Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 637: Unexpected Reunion [7.3k words]

Ten minutes later, exclusive room.

"Uh, so the White Rabbit Guild just stole Xiao Gu's guild name by accident because that guy liked to look through the illustrations of rare creatures during the day?"

In the simply decorated living room, Xin Lailai sat on the sofa holding the little black silkworm. She looked at Qing Weilai who was contacting her via the remote communication function and hesitantly summarized what the other person had just said.

"Well, compared to these, what has it considered? According to its performance in the competition, if it is willing to bring its chamber of commerce to join the Qinghe Chamber of Commerce, I can exempt it from the assessment stage and let it participate directly from the formal business commission, and I can provide 10000 soul coins as start-up capital."

A calm female voice full of rationality came from the 3D projection in front of them. The light blue female projection looked down at the little black silkworm in Xin Lailai's arms and spoke.

“Guji! Gujiguji!!”

"Well, Xiaogu said that it's no problem, but it hopes to provide at least one resource channel above D level, and it is willing to reduce the initial start-up capital for this."

Xin Lailai looked at the little black silkworm in her arms, which looked energetic and excited, and quickly translated the other party's words.

"A resource channel above D level..."

Qing Weiliao heard this, lowered his head and looked at the little black silkworm in front of him, frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, then relaxed, nodded slightly, and said:

"I can agree to your terms, but in that case, I will have to reduce your starting capital to 2000 soul coins, and you need to ensure that you make a profit of at least 20000 soul coins within a quarter."

"Gu..."

Hearing the conditions offered by Qing Weilai, the little black silkworm in Xin Lailai's arms revealed a pensive look, supporting its chin with its soft tentacles, and the dragon crown-shaped tentacles behind its head fluttered slightly, as if it was weighing something.

"Gooji!"

About two minutes later, the little black silkworm seemed to have made a decision. He looked up at Qing Weilai in front of him, nodded his head vigorously, and grumbled with a firm look.

"Xiao Gu said it's okay."

"Very good. I will send the contract and the virtual agreement together later. This is compensation for wasting your time this time."

[Reminder: Senior employee Qing Weiliao has paid 100 soul coins to the pioneer]

A cold reminder sounded, and the 3D projection in front of the man and the insect disappeared after leaving a sentence. Only Xin Lailai and the little black silkworm were left. You looked at me, I looked at you, and fell into a brief silence, and then...

"Goooooo!!!"

"Well done! Koo!!"

Excited cheers and high-fives rang out in the room. The palms of the man and the insect clapped together perfectly, and a light of excitement shone in their eyes.

"Haha, haha! Now we have our own Chamber of Commerce! Don't worry, Xiaogu, regarding the start-up capital, Dad can directly invest more soul coins in you than Boss Qing Weilai, so just go for it!"

Xin Lailai held the little black silkworm in her arms lovingly, her eyes seemed to be shining, as if she was losing money.

It's no wonder he's so excited. You have to know that's the Qinghe Chamber of Commerce, one of the top ten chambers of commerce in the Paradise camp and the third largest shareholder of the Void Construction Company. It has more than 500 companies and chambers of commerce with annual profits of more than one million soul coins. It is a huge existence that can be ranked first even in the entire star realm.

Although they had come into contact with Qing Wei, the helmsman of Qinghe Chamber of Commerce, many times before, that was only because the other party was fulfilling his obligations as a member of the Lailai Cult. If there was no such relationship, with their current rank and status, although they would not be unable to hold their heads up in front of the other party, it would be absolutely impossible for them to chat with him face to face like they are doing now.

But now it is completely different. The Little Black Bug Chamber of Commerce founded by Xiao Gu, who was raised by them, has become the opponent's serious seed-level training target. The White Rabbit Guild discovered by them by accident has also achieved exceptionally good results in the opponent's assessment, which means that from this moment on, their names have officially appeared on the list of Qinghe Chamber of Commerce, and as Xiao Gu and the White Rabbit Guild grow bigger, the weight of this name will only become more and more important.

"Let me see... Xiaogu, Daddy will give you 10 billion park points. Do you think it's enough?"

In the room, Xin Lailai glanced at her remaining 36 billion Paradise Points balance, and without hesitation, she took out 10 billion and transferred it to the Little Black Silkworm.

Although they now have a huge resource gap to fill, those resources will not be officially put to use until at least the fourth level. On the contrary, for Xiaogu, as a newly established chamber of commerce, the impact of the first start-up capital is absolutely extremely important.

As for why he chose to invest only 10 billion park points instead of putting all his assets on it, it can only be said that although he believed in Xiaogu's ability and Qing Weilai's vision for people, business is, after all, an industry full of randomness. Therefore, the billion park points he paid out were indeed the limit of his current psychological expectations.

