This is a cultivation game, but the operation is bad

Chapter 298 Level 100 Celestial Crafting Spirit Orb!
When Jiang Liu saw this skill with a cooldown, he immediately thought of the Black Dragon Sky-Shattering Slash that Ye Longying had used during the previous battle.

That strike, also a cooldown-restricted ultimate skill, could cleave a hundred-mile-long canyon in one strike.

That slash, if it had hit him head-on, could have killed him instantly.

Now, he also has an ultimate skill with a cooldown.

And it's at the Dao level!
Ye Longying's superior-grade spirit-level ultimate move is powerful enough to slash a hundred miles in one strike, so he was very much looking forward to seeing how terrifying his Dao-level ultimate move would be.

Could the Three Elements Flying Immortal Sword instantly kill the Myriad Transformations Palace Master, who has reached the Nascent Soul stage?

Jiang Liule's eyes narrowed to slits, and his gaze toward the Three Elements Flying Immortal Sword was almost overflowing with affection.

I like it even more than the Purple Cloud Town Spirit Pagoda.

With this skill, he was finally able to pose a deadly threat to top players.

Ye Longying, General Yang, when we meet again, I will make sure you know what it means for the Emperor Jiang to be untouchable!
"If the Dao artifacts and Dao techniques are this amazing, then the Dao pills must be just as good, right?"

Jiang Liu reluctantly shifted his gaze from the Three Elements Flying Immortal Sword and turned to look at the Dao Pill blueprint.

[Pure and Immaculate Elixir Blueprint]

[Grade: Lower grade Taoist grade]

[Use: After use, one can learn how to refine the Pure and Immaculate Pill]

【Pure and Immaculate Pill】

[Grade: Lower grade Taoist grade]

[Effect: After consumption, you will gain +30% cooldown reduction, +50% attack speed, +100% casting speed, and +200% mana regeneration speed for 1 hour.]

[Refining Materials: 10 Spirit Stones, 1 Pure Snow Lotus, 1 Jade-like Demon Bone]

"hiss"

Upon seeing the description of the Pure Jade Pill, Jiang Liu couldn't help but gasp, his eyes widening in shock.

These stats are amazing!
Is this a property of the elixir?
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a Dao-level buff skill!

With a 30% cooldown reduction, his Three Elements Flying Immortal Sword's cooldown time was 60 seconds, but after taking this pill, it was directly reduced to 42 seconds!
With 50% attack speed, how much is the maximum stack of the Rain of Souls?

100% casting speed. Even though my skills are all cast instantly, I still have to say it's awesome.

A 200% spiritual energy recovery rate is acceptable.

The most crucial thing isn't its amazing attributes, but that it lasted for a full hour!
Then look at his trashy Five Elements Spirit Ascension Technique, which only lasts for 1 minute. There's no comparison between the two.

From now on, this Pure Jade Pill will be his buff skill!

"10 spirit stones is easy to come by, but where are we going to get the Pure Snow Lotus and the Jade Demon Bone?"

Jiang Liu's excited expression vanished, but when he saw the materials for refining, his face fell, revealing his utter bewilderment.

He had never even heard of these two materials before. Where was he supposed to get them?

With a sense of doubt, he used the blueprint for the Pure Jade Pill and gently poked the Pure Snow Lotus and Jade Demon Bone inside.

You won't believe it until you see it, and once you do, you'll be speechless.

【Pure Snow Lotus】

[Grade: Lower grade Taoist grade]

[Uses: Alchemy, Talisman Making]

[Acquisition Method: Nine-Layer Demon Realm]

【Jade-like purity and enchanting essence】

[Grade: Lower grade Taoist grade]

[Uses: Alchemy, Weapon Forging]

[Acquisition Method: Nine-Layer Demon Realm]

Jiang Liu: “!!!!”

This is actually a Dao-rank material!

Jiang Liu's face darkened slightly. Although he had a premonition, he still felt a little palpitated and trembled when he actually found out.

Isn't it normal to use Dao-rank materials to refine Dao pills?

