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Chapter 374: Original Text - 343 Bell Modified:

Chapter 374: Original Text: Chapter 343 Bell Modified:

Upon opening his eyes again, he was already back in the bathtub filled with water, and the second hand on the clock on the wall had only moved one tick.

Splash.

Li Cheng climbed out of the bathtub, picked up a towel to wipe off the water on his body, and reminisced about the many details of the mission.

This trial, the chances of winning for both sides were literally fifty-fifty.

If Arctic and the others could find the Qilin’s illegitimate child, it would be a deadly blow. As the defense lawyers, Yuan Zhixia and Li Cheng, if they could convince Xiao Shui Xingjun ahead of time to not hide anything, they could also fill in the gaps early.

Taking out the business plan for mining and persuading both parties not to divorce was considered the final trump card—

Based on Li Cheng’s investigation during the recess, several mid-sized sects were already interested in the mining technology. The proliferation of mining was an inevitable trend; without the Sea Water Sect, there would be the Flood Sect or the Sea Water Sect to do the job.

"Although it’s a fantasy cultivation world dominated by six-base life forms filled with Golden Core and Nascent Soul monks, human nature has never changed.

Once mining technology proliferates, the subsequent trends are completely predictable. Mergers and anti-mergers, monopolies and anti-monopolies, oppression and counter-oppression."

Li Cheng muttered to himself, as the mastermind behind all this, he wasn’t sure if the measures he’d left behind would be discovered by future generations of the human world and spark a grand, heroic epic of resistance built on awakening and sacrifice.

Forget it, I’m not thinking about that.

He shook his head, took out the Electronic Pet Egg, and released Gray Rain.

Clang!

Gray Rain, along with the metal sleeping bag she was lying in, fell to the ground (a soft sleeping bag would be flattened),

exposing only her hands and head, staring intently at her phone and sighing continuously, "Sigh, this Xiangzi is truly frustrating and pitiable."

Hmm? Reading Lao She’s "Camel Xiangzi"? That’s middle school Chinese content, right?

Li Cheng nodded in satisfaction, then heard a familiar Japanese anime song from Gray Rain’s phone.

? Holy crap, is that Fengchuan Xiangzi?

Li Cheng’s eye twitched, too lazy to care, shook his head and went to the bedroom to change into dry clothes, and checked the rewards from this mission.

[Script Task "Immortal Court Lawyer" Completed]

[Reward Settlement in Progress]

[Overall Player Performance: S+, Game Coin and Experience Points raised to 160%]

[Task Reward 1: 1500 Experience Points]

[Task Reward 2: 5000 Game Coins]

With the 1.6 multiplier factor, he gained 2400 Experience Points and 8000 Game Coins, making a huge profit.

Previously, Li Cheng’s level was Lv18, Experience Bar 1028/1800,

now he leveled up twice consecutively, reaching Lv20, Experience Bar 272/2000.

[Task Reward 3: Random Item*1, Quality depends on clearance rating]

[Task Reward 4: Random Skill Scroll*1, Quality depends on clearance rating]

[Task Reward 5: Xiao Shui Xingjun’s Gratitude*1]

[Failure Penalty: Xiao Shui Xingjun’s Fury]

Li Cheng did not rush to open the random items and skill scrolls from rewards three and four, but jumped to reward five, Xiao Shui Xingjun’s gratitude.

For the defendant Xiao Shui, not losing the divorce case was a win, and thanks to the efforts of Li Cheng and others, the enterprises under the Sea Water Sect were not split up, and he remained the actual controller of the group.

This favor was as heavy as a thousand pounds, so, Xiao Shui generously prepared a grand gift for each lawyer—a Storage Ring containing ten thousand Spirit Stones.

The Storage Ring itself was equivalent to a ten cubic meter storage tool,

Spirit Stones could be directly absorbed to restore the player’s Spiritual Power Value even without cultivation techniques. Equivalent to some blue potions sold in slum shops.

Li Cheng had better [Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills] at hand, so he didn’t want the Storage Ring and Spirit Stones big gift, and asked Xiao Shui if he could exchange them for a functional magic artifact.

The latter agreed without hesitation and generously offered three magic artifacts for Li Cheng to choose one from.

The first item was called [Bone Cutting and Marrow Cleansing Innate Pill], its effect was to transform four-base life forms into six-base life forms, and produce at least middle-grade Spirit Root within the body.

The elixir itself used a lot of precious Immortal Grass Divine Treasures, and even the monarchs of small countries couldn’t afford it.

The second item was called [Longevity Fortune Heaven’s Favor Lock], its effect was to extend lifespan to the physiological limit, keep youthfulness, immune to all diseases, and guarantee wealth and prosperity with many descendants and a disease-free life.

Uh... Xiao Shui Xingjun was indeed very sincere,

From his perspective, these two items were of great value to mortals; the former could transform one’s aptitude, allowing them to embark on the path of cultivation, and the latter could ensure happiness and health.

Unfortunately, Li Cheng was not interested in these. The time required for cultivation in a fantasy world was simply too long, no matter how gifted and having a top-grade Spirit Root, it would take at least over a decade to form a Golden Core.

And what players lacked most was time.

So he decisively chose the third item.

Thinking of this, Li Cheng opened the Backpack, took out a palm-sized, slightly rusty bronze bell from the void.

[Item Name: Vast Sea Soul-locking Bell]

[Type: Magic Artifact]

[Quality: Epic]

[Special Effect One: Soul Protection. Passive effect, increases the user’s Sanity Value limit by two hundred points, greatly enhances resistance to various types of illusions]

[Special Effect Two: Silence. Ringing the bell interrupts and seals the current skill of the target for one hour]

[Consumption for Special Effect Two: 80 Spiritual Power Value, 200 Sanity Value]

[Cooling Time for Special Effect Two: 1 hour]

[Note: Dang it, the atmosphere in this streamer’s chat room is really bad, always silencing people]

"The second Epic Quality item huh..."

Li Cheng, like Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings", caressed the [Vast Sea Soul-locking Bell] with an incredibly wretched expression, chanting "my precious..."

The shorter the description, the stronger the item,

The special effects of the Soul-locking Bell were both simple and powerful. Special Effect One passively increases Sanity Value limit and enhances resistance to illusions. If he had this in the collapse world earlier, he would’ve had no fear of the mutated monkeys’ illusions.

As for Special Effect Two, it was even more heaven-defying, interrupting and sealing a skill for one hour, with a cooling time of one hour, equivalent to perpetual sealing.

The only thing to be cautious about was the timing of use, to avoid being tricked by small skills from the opponent.

And besides this gratitude, there was another unexpected harvest.

Li Cheng waved his hand again and took out a 2-liter cola bottle filled with crystal-clear, slightly viscous red liquid from the Backpack.

[Item Name: Qilin Blood Plasma]

[Type: Beverage]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Special Effect: Beast Blood Boil. Drinking it stimulates body potential, significantly enhances physical capabilities, self-healing ability, and reaction speed, while slightly reducing sanity]

[Consumption: None]

[Cooling Time: None]

[Note: Compared to sugar-free and regular cola, drinking Qilin Blood Plasma is more exhilarating]

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