Moreover, for a newly established chamber of commerce, the more start-up capital it has, the better. After all, the size of the chamber of commerce and the capabilities of the individuals are there. If it gets too much money at once, it will bring some unnecessary problems to the operation of the chamber of commerce.

"Goo-gee, gurgling, gurgling!"

Xiao Gu, who received the money transfer from Xin Lailai, obviously didn't care about Xin Lailai's choice of conservative investment. Instead, he showed an extremely excited look, patted his chest with great confidence, and assured Xin Lailai that he could earn back the money with interest in at most two months.

"Well, don't worry. Dad believes you have the ability. Oh, and about the World Silkworm Chamber of Commerce, Dad has something to tell you first..."

Xin Lailai looked at the little black silkworm whose eyes were twinkling with excitement, touched the other's head with a smile, and then seemed to suddenly remember something and started to tell the other party.

Although he also held a very solid stake in the World Silkworm Chamber of Commerce through a contract, he was contacting them as a "violator" performer after all, so he had to discuss some information with Xiaogu in advance to avoid arousing suspicion from the White Rabbit Guild.

"Okay, that's about all you need to pay attention to. Although they accidentally stole your guild name, they have helped dad a lot after all. It's better to take care of them if possible."

"Guji~!"

Ten minutes later, after explaining the matters related to the White Rabbit Chamber of Commerce, Xin Lailai touched the little black silkworm in her arms, which felt exceptionally good, and said with a smile. The little black silkworm raised its head proudly, indicating that it was not so petty and would definitely take good care of the World Silkworm Chamber of Commerce, as if it regarded it as its own property, which made Xin Lailai laugh.

[Hint: The refining was successful, "Diligent Student (★★★★)" has been promoted to "Diligent Student (★★★★★)"]

Well, is the title of Diligent Scholar ready?
Suddenly, a cold reminder sounded, causing Xin Lailai to look towards the edge of his vision.

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【Diligent learner】

Place of Origin: Sanctuary Paradise

Quality: ★★★★★
Category: title

Characteristics: Neutral
How to obtain: Obtained by burning titles and upgrading

Wearing requirements: Real intelligence attribute is not less than 90 points

Title Effect 1, Diligent Study (Passive): When worn, your own knowledge learning efficiency is +160%, and each point of real intelligence attribute will increase the learning efficiency by an additional 8%, with an upper limit of 160%.

Title Effect 2, Concentration (Active): After activation, an additional 16 mana and soul energy are consumed per second. During this period, the learning efficiency bonus provided by "Diligent Study" is doubled, and the speed of accumulating mental fatigue is doubled. The maximum duration is 16000 seconds, and the cooldown is 24 hours.

Introduction: Without the accumulation of small steps, one cannot reach a thousand miles; without the accumulation of small streams, one cannot form a river or sea.

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Very good, just as he judged, the requirements for wearing the five-star diligent scholar title are indeed within the third level.

In the room, Xin Lailai looked at the title of diligent student in front of her and nodded slightly.

Although due to the increased upper limit of the title, even with the title of "Diligent Student", he can only enjoy a 240% learning efficiency bonus and cannot fully utilize the theoretical 320% efficiency, but even so it is still a huge improvement for them.

The only problem, perhaps, is...

"16 points of mana and soul energy consumption per second?"

Xin Lailai looked at the introduction on the title interface, her eyes flickering slightly.

16 points of mana and soul energy are consumed per second, which means that if they want to fully utilize the 2-second bonus limit of the "Diligent Scholar" title effect 16000, they will need to consume a full 256000 mana and soul energy.

This level of consumption is definitely not something that can be endured by their own meager mana and soul energy. If it is solved by relying on potions and soul crystals, without pursuing the shelf life, Xiao Pu can probably refine a bottle of potion that restores 20000 mana at a cost of around 4000 Paradise Points. In other words, the mana alone will consume a full 128 million Paradise Points, and this is just the cost for one day.

As for soul energy, 256000 points of soul energy is equivalent to 256 soul crystals (large), which is a total of 1.28 million paradise points.

Of course, considering that they can make soul crystals into soul storage crystals, the actual cost is definitely not as outrageous as 1.28 million a day. According to the calculation that a soul storage crystal can be fully charged in 100 hours in the paradise and can be used about 30 times, they only need to prepare about 1000 soul crystals (large) to support their "diligent learners" consumption for a month.

