Chapter 163 Purchase: Two Skill Books!

Su Ze returned to the Dormitory.

Yao Qingya sat by the table, a row of small bottles laid out in front of her, as she was portioning out Serum into them.

Liu Qiaofei acted as a little assistant by her side, the two coordinating with considerable tacit understanding.

An Lan sat cross-legged on the bed, repeatedly weighing a Willow Branch in her hand with a serious expression, as if studying some kind of weapon.

The others were busy organizing the many supplies Su Ze had traded back.

Jiang Yuwan was the first to look up.

"You're back."

She stood up, walked to the table, and pushed a hand-written piece of paper over.

"I've done a tally. These are all the supplies we have that can deal with Supernatural Entities, including the items you brought back and the existing stock in the Dormitory."

Su Ze glanced at it.

Over two hundred bundles of willow branches, over three hundred bottles of ox gall tears, and nearly a hundred bags of Pot Bottom Ash.

That was all.

"Over thirty thousand people, and only this much stuff..."

Jiang Yuwan didn't finish her sentence, but her meaning was clear.

At first glance, the quantity seemed large, but for the entire Dormitory building, it was like a drop in the bucket.

Su Ze put down the paper and didn't speak immediately.

If there weren't enough supplies, then he had to find a way to get more.

Otherwise, ordinary weapons would be difficult to use against Supernatural Entities.

Suddenly, he thought of the Survival Mall.

If nothing else, the limited-time and limited-quantity section should have refreshed with new supplies.

With a thought, he opened Survival Mall 2.0.

The mall had indeed updated.

The original sections for daily necessities, fresh food, and clothing were still there, but a new area had appeared, listed separately at the top and marked in red—

[Emergency Supplies Zone · Supernatural Special]

Su Ze clicked in.

The first row was filled with the items he had found in the Teaching Building tonight.

[Willow Branches · Common Quality] Price: 100 copper coins/unit. Quantity: Unlimited.

[ox gall tears · Common Quality] Price: 100 copper coins/unit. Quantity: Unlimited.

[Pot Bottom Ash · Common Quality] Price: 100 copper coins/unit. Quantity: Unlimited.

Scrolling down, there was something else he hadn't seen before.

[Supernatural Suppressing Talisman · Common Quality] Price: 500 copper coins/piece. Quantity: Unlimited.

The description read: Single-use consumable. Can apply a suppression effect on Lv.2 Supernatural Entities and deal damage to Lv.1 Supernatural Entities. Duration: 30 seconds.

Su Ze went over the prices of these items in his mind.

They weren't cheap, but they weren't unaffordable either.

The key was that the quantity was unlimited.

This meant that as long as he had enough copper coins, he could buy as many as he wanted.

He continued scrolling down.

Then he saw the limited-time and limited-quantity section.

[fine Quality · peach wood sword] Price: 1,000 copper coins/each. Quantity: 1,000. Time Limit: 72 hours.

[fine Quality · Evil-Breaking Talisman] Price: 2,000 copper coins/piece. Quantity: 500. Time Limit: 72 hours.

Besides the Evil-Breaking Talismans he had collected himself, there were actually peach wood swords for sale?

He took a look at the stats.

[peach wood sword]

[Quality: fine]

[Level: 3]

[Attack: 15]

[Durability: 120/120]

[Trait: Evil-Breaking (Deals 120% extra damage to Supernatural Entity targets)]

[Description: Crafted from ten-year-old peach wood through a special process, it is the bane of ordinary Supernatural Entities.]

However, it was only of fine quality, which couldn't compare to the Lightning-Struck Peach Wood Sword refreshed by his [Treasure Gathering] Bond.

But looking at the price, attack, and trait... it shouldn't be too bad either.

Su Ze stared at these two lines of numbers and quickly did the math in his head.

1,000 peach wood swords would be one million copper coins.

500 Evil-Breaking Talismans would be one million copper coins.

Together, that was two million.

The copper coins he currently had... were completely insufficient.

