ebonymovies Chapter 101 City Lord's Mansion, Mission
Chapter 101 City Lord's Mansion, Mission
Chapter 101 City Lord's Mansion, Mission
The third floor of Wanbaoge is made up of small rooms, each capable of accommodating a distinguished guest.
Manager Wang led Jack into one of the rooms and handed him a jade slip.
"Mr. Qiao, because top-grade celestial artifacts are valuable, they need to be properly stored and cannot be displayed casually. Please understand. This jade slip contains detailed information about all the top-grade celestial artifacts sold in our store. You can take a look, and if you are interested in any of them, we will go and get them for you."
Thank you.
Jerg took the jade slip, entered it with his divine sense, and quickly saw all the information in the jade slip.
Wanbaoge sells over three hundred high-grade celestial artifacts. Some of them were personally crafted by Master Liu Yun, a large portion were acquired by Wanbaoge, and a very small portion were crafted by Master Liu Yun's disciples. For example, Lü Qiubai, who crafted the "Crimson Fire Sword," also crafted some high-grade celestial artifacts, though in small quantities.
He is a master craftsman, and he can only successfully forge a top-grade divine artifact when he is in excellent condition.
After reading the contents of the jade slip, Jag looked up and said to Manager Wang, "Please, Manager Wang, bring me the 'Flying Snow' gloves."
"Flying Snow" Gloves, a superior celestial artifact, with the special effect "Frozen".
This superior-grade celestial artifact was crafted by Master Liu Yun. Among the many superior-grade celestial artifacts in the jade slip, it ranks among the top in terms of power. When attacking an opponent while wearing the "Flying Snow" gloves, in addition to the basic attack power, it can also cause the opponent's body to be "frozen".
This superior-grade celestial artifact is priced at 15 billion low-grade divine stones. Generally, a superior-grade celestial artifact costs 10 billion low-grade divine stones, so this "Flying Snow" glove is much more expensive.
"Mr. Qiao, please wait a moment."
Manager Wang left the room and soon returned carrying a brocade box in both hands.
The brocade box looked ordinary, but it was actually engraved with a sealing formation. Without knowing the method, it would be difficult to open the box.
Shopkeeper Wang tapped the brocade box repeatedly, and divine power entered the box's array. Before long, the lid of the box popped open automatically, revealing a soft red brocade inside. On the brocade was a pair of pure white, almost transparent gloves, which seemed to be made of ice and snow and emitted a faint chill.
"Mr. Joe, these are the Snowflake gloves."
Jag held the Snowflake Gloves in his hands, examining and feeling them carefully.
"Not bad, it's about the same as my physical strength. My body is already comparable to a top-grade divine artifact, but it doesn't have any special effects." Jag finally confirmed the extent to which his body had reached.
"Although my bare-handed power is equivalent to using a top-grade divine artifact, it doesn't have any special effects. If I were to fight against an opponent who possesses a top-grade divine artifact, I would be at a disadvantage."
Jeremiah was somewhat troubled and couldn't help but consider buying a top-grade divine artifact.
A superior-grade divine artifact costs at least 10 billion low-grade divine stones. If it is more powerful, such as one with a special effect like "Spirit Devouring", the price will be even higher.
However, Jaeger could afford to buy it even if he wanted to. Since his last visit to the God Realm and his discovery that the main artifact was equivalent to a low-grade Heavenly Artifact, Jaeger had his five main god avatars nurture the main artifact while they were cultivating.
Nurturing a divine artifact is not difficult; it's nothing to a god and doesn't affect cultivation.
More than a million years have passed, and Jag has acquired tens of thousands of main artifacts.
Based on a price of one million low-grade divine stones per item, Jage's wealth has reached tens of billions of low-grade divine stones, enough to afford a high-grade celestial artifact.
"But there's no rush. Let's look at other top-grade divine artifacts before making a decision."
The best weapon-refining shop in Gongyang City is Wanbaoge, but the best top-grade divine artifacts may not be in Wanbaoge, because there is also the City Lord's Mansion.
Although Lord Gongyang is not skilled in weapon crafting, he is, after all, a God-King level expert, and has obtained a great many high-grade Heavenly Artifacts, which may be even better than those from Wanbaoge.
Jag had long heard that if he joined Gongyang City and earned military merits, he could exchange them for rewards such as divine stones and divine artifacts. Jag wanted to go to the city lord's mansion to take a look before making a decision.
