Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 743 Tea Party Preliminary
Is this... a summoning spell? No, that's not right, this feeling...

On the main seat, Xin Lailai opened up his spiritual field and observed the Purple Thunder Warrior in front of him. Although his aura was getting stronger, his structure was extremely delicate. He seemed to have seen something and suddenly clapped his hands and laughed:
"Wonderful! It seems that Brother Daofa's attainments in magic are even better than mine. He can actually combine puppetry with magic so skillfully. I am not as good as him."

“Daoyou Black Sword, you are too kind. Although I am good at magic, I am not good at adaptability. Therefore, I have always been stuck at the threshold of LV.19 of Spiritual Master. I cannot reach the ultimate level like the magic and puppet masters. I also have some omissions in the way of meditation. I am not as free and easy as Daoist Black Sword.”

Facing Xin Lailai's praise, Daofa just shook his head, while the people around him looked at Daofa with different expressions, and there was some strangeness in their eyes.

The spell master and puppet master are both at level 20, and there is also a spiritual master who has reached level 19. According to this configuration, the opponent is probably only one step away from becoming a formal outer-level team.

"Speaking of which, Brother Daofa, may I ask what is the current level of your brand?"

Yuan at the side asked curiously. After all, in the case of Dao Fa, if the brand level is only around LV.26 or LV.27, theoretically speaking, it is completely possible to impact the outer-level echelon. If successful, it means that there will be one more third-level...

"LV.30, what's wrong?"

"Is that so? That's a pity... Hey, what did you just say? Your brand level is already LV.30? So, isn't your coming here this time..."

"Well, I did postpone my assessment to attend this tea party. After all, as I just said, I still have some shortcomings in the way of spiritual energy and meditation. Instead of advancing hastily, it is better to take this opportunity to consolidate my foundation."

Daofa nodded slightly and admitted it without any hesitation. Yuan and the others couldn't help but show some surprise in their eyes when they heard it. Xin Lailai, who was sitting on the main seat, also had a look of surprise on her face. Obviously, she didn't expect that this fellow disciple of Daoji would actually participate in the tea party at the cost of the pressure of delaying the assessment.

Delayed assessment.

For ordinary contractors... especially for the second-tier contractors who haven't even reached the second echelon, this is actually not a rare thing. After all, normal contractors are not like them. They have pushed their various values ​​and equipment passives to the limit early on, but there is still a lot of room for improvement until the late stage of the first level.

Therefore, even if postponing the promotion assessment will lead to a 25% drop in the next world's income and a 25% increase in the difficulty of the assessment, as long as you can ensure that your strength improvement within a world's progress is still greater than 25% when the income is reduced by 25%, the benefits of doing so will definitely outweigh the disadvantages.

However, that is for ordinary contractors.

For those contractors who have reached the top echelon or above, the penalty for delayed assessment in the park is much more severe. Not only will the benefits be reduced and the difficulty increased starting from 50%, but it will also have a certain impact on their own park authority level.

In addition, the strength of those who can reach the top echelon is almost approaching saturation, which makes it almost impossible for them to improve their strength to keep up with the difficulty of the assessment within one world progress while reducing their benefits by 50%. This means that almost no one in the paradise who can reach the top echelon or above is willing to choose to delay the assessment.

As for the external echelons, there is no need to say more. It is no longer a matter of whether it is cost-effective or not, but for the external echelons starting from the third level... or from the moment of completing the Trial of Transcendence, there is no option to delay the assessment.

Unless they are willing to give up the breakthrough of the five attribute barriers brought by the Trial of Transcendence, otherwise, every rank promotion assessment they have in the future will inevitably be an ultimate trial with the nature of rank promotion + attribute barrier breakthrough. This is the price of becoming the outer-level echelon, or in other words... the test that must be faced if one wants to gain a foothold in the outer-level echelon.

"Great! Brother Daofa is worthy of being from the same sect as Brother Daoji. His determination to seek the truth is indeed firm enough!"

The next second, hearty laughter rang out. After a brief surprise, Xin Lailai clapped his hands, with a hint of admiration in his eyes, and praised generously.

With his keen eyesight, he could naturally see that there was no falsehood in Daofa's words just now. The other party came here this time not because of the relationship between Dao Ji and him, but purely because he wanted to pursue a higher level.

"Fellow Daoist Black Sword, thank you for your praise. I am very clear about my own Dao heart. Compared with Senior Brother Dao Ji, I still have a long way to go."

Facing Xin Lailai's praise, Dao Fa simply nodded in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, bowed in return, then waved his sleeves, dismissed the Purple Thunder Warrior floating in the air, looked at Ming Yu and others beside him, and said:

"Fellow Daoists, please continue."

"Uh... who are you talking about?" "Just follow the seating order. Brother Liubing, please."

"I'm going to...is it my turn?"

As Daofa finished speaking, there was a brief exchange of words on the field, and then Xin Lailai smiled and said, looking at the drifting ice on his left. The drifting ice that was suddenly pointed at was stunned, looked around, looked at himself, stood up awkwardly, and said:

"Well, that's fine, but I'm only a mediocre mage right now, so you famous masters please don't laugh at me, okay?"

