With that, the trade was completed.
In total, Bai Qiu obtained 389 units of Dense Soil and owed 120,000 Sanctum Coins to Zhao Daqiang.
Huang Qi, in turn, owed him 10,000 Sanctum Coins, while Ning Xingxue completed her transaction happily with him—neither owed the other anything.
In fact, the total amount of Sanctum Coins he had on hand could allow him to fully purchase 70 units of Dense Soil from Zhao Daqiang.
However, he still needed to keep some Sanctum Coins for himself—after all, blacksmith Li Zhu required at least 20,000 Sanctum Coins, plus teleportation, purchasing materials, and many other expenses also required Sanctum Coins.
Notably, in the name of “convenient trading or future repayments,” they exchanged Trading Hall IDs with Bai Qiu.
Of course, Bai Qiu’s shop ID had long been exposed.
Their real intention was plainly to “exchange”—as in, keep contact.
Bai Qiu felt the texture of the Dense Soil and found it contained a large amount of earth-attribute mana, as well as some extremely tiny… water elements?
With the amplification of the Fivefold Arcane Crystalized Eyes and the skill Mana Manipulation, he could clearly feel that the water-element mana within the Dense Soil was extremely special—tiny yet nearly tangible, and the energy contained within was even purer than the fire crystals dropped by the Crimson-Feathered Chicken King.
He also discovered that without these special microscopic water-element energy bodies, Dense Soil would be no different from regular mud—just a bit richer in earth-attribute mana…
Suddenly, Bai Qiu seemed to realize something.
He casually scooped up a handful of mud, studied it carefully, then took out his storage card with his other hand and tried to collect it…
“Ding! The current mud quantity is too low and cannot be collected!”
The system prompt startled Bai Qiu for a moment—then filled him with pleasant surprise.
This mud could indeed be collected, but it required at least 5 kg before it could be counted as one unit.
He shared his discovery with the others and told them to prepare their storage cards to collect mud.
The three instantly understood and made preparations.
After washing his hands, Bai Qiu took out the mystic realm blueprint and his storage card.
He returned A-Yuan to the contract-space card, then began a countdown:
“3! 2! 1! Collect!”
As his countdown ended, everyone bent down together and pressed their storage cards against the muddy ground.
[Ding! All dungeon monsters have been completely eliminated. Resource exploration: 100%. Treasure chests: 100%.
You may collect 1000 units of Mud (E-grade). Collecting will immediately transport you out of the mystic realm.
Collect now?]
“Yes!”
As the system prompt finished, all four collected 1000 units of mud each and were forcefully transported out of the mystic realm—saving Bai Qiu the trouble of exiting manually.
Originally, Bai Qiu thought touching the mud with the storage cards would gather all the mud in the realm, but the system already had strict rules in place.
It gave each person a maximum of 1000 units, then kicked them out once collected.
They had now truly stripped the E-grade mystic realm of every last possible resource.
This time, they had truly operated at maximum efficiency.
…..
Zhang Shiyao slowly opened her eyes, a faint cyan glow flashing across them.
She first picked up the blueprint for the Riptide Potion, then looked around and noticed Guinelia sitting at the bedside, her face flushed red, even a wisp of white steam rising from her head.
She stared blankly at the ring on her ring finger, gently stroking it while giggling foolishly.
Zhang Shiyao immediately asked, “Sister Guinelia, how is Brother Bai Qiu!?”
“Ah, I…” Guinelia was startled, her ears standing straight up.
She hurriedly hid the ring on her right hand’s ring finger in a sneaky manner, then forced a smile and said, “My dea— cough! I mean, Mr. Bai Qiu is fine. He successfully defeated those terrifying monsters. After resting for a night, he went out again! There’s no need to worry!”
The originally pure smile on Guinelia’s face looked a bit unnatural at this moment.
After hearing Guinelia’s explanation, Zhang Shiyao finally relaxed.
It seemed the mage merchant’s trial for her brother had succeeded, and she herself had greatly benefited from the mage merchant’s gifts.
