Chapter 10 Discount Card
While waiting for an answer, Yu Shan couldn't help but laugh at herself: Was she grasping at straws in her desperation? She actually pinned her hopes on an organization that sold information.
Xiao Bai held her hand and said, "Don't be afraid. No matter how bad things get, I'll be with you. We'll face it together. There's no hurdle we can't overcome!"
"Okay." Yu Shan felt she had a thousand words to say, but she only uttered this one word.
At this moment, she truly realized the value of this man, not because of his high level of martial arts, but because he was willing to be her strongest support in any crisis.
The answer is finally out:
"The Holy Witch Clan has two ways to get out of its current predicament: First, find the tombs of the four elders who fell five hundred years ago, where it is said that there are opportunities left by them for the clan.
Second, find the reincarnation of the previous Holy Maiden of the Holy Witch Clan, Feather Fan. According to the divination of the Holy Witch Clan's fortune teller, she will return when the clan is in its most perilous time and lead everyone out of their predicament.
Since your purchase exceeded 5,000 mid-grade spirit stones, you will receive a complimentary chance to win a prize worth between 1 and 10,000 mid-grade spirit stones. Good luck!
Upon seeing this answer, Yu Shan felt a pang of sorrow. When her soul was transported away, she had already guessed that the four elders might not live much longer.
But she still held onto a sliver of hope that perhaps they would have some other extraordinary encounter and survive.
But now that their deaths have been confirmed, all hope has been shattered.
Since they left behind an opportunity before they perished, why hasn't any member of their clan obtained this opportunity after five hundred years?
Then there's only one possibility: this opportunity was deliberately left for her by the four of them, and no one else can take it away.
As for whether her reincarnated form can resolve this crisis, she is not sure at the moment, but she will do her best in any case.
The fact that the Lingxi Pavilion was able to find out these inside stories about the Holy Witch Clan shows that they are indeed quite capable.
Yu Shan felt that she hadn't wasted her spirit stones, even though she was very poor now.
In her grief, Yu Shan paid little attention to the lottery opportunity given in the message. Just as she was about to leave, the shopkeeper stopped her: "Sir, you haven't drawn the lottery yet."
"You're quite an interesting fellow. Why don't you do a raffle while you're gone?" Feather Fan said.
"That won't do. We have rules here. Reminding customers about the lucky draw is our duty as waiters. Otherwise, we'll have our wages docked," the waiter hurriedly shook his head.
"Alright then." Feather Fan casually tapped the lottery icon displayed on the Spirit Rhinoceros Jade.
A disc kept spinning until it finally stopped, and the pointer pointed to one of the glittering circles.
After clicking, it says:
"Five coupons for the Wantong Pavilion's premium spirit boat tickets at a 90% discount! With these coupons, you can purchase ten tickets to various cities for only 90% of the total price! You're incredibly lucky, sir! Congratulations!"
The next second, the shimmering hemispherical bowl for payment reappeared, containing five amber-colored transparent cards with the words "90% off" printed on them.
"How do I use this?" Feather Fan took out a transparent card and waved it at the shopkeeper.
"My goodness! You're incredibly lucky, sir! This is a top-tier discount card from Wantong Pavilion, with a maximum discount of ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones."
We have a branch of Wantong Pavilion in Leiyin City, where they sell large spirit boat tickets. You can use this card to buy tickets to all forty-nine major cities in the Misty Heaven Realm.
Even if you don't want to ride their large spirit boat, you can transfer this discount card to other guests at a slightly reduced price. Each card can earn you at least 8,800 mid-grade spirit stones.
"This is the highest-value prize I've ever seen in my five years in this business!" The guy's face was full of envy and surprise.
Yu Shan was completely confused by his words, wondering if this was a promotional tactic jointly launched by Lingxi Pavilion and that Wantong Pavilion.
However, upon hearing about the top-grade spirit boat ticket, she was somewhat tempted, since the Holy Witch Clan was in imminent danger and she wanted to return as soon as possible.
After the two left Lingxi Pavilion, Xiaobai immediately asked a passerby for directions to Wantong Pavilion and then dragged her there.
"What if it's a trap?" Feather Fan asked.
