Chapter 172: Bright Leader Materials Information!

Eleven thousand magic gold.

Twelve thousand magic gold.

Fifteen thousand magic gold.

……

Even the cheapest three-star rune technique costs five or six thousand, and the expensive ones can go up to over ten thousand.

As for four-star sorcery, needless to say, the transaction price will definitely not be lower than twenty thousand.

As for how high, Ta Ke also isn't too clear.

However, this technique is damaged, and it puts a relatively large pressure on the soul's bearing.

It also has a certain discouraging characteristic.

Soul Rune Secret Art!

Shadow Rune Secret Art!

For me, this is not a problem at all.

Ta Ke narrowed their eyes, felt their palm, and their brain raced to assess their current situation.

Your level can already continue to rise; even raising it directly to level 29 is no problem.

Let go of some of those shadow magic wolves.

I suppose… maybe… perhaps… I can withstand this four-star rune.

At worst, after I advance to level thirty, learning it again is also not impossible.

After all, this is a four-star rune sorcery, a stronger existence than three-star runes.

Since we've encountered it, we cannot miss it.

When Ta Ke raised their head.

Eighteen thousand magic gold.

A calm, heavy voice sounded.

Nineteen thousand magic gold.

This is a female transcendent.

Such a high price right off the bat deterred many transcendent beings.

After hesitating a moment, Ta Ke simply spoke up.

Twenty-five thousand magic gold.

With Ta Ke's bid, many transcendent beings immediately turned to look at Ta Ke.

Those transcendent beings able to produce over twenty thousand magic gold are not ordinary people.

Not far away, a female spellcaster in white robes also couldn't help but glance sideways at Ta Ke.

After a moment, that female spellcaster who had withdrawn their gaze offered a higher price.

Twenty-six thousand magic gold.

Thirty thousand magic gold.

As soon as the other party named their price, Ta Ke immediately countered with an even higher price, overwhelming them.

The high price of thirty thousand magic gold.

Even for those powerful transcendent beings, it is a huge sum.

For a moment, the entire transcendent beings' exchange hall was abuzz with discussion.

Many gazes gathered toward Ta Ke.

But what they saw was only a profound shadow as deep as a starry sea.

The female spellcaster in white robes not far away pondered for a moment, seemingly also giving up, and did not bid again.

While four-star sorcery is indeed powerful, its drawback of imposing enormous pressure on the soul is not something ordinary transcendent beings can bear.

After waiting a moment and confirming no one else would bid higher,

This four-star powerful rune sorcery was traded at a price of thirty thousand magic gold.

The transcendent exchange continued.

In the small secret contract house beside the curtain ceremony platform.

Ta Ke and the old transcendent were completing the transaction.

The old transcendent, wearing a wide-brimmed black hat, with a beard and moustache somewhat whitened, in a wool shirt underneath and a brown-black jacket outside, was counting the magic gold Ta Ke gave.

While counting, they muttered softly.

This Sainielons just won't promote paper money, really troublesome.

Many transcendent worlds have promoted the paper money issued by the Three-Eyed Holy Spirit Kingdom.

Simple, convenient, and quick.

Speaking of which, Sainielons truly blocked the world passages tightly!

Saying that, the old transcendent also kept shaking their head.

Meanwhile, Ta Ke quietly held in their hand a fist-sized, slightly cracked seed of a four-star rune sorcery that resembled a condensed mass of shadow, feeling it carefully.

After a long while, Ta Ke slowly opened their eyes.

It is slightly broken, but not a big problem; even… through upgrading and continual use, it can still be repaired.

The precondition for being able to repair it is that I possess the Soul Rune Secret Art and the Shadow Rune Secret Art, only then can I complete the repair.

Without these two rune secret arts, repairing? Might as well hammer a nail.

Moreover, the bearing capacity required for this four-star rune power is truly enormous.

Such sorcery is inherently meant for intermediate and advanced transcendent beings to learn and master.

Even if I have the Primordial Dark Sea, the power of the Great Bulwark reinforces my ecology.

Having learned two three-star witchcrafts, and with a large amount of other witchcraft, I still want to learn fourth-rank witchcraft... Hmm, that's indeed a bit of a stretch.

But it's not impossible.

