Absolute Death Game-Chapter 230 - 19 True Person Wudao

The three looked at each other in the library basement, and suddenly Du Yibo burst into wild laughter over YY, "Hahahaha, I too have an Orange-grade Weapon now!"

"An Orange-grade Weapon!?" Xiao Buli glanced at Du Yibo and asked indifferently, "Are you sure?"

"Of course, I checked the color of the equipment as soon as I got the stick, it’s dark gold without a doubt!" Du Yibo’s voice was filled with uncontrollable pride and ecstasy, but Xiao Buli said, "Are you sure you can get dark gold equipment in a light blue dungeon?"

"Well… let me check again!" While speaking, Du Yibo opened his inventory again, and the laughter in YY abruptly stopped.

"What happened?" He Suoju asked curiously.

"Damn it, can’t be! How could this happen!" Du Yibo screamed hysterically, his voice nearly breaking, "How did it turn silver!"

After saying that, he shared the attributes of the weapon.

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Ruyi Muscle and Bone Staff (Silver - Alien Weapon): This is an extremely peculiar weapon that can change into different weapon forms as requested by the user.

Two-handed Staff Form: Attack power 11-16, Spell Power +6, Mana cost for casting -1.

One-handed Staff Form: Attack 8-12, Spell Power +4.

Long-Handled Weapon Form: Attack power 20-25, Attack range +2.

Two-handed Blunt Weapon Form: Attack power 18-22, when hitting there is a chance to reduce the target’s speed by 30% for three seconds.

One-handed Blunt Weapon Form: Attack power 13-20, when hitting there is a chance to stun the target for one second.

Weapon Note: There’s a line of small characters carved on this stick, ’Ruyi Muscle and Bone Staff, weight 10.8 jin’.

Quite a bizarre weapon but also quite mediocre, as most people usually only specialize in using one type of weapon. This so-called versatility does not have much practical use, but still, a silver weapon is quite valuable, especially when it can be equipped by different classes.

"Congratulations," He Suoju chuckled, "Who asked you to be so eager for a stick."

Du Yibo said, "Cut it out, don’t get too happy too soon, take a look at your ring, I bet it’s definitely not an original, might even be worse than my stick."

At that, He Suoju’s face changed as he too got his spirits back up. He hurriedly opened his inventory, and a scream followed immediately.

"Damn, mine is even worse than yours!"

After saying that, he also shared the attributes of the equipment.

Vajra Bracelet (Gray - Magical Treasure): A common treasure in the Divine Realm and Immortal Realm, it can be used to restrain enemies.

Use: Restrain an enemy so it suffers the grappling effects for 5 seconds. Grappling strength is 20 points; enemies with strength surpassing this number can break free from the restraint earlier. Cooldown time is one hour.

It amounts to a control skill that doesn’t consume energy, it’s just that the cooldown time is quite long, and if the enemy’s strength exceeds 20, they can break free earlier, so it may not be very useful against strength-type enemies.

He Suoju said, "It’s just a gray quality, this is too crappy."

Xiao Buli said, "Be content, Magical Treasures are rare items, even a gray one is worth quite a bit of money."

Du Yibo and He Suoju both sighed with regret, wishing their items were real; unfortunately, they were just fakes.

"Right, the reward you wanted was a Skill Book, hope it’s not a counterfeit too."

Xiao Buli thought to himself that it definitely was, as if a light blue copy could yield a skill book as powerful as ’Heavenly Gang’s Thirty-six Transformations’—unless he had a protagonist’s aura, there was a slight chance.

He opened his inventory and looked, ’Heavenly Gang’s Thirty-six Transformations’ had turned into ’Heavenly Gang’s Thirty-six Transformations (Counterfeit)’.

It’s just one extra word, but the value was completely different, like ’Tai Chi Sword Skills (Counterfeit)’, totally like swordsmanship for showing off.

’Heavenly Gang’s Thirty-six Transformations (Counterfeit)’: Randomly transforms your appearance into one of the thirty-six forms of Heavenly Gang Beast. This transformation only changes the appearance and does not alter your actual form or physical collision size, nor does it grant any corresponding special skills. Using this skill consumes 40 Mana points and lasts for 120 seconds.

Learning Required: 24 points in spiritual power.

It seems like a skill for scaring people, but it might have some uses. If nothing else, it could be used for merging. With that thought in mind, Xiao Buli immediately learned it.

"What should we do now? Keep going?" He Suoju asked. It was his first time in a formal dungeon; he had only defeated a gray dungeon before and was unsure when this dungeon was considered cleared.

"Of course, we keep going," Xiao Buli replied, "We can’t get out if we don’t continue." He was very curious about what exactly had happened with the upheaval at Xuantian Palace; he even had a premonition that the story in the book might explain the secrets between Xuan Zhenzi and Xuanxu Zi.

However, Du Yibo suddenly said, "Wait a minute, haven’t you noticed? The black fog around us has thinned out a lot."

Xiao Buli glanced around and sure enough, it was as he had guessed. The black weapons surrounding them seemed to have dissipated quite a bit, and those remaining had become much paler in color.

