Scourge Messenger

Chapter 136 The Wonderful Use of the Treasure Hunt Token

Let's rewind to four days ago.

Upon hearing that Shudao Mountain not only had third and fourth level secret realms, but also foundation building inheritance, Yan Qing naturally became curious and decided to create a new account to explore the way.

Shang Xinlei tried her best to explain to him how dangerous the Demonic Path was, but what Yan Qing heard was a new leveling map that was 'challenging,' 'full of PVP battles,' and 'has side quests.'

The first thing to decide on for the new character is its appearance. Yan Qing remembered Shang Xinlei's advice that if he had to explore the ominous place, it would be best to send a fierce-looking strong man. So he decided to create a pitiful, soft, beautiful, voluptuous and sexy beauty. Yes, Shang Xinlei's advice was very reasonable, so he wanted to do the opposite.

If you follow Shang Xinlei's advice and create a villainous alt account, you can probably reduce a lot of dangers and even successfully integrate into the group of magic messengers, becoming a famous rising star in the magic world.

But here's the question—what does Yan Qing play?
Where are my monsters? Where is my PvP? Where is my thrilling adventure?

It's like turning on invisibility in an action game, ignoring all the monsters and running straight to the boss's door. It's easy, but it takes away a lot of the fun.

The image of the Rat Monk was for the purpose of fulfilling the mission of the Thieves' Family. Exploring the Shu Road Mountain was just his hobby in his spare time, so naturally he did whatever was fun and comfortable.

Moreover, according to Shang Xinlei, the Shu Road is more than ten days' journey from Chang'an, and even longer if taking the safe route. Even if Xiao Hao could travel day and night, Yan Qing would inevitably spend a lot of time on the road, and if he were also not good-looking, it would be no different from being in prison—in fact, being good-looking would also get you in prison, but at least you could admire Xiao Hao.

Having previously created a character like Jiang Shi, Yan Qing was already very familiar with the character creation system. Before long, he created a beautiful woman who was alluring yet had a dignified and gentle temperament. Although her appearance was comparable to Jiang Shi's, her attractiveness to men was definitely far superior to Jiang Shi's, Yan Qing could guarantee that.

As he was about to continue, he inexplicably recalled the image of Shang Xinlei eating ice cream. That was a huge bite of ice cream; wouldn't her teeth ache from the cold? Then he looked at his newly created miniature version and subconsciously compared it to Shang Xinlei. Shang Xinlei's legs were a bit fleshier, her waist seemed about the same size, her chest was harder to judge, and as for her appearance…

He suddenly turned his head and forcefully shook the image of Shang Xinlei out of his mind.

Oh no, it's probably because Shang Xinlei is the only real woman he's met in real life recently—and the only person he can chat with in real life—that now whenever Yan Qing sees other pretty women, he easily associates them with Shang Xinlei, and can even imagine the disdainful expression on Shang Xinlei's face when she finds out he has another beautiful subordinate.

Disdain for him was fine, but getting lost in such thoughts often wasted a lot of his time, until he couldn't help but laugh out loud when he recalled Shang Xinlei crying with snot running down her face. But playing games with distracting thoughts was no good, especially since this was a game with high-intensity action elements. The journey from Chang'an to the Shu Road Mountains was far from peaceful, and Yan Qing didn't want to be distracted in the heat of battle by remembering Shang Xinlei's smeared face.

So he abandoned the beautiful woman form and instead sculpted an innocent and adorable little girl.

The Messenger has very lenient restrictions on appearance. If you reduce the age to the minimum, you can create a child. However, there are not many child players like this because the cool equipment in the game is scaled down proportionally. Normal players look like immortals, while child players look like they are performing a play in a school.

Yan Qing's alternate account was modeled after his cocky yet adorable cousin. Every time they met, she would call him "brother" repeatedly, then show him the game's recharge interface, gesturing with her bright, sparkling eyes for him to spend some gold coins. With an image like that walking down the street, he'd never be short of fights, and watching this little girl run around wouldn't be boring—at least not as boring as controlling a burly man.

As for talent inheritance, basic footwork and advanced footwork are naturally essential skills, as they increase movement speed and dodge margin. However, this time Yan Qing has given up inheriting the saber technique and chosen the path of swordsmanship instead.

Because the longsword "Seven Steps to Recite Buddha" given to Yan Qing by Shang Xuanwen was the second strongest weapon in his possession after the Bingzi Pepper Forest sword. Although it had no active skills and could not attack multiple targets, its single-target damage was extremely powerful, and more importantly, it was incredibly satisfying to use. It's hard to go from luxury to frugality; having used such a fine item, Yan Qing no longer wanted to play with the white iron straight sword and the flame-patterned straight sword.

