Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 872 Redemption
Of course, Xin Lailai only had this idea in mind. Their most important task at the moment was to explore the Macrophage world community. Before that, they had to find a way to avoid anything that might cause them to deplete their trump cards.

This also shows just how tempting the items on the last few floors of the Expedition Contribution Shop are to them. For example, the top-tier items on the ninth floor are not just a matter of value; they are the kind of items that would be impossible to obtain under normal circumstances.

——Ninth Floor——

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1. Golden Tree Sapling (Legendary)
Price: 300000 points

Exchange limit: 1/1
Synopsis: Legend has it that only in the place where the Golden Giant, the rarest of all giants in the world, fell, is there an extremely slim chance that the branches of the Golden Tree will grow.

*Note: This item is a publicly available exchange resource. There is only one available in this Expedition Shop. If a Pioneer exchanges for it, it will be permanently removed from the "Expedition Shop - Ninth Floor" and will no longer be available for exchange by others.

*Warning: This item is extremely difficult to cultivate. Pioneers, please exchange for it with caution (the seedling has been exchanged a total of 39 times. The longest cultivation time is 347 days, the shortest is 3 days, and the highest cultivation level is: Immortal).

*Warning: This item is a strategic rare resource. If the Pioneer does not plant it within 30 calendar days after redemption, or if its quality drops below "Gold" during cultivation, the Pioneer's Paradise faction will directly reclaim and seal it to ensure that its life potential does not fall below the specified limit, and the Paradise will not provide any compensation.

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Golden tree seedlings.

As an extremely rare plant in the astral plane, the name might not seem like much, but if you know that it is a necessary condition for the birth of "Supreme Essence Gold," the main material for Gold Skill Points, you will instantly understand just how valuable it is.

Golden resin, golden tree fruit, golden blood, supreme source material gold... As the third most precious tree in the astral realm, the value of the golden tree may not be comparable to the transcendent World Tree or the legendary Black Maple Tree. However, in terms of strategic value alone, it would definitely be a force to be reckoned with in the Paradise, easily surpassing the World Tree and the Black Maple Tree.

Putting everything else aside, just take the source of a single Gold Skill Point as an example. Without it, the upper limit of the strength of the Paradise faction and even the entire Astral Plane would probably drop by half a level.

It is no exaggeration to say that the reason why the top powerhouses of the Paradise faction recorded in history books have achieved such success is largely due to the existence of Golden Skill Points, a heaven-defying product within the Paradise that can forcibly break through LV.MAX level abilities to LV.EX level.

This alone demonstrates just how valuable a mature golden tree is to the park.

Of course, in contrast, as the third of the ten most extraordinary trees in the astral realm, the Golden Tree is also extremely difficult to cultivate.

Unlike the World Tree, which can grow back on its own simply by being planted in the world, the Golden Tree is so fragile before it reaches maturity that it can be described as fragile enough to break at the slightest touch. Even when it reaches maturity, its physical weakness is no match for the other three of the Ten Wonder Trees of the Astral Plane.

Moreover, the Golden Tree has a fatal flaw: its growth in rank is not achieved through gradual accumulation like the World Tree, but rather through repeated cycles of reincarnation.

Simply put, every time the tree matures and bears fruit, it immediately withers, leaving only a tiny seedling that is slightly more mature and robust than the first one. Then it begins a cycle of sprouting, growing, flourishing, bearing fruit, and withering again, constantly reaching higher growth limits in the process.

Even if it one day reaches the level of being able to condense the highest source material, gold, its fragile vitality will not change at all. At most, the error tolerance in the planting process will be slightly higher. It will take several mishaps to revert to the state where it cannot condense the highest source material. Unlike those gold trees that have only gone through a few cycles, as long as they encounter the slightest problem, they will die back to the state where they can only produce legendary resources in no time, instead of the epic production limit.

Thanks to this, academic papers on how to revive dead golden tree seedlings to a plantable state have become evergreen topics on the academic sect's database search list.

If one day the top search terms in the database search bar become all related to the Golden Tree, then without a doubt, it's highly likely that someone who chose to plant a Golden Tree but failed is desperately searching for a way to revive it.

Including the golden tree sapling in front of them, just look at the information in its prompt that it has been exchanged 39 times and cultivated to the level of immortality. You can imagine how many powerful people have had their defenses broken by this little sapling in the past.

