139: Chapter 139 Rare Item: The Undying Shadow

Chu Xuan discovered that he could control the speed of importing spirituality value with his thoughts, so he simply poured all of his spirituality value into it.

In the blink of an eye, Chu Xuan's current spirituality value was cleared, and the dense mist inside the Spirit Pearl grew rapidly, swirling around and making the bead look quite extraordinary.

As it finally settled, it occupied about seventy percent of the space inside the pearl.

[Current spirituality value: 0]

[Spirit Pearl: 757 points of spirituality value currently stored, absorbable.]

As the System prompt appeared, Chu Xuan's lips curled into a slight smile, and he turned his attention to the other options.

Since he had chosen the Spirit Pearl, the first reward, "Exclusive Space," became a must-pick.

Otherwise, if he kept the Spirit Pearl on him and it was stolen by a Transcendent of the Thief Path or a Specter, he wouldn't even have a shoulder to cry on.

[You have obtained an Exclusive Space: Limited to storing System-certified items.]

Next was the second reward, "spirituality value Increased to Maximum," but before that, it seemed he could choose the sixth reward, "Buddha Bracelet," first.

It could temporarily increase his spirit attribute by 5 points, which would be helpful for using the [Heart Bewitchment] skill and enduring the corruption of a Specter's aura at close range.

And with this 5-point spirit attribute bonus, could his spirituality value limit be increased again? By that calculation, it seemed he could add another 150 points of spirituality value.

However, the function of the fourth reward, "jiyue crystal," was also very powerful; it was a treasure that could raise limits, although it only applied to the limits of regular skills.

But if used in the right place, it would be a massive boost to his combat power, and if he missed it now, who knew when he would encounter it again.

Chu Xuan pondered for a moment.

—System, if I choose the Buddha Bracelet first, can I increase my spirituality value limit? And will the spirituality value for the second reward then be recalculated?

[Item bonuses are limited to the spirit attribute.]

Seeing this, Chu Xuan didn't need to think further and directly chose the second reward, "spirituality value Increased to Maximum," and the fourth reward, "jiyue crystal x3."

As for the Buddha's Peace Charm, it could only prevent Specters below B-rank from approaching, making its effect somewhat similar to the ghost-forbidden lamp. Moreover, it didn't specify that spirituality was needed to use it; simply gripping it was enough.

For an ordinary person, it was a life-saving treasure, but for the current Chu Xuan, it seemed somewhat redundant.

Chu Xuan had ruled out this option from the very beginning.

[Your spirituality value has been increased to its maximum.]

[Current spirituality value: 790]

[You have obtained jiyue crystal x3.]

As three finger-sized, diamond-shaped crystals—entirely pitch-black and ice-cold—fell into his hands, Chu Xuan had completed the selection of all four of his rating rewards.

With a thought from Chu Xuan, the milky-white bead, the orange-yellow stone, and the three diamond-shaped crystals all vanished.

In their place, an inventory bar appeared on the System page.

[Items: Spirit Pearl x1 (Stored spirituality value: 757), exclusive skill synthesis crystal x1, jiyue crystal x3.]

Chu Xuan felt that the Exclusive Space was quite peculiar. He first tried to put the short knife he got from Old Wu into the Exclusive Space, but the result showed that it required 2 points of spirituality value for System certification.

Chu Xuan gave up immediately.

Next, he tried putting the black-rimmed glasses he got from Xiao Zei into the space, but the cost tripled, requiring 6 points of spirituality value.

Chu Xuan shook his head and took out some spirit money, but he found that storing each individual spirit money coin required 1 point of spirituality value for certification. Wouldn't that be a total waste? He put them back into his pocket.

Next was the ghost-forbidden lamp, and this time, a new prompt appeared.

[This item has been certified. It requires the original owner to release it or die, or an additional 150 points of spirituality value to re-certify it.]

Chu Xuan immediately understood that the so-called original owner must be Qin Qing.

Finally, Chu Xuan took out the demon-subduing pestle he had obtained from killing the Great Buddha. This was the most important reason he had come here!

Previously, Chu Xuan had spent 50 points of spirituality value to unlock the item's details, but the situation had been urgent then, and he hadn't had time to examine it carefully.

Now that he had relaxed, as Chu Xuan gripped the pitch-black demon-subduing pestle that emitted ripples of dark light, the System prompt appeared again.

[Details available for viewing]

—View.

[Curio: indestructible flowing shadow (Corrupted by The Gloom)

Description: The user can control it through Mental Energy, transforming it into any form and changing its size and weight.

Trait: This item possesses an indestructible trait. When subjected to powerful destruction, it will turn into a flowing shadow and can be reconstructed by consuming spirituality value.

Note: This item has been deeply corrupted by The Gloom and cannot be certified. Using it requires an additional 10 points of spirituality value per minute.]

What a fine treasure!

Chu Xuan couldn't help but marvel, but unfortunately, it consumed 10 points of spirituality value per minute. That was a bit expensive; he really couldn't afford to use it at this stage.

He put it back into his bag along with the ghost-forbidden lamp.

Besides the demon-subduing pestle, Chu Xuan had also previously unlocked the details regarding the [Precognitive Dream] talent. Checking them now, he felt a sudden sense of relief.

It was a good thing he hadn't continued to restart in the previous dream.

This was because for this talent, besides the spirituality value stacking with every death and extension, more importantly, the stacked spirituality value wasn't fixed at 10 points forever; it would reach terrifying levels in the Late Stage.

For example, right now, each death in the dream only added 10 points of spirituality value, which was still acceptable.

But once the stacked spirituality value reached 100 points, the next death would no longer add 10 points, but 100 points instead.

And so on; once the stacked spirituality value reached 1,000 points, dying one more time would require 1,000 points for the next.

Chu Xuan did the math.

Currently, his cost to enter a dream had reached 50 points of spirituality value. If he died once, entering the dream again would require 60 points.

If he died five times, entering the dream again would require 100 points of spirituality value. But if he died a sixth time, the required spirituality value would skyrocket to 200 points, an immediate jump of 100 points.

The same applied to the talent's extension.

Extending for the 1st hour required 10 points of spirituality value, the 10th hour required 100 points, and the 11th hour required 200 points.

With such accumulation, if he wanted to stay in the dream for a whole day, the spirituality value consumed would be astronomical.

This was quite similar to Tang Zheng's [Fighting God] talent, except the other was calculated by the second, while his was by the hour.

The only good news was that if he died while the dream was extended, he could continue to restart, and the extension cost would reset to 10 points of spirituality value.

Chu Xuan found this to be acceptable.

In the future, extending the dream for two or three hours would be no problem at all, as long as he tried his best not to die. Combined with the information provided by [Future Tang Zheng], he could also greatly reduce the probability of death.

"Brother Chu Xuan?"

A call from Wang Ruozi pulled Chu Xuan from his thoughts back to reality.

Seeing Chu Xuan look at her, Wang Ruozi was full of excitement. She took off the Flower Cotton Jacket and handed it to Chu Xuan along with the Copper Mirror, chirping like a lively magpie:

"Brother Chu Xuan, these are two treasures! I saw the item details!"