277: Chapter 258: Dividing the Treasure 277: Chapter 258: Dividing the Treasure The obsidian stone pillar rose from the ground, a massive tower over thirty ters high instantly becoming the focus of everyone’s gaze.
At its top stood a three-eyed demon statue that resembled a ghost, a cow, and a tiger.
It had four arms outstretched as if it were shouting or struggling.
Standing beneath it, touching the “Pillar of Ti,” the Sound of Rules instantly provided feedback.
“…Damn, it’s another paid service.”
Lu Ping’an was already a bit annoyed; the Life Bank was truly highlighting its bank-like features in every aspect.
[Function 1, Biological Acceleration: Adjusts the individual’s perceived ti scale, currently two options – 2x speed consus 1 life-point every 24 hours, 3x speed consus 5 life-points every 24 hours (It is not recomnded to enable 3x speed for life forms below Decree-level.)]
It seed confusing at first glance, but after a brief trial, the concept beca clear imdiately.
“Huh?
Why are your movents so slow?”
Watching Lu Ping’an speak rapidly as if he were rapping, the others found it amusing but struggled to keep up.
Everyone had a life-point or two to spare (except for White Claw).
Once everyone accelerated, it felt as if no one had sped up at all, and communication returned to normal.
Soon, they grasped how to use this ability.
Biological Acceleration was imperceptible to oneself, but in reality, you would perceive two minutes for every minute that passed…The sheer potential left everyone stunned.
With such great facilities, many had wanted to use them to accelerate their cultivation but didn’t have the ti…Everyone had their jobs and daily leisure, and workouts ant limited ti, rendering a trip here hardly worth it.
However, with 2x and 3x acceleration available, this no longer ant double or triple the cultivation ti, but even more, much more.
For most people, ti spent on personal improvent outside of work, eating, sleeping, and adjusting their daily routines was extrely limited – two or three hours at most.
When staying up late, one had to consider the effect on their job performance the next day.
If one could move necessary activities like work and sleep to this location, then the ti spent cultivating could triple or even quadruple.
At the very least, one could double their cultivation ti; with good planning, a five or six-fold increase was possible.
Of course, there was a price to pay.
The acceleration offered by the Secret Realm provided 100% physical feedback (cultivation experience).
However, it also ant double the life consumption.
“…This isn’t even a problem.
How many professionals can live to retire?”
Just the first ability had many people excited, so even considering making this place their base.
With an ever-present smile, Lu Ping’an breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his decision was worth it and that this single feature alone could turn a profit.
A new society needed so good ons.
“With this, people who are free will hang out here.
It’ll bring the community together, and at least we’ll have more chances to et each other.”
He tested it and found BUFFs functional for both physical and spiritual states, although they disappeared upon leaving the area.
However, the charges stopped, and upon re-entry, the BUFFs would resu automatically – very convenient.
[Function 2, Accelerated Recovery of Polluted Items: Hasten recovery speed of ability for polluted items.
Black-iron level 1 point/1 use, Brass level 3 points/1 use, Silver level 10 points/1 use.]
Lu Ping’an didn’t understand this one at first glance.
However, after trying it, he got the concept.
Many taboo items had limitations like “usable once per day.” For example, Lu Ping’an’s Self-Healing Gloves were essentially taboo items that functioned as modular pollution sources.
After activation, they needed ti to regain energy.
Many taboo items, even if used continuously, saw their effects weaken over ti, much like an energy-depleted electric baton in need of charging.
This ability allowed one to spend life-points to quickly recover the item’s energy and use it again.
It was practical, but Lu Ping’an was still puzzled.
“Didn’t they say the Life Bank works based on accelerating life rules?
How can taboo items also be accelerated?”
“…How do you know that taboo items aren’t alive?” White Claw added gloomily.
Lu Ping’an followed her gaze to the struggling, roaring statue atop the Pillar of Ti; it seed almost alive.
He also rembered another important piece of loot he had kept an eye on but chose not to ntion it.
[Function 3, Providing ‘acceleration’ rule support for other rule buildings.]
Though the description was brief, this was actually the main function.
Accelerating the healing of wounds, recovery of physical strength, and growth of magic plants were simple yet practical abilities.
To learn exactly how much acceleration had been granted, they’d have to perform tests over ti.
These were the only functions available for now, but they were more than enough…As a society that provided benefits, they could naturally draw people together more easily.
With such a promising start, everyone benefited, which made the remaining distribution go much smoother.
Xia Qin received a silver-tier short sword first, contributed by a big shot from the Blood Feast.
It had a “Life Drain (Vampiric)” curse and was incredibly sharp.
Her brass-tier longsword had been destroyed in battle, and the temporary silver-tier replacent was in for repairs.
She desperately needed a good weapon.
ow was given the Blood Feast big shot’s cloak and boots set.
One was an upper silver-tier and the other a lower silver-tier, both offering increased mobility and protection – exactly what ow needed.
Worth ntioning, after gaining everyone’s approval, Lu Ping’an’s “appraisal” of the items beca much more vague, only ntioning their general functions but neglecting the costs…
As for those things, he would discuss them privately with the recipients later.
Just from a single Lord of the Blood Feast, there were three Silver-tier items provided, showing that they were indeed quite wealthy.
Tie Zheni only had two items, but the first one caused a dispute.