As for why they are so clear about information related to the Golden Tree, half of it comes from their usual supplementation of their knowledge and experience, and the other half comes from their network of contacts. There just happens to be this one person who cultivated the Origin-level Golden Tree, and even cultivated three of them in one go—the ultimate tree-growing maniac, 04296.

[Ding! You have a new message to view. Sender: 04296]

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04296 (Sanctuary Paradise): "It's been bought 39 times, and the highest one I've ever seen is an Immortal-level Golden Tree? Haha, I think I know which guy threw this thing out."

04296 (Sanctuary Paradise): "I knew that guy was bragging to me a while ago that he would catch up with my progress soon, but he suddenly stopped making any moves these past few days. Turns out he fell back to the legendary level in one fell swoop, which shattered his Dao heart, haha~!"

04296 (Sanctuary Paradise): "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. I have a general understanding of the situation on your end, bro, you can go straight to it."

04296 (Sanctuary Paradise): "With your brother, the top tree planter, as my guide, and with the help of your nephew, I can raise it to the Eternal level, but I can at least raise it to the Origin level. That should be enough to meet your defense improvement needs before you reach the ninth rank, I'm about 70-80% confident."

04296 (Sanctuary Paradise): "And if the real deal falls apart, I can just buy it back at the original price with resources of the same level. Don't worry about losing money or anything, just go for it!"

Black Sword (on Expedition): "Alright, thanks a lot, brother!"

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Great, that way there are no more worries.

Light blue text messages scrolled across the communication channel. Xin Lailai looked at the content of the exchange, nodded slightly, and then looked back at the Expedition Shop interface next to her, a look of anticipation flashing in her eyes.

As the only one of its kind in the entire expedition, the value of the Golden Tree Sapling is self-evident.

The key issue lies in its excessively difficult cultivation process and the enormous risk that even the slightest mishap could result in total financial ruin.

This is why the Death Bearer Yamu, the White Demon, and Randy all readily gave up the top prize, tacitly agreeing to let him redeem it. After all, looking at the entire third-tier extra-level echelon, only his side doesn't have to worry about the loss from failing to cultivate it, and there's a fairly high probability of successfully cultivating it.

[Exchange successful. Expedition contribution points -300000. Obtained the following item: Golden Tree Sapling (Legendary)]

[Note: Due to the extremely fragile state of this item, it has been preserved using time-space preservation technology. This preservation status can be lifted by applying to the park (once lifted, it cannot be restored; it is recommended to place it in a planting environment before proceeding)]

As the cold notification sound of the exchange ended, the contribution points at the top of the expedition shop decreased by 3/5 in an instant, while a pale golden sapling, about the height of their calves and sealed with amber-shaped crystals of time and space power, landed steadily beside them.

Judging from its appearance alone, it would be hard for anyone to imagine that such a small seedling is worth the equivalent of 30 billion Paradise Points in expedition contribution points, and has even made at least 39 elite members of the Extraordinary Tier anxious.

"Alright, now it's up to Xiao Pu to see if he can successfully cultivate this thing."

"Hmm... I just feel like it must be tough on Xiao Pu."

"Well, there's nothing we can do. We're not good at this kind of thing, and it's hard to find enough time to take care of the golden tree seedlings."

After examining the golden tree sapling for a while, Xin Lailai coughed slightly, a little embarrassed. However, after editing the email content, she used the imprint's email function to package and send it to the little wild god in the contact list.

Although it's clear that Little Wild God would actually be happier to be entrusted with such an important task as Little White Crab and Little Black Silkworm, to be honest, entrusting someone who is only a year old with the extremely demanding task of nurturing Golden Tree seedlings... it just goes to show that they are really going further and further down the path of exploiting a child.

"Alright, let's not talk about that now. We still have a lot of things to exchange."

"But I have a really mixed feeling about this. I guess I should bring some gifts for Xiao Pu and the others when I go back?"

As Xin Lailai spoke, she coughed lightly and changed the subject, turning her gaze back to the Expedition Contribution Shop in front of her. Ling Yuzi muttered a few words before joining Xin Lailai in looking at the dazzling exchange interface.

"Let me see. Time-space Teardrops, True Attribute Points, Golden Skill Points, and 10 uses of special facilities—these are all must-haves. As for the rest..."

As she muttered to herself with a hint of contemplation, Xin Lailai swiped through the exchange list displayed on the brand interface. After thinking for a moment, she began to quickly select from the list.

