Jiuyuan instantly realized that there were some things he didn't know. He was about to rush up to catch the ghost, but the ghost disappeared without him even touching the corner of its clothes.
He asked the system: "...Did you see it clearly?"
[System: It seems to be some kind of ghost, but it was only for a moment, and I can't be sure if I saw it wrong. ]
"Ghost?" This was the first time Jiuyuan heard this concept in the system, and it was inevitably a bit new.
[System: ...It seems so. He just mentioned work, maybe he is a worker in hell...]
"…Are most of the people working in Hell ghosts?"
[System: Most of the time, but there are also some special cases of celebrities or spirits, monsters... He probably mistook you for someone else. ]
"That's possible. Seeing how reckless he was, could it be that he was mistaken and thought that it was his superior coming to inspect the work?" Jiuyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
The matter ended like this, but Jiuyuan made a note of it in his heart.
He had never seen such a creature before, yet he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if he thought he should know it, but for some reason this memory seemed to have been erased, and he could not find any clues or inconsistencies.
[System: Are we still going to the shrine? There are several small shrines nearby that you haven't visited yet. You should be able to visit them all before the sun sets today.]
Jiuyuan shook his head.
They had already been to many small shrines, but all ended in disappointment. So they decided to give up such unrealistic speculations. He said, "Let's go to the famous shrines."
[System: Master, there is a small shrine nearby! But I heard it is very effective, how about we go there one last time? It is about 20 minutes away from here, so it will be quick to go there.]
"Okay." Jiuyuan agreed, but he was already planning to go to Yahara in his heart.
The boy named Natsume had already found out the information through Yamada and his team.
The information they got from the ghosts at first was not very accurate. They said it was for a girl named Natsume Reiko. In fact, when they searched for information using this name, they found that the girl had already passed away. The one who is still alive is her grandson, Natsume Takashi.
To get more in-depth information, he would have to conduct a local investigation. After all, what he wanted to know was about the monsters, so he could only use his own methods to find out. Technology could not help much.
While chatting with the system about random things, Jiuyuan soon arrived at the destination shrine.
From the outside, it looks no different from other shrines, but I heard that this is also a shrine dedicated to the god of knowledge. It is particularly popular during exam season, but it is not large in scale. In addition, people's piety only limits the release of incense to those few months, so it seems a bit deserted now that it is not the peak season.
After Jiuyuan entered the room, he first greeted the staff with a smile.
The other party also smiled and nodded, telling him the location of the hand-washing pool.
Jiuyuan looked around, and the staff saw him and said with a smile:
"Not many people come here recently. However, some professional chess players occasionally come here to pray for peace of mind before a game. Some people also develop a habit of not coming to the shrine in the morning and feel uneasy... Ah, sorry, I think I said too much."
"No, what you said is very interesting." Jiuyuan continued with a smile.
He walked into the shrine, and the deeper he went, the more strange the feeling became.
This feeling is not found in other shrines.
It seems that this shrine is indeed different, but although he can feel this problem now, he does not understand what it represents, or what it means. The further he walks inside, the more refreshing the inspiration becomes, but this feeling does not make him feel uncomfortable, but rather comfortable.
This was clearly the first time he came into contact with this mysterious energy, but he did not hate it.
"System, you said that I can feel this mysterious connection because of using the character of Yin?"
[System: Hmm... This is the only explanation I can think of. ]
——What if Gin entered the shrine instead? Wouldn’t the feeling be stronger?
He wondered if, in the midst of his intense inspiration, he would receive some new revelation.
Now that his guess has been verified, Jiuyuan is no longer prepared to fight the shrine alone.
As for the next shrine visit, let Yin do it on his own.
After returning home, he packed his things and went to Yahara with Hachisha.
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…
Jiuyuan started to reorganize his resources again. He didn't use the card draws he had saved before. After that, he got several ten-draw draws and several boxes, but they were all random boxes, and he could only get R or above at least.
In this way, there were 5 free ten-draws, and the daily supply friendship pool didn't produce anything good. He kept all the items at home to supplement the family expenses. They were all food, drinks and clothes. It seems that SR really needs luck.
Another important thing is his skill level.
He had added all of his previous 10 personal skill points to his demonic power. The points he had gained some time ago were enough to unlock his demonic power to level 15.
After level 15, two new branches are added: Hex and Summoning.
However, the crappy system has very strict restrictions on personal skills. Unlike vests, you can't see what skills you have in advance. You can only know the content of personal skills after lighting them up with points.
“It’s like opening a blind box.”
He first cast a point for the witchcraft.
[System: Unlocked the magic [Demon Power Condensation]]
[“You can simply condense your demonic power into items of different shapes, but be aware that the strength of the item depends on the strength of your demonic power.”]
[System: The level of magic has been upgraded, and the card pool has unlocked new content - the card pool has opened up magic power supplements and magic power amplification agents (different time-limit versions).]
[System: The store is now open for drug resupply.]
"Demonic power..." Jiuyuan spread out his palms thoughtfully, trying to use the demonic power to condense a rope. Soon, a rope with an unknown red light appeared in his hand, which looked like some kind of cursed prop.
