Chapter 282 Ten Consecutive Card Draws
Zhong Cai did not start immediately, but instead carefully inquired about the consciousness of the ancient city.
They're still getting used to the mirror key, and the teleportation function is still pretty useless. So, is there anything restricted about this altar...? Because the two of them never used it before, they hadn't paid attention to its current condition.
The ancient city's consciousness quickly responded.
The altar functions normally.
Zhong Cai raised her eyebrows.
It seems you've adapted to the altar quite quickly.
Wu Shaogan watched him with a smile, and also heard the message transmitted by the ancient city's consciousness.
Only now did he ask with a smile, "How much are you planning to smoke, A-Cai?"
Zhong Cai tilted his head and thought for a moment before replying, "Stop once you've extracted something usable." He paused, then added, "But we should at least keep ten million Dan Yun in reserve for circulation."
Wu Shaogan chimed in, "That's fine too."
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To date, the total amount of pill essence accumulated is around 45 million. Apart from the pill essence accumulated on the Flying Star Continent, after arriving on the top continent, although a few more pill essences were refined for "identity verification" and the rest of the time was mainly used for researching new pills, the number of pill essences has increased by several hundred thousand because a single fifth-level pill can easily contain several thousand pill essences.
If you want to pull all the way through, you can do a full forty-five ten-pulls in the Golden Flame Pool!
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This was Zhong Cai's first time drawing cards on a top-tier continent, and she felt a little nervous.
Although he had already been paralyzed by the time he was on Flying Star Continent... it was still quite novel for him now.
Zhong Cai grabbed Wu Shaogan's hand.
Wu Shaogan joked, "Or should A-Cai close her eyes?"
Zhong Cai rolled her eyes at him.
Wu Shaogan suppressed a laugh and made a "please" gesture.
Zhong Cai took a deep breath, and then, in a rather childish tone, said, "Golden Flame Pool, ten times! Three times!"
The next instant, a clump split off from the colorful clouds and suddenly landed in the huge altar pit!
Golden flames, swirling and dancing freely!
Thirty dark gold envelopes erupted from the altar, hovering above it and arranged in a row—
A scene that felt all too familiar.
The response was incredibly smooth, just like every time before.
Zhong Cai's initial nervousness suddenly vanished.
...It seems there's nothing particularly new or interesting about it.
Zhong Cai looked up and gestured, "Let's go all out."
Those dark gold seals reacted swiftly.
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First of all, as always, many of the envelopes were trembling slightly and turned into wisps of smoke.
Before the two of them were ten high-grade mystic stones!
This is the most common resource in the Golden Flame Pool.
Along with that comes the lowest-value resource in the Golden Flame Pool—the level four resource.
A fourth-tier rare beast egg—of the sparrow kind.
A fourth-tier rare beast fetus—a rabbit.
A level 4 explosive talisman.
A level-four poisonous plant.
At this level, these resources are considered quite good.
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Next, three more envelopes began to tremble.
On the surface of the envelope, a ring of golden light was flowing rapidly...
Similarly, as the smoke dissipates, new resources are revealed, belonging to the fifth level.
A fifth-order ice-attribute cultivation technique.
A set of fifth-tier wood-attribute sword techniques.
One level 5 Yin-Yang attribute refining material.
—It is also a good resource.
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Then, the flowing golden light also turned into two circles.
After the smoke cleared, the resources that appeared were all level six, totaling five items.
One sixth-order wolf beast core.
One level 6 mid-grade healing pill.
A top-grade level 6 sword.
One level-six rare medicinal fruit—can be used to nourish the complexion.
One Level 6 Undirected Teleportation Talisman – allows you to instantly travel 10,000 miles.
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Upon seeing this, Zhong Cai couldn't help but say, "Old Wu, we're both pretty lucky today."
Wu Shaogan agreed, saying, "The resources we received were quite good for the corresponding level."
Zhong Cai looked at the teleportation talisman and healing pills, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Look at those two items, they seem to echo the lives we're living now." He pondered for a moment, then looked at the poisonous herbs, refining materials, rare beast eggs, and beast fetuses, "I feel there's something subtly off about them."
Leaving aside the use of poisonous herbs for refining materials, even beast eggs and embryos—which they had mentioned in a casual conversation—were something they could do with their islands and mountains. If they ever obtained such resources, they could hatch them and raise them instead of selling them.