"Oh, right." Jag suddenly remembered something and looked at Manager Wang.
"Manager Wang, does your shop sell Primordial Spiritual Treasures?"
"Primordial Spiritual Treasure?"
Manager Wang was taken aback, then smiled wryly and said, "Mr. Qiao, Wanbao Pavilion doesn't have any treasures like the Primordial Spiritual Treasure. Even if it did, it's highly unlikely that it would be for sale."
"Oh? Why?"
Shopkeeper Wang said, "Mr. Qiao, since you know about Primordial Spiritual Treasures, you should understand that what makes them special is that they possess Primordial Spiritual Energy, right?"
"Yes." Jag nodded.
Shopkeeper Wang continued, "Not all Primordial Spiritual Treasures are very powerful. A third-rate Primordial Spiritual Treasure might be about as powerful as a top-grade Heavenly Artifact, but if they were to be sold, a third-rate Primordial Spiritual Treasure could fetch more than ten times the price of a top-grade Heavenly Artifact!"
"More than ten times higher?" Jage was surprised, but then he understood the reason.
"Could it be because of the primordial spiritual energy?"
"Not bad." Manager Wang nodded. As the manager of Wanbaoge, he had followed Master Liu Yun for many years and obviously knew a lot of things.
"Third-rate Primordial Spiritual Treasures are about the same as top-grade Heavenly Divine Artifacts, but second-rate Primordial Spiritual Treasures are a different story. Many God-King level experts' weapons are second-rate Primordial Spiritual Treasures. If it is a first-rate Primordial Spiritual Treasure, it may even cause God-King level experts to fight over it."
"Primordial Spiritual Treasures are rare, especially those formed innately, which are even rarer and vary in quality. Most of them are third-rate Primordial Spiritual Treasures. Therefore, God-King level experts obtain powerful weapons through crafting. To craft a Primordial Spiritual Treasure, one must have Primordial Spiritual Energy."
"Primordial spiritual energy is hard to find. It can only exist in some strange and dangerous places, and even then, it is only a small amount. Generally speaking, whether God-King level experts refine their own artifacts or entrust a weapon refiner to do so, they collect Primordial spiritual energy by refining Primordial spiritual treasures."
"For a God-King level expert, at least a second-rate Primordial Spiritual Treasure is useful, and a first-rate Primordial Spiritual Treasure is even better. The more powerful the Primordial Spiritual Treasure, the more Primordial Spiritual Energy is needed to refine it. Therefore, refining useless third-rate Primordial Spiritual Treasures is the main way for God-King level experts to collect Primordial Spiritual Energy. The price of a third-rate Primordial Spiritual Treasure is actually the price of Primordial Spiritual Energy."
"Just as I suspected." Manager Wang's explanation was exactly what he had guessed.
"Thank you, Manager Wang."
Jag was about to leave. Having experienced the superior-grade divine artifact, he saw no need to linger at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
"Mr. Qiao, you're too kind. You're welcome to visit us again anytime."
Although Jack didn't buy anything, Manager Wang was still very courteous.
Jack bid farewell to Manager Wang and then left Wanbaoge for the city lord's mansion in Gongyang City.
The city lord's mansion is a huge residence, divided into an outer mansion and an inner mansion.
The outer residence was where the disciples, retainers, and guards of the city lord of Gongyang lived, while the inner residence was where the city lord himself and his family lived.
Standing before the vermilion gates of the city lord's mansion, Jege addressed the guards on either side: "Please inform them that the Central Heavenly God, Qiao Jie, wishes to join the city lord's mansion."
To increase credibility, Jag deliberately released a wisp of divine power while speaking.
The gatekeeper was a high-ranking deity. Seeing that Jeg was a mid-level celestial being, he dared not be negligent and immediately said respectfully, "Please wait a moment, my lord, I will go and report right away."
A high-ranking divine guard strode into the city lord's mansion. Shortly after, a middle-aged scholar emerged from the mansion's gates, bowing respectfully to Jeg: "Mr. Qiao, it's a pleasure to meet you. I am Zhao Yicheng, the registrar of the city lord's mansion. I heard you wish to join the city lord's mansion?"
Jag returned the greeting with a cupped hand: "That is indeed the intention, but I wonder if the City Lord's Mansion will accept it?"
"Haha, of course we accept them. As long as they are Celestial God level experts, our City Lord's Mansion will not refuse them. Moreover, Mr. Qiao is a Celestial God from the Central Region, so we are even more welcoming."