If the Seven Steps of Reciting Buddha's Name were a rare and precious item, Yan Qing even considered using the last blood weapon material to upgrade it into a legendary item.

As for Bingzi Jiaolin, Yan Qing would only authorize them to use it when the smaller accounts were in great danger. It wasn't that Yan Qing wanted to play dumb or was afraid to expose himself; it was simply that he needed to hold onto this trump card at all times.

Although Thieves' Den is safe, the main city is also safe. Didn't Shang Xuanwen still get cornered and beaten up by thugs in an alley? What if Black Wolf, White Fox, or someone else suddenly breaks into Thieves' Den to cause him trouble, and Bingzi Jiaolin happens to be in the hands of a low-level player? Yan Qing might die with his eyes open in disgrace.

至于加点宴青打算大胆一点，因为小姑娘体型增加了2点灵巧，再加上宴青为她的开局准备了不少信物，宴青这次尝试406开局：5点气血、1点神魂、2点灵巧、6点悟性。

The reason for this stat allocation is that the Seven Steps to Buddha Recitation skill requires 10 points of health. While 5 points of health only fulfills half the requirement, the longsword is a one-handed weapon. If you wield a one-handed weapon with both hands, the weapon's attribute requirements will be halved. Even if the alt character doesn't initially master swordsmanship, resulting in reduced weapon damage, it will at least be usable.

You can actually use it even if your attributes aren't high enough, but your attack speed will be ridiculously slow.

When it came to the least important part—naming—Yan Qing fell into deep thought.

Following the order of the Chinese zodiac, this alt account should be Ox + profession. The profession, Yan Qing, is confirmed—a sword-wielding girl who will be fighting her way into the Shu Mountains; she's definitely a female warrior!

But "Bull Girl Warrior" sounds a bit strange. "Bunny Girl Warrior" would be more suitable. Yan Qing remembers that her cousin's family also has a rabbit. Whenever it gets a chance to escape from its cage, it likes to leave chocolates everywhere. It's neurotic and easily startled. Thinking about it carefully, it has some similarities with her cousin... So that's you, "Bunny Girl Warrior"!
After arriving at the "Chang'an Affiliated Newbie Village", Yan Qing couldn't wait to equip the bunny girl with two keepsakes.

The first item is the rare second-tier relic, "Seven Steps of Reciting Buddha's Name," which can be used without spiritual power.

The second item is the legendary second-tier item, "The Hand of Forging a Hundred Aspects"!
"The Hand that Forges a Hundred Aspects"

"Rank: Second-tier Legendary"

"Durability: 150/150"

"Equipment effect: +5 Spirit, -1 Dexterity"

"Material: Great Sun Gold, Dark Moon Essence, Mountain Copper, ???, ???"

"Weakened: Your attempt to repair this relic with adamantite furnace liquid has resulted in a 20-level decrease in the relic's level and a 50% reduction in its maximum durability. Furthermore, due to the incompatibility between the adamantite furnace liquid and the relic's material, the repair attempt was a complete failure, causing the relic to be significantly weakened. Its durability loss has increased by 300%, and its durability repair effect has decreased by 33%. If it is damaged again, it will be reduced to dust."

"Effect - Direct Strike (Weakened): You can unleash a furious strike when wielding any melee weapon or unarmed, attacking at 200% attack speed. If the enemy blocks, it will cause at least 5 durability damage to the blocking item. Activating Direct Strike will consume 2 durability points of the melee weapon. Due to the failed repair of this item, activating Direct Strike may consume 1 durability point of the Forged Hand of a Hundred Forms."

"Effect - Parry (Weakened): When you use a weapon or unarmed to parry an attack, you will always be able to parry successfully, but it will reduce the weapon's durability by 5 points and the durability of the Hundred-Faced Hand by 3 points. Because this relic underwent a failed repair, when parrying damage from relics of fourth rank or higher, it will cause an additional 200% durability loss."

"Effect - Fusion of a Hundred Aspects (Weakened): Fusion of a hundred aspects, gaining insight into all martial arts!"
When an enemy launches a melee attack, you can attempt a perfect parry. A successful perfect parry will not deplete durability and will reflect the enemy's attack back at the enemy, dealing 80% of the enemy's damage as counterattack damage. This damage can be blocked by defensive tokens. Additionally, it will deal 10 points of recoil damage, which is applied to the enemy's weapon-wielding part and cannot be blocked by defensive tokens.

A successful perfect parry will cause durability damage to the enemy's weapon, and multiple consecutive perfect parries will cause even greater durability damage.

