Calamity Messenger
Chapter 172 - 136: Picky Eater
Pharmacist’s Wish and the Rabbit Heroine exchanged a few words, but apart from a bellyful of anger, they didn’t get any effective information. At this moment, Wuqiu and Shidong had finished plundering, placing a pile of tokens before them, most of which were First-Turn Tokens: Masked Helmets.
The most precious items, of course, were two rare treasure tokens taken off Helan Que’s body, the ’Soul-Breaking Spear’ and the ’Wave-Riding Boots’!
"Soul-Breaking Spear"
"Grade: Third-Transformation Curio"
"Durability: 42/150"
"Equipment Conditions: 30 points of Qi Blood, 10 points of Spirit Soul"
"Basic Attack Power: 45~70 points"
"Effect: Sixty-Four Spears: As your combo count increases, the attack power of the Soul-Breaking Spear will continuously rise. After sixty-four consecutive strikes, the attack power reaches its maximum, which is 1000% of the basic attack power."
"Effect: Untransmitted: If you do not use the Soul-Breaking Spear for 600 continuous seconds, you can spend 100 points of Spiritual Power to activate Untransmitted, which enhances the attack speed of the next sixteen strikes by 200%."
"Evaluation: Legend has it that there was an Immortal Slaying Spear Technique capable of striking sixty-four times in one breath, but it was not passed down."
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"Wave-Riding Boots"
"Grade: Third-Transformation Curio"
"Durability: 50/75"
"Equipment Effect: +5 Agility"
"Effect: Wave-Riding: Harsh terrains will have little effect on you, allowing you to momentarily traverse swamps, water surfaces, snow, and other terrains. You can spend 50 points of Spiritual Power to activate Wave-Riding, which lasts 120 seconds, enabling you to move as if on flat ground over any terrain."
"Effect: Microstep: Your turning speed increases by 100%."
"Effect: Haste: If you maintain movement for thirty continuous seconds, your agility increases by 5 points, losing effect upon stopping."
"Evaluation: These boots were custom-made for a Master of Lightness, and many believe that wearing these boots might just teach you the master’s body technique... Who knows?"
"Wow," Yan Qing raised an eyebrow.
"Now that’s more like it. The spoils from the Third-Transformation explosions in the Mansu Forest Land pale in comparison to these, even making Yan Qing regret why his rare scimitar exploded—he had a whole set of curios but only one rare scimitar. One could easily guess that the scimitar’s attribute effects must have been extraordinary, perhaps as uniquely powerful as the Seven-Step Nianfo.
Seeing the attributes of the Soul-Breaking Spear, Yan Qing then understood why Helan Que was proficient in a set of Dual-Wielding Combat Techniques.
The authority of ’Sixty-Four Spears’ likely doesn’t limit itself to the Soul-Breaking Spear; the combo can continue with other weapons. After all, the ability to enhance the base attack power tenfold is simply absurd, rendering its second authority ’Untransmitted’ almost a trivial addition, usable only once at the start of battle.
If it were Yan Qing, he would also design a strategy centered around ’Sixty-Four Spears’.
Wave-Riding Boots aren’t bad either, the first and third effects are bonuses, with the core being the Microstep that doubles turning speed.
Just now, Yan Qing noticed Helan Que turning and shifting extremely quickly. Despite a large range of movement, the Rabbit Heroine couldn’t keep up with his speed. Although these boots don’t directly increase speed, they significantly enhance mobility.
But when comparing the two, without a doubt, the Soul-Breaking Spear is of much higher value than the Wave-Riding Boots; the latter is merely an auxiliary token, while the former is a key token central to tactics.
Thus, the Rabbit Heroine said, "You take the Soul-Breaking Spear, and I’ll take the Wave-Riding Boots."
Pharmacist’s Wish was stunned for a moment, then said, "You want to give me the Thunderbolt Tyrant Spear? There’s no need, this time you helped out, so all the spoils here rightfully belong to you."
What kind of name is Thunderbolt Tyrant Spear...
The Rabbit Heroine said, "If it weren’t for Big Sister breaking this bad guy’s shell like a monster, I couldn’t have defeated him. According to contribution, you ought to have half of the spoils."
What does monster mean...
Pharmacist’s Wish shook her head, "But without you, I probably couldn’t have protected Wuqiu and Shidong. Although the Thunderbolt Tyrant Spear is precious, in my heart they are more important."
If she were alone, Pharmacist’s Wish wouldn’t have been captured. Not to mention, she could have directly hidden in the Thief’s House; the Zhou Kingdom wouldn’t have been able to find her. But if she did, Wuqiu and Shidong would have surely perished... or worse than death.
