Chapter 3227: Delicacy?

Caesar walked out from the small door beside the display window. This was clearly his room, but he looked sneaky. He came to the door, poked his head out to look around, and after confirming no one was there, he closed the door with a bang and locked it.

"My dear friend, Caesar misses you very much."

Caesar returned to the wooden display window, sat on a high stool, and took out half a pot of turbid thick soup from under the counter, with green vegetable leaves and suspicious floating objects on it.

Caesar lowered his head and took a deep breath, then showed an enjoyable expression, the expression blooming like a chrysanthemum.

"My dear friend, this is a specialty from my hometown. Would you like to taste it?"

Caesar was rarely generous, taking out a small bowl with a broken corner from under the counter. For Caesar, sharing a small bowl was the psychological limit he could bear.

"Is this, Graham?"

Su Xiao looked at the suspicious thick soup and remembered when he first met Caesar, when he was still a military supply officer, he was very keen on this kind of thick soup called "Graham."

"My friend, you actually still remember, your memory is not bad. How about it? Would you like to have a bowl?"

Caesar swallowed his saliva, already impatient.

"Not necessary."

Su Xiao's brows tightened. He had heard Caesar mention the main composition of "Graham Soup" once before. Even if he hadn't heard it, he wouldn't try this thing.

Graham Soup ingredient list: unwashed bison large intestine, pig bladder, the "root" of giant creatures (the "root" of a troll is the most authentic ingredient), rhizomes of the season blue flower...

These materials were mixed together, chopped, dried, then an appropriate amount of sour grapes were taken, ground into sour water, and the dried "Graham" raw materials were put into it, sealed in a pottery jar for fermentation for two months. After two months, the white bacterial layer on the upper layer of the pottery jar was removed, the already pickled "Graham" raw materials were taken out, stewed over high heat for 45-50 minutes, sprinkled with coarse salt, filtered for impurities, and then sprinkled with pre-boiled green vegetables, and it could be "enjoyed."

It is said that this thing can strengthen the kidneys, so even if it is a bit disgusting, it is sought after by many people. The two words "kidney tonifying" seem to have infinite attraction to all males, making people look serious and listen carefully to the details, for fear of missing any word.

Of course, this is also one of the famous delicacies of the Dragon Empire. Judging from the enjoyable expression of Caesar, he is indeed very fond of this thing. In order to restore the taste in his memory, he specifically returned to the Dragon Empire of the "Duguya Continent" to collect materials, which is his hometown.

Knock knock.

Su Xiao knocked on the counter. Caesar, who was enjoying the delicacy with a wooden spoon, was stunned, and then understood Su Xiao's meaning.

"My dear friend, due to special reasons, the reputation list will take half an hour to activate."

Caesar continued to bury his head in enjoying the "delicacy." Seeing this scene, Su Xiao felt slightly uncomfortable in his stomach. The smell in this room was too strange.

Su Xiao checked the pile of notifications that had just appeared. Ignoring Caesar's shady operations in the first half, there were four main points, which were four types of faction permissions, totaling:

Cost-price procurement, return, profiteer, internal procurement.

The effect of "Cost-price procurement" was very simple. For example, an item required 10,000 reputation points, Su Xiao only needed 7,500 reputation points to take it down, 25% cheaper, very powerful.

The effect of

If he were to find Caesar for a refund after exchanging, the reputation returned would not be based on the purchase price, but the listed price, meaning a net profit of 2,500 reputation points after the refund.

An even more shameless point is that this fellow Caesar has a shoddy refurbishment ability. Note, it is refurbishment, not repair; this point is very important.

For example, Su Xiao exchanges for a blade, and the durability of this blade is 100/100. After he uses it for two days, the durability of the blade becomes 90/100. In this situation, he can still bring the blade to Caesar to return it.

Is everyone else a fool? Can't they see this blade has been used? No, others can certainly see it. As the saying goes, there is a policy above and a countermeasure below. After completing the return, Caesar will use one of his abilities to refurbish the blade. After refurbishment, the 90/100 durability of this blade will become 95/95.

Yes, you read that right. The maximum durability has decreased by 5 points, but the blade has indeed been repaired. If you call it second-hand, the durability is full; if you call it new, this thing exudes a sense of strangeness everywhere, as if it had been defiled.