Liu Bing said this while scratching the back of his head, then he swallowed, took a deep breath, closed his eyes, raised his right arm, and quickly chanted a language that did not belong to Paradise or the Void Language. As he chanted, large amounts of ice elements began to gather from all directions, causing the temperature of the entire box to drop slightly.

"drink!"

Finally, he suddenly opened his eyes, let out a low roar, and an ice-blue light began to appear in his pupils. At the same time, a circle of ice-blue color bloomed from under his feet.

Wow——! !

All of a sudden, there were a lot of clearly audible sounds of ice breaking, and the walls and table top of the entire box began to be covered with a layer of ice-blue ice at a speed visible to the naked eye. At the same time, pieces of crystal snowflakes slowly fell from the ceiling.

[Tip: You have entered the "Ice Prison Boundary". Because you are protected by the will of the master of the boundary, you will not be affected by the "Ice Prison Boundary" temporarily.]

"Oh my god, it's actually an inherent barrier skill?!"

“Haha, Brother Liubing is very capable. This little world is quite mysterious. Judging from its appearance, even with my ability, once I am trapped in it, I am afraid it will be difficult to gain any benefit from Brother Liubing.”

As the ice-blue barrier covered the room, Yuan and Daofa's eyes lit up in the box, while Xingnv, Mingyu and others also changed their expressions. It was obvious that they did not expect that Liubing would display a barrier-type spell.

"Well, thank you for your praise, Taoist master. Anyway... uh, just as you can see, this is the spell I formed after reaching LV10 as a magic master combined with the LV.10 ultimate ability. Please be merciful with me."

After receiving the approval of Yuan Gen Dao Fa, Liu Bing coughed lightly with some embarrassment, then looked at the people present and spoke in a somewhat stiff tone. Xin Lailai raised his head, and the scene in front of him was reflected in his dark pupils. His senses penetrated the ice layer, and after he viewed the scene of the entire barrier in his mind with the Star Luo Domain, he nodded slightly and said:

"It's a very good spell, but judging from its overall structure and effect, it seems to be more suitable for close-range combat than auxiliary spellcasting?"

"Hehe, I knew I couldn't hide it from you, Boss Black Sword. Just as you guessed, this spell is mainly used to assist my skills. After all, I am now a combat profession, and I prefer close-range combat compared to the turret route."

Liu Bing chuckled and answered Xin Lailai with admiration, while a deep look of horror flashed across the depths of his icy blue pupils.

As the master of the barrier, he is much more sensitive to the various conditions of the barrier than under normal circumstances. Because of this, he can more clearly feel the invisible sense of oppression emanating from Xin Lailai.

That was a huge and insurmountable gap like a chasm. Even without a fight, Liu Bing was very sure that his Ice Prison barrier might have a good suppressive effect on other people present, but against the black-haired young man, it would not be able to cause any substantial impact on the opponent.

To put it more intuitively, Liu Bing intended to protect the other people present as the master of the barrier to prevent them from being harmed by the barrier, except the black-haired young man. Even if the black-haired young man did not provide any assistance, the extremely cold energy that constructed his barrier could not get close to the black-haired young man at all.

"Is this the power of the external level gradient..."

Liu Bing looked at the black-haired young man on the main seat, muttered in his mind, then came back to his senses, retracted his gaze along with the terrifying color in his pupils, then looked at the other people present, nodded slightly, and with a thought, he removed the Ice Prison barrier, coughed lightly, looked at the woman in the white dress on his left, and said a little stiffly: "Ahem, that... Boss Shengji, it's your turn."

"Mr. Liu Bing, you can just call me Saint Ji. You and I are of the same level, so there is no need to be so formal."

The Holy Princess mentioned by Liu Bing smiled gently, and spoke in a voice that seemed to have some kind of magical power that could calm people. Then, she lifted the two corners of her long skirt, bowed slightly to the people in front of her, and spoke in a pleasant and gentle voice:

"Holy Princess, Church of Light, nice to meet you all."

Om-! !

As the Holy Lady spoke, the white dress on her body gradually turned into a dazzling white holy light, and finally condensed into a pure white six-winged battle armor under the gaze of everyone, causing Liu Bing and Yuan on the side to reveal a look of surprise, while Satan and the Star Girl had no expression on their faces and one of them lightly clicked his tongue. As for Hades, who was sitting farthest away, he frowned instinctively and silently deployed a layer of protective shield on his body, as if he didn't like the holy light shining from the other party.

"Good fellow, Miss Shengji, you are also a combat type profession?"

"Indeed, just looking at what was said in the newspaper, I always thought that you were a magic priest, sir?"

"In a sense, this is not wrong. After all, I am quite proficient in life-related spells."

Yuan and Liu Bing were surprised, and Sheng Ji smiled and explained. Then she glanced at Xingnv who was sitting opposite her, and then looked at everyone and said:

"As you can see, the light element shaping technique used in this holy suit is a type of spell that I am good at. Other than that..."

Inside the box, a woman who exuded a holy aura and was as beautiful as a Valkyrie introduced herself in a gentle tone. After briefly explaining the types of spells she was good at in a pleasant voice that was like a spring breeze, she took off her holy clothes and took the initiative to sit back in her original seat.

