Chapter 15: Marvelous Item - Mist-Veil Pearl
“900 points of destiny power, plus a silver treasure chest? The potential of these Golden Honeybees is quite astonishing!”
Xia Tian was pleasantly surprised.
One must know that Wu Song only provided 1,000 points of destiny power when he joined the territory, and because it was a human territory, Wu Song, as a human, would certainly gain more destiny points than an alien creature of the same level after joining.
Therefore, there was no doubt that these Golden Honeybees had a promising future for cultivation.
“Do you want to use ‘Touch of Midas’ on the ‘Rare Silver Treasure Chest’?”
“Yes!”
Following the usual practice, he first upgraded the treasure chest to gold, spending “80 points” of destiny. Opening the chest yielded five items.
“Cloud Mist Pearl (White · Marvelous Item), Lumber Mill Blueprint (Gold), Soft Thorn Armor Blueprint (Silver), Eight Mountain Delicacies Recipe · Bear Paw (Blue), Three Sets of Ancient Hanfu (White).”
His luck this time was still not great, only drawing one gold item.
But to Xia Tian’s surprise, a white item in the prompt message was actually ranked ahead of the gold-quality “Lumber Mill Blueprint.”
He was first puzzled, but after a closer look, he involuntarily held his breath.
“Marvelous Item? A treasure chest can even yield a marvelous item?”
“Special treasure chests of silver quality or higher may yield low-grade ‘Marvelous Items’!”
A white name indeed indicated the lowest grade of marvelous item, but being able to rank ahead of a gold blueprint was very telling.
Even the lowest-grade marvelous items were of immense value, because every marvelous item was a remnant of powerful laws from a universe or world that had collided and been destroyed, left behind in the Eternal Land!
Xia Tian eagerly took out this marvelous item and found it to be a transparent pearl the size of a ping-pong ball, with milky white clouds swirling and moving inside.
“Mist-Veil Pearl (White)”
“Type: Marvelous Item”
“Attribute: Mist Veil · Can release mist within a certain range, interfering with visual and auditory perception from outside the mist. Observation from inside the mist towards the outside is unaffected.”
“Note: Hey, you can’t see me, and you can’t hear me either!”
“The Earth Will’s prompts seem to be getting more humorous?”
“Is it because the other lords are starting to feel the cruelty of the Eternal Land, so it’s deliberately trying to liven things up? Good thing my starting location was a bit poor, but my luck was good.”
Xia Tian muttered as he held the pearl.
Like the “Sun Gold Bottle” before it, there was no “Touch of Midas” prompt, because marvelous items could only be upgraded by devouring marvelous items of similar attributes.
However, he was very satisfied with the attributes of this Mist-Veil Pearl. Compared to the “Sun Gold Bottle” which was mainly used for farming, this marvelous pearl, if used well, could definitely play a significant role in combat.
Aside from the marvelous item, the other items opened from the chest were also very practical. The “Lumber Mill Blueprint” allowed the territory to build the most top-tier lumber mill, and it came with lumber tools that increased efficiency by over 500%, as well as a large amount of equipment necessary for crafting wooden objects.
The “Eight Mountain Delicacies Recipe · Bear Paw (Blue)” was an ancient imperial recipe, probably to avoid wasting the fatty bear paw of the silver giant bear, which was about to be used as food and had already been marinated with golden honey.
After all, Xia Tian’s territory currently didn’t have a professional chef.
Even the routinely obtained white item from modern Earth, “Ancient Hanfu,” was more in line with Xia Tian’s needs than the “Six Gods Florida Water” obtained from the “Public Sentiment Treasure Chest” yesterday.
Because he had no change of clothes other than a formal suit, he originally thought of asking Pan Jinlian to help make clothes, but then he discovered a serious problem: there wasn’t even a piece of cloth in the territory. Even if Pan Jinlian possessed “Mastery” level tailoring skills, she was completely unable to make bricks without straw. These few sets of ancient Hanfu solved his urgent need!
Moreover, the treasure chest even yielded a silver-quality “Soft Thorn Armor Blueprint.”
The Soft Thorn Armor originated from Mr. Jin’s novel; it was the treasure of Peach Blossom Island in the East Sea, woven from gold threads and Millennium vine branches . It could not only prevent cutting and stabbing from hard weapons but also injure the opponent when they attacked with fists and palms.
“But the so-called gold threads and rattan branches probably can’t compare to this silver giant bear from a cultivation world with a demonic beast bloodline.”
Xia Tian’s eyes fell on the corpse of the silver giant bear. He walked over and, after touching its body, used the Lord Skill “Hand of Gathering” on it.