Zhang Shiyao — Level 15
Strength: D+
Magic: C–
Endurance: D+
Agility: C–
Luck: D
Class: Archer
Status: Malnourished (mild), Hungry
Noble Phantasm: Fantasy Collapse — ???
Weapon Cards:
Recurve Bow (D), Dragonfang Bow (D), Mithril Shortbow (C), Steel Cutting Dagger (D)
Equipment Cards:
Fiery Plume Hunter Set (D), Dragonfang Set (D)
Item Cards:
Enhancement Card (C) — Slots used: 1/3
Skills:
Kill Loot (D), Gathering Technique (D), Azure Pupil (D), Mana Manipulation (D), Hunting (D), Azure Light (C)
Skill Slots Used: 3/8
(Kill Loot, Azure Pupil, and Mana Manipulation were actively learned; the rest were self-realized.)
During this slumber, she comprehended a C-rank skill called Azure Light.
And inside the illusion, she had already understood what her Noble Phantasm truly was.
If she used it again—she could absolutely unleash 100% of its power!
Zhang Shiyao’s stomach growled—she was hungry.
She wanted something to eat, but upon seeing the Riptide Potion blueprint, she still asked Guinelia, “Sister, is this blueprint yours?”
“What? Ah, that… was left behind by Bai Qiu. Let me see…” Guinelia froze for a moment, then remembered Bai Qiu had left the blueprint here—though she had forgotten it entirely after seeing the ring…
She took the blueprint and began to read it.
Gradually, the bright smile on her face faded.
She hesitantly asked Zhang Shiyao, “Um… Shiyao, what do you think Bai Qiu meant by leaving a Riptide Potion blueprint on the table, along with this ring, and even the main ingredients like the Purplebell Flower inside it…?”
“Well of course he’s asking Sister Lia to make the potion for him,” Zhang Shiyao answered without hesitation.
The faint expectation Guinelia had felt vanished instantly.
Her ears drooped, and she said with noticeable disappointment, “Oh… so that’s what he meant…”
“Mm-hmm. After all, Brother’s Luck stat is really low. He definitely doesn’t want to deal with something that relies on probability. Oh! Maybe it’s meant for me to learn? I’ll just ask him directly.” Zhang Shiyao completely failed to notice Guinelia’s emotional shift—or rather, she didn’t care about anyone’s emotions except Bai Qiu’s.
….
After leaving the dungeon, Ning Xingxue noticed that it was already late.
Hunting Dragonfang creatures outside the safe zone at night was definitely not a wise choice.
Without hesitation, she directly took out her last secret realm card, handed it to Bai Qiu, and said, “This is the last blueprint. Let’s explore this place tonight as well!”
Secret Realm Card (D+)
Secret Realm Name: Dreamlike Sea of Flowers
Party Limit: 20 people
Bai Qiu was surprised.
High luck really was something else—she actually had three secret realm cards.
Her level progression wasn’t even as good as Zhang Shiyao’s, yet she had this one too, and it was even a D+ mid-tier secret realm.
He nodded.
A D+ difficulty meant the monsters inside would all be above level 15, which meant he could gain quite a lot of experience.
Secret realms usually contained plenty of resources as well.
As for whether they could win—Bai Qiu didn’t care.
With his current C-rank attributes, even barehanded he was stronger than twenty people with full D+ stats.
Besides, he had A-Yuan.
Even if it was timid and didn’t want to fight, letting it out to fire a water cannon or two for support wouldn’t be bad—it would definitely be stronger than the three of them.
Still, to be safe, Bai Qiu went to the blacksmith’s shop in Zone 2243 and spent 1,000 Sanctum Coins to buy five E-rank spears.
These five spears weren’t meant for combat—they were for activating his Noble Phantasm.
With his stats, an E-rank spear would break after just a few swings.
If they encountered a slightly tougher monster, it would be better to use the E-rank weapon as a disposable item and activate the Noble Phantasm to blast the enemy.
Just as they finished preparing to enter the secret realm, a message from Zhang Shiyao caught his attention.
“Hm?”
— The end of the Chapter–
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