Chapter 976: A Sad Story (Fifth update)

Su Xiao sat on a bed Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had newly bought, a look of contemplation on his face. He still had many things to do.

First, he needed a large amount of Paradise Coins to upgrade Alchemy Creature Manufacturing and to manufacture high-level alchemy creatures; this was not a small expense.

Secondly, there was the Essence of the Reborn Dragon. He planned to use this thing to upgrade his Qing Gang Ying ability. He had coveted the high-level biological energy within the essence for a long time; it was perfect for upgrading the Qing Gang Ying ability. If all the energy within the essence was devoured, his Qing Gang Ying ability would reach a very astonishing level.

Not only that, he suspected that Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang could also absorb this high-level biological energy. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang improved its strength by devouring the flesh and blood of high-level creatures; perhaps there was hope for it to devour the energy within the essence.

This matter could wait for now. Su Xiao needed to handle other things first, calm down, and then devour this essence. Using the Devouring Core had certain risks, the risk of transforming from a Law-Extinguishing Shadow into a Blade Demon.

The Law-Extinguishing Shadow was already hated by everyone in the Void; if he became a Blade Demon...

Su Xiao had never thought of becoming a Blade Demon. It was true that a Blade Demon was strong, but in the early stages, a Blade Demon was delirious, its only thought being to kill all living things before it, without its own subjective consciousness. That was no different from death. Even if it could recover its consciousness later, that consciousness would no longer be Su Xiao, but some kind of intent generated in slaughter; that was not a complete consciousness.

Becoming a Blade Demon = death. Therefore, Su Xiao must not have any slip-ups when devouring energy; that would mean "death."

Su Xiao got up and walked out of the exclusive room. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang followed after hesitating for a moment, but after going out, the man and the dog acted separately.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was a dog with its own thoughts and hobbies, not a familiar. Except when in a derived world, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang often went out to hang around, or rather, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had more acquaintances in the Reincarnation Paradise than Su Xiao.

Su Xiao walked straight to the trading market. One of his hobbies was to become stronger. As for the purpose of becoming stronger, did becoming stronger need a purpose? Not at all. Gradually becoming powerful, this was actually a kind of purpose. Only by being strong enough could one live as one pleased.

The trading market was crowded, some employee merchants were noisy, and others were fooling passing newcomers.

Su Xiao came to the stall he often used and unexpectedly met an "acquaintance."

This acquaintance was wearing a half-face mask, looking sneaky.

"Who did you offend?"

Su Xiao squatted in front of the stall. His sudden opening caused the acquaintance to tremble.

"Phew~ It's Bai Ye. I thought Stan's people had found me."

The acquaintance looked lifeless. As for this acquaintance, he had cooperated with Su Xiao twice, once in the survival trial and once in the Holy Grail world. That's right, it was Brother No-Umbrella.

Brother No-Umbrella didn't know what he had encountered, but he had lost a circle of weight. Giving him a "Brother, you've lost weight" would be very appropriate.

"Because of that incident in the Holy Grail world?"

Brother No-Umbrella had fought against Stan's subordinates with Su Xiao in the Holy Grail world. It was normal to be hunted by Stan now.

"It's much more serious than that."

Brother No-Umbrella sighed, the look in his eyes extremely complex.

"What? You couldn't have slept with Stan's wife, could you?"

Su Xiao threw a cigarette to Brother No-Umbrella, but Brother No-Umbrella didn't catch it, and the cigarette fell to the ground.

"How did you know??"

Brother No-Umbrella's eyes were full of disbelief. Su Xiao's hand sending the cigarette to his mouth froze, the scene extremely awkward.

After a long while, Su Xiao muttered: "Awesome." Brother No-Umbrella could only smile helplessly.

"You might not believe it if I say it, but I slept with Stan's wife in the real world. It was supposed to be a one-night stand, and then... that woman seems to have latched onto me, wanting to divorce Stan."

Speaking of this, Brother No-Umbrella had already begun to doubt life.

Su Xiao took two cans of beer from the storage space and signaled for Brother No-Umbrella to continue. Brother No-Umbrella pulled open the tab and gulped down a few mouthfuls.

"Life..."

Brother No-Umbrella began to describe the process of meeting Stan's wife and described the beauty of Stan's wife as a married woman. All in all, this was a "sad" story.

"I don't know why, but compared to Stan's own pursuit, Huang Fen is hunting me even more fiercely."

The amount of information in Brother No-Umbrella's sentence was a bit large. Stan's wife was Huang Fen's sister-in-law. The sister-in-law was having an affair; why was Huang Fen so angry? This was a question worth pondering.

