Chapter 439 The Mysterious Stone

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[Talisman Section]

-Fire Sword Talisman (Martial, High-Grade-1): 5,000 Reward Points

(1 Available)

-Thunder Escape Talisman (Martial, High-Grade-1): 7,000 Reward Points

(1 Available)

-Light Flash Talisman (Soul, 9-Star): 10,000 Reward Points

(1 Available)

[Treasure Section]

-Lightning Sword (High-Grade-2 Weapon): 5,000 Reward Points

-Platinum Moon Sword (Low-Grade-3 Runic Weapon): 10,000 Reward Point

-Golden Defense (High-Grade-2 Torso Light Armor): 7,000 Reward Point

-Platinum Defense (Low-Grade-3 Full Body Light Armor): 10,000 Reward Point

-Armament Guard Ring (Low-Grade-2 Defensive Runic Accessory): 10,000 Reward Point

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-Autonomous Qi Storage (Intermediate-Grade-3 Treasure): 15,000 Reward Point

[Description: Ability to store Martial Qi and draw it for one’s use.]

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-Dark Fire Shield Stone (High-Grade-3 Defensive Treasure): 20,000 Reward Point

[Description: This Stone can absorb and store a large amount of Qi from Qi stones (only Grade-2 or higher) and then release that Qi into a dark fiery barrier, forming a shield that can block a peak river core realm attack.]

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Ace couldn’t help but smile, seeing the contents of the reward list.

Although the rewards were of inferior quality in both pill sections and talismans, they were quite appealing to any river realm expert.

However, they can’t break into the next realm before the trial as well so, many of them were useless to them, especially the condensing pills and Qi stones.

Furthermore, Ace also spotted the item that the Floor Manager has interested him to buy, and strangely, its name was the Dark Fire Shield Stone, and it was worth 20,000 Reward Points.

It was some unknown item, and it was quite a useful defensive treasure, but it wasn’t enough to arouse someone from the life demon association’s interest and made them pay double the amount.

‘Could it be that guy is taking it for something else, or the blade tribe has taken it for something else, and it has some other use?’ Ace’s eyes shimmered with uncertainty, ‘Should I buy it? There isn’t anything that I’m interested in except those talismans, but I have my own, so…’

Feng looked at Greysen and asked politely, “Uncle Greysen, I want to know how many Reward Points I need to enter the royal library?”

Greysen answered smilingly, “Oh, you want to acquire skills and techniques from the royal library? You don’t have to bother. There’s a special skill and technique list you can choose from.”

However, Feng shook his head and said, “No, I didn’t want any skills or techniques but knowledge about old ruins. Sir White Fire told me I can enter the royal library as long as I have reward points.”

Greysen was astonished when he heard Feng’s uninterested response, and he didn’t seem to joke at all. But he still answered, “Is that so? Then if you want to learn common knowledge which isn’t related to skills or techniques, 500 to 1000 Reward Points would be sufficient. However, the royal librarian has the last say in this, though.”

“Thank you, I understand.” Feng nodded with a smile, and then he pointed at the item pictured in the reward booklet and said, “I want this Dark Fire Shield Stone.”

Greysen, as well as Peter and Thomas, looked at the white stone with black dots and its price.

Peter couldn’t help but frown, “Uncle Greysen, why have I never heard of this stone before? It has quite a useful function.”

Greysen said, “This stone was found in the treasury when we’re setting the reward list and, after examining it, we found this function. His Majesty decided to put it in the first rank list because of its strong defensive ability, and it’s quite sturdy as well.”

Greysen then looked at Feng and advised, “I never thought Young Friend Feng would want to claim it first, of all the items. Although it’s a unique treasure of unknown origin, it’s not so important as the other items. If you want a defensive treasure, you should buy the Armament Guard Ring or armor. They were specially chosen for you. Are you sure you want to spend 20,000 reward points on this?”

‘Unknown origin, huh?’ Ace became even more interested in this item.

Feng tactfully answered, “Thank you for your kind intentions Uncle Greysen, but I’m only lacking with a defensive treasure and armors aren’t my cup of tea, and Armament Guard Ring is already worth 10,000 Reward Points, but its grade is lower than this Dark Fire Shield Stone. So, I’m sure I want this.”