Wu Shaogan smiled and said, "Perhaps it's a coincidence, or perhaps..." He guessed, "It's just because we've been in contact recently, and the altar judged that we might need these things, so it's trying to shift towards these kinds of resources?"
Zhong Cai thought for a moment and then smiled, "The altar is our life-bound treasure, so it's only right that it considers our needs more."
Wu Shaogan ruffled Zhong Cai's hair, expressing his agreement once again.
Neither of them thought much of it.
They used to talk about getting the Soul Essence and Spirit Heart every day, and they actually got them, didn't they?
Actually, it's been like this from the very beginning; the altars are just more proactive now.
Not surprising, the altar has been upgraded, so it's only natural that it's more considerate.
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The fourth batch of resources consisted of only three items, surrounded by three rings of golden light.
After the smoke cleared, what appeared was a level seven resource.
A level 7 puppet.
A level 7 defensive armor.
A level seven medicinal herb—this is quite precious; it's actually a life-extending Climbing Iris!
Consuming all the nectar from the climbing iris flower can extend the life of a spiritual cultivator by two to three hundred years—the exact number depends on the amount of nectar produced.
However, this nectar cannot be used as medicine, and has no other uses besides being used as nectar.
Even more remarkably, nectar is useless if it is not entirely consumed by one person but rather divided among them.
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After thinking for a moment, Zhong Cai said, "We don't need this thing, and it's quite valuable. Why don't we just keep it and use it to socialize with people in the future, so we won't lose face?"
Wu Shao chuckled dryly, "Ah Cai, that's a good idea."
Considering that the people who will be associated with them in the future will definitely be top geniuses with huge fortunes, their arrival was so extravagant that they really needed a lot of good stuff to make a good impression.
So the two of them got right off the bat and immediately started doing it.
One of the many empty resource halls was specially selected as the "gift hall," which only accommodates resources of level six to eight.
The hall has many shelves, which are also divided according to different levels, with multiple shelves at each level.
Of the resources extracted so far, only the climbing iris is worth adding.
It fits perfectly into the level 7 shelf.
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The fifth wave of resources is level eight resources, and the golden light rotates four times.
There are two items.
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Before Zhong Cai could even see the resources clearly, he sighed and said to Wu Shaogan, "I was just saying I was lucky, but it turns out I only got the minimum, and I didn't manage to pull out a level 9 resource myself."
Wu Shaogan comforted him, saying, "The minimum guarantee is already very good."
Zhong Cai sighed again and nodded, "That's right. Level 9 resources obtained from single draws are generally better, so it's normal for the drop rate to be low. I don't need to keep grumbling every time I don't get one."
Wu Shaogan's eyes softened, and he pinched Zhong Cai's cheek again, laughing, "A-Cai can nag me anytime."
Zhong Cai replied without any hesitation, "Of course!"
Wu Shaogan's smile deepened.
Then, the two looked at the level eight resources.
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Perhaps to make up for not getting a single level 9 item, these two level 8 resources are also quite good.
Another level 8 puppet has arrived!
This is an excellent resource for the two of them to use and protect.
Zhong Cai couldn't help but think that perhaps it was because Lao Wu hadn't summoned any Dao soldiers, so the altar thoughtfully provided "hands"? There must still be a connection between the altar and the command platform!
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Another resource is also a beast fetus—a Sky Whale Beast fetus with the potential to reach the eighth rank.
The Sky Whale is a rare and exotic creature that can both fly and swim in the sea. Most of the time, it prefers to swim in the sea. If it were to fly, it would need to replenish itself with a large amount of seawater every once in a while.
Although its bloodline is very high, it has no room for further evolution and can only be a rare beast at the peak of the eighth rank at most.
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Zhong Cai stroked his chin and said, "We have warships for going to sea, and we can also use the Heavenly Whale Beast fetus as a gift. Judging from its appearance, if it is not carefully nurtured, it will have to stay in the placenta for many years before it breaks open on its own."
Wu Shaogan had no objection.
With a thought, Zhong Cai sent the Heavenly Whale Beast Embryo to the shelf in the "Hall of Gifts" where level-eight resources were stored.
The next step is to begin selecting the minimum resources.
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Zhong Cai raised her head slightly.
