Chapter 157: 10 years lifespan
Linchen County, Potion shop.
I bought a hundred sets of mana potions at once. What Paladin's used was mana so I had no choice. Such consumption was something that the current me could afford.
When I was buying potions, a familiar person appeared beside me who was buying potions too. It was Ah Fei!
"You are buying potions too?" I asked.
"Nonsense..."
He was speechless, "Do you think inscriptions don't consume mana?"
"Oh..."
"Right." His lips curled up, "I saw Bright Moon and you enter Great Sage Hall, what happened. You should have passed right?"
"You can count it like that."
I smiled, "But she thinks that my skill levels are too low so I have to go train it. Tomorrow I will head to With You for an interview."
"Damn..."
He gulped, swallowing his saliva and saying, "So... Doesn't it mean that you can see Lin Xi in real life? Damn..."
I was speechless as I looked at him, "You are already going to be staying with other girls, why are you even thinking about Lin Xi?"
"I am a scum!"
"..."
...
Job Training Center, a wooden puppet. This was the place where players trained their skills. When I arrived, there were already a bunch of people there. I walked in and the moment I stepped in, a bell rang in my ears--
"Di!"
System notification: You have entered Training Center, all skill CDs reduced by 80%, skills that add effects are reduced by 80%!
There was actually such a setting?
It seemed like I could train Ash Fortress here too. After all Ash Fortress's time was 7 seconds and after 80% reduction, it was only left with 1.4 seconds. With the cooldown time, I could use it again every few seconds. This place was really good to level skills. Along with my Skill Necklace, that was like adding wings to a tiger!
Right, the Skill Necklace wasn't a bound item, so... I could let Ah Fei use it? Like that wouldn't it be simple for him to get high level inscription techniques?
All of a sudden, I was totally pumped up.
But it wasn't a time to care about Ah Fei. I needed to get this Paladin account to appropriate standards if not I wouldn't be able to get past With You. Moreover, for some reason, I actually wanted to see Lin Xi and see what she looked like in real life. I wanted to see how different this woman who defeated me badly was.
Thus, I waved the wooden sword that I just bought and randomly slashed the wooden dummy. Saint Light Technique, Judgement, Assault, Ash Fortress, Saint Storm etc were all used. I also used Ash Fortress and Purify together. All the skill familiarity started to jump.
Just like that, I ground to 6pm and finally with a bell ringing, the toughest Ash Fortress reached level 5. As for Saint Light Technique, it was already level 6. The Skill Necklace was really such a great item!
"Ah Li time to eat!" Ah Fei's voice spread from the outside.
"Okay."
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Ten minutes later, in the beef soup restaurant below, we ordered a bowl each along with some dishes.
"You spent the whole day on the human cavalry account?" He asked.
"En."
I sat in front of him, "If Senior Uncle is angry then beat me up now. I won't fight back, after that can you help me repair Orange Night?"
"Wishful thinking!"
He rolled his eyes, "Firstly, Orange Night is done and can't be fixed. Secondly, there is no point in hitting you. I have cultivated my mental state for so long. I might be angry a second ago but a second later my heart is as calm as water."
"Senior Uncle's cultivation is so amazing, the only one I fully respect in Black Castle is you!"
"Shut up you little brat!"
He shivered in anger, "Orange Night can't be fixed, there is no point in you saying anything!"
As he said that, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Unless..."
"Unless what?" My eyes lit up.
He licked his lips, "Unless you exchange for it using the other broken Grade One puppet. I can consider using large amounts of effort and resources to repair Orange Night."
"No!"
Without considering, I rejected him. White Bird appeared in my mind and I felt like her body had a huge secret. The more Lin Fengnian said that, the more I couldn't return her. Moreover, Lin Fengnian didn't know that White Bird's core had reactivated, if not he might charge to my cave and snatch her away!
"Impossible?"
He slapped the ground, "Then scram you brat, I don't have time to waste with you here!"
"Junior Brother Lin!"
Right at that moment, a voice spread from the wind and Ding Heng's familiar body appeared within Heaven and Earth Pavilion's large hall. He held his hand behind his back and still looked celestial-like. "Whatever resources you need to repair my disciple's puppets, as long as my Wind Cloud Platform has it, I will give it to you!"
"Master..."
I stood up and was so touched that I nearly cried.
"Senior Brother Ding!"
Lin Fengnian got up and bent his body. His hands held his red ruby staff and said, "You do know the price to pay to repair such an orange puppet right?"
"Junior Brother please speak."
"His energy core has suffered from a lethal attack and to reactivate it would need large amounts of materials. Among them are, Bright Heaven Fountain Threads and Purple Cloud Skystone which not anyone has."
"..."
Ding Heng kept silent for a few seconds, "I know about Bright Heaven Fountain Thread, one of the elders in the three divisions has one. I can use my flood dragon bone to exchange for it. As for Purple Cloud Skystone, I heard that Lady Yun Yue has one, but..."
"No but."
A familiar and sweet voice spread out, "July Wildfire is my Junior Brother, Ding Heng send someone for it."
"Thank you Lady Yun Yue!"
I turned around, "Thank you Senior Sister Yun!"
Ding Heng was stunned and didn't know why I would call her senior sister.
...
Lin Fengnian was shocked and looked at me with a deep gaze, "You brat, you are actually so protected by Lady Yun Yue and Senior Brother Ding Heng, even I am jealous, but... Apart from these two treasures, you are lacking one precious thing!"
"What?" Ding Heng frowned.
"Ten years of my lifespan!"
Lin Fengnian said solemnly.