Scourge Messenger

Chapter 79 Treasure Hunt Order

Needless to say, Yan Qing put on both storage rings.

This is perhaps one of the few advantages that reality has over games: games limit the number of rings and other accessories you can have, but in reality, no one cares about the quantity. Yan Qing wanted to wear rings on every single one of her ten fingers and toes. The reason Zhou Ye and the others only wore one storage ring was because storage rings are extremely rare; even they only had one.

The breast protector is worth mentioning, though.

"Heart-protecting mirror"

"Rank: Third-tier Rare"

"Durability: 80/80"

"Equipment requirements: 15 points of health, 15 points of spirit"

"Effect: Sevenfold Mirror: After activating this effect, you will be protected by seven mirrors. Mirror defense is 0, and your health is linearly related to the number of mirrors. For each mirror, the mirror's health increases by 100. When all seven mirrors are present, a single mirror has 700 health. When only one mirror remains, a single mirror has 100 health. Activating this effect requires 70 spirit points, and replenishing a mirror consumes 10 spirit points per mirror. After all mirrors shatter, there is a five-second cooldown before you can reactivate it."

"Evaluation: Let me test you. When all seven mirrors are active, what is the maximum damage you can withstand?"

Although it only has one effect, the Heart Protection Mirror truly deserves its status as a rare third-tier item. If you can maintain the seven layers of mirrors, it's equivalent to exchanging only 10 points of spiritual power for 700 points of shield, enough to resist regular third-tier attacks. Even if you encounter a single burst of high damage, you won't be afraid, as the seven layers of mirrors can withstand up to 2800 points of attack—that's roughly the level of a Foundation Establishment Messenger's single attack.

No wonder Liang Guosan's messengers all had one; it was indeed an essential defensive token for murderers, arsonists, and tomb raiders!

The only problem is that Yan Qing doesn't have enough spiritual power to activate the Heart-Protecting Mirror. Unlike the enfeoffment of Bingzi Jiaolin, which allows for continuous output of spiritual power, the Heart-Protecting Mirror requires an instantaneous output of 70 points of spiritual power, which he probably won't be able to meet even after his second job advancement.

However, he already had a plan in mind and decided to put it aside for the time being.

The next loot was a secret manual that Jiang Shi opened from a treasure chest.

"Secret Manual: Left Curve, Right Turn"

Learning Requirements: Advanced Two-Handed Swordsmanship MAX / Advanced Two-Handed Swordsmanship MAX / Advanced Swordsmanship MAX / Advanced Swordsmanship MAX

"Effect: Enables you to bend left and turn right."

"Left Curve Right Return (Level 1): Consumes 5 health points to extend the range of your next sword attack to 180°, or 360° if using dual weapons. Has a 5-second cooldown. If activated again during the cooldown, it consumes 1 health point, with no upper limit on the cumulative cost."

"Evaluation: He uses force to bend to the left and leverages momentum to turn back to the right, making him invincible throughout the world."

Secret technique!

Yan Qing's eyes burned with fervor. With this secret manual, his path to the third stage of cultivation was now smooth sailing.

The reason he prioritized acquiring the secret technique book was because a crucial requirement for advancing to the third rank was complete mastery of a secret technique; otherwise, even with excess experience, it was impossible to reach the third rank. If the difficulty of comprehending an advanced technique is 1, then the difficulty of comprehending a secret technique is at least 5. Even players with high comprehension attributes wouldn't deliberately try to comprehend a secret technique to torture themselves; they would generally learn a simpler secret technique to meet the requirements for the third rank.

Yan Qing was well aware of his own talent; he couldn't even comprehend basic techniques on his own, so he definitely needed a secret manual to reach the third level. Moreover, he had certain requirements for the secret techniques; for example, the Shadow Splitting Blade that Jiang Shi had comprehended on his own was clearly unsuitable for him.

"Shadow Split Blade (Level 1): Consumes 10% of maximum health + 80 health, causing your next sword attack to split into two phantoms, dealing three attacks to the target simultaneously. Has a 120-second cooldown. If activated again during the cooldown, it consumes +40 health, with no upper limit on the amount consumed."

"Comment: A visible knife is not scary; what is scary is an invisible knife."

Is Shadow Splitting Blade strong? It's much stronger than Left Curve Right Return!

But which secret technique is easier to level up to the maximum? It's definitely Left Curve Right Return! These kinds of blood-activating secret techniques all consume health points to activate. For techniques like Shadow Splitting Blade, which have high output, high consumption, and long cooldowns, Yan Qing would probably suffer from hypoglycemia after using it even once. On the other hand, Left Curve Right Return has low consumption but strong functionality. Yan Qing can treat it like a Kegel exercise, practicing it whenever he has a spare moment without interfering with his gaming.