He originally had over a million copper coins, but because of his 'disappearance', the girls had used the turrets to kill zombies, which consumed a lot of copper coins.

Although they later recovered some of the drops, overall, they had still lost quite a bit.

He wasn't in a hurry to buy and continued scrolling down.

Then, he stopped.

[Rare Quality · Lightning-Struck Peach Wood Sword] Price: 10,000 copper coins/each. Quantity: 10.

[Rare Grade Skill Book · Spirit Guarding Incantation] Price: 20,000 copper coins/book. Quantity: 20. Learning Requirement: intelligence ≥ 10.

[Rare Grade Skill Book · Soul-Shaking Roar] Price: 20,000 copper coins/book. Quantity: 20. Learning Requirement: intelligence ≥ 10.

Su Ze clicked open the descriptions of these two skill books.

[Rare Grade Skill Book · Spirit Guarding Incantation]

[Learning Requirement: intelligence ≥ 10]

[Effect: Active defensive skill. After activation, it forms a spirit shield around the user, continuously resisting spirit-based attacks from Supernatural Entities. Duration scales with the player's spirit attribute, and defense strength scales with the player's intelligence.]

[Description: An incantation used to protect one's own soul, suitable for those whose brains are still somewhat useful.]

[Price: 20,000 copper coins, Limited Quantity: 20 (20 remaining)]

...

[Rare Grade Skill Book · Soul-Shaking Roar]

[Learning Requirement: intelligence ≥ 10]

[Effect: Emits a deterrent roar at Supernatural Entity targets, dealing spirit energy damage. Number of uses scales with the player's spirit attribute, and attack strength scales with the player's intelligence.]

[Description: One shout to scare the dirty things back.]

[Price: 20,000 copper coins, Limited Quantity: 20 (20 remaining)]

These two skills, one defensive and one offensive.

If he could have all the leaders and core members under his command master them, their confidence in dealing with Supernatural Entities would be completely different.

Furthermore...

Skill books weren't the only way to learn.

Su Ze felt that he could absolutely have the leaders learn them first and then teach them to others personally.

It was just that the three-day respite period was tight on time...

He didn't know if the players would be able to learn them.

He made a decisive decision and placed the order directly.

10 Rare Lightning-Struck Peach Wood Swords, bought them all.

40 skill books, 20 each of Spirit Guarding Incantation and Soul-Shaking Roar, bought them all.

copper coins were deducted rapidly, and a bunch of items appeared in his backpack.

He conveniently opened the flash sale mall as well.

It had also been updated.

[Rare Quality · Lightning-Struck Peach Wood Sword] Price: 1 silver coin. Quantity: 1.

[Rare Grade Skill Book · Spirit Guarding Incantation] Price: 1 silver coin. Quantity: 1.

[Rare Grade Skill Book · Soul-Shaking Roar] Price: 1 silver coin. Quantity: 1.

Su Ze took a look but didn't act.

The quantities in the flash sale mall were too small.

He also felt that silver coins were very rare.

So he would save them for now and see if there were more worthwhile things to exchange for later.

He closed the mall interface and took out two skill books from his backpack.

"Learn!"

[Rare Grade Skill Book · Spirit Guarding Incantation]

He opened it directly, and golden light overflowed from the pages, sinking into his mind.

A large amount of information took shape in his head, as if someone had carved a complete set of spellcasting logic directly into his memory.

[Ding! Skill [Spirit Guarding Incantation] learned successfully!]

He then picked up the second one.

[Ding! Skill [Soul-Shaking Roar] learned successfully!]

As the two notification sounds faded, Su Ze flexed his fingers, feeling the way these two skills operated.

Spirit Guarding Incantation leaned toward defense, requiring a continuous consumption of spirit to maintain the shield.

Soul-Shaking Roar was a Burst type, a one-time release, but the damage was considerable...

Immediately after, Su Ze opened the trade channel and traded two skill books to each of the eight leaders...