Time passed by bit by bit. In the room, with the introduction of one top-level team after another, Xin Lailai, who was sitting on the main seat, looked more and more satisfied and gratified.

Although it was just a simple display of one's own skills, in a sense, this self-introduction was also a proof for everyone present that they were top-tier mages.

"But, Lailai, looking at it this way, it seems that these people are actually quite powerful, right?"

"That's normal. After all, they have come this far without experiencing any abnormal world. They may not be as strong as us, but in terms of their understanding of magic, there is not much difference between them and us."

In the soul space, Xin Lailai chuckled and talked to Ling Yuzi, staring at the seven people in front of him and gave a very objective and fair evaluation.

He is proficient in lightning spells and runes, and his spell master and puppet master have both reached LV.20. He also has a LV.19 spiritual master in Taoism.

A saint who is good at element shaping, faith and life spells. In addition to a LV.20 spell master, she also has two spears that have reached the master level of LV.19 and a faith master.

A star girl who has mastered extremely unique star system spells, with both spells and fighting reaching Grandmaster level 20. She also has a Grandmaster level 10 energy manipulation to assist her.

There is no doubt that the strength of these three people is at the top of the super-top echelon. They are the type that can steadily occupy more than 4.0 quotas in the expedition world battle. Their understanding and insights into spells are also very high. Communicating with the three of them will definitely bring them a lot of gains in the tea party in the next world.

As for the remaining four, Liubing, Yuan, Satan and Hades, Liubing is good at ice element and inherent barrier spells, Yuan goes for the extremely rare soul and transmutation spell route, Satan is as his name suggests, good at mental and dark element spells, and Hades is a classic undead wizard, and also has a specialty in formation.

It can be said that in terms of the level of magic, the four people before the threshold of Grandmaster Shangka LV.19, although not as outstanding as them and Daofa and others, they definitely have their own unique features. Apart from anything else, the inherent barrier displayed by Liubing and the psychic clone displayed by Yuan alone have aroused their full interest.

"As expected, if you just work behind closed doors, you will never reach the top of the art."

Sitting on the main seat, Xin Lailai listened to Yuan who had just finished the introduction. The gradually disappearing clone beside him was reflected in her pupils, and there was some emotion and expectation in her eyes. If you observe the other people present, you will find that including the most taciturn Mingyu, they all showed similar looks at this moment.

anticipation.

Although it was just a simple getting to know each other, there was no doubt that after the display just now, their desire to be wizards had been completely aroused.

"Everyone, it's getting late. Let's end today's meeting here. I think you all have a lot of things to prepare for."

"As for the first-level contractors we brought in, besides the candidates recommended by Brother Daofa, if you have any favorite candidates, you can also recommend them so that these newcomers can communicate more."

In the box, Xin Lailai looked at the people in front of him and spoke, announcing the end of the meeting prepared for the tea party. At this moment, Xingnv on the side suddenly spoke:

"Regarding this, I have an unwelcome request. I wonder if Lord Black Sword can agree to it? I can promise to provide Lord Black Sword with sufficient compensation."

Did it come as expected?
Upon hearing this, Xin Lailai's eyes moved slightly, and he spoke calmly:

"Miss Stargirl, you can say whatever you want."

"Well, let me get this straight. Lord Black Sword, could you please invite Lord Argo from the Church of Justice to the tea party as well?"

After getting permission, the star girl's eyes moved slightly, and she nodded gently, then looked at Xin Lailai and spoke in a pleasant voice that was noble and elegant. A strange color flashed across her eyes that were as beautiful as the starry sky.

"Argo? Well, although he is also a top-tier contractor, his spell level is currently stuck at Master LV.50. If we force him to attend this tea party, I'm afraid..."

"I understand. So as compensation, if Lord Black Sword can invite Argo to this tea party, I can make the decision on his behalf and share a treasure sales channel controlled by the Star Ripple Chamber of Commerce with the Black Bug Chamber of Commerce under Lord Black Sword. At the same time, I can give everyone present a copy of the astrology scroll."

Xingnu said calmly, her eyes slightly lowered, her pretty face showing a look of determination, and Xinlailai looked solemn when she heard it, as if she was thinking about something. At this moment, a gentle voice suddenly sounded:
"Since Miss Xingnu has spoken, I would like to ask Mr. Black Sword to invite Lord Argo to come. To express my apology for disturbing Lord Black Sword and everyone, I can transfer a medicine sales channel under the Holy Leaf Chamber of Commerce to Lord Black Sword, and give everyone a portion of the Holy Spring of Light as an apology gift."

As soon as the voice fell, the Holy Lady with her face covered by a veil also spoke, which made the eyes of several people beside her become a little strange, and Xin Lailai narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the two women in front of him, and sighed in his mind.

I'm sorry, brother Bell, it's not that I don't support you.

The main thing is, the girl you messed with... is too rich.

Then, Xin Lailai raised his head, opened his eyes, and there was a hint of determination and enlightenment in his eyes.

Sorry, Bell!
Just think of it as selling your body to them again for your elder brother!

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(End of this chapter)