It's normal, but consuming 2 Dao-rank materials and 100,000 spirit stones per hour still feels a little expensive.

"Fortunately, each pill only requires one of each of the two materials; hopefully, the drop rate will be high."

He shook his head. He already knew how to obtain it; it was in the newly unlocked map—the Nine-Layer Demon Realm. Once everything was done, he would go to the Nine-Layer Demon Realm and do a speedrun of the new map.

"There's another Dao-rank item: talismans. I estimate they'll also need Dao-rank materials to be crafted."

Jiang Liu sighed and turned his gaze to the last Dao-rank item.

[Spirit Awakening Talisman Blueprint]

[Grade: Lower grade Taoist grade]

[Purpose: After use, you will learn how to refine a low-grade Daoist talisman—the Spirit Awakening Talisman]

[Spirit Awakening Talisman]

[Grade: Lower grade Taoist grade]

[Effect: Increases cultivation value gain by 200% after use, lasting for 1 day]

[Refining Materials: 10 Spirit Stones, 1 Spirit Awakening Jade, 1 Jade-Pure Demon Hide]

Jiang Liu: “.”

Jiang Liu stared intently at the effect of the Spirit Awakening Talisman, his expression shifting between dissatisfaction and a touch of satisfaction.

Cultivation points gained +200%, which is three times the experience?
He wanted an item that could instantly boost his combat power, but clearly, the Spirit Awakening Talisman wasn't that kind of talisman.

However, the Spirit Awakening Talisman can double his leveling speed.

He is currently aiming to become the number one Nascent Soul cultivator in the entire server, and with this talisman, his chances of success will increase significantly.

He was disappointed that it wasn't an item that provided immediate combat power.

However, he was very satisfied with the upgraded items.

Whether you're disappointed or satisfied, you still need to farm the crafting materials first.

"Of the four Dao-rank items, three are for immediate combat power and one is for upgrading. It's not bad, not a loss."

Jiang Liu looked at the four new Dao-rank items in his backpack and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

The Purple Cloud Spirit Suppressing Pagoda is an all-around Dao artifact, capable of offense, defense, and hard control. I would give it a perfect score.

The Three Elements Flying Immortal Sword is an incredibly powerful ultimate skill; I'd give it a perfect 10.

The Pure and Immaculate Pill is a multi-attribute buff pill, and I would give it a very high score.

The Spirit Awakening Talisman is an upgrade item; I'd give it a perfect score.

I am very satisfied with the planning. I suggest you add a big bonus package, I'll cover it all.

If a limited-time pool lasts for twenty or thirty days, it'll only cost me a little over 100 million spirit stones, right?
Why bother with all that trouble?

Why don't you just release gift packs to fleece me?

I accept the cut.

"I'll accept being ripped off by the gift package, but if you try to rip me off by inlaying this spirit bead, I'll start cursing."

Jiang Liu muttered to himself, then turned to look at the last 2888 million gift pack.

Heavenly Crafting Pearl Gift Pack.

This thing is fucking awful.

He understood what it was from the introduction.

This is the super-pay-to-win feature popular in various games: the gem system.

In various games, the price of a single gem is not high, and it can even be obtained for free.

but.

One gem is useless; you need to be covered in gems.

After equipping yourself with gems, you still need to upgrade those gems.

The most exploitative pay-to-win game he'd ever played had a gem that could be upgraded to level 10, with each level doubling the power of the previous one.

1+2+4+8+16+32+64+128+256+512=1023。

To fully upgrade a level 10 gem, you need to add a level 1 gem!
They're incredibly corrupt!
"Damn, thinking back, the planning for the Immortal Cultivation Era was just like this."

Jiang Liu's right eyelid twitched violently, and a sudden, extremely ominous premonition rose in his heart.

Could this Heavenly Craft Spirit Pearl have been upgraded in the same way?
If so, a 2888 million Spirit Orb gift pack can only upgrade one Spirit Orb to max level. A full set of 18 pieces of equipment requires 18 max-level Spirit Orbs, which is approximately 520 million Spirit Stones!