During this time, I'll gradually raise my level a bit, and also absorb some of the Silver Radiance Holy Wall's bulwark power; that should be about enough.

But this method of summarizing extreme exploitation of ecology treats the symptoms, not the root.

Find the light materials as soon as possible, then use the lighthouse to advance; that's the proper way.

Moreover, the enemy couldn't possibly guess that I could advance this quickly.

The main point is to be unexpected.

It seems only three or four months away from reaching second rank.

As the primary material of life, Dragon Crystal is a mighty lord-rank.

Light materials, whether soul or origin energy, will do.

Then find a chief-rank material to serve as a partner.

Then I'll be able to complete the third-rank advancement.

Just as Ta Ke was pondering,

Across from him, the old transcendent wearing a black wide-brimmed hat slowly spoke.

Young man, how's the goods?

"All right." Ta Ke nodded without any expression.

The old transcendent sized up Ta Ke from head to toe before speaking.

The shadow state is pretty good, but it's best not to stay in it for too long; those damned shadow creatures will keep ambushing you.

When I was young, I also used shadow war boots for a period of time.

The effect is truly good—desert, swamp, river, stepping on the ground, I just went straight through.

Along the steep cliff, I could jog all the way to the snowy peak atop the mountain.

Even on the ocean surface, I used to race those undead creatures!

Have you heard of the Nine Demon Sea?

"I have!" Ta Ke nodded.

The Nine Demon Sea is the deep-sea pirate captain of the nine mighty controllers of the Ecology Demon Ship.

They are all extremely powerful high-rank transcendent beings, with countless pirates under them.

They not only plunder merchant ships of the East Sea, but also raid transcendent sea island city-states.

At the same time, they keep up with the times, feeding the demon ship its flight characteristic.

They equip the demon ship with an origin-energy steam engine and build flying fish wings for it.

Then they sail the demon ship onto the star orbit.

They also go to plunder the spirit-realm steam trains on the world star orbit.

Nowadays, the Nine Demon Sea is not only besieged by the Sai Li Ang Si Principality, but also deeply hated by the Sunrock Empire and the East Continent.

"Back then, I was the one who participated in the siege of the Nine Demon Sea as the Cold Snake General." the old transcendent said proudly.

"Cold Snake General? That was ages ago." Ta Ke raised his eyebrows.

"Hmm... your transcendent knowledge is really good." the old transcendent chuckled.

Indeed, it's been a while.

And that pair of shadow war boots has accompanied me for many years.

Until the shadow disaster struck.

The old transcendent sighed and shook his head.

That year, when I was breaking through to advance, those damned shadow creatures ambushed me and interrupted my advancement ceremony.

I was forced into unconsciousness.

When I woke up, both legs below my knees and those shadow war boots had vanished.

Although the priest helped me attach new legs, it also left an effect.

That damned shadow curse, even now when I recall it, remains a nightmare.

Listen to my advice, young man: use the shadow ring staff less.

Otherwise, the shadow will bury your soul.

Ta Ke's eyes narrowed slightly as he felt his palm.

Is it possible that I actually want to get closer to the shadow, which is why I use this every day?

I'll be careful.

Ta Ke is still good at listening to others' opinions.

Of course, whether to adopt them is another matter.

With the trade completed,

Ta Ke returned once more to the exchange meeting hall.

During the trade, Ta Ke also paid attention to the outside situation.

If there truly were important resources Ta Ke needed, he would naturally come out right away.

But during this period, there were none.

Time passed second by second, and people went up on stage one after another.

Either they completed a trade, or no one asked about them.

Many of the trades were quite good stuff.

When it came to the point that hardly anyone wanted to rush forward.

Taku paid 100 magic gold and went up.

"I am looking for a third-order leader-level soul or source-energy material that possesses the light attribute."

"If anyone has such material, that would be excellent; I guarantee the price will satisfy you."

"If you can provide accurate and detailed information, the reward will not be meager."

Taku's request drifted through the hall.

For a moment, there was no reply.

After waiting a moment and confirming that there was likely no such information.

Taku shook his head, just as he was about to leave the stage.

A somewhat stiff voice rang out.

"I have this information; if you want to know, you can go to the Secret Contract Cottage to discuss in detail."