Ashen God
Chapter 176 - 175: Too Narrow-minded! The Pattern is Too Small!

Chapter 176: Chapter 175: Too Narrow-minded! The Pattern is Too Small!

"I never imagined there would be a scenario where high-level Awakeners couldn’t equip low-level equipment."

Previously, Zhang Yanhang thought he could use his green quality set at least until the third or even fourth tier before it would be replaced by more advanced equipment. After all, having a waist belt that could add +2 to all attributes was truly impressive, but unexpectedly, third tier Awakeners couldn’t use green quality equipment at all.

"It’s a pity I can’t gather the set parts needed to upgrade the green quality set to blue. Otherwise, I could use it for another rank if I upgraded the green set to a blue set."

Although Zhang Yanhang felt this was truly regrettable, there was nothing that could be done about it. He had to focus on quickly upgrading his equipment especially after advancing to the second tier since the ten-piece set of white quality equipment he was wearing took up too much space and only provided an attribute bonus of five points.

After his promotion to the second tier, Zhang Yanhang thought he should upgrade most of his equipment to at least blue quality. Considering he had alchemy skills, achieving this small goal shouldn’t be too difficult.

After reaching a preliminary purchase agreement with the group leader, Zhang Yanhang prepared to ask about the specific trading method. Although both were in Qin Island City, they were not particularly close to each other.

Heavenly Destiny Master, "Group leader, how shall we conduct the transaction? Should we set a time and place to meet in person?"

Curse Binding Vajra, "Offline transaction? Why?"

Heavenly Destiny Master, "So, a courier transaction? If I send it by local express courier for immediate delivery, you should be able to receive it this afternoon."

Curse Binding Vajra, "No need for that. I’ll send you a positioning tag soon. Just print it out, infuse it with spiritual energy, and I can establish a temporary array for short-distance teleportation."

Heavenly Destiny Master, "A teleportation array? That sounds pretty high-end."

Curse Binding Vajra, "Is it? I guess it’s okay."

Heavenly Destiny Master, "..."

Seeing Zhang Yanhang suddenly fall silent, Gu Mingyue nodded in satisfaction, her mouth curving into a smile, "Always boasting about Versailles, now finally faced with retribution. Sorry, but having good luck doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want. Only real strength allows one to do as they please."

After successfully showcasing the authority of a big-shot, Gu Mingyue grew more joyful the more she thought about it, eventually unable to suppress a chuckle.

Then, she searched through her phone for a photo of the positioning tag and sent it to Zhang Yanhang. She rarely dealt with other Awakeners for trading, and she usually used this for little things like remotely sending snacks to her cousin or fetching a parcel from Cainiao Station, effectively adapting this ability for everyday life uses.

Heavenly Destiny Master, "Do you need any additional services like customizing the name or something?"

Curse Binding Vajra, "Name? What name?"

Heavenly Destiny Master, "Like equipment names. I can change it to something like ’Curse Binding Vajra’s Frenzy,’ ’Curse Binding Vajra’s Humility,’ or ’Curse Binding Vajra’s Honor,’ for free."

Curse Binding Vajra, "Oh? There are such special services?"

Gu Mingyue was stunned by the message on her phone screen, wondering how an equipment renaming feature could suddenly pop up. Had she been ignorant of this? Why had she never heard about it before?

"Isn’t it only those who can manufacture their equipment that have the rights to name them?" A reasonable answer formed in Gu Mingyue’s mind, suggesting that this green quality set was actually forged by Zhang Yanhang himself.

"No wonder I have never seen such a ten-piece set that only occupies the space of a waist belt before; it was made by him." After realizing this, Gu Mingyue scrolled back through the attribute list Zhang Yanhang had sent earlier, and indeed, his name was marked as the origin.

Since she hadn’t noticed it before and only focused on the set effects, it seemed she had been inadvertently shown up by Versailles yet again.

Heavenly Destiny Master, "It’s an additional service, not a special one. If you don’t need it, I can just randomly choose some names, like ’Standard Combat Waist Belt’ or something."

Zhang Yanhang primarily didn’t want the group leader to know his alchemy could fuse equipment and enhance its quality, so he decided to give names to the equipment he was sending to the group leader. Once named, the ’+2’ that denoted fusion times behind the equipment name would also disappear.

He had avoided including the fusion times when he previously sent the attribute list to the group leader.

Curse Binding Vajra, "No, the names you mentioned look pretty cool, change it to those."

Gu Mingyue thought that using such names could better convey her affection for her cousin.

Heavenly Destiny Master, "Hold on then, I’m going to print the positioning tag now."

Although Zhang Yanhang mentioned he was going to print it, there was no printer in his dorm. To print, he would have to go to a convenience store inside the school or one of the offices in the academic buildings, but he was too lazy to go, so he prepared to just use alchemy to copy it himself.

Zhang Yanhang took out an A4 sheet of paper from his waist bag that had been squeezed in unknown when while he was packing textbooks. It looked a bit wrinkled and its corners were slightly yellowed.

However, such minor damage wasn’t a big issue. Zhang Yanhang immediately activated his alchemy, and under the influence of the alchemy array, the A4 paper instantly turned spotlessly white and all creases vanished.

While repairing the A4 paper, Zhang Yanhang suddenly thought about something. If he used the Human Body Refinement technique from alchemy to perform cosmetic surgeries, could it be very lucrative, "No, that’s thinking too small. I’m not short on money. Isn’t it better to use the Human Body Refinement technique to assist Awakeners in bodily modifications and enhancements?"

As the Human Body Refinement technology came to mind, Zhang Yanhang realized he could use it to treat Li Zerui’s injuries. It would just be a routine task for him but could potentially extract vast resources. However, the idea of treating those injuries felt somewhat repulsive to him.

"No, still thinking too small. Instead of using Human Body Refinement to assist other Awakeners in modifications and enhancements to indirectly trade for resources to strengthen myself, why not directly use the technology to enhance myself without a middleman making a profit?"

Despite saying this, Zhang Yanhang didn’t have the courage to experiment on his own body without any experience. What if something went wrong and it backfired? Therefore, it was better to experiment on other Awakeners first until the technology was refined, then apply it to himself.

"My precious body shouldn’t be used for crude human experiments..." Zhang Yanhang shook his head and then continued to focus on crafting the positioning tag.