Chapter 294: Ancient Treasures and Divine Weapons

Two hundred thousand points, even for players in the top ten of the leaderboard, would be impossible to accumulate before this Twelve Star Palace event ends.

For Su Nan, however, it wasn't a difficult task.

Today marked the fifth day of the event, and even if the rate of point acquisition didn't increase, he could accumulate two hundred thousand points in the next five days.

The only question was whether this so-called River of Time Water could really make him twenty years older while completely merging his bloodline with him.

What if the River of Time Water only aged his body by twenty years but left his bloodline in its current state? That would be troublesome.

Fortunately, he had the ability to foresee the future, so he wasn't too worried about this issue.

If he found out that the River of Time Water couldn't completely merge his bloodline as he hoped, he could always save it for later use.

"Regardless, I'll exchange it for now," Su Nan decided.

There were still other items in the shop, so he continued to scroll down.

However, when he saw the last few items, he couldn't help but shake and felt a mixture of surprise and joy.

[Golden Mountain Seal: Divine Weapon. An ancient treasure crafted by the gathering of the power of mountains and rivers, refined from three divine gold mines. Exchangeable quantity: 1. Exchange price: 300,000]

[Soul-Capturing Lamp: Ancient Treasure. Crafted by ancient experts using the spirit stone of heaven and earth and possessing the power to capture souls. Exchangeable quantity: 1. Exchange price: 350,000]

[Demon-Taming Tower: Ancient Treasure. A tower crafted by ancient human experts to suppress demons. When activated, it can capture millions of demons. Exchangeable quantity: 1. Exchange price: 350,000]

[Dragon Illusion Sword: Divine Weapon. Crafted by ancient experts by slaying evil dragons and using the soul of an evil dragon combined with void gold, it can be controlled with the soul to slay enemies from thousands of miles away. Exchangeable quantity: 1. Exchange price: 500,000]

"Ancient treasures! Divine weapons!"

"This time, there are even four of these things!"

Su Nan couldn't help but take a deep breath, his eyes filled with excitement.

Divine weapons had appeared in the Contribution Shop before, but their prices were exorbitant.

This time, the prices of these divine weapons were still awe-inspiring, with the cheapest one costing three hundred thousand points. However, compared to the last divine weapon, the "Taiyi Demon-Slaying Sword," the difficulty of obtaining these divine weapons had become much easier.

At least, he could see a glimmer of hope for exchanging them.

The descriptions of the four ancient treasures and divine weapons were quite brief, leaving Su Nan to carefully read and try to decipher more information.

"The Soul-Capturing Lamp can capture and control souls; this is clearly an item related to the soul."

"The Golden Mountain Seal is refined from three divine gold mines and possesses the power of mountains and rivers. I wonder what this so-called power of mountains and rivers can do?"

Among the items, the Golden Mountain Seal had the least detailed description, only outlining the general method of refinement without explaining its specific abilities. Su Nan couldn't discern the exact purpose of this divine weapon.

"The Demon-Taming Tower can capture demons; that's a useful ability."

Looking at the description of the Demon-Taming Tower, Su Nan's eyes lit up again. He couldn't help but think of a certain TV show where a powerful figure threw a tower to capture countless demons on the mountains.

If the Demon-Taming Tower could do the same, it would be an incredible ancient treasure.

He couldn't help but think about the impending crisis in the real world.

"If this Demon-Taming Tower can really capture a group of demons, can I use it directly when monsters attack humans to capture all the monsters?"

"But I wonder, what is the highest realm of demons that the Demon-Taming Tower can capture?"

"King-level demons shouldn't be a problem. After all, this is a divine weapon crafted by ancient experts, and in ancient times, even King-level creatures weren't that significant. Such items can't be incapable of capturing King-level beings."

Su Nan was intrigued, but unfortunately, the price of this item was beyond his reach for now.

At least, not at this moment.

Turning his attention to the last divine weapon, the Dragon Illusion Sword, Su Nan couldn't help but feel thrilled again.

"A sword controlled with the soul, able to slay enemies from thousands of miles away? Isn't this similar to the flying swords in some cultivation novels?"

Su Nan instantly recalled the novels he had read before.

In many cultivation novels, cultivators could control swords from afar, a skill he hadn't heard of in the world of monsters and demons. Now, with the appearance of the Dragon Illusion Sword, he saw the possibility of controlling a divine sword to kill enemies from thousands of miles away.

If he could exchange for this divine weapon, he wouldn't need to go looking for monsters everywhere. He could directly control the divine sword to slay them from afar.

Furthermore, with the evil dragon's soul within this divine sword, its power must be significant. If he could exchange for it, it would undoubtedly greatly enhance his strength.

