I've Become the King of Villains in the Game-Chapter 241 - 180: Knowledge is Worth Ten Thousand Gold
Jack Mansion.
Villa third floor room.
After returning from the Immortal Realm, Chen Lun immediately gathered a bunch of grapes, four candles, a piece of oak wood, and an "Elixir of All Spirits."
These were the ritual materials recorded in the "Cat God Doctrine" required to pray to the Cat God.
The "Elixir of All Spirits," as described in the "Cat God Doctrine," was essentially mistletoe. Chen Lun was also unclear why it was given such a name.
Mistletoe was relatively easy to find; he randomly visited several aristocratic estates with apple trees in the Inner City District and quickly obtained the mistletoe parasitizing on the apple trees.
"So, let’s begin..."
He closed all the doors and windows and drew the curtains.
The entire room fell into dimness.
Chen Lun sat at the table by the window, placed the four candles at the four corners of the table, then lit them, filling the room with faint candlelight and a mysterious atmosphere.
He washed the grapes, picked out nine, and arranged them into a "triangular fork" pattern in a copper basin prepared beforehand.
Next, he rubbed the piece of oak into sawdust, sprinkled it evenly in the basin, and then ground the mistletoe to extract the juice, drawing and dripping the symbols of the Cat God prayer ritual.
Lastly, Chen Lun took out a Gold Pound.
With "Palm Fireworks" on his right hand, he snapped his fingers, and a burst of flame sprouted from his fingertips.
With a gentle flick of his hand, the flame soared, landing on the Gold Pound.
Under the intense heat of the Supernatural Flame, the Gold Pound quickly turned red, then melted into molten gold.
Chen Lun dripped a drop of this molten gold onto each of the nine grapes, murmuring,
"King of the Forest of Nature, protector of Kazt, great Cat God...
Elves under the Holy Tree, mover of natural laws, guide to countless creatures...
Your Majesty, Maggie Milna, I pray to You, please grant me a response..."
A moment passed.
A breeze from the Spirit World blew in, extinguishing the four candles.
Wisps of blue smoke rose.
The room fell silent.
’No response...?’
Chen Lun slightly furrowed his brow, his face showing confusion.
After waiting again for a while, still no change occurred.
’Could it be there is an error in the prayer ritual?’
He pondered, reviewing the prayer ritual recorded in the "Cat God Doctrine" in his mind.
’No, there was no mistake in the prayer ritual... Could it be that Her Majesty Maggie temporarily did not notice me? Or is there some other reason...?’
Chen Lun exhaled a breath of stale air, cleaning up the things on the table.
Since Nature Angel Maggie had not responded in the real world, he could only put this matter aside for now.
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Several days later.
Nine players, led by Dongyang, came to the villa again.
They had finally pooled together enough money to exchange for Supernatural Knowledge.
"Mr. Jack, I would like to exchange for three sets of Sun Faction Supernatural Knowledge, here is a 3750 Gold Pounds Tresor Empire bank certificate..."
Dongyang handed over a card made of special material.
Banks of the Tresor Empire were widespread across the continent, making deposits and withdrawals of money quite convenient. For such large sums of Gold Pounds, if it were individual gold coins, it might require a large wooden box to carry, making it extremely cumbersome to use.
Of course, in a sense, such a bank certificate was equivalent to paper money and could be directly stored in the panel.
This also spared Chen Lun another cumbersome trip to the bank.
Chen Lun accepted the card, nodding inwardly.
’Another huge sum received!’
He silently praised the consortium in his mind.
After collecting the money, Chen Lun took out three papers, each recording [Sequence Nine - Believer] from the Blood Poem Ring, and casually placed them in front of Dongyang.
The three players from the Hall of Valor saw the Supernatural Knowledge placed on the coffee table and immediately held their breath.
"—Finally! The knowledge to advance to Transcendent!"
Horseman posted in the chat room.
Dongyang took a deep breath; although spending 3750 coins felt exhilarating, there was still a sense of emptiness.
However, this sense of emptiness was quickly filled by sunshine-like warmth.
He handed two sets of Supernatural Knowledge to Horseman and Kuang Benkuang, holding one himself, and the three of them sat on the sofa to read.
Meanwhile, Chenxi exchanged two sets of Supernatural Knowledge with Chen Lun, one of Magic Faction and one of Constellation Faction.
She chose the path of Magic for herself, while Honey Pomelo chose the Constellation path.
The young girl didn’t want any bizarre Transcendent Sequences.
Spending a total of 2500 Gold Pounds, also through the Empire’s bank certificates.
Chen Lun was practically smiling crookedly in secret.
Doghead Gold and Forget No Taboo each exchanged for a portion of Supernatural Knowledge from the Flesh Faction, choosing "Sequence Nine - Butcher," obviously deciding to sprint forward on a point of no return without looking back.
During the beta test, they had saved some Contribution Degree but were reluctant to use it; the guild’s money isn’t spent if not necessary, resulting in Chen Lun’s account increasing by 2500 Gold Pounds.
Finally, it was the turn of the ponytailed loli, Wei Yin, who purchased a portion of Supernatural Knowledge from the Moon Path for herself. However, surprisingly, Su Keying chose the "Sequence Nine - Thief" from the Conspiracy Faction.