Considering the “transformation” attribute of the silver giant bear, to avoid waste, Xia Tian even specifically used the VIP gathering method, which involved an additional expenditure of “destiny points,” to process and refine the materials while gathering.
After a flash of silver light, the thousand-pound corpse of the silver giant bear was completely divided into parts such as fur, bear bones, bear meat, bear paws, and bear sinews, neatly arranged. Particularly eye-catching was a fist-sized bear gall that looked like it was carved from white jade!
“White Jade Bear Gall (Blue)”
“Grade: Mortal (Transformed)”
“Attribute: Detoxification · Can neutralize all poisons (Mortal grade).”
“Description: The power of transcending mortality within the bear gall has been activated through processing. Paired with medicinal ingredients, it can be further made into ‘Transcendence’ level detoxification medicine.”
“Transcendence grade, is that the name of the next level?”
Xia Tian pondered.
Then, his gaze focused on the attributes of the White Jade Bear Gall itself.
“Detoxification, what a good thing!”
Without mentioning anything else, this “neutralize all poisons” attribute was exactly what he urgently needed.
Because once the pervasive poisonous powder scattered by those ghost vultures was inhaled, one would quickly fall into a coma.
If he couldn’t find a way to deal with it, even if he manufactured divine arm crossbows, he would still struggle to truly defeat them!
And speaking of divine arm crossbows… when Xia Tian directed several yamen runners to go back for tools and brought back the large amount of spoils obtained from dissecting the giant bear, plus several large jars of golden honey, to the territory, it immediately caused a great stir.
“The Lord is back!”
“Chief Wu killed a bear!”
“What a huge bear paw, it must have become a spirit, right?”
“Hiss, these bear sinews!”
Especially the “old craftsman” whom he had assigned to make divine arm crossbows yesterday, was even more delighted to see the “Bear King Sinew,” which was as thick as a child’s arm. He picked it up and rubbed it in his palm, as if he had found a rare treasure!
“My lord, these bear sinews are extremely tough. Using them as bowstrings for the divine arm crossbows will make them several times stronger than hemp ropes, perhaps even surpassing all the divine arm crossbows this old man has ever crafted.”
The old craftsman was given a strict order by Xia Tian to make “divine arm crossbows,” but he was struggling with the lack of relevant equipment, and progress was painfully slow.
As a result, Xia Tian’s outing not only brought back the “Lumber Mill” blueprint, solving the tool problem, but also brought back a bear sinew far exceeding his expectations, enough to make more than twenty enhanced divine arm crossbows.
“Not bad, not bad. It solved multiple problems at once. This morning’s harvest was truly abundant.”
Xia Tian’s face still showed excitement after returning to the lord’s mansion.
However, Xia Tian also realized a problem: apart from Wu Song, there was no one in his territory who could be considered capable. Although a few yamen runners could also wield weapons and fight, their combat power was only slightly stronger than that of refugees, and even inferior to his own after gaining experience in the Grandmaster-level “Five Animal Play”!
“Hmm, the secret tiger bone wine should be ready by now!”
Therefore, the first thing Xia Tian did upon returning to the territory was to take out the vessel containing the “secret tiger bone wine.” He found that the tiger bones inside had disappeared, and the wine had completely turned into a blood-red “amber” state.
According to the instructions on the recipe, as long as the wine’s color appeared “blood-red like congealed blood, amber-like in form,” it could be used.
“It looks a bit like jelly, and surprisingly, it has no hint of alcohol. It tastes quite good!”
Because it looked truly beautiful, Xia Tian himself took a sip to try it first.
As soon as he swallowed it, his whole body became hot, and a scorching hot current flowed throughout his body, centered on his spine and accompanying his surging blood. He even seemed to hear a faint roar of a fierce tiger!
“You drank the secret ‘Tiger Bone Wine’ and gained the ‘Bone Tempering and Marrow Cleansing’ effect. Your Physique +0.1… You drank it, Physique +0.1… Physique +0.1!”
With just one sip, Xia Tian’s Physique attribute increased from 2.5 to 3.0.
After two more sips, it rose to almost 4.0. The sudden surge of power nearly made him crush the wine vessel in his hand.
“Good heavens, as expected of medicinal wine brewed with tiger bones of a ‘demonic beast’ bloodline, the effect is truly astonishing.”
“However, this also means that those true ‘Transcendence-grade’ demonic beasts are probably extremely powerful. I must quickly cultivate more combat personnel!”
After three sips, the effect began to diminish significantly, so Xia Tian put down the wine vessel.
After all, this item was mainly for enhancing the physique of his subordinates, to meet the requirements for the “Camp Breaker” class training.