Ashen God
Chapter 351 - 350: Put on the Agenda

Chapter 351: Chapter 350: Put on the Agenda

In addition to the treasure boxes dropped after killing monsters, which could yield some Soul points too, the number of monsters needed to be killed to achieve such a strength level was likely to further decrease, requiring at most only the killing of over two hundred monsters per day.

According to Zhang Yanhang’s observation, although Zhao Yalan had made rapid improvements in physical quality, the Cultivation Technique level of the Limitless Universe Skill had only increased to around the fifth tier, which did not match her strength.

Therefore, Zhang Yanhang felt that Zhao Yalan must have used most of the Soul points she earned to enhance her personal level, only spending a small portion on improving the Limitless Universe Skill.

From Zhang Yanhang’s perspective, Zhao Yalan’s choice was quite normal, as indeed, the return on increasing one’s level was much greater than that of enhancing a cultivation technique’s level. Increasing one’s level could at least yield four attribute points, and perhaps even five in some cases.

However, elevating a cultivation technique’s level not only required more Soul points but also only added three attribute points per level. Therefore, enhancing the cultivation technique’s level was seen as a loss until one’s level was maxed out, after which upgrading the technique must be prioritized.

Given Zhao Yalan’s current rate of progress, Zhang Yanhang estimated that she would need at least another ten to fifteen days to gather enough Soul points to enhance the Limitless Universe Skill.

"Since even Zhao Yalan is progressing so slowly, perhaps the pace of power advancement for ordinary Awakeners is actually much slower than I initially imagined. No wonder the group leader was surprised when I advanced to the second tier after ’a long half-month’; it seems most Awakeners can’t achieve even this rate of advancement. It looks like my plan to reach the third tier in three weeks might actually still catch up with some of the initial differences between early Awakeners. Wait, shouldn’t my focus be on seeking potential adventures? Why did it suddenly shift to this aspect? Sigh, it’s all Zhao Yalan’s fault, she is truly a woman steeped in sin..."

Due to slight insomnia, Zhang Yanhang continued observing Zhao Yalan’s sleeping posture out of boredom. Overall, aside from her tendency to kick off the blankets, she didn’t have any other bad habits, so sharing a bed wouldn’t likely result in disturbances like snoring in the middle of the night.

After silently watching Zhao Yalan for a while, Zhang Yanhang redirected his attention to scanning for things that might trigger an adventure, but after several rounds, he still hadn’t triggered any event.

"Could the trigger for an adventure be the same as the last time, involving the phone? It’s not impossible." Zhang Yanhang mused as he switched his phone on again, scrolling back and forth across web pages and various shopping apps.

Unfortunately, after using his phone for a while, Zhang Yanhang did not manage to trigger options as smoothly as before, which led him to reopen TikTok, recalling that he had triggered an option related to Black plum because of a short video he saw there.

Half an hour flew by swiftly, and after scrolling through TikTok for such duration, watching numerous videos about fruit and eating shows, he still hadn’t triggered any relevant option.

Faced with the inability to trigger an adventure, Zhang Yanhang sighed quietly and then simply turned off TikTok.

"Since all of my efforts can’t trigger an adventure, maybe it’s not the right time for one to occur. Maybe, I’m just unable to sleep... In such sleepless moments, perhaps I should do something else to pass the time, like opening a treasure box?"

Although Zhang Yanhang had already opened all the treasure boxes he had earned from clearing the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu, he had since acquired a new batch from cleaning out the Lucky Slot Machine’s third-tier prize pool, including one Purple Quality Crimson Iron Ant King Treasure Chest.

Zhang Yanhang felt that it might be his anticipation of what could be inside the Purple Quality Crimson Iron Ant King Treasure Chest that was keeping him awake.

Although it was unlikely that it was due to this anticipation—after all, he wasn’t a schoolboy too excited about a field trip to sleep— if he could sleep unbothered facing an Ashen Treasure Box, the same should apply to this ordinary, Purple Quality drop treasure box.

"But since I am awake anyway, I might as well open some treasure boxes before trying to sleep. Maybe mysteriously, I’ll be able to sleep afterward."

Zhang Yanhang spoke as he poured out a small pile of treasure boxes from the Waist Bag. Since these boxes all came from the slot machine prize pool, there weren’t many; after a quick count, he found he had only twenty-six treasure boxes.

Of these, the majority were from the Crimson Iron Worker Ant, providing Zhang Yanhang with ten treasure boxes. Following this were treasure boxes from the Soldier Ants, which provided seven, and then the Flying Ants, providing six.

Among the remaining three treasure boxes, two were from the Crimson Iron Breeding Ant, and the most crucial one was the Purple Treasure Chest from the Crimson Iron Ant King.

After counting all the treasure boxes, Zhang Yanhang immediately picked up the notably conspicuous Purple Treasure Box among the white and green ones.

[Would you like to open the "Drop treasure box (Crimson Iron Ant King)"?]

"Yes, open," Zhang Yanhang had already estimated what could come out of the Crimson Iron Ant King’s box. The real question was whether it would contain Makarov’s Regret or Makarov’s Remorse.

If possible, Zhang Yanhang hoped it would contain Makarov’s Remorse, implying that a complete Makarov Set could indeed be obtained from the Crimson Iron Ant King’s chest.

This meant Zhang Yanhang wouldn’t have to devise other strategies or go to great lengths to kill another Ant Queen to upgrade to a light gold Makarov Earring.

[Please select specific contents for "Drop treasure box (Crimson Iron Ant King)"]

[Item One: ?]

[Item Two: ?]

[Item Three: ?]

[Item Four: ?]

[Item Five: ?]

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Since there were only twenty-six treasure boxes, Zhang Yanhang didn’t take long to open all of them.