The same goes for mana. Alchemical biology can also create a number of biological organs that can quickly absorb mana. Although these organs also have a service life and an upper limit on the number of times they can be used, they are definitely much more cost-effective than relying on potions to replenish mana.

However, Xin Lailai did not intend to use this method to solve the consumption problem of "diligent learners", or in other words, he had a cheaper and more convenient method -

The training ground of the Lailai Cult.

Yes, the mana and soul energy recovery provided by the Lailai Cult Training Ground can be used for title consumption.

First of all, you have to understand that when they are training in the training ground, the mana and soul energy they recover and consume each time are not actually mana and soul energy in the true sense, but "temporary energy" generated by the training ground.

When they start the advanced training mode, the training ground will first lock more than 93.8% of their flesh and blood, including energy, and then replace them all with temporarily generated substances and energy, and then protect the remaining irreplaceable part.

This is why they can recover no matter how serious the injuries are, and can return to their pre-training state every time they finish training, because the matter and energy that actually make up their bodies have never been consumed or lost. What they have been using is just a temporary body.

This is also the reason why they cannot use the mana restored in the training ground to make potions and props for profit, because the mana or life energy they use in the training ground are all temporary products that can only exist for a few hours and have no notarization effect. The potions and props made with this energy, let alone making a profit, will probably disintegrate on the spot as soon as they leave the training ground, and will be of no use at all.

But it would be different if this "temporary energy" was used to consume the title effect of non-permanent gain.

Potions and some props cannot be used because these things are essentially "permanent". For example, a bottle of potion that can increase the real strength attribute by 1 point does not actually disappear after being taken. Instead, it stays permanently in the body of the user in the form of extraordinary energy or matter, becoming a part of the body and permanently providing this bonus.

As for props, unless you use them right away in the training ground, imagine that you made an Apollo, but as soon as you walked out of the training ground, the temporary soul energy and mana responsible for stabilizing Apollo automatically dissociated. Needless to say, how beautiful that scene is.

The title is completely different. It is like those temporary disposable props used inside the training ground or the sword beams that are slashed out. Influenced by the fact that the title itself can be picked and replaced at any time, most of the effects of the title are supported by consuming the title's internal energy, rather than relying on some external energy to exist.

To put it in simpler terms, a title is just a simple piece of equipment. Unless it provides some kind of permanent benefit to itself, most titles that require mana to maintain will not have any effect at all even if the mana in them is replaced with temporary mana.

As for the cost of replacing normal energy with temporary energy... Let me put it this way, even if normal mana that can exist permanently in the natural environment is used to support the consumption of the "Diligent Scholar", the cost per day is only about one million Paradise Points. So, using temporary energy that can only exist for less than a few hours, does not require any notarization, and is automatically scrapped once it leaves the training ground environment to replace the cost, I guess there is no need to say more.

It can only be said that even if it exists as a cult welfare, the pricing of the third level of the advanced training mode of the Lai Lai Cult is only 60000 Paradise Points/hour, which does make sense after all.

The same goes for the Land of All Living Beings. If the training there really was to resurrect you for free every time you were killed by a move you came up with, then let alone 20 an hour, even 2000 million an hour would be a loss. But the reality is that the Samsara Paradise has made a lot of money from the contractors of various paradises by relying on the existence of the Land of All Living Beings. So, needless to say, what kind of training mechanism it adopts is.

"Ling Yuzi, I'm going to go strengthen the Pale Necklace first. I'll leave the contact with Quan Momo to you."

"Ah."

After a quick exchange in his mind, Xin Lailai looked at the little black silkworm in his arms, put him back on the sofa, touched his head, and said with a smile:

"Okay, Xiaogu, mom and dad have to take care of their own business first, the rest is up to you. If you have any questions and mom and dad are not here, remember to discuss it with Brother Xiaobai first. He knows a lot of powerful people over there and will definitely be able to help you."

"Guji~!"

Upon hearing this, the little black silkworm nodded its head vigorously and patted its chest, indicating that Xin Lailai could just focus on her own business and it didn't need to worry.

"Well, you're so good. Then mom and dad will leave first." Seeing this, Xin Lailai smiled, clicked on the transmission interface, and disappeared from the spot after a while.

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Sanctuary Paradise, Equipment Strengthening Hall.

[Hint: Do you want to consume "Starry Sky Crystal Fat (Level 5)" to strengthen "Pale Redemption (World-Class Equipment)"? ]

"confirm."