However, Yan Qing is not yet ready to learn, so she can only be kept in the warehouse for now.

Besides the secret manual, Jiang Shi also gave away a Return Token as a reward, which he kept in his storage ring. Although he didn't think he would ever need the Return Token, and would probably only use it on his alt account when he was angry, he'd keep it for now.

Unfortunately, Jiang Shi only managed to complete ten levels of the Forest of Endless Slumber. If he had teamed up with a skilled player in the game and taken advantage of the Forest Messenger's ability to select an extra reward, the benefits he gained in this secret realm would have far exceeded his expectations.

At this point, Jiang Shi had finished counting the spoils he had brought back, but there was still one reward he hadn't claimed.

Yan Qing opened the "Announcement Board" in the game, selected "Regional Event 'Wandering Woodland'", and clicked to claim the reward.

The game popped up a message: "Each account can only claim the event reward once. Do you want to claim it?"

There's an anti-fraud mechanism in place, and since Treasure Hunt Tokens can't be traded and can only circulate within the same account, players can't quickly accumulate multiple Treasure Hunt Tokens through events.

The event rewards can only be claimed through the event page, but the event page only exists in the game system and does not exist in reality. This means that although the Liang Kingdom group participates in the Wilderness Forest every year, they cannot even get the most basic event rewards.

However, this was not good news for Yan Qing. What was the point of having the treasure-hunting token if he was the only one in the world with it?
"Treasure Hunt Token: With this token, you can log in to the Treasure Pavilion from anywhere to conduct trading activities. It has ten inventory slots and a transaction fee of 30%. Accumulate ten Treasure Hunt Tokens to upgrade to a Treasure Collection Token."

Yan Qing clicked, and a trade window immediately popped up in the game. The trade window was empty, with nothing inside, just like a trading market in a dead server.

It was indeed useless.

Besides these items, there are also two materials for blood weapons that can increase the rarity of tokens. To maximize the benefits, one should do what Shang Xinlei and the others did: obtain precious tokens and then use these materials to upgrade them, thus obtaining a legendary token. However, Yan Qing doesn't think she will lack legendary tokens in the future, and a legendary token with mediocre attributes might not be as good as a rare or precious token. Instead, increasing combat power now is more important than anything else.

Although the Tun Tun Rat doesn't waste anything, it might die.

Yan Qing planned to use these two materials before the next thieving operation, but was still considering which tokens to use them on.

After finishing this matter, Yan Qing finally had time to eat and take a shower. Since he had nothing better to do, Yan Qing held the treasure-hunting token in his hand, wondering if he could use it directly.

He pressed the token hard, and the token's patterns suddenly emitted a glow towards his eyes, startling him so much that he immediately closed his eyes, thinking he was going to go blind. When he slowly opened his eyes, he realized that the glow hadn't entered his eyes, but rather woven into a screen the size of an eyeglass lens an inch in front of him. Although the screen was small, it was clear and close enough that Yan Qing could see it very clearly.

"It really is possible to log in to Jubaoge from anywhere..." Yan Qing muttered.

The light screen emitted by the treasure-hunting token naturally became an empty trading market. Yan Qing tried turning his head and found that the light screen would also rotate with his head; when he stopped pressing the token, the light screen would disappear.

Can I sell things?
Yan Qing was pondering this question while looking at the roasted lamb leg in his hand when a small box suddenly popped up on the screen: "Should we list 'Roasted Lamb Leg'? The price range is 1 to 3 Spirit Jade (or other equivalents), and the tax is 30% of the transaction amount."

Yes.

Then Yan Qing saw the roasted lamb leg in his hand disappear, and a new item appeared in the Treasure Pavilion—possibly the first of its kind in history—namely, a 'roasted lamb leg', priced at 1 spirit jade.

Seeing the 'roasted lamb leg' hanging at the very top of the Treasure Pavilion, Yan Qing actually waited dumbfounded for a few seconds before realizing he was being a bit idiotic. If someone else possessed a treasure-hunting token, the Treasure Pavilion would have already become a trading market; it's impossible for it to be completely devoid of traded goods.

The empty Treasure Pavilion can only prove one truth: he is the sole holder of the Treasure Token.

He sighed, intending to buy the roasted lamb leg to see if it was still edible. But just then, he saw the roasted lamb leg from the Treasure Pavilion disappear, and then a spirit jade, one-third of which was missing, landed in his palm with a snap.

Ok?
(End of this chapter)