175: Eighth-level advanced mission: Ancient beast tamer!
Upon returning to the Mountain and Sea Pavilion Guild, Qin Yun finally had Golden Niu spit out the mysterious magic box for him to examine.
Name: Dim Magic Box
Level: Mythic-level
Effect: Can fuse any three materials of the same level and type, with a certain chance of successful fusion, thereby increasing their level by one!
Hiss!!!
Qin Yun was dumbfounded on the spot.
This was actually an item that could upgrade materials!
One had to know that no matter what kind of material, it would always be the level it dropped at and could not be upgraded further.
But with this Dim Magic Box, various high-level materials, including gems, could be upgraded!
Most importantly, Qin Yun no longer had to worry about not being able to collect the three special high-level materials: dragon gold scale, dragon silver whisker, and dragon heart essence.
As long as he accumulated enough low-level versions of these three materials, he could use the Dim Magic Box to upgrade them into high-level materials.
Immediately after,
Qin Yun quickly took out the five-level dragon gold scale, dragon silver whisker, and dragon heart essence materials he had acquired earlier in Dragon Abyss Ancient Land and tried to fuse and upgrade them!
Ding, fusion upgrade failed, materials disappeared!
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Ding, fusion upgrade successful, congratulations on obtaining a Level 6 dragon gold scale material!
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Ding, fusion upgrade successful, congratulations on obtaining a Level 6 dragon silver whisker material!
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Ding, fusion upgrade successful, congratulations on obtaining a Level 6 dragon heart essence material!
After a series of attempts, Qin Yun almost used up all of these three materials he had obtained, barely managing to fuse and upgrade three Level 6 materials.
The success rate wasn't high, but it wasn't particularly low either; Qin Yun estimated the success rate to be around 30%!
Next,
Qin Yun took out the Azure Dragon Sacred Edict Blade and placed the three Level 6 materials on it. The Azure Dragon Sacred Edict Blade's spirit, Golden Niu, seemed to sense something and immediately flew out. Seeing the three Level 6 repair materials, she immediately absorbed them to repair herself!
Ding, congratulations, you have successfully repaired the Azure Dragon Sacred Edict Blade. The Azure Dragon Sacred Edict Blade's level has increased to Tier 6!
It's done!
Qin Yun was in a great mood as he watched the Azure Dragon Sacred Edict Blade successfully repaired, its level increased, and its attributes boosted!
Smooch!
An excited Qin Yun couldn't help but give Su Taner a big kiss on the cheek in front of everyone.
Su Taner, you truly are my lucky star!
Whoosh!
Su Taner's face immediately flushed crimson, but she didn't blame Qin Yun; instead, her heart felt even sweeter.
Seeing this, everyone smiled knowingly, looking forward to the guild leader's wedding feast.
Ding, for the Azure Dragon Sacred Edict Blade's next tier repair, you need to collect three Level 7 materials: dragon gold scale, dragon silver whisker, and dragon heart essence!
Now with the Dim Magic Box, an item that upgrades materials, Qin Yun no longer had to worry about upgrading the Azure Dragon Sacred Edict Blade.
Through the Demonic Cave Secret Realm, Qin Yun also guessed that the place where the upgrade magic box dropped should also be a hidden secret realm map.
The upgrade magic box was a magic box that directly upgraded items!
And unlike the Dim Magic Box, the upgrade magic box was a one-time use item, not like the Dim Magic Box which could be fused and upgraded infinitely.
Additionally,
Qin Yun recalled that the Demon Dragon God Boss Lucus had once used an item called the Cursed Magic Box.
This made Qin Yun wonder if there were other special magic box items.
Qin Yun shook his head, no longer thinking about it, and said to Su Taner: Su Taner, let's each complete our advancement quests first. Once you return, I'll take you to continue leveling up!
Okay! My level depends on you, Yun'er!
Su Taner wasn't being overly sentimental either.
Little brother, that's how it should be; it's how feelings can grow stronger. Don't worry about my and Mom and Dad's levels for now; we'll just level up normally.
Qin Xue chimed in from the side.
Go away! I'd rather duo with a pig than with you. You're too high-profile and always attract powerful exotic beast Bosses!
Qin Xue said dismissively.
Pig? Master, is Elder Qin Xue talking about me? Is Elder Qin Xue going to duo with Master to level up?
Zhu Tianpeng's adorable pink piglet asked innocently.