Damn it!
To fully enjoy this pay-to-win content, you'll need at least 5 million spirit stones!
When did spirit stones, a form of currency, become something that can be used in hundreds of millions?
"I hope it's not what I'm thinking. I hope the planners will act like human beings."

Jiang Liu silently offered a prayer, then turned and opened the Heavenly Craft Spirit Pearl gift pack.

You have obtained 250 Heavenly Crafting Orbs (Fire).

You have obtained 250 Celestial Crafting Orbs (Earth).

You have obtained 250 Heavenly Crafting Orbs (Water)

You have obtained 250 Heavenly Crafting Orbs (Wood).

You have obtained 250 Heavenly Crafting Orbs (Gold)

"250 of each of the five elemental spirit orbs, these should be used to provide various attribute bonuses, right?"

Jiang Liu secretly guessed, and casually tapped the five kinds of five-colored spirit orbs in his backpack.

【Heavenly Crafting Pearl (Gold)】

【Level: 1】

[Effect: Damage +10%]

[Note: A maximum of three spirit orbs of each element can be inlaid.]

[Acquisition methods: in-game gift packs, in-game events, Nine-Layer Demon Realm]

【Heavenly Crafting Orb (Earth): Level 1, +10% Defense】

【Heavenly Crafting Orb (Water): Level 1, +10% Maximum Health】

【Heavenly Crafting Orb (Fire): Level 1, +10% maximum Spirit Energy】

【Heavenly Crafting Orb (Gold): Level 1, +1% Health/Spirit Regeneration Speed】

"The damage, defense, health, spirit, and HP/MP recovery attributes are quite ordinary."

Jiang Liu glanced at the attributes of the five elemental spirit beads, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.

Each type of spirit orb can only be inlaid with a maximum of three, but he has eighteen equipment slots. If he inlaid fifteen spirit orbs, what would he do with the remaining three equipment slots?
"Could it be that there are spirit orbs with special attributes?"

He frowned slightly, guessing that if that's the case, then why don't you just sell it? Why are you hiding it? Are you looking down on me?
"This Celestial Crafting Pearl also dropped from the Ninth Layer Demon Realm?"

After seeing how to obtain the Heavenly Crafting Orb, he suddenly felt an inexplicable anticipation for the Nine-Layer Demon Realm map.

The materials required for the Pure Jade Pill and the Spirit Awakening Talisman are produced in the Ninth Layer of the Demon Realm.

The new Celestial Crafting Orb is also produced in the Ninth Layer Demon Realm.

This nine-layered demon realm is clearly a large map that produces high-level items!

Dao-rank materials, Heavenly Crafting Pearls, Spirit Stones, and possibly even various Dao artifacts, Dao techniques, and Dao-rank items.
What the hell!

I'm going to grind this map to the max!

The thought of being surrounded by Dao-rank items in the Nine-Layer Demon Realm filled him with excitement, and he couldn't wait to rush into the Nine-Layer Demon Realm and start farming right now!
He originally intended to go to the Central Continent map immediately after breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage to seek revenge on Taiye City for the encirclement and suppression during the battle.

But now, haha, revenge isn't in a hurry, farming items is the most important thing.

"Let's wait a bit longer, and go to the Nine-Layer Demon Realm after we've finished everything."

Jiang Liu muttered to himself, slowly suppressing his excitement, and turned his gaze back to the Heavenly Craft Spirit Pearl.

We know the attributes and output of the Celestial Crafting Orb, but what is the most crucial information?

What level is a max-level Celestial Crafting Orb?

With curiosity, he tapped on the level of the Heavenly Craft Spirit Orb.

next second.

A notification box appeared in front of his eyes.

At first glance, my brain buzzed, and my face was filled with astonishment.

【Heavenly Crafting Pearl (Gold)】

[Current level: 1]

[Highest Level: 100]

[Required for the next level: 2 (of the same type and attribute)]

Jiang Liu: “????”

Jiang Liu: “!!!!”

What did I see?
What the hell did I just see?!

Max level, level 100!
"Fuck me!"

