it to you."
"Oh? How many magic inscriptions you have got in total?" Xu Que became interested.
"Around fifty books of them. One is of the Earth Rank, thirty are of the Black Rank and twenty are of Yellow Rank." the man said.
Xu Que was a bit upset. "Only one is of the Earth Rank? Well, never mind. I will buy them all. How many stones do you want?"
"Huh…" the man was speechless.
Only one is of the Earth Rank? What are you talking about? The magic inscription itself is very precious. The Zhai Bao Ge is a huge store in the city. Even if I had one of the Sky Rank, I would not possibly sell it to anyone else.
The man thought for a while and said, "Eight million Spirit Stones of low quality, what do you think? After all, my store is quite a famous one here."
Eight million Spirit Stones?
Everyone at present was surprised.
Can this young man really afford that?
In fact, the middle-aged man did not think Xu Que would have that many stones. He had been trying to sell his store for days and he had received no buyers yet. Now he had met Xu Que. Although he did not feel very positive about this, he still wanted to have a try.
"Fine! No problem! Eight million Spirit Stones equals to just eighty thousand Spirit Stones of medium quality. It's damn cheap!"