[Confirmed, reinforcement started, estimated completion time: 10 minutes]

【Reinforcing...】

[Enhancement completed, "Pale Redemption" enhancement level has been increased to +12]

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[Pale Redemption +12]

Origin: White Star
Quality: world class
Category: pendant

Equipment requirements: World affinity is not less than 30 points, and at least one master level 1 or above passive spell is mastered
Durability: 30/30 (+12 increases by 15 points)
Equipment Effect 1, Pale Blessing (Passive): After wearing, world affinity +10 points, element affinity +10 points, luck attribute +3 points (reduced by 2 points due to luck improvement), and you will gain the "element attraction" effect when inside the world.

Equipment Effect 2, Pale Talent (Passive): After wearing it, the efficiency of knowledge learning will continue to improve, up to a maximum of 10×(elemental affinity + world affinity)% of the wearer, with an upper limit of 1000%.

Equipment Effect 3, Pale Will (Passive): After wearing it, it can consume 5 points of durability to summon a "pale clone". This clone will inherit all the user's magical abilities, imitate or assist the wearer in casting spells and fighting. The initial attributes of the pale clone are 50% of the wearer's. Each level of master-level magic passive level can be increased by 1%, with an upper limit of 100%, a maximum duration of 100 seconds, and no cooldown time.

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+5 Enhancement Effect: The luck value provided by "Pale Blessing" is increased to 5 points.

+8 Enhancement Effect: The world affinity and elemental affinity provided by "Pale Blessing" are increased to 15 points, and the effect and range of "Elemental Attraction" are enhanced by 100%.

+10 Enhancement Effect: The learning efficiency of "Pale Talent" is increased to 13×(Elemental Affinity + World Affinity)% of the wearer, and the upper limit is increased to 1300%.

+12 Enhancement Effect: The maximum number of "Pale Clone" summoned by "Pale Will" is increased by 1, and the duration of "Pale Clone" is increased to 150 seconds.

Rating: 700++ (increased by 100++)

*Tip: This is the maximum score that this world-class equipment can achieve. If you forcibly break through this score limit, there is an 89.3% probability that the equipment will be broken, and an 11.7% probability that the maximum score will be broken.

Introduction: The fifteenth birthday gift that should have existed only in the dreams of the "Pale Witch" Acalent Irene, who brought the final redemption to this girl swallowed by ice and snow at the end of her life, so that she no longer lingered on this dream?

Price: Any 2 one-star world-class treasure chests/150% world source
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Very good, this way, the intensity of Pale Redemption is greatly increased.

In front of the equipment enhancement machine, Xin Lailai looked at the white pendant in her hand and put it back on the equipment bar with satisfaction.

There is no need to talk about the previous strengthening effects, as they are basically further enhancements on the original basis. The most important +12 strengthening effect directly makes the pale pendant, which is already not low in strength in combat, usher in a qualitative improvement again.

You know, when he was fighting with Jie Shikai before, he had always used Pale Redemption as his last trump card. Although this trump card was not used because Jie Shikai threw his ultimate move in advance, for them who have two LV.20 grandmaster-level passive spells, they can understand how strong this thing is without even testing it.

After all, the relationship between the number and strength of wizards is not as simple as 1+1+2. Just look at his and Ling Yuzi's performance along the way. Just two wizards who work well together can already perform third-order large-scale magic at the first level, and release all kinds of large-scale magic at the third level at high speed as small-scale magic. If they are replaced by four spell masters who work well together, even if they are only four LV.20 spell masters, the destructive power they unleash is estimated to be able to plow the area within a radius of hundreds of kilometers.

"Lailai, Quan Momo's side has been arranged, and Xiaogu's soul coins have all been exchanged. I am now at the Lailai Divine Cult training ground."

"Okay, I'll go over right now!"

Ling Yuzi's words rang in Xin Lailai's mind. Hearing them, Xin Lailai opened the teleportation interface without any hesitation, selected the training ground of the Lailai Cult, and quickly disappeared from the spot.

——From Pale Redemption to Diligent Scholar, and then to the two copies of Alchemy Master's Insight and Soul Secrets purchased from the Honor Store, it has taken so long to get through this journey, and it is time to enjoy the pleasure brought by the explosive improvement in knowledge!

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Two days later, in the Lailai Cult training room.

[Tip: Alchemy Biology has been upgraded to LV.30! ]

[Hint: A total of 176 related alchemical creature drawings and recipes have been unlocked, including "Magic Eye Puppet", "Blood of Life (Legend)", "Appearance Doll", "Furnace..."]

[Tip: Alchemy Sealing has been upgraded to LV.32! ]

[Hint: A total of 88 alchemical sealing formula construction methods have been unlocked, including "Basic Sealing Formula III", "Multiple Sealing Formula", "Soul Sealing..."]