Jiang Liu couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, his face filled with disbelief. He even thought he was seeing things, so he rubbed his eyes hard and looked again.

Max level, or level 100!
Holy crap, are you kidding me?!

Upon seeing the level 100 cap, his mind went blank as if struck by lightning, and he remained stunned for a long time, his eyes filled with confusion.

How many level 1 Heavenly Crafting Spirit Orbs are needed to upgrade a Heavenly Palace Spirit Orb to level 100?
This question was all he could think about.

"Planner, you're really inhuman!"

Jiang Liu stood there for a full half minute before he came to his senses. Looking at the prompt box in front of him, he couldn't help but let out a heartfelt sigh.

Other people's gem functions are at most a dozen levels, but in the Immortal Cultivation Era, they've reached three digits!

Judging from this situation, let alone 50 million spirit stones, even 5 billion spirit stones might not be enough to stop them!

"Come, let me see how you upgraded this Heavenly Palace Spirit Pearl."

He sneered and began upgrading the Heavenly Craft Spirit Orb (Gold) in his backpack.

[Consume 2 Heavenly Crafting Golden Spirit Orbs to upgrade a Level 1 Heavenly Crafting Golden Spirit Orb to Level 2?]

【Yes】

You have obtained a Level 2 Heavenly Crafting Golden Spirit Orb. Do you wish to consume 3 Heavenly Crafting Golden Spirit Orbs to continue upgrading?

【Yes】

You have obtained a Level 3 Heavenly Crafting Golden Spirit Orb. Do you wish to consume 4 Heavenly Crafting Golden Spirit Orbs to continue upgrading?

【Yes】

You have obtained a Level 4 Heavenly Crafting Golden Spirit Orb. Do you wish to consume 5 Heavenly Crafting Golden Spirit Orbs to continue upgrading?

【Yes】

Jiang Liu: “.”

As he rose higher, Jiang Liu's expression gradually became numb, and his face grew darker and darker, as black as ink.

He had already figured out the upgrade pattern: for each level up, the number of spirit orbs required increased by 1.

How many Heavenly Crafting Orbs do you need to upgrade a Heavenly Crafting Orb to level 100?

This is a math problem that even elementary school students can solve.

1+2+3+4+5+6+100=5050！

In other words, to upgrade a Celestial Crafting Orb to level 100, you need 5050 Level 1 Celestial Crafting Orbs!
With eighteen Heavenly Craft Spirit Pearls in his body, that's 90900 Level 1 Heavenly Craft Spirit Pearls!
2888 million spirit stones can only buy 1000 level 1 Heavenly Crafting Spirit Orbs.
After calculating such a huge number, Jiang Liu fell into a long silence.

他本以为1+2+4+6+512就是人心的极限了，没想到竟然还有高手。

1+2+3+4+100！

If the Immortal Cultivation Era cannot be planned, who can compete?
"Wow, that's awesome! I underestimated you before, game planner. When it comes to ripping people off, you're the real boss!"

Jiang Liu exclaimed again, "How could such a small gem-setting function be able to rip off so much money? The Heavenly Court really hit the jackpot by hiring this person as the planner."

Rinma.

Even at 0.1% of his price, it felt like an unaffordable game, let alone for other players.

He really wanted to know what level of Heavenly Craft Spirit Pearls General Ye Longying and other big shots were wearing.

It can't be in the single digits, can it?
Haha, a bunch of poor bastards.

"It takes more than 9 Celestial Crafting Orbs to fully play. Hopefully, the drop rate will be higher."

Jiang Liu sighed deeply, realizing that he might not be able to max out the Spirit Orb by himself, and hoped that the developers would release some Spirit Orb gift packs to sell.

Why did you set the Heavenly Crafting Orb to level 100? Isn't that just to force people to spend money?
I give up, okay? I'll buy it, alright?

Jiang Liu was deeply shocked by the Heavenly Craft Spirit Pearl. He silently closed his backpack, turned around, and stepped into the ordinary pool.

Now, only the Five Elements Dao Body can soothe his wounded soul.

(End of this chapter)