Zhao Yicheng stretched his hand towards the gate of the City Lord's Mansion and said with a smile, "Mr. Qiao, please, let's talk inside."
"it is good."
Jag stepped into the city lord's mansion.
As Zhao Yicheng led the way, he introduced the layout of some buildings in the outer mansion of the city lord's residence to Jiege.
As he walked, Jag saw patrolling guards from time to time. The weakest guards in the city lord's mansion were all high-level gods, and the captain of one guard squad was even a lower-level god.
Walking beside Jeger, Zhao Yicheng was an even stronger Celestial God from the Central Region.
"Even an ordinary clerk possesses the strength of a Central Heavenly God; the City Lord's Mansion is indeed powerful," Jeger thought to himself.
Zhao Yicheng, of course, had no idea what Jeger was thinking, and continued to introduce: "Mr. Qiao, according to the rules of the City Lord's Mansion, a Celestial God level expert can join the City Lord's Mansion without needing to compete or be tested, and can directly become a guest elder."
"Guest Retainer? I wonder what the duties are for a guest retainer of the City Lord's Mansion? What are the benefits?"
"Haha, the guest elders of the City Lord's Mansion are very free and don't need to do anything. Of course, the City Lord's Mansion won't give them anything either. If a guest elder wants to exchange for treasures within the City Lord's Mansion, then they need to make corresponding contributions."
"Could Registrar Zhao elaborate?"
"Of course, that's why I'm here." Zhao Yicheng smiled. "There are always some tasks inside the City Lord's Mansion that the guest elders can take on at will. If they complete them, they will receive corresponding merit points. With these merit points, they can exchange them for treasures inside the City Lord's Mansion, such as divine stones, divine artifacts, and various elixirs. For details, Mr. Qiao, you can refer to this document."
Zhao Yicheng flipped his hand and took out a jade slip.
Jage took it and entered it with his divine sense. Inside was a catalog of many treasures, each with a detailed description and the merit points required to exchange for it.
The exchange of treasures is one-way; that is, you can exchange merit points for corresponding treasures, but you cannot exchange treasures for merit points. Merit points can only be obtained by completing tasks.
"One Divine Crystal = 1 Merit Point"
Divine Crystals are the highest-grade divine stones, containing extremely rich divine energy. In the divine realm, 1 Divine Crystal = 100 top-grade divine stones = 10,000 high-grade divine stones = 1 million mid-grade divine stones = 100 million low-grade divine stones.
"One top-grade divine artifact = 80 merit points".
Jag was somewhat surprised: "Hmm? A high-grade divine artifact is worth at least 10 billion low-grade divine spirit stones, which is 100 divine spirit essences, and should be equivalent to 100 merit points. It can be exchanged for with only 80 merit points. It seems to be a benefit given by the city lord's mansion."
The jade slip also contained a list of high-grade celestial artifacts that could be exchanged. Jag had intended to buy a high-grade celestial artifact, so he looked at them one by one.
"Blood Flower Blade, a superior-grade divine artifact, with the special effect 'Explosion,' priced at 85 merit points."
"Nine-fold Staff, a superior-grade divine weapon, with the special effect 'Ten Thousand Jun', priced at 85 merit points."
"Star Point Gun, a superior-grade divine weapon, with the special effect 'Soul Devouring,' priced at 95 merit points."
"Purple Moon Sword, a superior-grade divine artifact, with special effects 'Penetration' and 'Spirit Devouring', priced at 100 merit points."
……
There are many high-grade divine artifacts that can be exchanged for merit points, and the prices vary, ranging from a minimum of 80 merit points to a maximum of 100 merit points.
Those top-grade divine artifacts with 100 merit points all have two special effects. Although they are a bit expensive, Jugger thinks they are worth it.
However, Jag doesn't have any merit points right now, so there's no way to exchange them.
He continued to check the list of treasures that could be exchanged for merit points.
The treasures are diverse, including pills to restore physical and spiritual injuries, various refining materials, array scrolls, and more.
"They even have cultivation techniques!"
Jerg was taken aback; he saw many cultivation techniques and moves that did not involve spatial laws.
"Nine-Break Blade"
"Heavenly Heart Seal".
"The Thirteen Golden Swords".
These techniques are based on the laws of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, light, darkness, lightning, etc., and require a lot of merit points. The minimum is 20 merit points, and the maximum is even 100 merit points, comparable to a top-grade divine artifact.
