Chapter 394 – Half a Main City (1/2)
After the Elemental Skill Book and the Elemental Sword Diagram were promoted to Divine artifacts, Fatty thought of the Elemental Sword and armor set. Since he had been busy running around all the time and hadn’t had the time to upgrade them, they were still only Gold-tier.
Upgrading them was quite simple, he only needed enough elemental energy, which was exactly what the five-color light circulating on the Elemental Skill Book was emitting a large amount of right now. In front of Lin Xi, Fatty upgraded the Elemental Sword and armor set to Violet.
Above Violet was Celestial. This tier required not only elemental energy but also various materials.
Re-equipping his gear, Fatty asked Lin Xi about the other mystery codices.
“Oh, those?” Lin Xi pondered before saying, “There are nine books that correspond to the nine major attributes. Their names are different, but they are all commonly called by their attribute plus ‘magic book.’ These books are truly priceless treasures, comparable to Divine artifacts. Very difficult to get.”
Fatty was baffled. No wonder the Elemental Skill Book and the Sword Diagram were all originally Legendary artifacts, it turned out each of them was the fusion of at least five Divine artifacts.
“But I do know the whereabouts of one of them, the Fire Magic Book,” Lin Xi nonchalantly said.
Dumbstruck, Fatty looked at Lin Xi, waiting for him to continue.
Sure enough, Lin Xi revealed a smile. “However, this information was hard-earned, so I should sell it for a good price, should I not?”
Advanced NPCs weren’t easy to trick like the ordinary ones. Fatty never regarded Lin Xi as an NPC, but a wily old fox. Lin Xi knocked on the table in quick contemplation and said, “I know about the agreement between Wu Junxiao and the Black Dragon King. And I guess Old Lei must have given a condition to you. Mine is the same as his.”
Hearing this, Fatty breathed a sigh of relief. He had been afraid that Lin Xi would demand something exorbitant. If it was just the Source Origin, however, Fatty didn’t care how many people wanted in on it. He didn’t have the power to compete for it anyway.
Lin Xi had once seen the Fire Mystery Codex, aka the Fire Magic Book, used by someone. It was the Fire Phoenix in the deepest part of the Mountain of Flames.
“Fire Phoenix? Legendary sacred beast?” Fatty sprang up in shock.
“Not Legendary. In fact, the Fire Phoenix was a Legendary beast ten thousand years ago, but it underwent nirvana a thousand years ago and its strength has yet to be restored,” Lin Xi explained.
“I see.” Fatty’s head spun with all kinds of ideas, thinking about what he should do to pry the Fire Mystery Codex from the hands of the Fire Phoenix.
Leaving Black Tortoise City, Fatty went to Sky City and sought West. When Fatty said he wanted to go to the Mountain of Flames to find the Fire Phoenix for the Fire Codex, West shook his head.
“Too difficult. You know that a magic book is equivalent to a Divine artifact. Since such a thing is so rare, how can it give it to you?” West said.
“Why don't we use the Source Origin as bait?” Fatty intended to maximize the advantage of the Source Origin.
“The Source Origin isn’t ours. If you can really master it, you can use it to exchange for things. However, now it’s but a scourge. Who knows what kind of trouble will occur while it’s still here?” West bluntly rejected the idea.
“Imperial decree! Lord of Sky City, please accept.” A sharp voice reverberated in the city, startling Fatty. He hurriedly led West and the other citizens to Holy Spirit Island.
A middle-aged man in a brocade robe holding a golden scroll stood in the yard, waiting for Fatty’s group to come over. The man cut to the chase without saying stuff like ‘one had to take the imperial decree on their knees.’ He opened the scroll and read aloud, “In appreciation to the Lord of Sky City for his contribution in the war against the Sun Dynasty, the reward is half of the resources for the city reconstruction. I hope for Sky City Lord’s continuous efforts and contributions that the name of our Xuanhuang Ancient Country will be eminent throughout the two worlds of humans and demons in the future.”
After reading the decree, the middle-aged man folded it and handed it to Fatty, then took out a palm-sized brocade box from his chest. “All the resources are here. Please check it, City Lord.”
Seeing the box, Lucas' eyes flashed. “What a big spatial storage! This kind requires a space mage of the Divine tier to refine.”
Fatty opened the brocade box, which was densely packed with storage spaces; each space was the size of a plaza. There were several tens of thousands of them filled with various construction materials.
“Thank His Majesty for rewarding me so. I shall do my best for the dynasty.” It cost nothing to say a few nice words, so Fatty expressed his patriotism loudly to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man smiled with satisfaction. After saying some encouraging words to Fatty, he led his entourage and left.
As soon as the middle-aged man left, Fatty jumped up. “Ahaha, half a main city worth of resources! We’re going to flourish!”
Architect Lin rushed over right at this moment. Upon the sight of the brocade box in Fatty's hand, his eyes immediately lit up. “Give it to me. With these materials, I can build the city defense structures in less than a month.”
Fatty eyed him suspiciously. “This is only half the construction resources. You can actually build all the defense structures without cutting corners?”