Chapter 403: So Many Prices (4/10, Autumn Subscription)

This freaking isn't a matter of being nervous or not, alright!

Although an image surfaced in his mind of a person's head covered in paper-textured short hair made entirely of parchment, looking rather trendy.

But Fang Yue absolutely could not accept it!

"You're screwing me over! Such an important thing, why didn't you say so earlier?"

【You never asked!! Besides, in situations that require a Rain-tier strike, when would you ever have room to choose?】

Fang Yue: ……

What she said made so much sense, he actually had no words to retort.

Problems he could solve himself, Fang Yue definitely couldn't bear to feed Silver to the parchment, and could save it for more useful places.

And situations requiring the parchment to act would inevitably be when his current strength absolutely couldn't handle it, when there was no retreat, so apart from the price of certain death, Fang Yue seemed to have no choice but to accept.

"Then if my brain turns into this… will there be problems in reality?"

【If you never activate Advent from now on, then probably… nothing will happen, right?】

Right?

Fang Yue was deeply suspicious of the parchment's tone word.

In other words, as long as he didn't activate Synchronize in reality, the effects in the game wouldn't affect reality.

But once Synchronize was activated, the two would sync data, and the brain's mutation would take effect in reality.

Fang Yue's face darkened. He had watched Qiu Dugu and the others use 【Cursed Objects】, losing this and that, danger upon danger, and had thought his own parchment was so great, usable to his heart's content without any price.

Turns out the freaking trap was waiting for him later on!

This thing's real function isn't foresight, it's freaking eating things to charge up, then acting like an Italian cannon, right?

Fang Yue had asked Lord Han, the grade of Silver was second only to Gold!

In other words, possessing the strangeness of Silver, one step further, would be Rain-tier!

Lord Han, due to both physical and strength reasons, couldn't use Silver, it was useless, so he casually gave it away.

That's why Fang Yue had once had the misconception, thinking Silver wasn't actually that high-grade.

This also meant… that 【Edgeless Curse】 from back then was very likely freakishly strong, just not a match for Lord Han who was half-step Rain-tier.

And by devouring 【Silver】, a stone not produced by 【Rain-tier】, the parchment could unleash a Rain-tier attack!

This freaking is eating grass and squeezing out milk, the energy utilization rate, conversion rate, is simply off the charts!

Sure enough, you're freaking actually a cannon-platform curse, right! Is disguising your true identity with foresight ability very fun?!

Fang Yue thought resentfully.

【I'm not! I didn't! Don't slander me!】

The parchment's triple denial was brushed off by Fang Yue.

Suppressing his thoughts, Fang Yue asked: "Then if I feed you 【Gold】 now, can you use the power of an Immortal-tier strike?"

The parchment immediately displayed an incredulous textual emotion.

【Oh my, among all my masters, you are absolutely the one with the lowest wisdom!】

"……Talk if you want to talk, don't insult people."

【The great Lord Parchment never insults people, only states facts. The great Lord Parchment is merely a Rain-tier Cursed Object, unless it advances further and becomes an Immortal-tier Cursed Object, the upper limit of strength it can exert is Rain-tier attacks.】

【Of course, if you give me 【Gold】 to eat, I could definitely use Rain-tier attacks a few more times, hehe!】

Hehe your ghost!

Fang Yue's face darkened, you trash cursed object, you only deserve to eat 【Silver】!

【You you you! How dare you insult me… wait no, Silver is fine too, hehehe, having 【Silver】 to eat makes me happy too!】

This idiot!

Fang Yue was so frustrated he didn't even know how to scold her.

"Won't feed you, won't feed you anything. Sealed, your Rain-tier strike is sealed, I will never use it again!"

【Hmph! So angry! My use of the Ancient Word power also costs a lot! And you can't tell good from bad! Dying of anger, dying of anger!】

Go ahead and be angry, he won't use that move anymore anyway.

I declare, from now on, you are a foresight tool-person… oh, tool-paper, apart from foresight, I won't use any of your other abilities!

【Fine, don't use it then! Anyway, I still have the power split over from before that I haven't finished absorbing.】

Split?

Fang Yue was stunned for a moment, then remembered that when he killed Chen Lao earlier, the parchment seemed to have mentioned something about splitting, what did that mean?

【Won't tell you! In short, I'm going to slumber for a while, the consumption of Ancient Word power is huge, every time I use it, I need a deep-level slumber for a period of time to recover the consumed power. So don't call me, when I wake up, I'll tell you!】

"Wait! I haven't finished asking my questions!"

【……Speak.】

"At least tell me, what should I do to use your Rain-tier power without a price. It can't be that every master of yours got cursed-ified by you, right?"

【Very simple, as long as your strength matches my grade, or exceeds it, you can naturally suppress my erosion and offset the price of being cursed-ified.】

As it spoke, the parchment seemed to have truly reached the point of utter exhaustion, and after a 【Good night】, it was completely silent.

Fang Yue called out twice in his heart, and upon finding the parchment truly unresponsive, couldn't help but frown in frustration.

The parchment spoke lightly, as if all it took was matching or exceeding its grade.

The problem is, you're a freaking Rain-tier Cursed Object, doesn't that mean to use Ancient Word power without a price, one would have to cultivate to Rain-tier at the very least.

How many years and months of cultivation would that take!

Fang Yue felt frustrated.

And the issue of Ancient Word power, let it be.

Their side was about to set out for Qingsi County, and who knew how many dangers they would encounter along the way.

The parchment was dormant at this moment, without its foresight and early warning, so safety was greatly reduced.

"Xiao Ye, what's wrong? Your complexion looks so strange."

"No, it's nothing."

Forcing a smile at Lord Han, Fang Yue thought about how, without the parchment's foresight, he should act going forward to be a bit safer.

But the result was that he inevitably kept thinking about how part of his cerebral cortex had been partially parchment-ified, and his heart panicked terribly.

Although according to the parchment, nothing would go wrong in reality for now, he was currently mixed in with the United Front Association working as a civil servant in reality.

When there were missions to go out on, could he really show up for work but not put in the effort?

And once he used his abilities, the effects in the game would Synchronize to reality...

Fang Yue's complexion turned ugly again.

Waking up from this sleep, it really was one piece of bad news after another.

The only good news seemed to be those few system prompts from killing Chen Lao earlier.

"System Prompt: Congratulations to player 【Yese Liming】 for killing 【Wu Yu Clan Elder: Chen Gu】. Reward: Control +180 【Realm cap reached, cannot increase further】, Deflection +300 【Realm cap reached, cannot increase further】, Lifespan +10 years."

"System Prompt: Congratulations to player 【Yese Liming】 on your cultivation progress, 【Realm Breakthrough Progress】 increased: 100%."

"System Prompt: Congratulations to player 【Yese Liming】 on your cultivation progress, 【Realm Breakthrough Progress】 has reached 100%, breaking through to a new realm!"

(End of this chapter)