"I can only take care of myself. Thanks for the wine. I'm leaving."

Brother No-Umbrella packed up his items and left, not intending to continue selling items. Su Xiao sat behind the vacated stall and soon threw the "emotional" dispute between Brother No-Umbrella, Stan, Stan's wife, and Huang Fen to the back of his mind. Brother No-Umbrella was also pitiful; as an older single male, it was normal to occasionally go hunting for beauty, but unfortunately, he slept with Stan's wife.

Thinking of this, Su Xiao suddenly wanted to laugh, but Brother No-Umbrella hadn't gone far, so laughing now was a bit inappropriate.

Su Xiao didn't have many things to sell; it was the 【Will of Fire】 necklace he had replaced. As a pale gold necklace, this thing could definitely fetch a high price.

Su Xiao priced the 【Will of Fire】 at 430,000 Paradise Coins. The White Lady and Black Gentleman sold previously were both pale gold equipment, and the two were sold for a total price of 320,000 Paradise Coins.

Compared to the White and Black weapons, the 【Will of Fire】 had a much larger audience. Anyone could wear a necklace, regardless of profession. Moreover, the 【Will of Fire】 could reduce mental control and enhance pain tolerance.

In less than five minutes, dozens of contractors gathered in front of the stall. The contractors asking for prices in a jumble made Su Xiao have a headache. Simply, he priced the 【Will of Fire】 at 1 Paradise Coin and sold it in the form of an auction.

The onlookers cursed shamelessly and then began to bid for the 【Will of Fire】. Necklaces were rare, let alone pale gold quality necklaces.

About half an hour later, the 【Will of Fire】 was successfully sold for 470,000 Paradise Coins. The successful bidder's intestines were green with regret. He didn't buy it when Su Xiao priced it at 430,000 before, and now he spent 40,000 more Paradise Coins to buy it.

Carrying 474,500 Paradise Coins, Su Xiao first transferred 20,000 Paradise Coins to Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang. This idiot spent a lot of Paradise Coins to get those 【Pure Black Carbon Stone】 pieces, and its small treasury was severely injured.

With sufficient Paradise Coins, Su Xiao headed straight for the exclusive room.

Returning to the exclusive room, Su Xiao walked into the alchemy laboratory converted from the study, sat in front of the test bench, and opened the skill list.

【Alchemy】

First layer, Alchemy Bomb Manufacturing: lv. 20 (Max level).

Second layer, Alchemy Potion Manufacturing: lv. 20 (Max level)

Third layer, Alchemy Creature Manufacturing: lv. 1 (Proficiency 1876/10).

【Upgrade Alchemy Creature Manufacturing lv. 1, each upgrade requires 5000 Paradise Coins, Yes/No.】

The cost required to upgrade Alchemy Creature Manufacturing made Su Xiao frown. When upgrading Bomb Science and Potion Science, each level only required 500 Paradise Coins.

Fortunately, Paradise Coins were sufficient, and Su Xiao began to upgrade Alchemy Creature Manufacturing.

【Alchemy Creature Manufacturing upgraded to lv. 2.】

【Alchemy Creature Manufacturing upgraded to lv. 3.】

【Alchemy Creature Manufacturing upgraded to lv. 4.】

【Alchemy Creature Manufacturing upgraded to lv. 10.】

A large amount of Alchemy Creature Manufacturing knowledge connected in Su Xiao's mind; this was the result of accumulating knowledge in the Void.

【Prompt: Upgrade Alchemy Creature Manufacturing lv. 10, each upgrade requires 10,000 Paradise Coins, Yes/No.】

The price doubled. Su Xiao couldn't help but think, was the Paradise trying to rob him? He didn't know that there would be more expensive ones later.

Even if it was 10,000 Paradise Coins per level, Su Xiao could only continue to upgrade.

【Alchemy Creature Manufacturing upgraded to lv. 11.】

【Alchemy Creature Manufacturing upgraded to lv. 12.】

【Alchemy Creature Manufacturing upgraded to lv. 13.】

【Alchemy Creature Manufacturing upgraded to lv. 20.】

【Prompt: Alchemy Creature Manufacturing has reached max level.】

【Unlocked creature manufacturing blueprint: Death Claw (Agility type).】

【Unlocked creature manufacturing blueprint: Supervisor (Reconnaissance type).】

【Unlocked creature manufacturing blueprint: Bazel (Strength type).】

ps: (No update yesterday, how to apologize? Only five updates!) ===== CHAPTER 977 =====