“If you are hurt enough, just use a pair of hands to cut it open happily…”

Igura yawned and got up, as usual, he went to take a bath first. Just as he took off his clothes and lay in the bathtub for a few seconds, he heard the doorbell ringing, and it kept ringing urgently.

Although he was puzzled, Igura still wrapped himself in a towel and went to open the door, only to find Asho outside.

“Let’s play rock-paper-scissors.”

“What?”

“Never mind, rock-paper-scissors, and you have to win against me three times!”

“Is this some necessary ritual?”

“Yes!”

“Will it harm me?”

“No!”

Igura observed Asho for a while and felt that he probably wasn’t lying, so he said, “Then I don’t want to.”

“Why?”

“Helping you is a favor, not helping you is a duty. Why should I help you complete a ritual?”

“What other reason do you need to help someone?”

“Your current position doesn’t really support you saying that… And do I look like I’m doing charity?”

Asho pondered for a moment. “Do you know why sorcerers can’t drink freshly boiled water and have to wait for a while before drinking?”

Igura was taken aback. “Why?”

“If you accompany me in completing this ritual, I’ll tell you.”

Does freshly boiled water contain a trace amount of poisonous sorcery that damages artificing? Or does “boiled water” belong to some kind of ritual, and interfering with it will have bad consequences?

In the world of sorcerers, everything contains truth. Perhaps a trivial matter that seems insignificant is actually a “ritual taboo” that sorcerers have summarized over thousands of years. For example, “chanting a prayer for the deceased” can effectively reduce the residual death aura on the body.

Therefore, when Asho said this, Igura became curious and agreed to Asho’s request. It was easy for him to win against Asho three times, as he could almost see what Asho was thinking each round with his mind-reading ability.

“Okay, thank you, Igura!”

“What kind of ritual requires someone to win against themselves in rock-paper-scissors three times…”

“This is called the ‘ritual of the sacrificial blade.’ Now that I’ve lost to you due to bad luck, my luck will improve later. So, goodbye—”

“Wait, you still haven’t told me why sorcerers can’t drink freshly boiled water.”

“Because it burns your tongue.”

Igura watched Asho leave in a daze, closed the door, and went back to the bathroom, lying in the bathtub.

He looked at the ceiling, rubbed his temples, and fell into deep thought.

“Is it because I’ve been interacting with him too frequently lately that my intelligence has been affected…”

After finishing his bath, Igura triggered the “Revelation” sorcery spirit by chance while brushing his teeth. He saw the splashes of toothpaste foam leaving a sentence on the mirror—

“Don’t try to drink freshly boiled water.”

“Who would drink it!”

…

…

The ritual of the sacrificial blade was over, and Asho returned to his own dormitory.

“Confirm the consumption of 30 sourcestones for ten gacha draws? Note that you can manually increase the number of draws. The more draws, the easier it is to obtain rare cards!”

“Confirm the consumption of 42 sourcestones for fourteen gacha draws?”

“Confirmed!”

Whoosh—

The gacha interface was still plain and simple. Eight white lights, four purple lights, and… two golden lights appeared in the light screen!

The eight white lights were five bottles of energy potions and three bottles of experience potions. The experience potions were fine, as they could be stacked and increased the experience growth rate by up to 50%. But one agent could only use one bottle of energy potion per week, so getting so many energy potions… Were they just items to pollute the gacha pool!?

Asho continued to look and his eyes lit up: the four purple lights were three bottles of “Artisan’s Delight Potion” and one “Honeyed Sword.”

“Artisan’s Delight Potion” * 3: When used on an agent, it increases the artisan’s favorability towards the agent, speeds up the agent’s mastery of the artisan, and lasts for one week. It cannot be stacked.

“Honeyed Sword”: Honey hidden under the tongue that can turn into a long sword with a strong press of the tongue. It can withstand any security check. It can be upgraded…

The Artisan’s Delight Potion was undoubtedly the item that Asho needed the most at the moment. His “Heart Sword” and “Circulation” artisan spirits had just been obtained and he couldn’t proficiently master them in the virtual realm, let alone resonate with them in reality.

However, the effect of this potion was a bit strange. It could actually increase the artisan’s favorability towards the agent. Could this potion make the artisan go into heat…?

The Honeyed Sword was not needed for now, but Asho would definitely need a weapon after escaping from prison in the future. From the Broken Lake Prison, it could be seen that the outside world would definitely be full of obstacles for escaped prisoners, with security checkpoints and surveillance devices everywhere.

Therefore, the Honeyed Sword, a weapon that could pass through security checks, was an essential item for fugitives.