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Zhu Tianpeng slapped his forehead, speechless: Just eat!
Qin Yun was utterly speechless at this group of lively characters and could only take Su Taner to the Advancement Hall to accept the advancement quest.
The Tier 8 advancement quest involved domain rewards, and there would be more side quests.
On the way there,
Su Taner also generally introduced to Qin Yun: No matter how fast a Tier 8 advancement quest is, it will take at least over a month. With your strength, Yun'er, obtaining the top-tier domain from the rule rewards will definitely be no problem!
Domains also had strengths and weaknesses, just like transformation abilities, with four levels: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, and Perfect!
Different levels of domains, besides having different effects, naturally had different powers. Basic could increase one's own damage by 25% and reduce enemy target damage by 25%; Intermediate was 50%, Advanced 75%, and Perfect 100%!
Only a domain could counter a domain!
Unless it was a cheat like Qin Yun, who could sweep through Tier 8 Beast Tamerss at Tier 7, but such a cheat was one of a kind in the world!
Ding, you have successfully accepted the Tier 8 advancement quest!
Quest Name: Ancient Beast Tamers
Quest Difficulty: Death God Level
Quest Content: You will be teleported to the ancient Beast Tamers Holy City. Find the Naga Spirit Race NPC Daphne; she will guide you through the quest's progress.
Hmm!
The quest content was very simple.
It was simpler than all previous quest descriptions.
But Qin Yun knew that simpler quest content often meant deep traps!
A teleportation vortex appeared!
The next moment,
Qin Yun arrived at the Ancient Beast Tamers Holy City.
There weren't many NPCs here; on the contrary, NPCs were scarce. In the vast Beast Tamers Holy City, only a few scattered ancient NPCs were walking around.
Seeing Qin Yun appear, they were only slightly surprised, then went about their own business, completely indifferent.
Regarding this,
Qin Yun didn't pay much attention.
Golden Niu, find the location of NPC Daphne!
Sorry, Master, I cannot locate her. This holy city is very unusual; there are powerful restrictions. I cannot fly, cannot perceive, and cannot actively attack!
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As expected, the traps are deep!
It seems I'll have to find Daphne on my own.
Qin Yun summoned Da Qing.
In Qin Yun's mind, riding such a cool dragon through the city would surely attract Daphne to appear on her own initiative.
But after wandering around, Qin Yun was speechless to find that not only did Daphne not appear, but the other NPCs also ignored Da Qing, which made Qin Yun feel a bit awkward!
From the map interface, it was clear that this ancient Beast Tamers Holy City was very large, arguably larger than all the maps Qin Yun had encountered before, including Sakura Country.
With such a large map, finding an NPC he had never seen before was indeed difficult, no wonder Su Taner said that the Tier 8 advancement quest would take at least over a month!
There was no other way!
Since ordinary methods didn't work, he would just have to go the money-spending route.
Qin Yun glanced around and chose a chubby NPC riding a large black dog. All of this NPC's information was question marks, even his name.
Although the information of other NPCs was also question marks, at least their names would be displayed.
Hey! Brother, excuse me, do you know where Daphne lives?
I know. Go straight down this street, then turn right through an alley. When you see a temple, go around it. Behind it is a small grove of trees. Find two trees, one white and one black, and she's there!
After speaking, the chubby NPC flicked his bangs and walked away with extreme swagger.
Uh!!! Thank you, brother!
Qin Yun had originally intended to ask for directions with gold coins, but it seemed unnecessary; the NPCs here were surprisingly kind.
Following the chubby NPC's directions, Qin Yun quickly arrived at the small grove and successfully found the two ancient trees, one white and one black. However, there was no NPC Daphne here, only a pile of dog poop!
Damn it!
How could Qin Yun not know that he had been tricked by that chubby NPC?
This son of a bitch, fatso!
At this moment,
Somewhere in the Holy City,
The big black dog spoke: Why did you trick that human boy?
Heh! You don't understand, this is called fated excrement!
The chubby NPC grinned mischievously.
Big black dog: #@¥!
Did you just curse me in your mind?
No!
Yes, you did! I saw the symbols of you cursing me. Oh, you big blacky, you dare to curse your Master? I'll punish you to be that kid's final opponent!
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PS: Thank you to all the readers who have followed along this far! To show my gratitude for your support of this book, I'm adding an extra chapter today. The Tier 8 quest has many foreshadowings, and the national war plot is about to begin. I hope you enjoy it more and more!