Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 667 Returning to the Blacksmith Shop to Purchase the Black Dragon Spear

Another night passed, and after getting up, Li Zheng glanced at the countdown timer in his field of vision.

【15:57:34】

This was Old Pu's way of making things easier for Li Zheng, and he specially calculated the time required for the treasure chest system to upgrade.

"Sixteen more hours. After today, the upgrade will be completed by midnight." Li Zheng was somewhat expectant, wondering what surprises the treasure chest system would bring him after this upgrade.

"I hope they don't give me any more Wishing Stone fragments!" Li Zheng was full of resentment about this.

He counted them last night and found that he had collected more than twenty fragments of wishing stones of different sizes. They were completely useless, but he couldn't bear to throw them away. They were just a bunch of useless junk.

After breakfast and getting everything ready, Li Zheng and Miriel set off.

First, we arrived at the nearest block, number seven, where only Zi Yuan was watching over the blacksmith shop.

"Have you collected enough crystals to take the Black Dragon Spear?" Zi Yuan saw him and came out from behind the counter.

"Hmm, lucky me, made a little money." Li Zheng took out a purple magic crystal brimming with energy and asked, "How much can this be worth?"

Zi Yuan's three eyes widened when she saw the purple magic crystal in his hand: "You went to the Sinful Realm?"

Li Zheng nodded slightly and said, "That's right."

Zi Yuan looked him over a few times, quite surprised: "With your strength, you actually dare to venture into the Sinful Domain. I'm truly impressed. A single purple magic crystal with ample energy is more than enough to buy that Black Dragon Spear. Come with me, I'll take you to get the Black Dragon Spear down and pack it up."

As he spoke, he took out a metal box from his personal space, and together with Li Zheng, they walked to the Black Dragon Spear shelf, took down the Black Dragon Spear, and put it into the metal box, which was only one meter long.

He handed the box to Li Zheng and instructed him, "Remember to hand over the Black Dragon Spear and the box to the custody office as soon as you leave. Otherwise, if other people in the outer city find out that you are carrying a weapon, not only will you be reported and arrested, but the shop that sold you the weapon will also be implicated."

Li Zheng had seen this kind of box before. Generally, shops would use this kind of box to pack weapons and put them on the shelves for sale. Because the equipment in the blacksmith shop is special and needs to be bound to an owner, it was specially approved to display the weapons directly in the shop.

However, once a buyer is identified, the weapons must be properly packed in boxes before leaving the shop, otherwise, violators will face hefty fines.

"I understand." Li Zheng put away the Black Dragon Spear and handed the Purple Demon Crystal to Zi Yuan.

Taking the Purple Demon Crystal, Zi Yuan said, "This Purple Demon Crystal is currently worth about thirty-five Purple Crystal Coins. After conversion, I'll need to give you thirty back. Or you can check if there are any weapons you want in the shop, and we can settle the bill together."

"The Purple Demon Crystal is so valuable?" Li Zheng was stunned. No wonder the Heavenly Will Organization went to great lengths and used every means possible, even sending suicide soldiers to their deaths, to attract so many twisted creatures to attack the golden light zone. It turns out that the Purple Demon Crystal is so valuable!

“Of course it’s valuable,” Zi Yuan said. “This is a purple magic crystal that is a level higher than red magic crystal. It’s just a pity that the purity is not high enough. If it were a high-purity purple magic crystal, the price would be double.”

He pointed to several red lines in the magic crystal and told Li Zheng, "The presence of such red lines in the purple magic crystal indicates that the twisted creature that condensed this magic crystal is not yet a pure purple magic crystal-level monster, but rather a quasi-purple-level one, just a little short of advancing to the next level."

Looking at the red lines, Li Zheng recalled, "Indeed, those twisted creatures still have some characteristics of the Red Crystal Demons, but their strength has increased considerably."

Zi Yuan explained, "The strength of a near-purple-level twisted demon is not much weaker than that of a true purple-level one... Wait a minute!"

He realized what was happening and asked in surprise, "You mean you obtained this magic crystal after you personally killed the near-purple level twisted monster?"

How can this be?

Zi Yuan was filled with doubt and uncertainty. Although he had never fought with Li Zheng, he was not weak himself. He could not feel any threat from Li Zheng, which meant that Li Zheng was much weaker than him.

But if he goes to the Sin Domain, he can only barely hunt some quasi-purple demons at most. How did Li Zheng manage to do that?
"I took a shortcut, benefiting from the Heavenly Dragon Clan's influence," Li Zheng told the truth, not exaggerating his achievements. Zi Yuan was even more surprised: "You actually managed to reach the golden area left behind by the Heavenly Dragon Clan?!"

Now, he began to take Li Zheng's abilities seriously.

If the other party reached that place through their own strength, it means they must have extraordinary abilities and are far more complex than they appear.

No wonder his sister fell for him.

Zi Yuan thought to herself, her younger sister had been in contact with Li Zheng quite a few times, so she must have seen his extraordinary qualities, which was why she was so close to him.

However, no matter how outstanding he was, it wouldn't work. Zi Yuan would never tolerate other races defiling the bloodline of the Zi Ling clan, and he would never agree to his sister being with Li Zheng.

Even if the purple tree persists, it won't work.

“Aside from the distance being a bit far, reaching the Golden Light Zone isn’t too difficult.” After putting away the box containing the Black Dragon Spear, Li Zheng said, “I’ll buy a suitable long whip weapon first, and then we’ll calculate the change.”

Miriel's best weapon right now is a whip he made temporarily when he went to the Matrix for a mission. It's not even at the god-like level, and it won't last long.

The quality of the goods in the blacksmith's shop is absolutely top-notch. Anyway, he has money now, so it's no big deal to prepare one for Miriel here.

"Sure, feel free to look around." Zi Ling led Li Zheng to the area in the shop where uncommon weapons like whips were displayed: "Same as always, you can only buy Senior Brother's works if you pass the test, the rest are up to you."

To be honest, the reason Li Zheng wanted to buy a long whip from the blacksmith shop was because of his senior brother He Nan's craftsmanship.

He was very interested in this special manufacturing process.

Unfortunately, there were probably too few people in the outer city who used long whips, and Senior Brother He Nan had never made a similar weapon, so Li Zheng's plan failed.

Unless he pays a high price to have Crane Man make a private custom order.

Li Zheng had Miriel choose a long whip that suited his taste. It was of basic quality and not expensive, costing only 10,000 red crystal coins.

"Alright, that's settled then." Remembering the test at the blacksmith's shop, Li Zheng casually asked, "Did anyone fail the blacksmith's test?"

Zi Yuan immediately became alert: "You want to poach someone?"

"Hehe." Li Zheng chuckled, "How could that be?"

She secretly wiped away cold sweat. Zi Yuan had been doing business in the blacksmith shop for so long that she was too quick-witted. She could understand the subtext of any sentence.

Zi Yuan took out an inscription card and transferred the money to Li Zheng: "Give up on that idea. Thanks to you and Zhan Zhouzhou, everyone passed the test and is now out busy with their own things. You'll have a hard time finding them."

"That's wonderful... oh no, that's great." Li Zheng waved his hand and said, "I have other things to do, so I won't stay any longer. Goodbye."

Zi Yuan escorted Li Zheng to the shop entrance: "There's no one in the shop, so I won't see you off."

"Stay."

Li Zheng led Miriel straight to the storage area. They needed to put the weapons in storage first, otherwise they would be easily detected during teleportation.

After completing the formalities, he and Miriel turned around and plunged into the teleportation portal, starting to travel through block after block, heading towards Block 375.

(End of this chapter)