If a perfect parry fails, it is considered a normal parry.

The more tokens of this attribute you equip, the wider the judgment range for a perfect parry will be.

Because this item underwent a failed repair, the hitbox for a perfect block against attacks from items of level four or higher is now only half of what it used to be.

"Evaluation: We will fuse a hundred forms into one weapon, and refine one weapon into a hundred forms."

Yes, Yan Qing successfully delivered the repaired Hundred Phases Hand to the alt account, and used only one item throughout the entire process: the Treasure Hunting Token.

The method is quite simple: a secondary account sends an order late at night using a Treasure Hunt Token, requesting to exchange for the "Melted Hand of a Hundred Aspects," with no requirements on the item's parameters. Then, Yan Qing completes the order using another Treasure Hunt Token, taking only five seconds in total, and the "Melted Hand of a Hundred Aspects" is instantly made usable across all accounts.

While sellers need to know the item information to list items, buyers who 'complete an order' are not subject to this restriction; they only need to actually own the relevant item.

Last time in the secret vault, Yan Qing used the Heart-Protecting Mirror to exchange for mortal items. How could mortals know the information about their own items? But they could all directly click on the trading board to complete the order.

Yan Qing then changed his approach, discovering that as long as he acted as the buyer, he could transfer any item to other accounts using a treasure hunt token. The operation seemed simple, but this method had a crucial prerequisite: the name "Hand of a Hundred Aspects" had to be genuine.

If people in this world have no way of knowing the true name of the token, they can only name it arbitrarily based on its effects.

For items like the 'Water-Walking Boots' and 'Soul-Refining Armor' that Yan Qing brought back from the secret vault, he tried them out, but he couldn't find the corresponding items in the system. They were all pseudonyms given by locals, so he couldn't upload orders at all, and naturally, he couldn't give them to his alternate account.

The name 'Hand of Melting a Hundred Aspects' doesn't seem like something a local would randomly come up with; Yan Qing successfully legitimized it on his first try.

……

...

"This was given to me by my brother," said Bunny Girl.

"Who is your brother? Rabbit Hero?" the pharmacist asked curiously.

"Who would choose such a name?" Bunny Girl said disdainfully, "Big sister, you're so childish."

The pharmacist was furious, but when faced with a little girl, especially one who had saved them from danger, she could only hold back her anger—Yan Qing wanted to see this kind of scene, hehe.

Originally, Yan Qing didn't have any particular thoughts about the 'Bunny Girl Warrior' character, or rather, most of his alternate accounts were similar to his own character—quiet, reserved, and not good at speaking.

However, on the way from Chang'an to Shudao Mountain, the Rabbit Girl encountered several kidnappings just because she asked for directions. Yan Qing did not fish; he had the Rabbit Girl carry the Seven Steps of Reciting Buddhist Scriptures on her back and would warn her in advance if she encountered bad people.

As a result, a significant portion of those who abducted the Bunny Girl did so because they recognized the value of the Seven Steps of Reciting Buddha's Name.

At first, this kind of "pretending to be weak to eat the strong" plot was quite interesting, but Yan Qing got tired of it after a while. Moreover, the bandits would not just sit idly by and wait to be killed. After discovering that the bunny girl was unexpectedly powerful, they would often kneel on the ground and tell her how difficult it was for them, that they had an eighty-year-old mother and an eight-year-old daughter, and so on, trying to use the pity of the strong to escape their fate.

Yan Qing would sometimes let people go. He would give them a warning before he killed them, and whether they backed down because of cowardice or good intentions, Yan Qing was willing to give them a chance to make amends.

As for those who remain incorrigible even after being given a chance, Yan Qing naturally wouldn't let them go, and even felt that killing them like that would be a bit boring. He had a flash of inspiration and had the bunny girl say, "You're so pitiful. I really want to let you go, but my brother said that anyone who doesn't listen after being warned must die. Otherwise, he'll force me to eat bitter melon when I get back, and I don't want to eat bitter melon, so you can die."

Nothing is more heartbreaking than dying for such a reason. Almost every bandit who died because of this had a face full of resentment, wishing he could suffer the bitter melon in the place of the bunny girl.

This opened the door to a new world for Yan Qing, because the reason "what my brother said" was so absurd, yet it unexpectedly fit the image of her alternate account. Her enemies couldn't even tell whether she was serious or acting, and they didn't even know how to convince her.

After all, money is one thing, but how can they compensate the other party if they don't want to suffer the consequences?

They could only die in a most miserable and resentful way.

Moreover, it's excellent as a reply, so Yan Qing no longer needs to rack her brains to come up with reasons.