"—I don’t like fighting and killing, being quick on my feet suits me best. (Cute expression)"
These were Su Keying’s exact words in the chat room.
Once everyone had a piece of Supernatural Knowledge, they sat on the couch and read to advance.
Chen Lun was silently counting his gains.
’A total of 11,250 Gold Pounds, adding to the existing working capital, I almost have 13,000 Gold Pounds…’ he thought, astonished.
’The players hard-earned money from the consortium, if I don’t earn it, am I even human?’
A sense of satisfaction blossomed in Chen Lun’s heart. After all his preparations, he finally reaped a great harvest.
It was like the sheer satisfaction a farmer feels when cutting down the heavy rice in the fields.
The past days had been dry and lackluster, utterly uninspiring.
But now, he had finally made it through.
’Not to mention, I’ve got to distribute some money to my own people at the Circus; there’s no merit without hard work, no hard work without fatigue… Additionally, I need to increase investments in Jack Workshop and Maggie, and also purchase a batch of supernatural materials and mystic books from Silver Dragon Trade Association.’
He considered.
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’The supernatural materials will be divided into two parts: one for my own brewing and the other for Floey to practice with, to increase her mystic accumulation… Good Mysterious Objects I’ll keep, the slightly worse ones… well, I could package those a bit to aid the players.’
The mystic books are my urgent need, whether it’s for experiences in the Mystic Realm, or Experience Points, Skill Points, and Attribute Points, they are all aids to boost my strength!’
After thinking for a while, he planned out how to spend the money.
Meanwhile, players on the couch, one by one, completed their promotion. Their aura soared tremendously, which was quite frightening.
If outsiders saw, within the living room of Jack Manor, in the mere time it took to sip water, nine Transcendents would be born, possibly startling them profoundly.
"Mr. Jack, I deeply appreciate your help," said Dongyang, standing up with Horseman Kuang Benkuang, bowing.
The three of them had just advanced to "Sequence Nine - Believer" and couldn’t wait to add all their accumulated Experience Points, leaping several levels, and enhancing their attributes.
The "Believer" Sequence allowed them to gain a combat power increase by enhancing the Faith attribute. Additionally, regular exposure to sunlight could also slowly increase regular attributes.
It was the preferred choice for the lazy.
A cup of tea, two pots of wine, a stroll under the sun.
No need for training, no suffering, no tears shed, and no need for hands-on actions.
Getting stronger merely by basking in the sun, whether fueled by Krypton or Gold, one has to praise it.
Chenxi became "Sequence Nine - Scholar," and self-taught two Skills previously used by Honey Fool during a live broadcast, "Blinding Spell" and "Acid Spell." However, she could not yet cast spells directly; she needed to prepare scrolls in advance for combat.
Honey Pomelo, from the same Chuxi Guild as "Sequence Nine - Hunter," had enhanced vision and special expertise in Agility and Charm, learning "Prey Tracking" and "Archery," and would serve as the guild’s ADC, the main output force.
Doghead Gold and Forget No Taboo awaited Jack’s hidden store refresh to stock up a batch of "Hercules Bottles" massively. They fervently believed that with the physique of "Sequence Nine - Butcher," consuming Hercules Potion would unleash a storm of blood and wind among the players.
In fact, these two had long schemed to establish a small organization called "Hercules Cult" in the forum, and then recruit a group of like-minded "Minotaurs."
After advancing to "Sequence Nine - Medium," Wei Yin planned to visit the Cemetery in the Inner City District when she had time, to absorb some spirits and enhance herself.
After her promotion to "Sequence Nine - Thief," Su Keying was very happy and boldly declared in her several fan groups that more "Jack’s photoshoots" would be produced in the future.
Jack’s female fans cheered in the groups.
"Hooray! Sister Keying, speed it up!"
"Wait, you became a Transcendent just to do this... Just don’t get caught by Jack haha!"
"Love you Sister Keying! I want to see Jack’s bold photos tomorrow!"
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After all the players at the Circus had advanced to Transcendents, Dongyang immediately contacted Polaris.
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"—Brother Polaris, I have advanced to Transcendent, the duel remains unchanged, let’s meet at ’Black Messenger Square’ first thing tomorrow!"
It wasn’t long before.
Polaris replied:
"—Okay."
Seeing this extremely brief response, Dongyang couldn’t help twitching the corner of his eye.
"—Our Hall of Valor will create some buzz beforehand, brother, no need to overthink it, it’s just some gimmicks and stories spun by our marketing team... Also, we’ll live stream it, both God’s Love Guild and Chuxi Guild will participate, we’ll discuss the details later."
After thinking it over, he sent another message:
"—Brother Polaris, send me your account number, I’ll transfer the money after logging off later, 2 million Credit Points, how does that sound..."
After a long pause.
"—Okay."
Dongyang stared at that one word for a few seconds before taking a deep breath.
"—Then it’s settled, also, for tomorrow’s duel, I hope you’ll go easy on us. If possible, it would be best if you feigned defeat, we’ll make sure to save face for you..."
Before Dongyang could finish typing, Polaris had already sent a string of account numbers.
"—B45045778XXX (account)."
