Chapter 166: The Second Spell Seed

The marketplace refreshed, and the previous items remained, but three new marketplaces appeared on top of the existing ones.

Su Nan quickly scanned through them. The first marketplace, he didn't need to pay much attention to it. While many items might be valuable to regular players, they held little significance for him.

The second-tier marketplace required more than five hundred contribution points. The items here ranged from a few tens to nearly nine hundred contribution points. Overall, the items were more valuable than those in the first marketplace, with the highest-priced item being 999 contribution points.

The third-tier marketplace had items priced as high as 1499 contribution points. One of the items in this marketplace was a weapon made from the bones of a savage beast, which also had a suppressive effect on spiritual-level monsters.

Unlike the savage beast bone dagger he obtained from Zhou Cheng, this one was a bone sword.

"For regular players, these are definitely excellent items for this stage. They could rapidly increase their strength if used well. Unfortunately, they're of little use to me."

"Maybe if it had something to suppress spiritual-level monsters, I'd consider it."

Compared to the first two marketplaces, the third one had fewer items, numbering only sixty or seventy.

Su Nan took a look at each item carefully and realized there were various items he had never heard of, including many spirit medicines that could replenish mana and restore energy. While these might be useful to other players, they held no value for him because all he needed was vitality.

"Don't disappoint me, fourth marketplace!" Su Nan's eyes sparkled with anticipation.

While there were many items in the first three marketplaces, none of them truly excited him. He could only hope that the last marketplace had what he was looking for.

Upon opening the fourth marketplace, he quickly glanced through its contents. There were only ten items available.

But as soon as Su Nan saw these ten items, he couldn't sit still.

**[Divine Skill Fragments: Fragments left behind when a divine skill seed shatters, containing residual power of the divine skill. Remaining exchangeable quantity: 10. Exchange price: 1499 contribution points.**

**[Ancient Ordinary Monster Essence Blood: Essence blood left behind by an ancient ordinary-level monster after its death. After consumption, there is a certain probability of acquiring a racial talent. Remaining exchangeable quantity: 20. Exchange price: 2000 contribution points.**

**[Spell Seed: A seed crafted by ancient powerhouses using the essence of heaven and earth, which, when used, grants you an ancient spell that matches your own abilities. Remaining exchangeable quantity: 1. Exchange price: 5000 contribution points.**

The items in the marketplace were arranged from low to high prices. Su Nan scanned through them, and only the first three items were within his budget.

The Divine Skill Fragments were exactly what he needed. Although Dimensional Shift was powerful, its limited usage restricted its value.

Right now, Su Nan urgently needed Divine Skill Fragments to enhance his Dimensional Shift.

However, what excited him even more than the Divine Skill Fragments was the third item.

**"Spell Seed!"**

**"There really is a Spell Seed!"**

Su Nan was thrilled. He had speculated that Spell Seeds might appear in the marketplace, but he didn't expect to find one so soon.

What made him even happier was that he had just enough contribution points to buy it.

**"Exchange!"**

He switched to his character Wang Nan, reopened the marketplace, and immediately chose to exchange for the Spell Seed without hesitation.

If anyone knew about Spell Seeds and their capabilities, it was him. The ability to create an external incarnation was intriguing to him.

**"Congratulations! You have obtained the 'Spell - External Incarnation.' Explore the specific abilities at your own discretion."**

The notification appeared, and in Su Nan's personal information panel, a second spell appeared alongside Dimensional Shift.

This sensation was strange, as if he had possessed this ability all along.

To Su Nan's surprise, he felt that he now held this power within his grasp.

"Creating an external incarnation requires a special material as the main ingredient and the caster's own essence blood."

"Obtaining essence blood should be easy, but I need to find a method to extract my own essence blood. What I really need to find are materials with special properties."

Su Nan was excited about this new ability.

"What are materials with special properties?"

Su Nan furrowed his brow. The descriptions in the spell details were too vague, and he couldn't easily guess what constituted "special properties."

Unable to help it, he turned his attention to his personal space, attempting to identify items among his possessions that possessed the so-called "special properties."

"I have quite a few items on me, but there aren't many that can be used as materials." His gaze swept over the items in his space.

Suddenly, something caught his eye.

It was a stone about the size of a human head, shimmering with a bluish-gold hue.

Bluegoldstone.

"Bluegoldstone contains a trace of immortal power. This should count as a special property, right?" Su Nan thought about the description of the bluegoldstone, and his eyes lit up.

He didn't know what "immortal power" meant exactly, but he believed that if any item in his possession had a high probability of being used to create an external incarnation, the bluegoldstone was the most likely candidate.

"Regardless of whether it works or not, I have to try it to find out. I'll start by condensing my essence blood, and afterward, I can experiment with it," he thought. "If it doesn't work, I can find a solution in the County Governor's Mansion's treasury. There's a purple stone in there, and with all the demon-slaying I've done, I have more than enough demon-slaying points."