"Registration Officer Zhao, can the value of techniques and moves that are not governed by spatial laws be comparable to a top-grade divine artifact?" Jage couldn't help but ask.
Zhao Yicheng smiled and said, "Mr. Qiao, whether it is a god or a celestial being, the most important thing is undoubtedly the law of space. However, human potential has its limits. There are countless gods in the divine realm, and many are stuck at the level of upper god, unable to break through to the lower celestial being level. There are also many lower celestial beings who cannot break through to the middle celestial being level, middle celestial beings who cannot break through to the upper celestial being level, and upper celestial beings who cannot break through to the god-king level. Cultivation is truly a step-by-step threshold."
Zhao Yicheng shook his head and sighed, "Mr. Qiao, perhaps we will never be able to break through and will remain at the mid-level Celestial God. So, in this situation, what should we do if we want to improve our strength? Obtaining powerful Celestial Artifacts is one way, and cultivating more techniques and moves is another."
Jag understood.
When a middle-level celestial being fights a lower-level celestial being, the celestial being can be crushed by the laws of space, without needing any other techniques or skills. However, if both are middle-level celestial beings and there is not much difference between them in terms of the laws of space, then the effectiveness of techniques and skills becomes apparent.
"I wonder how these techniques and moves from the God Realm compare to the profound mysteries of the laws of the Panlong Universe."
The powerful beings in the Panlong Universe create suitable ultimate moves based on the profound laws they are good at. Similarly, the techniques and moves of the God Realm are based on the various laws of the God Realm. Jugger wanted to know what the difference was between the two.
He had been in Xishan Village before, and the strongest opponent he had fought was a lower-level celestial being, whose techniques and moves were not particularly outstanding.
"It's a pity I don't have enough merit points to exchange for these cultivation techniques."
Jagger shook his head helplessly and continued reading.
When he saw the treasure at the very bottom, his eyes widened suddenly, and his breathing became slightly rapid.
"One year of cultivation in a space magic treasure that accelerates time costs 1000 merit points. It can be obtained by those who are above the rank of Guest Elder."
"A spatial artifact that accelerates time!"
Jag's eyes lit up.
Because the God Realm of the Main Universe can cultivate the laws of space and time, some powerful God Kings and Heavenly Venerables have used this to create magical treasures with independent spaces, within which they can even change the flow of time.
The God King of the Linmeng Universe, Jiang Lan, created a spatial magic treasure called "Jiang Lan Realm". There are three layers of space in Jiang Lan Realm. The time flow rate in the first layer is ten times that of the outside world. One year outside is ten years inside. The time flow rate in the second layer is one hundred times that of the outside world. One year outside is one hundred years inside. The time flow rate in the third layer is even more than one thousand times. One year outside is one thousand years inside.
If one could cultivate within such a magical artifact, it would greatly save time.
"I wonder if the time I spend in the realm of gods will be affected by the time acceleration?" Jag wondered.
If his stay in the divine realm refers to external time, then he could certainly use such spatial artifacts for cultivation.
If he were in a place where time is accelerated a thousand times, then his thousand-year stay could be used as a million years. Four thousand years would be four million years, enough for him to cultivate to the level of an upper-level celestial god or even stronger.
Of course, if the time spent in the divine realm refers to the actual time he spends, then this time acceleration is useless to him.
"No matter what, it's worth a try. Let's try it for a year and see. Even if it doesn't work, it won't have any impact." Jag made up his mind.
However, after seeing the price, he also started to feel a bit of a headache.
Cultivation for a year requires 1000 merit points, which is equivalent to more than a dozen top-grade divine artifacts. This price is too high.
Moreover, no one knows what the so-called "superior guest" Jage is.
"Registrar Zhao, what does 'Senior Guest' refer to?" Jage asked.
Zhao Yicheng said, "Mr. Qiao, it's like this. Our City Lord's Mansion has a ranking system for all guest elders, from low to high: Guest Elder, Senior Guest Elder, and Inner Guest Elder. The higher the level of the guest elder, the more treasures they can exchange for. Some precious resources in the City Lord's Mansion can only be exchanged for at the Senior Guest Elder or even Inner Guest Elder level. Merit points alone are not enough. If you reach the Inner Guest Elder level, you can even hold an important position in the City Lord's Mansion or the army."
Jeger frowned. Hearing Zhao Yicheng say that he was only a guest elder at the lowest level, and even with 1000 merit points, he would not be able to enter the spatial magic treasure to cultivate.