It was a set of four white balls with silver threads and matching rings attached, sowhat like toy yo-yos.
[Spellball (modified Upper Silver)]
[Function 1: Energy Infusion, it can infuse Protection system runes, Elental system elental energy, Life system life energy, and Death system death energy.
However, only one type of energy can be infused into a single ball, with an energy storage limit of three standard Silver-tier spell units.]
[Function 2: Energy Release: release the energy stored inside.]
[Function 3: Energy Pipeline (Maya Doll Line), this pipeline is a major component of an ace doll created by a certain master, after being acquired as spoils of war, it was brutally transford into an energy input pipeline.]
[Cost 1: Maya’s Greed (Upper Silver): She thirsts for blood, please prepare a blood bath for her regularly (every two days)…]
[Cost 2: Unbearable Emptiness: Energy within the spellball will begin to gradually disappear after 24 hours, needing constant recharging.
If it remains empty for more than 30 minutes, it will attempt to drain the user’s energy and life.]
This taboo item had a different style from the beginning.
After Lu Ping’an asked, he found out that there were such “energy storage devices” on the market.
But these items were not only extrely expensive, but also borderline polluting items, with extrely unreliable performance.
“…There must have been so thod used to turn a borderline polluting item into a genuine polluting item.
Even just this technology and resource consumption are quite exaggerated.
It even has a remote detachable charging line.”
Lu Ping’an still didn’t quite understand, but the others here did, especially Xia Qin and Guan Xinxian, who took an interest in it.
It turned out that although the device could be used by the Elental, Life, and Death systems, those who truly desired it were mainly from the Protection/Binding system.
Their runes and array drawings were quick-acting and powerful, but their range was generally short.
Xia Qin’s “Moon Pattern” could be released externally, but had high movent and slow speed, with a pathetic hit rate.
Guan Xinxian’s “Gravity Control” was even more limited at long distances, but if he had this charged ball, he could release his abilities remotely.
The increase in range was one aspect, and more importantly, this ability now had a second exit, increasing the stealth and suddenness of its use in battle, greatly enriching tactical reserves.
“This item’s performance isn’t strong, but its value is extrely high.
It’s likely it could be exchanged for a weaker Rule-Level item.”
Both of the Protection specialists imdiately set their sights on the item…
As expected, Tie Zheni was also from the Protection system.
Maybe this was even his main weapon.
Lu Ping’an recalled the old man who was beaten up by the fake cat, who seed to have no room for resistance.
“Let’s split it in half.” Lu Ping’an thought for a mont and then proposed.
The two looked at each other and agreed.
However, after so consideration, Xia Qin still spoke up.
“I only need one.
To solve the range problem, one is enough for .
Most of the ti, it works as a hidden weapon.
Guan Xinxian can enrich his tactical library and create tactics centered around it.
The more, the better.
One more might even create a new tactical combination.”
“Is that okay?” Lu Ping’an was a bit surprised.
Was this woman too considerate of others?
“Mhmm, as a Sword Saint, having an alternative would only split my focus on that one crucial strike.”
Everyone understood now.
For Xia Qin, this item only offered an extra choice, an additional hidden weapon in a pinch.
However, for Guan Xinxian, it was a core piece of equipnt that could change his career path.
Although there was a difference in the degree of demand, most professionals probably wouldn’t actively yield.
Guan Xinxian beca even more grateful to Captain Xia, and the club’s atmosphere improved a lot.
While Tie Zheni’s items satisfied both of them, no one wanted the other item.
“Limited chef cooking equipnt.
Although it looks powerful…
never mind, just keep it for now and see if there’s a chance to trade it.”
At the sa ti, Tie Zheni’s spatial device was filled with a large amount of “gourt food”, many luxury items (unused headphones and Sound of Rules), and several Brass-level taboo items, which won’t be elaborated on here.
Worth ntioning, these items show that the environnts of the two “gourts” are vastly different.
The Lord of the Blood Feast carried dangerous battle-oriented items, while Tie’s belongings were full of modern and borderline polluting items.
Not only was the quantity gap huge, but the style of the “gourt food” also varied greatly.
The Blood Feast items were all ‘roughly processed,’ clearly not ant for humans to eat, whereas Tie’s items seed to use precious materials, with beautiful packaging, appetizing appearance, and enticing aromas.
Although it was sowhat presumptuous to infer from this that the Blood Feast had intense internal strife and the Gourt Association was more comfortable, on the whole, Tie seed much wealthier.
The total value of the two Silver items far exceeded that of the three from the Blood Feast.
There were also many special luxury items, including a full set of mobile kitchens, mobile theaters, and automatic massage dolls…
Either he knew a high-ranking artisan willing to help him ss around, or the Gourt Association was already wealthy enough to use valuable technology and human resources in non-combative areas.
Most mbers of the club were inclined towards the latter, believing that the nearby Gourt Association’s technical craftsn were not only extrely abundant, but also had high-ranking leaders.
The spellball also had obvious modification traces.
The taboo items and consumables that everyone couldn’t use were stored in the bank building’s warehouse, with this person contributing more than half.
Now everyone’s sights were set high, all eyeing Silver-tier treasures, while Brass-tier items were carelessly distributed…
Just a month ago, everyone would have fought over Black-iron tier taboo items.
As they went about dividing the spoils, it ca to “Gardener” Liu Zibei, and the club’s gardener laughed.
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