"Let's not take out the card yet. Let's pretend to be ordinary passengers buying boat tickets and find out the situation first," Xiaobai said.
Upon arriving at Wantong Pavilion, the two went inside and discovered that the store was larger than they had imagined.
It has four floors in total, with each floor covering an area of over 100,000 square meters. The goods inside are complete, almost encompassing all the necessities of life and cultivation.
Clothing, food, shelter, transportation, ritual implements, talismans, elixirs, and all kinds of rare and precious materials—almost everything imaginable was available.
Even if some particularly rare items are not in stock, the order price is listed and delivery to your door is promised within the agreed time.
Faced with such a huge shopping mall, Yu Shan felt much more at ease, at least the possibility of those five discount cards being used to trick people into spending money was much lower.
Even if it's a promotional tactic, it shouldn't be too much of a rip-off.
At the end of the fourth-floor lobby, we finally saw the ticket window for the ferry.
There is an entire wall next to it, printed with the names of major cities and their ticket prices.
Feather Fan spotted the name of Five Elements City at a glance. It read: Departures are on the first and fifteenth of each month, arrival within five days. Ticket price: Class A 500 high-grade spirit stones, Class B 300 high-grade spirit stones.
This information thrilled her. The mid-grade spirit boat they were currently on would take a month to reach Five Elements City, even without rest, but the large, top-grade spirit boat here would only take five days!
One high-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for one hundred mid-grade spirit stones, and she currently has more than three thousand mid-grade spirit stones available.
If she can use the discount cards she has, it means she can afford the ferry tickets that will take five days to arrive.
However, this meant that she had spent almost all the money she had, which meant that they would be penniless from now on.
Yu Shan decided to go back and discuss it with everyone, since it concerned everyone.
On the other side, in the square in front of the City Lord's Mansion, Madam Xuan and Xiao Ran stood in front of the Monument to Talented Individuals, but did not immediately go over to take the test.
They first watched the testing process of several rogue cultivators. It seemed very simple; they just struck the Talent Monument with all their might, and then a beam of light floated up from the bottom of the Talent Monument.
There are five grooves corresponding to the five realms. The beam of light will float upward from the groove corresponding to the realm you belong to.
Unfortunately, none of the seven independent cultivators who took the test made it onto the list.
The onlookers sighed in disbelief, with some mocking, "They're all overestimating themselves. They know they're not good enough, yet they still dream of making the list and gaining both fame and fortune."
What was the result? A hundred low-grade spirit stones wasted for nothing! If I had half of those spirit stones, I could have heard fifty rings!
Xiao Ran looked rather grim, fearing that he would be ridiculed by the onlookers after the test.
Madam Xuan rolled her eyes at him and said, "You don't even have the courage to lose, yet you dare to call yourself a man!"
This was clearly a provocation, but Xiao Ran couldn't help but rush forward.
At the crucial moment, Omar stepped forward first and handed a mid-grade spirit stone to the two guards from the city lord's mansion who were in charge of collecting fees.
The guard opened the passage and let him in, and Omar struck the stone tablet hard.
Soon, the second groove at the bottom of the stone tablet lit up, and the beam of light slowly rose, quickly reaching the first platform.
The stone tablet has three platforms. The first platform corresponds to the bottom 50 people after they are listed. The second platform corresponds to the 11th to 50th people. The third platform corresponds to the top 10 people.
"Wow! He made the list! I'll bet five low-grade spirit stones that he can break into the second platform and get into the top eighty! Anyone want to bet with me?" someone shouted.
“Okay! I’ll bet you! I guess he can only make it into the top 95!” another person exclaimed excitedly.
The crowd was already making a fuss, and Xiao Ran and Madam Xuan's eyes lit up.
Omar is an SS-level, and his ability to break into the top 100 of the second major realm—the Spirit Fusion Realm—means that the two of them, both SSS-level, would rank even higher.
This relieved them slightly. They had heard from Yu Shan that SSS-level was barely equivalent to the cultivation of the Fusion Realm, but they did not expect that Omar, an SS-level, could actually break into the top 100 of the Fusion Realm.
Is the feather fan's memory faulty, or has the cultivation level of the cultivators in this realm regressed?
