The idea was beautiful, but in the crisis-ridden, palace-filled Nine Heavens Divine Court, trying to find other surviving players like searching for a needle in a haystack to team up and "push open doors" was simply too unrealistic and a waste of ti.
Xiao Jie pondered and decided to take it step by step, first attempting to "open doors" himself.
Since he already had the "Heavenly Official Jade Token" and permission to enter the "Level C Area," it indicated that there must be even higher-level jade tokens and higher-level access.
"Isn’t this just like the chanics of those scavenging and retreat gas played before?" Xiao Jie thought, "Upgrade access rights, unlock new areas, scavenge for better items... Obtain higher-level permissions, as long as you search thoroughly and have enough courage, today I must fully understand this wave of Big Red!"
Thinking of this, he began to take action again.
First, he returned to the front of the "Dan Yuan Hall," took out the Heavenly Official Jade Token, and attempted to enter — the result was as expected, he was once again bounced off by that Eight Diagrams Seal Map, the glimr on the jade token flickered twice before extinguishing.
"Looks like with Level C access I can’t enter here... this place is at least a ’Level B’ or even ’Level A’ area." Xiao Jie was not discouraged; instead, his thoughts beca clearer.
He carefully recalled the note on the jade token: [Can access the offices related to clouds and mist].
"Related to clouds and mist... Cloud Dispelling, Rain Cloth, Thunder Raising... these functions should all count, right? We can start with these departnts," Xiao Jie pondered, "Generally speaking, in the governnt, departnts with similar functions are usually located nearby to facilitate cooperative work.
So, these departntal offices should be near the Cloud Tugging Hall."
With a clear target in mind, the search range was significantly reduced.
Xiao Jie flew low along the edge of the palaces, his eyes scanning below. Sure enough, it wasn’t long before a palace obscured in moving clouds caught his attention.
The style of the palace was no different from the others, but above it, there hung an unusual "thundercloud" over ten ters in diater! The cloud rolled continuously, with blue and white electric lights silently flickering and roaming inside, yet there was no sound of thunder. It seed more like a huge sign, conspicuously standing out in the cloud-filled Heavenly Court.
On the plaque to the left of the palace were the ancient characters "Rain Departnt" in old seal script, and to the right was a larger and grander palace with the sign "Thunder Departnt."
"This is it!" Xiao Jie rejoiced inwardly, put away his insect form, returned to human form, and walked straight to the slightly mottled vermilion door of the "Rain Departnt."
When he approached within three zhang of the door, the Heavenly Official Jade Token in his hand indeed emitted a warm glimr.
He stepped forward—
Without obstruction!
The invisible barrier parted like water, allowing him to easily step over the high threshold.
Nice!
Xiao Jie carefully walked into the interior of the Rain Departnt. Similar to the Cloud Tugging Hall before, it was a place full of shimring equipnt, blue and green mingling and flickering.
"Haha, this is aweso!" Xiao Jie’s eyes sparkled, heading straight for those pieces of equipnt emitting a bright blue glow. Normal green spiritual artifacts? They no longer caught his eye; now he only had his sights on divine artifacts!
[asuring Wind Flag (Fifth-grade Divine Artifact/Back Flag)]
Magic Strength 58.
Wind Magic Effect 15%.
Divine Artifact Special: Command the Marquis of Wind. Equipping this flag allows control over wind direction and force in a dium area and the use of twenty-eight types of wind magic recorded within the flag.
Item Introduction: The magic flag of the Rain Departnt’s ’asuring Wind Heavenly Official,’ the flag surface is made of ’Xunfeng Silk,’ with wind runes engraved on the flagpole, possessing the power to command gales.
[Black Dragon Water Avoidance Banner (Sixth-grade Divine Artifact/Back Flag)]
Magic Resistance 40.
Water Resistance 300.
Divine Artifact Special: Separate Water and Waves. Immunes water magic damage below Loose Immortal Level, once activated can open an enhanced barrier, increasing immunity to Heavenly Immortal Level for 180 seconds, with a cooldown ti of 30 minutes.
Item Introduction: The command flag held by the ’Rainwalking Warrior’ of the Rain Departnt, embroidered with the ’Black Dragon Playing with Water’ design, contains a trace of the Dragon Clan’s water control power, primarily tasked with clearing paths and avoiding water during rain missions.
[Water-Controlling Festival Staff (Third-grade Divine Artifact)]
Attack Power: 135 (blunt impact).
Magic Strength 99.
Water magic effect 33%.
Divine Artifact Special: Water Manipulation Power. Equipping this staff allows free control over water flow within a large area for attack and defense, as well as the casting of forty-eight types of water attack/support spells recorded within the staff.
Item Introduction: Water Magic Staff used by the High-level Immortal Official of the Rain Departnt, with ’Cold Pond Sinking Wood’ as the core, inlaid with ’Water Spirit Pearl,’ providing a powerful tool for daily rain and water control tasks.
These flag-type Divine Artifacts belong to the [Back Flag] category and can be equipped on the back, with a maximum of four at a ti.
Xiao Jie directly strapped them onto his back, though it looked a bit silly, he couldn’t worry about such things when it ca to enhancing his strength.
