Bai Qiu rushed all the way to Zone 2250, then used the teleportation device to transfer to Zone 2246.
Since the meeting point was set at the entrance of the Sanctum Black Tower, he took a few quick strides to the edge of the city wall and leapt down from dozens of meters high.
“Whoooosh…” A strong gust of wind wrapped around him as Bai Qiu descended steadily.
When his toes touched the ground, only a soft “tap” could be heard.
Hearing the sound, Ye Lingtian looked over and immediately stopped talking with the [Blacksmith].
He waved at Bai Qiu and called out, “Boss Bai Qiu, over here!”
“I already said you don’t have to call me that…” Bai Qiu said helplessly.
Every time he said that, people would just respond with, “Got it, boss! No problem, boss!”
Clearly, they were just replying without actually listening.
The [Blacksmith] also turned to look at Bai Qiu.
When he saw the armor on him, he froze for a moment, then muttered enviously, “Li Zhu and Marta really hit the jackpot with their luck…”
He carefully sized Bai Qiu up.
Whether it was his magical power or those golden, authoritative eyes, everything about him was the strongest he had ever seen—easily dozens of times stronger than little brother Ling Tian!
If he had any doubts earlier about whether Ye Lingtian had exaggerated, they were now completely gone.
This armor had been fully upgraded to C-minus rank.
The intensity of the magic radiating from Bai Qiu—and the level of control—was likely already at C rank or even higher!
The orb at his waist, the necklace around his neck, and the regional skill he was currently using—each of them was at least C-rank!
You had to know that most players right now were still equipped with a mix of E-rank and D-rank gear.
Even among the top-tier players, having a full set of D-rank equipment with maybe one C-rank item mixed in was already considered elite—something worth showing off!
Bai Qiu took out three cards from his storage card: the Meteor Spear, Origin Flame, and Dark Will.
He handed them to Ye Lingtian and said, “I brought the items. Take a look.”
Ye Lingtian excitedly took the cards.
After confirming that they matched exactly what he wanted, he immediately pulled out the Meteor Spear and performed a full set of basic spear techniques in an open space.
Then he suddenly snapped back to his senses, hurriedly taking out a card containing three Miracle Fruits and handing it to Bai Qiu.
“Sorry, boss—I got too excited and lost myself for a moment. My luck is only E-, so it’s really hard for me to get weapons I can actually use!”
Bai Qiu nodded in understanding.
He was actually quite interested in Ye Lingtian’s spear technique—in just that brief observation, he had already memorized every move.
However, when he saw the three Miracle Fruits, he paused.
Then he took one out and handed it back to Ye Lingtian.
“You gave me one extra. I only traded for two.”
But Ye Lingtian shook his hand and said, “No, this one was meant as a gift from the start. If it weren’t for you killing so many Lord-class monsters, I probably would’ve died there. This opportunity wouldn’t have come to me either.”
“Since you were the one who found it, it should belong to you. Take it back—it’s more valuable than you realize,” Bai Qiu said seriously.
Yet Ye Lingtian shook his head again.
“This fruit isn’t just my way of repaying you for saving my life… It’s also because what you said to me helped me immensely.”
“I know the value of the Miracle Fruit, but something like that is too far out of reach for me right now. At this stage, everything that can make me stronger—you’ve already given me. Bai Qiu, you don’t owe me anything.”
Both of them were expressionless, yet their eyes were filled with sincerity and ease as they looked at each other.
They stood there in a stalemate for quite a while…
“In that case, I’ll accept it with respect! Let’s add each other as friends—we’ll meet again someday,” Bai Qiu said.
From their exchange of gazes, it was clear they held mutual respect and admiration.
“Mm!” After accepting Bai Qiu’s friend request, the two smiled at each other and bumped fists.
They looked just like comrades who had been separated for years.
“Phew…” Bai Qiu soon left, but the excitement in Ye Lingtian’s heart hadn’t faded.
He immediately used both skill cards and was eager to go out and test their effects on Lord-class monsters in real combat!
“You already know about transcendent physiques, and you still gave him the Miracle Fruit?” the [Blacksmith] asked, puzzled.
Ye Lingtian smiled and shook his head. “You don’t know the full story. Let me explain…”
Fifteen minutes later, the [Blacksmith] fell silent.
After a long pause, he finally muttered, “You guys are incredible… truly something else!”
…
Bai Qiu returned to Zone 2233.
After heading to the blacksmith shop to turn in his task and returning the recording cube to Marta, he went straight to Wang Renfeng’s restaurant for a hearty meal.
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Approaching 1 PM, Bai Qiu stepped into Guinelia’s workshop, assisting her in crafting healing potions in preparation for a big sale.
Time passed quickly.
By evening, after finishing work, Bai Qiu went to eat at Wang Renfeng’s place again—this time, it was Guinelia’s treat.
As night fell, Bai Qiu found a spot to release Ah Yuan.
He fed it 100kg of meat, along with several bottles of Riptide Potions.
Once it was fully satisfied, he stroked the smooth scales on its head before sending it back into the contract space to continue sleeping.
With the combined effects of flesh and the potions, Ah Yuan entered another growth phase.
Bai Qiu also tossed ten portions of Dense Soil into the contract space—this soil contained extremely pure water-element energy, beneficial to Ah Yuan even just by lying on it.
Returning to his apartment, Bai Qiu renewed his stay.
However, instead of entering meditation immediately, he began checking his private messages and friend chat interface.
After once again declining their invitations, Bai Qiu stated his purpose:
“Any herbs that increase elemental affinity, or potion recipes—no level restriction—I’m buying. Offline trades preferred.”
Yes, the main reason he added these people was to collect materials or blueprints that could enhance various elemental affinities.
The valuable items from the mage merchant had basically all been bought out by him.
He would be leaving tomorrow as well, and after that, his strength likely wouldn’t see any major improvement in the short term.
Elemental affinity, however, was something he absolutely had to raise.
Take his current Abyssal Hellfire for example—if his Dark and Fire elemental affinities increased, then the damage of his Purgatory Darkflame Spear would also rise accordingly!
And this kind of boost was very significant—one that wouldn’t be diluted!
The Miracle Fruit was indeed precious, and precisely because of that, Bai Qiu didn’t plan to use it right away.
Instead, he wanted to find a secret realm filled with a specific element—like the Nether Swamp—and use it there.
That way, the benefit would be maximized.
On this point, Ye Lingtian was right—the “miracle” triggered by the Miracle Fruit also had prerequisites.
Miracles and magic were not free!
As for Sanctum Coins, although he was currently short on them, it wasn’t urgent anymore.
He sent the details of all the items and equipment he had obtained from killing Lord-class monsters to Zhang Shiyao, asking if she wanted anything.
She quickly replied: “I don’t need them right now, Brother Bai Qiu. You should just sell them! These items are still quite valuable at this stage.”
That made sense—someone with Azure Light wouldn’t be interested in these lower-tier skills and equipment anyway.
Without hesitation, Bai Qiu listed all the skill books and equipment on the marketplace.
For C-rank items, based on his estimation of quality, he priced them between 150,000 to 220,000 Sanctum Coins.
As for D-rank items, they ranged between 1,500 to 5,500.
After all, while the C-rank drops from Dragonfang Lords were on the lower end of C-rank quality, the D-rank items he got were mostly top-tier within the D-rank category.
The moment he listed such a large batch of items, it instantly caused a massive uproar in the chat channels…
— The end of the Chapter–
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