Chapter 75: Chapter 71: Rule-based Secret Treasure (Seeking Recommendation Votes, Monthly Votes) Chapter 75: Chapter 71: Rule-based Secret Treasure (Seeking Recommendation Votes, Monthly Votes) At the door-side of the round table, a slim man in a black robe, wearing a crow mask, took out a purple crystal cauldron, which was engraved with mysterious runes and surrounded by a dark giant mouth.
He placed it on the table in front of him and introduced:
“This is a rule-system invincible secret treasure…”
“Rule-system!?”
“We actually have such good stuff tonight?”
“…”
Before he could even finish speaking, the whole room was in an uproar, and everyone’s gaze gathered in an instant.
A rule-system secret treasure, as the name suggests, is something that exists depending on certain rules.
As long as the rules are met, the pay will undoubtedly receive a corresponding return.
For example, there is a magical box, where you only need to give 100cc of fresh blood to exchange for a hundred kilos of rice.
Although it looks evil, it itself follows the principle of equivalent exchange.
It is neither too much nor too little.
It is like a wish-fulfilling machine with a single ability.
If utilized well, it can be used as a conceptual ability and produce surprising effects.
However, everyone soon thought of a problem.
The rule-system secret treasures are generally very precious.
The simplest use is to use them as a means to obtain certain resources indefinitely.
Some advanced rule-based secret treasures can even tamper with the world’s laws.
Including the Alliance, many forces have always been purchasing rule-based secret treasures at high prices.
They can easily exchange for a large number of precious treasures or top-level pet beast cubs, there is no need to exchange them.
Unless…
Gary Smith under the yellow robe suddenly spoke:
“Things from the Spiritsnack School…”
His words carried a sense of vicissitudes, along with some sighs, as if reminiscing about friends from long eons past.
The crow-masked man suddenly looked up, looked at the figure in the yellow robe, his expression one of shock.
“So it’s that…”
The rest of them were also awakened, they were not unfamiliar with this name.
Each mature profession system has evolved over long eons of exploration and evolution.
The Spiritsnack School was one of the early branches of the BeastMaster system.
Different from the conventional production of pet food, they excelled in using extraordinary materials to make spirit nourishments, blending the spiritual power within.
Although Spiritsnack differed from Gary Smith’s Secret Food by only one word, their abilities were quite different.
He mastered the extraction of root power, great miracles.
While Spiritsnack, after taking, can promote the growth of pet beasts, possessing a magic potion-like marvelous effect.
However, if a magic potion is taken in large quantities, it could easily lead to disturbances in spirit and abnormalities occurring.
With Spiritsnack, it is more gentle; even frequent usage isn’t an issue.
However, such a glorious school suddenly disappeared one day, and no one knew where they went, whether they were dead or alive.
In their old location, they left behind seven world-class treasures containing the power of rules, possessing terrifying power, causing a lot of strong people to scramble for them.
The final result was that the Alliance took two of them, another school took one, one of them got shattered, and the last three were missing.
These fragments were divided among many powerful people and were crafted into uneven imitations in an attempt to replicate some of the power.
However, these poor quality imitations not only had a variety of harsh usage conditions, but their sole ability was to make delicious food.
The Spirit Nourishments made through them were just delicious, the food quality was slightly higher, but the effect on enhancing Beast Control’ strength was minuscule.
The brilliance of the Spiritsnack School fell into silence.
However, these imitations were very popular among ordinary people, being referred to as Dream Kitchenware, symbolising the ability to create food from legends.
Thinking of this, most of the BeastMasters present lost interest.
If they were just wanting to purely satisfy their appetite by buying a deceitful rule-system secret treasure, it would be too extravagant.
What surprised them even more was that this mysterious Collector, seemed to be quite familiar with this thing from a hundred years ago, even showing some sort of nostalgia.
Could it be one of the powerful contenders from the past conflict?
A lingering immortal who has survived the long eons?
When the man in the Crow Mask was exposed, he could no longer conceal, so he explained:
“Indeed, this is a piece of Dream Kitchenware called the Foodlust Crucible.
It enhances the quality of the food prepared, making it more delicious.
But the cost is a random loss of a part of your body.
If you try to resist, it results in a period of mental pollution.
Despite the downsides, it is the last artifact of the Spiritsnack School, we might discover ancient inheritance…”
Many Beastmasters were merely disinterested observers after hearing about the side effects.
Regarding inheritance, not to mention whether they could learn it or not, unless it involves the law, development only improves over time.
It should be noted that the current system of trainers has inherited part of the Spiritsnack School research and has reached new heights over the centuries.
Apart from the value of some special secrets of the Spiritsnack School, the rest is meaningless.
Losing a part of your body in order to satisfy gluttonous desires is simply outrageous.
Imagine losing a portion of a body part after each meal, especially if it’s a vital part like the eyes.
Even the healing department might struggle to repair that.
If you refuse, you give yourself a negative buff, increasing the likelihood of abnormalities.
Only the craziest gourmands would do such a thing.
The Crow Mask man sensed the silent atmosphere and chuckled bitterly, guessing that this time, he wouldn’t be able to sell it again.
However, just as he was about to put it away, Gary Smith spoke again: “It’s quite a nice collector’s item, what do you want in exchange?”
Others looked sideways but found it reasonable considering the identity of the Collector.
This peculiar item was rather fitting for a collection.
Moreover, the Collector’s tone suggested he might have been one of the contenders from a hundred years ago, perhaps planning to buy it as a keepsake.
The persona created by Gary Smith was deeply ingrained in people’s hearts.
The man in the Crow Mask was at first taken aback, then ecstatic, and quickly said:
“Any Soul System treasure above gold would do!”
Even the poorest rule-based secret treasures are worth at least one Morning Star Tier Treasure, but these imitation replicas of world-class treasures from the Spiritsnack School can only be sold at lower prices.
Gary Smith nodded.
Casually, he rubbed off a little bit of bark from the Ghost Tree which he had used dozens of souls to grow while accomplishing a past task.
The tree bark had no use for the Ghost Tree but proved handy now.
He pinched it lightly, ground it into a powder, stealthily wrapped it in paper, and tossed it on the table.
The man in the Crow Mask carefully unwrapped it.
Just one glance was enough for him to tremble with excitement.
Though the amount was pitiful, the essence of the soul contained within it was extremely high.
It could be used as a universal ingredient for any soul system magic potion and had a high chance of enhancing the quality.
This kind of treasure exceeded the Morning Star level and was an even higher-grade material.
The tree bark brought to mind the legendary Seven Divine Trees…
He didn’t dare to ponder further.
If it really had something to do with such top-tier entities, how terrifyingly powerful would the Collector have to be?
The Crow Mask man was filled with fear and nervousness, fearing that Gary would regret his decision.
He nodded in haste.
After the trade, he feared being robbed and, without paying any attention to the subsequent items, hastily took his leave.
This spectacle caused everyone to be secretly amazed.
Even Morning Star level materials appeared several times at the Mutual Aid Association, but no one was so eager to flee.
What kind of treasure could require such caution?
The Collector truly lived up to his name!
Gary Smith quietly received the item on the surface, but under his yellow robe, his hand trembled slightly.
Because this object,
related to a legendary material!