Feng’s word made quite a sense to Greysen, so he thought little and agreed, “As long as you’re satisfied with it. If it wasn’t his majesty’s strict order, I would’ve given you more reward points to spend.” He seemed to lament about it.

“I know. Thank you for your consideration.” Feng seemed grateful.

Afterward, Thomas also chose some soul pills, a talisman, and a defensive treasure. His medicine section was filled with soul pills, but they were quite expensive, so he could only choose a limited amount.

Greysen quietly noted down their purchases and then pulled the items from his storage ring.

Ace finally understood where those items were, and he wanted to pickpocket Greysen’s storage ring, but he knew he won’t be able to keep it for long, so he suppressed his thievish urge.

After collecting their items, they bid Greysen farewell and left the building.

Brenna was waiting in the carriage. She was the same as Peter, completely uninterested in the treasure list, so she didn’t go with them before.

The blade demon castle was also a short distance away from the treasury hall, and it was made of white marble with beautiful silver patterns.

Peter and Brenna parted way with Thomas and Feng at the castle, while Thomas led Feng toward his courtyard, where Milly was waiting.

She wasn’t participating in this competition because Thomas say she was cultivating a secret skill, and it needed her a year or so to master it.

In the evening, a servant appeared to Feng with a message that his maids have arrived in his courtyard, so he bid Thomas and Milly farewell and left with that servant.

The blade demon castle was quite large, and they were all in the eastern castle, which was reserved for guests like them.

From Thomas, he found out that all the blade envoys lived in the western blade castle and the southern and northern castles were reserved for the silver blade demon clan, while the Central Blade Castle was where the King’s family lived.

Dolly and Flora were waiting for Feng with agitated expressions because they thought something was wrong when they heard they were summoned to the blade castle.

But after hearing he was ordered to live in the castle, they felt relieved, and it was also a good thing for them since no one would dare to cause trouble anymore.

‘Sigh finally alone…’

Ace sighed with somewhat exhaustion as he entered his room because today was tiring, especially the meeting with Blade Demon King.

‘I come a long way from being an ordinary mortal to the point of becoming a thief and lying in the face of a soul manifestation realm demon king… who would’ve thought, heh!’

Ace looked outside the window at the slowly darkening golden sky and couldn’t help but reminisce with a faint smile, but there was deep loneliness in his eyes.

Ace averted his eyes after a while and then checked the room for any surveillance arrays or formations, and it was clean. He then took out a palm size oval shape stone which was white but had small black dots all over its smooth jade-like surface.

He poured some earth Qi into it, and the very next moment, a dark fiery barrier encircled him. Furthermore, he even felt the intense heat while standing in the middle of it.

‘Is that why the alchemist wanted it? This black fire might have some use in alchemy?’ Ace guessed as he stopped pouring Qi into it.

Thereafter, a grade-2 Qi stone appeared in his hand and the moment he pulled it close to the oval stone it suddenly trembled before the Qi in the Qi stone started to madly suck into the oval stone, and only when the Qi stone turned to dust did the suction force vanished.

Ace’s eyes turned sharp, and the green Qi turned into dark Qi filled with lightning sparks.

At this moment, the moment he used his heavenly darkness, Qi the stone suddenly trembled, eye narrowed, Ace stopped using his HD-Qi and the stone turn back to normal.

‘There’s definitely something wrong with this stone!’

Ace asked, “System, can you appraise this stone?”

”[50,000 TP is required. Do you want to continue?]”

Ace cocked an eyebrow at hearing this price. “So there’s something extraordinary about this stone, huh? Do it!”

The very next moment thereafter, the TP was deducted,

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[Egg of a Nether Paradise Bird]

-Description: From ‘???’ family, born in, ???, It controlled the [Nether Fire] law after reaching adulthood.

-Rank: Above Ninth Grade

-Bloodline: Above Ninth Grade

-State: Pseudo-Dead

-Incubate Condition (1): A nether paradise bird can only hatch after being nourished with Nether Spirit Magma

-Incubate Condition (2): Host’s Heavenly-Darkness Qi can also replace the Nether Spirit Magma

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[Thief Point(s): 3,635,400]

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