"What's your brother's name?"

"Brother, if he brings back something delicious, call him brother."

"Then why are you called Bunny Girl Warrior? Shouldn't he call you 'little sister'?"

"Because I read stories and really wanted to be a female knight-errant, I used to have a pet rabbit, but it died. So my brother called me Rabbit Knight-Errant." Rabbit Knight-Errant, hands on hips, declared, "I don't want to be his sister, I want to be Rabbit Knight-Errant!"

The pharmacist felt a little annoyed looking at the little girl. If an adult had spoken like that, she would have thought the other person thought she was an idiot. But the person speaking seemed to be just an innocent little girl with pure eyes.

She had no choice but to change the subject: "The Hand of Melting a Hundred Forms was a token of Emperor Taizu of Liang more than a hundred years ago. Its power to destroy the token was used to intimidate the Central Plains and make all the heroes of the world tremble with fear. But the Hand of Melting a Hundred Forms has been damaged. Could the one you have in your hand be a repaired version?"

Although the Hundred Aspects Hand looks like a toy after being adapted to a child's body size, a closer look reveals the inscription "Hundred Aspects, One Martial Skill." In addition, the little girl's effortless counterattack against Helan Que and shattering of the rare curved blade just now is exactly the same as the description that the pharmacist had read in the history books.

However, the Hand of Forging a Hundred Aspects is a Foundation Establishment token, so theoretically, messengers below the fourth level should not be able to use it at all, right?

Is there another second or third job advancement for the Hundred Aspects of Smelting?

The Pharmacist could never have guessed that someone in this world would dare to defile a fourth-level Foundation Establishment token into a second-level one.

Rather, the question is: does the Liang royal family have no way to obtain repair items such as refined gold furnace liquid?
how is this possible.

The best repair tools they can find right now will at least lower the relic's tier by one. Even though they are both legendary relic, the difference between tier four and tier three is like the difference between a computer and an abacus—the functionality drops by more than 90%.
For Foundation Establishment Messengers, tokens below the third level are essentially toys.

Some might wonder, even if the Foundation Establishment Letter is unusable, the Liang Kingdom's royal family still has so many second and third stage cultivators. Wouldn't it be better for them to obtain a weakened version of the Hundred Phases Refining Hand and thus gain a qualitative improvement in strength? That would be better than leaving it to gather dust in the secret vault, wouldn't it?
In fact, someone had asked Emperor Taizu of Liang about this matter before, but Emperor Taizu temporarily put it aside. After Emperor Taizu passed away, someone brought it up again, but it was suppressed by Layman Yuli and others, and no one dared to ask about it again.

Ultimately, the state serves as a foundation for the powerful, not the other way around.

Why would the Foundation Establishment Messenger bestow the Hand of Melting a Hundred Phases downgraded and repaired? The entire nation should be doing everything in its power to restore the Hand of Melting a Hundred Phases to its original state.

Yan Qing never expected that the Hand of Melting a Hundred Aspects would be so famous that even the people of Zhou could recognize it after a hundred years.

However, upon closer reflection, in a world where tokens of affection are cherished like lovers, a pair of gloves capable of destroying an enemy's token would surely be remembered as a murderer of one's wife by enemies and adversaries.

"I don't know, my brother found it."

"Found it?"

"He said he found it; he often finds many good things outside."

Now that he had brought out the legendary token, Yan Qing was no longer afraid of being discovered.

Anyway, the Liang Kingdom royal family wouldn't actively spread the news of the lost national treasure. In addition, since the Rabbit Girl is in the Zhou Kingdom territory, by the time the Liang Kingdom notices her and reacts, the Rabbit Girl will probably have already been transferred two or three times. Moreover, there are many people along the way who covet the Rabbit Girl because of the legendary token, not just the Liang Kingdom royal family.
Of course, if Shang Xinlei heard the news about the Hundred-Image Hand being forged, she would immediately know that the Bunny Girl Warrior was related to Yan Qing.

But Yan Qing no longer cared that her alternate account had been discovered.

Most importantly, now that Yan Qing has repaired the Hand of Forging a Hundred Aspects, he must use it. What's the point of hiding it?
To play online games, you have to wear the coolest gear and walk down the street, enjoying the envious and hateful looks from others. If there's a ranking list, you have to fight for first place. You'd even want to announce every fart to the whole server. That's what playing games is all about!
If a high-level character is already suffering enough in the Thieves' Den, and a low-level character can't even have fun, then what's the point of him hiding?

　Thanks to the guild leader of 'Are there any lolis?'

　　
　
(End of this chapter)