"Registrar Zhao, how is the rank of a guest retainer promoted?"
"It's simple, just accumulate merit points. You can become a Senior Inspector by accumulating 1000 merit points, and you can become an Inner Inspector by accumulating 10000 merit points."
"One thousand merit points, ten thousand merit points... it seems we still need to find a way to earn merit points in the end." Jeger looked at Zhao Yicheng, "Registrant Zhao, what kinds of tasks are available to earn merit points? How do we accept them?"
Zhao Yicheng smiled as if he had expected this. He had received many new guest elders, and basically, once they saw the treasures that could be exchanged in the jade slips, they would be eager to accept the mission.
"No rush, we'll be there soon," Zhao Yicheng said with a smile.
Soon, the two arrived at a grand hall.
There were many people coming and going in the main hall. As soon as he entered the hall, Jugg saw a huge screen on the opposite wall, which recorded many tasks.
When Jag saw the big screen, he was immediately stunned. The screen looked very much like something from his previous life.
Seeing Jagger's expression, Zhao Yicheng assumed he had never seen this before, so he smiled and explained, "Mr. Qiao, this thing is called a large screen. It comes from a mechanical civilization in the lower realm. The city lord found it very interesting and put it into the city lord's mansion."
Jag knew that Zhao Yicheng had misunderstood, but he didn't explain.
It's not surprising that something like this would appear in the realm of gods. After all, the main universe and the subsidiary universes are different. The main universe is all-encompassing, and all kinds of civilizations exist there.
The four subsidiary universes of the Hongmeng Universe belong to different civilizations. The Panlong Universe is a magical civilization, while the other three subsidiary universes are a mechanical civilization, a biological civilization, and a celestial-demon civilization, respectively.
There are no products of mechanical civilization in the Panlong Universe, but in the main universe, all four types of civilizations exist.
Jag looked up at the large screen, where tasks were being updated in real time.
Zhao Yicheng also explained: "Mr. Qiao, you can see all the tasks that can currently earn merit points above. Each task can be accepted by multiple retainers at the same time. Whoever completes it first will get the merit points."
Jag carefully examined each task.
Most of these missions are related to Skyfire City.
"Mission: Kill a lower-level Celestial under the command of the Lord of Skyfire City; Reward: 1 Merit Point."
"Mission: Kill a Central Heavenly God under the command of the Heavenly Fire City Lord; Reward: 100 Merit Points."
"Mission: Kill a high-ranking deity under the command of the Lord of Skyfire City; Reward: 1000 merit points."
Besides killing the powerful figures of Skyfire City, seizing Skyfire City's resources also rewards merit points.
"Mission: Help Gongyang City seize and occupy Hongyan Mine; Reward: 200 Merit Points."
"Mission: Help Gongyang City seize and occupy the White Elephant Mine; Reward: 500 Merit Points."
There are several divine stone mines around Gongyang City and Tianhuo City. These mines produce divine stones continuously and are an important source of divine stones for Gongyang City and Tianhuo City.
The battle between the two cities also took place in these spirit stone mines, since the spirit stone mines represented wealth, and both sides wanted to occupy more of them.
The quality of the divine stones produced by each divine stone mine also varies; ordinary divine stone mines only produce medium-grade and low-grade divine stones.
Better ones can produce high-grade divine stones and top-grade divine stones.
The best ones can even produce divine essences.
The divine stone mines controlled by Gongyang City and Tianhuo City are mostly ordinary divine stone mines. Occupying such mines will reward you with 200 merit points.
If you can capture a better Divine Stone Mine, such as the White Elephant Mine, you can get a reward of 500 merit points.
As for mines that can produce divine essence, neither city has any.
"Mission: Rescue the Tianhuo City spy within Gongyang City; Rewards: 1 merit point for capturing a Divine Human spy, 10 merit points for capturing a Lower Heavenly God spy, 1000 merit points for capturing a Middle Heavenly God spy, and 10000 merit points for capturing an Upper Heavenly God spy."
When Jag saw the mission, he was taken aback.
"spy?"
Zhao Yicheng said, "Yes, our Gongyang City and Tianhuo City have been fighting for many years. The other side has sent many spies to our Gongyang City, causing us considerable losses. Naturally, we must do our best to find them all."
As he spoke, Zhao Yicheng looked at Jiege with a profound look in his eyes, as if trying to see through Jiege's heart.
(End of this chapter)