Unsurprisingly, the remaining three dark gold seals all emitted large swaths of golden light.
Countless golden lights shone so brightly they were almost blinding.
The first plume of smoke drifted down silently.
Wu Shaogan quickly collected all the other resources and placed them in the appropriate resource hall.
Then, he looked at the cloud of smoke.
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan leaned together, examining the four phantom images emitted by the smoke.
The first phantom image remained unchanged; it was a level nine rare medicine.
The second phantom was a low-grade level nine talisman.
The third phantom image is a low-grade, level nine elixir.
The fourth phantom is a level nine common medicinal herb.
Zhong Cai looked at the level nine rare medicine.
This is a Thunderwood, level nine, and it has already grown a Thunder Fruit.
However, the Thunder Fruit itself is only level eight.
Zhong Cai said with a radiant smile, "This is it!"
Wu Shao chuckled dryly, "Although the grade isn't high enough, it's actually more suitable for A-Cai."
Zhong Caishen agreed.
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And that is indeed the case.
Thunderwood can produce a batch of fruit every hundred years, but the specific grade of the fruit is hard to predict—it can reach at least grade five.
This spiritual tree possesses a spirit but will never develop wisdom; its grade is equal to the highest grade of the Thunder Fruit it once produced.
If this plant is now classified as level nine, then it must have produced level nine fruit at some point in the last hundred years.
Currently, the tree is laden with fruit, with only one fruit at the highest level (level eight).
Level 6 and 7 Thunder Fruits are rare; the most common are Level 5 Thunder Fruits.
In the eyes of many high-level cultivators, this Heavenly Thunderwood is a bit of a waste... It needs to be nurtured for another hundred years before we can see its next batch of fruit.
But for Zhong Cai, a fifth-level pill king, several thousand fifth-level thunder fruits were simply providing him with a large amount of pill refining materials!
That's perfect.
After the fruits are used and harvested, Zhong Cai can plant the Tian Lei wood in the "Ten Years in a Day" garden, observe and cultivate it at the same time, and harvest a batch every ten days. It's simply wonderful.
Thunderfruit has many uses.
Besides alchemy, it can also be used to create special cultivation environments, build suitable storage environments for other lightning-attribute items, and synthesize special attribute mystic weapons by adding them to the weapon pool...
It can be used as a material for refining various lightning-attribute pills, and can even replace many kinds of lightning-attribute medicinal herbs in medicine.
Thunder Pill, made primarily from it, is an excellent body-refining pill!
It suits Wu Shaogan very well, and it also suits Zhong Cai well after the fusion.
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Zhong Cai smiled and selected it from the first phantom without hesitation.
Then, with a thought, he sent the Thunderwood into an ordinary medicinal field—the kind that had no time to enhance it.
When he has free time, he will go with Lao Wu to pick them all!
Wu Shaogan grasped Zhong Cai's hand and congratulated her, "A great start!"
Zhong Cai chuckled: "With this, it doesn't matter if the next two items aren't perfect."
Wu Shaogan pinched Zhong Cai's lips and laughed, "Be careful of your jinx."
Zhong Cai immediately fell silent.
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A second cloud of smoke descended swiftly.
There are still four phantom images on display.
The first item was also a level nine rare medicine, White Cotton Seed.
Although this is a rare medicine, it cannot be refined into a pill. After tearing off the cotton threads on it and consuming them, it can treat some injuries for cultivators who have reached the Heavenly Realm—but the degree of treatment is very limited. It would be better to take a low-grade ninth-level healing pill than to consume it.
Its true purpose should be for refining artifacts. With the addition of various other refining materials, it can be used to create defensive armor that weakens some of the lightning tribulations and is suitable for powerful experts to wear during tribulations.
The second, third, and fourth phantoms contained very ordinary items, including some fragments of level nine mystic artifacts, some as small as fingernails and broken into hundreds or thousands of pieces!
That's outrageous!
Without a doubt, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan chose the white cotton seed and put it into the resource hall for future use.
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The third plume of smoke also transformed into four afterimages.
The first rare medicine was the Immortal Bodhi, which I had previously obtained through drawing.
The other three phantoms were also ordinary items.
So, of course, you should choose the Immortal Bodhi and then quickly put it away.
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At this point, all the results from the three Golden Flame Pool ten-pulls are here.
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