Turning his gaze to the three books on the display case, the red glow from the "Journey to the West: Demon Subduing Record—Monkey King Volume" had entirely vanished, and it now appeared to be nothing more than a regular book. Xiao Buli picked it up and put it into his bag; it even seemed like it could still be read.

Xiao Buli tapped on the "Penglai Secret Chronicles: Xuantian Palace Uprising" but got no response. (Huh, what’s going on here?) he wondered to himself.

He tapped again, but there was still no reaction. Xiao Buli didn’t buy it, and as he was about to keep trying, suddenly a giant phantom burst out of the book, "What’s the big idea, can’t you see someone is reading this book?!"

The three of them were shocked and took a step back, thinking it might be some boss monster, but upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a messy, wild-looking old Taoist spirit, called ’True Person Wudao - Lost Soul.’

He Suoju asked, "Could it be you’re the ghost from the library?"

But the Taoist old ghost yelled, "Are you blind? How could I be a ghost? I’m here to catch ghosts."

The three of them suddenly realized; this must be the ghost-catching Taoist that the old man outside the library had mentioned.

Curiously, Xiao Buli asked, "If you’re here to catch ghosts, how did you end up becoming one yourself?"

"Who says I’m a ghost! I clearly am—!" As he spoke, his expression suddenly changed. "Oh no, where’s my body!" True Person Wudao suddenly let out a scream and rushed toward a corner of the secret room. They quickly followed and found a person—or rather, a corpse—sitting cross-legged. Covered in dust, it seemed to have been there a long time, shriveled somewhat from desiccation.

"How could this be! How did this happen!" The Taoist spirit circled the body, muttering in disbelief.

Xiao Buli asked, "You don’t even know how you died?"

"I’m not dead. I was fascinated by the Demon Book, so I used the ’Soul Out Of Body’ technique to enter the world within the book. I saw an eminent predecessor of our Taoist school preaching, so I listened, and then I lost track of time," the old Taoist’s face turned a mournful shade. "What’s the date today?"

"Today’s the third day of July."

"Oh no wonder," the Taoist lamented with a sigh, "I entered the library on the thirteenth of June. I lost track of time in the world of the book and just like that... lost my life... wuuu wuuu wuuu."

The old Taoist’s spirit actually started crying, but clearly, ghosts have no tears: after crying for a while, his soul turned a shade of blue.

The three of them were speechless. A ’Soul Out Of Body’ can only last a maximum of twenty-four hours; beyond that, a feigned death turns real. Bai Yunfei had mentioned it to them before. This Taoist really was something else, practically playing himself to death. But his predicament only piqued Xiao Buli’s curiosity even more.

"What exactly does that book record? Why are you so engrossed in it?"

The old Taoist seemed reluctant to divulge too much, speaking mysteriously, "That book records a secret history of my Taoist school; it’s not something to be shared with outsiders."

As he spoke, he tried to squeeze back into his dried-up corpse, but the body was already devoid of life, and no matter how much he tried, there was no reaction. Read the latest on novelbuddy

Xiao Buli, however, couldn’t just let it go, "I don’t mean to hide it from you; I’m actually also from the Taoist school, a disciple of Mystic Hollow Palace." After saying so, he displayed his Mystic Hollow Palace disciple identity.

"Mystic Hollow Palace? Never heard of it. I’ve only heard of Xuantian Palace." The old Taoist stroked his now semi-transparent beard and his eyes shifted around before he suddenly slapped his thigh, "Since you’re a Taoist disciple, you must know some spells, right? Do you know the Resurrection Technique?"

"I’m afraid I don’t," said Xiao Buli.

"How about the Returning Yang Spell?"

"Still don’t."

"What about Soul Summoning Skills?"

In his heart, Xiao Buli thought, If I knew resurrection spells, I’d just charge money on the streets to save people and buy gear, who’d even bother with dungeons? He shook his head again, "Still no."

True Person Wudao said, "This is a disaster, a real disaster."

He glanced at the three of them, then suddenly said, "Well, it’s fine if you don’t know the Resurrection Technique. I have Merit Points on me; if one of you can escort my spirit to the Temple and help me come back to life, I’ll be sure to reward you handsomely."

System prompt: You’ve triggered a quest, ’Reforge Flesh.’ Would you like to accept it? Yes/No.

Xiao Buli was tempted. Although he knew Merit Points could resurrect, he wasn’t quite sure how to go about it. Now, with a ready-made test subject right in front of him, how could he refuse? He quickly chose to accept.

Although Xiao Buli didn’t know how to preserve a soul with spells, he did have a Soul Absorption Pearl that could be used. He said to the old Taoist, "I have a Magical Treasure that can temporarily hold a soul. However, it already contains one; I’m not sure if it can hold another."

After saying this, he took out the pearl.

"Eh, it’s a Soul Absorption Pearl? Of course, it will hold. There’s plenty of space inside for one more; just ask your friend to move over a bit. Old Taoist me is going in to squeeze a crowd," said the old Taoist as he turned into a wisp of blue smoke and zipped into the pearl.

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