The pride of Pharmacist’s Wish would not allow her to abandon her maids who have followed her throughout, as she is someone with aspirations for the world. How could she not even protect her only two followers?
In her heart, there might be an inexplicable obsession; as long as she isn’t entirely alone, she is still the Duke’s daughter of Jin Kingdom, a clan member of the Yao Family. She can still aim to restore the Ba River Pharmacist Family; but if everyone else perished and only she survived, no one would share the glory of rebuilding the Ba River Pharmacist Family with her.
"My brother said, the greatest significance of fair distribution is, should the other party hold resentment in the future, we would have a clear conscience even if we kill them, and we can sleep soundly at night. If you were my brother, I’d take it and not care, chop him down without feeling troubled, but since I’m not familiar with you guys, taking all the loot would make me feel guilty, and I might not sleep well at night." The Rabbit Heroine said, "I’ve grown so tall because I always sleep until I wake up naturally!"
"Consider it a gift from me."
"Even worse, my brother says, unsolicited gift-giving either means treachery or theft; if I dare accept expensive gifts from strangers, he’ll make me eat bitter melon."
The maids were at a loss for words, feeling that despite the odd reasoning, the Rabbit Heroine kind of made sense.
Even after knowing her for less than two quarters of an hour, they couldn’t help but be curious about this ’brother’ of the Rabbit Heroine she spoke of—how did he teach his sister? He taught her well—next time, don’t teach her anymore.
Pharmacist’s Wish wasn’t a stubborn person, so since the Rabbit Heroine insisted, she picked up the Exquisite Long Spear. She didn’t have a suitable long spear token anyway; only during visits to the Lower Secret Realm would she retrieve one from the barracks treasury, usually wielding the Mansion Soldiers’ standard Fine Steel Long Spear, which was considerably worn out after a few battles. The Soul-Breaking Spear indeed solved her urgent needs.
"Then this Thunderbolt Tyrant Spear..."
"The Soul-Breaking Spear," the Rabbit Heroine said, "It’s a good spear, don’t call it by such an earthy name."
Pharmacist’s Wish blinked, she thought the name was rustic too, but it was named by the Helan Family and quite fitting for this Exquisite Long Spear’s powers. Was it possible that the Rabbit Heroine had seen this token elsewhere?
"Soul-Breaking Spear" definitely sounds better, so Pharmacist’s Wish went along with it: "The Soul-Breaking Spear is mine, but these Face-Covering Armors..."
She stopped mid-sentence, realizing the issue: Though the Face-Covering Armor is just a helmet, it occupies significant space, and the Rabbit Heroine was about the size of four helmets. Even if she gave them all to her, how many could she carry?
"I can temporarily store the Face-Covering Armors for you. We might find a place at Shu Dao Mountain to exchange them for Spiritual Jade, how about that?"
"No need."
The Rabbit Heroine touched the ground, collecting all ten Face-Covering Armors.
The maids were astonished; these were ten tokens, was the Rabbit Heroine’s storage token that large?
"Let’s go!" The Rabbit Heroine chirped: "Destination, Shu Dao Mountain!"
With someone else leading the way, Yan Qing could confidently entrust the Rabbit Heroine and then open the warehouse to start listing items, beginning by selling two Face-Covering Armors today to test the market.
Knock, knock, the room door was knocked, and Yan Qing wasn’t surprised. He quickly wrapped bandages around his head, attaching the Bingzi Pepper Forest at his waist as he stepped out.
Outside, Shang Xinlei had already set up food on the stone table, crossing her arms over her chest, she glanced at Yan Qing with a sidelong look: "What an attitude, even after I knocked on the door, you didn’t come out to help, making me serve the soup."
"...Next time, I’ll wrap the bandage in advance."
"Can’t you just come out?" she complained as usual, sitting down and asking: "Today’s desserts are red bean ice and pineapple ice, which one do you want?"
"Either is fine."
"Next time I visit, I’ll bring stinky tofu, how about that..." she grumbled.
When Yan Qing was about to eat, he was surprised to see one of the dishes on the table. Noticing his gaze, Shang Xinlei spoke, "How about that? Doesn’t it look appetizing, this is a famous dish from Jiangnan’s Finest Building, bitter gourd stir-fried with beef!"
Without hesitation, she put the bitter gourd and beef in her mouth, watching Yan Qing with a playful smile in her eyes, "You don’t eat bitter gourd, do you?"
Yan Qing: "..."
Even the enigmatic leader of a secret organization should have the right to be a picky eater, shouldn’t they?