Versatile Sword Cultivator

Chapter 93 – Life is not easy, and national treasures sell their skills

After seeing Nangong Yue off, Lin Jichen didn't return to his sect but instead headed towards the Secret Realm outside the city.

This time, he planned to clear the Nightmare Secret Realm.

Since reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm, his Spirit Grade equipment had started to feel outdated.

Especially with the Dark Night Sword in his possession, he felt he needed a couple more pieces of Mysterious Grade equipment to match the sword's aura.

Since the Dark Night Sword appeared, it had dominated the Magic Treasure Rankings.

[Magic Treasure Rankings]

Top: Mysterious Grade · Dark Night Sword

Second: Mysterious Grade · Night Cave Staff

Third: Spirit Grade · Storm Gauntlets

Fourth: Spirit Grade · Xuezhao Blade

Fifth: Spirit Grade · Hundred Flowers Bow

...

The top ten included two pieces of Mysterious Grade equipment, both obtained by Lin Jichen.

The Night Cave Staff, now in Jiang Luoyu's possession, had originally been first.

Now, it had been pushed down by his Dark Night Sword.

Lin Jichen was certain that for a long time to come, the Dark Night Sword would continue to dominate the rankings!

Before heading to the Secret Realm, Lin Jichen first opened the auction house to see if there was anything good.

The auction house was filled with items, most of which were Ordinary Grade equipment.

Even the occasional Spirit Grade items had very average attributes.

Lin Jichen dismissed them all.

This only strengthened his resolve to create a private auction house far superior to the official one.

He planned to sell his Crimson Cloud Sword and some other unused Spirit Grade equipment there, which would surely generate great publicity!

Just as Lin Jichen was about to close the auction house, a particular item caught his eye.

[Beast Spirit Pill]: Can help pets below the Crystal Realm break through their current realm and increase their cultivation.

Auction Price: 120 Spirit Stones.

Auction Time: 10 minutes remaining.

Seeing this item, Lin Jichen immediately joined the bidding.

He had been worrying about where to find a Beast Spirit Pill for Panda Xiong to break through its bottleneck in the early Foundation Establishment stage.

Beast Spirit Pills were quite rare and required hunting various spirit beasts in the wild, with a very low drop rate.

He was competing with dozens of other players.

But they were all bidding in small increments, while Lin Jichen directly set a bid of 200 Spirit Stones, scaring everyone else away.

In the early stages of the game, most people weren't wealthy, and few had pets.

So, the Beast Spirit Pill was selling cheaply now, but in a month, its price would at least tenfold.

Lin Jichen successfully won the Beast Spirit Pill, driving away all other bidders.

Experiencing the thrill of being wealthy for the first time, he felt a bit addicted.

For the first time, Old Lin, who had been poor all his life, could finally stand tall.

This reminded him that now was the best time to buy and invest in Beast Spirit Pills while they were cheap.

In a few months, the price would skyrocket, and he could make a huge profit by reselling them.

So, Lin Jichen posted a purchase notice in the auction house, offering 300 Spirit Stones for each Beast Spirit Pill!

After handling that, Lin Jichen received the Beast Spirit Pill from the auction and summoned Panda Xiong.

Panda Xiong, who had been sulking in the pet space for several days, was in a bad mood.

Lin Jichen handed over the Beast Spirit Pill, and the silly panda immediately perked up.

"Want to eat it? No way, not with that grumpy face," Lin Jichen teased.

Panda Xiong immediately hugged Lin Jichen's leg, acting cute and putting on what it thought was its most adorable expression.

After a fervent performance, it finally received Lin Jichen's charity.

Sigh, life is hard, even a national treasure has to perform.

After consuming the Beast Spirit Pill, Panda Xiong successfully broke through.

Its body grew larger, gradually showing the majestic appearance of an Iron-Eating Beast.

Lin Jichen checked its attributes, which had increased significantly.

[Spirit Beast: Iron-Eating Beast (Young)]

[Name: Panda Xiong]

[Owner: Lin Jichen]

[Strength: Mid Foundation Establishment]

[Loyalty: 92 points]

[Health: /]

[Attack: 125]

[Defense: 110]

[Speed: 90]

[Skills: Thunder Roar, Absolute Defense, Furious Thunder Strike]

The attributes had changed, and even the skills had been upgraded.

Thunder Roar: Sound like thunder, bear roar sound wave, causing 200 points of mental damage, and can make monsters within a hundred-meter radius with a lower realm than itself tremble, triggering a fear effect for 20 seconds.

Absolute Defense: Beast spirit power infuses the skin, making it extremely tough, comparable to hard stone, Defense +50 points, Speed -20 points, lasts 10 seconds.

Furious Thunder Strike: A leap into the sky, a desperate strike, causing 500 points of base damage to a single enemy. If the enemy's health is lower than its own, it will be knocked down, triggering a biting effect.

All three skills seemed very powerful.

"Not bad at all, worthy of being an Iron-Eating Beast."

Lin Jichen patted its bear head in satisfaction. Unfortunately, it was still in its juvenile stage and couldn't be ridden yet; otherwise, riding it would be quite impressive.

Feeding it the Beast Spirit Pill also increased its loyalty by 2 points, but it would take some time to fully recover.

Perhaps the initial blow to its young heart was too great, and its loyalty hadn't fully recovered yet.

"Let's go, follow your big brother to clear the Secret Realm."

With a wave of his hand, Lin Jichen and the bear headed towards the entrance of the Nightmare Secret Realm.

Players around them made way, wondering if Lin Jichen could clear the Nightmare Secret Realm.

Currently, many had cleared the Nightmare Secret Realm, with most clearing it on Hard difficulty, and only a few on Very Hard.

No one had cleared it on Hell difficulty yet.

The highest progress was 80%, still unable to clear the Hell-level Nightmare.

Under the watchful eyes of countless players, Lin Jichen entered the Secret Realm with his Iron-Eating Beast.

Many players began speculating about what difficulty Lin Jichen would choose and whether he could clear it.

Some even started a betting pool.

"We're betting on whether Lin Jichen can clear the Hell-level Nightmare and surpass the current top player, Xie Lingyang. Odds are 1:2, and if he buys two, the odds are 1:5. By the way, Xie Lingyang has the innate talent of a Martial Spirit Child, so he's very strong."

After the bookmaker spoke, players began placing their bets.

"I bet he can't clear the Hell-level Nightmare, three Spirit Stones."

"I bet 5 Spirit Stones that he can clear it but won't surpass Xie Lingyang. After all, Xie Lingyang is already at 80%, almost clearing it."

"I also bet on Xie Lingyang. He's at 80% progress, probably fighting the final boss now. How can Lin Jichen catch up? I don't think he can."

"Good analysis, I'll bet on Xie Lingyang too! Ten Spirit Stones!"

...

Most people bet that Lin Jichen wouldn't surpass Xie Lingyang.

At this moment, a female player walked up and placed all her Spirit Stones on the table.

"I bet 100 Spirit Stones that Lin Jichen can clear it and surpass Xie Lingyang, completing the first clear, a double bet!"

Wow! Everyone looked at this gambling maniac, finding her very familiar.

Isn't this the famous streamer ChuChuBaby... oh, sorry, wrong person, it's the famous streamer, Liu Xiazi!

Seeing her bet so many Spirit Stones on Lin Jichen, everyone was only slightly surprised before quickly understanding.

After all, anyone who had watched Liu Xiazi's streams knew that this woman was Lin Jichen's number one fan.

She streamed every day shouting 'Lin Jichen is the best,' and was the number one 'Lin fan' in Tale of Immortal, to the point where her fans' ears had calluses from hearing it.