Chapter 298: Space Ring

Qi Heng and Zhang Xue smiled, their gazes gentle as they looked at Lu Yu.

The three Special Items placed before them were, for any Martial Artist at the Force-Entering stage, rare and precious treasures.

Viewed from the perspective of price, each Special Item had a selling price as high as five million Contribution Points, a value almost equivalent to the combined price of two Advanced Fierce Beasts.

One must know that Advanced Fierce Beasts are powerful, and hunting them requires paying a huge price and taking great risks; such a high price is enough to highlight the preciousness of these three items.

Furthermore, their quantity is extremely scarce, truly deserving to be described as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.

Even one as powerful as the Awakened Association, relying on its extensive resource channels and vast network of connections, still finds the number of Special Items it can acquire from Awakened each month quite limited.

Precisely because of this, the Association has set strict purchasing eligibility restrictions; only Martial Artists in the Vein Refining Realm are qualified to participate in the selection and purchase.

Of course, these three Special Items are merely basic existences among the Association's many treasures.

The Association also hides even more superior, extraordinary-quality Special Items within, but their staggering prices make most Martial Artists stop in their tracks.

"Then I will follow Senior Qi's suggestion and choose the first one," Lu Yu said with a relaxed smile on his face and a light tone.

If time had turned back to before he joined the Awakened Association, facing these few rare Special Items, he might truly have been moved, his heart stirred with waves.

But now, after this period of tempering and accumulation, he already possessed treasures of even better quality in his hands, and with his current status and ability in the Association, if he wanted to buy better Special Items, it was not an unattainable matter for him.

Once he returned to the Zhai, he already had a plan in mind, intending to give this Special Item gifted by the Association to Wang Shu, who had always looked after him.

At the same time, he was silently calculating in his heart to refine some Top-grade Blood Qi Pills to take back; it would not only improve the strength of the brothers in the Zhai but also count as a gesture of his good intentions for everyone.

"Alright, little brother Lu," Qi Heng said, his finger gently brushing across the ring he was wearing, and a ring instantly appeared in his right hand.

"A Space Ring?" Lu Yu could not help but exclaim in surprise.

"That's right, it is indeed a Space Ring," Qi Heng explained with a smile. "As long as you touch it with your finger, you can see the items stored inside, and with a simple movement of your mind, you can easily take the items out; it is very convenient to use."

"That is indeed the case; everyone in the Association uses Space Rings," Zhang Xue added from the side.

"So that's how it is," Lu Yu nodded in sudden realization, though he secretly grumbled in his heart that it seemed this was standard equipment uniformly issued by the Association.

"Little brother Lu, how about I teach you in detail how to set it up? There are some little tricks to it that can make it even smoother to use."

"Senior Qi, this doesn't seem difficult; setting a fingerprint and password should be enough, right? I have heard some rumors about Space Rings before and have a slight understanding of this aspect."

"That's right; since you are clear on it, I won't waste my breath," Qi Heng nodded. After exchanging a look with Zhang Xue, he cleared his throat, and his expression became solemn.

"Little brother Lu, now that you have been promoted to a Vein Refining Realm Martial Artist, you are undoubtedly a well-deserved backbone of the Association. There are some things I must make clear to you in advance."

"Mm, please speak; I am listening carefully," Lu Yu said with a focused expression.

"First, the headquarters provides a certain degree of resource inclination to every Martial Artist who reaches the Vein Refining Realm.

This is not only reflected in the authority to purchase Advanced items but also in the supply of free cultivation resources. For example, a Martial Artist who has just stepped into the Vein Refining Realm can receive five bottles of Low-Grade True Qi Pills for free every month."

"Five bottles of Low-Grade True Qi Pills," Lu Yu repeated in a low voice. Estimating by the price of 100,000 per pill, one bottle is one million, and five bottles are five million; this treatment is quite good.

"Mm, we were originally thinking of reminding you that after getting the Low-Grade True Qi Pills, you must not consume them whole, but now it seems that is unnecessary."

Qi Heng smiled slightly and continued, "Martial Artists at the mid-stage of Vein Refining can get three bottles of Mid-Grade True Qi Pills every month."

"Senior Qi, may I ask what the price of a bottle of Mid-Grade True Qi Pills is in the Association?" Lu Yu asked curiously.

At first glance, the quantity of pills obtained by a mid-stage Vein Refining Martial Artist decreased by nearly half, but the actual situation was certainly not that simple.

"The price of one Mid-Grade True Qi Pill is 300,000, so one bottle is 3 million, and three bottles are about 10 million Contribution Points," Qi Heng explained patiently.

"Ten million," Lu Yu calculated silently in his heart.

Compared to a Martial Artist at the early stage of the Vein Refining Realm, the treatment enjoyed by a mid-stage Vein Refining Martial Artist has directly doubled.

There is clearly another layer of information hidden in this, which is that the Potential Points provided by one Mid-Grade True Qi Pill are at least three times that of a Low-Grade True Qi Pill.

Calculating based on one Low-Grade True Qi Pill providing 100,000 points of potential, one Mid-Grade True Qi Pill must have at least 300,000 points of potential, which is already half of a Heaven Grade Qi Blood Pill.

"Senior Qi, what about the late stage of the Vein Refining Realm?"

"Martial Artists at the late stage of Vein Refining can receive two bottles of High-Grade True Qi Pills every month." Seeming to have long expected Lu Yu to ask this, Qi Heng smiled meaningfully and continued.

"The price of one High-Grade True Qi Pill is 1.2 million Contribution Points, a whole bottle is 12 million, and two bottles are 24 million."

"24 million..." Song Tian heard this and felt his brain buzzing.

He worked himself to the bone in his daily life, constantly risking his life, and after working hard for several months, he could barely save up that much in Contribution Points.

Yet a late-stage Vein Refining Martial Artist, without needing to run around, could easily earn that much every month; this gap really makes one sigh that comparing people to others is infuriating, and comparing goods to others makes one want to throw them away.

"Do you think it's quite good?" Zhang Xue asked with a smile.

"Mm," Lu Yu replied. "Presumably, while enjoying these rights, we also bear corresponding obligations, right? There is no free lunch in the world; the Association giving us resources so generously must have expectations of us."

Qi Heng and Zhang Xue were slightly startled, then could not help but laugh out loud.