First, there are True Attribute Points and Golden Skill Points. These two are self-explanatory. Although the exchange price of Golden Skill Points increases rapidly in the later levels, they only amount to 4.9 Expedition Contribution Points in total.

On average, the cost of less than 1 million amusement park points can be exchanged for 1 gold skill point. For such a strategic resource, it is a win-win situation no matter how you calculate it.

As for the Time-Space Tear and the 10 special facility usage rights, the former is an item that can improve the Time-Space attribute, and it is a good thing that you can't buy under normal circumstances.

The latter goes without saying: 3000 expedition contribution points can be exchanged for 10 high-level special facility experience cards. This is no longer a question of whether it is profitable or not, but can be regarded as a benefit given by the legion to contractors who have accumulated enough expedition contribution points.

You see, he'd been eyeing the high-end facilities at other amusement parks for ages, and now that he finally had the chance to experience them, he certainly wasn't going to miss it.

After exchanging for these necessities, the remaining tasks are to prioritize addressing one's weaknesses and preparing for the exploration of the Macrophage world community.

If we consider this objective, the most worthwhile items to exchange for are the resurrection items, which can only be exchanged once per floor starting from the fifth floor.

Five resurrection items, ranging from Aria of Light to Miracle of Life, totaling 35,000 Expedition Contribution Points, are equivalent to 350 million Paradise Points for five lives. It's a must-have.

In addition, the issues related to gems and physical defense also need to be addressed.

Due to their frequent entry and exit from the abyss passages and their use of life-for-life tactics to deal with Kama and the abyss creatures that it transformed into, all three golden gems on their Oath Set had already broken due to their durability being exhausted before they arrived at Reef 127. This caused their current physical defense value to drop to around 76 points, and they also had three more gem slots to fill.

As for the solution, it's quite simple: just spend 1.1 expedition contribution points to exchange for 3 portions of Golden Tree Resin and 4 drops of Golden Blood.

The former can be used as raw material for new gems, allowing the promise to help create three legendary gems that better suit their needs. The latter can make up for the gap caused by the broken gold gem with a 40-point increase in body defense value per drop, and can even further enhance their body defense, reaching the limit of 80 points of defense value in one go.

After resolving the two issues mentioned above, the most suitable item to exchange for next is undoubtedly a knowledge-enlightenment scroll that can boost their knowledge of alchemical biology, alchemical sealing, and soul runes all at once.

Although spending hundreds of millions of amusement park points in such a place is a bit of a loss, given that their various attributes and abilities are already close to their level limits, the only way to enrich their methods is to start with secondary professions.

And then there's their divine soul, a new trump card they unexpectedly acquired after the end of the last world. Previously, due to the difficulty in replenishing divine energy, they had been hesitant to use it in this area.

But now that the Expedition Contribution Shop is available, it's clearly a better choice to spend 10,000 Expedition Contribution Points to buy 10 Tier 4 Pure Divine Energy Crystals instead of wasting precious Faith Power on replenishing Divine Energy.

"Well, that's about it. I'll have a little expedition contribution left, just in case anything unexpected happens..."

After selecting all the items she needed, Xin Lailai looked at the long list of pre-orders, nodded slightly, and a look of satisfaction appeared in her eyes. Without hesitation, she pressed the confirmation button.

[Exchange successful. Expedition contribution points -188045. Obtained the following items.]

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45 Real Attribute Point Exchange Vouchers
Gold Skill Point Exchange Voucher *5
Advanced Special Facility Usage Times (1st Floor) * 10
Advanced Special Facility Promotion Authority (Level 2) *10
Pure Divine Energy Crystal (Tier 4) * 10
Universal Soul Rune Script Enlightenment Scroll (Tier 5) *1
General-purpose Alchemy Biology Insight Scroll (Tier 5) *1
General-purpose Alchemy Sealing Technique Enlightenment Scroll (Tier 5) *1
Time-Space Tear (Attribute Enhancement Item) *1
Golden Tree Resin (Ultra-Rare Material) *3
Golden Blood (Permanent Buff) *4
Aria of Light, Part 3 (Resurrection Item) *1
Phoenix's Rebirth Feather (Resurrection Item) *1
Poem of Destiny: Unyielding Chapter (Resurrection Item) *1
Cross of the Holy Soul (Resurrection Item) *1
Miracle of Life (Resurrection Item) *1
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(End of this chapter)