This skill is quite useful.
Then he tried to put a little point into the summoning technique.
[System: Unlocked summoning skills: Primary amplification, the comprehensive ability of your summons will be greatly improved, the time effect is 1 hour, the effect range: within a radius of 100 meters of the summoner, and subsequent enhancements require the investment of reputation coins.]
Jiuyuan: “…”
Come on, he hasn’t even selected the skills of his summoned creatures, so isn’t he just a commander without any troops?
He thought that this system shouldn't be so weird, so he continued to invest skill points into it.
[System: The Summoning Book [Basic] has been unlocked. The first page of summons: Skeleton will be automatically unlocked. To light up other summons, you need to invest reputation coins.]
"so it is……"
After hearing twice that he would need to invest reputation coins in the follow-up, Jiu Yuan's reaction was not excited. He thought of more -
"Compared to reputation, the speed of obtaining other resources is too slow. Whether it is skill points or personal attribute points, it turns out that this is where reputation is needed."
But, this is where it gets weird.
Reputation, in the short term, has an upper limit. Once a region's reputation is squeezed to the extreme, it almost becomes a non-renewable resource.
The "short" in a short period of time refers to a period of time such as one or two years based on the human lifespan.
Will he play this game for one or two years? That's possible. Even if he travels all over the world, the reputation he can gain will have a fixed upper limit.
Only by gaining reputation can you get skill points by unlocking achievements. There are only so few skill points, and upgrading skills requires a lot of reputation investment. In his opinion, this seems to limit the strength of the game from the beginning.
unless--
He can live for a very, very long time, so long that he can break through the time limit of this game's resources through long-term storage.
This is impossible, he thought.
But the reputation bar seems to have no bottom, and the back is covered by black fog. Is this the game system itself suggesting: there is no upper limit to reputation?
【System: ...Master?】
Jiuyuan was silent for a long time in deep thought, and the system thought something was wrong with him.
"Nothing." Jiuyuan smiled again, "Let's continue."
He opened the summoning scroll, and the first page he saw was indeed a lighted skeleton interface, which looked very much like the undead soldiers in the game. He looked to the side, and the second page was gray. He tried to light it up, but it required paying 70,000 reputation coins in one go.
“…Light it up.”
[System: [Skeleton Hound] has been activated.]
The hound in the picture has a long and thin body, and it is obvious that it is built for running. However, I don’t know if its speed will be affected after it turns into a skeleton.
It’s good, but the skeleton always looks brittle... Jiuyuan couldn’t help but think.
Summoning these things only requires paying demonic power, no wonder you can only add points to demonic power at the beginning. Only after the demonic power capacity guarantees that you can use demon arts and summoning arts normally, you can learn these skills. The system is really well-intentioned.
"By the way, system, if I continue to unlock skills, is it possible that, like what happened just now, new content will be added to the card pool because of unlocking special skills or triggering conditions?"
【System: Your guess is correct. 】
Jiuyuan: ...Isn't this just like some card drawing games, where you have to complete a certain number of chapters in the main story before new card pool characters are unlocked? This routine is too familiar.
Anyway, there are not many ten-tickets left, so you might as well keep them.
Although reputation can also be used to draw ten consecutive draws, when he thought about how the skills would consume so much reputation, and most of the things drawn from the card pool were not very useful, he didn't plan to waste reputation in the card pool.
…Spending money on games ruins three generations, and gambling makes you poor for life.
And before leaving, there are some things to tell you.
That meant that the store needed new products. He had wanted to keep the automatic pen that could tattoo a container that he had drawn earlier for himself, but he found that he had no use for it, so he simply put it in Hanako's store to sell as a commodity. He also put the healing potion up there, but he kept the reshaping potion for himself in case he needed it.
He bought about 30 bottles of the demon power replenisher that he had just unlocked from the reputation store and left them for Hanako.
...A potion that can replenish demonic power would probably be popular, right?
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…
Unexpectedly, we encountered some minor problems right away when we went to Yahara.
That was how Hachishaku would follow him into the car. He didn't want to take the plane, but the Shinkansen might still be able to save him...
[System: Master, how about you try to cover him with your demonic power? This way, no one else will see him.]
Jiuyuan: "...Are you sure it will work?"
【System: ...I think so?】
Jiuyuan thought about it, and tried to use the newly learned skills to condense the demonic power into a layer of transparent gauze, and then passed it to Hachisha.
Yasha covered himself in it, because it was transparent and would not affect the line of sight. It was not until they got into the car and were sure that they would not be seen that Jiuyuan breathed a sigh of relief.
He realized belatedly that this was the invisible cloak in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows...
【System: Master.】
"Um?"
[System: ...Does this count as fare evasion? ]
Kuen: “…I don’t think so.”
We are all the same person, how can it be considered as evading the ticket! Although he wanted to say so... However, the strong feelings in Hachisha's heart made Jiuyuan feel numb.
The joy that cannot be concealed by eight feet:
"You put a white veil on me with your own hands... It was as if I was your bride... Hehe..."
Jiuyuan: “…” You chose the wrong color.