The Water-controlling Festival Staff was directly stuffed into the backpack for easy access.
In addition to these divine artifacts, Xiao Jie also found a higher quality set of high-level Heavenly Official Equipnts beside a main desk. He imdiately changed into the new outfit, feeling like he had upgraded from a "grassroots office worker" to a "departntal leader."
Along with that, he also got a new Heavenly Official Jade Token, unlocking access to the Grade B Area!
"Sure enough! Authority upgraded!" Xiao Jie gripped the jade token, feeling elated.
Besides, the "administrative level" of this Rain Departnt is obviously higher than the Cloud Tugging Hall. There are many miscellaneous treasures in the warehouse and the private storage compartnts of the officials, including the Thousand-year-old Vermilion Fruit that he had only seen in docunts before, which he finally sees in reality now.
[Thousand-year-old Vermilion Fruit] x3: Permanently increases Spirit by 10 points after consumption.
[Jade Dew Condensation Pill] x5: Permanently increases Spirit by 8 points after consumption, and slightly increases Spiritual Energy recovery speed for the next hour.
[Low Grade Dragon Ball] ×8: Inner core taken from low-level dragons, can be used as material for Artifact Refining or Alchemy.
[Cloud Pattern Silk Handkerchief] x3: Looks like an ordinary handkerchief but is actually a small space storage magic treasure with about 20 cubic ters of space inside, a standard magic treasure for high-level Immortal Officials.
[Water Mansion Command Arrow] x7: Can summon a Water Mansion Warrior to follow orders, considered as consumables, and no matter what, summoned creatures are never too many.
All good stuff.
Xiao Jie unceremoniously took whatever he could.
He imdiately consud those Immortal Fruit and Immortal Pill that directly improved attributes on the spot.
[System prompt: You used the ’Thousand-year-old Vermilion Fruit,’ your Spirit is permanently increased by 10 points...]
[System prompt: You used the ’Jade Dew Condensation Pill,’ your Spirit is permanently increased by 8 points...]
With a single breath, he added 30 points to Spirit and 40 points to Spirit, visibly enhancing the attribute panel!
"Even such a little Rain Departnt offers so many permanent attribute-increasing treasures... Imagine if I really find the legendary Immortal Peach Orchard and eat a few baskets of flat peaches... wouldn’t that be insanely satisfying!"
Xiao Jie tossed the last Immortal Pill into his mouth, feeling more and more impatient.
Leaving the Rain Departnt, Xiao Jie hurried towards the grander and more magnificent "Thunder Departnt" hall beside him.
He habitually took out the newly obtained Grade B Jade Token and approached the Mystic Iron Gate engraved with thunder patterns.
The jade token emitted a faint glow, and the barrier on the gate slowly rippled.
However, just as Xiao Jie was about to step in—
Crack!
A lightning bolt as thick as a thumb, composed purely of bright white light, suddenly struck from the top of the door fra, hitting Xiao Jie right on the head!
Dammit! Xiao Jie shivered, thinking he had triggered a trap.
But the thunderbolt struck him without causing any harm, transforming into countless tiny electric sparks that "crackled" and scanned around his body before disappearing quietly.
"Tsk... indeed a ’major departnt,’ with style, you need security checks to enter." Xiao Jie sighed with relief and stepped inside.
However, he was still a bit shaken, taking much more cautious steps this ti.
The interior of the Thunder Departnt was indeed impressively grand. The hall was extrely vast and lofty, with jet-black pillars supporting the roof, which showed faint silver lightning patterns flowing within, as if sealing away lightning.
On the walls were not murals, but reliefs depicting various majestic scenes of thunder’s birth and death, Divine Generals enforcing the law, and exterminating demons.
Although the hall was empty, the air was faintly filled with an indescribable, restless yet awe-inspiring spiritual pressure.
Passing through the empty front hall corridor, he pushed open the heavy main hall door, and the scene before Xiao Jie imdiately froze him in place, his pupils constricted sharply.
In the center of the hall stood a nearly four-ter-tall, green-faced, fang-toothed, muscular giant, with his back to the door, looking up at a lightning-patterned giant pillar inside the hall, seemingly deep in thought—or was he... dazing off?
He was entirely covered with dark green scale armor-like skin, with a beast skin around his waist. His exposed torso was full of twisted lightning burn scars, and his unruly red hair stood up like steel needles, with electric light faintly flickering.
Glancing at the top of that monster’s head, Xiao Jie instantly felt sothing was wrong.
[’Thunder General’ Viper Wind (Thunder Departnt Fallen God)]: Level 84 God-Demon Level Boss. Life Value: 820,000.
Damn! There’s still sothing alive here?!
Xiao Jie cursed inwardly, instinctively holding his breath, his body subconsciously retreating, praying in his heart: "Didn’t see , didn’t see ..."
However, the Thunder General seed to have eyes on his back, his massive body jolted, and he slowly turned around.
The ferocious face with green skin and fangs bore a pair of red eyes devoid of any rationality, locking firmly onto Xiao Jie at the entrance. Around him, there began a "crackle" as fine lightning burst from under his skin and quickly gathered.
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