22 Superb Prowess (1/2)
Shi Li and Moddy leisurely walked through the barrier as it was made by Moddy in the first place. The stifling aura emanated by the multiple beasts in the inner depths attacked the both of them, but with their tenacious wills, it felt like a small breeze to them rather than a storming tempest.
As Shi Li was walking beside Moddy through the inner depths, he was trying to remember the items needed for the storage function.
'Hmmm...if I remember correctly, I would need 5 Grade E beast corpses, 1 log of Ruin Forest Wood and 40% of my mental energy. Was it 30? White Screen, what's the price I need to pay for the first level of storage?'
A semi-transparent screen appeared in front of Shi Li, to which Moddy exclaimed in surprise.
”Nya! What's that-nya?! It looks like some sort of plate floating in front of your face-nya!”
Shi Li turned his head towards Moddy and asked out of surprise as he pointed to the screen in front of him.
”You...can see this?”
Moddy nodded its neckless head as it said, ”Nya. Does it do anything special-nya?”
Shi Li thought about for a while and shrugged his shoulders. ”I don't really know if it's special because I'm not the only one capable of using it.”
He said this as he was sure the other people who inherited the bloodline from the primogenitor would have the same power as well, albeit used differently.
”I see-nya...” Moddy pondered for a bit before looking in front of their path through the inner depths. ”Well, don't bother with me-nya. Go and continue doing your thing-nya.”
Shi Li lightly smiled as he looked back at the screen in front of him. ”Thanks.”
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Price needed to pay: 5 Grade E beast corpses, 1 log of Ruin Forest Wood, 20% of user's mental energy.
- Nonpareil Eye Interface
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'So it was 20%. Well that's better since I don't have to guard against any ambush attacks...even though I have Moddy by my side.'
'Let's move on to the corpses. White Screen, open up the map with glowing dots signifying the corpses I've killed.'
With one swipe of the screen, the information from before was changed with a map of the whole forest. Multiple glowing dots of various colors could also be found throughout the map.
'Hmm...26 white lights, 11 gray lights and 2 silver lights. Does this mean anything, White Screen?'
A small screen popped up beside the map, answering Shi Li's question.
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White light = Grade E corpse
Gray light = Grade D-1 corpse
Silver light = Grade D-2 corpse
- Nonpareil Eye Interface
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'Ahh, I see. Well since I grabbed a special log of Ruin Forest Wood, I'll grab the highest quality corpses I could get as well.'
Shi Li closed the screens as he looked at Moddy with a small smile on his face. ”Hey Moddy, wanna go and test out your new drums in battle?”
Moddy's ears picked up Shi Li's question as it jumped with joy, its eyes glistening. ”Really-nya? Is this really gonna happen-nya? I wanna go and test it out-nya!”
Shi Li chuckled at Moddy's expression as he waved his hand. ”Follow me then.”
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Shi clan, Shi Xingwan's room.
An attendant hurriedly opened the door to Shi Xingwan's office as he yelled out, ”Patriarch, patriarch! We have bought one pill!”
Shi Xingwan who was signing papers, instantly placed the papers aside and looked at the attendant with surprise. ”That fast?”
After the day Shi Li left, the Red Dawn Pavillion publicized that they would be selling the Shackle Ascension Pill that day. In an instant, the three great clans and the other smaller clans hurriedly pooled all their gold and bought any pill they could get, fearing that other clans might get one first.
Shi Xingwan was smart enough to put an attendant on guard in front of the Red Dawn Pavillion with gold coins on hand, just in case these things happen.