"These are all incredible items!" Su Nan's heart was racing.

Two types of ancient monster essence, three celestial spirit objects, and four ancient treasures and divine weapons, a total of nine items.

Any of these items would be considered extremely precious, and ordinary players might never have the chance to encounter them.

Unfortunately, while they were all great items, their prices made them currently unattainable for him.

"With my current rate of point acquisition, getting thirty thousand points should be easy by the end of the event. It would be difficult to reach thirty-five thousand points, but not impossible. However, reaching fifty thousand..."

Su Nan's gaze fell on the several divine weapons and ancient treasures, and his heart stirred.

Currently, he was earning twenty thousand points per battle, but it was uncertain whether point earnings would increase in higher-level battles. However, it was certain that hunting higher-level Star Palace warriors would yield higher point bonuses.

Right now, killing a Star Palace Grandmaster gave him a 30% point bonus, but if he killed a Star Palace War God, he might gain a 50% point bonus. And if he managed to hunt down higher-level Star Palace Lords, the point bonuses would likely be even greater.

With this in mind, it might be possible to accumulate thirty-five thousand points within fifteen days.

However, if he wanted to exchange for the Dragon Illusion Sword

 worth five hundred thousand points, he would have to leave it to fate.

"There's no other choice. I'll have to save up for now."

His individual character only had one hundred thousand points, not even enough to buy the cheapest Xuan-level ancient monster essence.

He closed the shop and continued to heal his body, which had been severely damaged by the Great Sun's fire.

Two hours later.

Chen Ying continued to drive the carriage toward the Ancient God Mound.

In the game, the sun was scorching, and it was midday.

In reality, it was midnight.

Daily tasks had reset, and Su Nan immediately checked his tasks.

Today was different from yesterday.

Yesterday, most of the tasks for his three characters were one-star tasks related to escaping from various major families.

Today, perhaps due to the consecutive killings of those who had taken on his identity, most of the thirty-two families had given up on trying to capture him.

Only the ten major clans were still actively searching for him.

Among the tasks for his three characters, there were only three one-star tasks, but there were four two-star tasks, all related to the ten major families. The remaining two were four-star tasks.

One of them was to explore the Great Xuanyu Palace.

The other was to explore the Ancient God Mound.

"It seems that my days of using these families to complete tasks are coming to an end."

Su Nan wasn't surprised and had expected this situation. After all, the major families weren't foolish; they realized that they were only after a Spirit-level warrior who had been elusive for so long. Not only were they unable to capture him, but their own warriors were also being continuously killed. This was clearly problematic.

Now that the ten major families still wanted to capture him, it was probably more about saving face and not losing to a Spirit-level warrior.

"Without the ability to transform, I'll have to handle these tasks myself."

The day before yesterday and yesterday, he had transformed into his characters to complete tasks, but today, that wasn't an option.

His transformation was still undergoing a spiritual baptism, and there were only three or four hours left until he reached the predicted limit.

In his perception, the part of his soul that had descended into the transformation had already doubled in size!

"This method of increasing soul power is too overbearing!"

Su Nan was amazed.

No wonder the Divine Soul of the Grandmaster of the Great Xuan Country far exceeded that of ordinary people. Under such a baptism, as long as he can endure it until the end, surpassing the same level is inevitable.

"It's a pity that if there is no solution, not only will this part of the Divine Soul be lost, but the incarnation will also be killed."

His gaze turned to the foresight.

The number of foresights had been refreshed, but he didn't rush to use them.

Today's foresights were crucial.

Since he was going to explore the Ancient God Mound, foresight was essential, and it would likely consume a significant number of foresight opportunities.

At the same time, there were still several hours left until he reached the Ancient God Mound, and there were also several hours left until the Divine Soul in his incarnation reached its limit.

Now, he could be sure that the first half of the foresight would all be about the journey.

He would wait until he reached the Ancient God Mound to use foresight.

"Today is the sixth day I've been in this Lost Land, and it's been two days since using the Life and Death Silver Mirror. After nine o'clock tonight, the effect of misfortune will disappear, and then I can continue to merge my bloodline."

Looking at the bloodlines on the panel, Su Nan breathed a sigh of relief.

Luckily, he had the ability to foresee the future. If it were someone else, under the influence of misfortune, they would probably have died several times by now.

All three characters now had perfected bloodlines, except for Wang Nan, whose bloodline couldn't continue to merge due to the invasion of demonic energy. Zhang Yang and Lang Thirteen could continue to merge.

Up to this point, fusing one type of bloodline didn't provide a significant boost to his power.