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[Alchemy Biology: LV.30]

Proficiency: 798/5000
1. Alchemical Life Basics: You can use the Alchemical Life Alchemy Array to give alchemical materials biological activity and create...

2. Alchemical Raven: Requires active alchemical flesh and blood + any raven skeleton + any...

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288. Combat Alchemy Doll III: Requires active alchemical flesh (quality no less than gold) + artificial soul (strength no less than 50 points) + sage's blood (legendary) + any high-strength β-type gold...

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[Alchemy Sealing: LV.32]

Proficiency: 101/5600
1. Basic Sealing Formula I: A total of 2378 materials including soul crystals (small), α-type extraordinary life flesh and blood (white to dark purple), extraordinary materials... can be used to construct the basic sealing formula.

2. Soul Sealing Technique I: Soul Crystals can be used...

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159. Earth Vein Sealing Ritual III: Based on any high-concentration world characteristic material + a large number of soul crystals (large/complete), an earth vein sealing ritual with a maximum radius of 500km can be arranged. After the ritual is completed, it will continue to draw the power of the world to suppress the units within the sealed area.

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"call……"

On the empty silver-white training ground, Xin Lailai slowly opened his eyes, gently rubbed his temples, and quickly digested the extra knowledge in his mind. After a long while, he let out a long sigh, and his expression gradually relaxed.

"Tsk, the power of this alchemist's enlightenment is too great. If it weren't for the help of Pale Redemption and Diligent Scholar, we would probably have been unconscious here for two days."

"Well, my head feels a little swollen now, Lailai, how about you rub it for me?"

Xin Lailai, who had recovered from his shock, looked at the alchemical biology book in front of him, which had more than 170 formulas, and couldn't help but complain. Ling Yuzi, who was sitting in his arms, nodded his head shakily and pressed Xin Lailai's big hand on his temple with his little hand.

在这两天里，他们先是花了整整40个小时将灵魂秘法学从LV.10一口气肝到了LV.15，接着又花了5小时将灵魂武器学从LV.9升到了LV.10，最后则是花了有激活主动效果的勤学者增益的3小时来吸收从荣誉商店里换到的两份炼金大师感悟，将自身的炼金生物学跟炼金封印学提升到了LV.30跟LV.32的水平。

用熟练度来形容的话，假设平常他们学习上1小时能涨的熟练度是10点左右，那么他们在这两天里则几乎是保持着1小时160~180点熟练度恐怖效率在提升。

Especially the last wave of digestion of insights, which was equivalent to allowing them to digest the alchemical knowledge that required more than 3 proficiency points to improve in just 1780 hours. If it weren't for the help of a learning efficiency of up to 90% + points of real intelligence attribute + deep thinking link module, it would be an exaggeration to say that they would have to be unconscious for two days.

As a result of such a huge improvement in one go, Xin Lailai, who has recovered from the shock, now just wants to find a place to have a good sleep, relying on the human race's magical sleeping skills to make up for the energy they have overdrawn in the past two days.

"Fortunately, we scheduled the team meeting in the evening, otherwise it would have to be postponed."

Xin Lailai rubbed his temple while glancing at the time on the branding interface. He muttered to himself, and was about to open the teleportation interface to go back to his private room for a good sleep...

[Tip: You have a new message, sender: The Dead One]

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The Death Bearer: "@Black Sword, something's up, come quickly, I'm in this exclusive room (attached. "The Death Bearer's exclusive room space coordinates")"

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"..."

Xin Lailai looked at the message that popped up in front of him, his eyes twitching slightly. When he was about to send a message saying that he was going to take a nap first, the new message from the deceased stunned him. He suddenly opened his eyes wide, looking confused.

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Death Bearer: "I just used my professional ability to summon a creature, but something went wrong and I summoned a useless creature."

The person holding the dead: "I was going to get rid of it, but it said it knew you, so I came to confirm it now."

The person holding the dead body: "Please check it yourself. If there is a grudge, I will deal with it directly. If there is no grudge, come and take it away."

The one who holds the dead "(attached. screenshot)"

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On the communication channel, three messages popped up in succession, and at the end there was a photo that was obviously taken at the scene:
In the photo, the Death Eater is holding the black sword that has killed countless creatures of the abyss, standing in an exclusive room full of girlish style. On the ground in front of him is a summoning circle carved with blood.

In the center of the magic circle, a creature that looked extremely thin and inconspicuous was squatting there with its head in its hands in fear, and it seemed to be shouting something.

The pale complexion, the thin figure with a hint of compromise, and the flickering soul fire, were none other than Fabu, the bizarre skeleton necromancer who had a connection with him in the Overlord world and was so afraid of death that even he was amazed by it.

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(End of this chapter)