Bluegoldstone was an ancient divine material used to forge divine weapons and artifacts. Its value was beyond imagination. If it could indeed be used to create an external incarnation, Su Nan couldn't even begin to imagine how powerful that external incarnation might be.

Su Nan's breathing became somewhat hurried.

After a while, his excited heart gradually calmed down.

He looked back at the marketplace, and the spell seed had turned gray, indicating that it was no longer exchangeable.

"What a pity, there was only one spell seed. If not, I would have liked to exchange for a few more," Su Nan thought with a touch of greed.

He continued to scroll through the items in the marketplace.

**[Spirit-level Ancient Monster Essence Blood: Essence blood left behind by an ancient spirit-level monster after its death. After consumption, there is a certain probability of acquiring racial talents. Remaining exchangeable quantity: 10. Exchange price: 6000 contribution points.**

**[Mystic Spirit Jade Talisman: A jade talisman refined by ancient powerhouses. After use, it can elevate the user's strength to the pinnacle of the mystic level for three breaths. Remaining exchangeable quantity: 5. Exchange price: 6000 contribution points.**

**[Divine Power Seed: A seed crafted by ancient powerhouses using the essence of the Great Dao. When used, it grants the user divine power that matches their own abilities. Remaining exchangeable quantity: 1. Exchange price: 20000 contribution points.**

**[Great Sun Golden Body Scripture: An ancient foundational scripture of the Great Sun Sect. After cultivation, it can transform the body into the Great Sun Golden Body. Remaining exchangeable quantity: 1. Exchange price: 40000 contribution points.**

**[Yellow Court Pregnancy Scripture: An ancient foundational scripture of the Yellow Court Sect. After cultivation, it can merge the essence, spirit, and energy into one and nurture the innate divine spirit within. Remaining exchangeable quantity: 1. Exchange price: 40000 contribution points.**

**[Myriad Laws Heaven Manifestation Scripture: An ancient foundational scripture of the Myriad Laws Sect. After cultivation, it can manifest the laws of heaven and earth and wield the power of myriad laws. Remaining exchangeable quantity: 1. Exchange price: 40000 contribution points.**

**[Primordial Supreme Demonslaying Sword: The sword wielded by ancient saints. Remaining exchangeable quantity: 1. Exchange price: 100000 contribution points.**

"Ancient monster essence blood!"

"Divine Power Seed!"

"These are everything I want!"

Su Nan's breath quickened. If it were possible, he genuinely wanted to exchange for all of these items.

The ancient spirit-level monster essence blood was a must-have for him if he wanted to smoothly advance to the mystic level. In the real game, it was incredibly valuable, and obtaining even a single drop was exceedingly difficult. If he could exchange for three drops of essence blood from the marketplace, it would be ideal.

As for the Divine Power Seed, like the spell seed, it was a rare treasure. Unlike the spell seed, the Divine Power Seed could be upgraded using Divine Skill Fragments, making it a growth-type ability.

But what truly captivated Su Nan's attention were the three ancient scriptures.

"These three scriptures should correspond to the physical aspect, the secret force aspect, and the spell aspect."

"Unlike the Wheel of Fate Scripture, these three scriptures clearly possess strong combat capabilities. If I could obtain one of them, it would be a tremendous boost to my power," Su Nan's eyes revealed his longing.

However, the exchange prices for the three ancient scriptures were exorbitant—40,000 contribution points each!

If he calculated it based on peak-level spirit-level monsters, that would be over three hundred of them!

It was an impossible number, and there likely weren't even that many peak-level spirit-level monsters in the entire Tianyun County.

"It's a pity that the contribution points for each character cannot be combined; otherwise, I might still have a chance," Su Nan sighed.

If the contribution points from all three characters could be accumulated, he would have over 14,000 contribution points by now.

"40,000 contribution points may seem like a lot, but it's not entirely impossible. The Human Race Crisis mission is far from over, and the demons will undoubtedly attack the array nodes again."

"This time, with one character, I've accumulated 5,000 contribution points. Next time, the demons will likely be even more formidable, and I might earn even more contribution points. If I start accumulating now, it might not be impossible to reach the required contribution points by the end of the mission."

"Of course, to achieve that, I must quickly improve my strength. Relying on hunting low-level monsters to earn this many contribution points is virtually impossible. I'll have to find a way to deal with high-level monsters."

His gaze fell on the remaining 200-plus contribution points of Wang Nan. Su Nan's eyes swirled, and he made up his mind.

He decided to temporarily refrain from using the contribution points of the other two characters and save them for use in one go when the mission was completely over.

What if he could accumulate enough contribution points by then?

As for the 5,000 contribution points already used by Wang Nan, he had no regrets. There was only one spell seed, and if he didn't exchange it, it would have been left for someone else.

After examining the Contribution Points Market, Su Nan turned his attention to the recently activated second stage of the "Wrath of the Demon Emperor" mission.

He also took out the Bloodline of the Demon Emperor that he had received as a reward for completing the first stage.

(End of this chapter)