But merging with the ancient monster bloodline would grant him a racial talent, and with the impending crisis in the real world, he urgently needed to increase his strength.

Time passed.

In the blink of an eye, three more hours had passed, and Su Nan had finally arrived in a place called Fengyang Town.

This was the closest town to the Ancient God Mound.

As one of the Four Forbidden Zones in the Lost Land, the area where the Ancient God Mound was located was an absolute restricted zone.

Dozens of miles in all directions were uninhabited.

However, even in such a place, many people came here every year to explore and treasure hunt!

That's right! Treasure hunting!

According to the five major aristocratic families, there was originally no danger outside the Ancient God Mound, until a thousand years ago when the power within the mound overflowed, creating an illusion outside the mound similar to the one inside.

Once you got within thirty miles of the Ancient God Mound, you could potentially fall into the illusion at any time. However, compared to the illusions inside the Ancient God Mound, the illusions outside were not as strong. That's why people often dared to come here for treasure hunting.

But the source of those treasures did not come from the Ancient God Mound itself, but from the strong warriors who had died inside the mound!

In the illusion within the Ancient God Mound, if you stayed for a certain amount of time without escaping, you would be trapped in the illusion forever, until your bones appeared outside the Ancient God Mound after dozens or even hundreds of years.

It was also because of this that when the lost Ancient God Key appeared, the five major aristocratic families believed that Du Qiyuan had not left the Lost Land but was trapped inside the Ancient God Mound.

Because the key had been in Du Qiyuan's hands back then.

Su Nan looked at the several Ancient God Keys in his hand, thinking of the information he had learned from the patriarchs of the five major families. His eyes showed seriousness.

In theory, the keys to the Ancient God Mound were held by the five major aristocratic families and the Great Xuan Royal Family, and only they could enter the Ancient God Mound.

In fact, besides the warriors from the five major families, there were also many warriors from the other ten major families and the thirty-two families who had died in the Ancient God Mound.

A hundred years ago, before one of the Ancient God Keys was lost, every time the five major aristocratic families and the Great Xuan Royal Family opened the Ancient God Mound, they would invite strong warriors from other families.

It was called an invitation, but in reality, it was an offer they couldn't refuse.

In fact, apart from the warriors of the five major families, there were also many warriors from the other ten major families and the thirty-two families who had almost lost control of their bloodlines after entering the Lost Land from the outside world, and they would enter the Ancient God Mound.

Because someone discovered that in the illusion within the Ancient God Mound, the process of losing control of their bloodlines would slow down significantly, or even stop altogether!

"A single illusion actually stops the process of losing control of the bloodline, which is strange."

"It's afraid that the illusion is not just a simple illusion!"

Su Nan couldn't help but speculate. He couldn't figure out how the illusion within the Ancient God Mound stopped the process of losing control of the bloodline.

"It's getting late. I should find an inn to stay."

Su Nan asked Chen Ying to stop in the town and planned to use foresight here.

However, before that, he had one more thing to do.

Finding an uninhabited place, he transformed with countless variations, turning into the appearance of his previous incarnation.

Then, he walked down the main street of the town with a swagger, as if afraid that others wouldn't notice him.

The purpose of doing this was simple—to let people know that an outsider with the bloodline of the Profound-level Monster Scripture had arrived in Fengyang Town.

To complete his daily tasks, he needed to find those who wanted to capture him. He couldn't go looking for them in person, so he could only attract those who wanted to capture him using this method.

"Look, isn't that the outsider who has been making a lot of noise these past few days?"

Soon, some warriors in a nearby tavern noticed Su Nan.

Upon hearing this, someone quickly grabbed a portrait, and the portrait depicted Su Nan's current appearance.

"Hey! It really is him! How did he end up here?"

"Naturally, he was chased to a dead end by those families and wants to use the illusion in the Ancient God Mound to escape capture!"

"Quick, inform the family patriarch..."

Their voices were low, but how could they escape Su Nan's ears? Listening to the conversations in the tavern, Su Nan's mouth curled into an imperceptible smile.

After wandering the streets for another lap, he quietly left.

"Now I can use foresight."

The sun had set, and in the game world, it was already six o'clock in the evening. There was only half an hour left until the limit of his incarnation's transformation from yesterday.

"This foresight is mainly for two things: first, to attempt to find a solution to the issue of the incarnation's Divine Soul baptism, and second, for the Ancient God Mound. Foresight on both matters will save me a considerable number of foresight opportunities."

"Do you know that there is a great danger in going to the Ancient God Mound?

 Would you like to spend a certain number of foresight opportunities to foresee the situation three minutes before your death in the future?"

(End of this chapter)