Such returns can only be performed twice a day, and one must be careful; if discovered by the Sun Church, it will bring a series of dire consequences.

The "Profiteer" faction privilege is also very important. This privilege seems unremarkable, but it is actually very strong. Its effect is that one can ignore the reputation level prerequisites for item exchange in the faction shop and proceed with the exchange.

For example, for items that require Bishop-level reputation to exchange, Su Xiao can exchange for them with Honored-level reputation, provided he has enough reputation points.

Do not think this ability is useless. Obtaining a higher status within the Sun Church requires not only strength but also recommendations from believers, as well as the intensity of one's tolerance for Sun Power, etc.

To become a high-ranking member of the Sun Church, one must have the recommendation of ordinary believers. It is simply impossible to rise through connections, background, etc. These factors are worthless to the lunatics who worship the Sun.

Moreover, the high-ranking members of the Sun Church represent strength more than anything else, and they rarely manage affairs. Everyone plays their own way, doing whatever makes them happy. They go on missions when there are missions, and swarm together when bullied. To this day, being bullied is already an extremely rare occurrence.

Known intelligence indicates that the reputation levels of the Sun Church total six grades, which are: Friendly, Honored, Revered, Divine Official, Deacon, and Bishop.

The first three reputation levels can be reached by ordinary Sun believers, and one can promote oneself once enough reputation is gained. To reach the Divine Official level, one must be crowned as a Dawn Divine Official in the Sun God Church; otherwise, the reputation level will remain stuck at Revered.

From this, one can see how strong the effect of "Profiteer" is. As long as there is enough faction reputation, Su Xiao can use Revered-level reputation to exchange for items with Bishop-level prerequisites.

The final "Internal Procurement," simply put, means that some non-sale items in the Sun God Church's treasury will appear in the reputation list.

After exchanging for these things, before leaving the Sand World, Su Xiao will keep these types of items in his storage space. Although these things were exchanged using his reputation, their origin is not clean. Once discovered by the Sun God Church, he and Caesar will have no choice but to run.

Su Xiao feels that "Internal Procurement" is the most important faction privilege. Caesar had mentioned before that the Sun Church's treasury contains 【Scroll Fragments】, 【Steel Boxes】, 【Sun Flame Combustion Technology】, etc.

Su Xiao is not clear about what the 【Steel Box】 is, but the 【Scroll Fragments】 and 【Sun Flame Combustion Technology】 are what he needs. The former needs no explanation, and the latter concerns improving Apollo. With this technology mastered, Su Xiao believes that before long, Apollo's explosive power and subsequent burning damage will inevitably increase significantly.

Mentioning Apollo, Su Xiao thought that in the Sand World, one cannot easily use Apollo. If the Sun Church discovers it, being expelled is a small problem; if things go wrong, it could lead to permanent hostility.

The Sun Church believes in the Sun and worships the Sun. The origin of this faith comes from the Holy Land, Kiliad. The people of the Holy Land, Kiliad, created a sun. This is an act despised by the Sun Church; the Sun is sacred, and man-made equals blasphemy.

If Su Xiao were to throw an Apollo, and with a boom, the Apollo, which looks like a small sun, explodes, the Sun believers would look and say, "Huh? Isn't this the Sun? You dare to create a sun? Someone, bring the pole, hang him up and bake him to death."

This is by no means Su Xiao's delusion, but something that could truly happen.

A loud burp came from behind the counter. The pot Caesar was holding in both hands was already cleaner than his face. This fellow burped with satisfaction and even patted his bulging belly.

"The timing is about right, my dear friend. What would you like to buy? Caesar guarantees that this time the goods are honest, and the quality is high and the price is low."

Amidst Caesar's cunning laughter, Su Xiao received a notification.

【Notification: Sun Church Reputation Shop has been activated. You can exchange for items by consuming existing reputation points.】

【Existing reputation points: 4756/5900 (Friendly).】

【Notification: You can obtain Sun Church reputation points by completing faction missions, handing over Miraculous Objects, or offering Soul Coins, Soul Crystals, etc., to the Sun Altar.】

【You can consume reputation points to exchange for the following 375 types of items.】

1. Scroll Fragment x1

Inventory quantity: 21 pieces

Exchange prerequisite: Cannot be purchased.

Exchange price: Cannot be purchased.

Internal procurement price: 50,000 faction reputation points.