Before fully understanding the situation, Madam Xuan and Xiao Ran decided not to conduct the test to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.
After all, according to the locals, the ranking on this Monument of Talents includes cultivators from the entire Misty Heaven Realm, not just those from Thunder Sound City.
The beam of light eventually landed on the second platform, and the final ranking displayed was 48th.
When Omar signed up for the test, he used his real name. Anyway, this was a new world, and he didn't know anyone here, so he wasn't afraid of revealing his real name.
Looking up at his name shining brightly on the ranking list, Omar felt a little unreal.
A brief moment of smugness welled up inside me, but I immediately became dejected again.
As an SS-level ability user, he only ranks 48th on the second major realm ranking list after coming to this other world. What's there to be proud of?
He should be crying his eyes out!
Goodbye to his life as a master; from now on, he'll be a nobody at the bottom of society.
However, when the two guards from the city lord's mansion returned a mid-grade spirit stone to him and gave him a ranking card to congratulate him, his mood finally improved.
"Here you go. With this card, you can skip the city entrance fee and enjoy a 20% discount at all hotels under the Wantong Pavilion name. Stay humble and don't let yourself be pushed off the rankings by newcomers!"
The guards' admonitions were all the same, but Omar was delighted to hear them.
He hasn't found a way to make money in this world yet, but he has already obtained a card that can save him money.
He'll use this card to settle the food and lodging expenses for his group when he gets back today, and see if it works.
**
Bo Yiyan first accompanied Achen to the spirit beast shop, and Mina's eyes lit up as soon as she entered the shop.
This place sells all kinds of mythical beasts, many of which are beautiful and fluffy. Women can't take their eyes off these adorable creatures.
She was incredibly envious when she saw the adorable Qingxi that Xiao Ran gave to Madam Xuan. Unfortunately, she didn't have a suitor as supportive as Xiao Ran, nor did anyone give her such a cute little thing.
However, Mina is not the kind of person who likes to wallow in self-pity. She believes that she will definitely meet a cute little guy in the future, and then use her personal charm to bring him home.
Standing in front of the spirit beast shop's display stand, she felt like she couldn't take it all in; there were just too many beautiful and adorable creatures!
But when she asked about the price, she was disappointed again.
Any one of them would cost over 500 mid-grade spirit stones.
For the first time in her life, Mina was desperately eager to make money!
"Matt, you're the smartest one, quickly help me think of something that can make money quickly?" she said, tugging at Matt's sleeve.
"Aunt Mina, I think you could try your luck at the black box over there."
I just overheard some guests talking about how, for just ten mid-grade spirit stones, you can open any black box you like, and they're all filled with spirit beast eggs.
If you're unlucky, you might get a dead egg, which you'll have to take home and cook.
"If you're lucky, you might get a high-quality spirit beast egg. The luckiest ones might even contain a trace of divine beast bloodline," Ah Chen said, pointing to a row of boxes covered with black cloth in the corner.
"What kind of egg can be considered to have the bloodline of a divine beast?" Mina's curiosity was piqued.
"This fairy, with the bloodline of a divine beast, will choose its own master. When it meets someone it likes, the black box will shine brightly."
If it doesn't like you, it will hop away on its own. But don't worry, if you manage to open a mythical beast egg, the shop will reward you with a free chance to open a black box. You won't lose out at all." The shop assistant quickly came over to explain.
"Alright, shall I go open the black box?" Mina said.
Before leaving, the lady gave everyone one hundred mid-grade spirit stones. She originally intended to refrain from spending them, since everyone hadn't yet found a way to make money in the new world.
"Go ahead, go ahead, we'll wait and see your luck," Ah Chen encouraged her.
After paying the money, Mina walked up to a row of black boxes and hesitated.
"Ah Chen, why don't you help me choose?" She turned to Ah Chen and said. The young master had been a human treasure-hunting mouse since he was a child, and she had great faith in his luck.
"No, I'd rather not. You know my fathead fish is a jealous person. If I go near those spirit beast eggs, it will definitely get angry," Achen said, shaking his head.
Mina finally made up her mind and randomly chose one with her eyes closed.
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