Finally, there were two golden lights!

“Alchemy Master’s Refining Bottle”: Add two bottles of the same potion, with a 30% chance of refining a more potent advanced potion, a 30% chance of mutating into other rare potions, and a 40% chance of failing and losing two bottles of potions.

Asho immediately became excited. With this refining bottle, those potions that polluted the gacha pool could be reprocessed. Although there was a chance of loss, at least there was hope. It was like buying a lottery ticket.”Random Artisan Summon Card”: After using it on an agent, the agent will perform a summoning ritual and autonomously summon a rare artisan of the current level, and the artisan’s faction level will be raised to the current level. Note that depending on the artisan, there may be different restrictions, time limits, and requirements for the summoning ritual, but the longest time will not exceed seven days.

At first glance, this gold card doesn’t seem to be that great. It’s just summoning one artisan. Asho can get 12 in one night.

But upon closer inspection, it can be seen that the focus of this card is not the artisan, but the ‘current level’!

After these days of studying, Asho also knows that the sorcerers in this world are divided into one-winged silver, two-winged gold, three-winged holy realm, and four-winged legendary. In other words, if Sword Girl advances to the second wing and then uses the random summon card on her, she will definitely be able to summon a second wing artisan – the more wings an artisan has, the better.

But in order for a sorcerer to summon the corresponding artisan, the prerequisite is that their faction level is high enough.

If the faction level is not at the gold level, it is impossible for the sorcerer to summon the corresponding second wing artisan, and so on!

Therefore, the true effect of this gold card is: to raise the faction level of the agent’s random faction to the current virtual wing level, and obtain an artisan of the same level!

For a one-winged sorcerer, this gold card is equivalent to an experience bead + an artisan. But if the agent is a two-winged, three-winged, or even four-winged sorcerer, then this gold card becomes quite terrifying.

In a maximum of seven days, they can become proficient in a faction of magic that they have never encountered before!

Reason tells Asho that the later he uses this gold card, the more valuable it becomes. But the current situation really doesn’t allow Asho to squirrel away good things.

In order to prepare for the upcoming jailbreak operation, Asho must convert all resources into combat power. If they really fail the jailbreak by just a little bit, Asho is afraid that they will regret it and become a meal for the Langnas.

First, the refining bottles. Asho currently has 7 bottles of energy potions and 4 bottles of experience potions. He puts them in pairs for refining, and in the end, he obtains 2 bottles of advanced stamina potions and 1 bottle of advanced experience potions.

“Advanced Stamina Potion”: In cultivation actions, it adds an advanced action point to the agent, lasting for seven days. The advanced action point exempts the agent from energy consumption, increases the positive feedback obtained from actions, slowly improves the agent’s mood, and has a low chance of increasing the agent’s bond level.

“Advanced Experience Potion”: In cultivation actions, the skill experience obtained by the agent is increased by 50%, lasting for seven days, with a maximum individual bonus of 100%.

Originally, this should have been the end, but Asho thought for a moment and also put in 2 bottles of Artisan Joy Potion.

If the refinement fails, he still has 1 bottle that he can use, but if it succeeds…

“Artisan Euphoria Potion”: After using it on an agent, it greatly increases the artisan’s favorability towards the agent, greatly accelerates the agent’s mastery of the artisan, and lasts for one week. It cannot be used in combination.

This potion is starting to sound more and more like an aphrodisiac…

Asho opens the “Agent Management” and suddenly a message pops up in the game:

“The cultivation of Dead Crazy Sword Girl has ended. Please check the growth report and set the cultivation strategy for this week as soon as possible.”

“Growth Report of Dead Crazy Sword Girl 4.12~4.18”

“Swordsmanship Faction: 0→Silver”

“Light Magic Faction: 0→Silver”

“Water Magic Faction: Uninitiated→Silver”

“Artificing: 0→Silver Half Wing”

“Cultivation Evaluation: A!”

“Due to receiving an A-level evaluation, Dead Crazy Sword Girl has obtained a career enhancement in the Sorcerer’s Manual: One-winged Swordsman→Silver Annihilator Sorcerer”

“Silver Annihilator Sorcerer·Career Trait: Each effective attack restores 0.5% of maximum artificing power.”

Asho didn’t expect that there would be an evaluation stage after the cultivation strategy, and that a high evaluation would even grant special rewards – career enhancement.

Although it has nothing to do with him, there is no doubt that the stronger Sword Girl becomes, the higher the efficiency of their exploration of the virtual realm, and the career trait “Silver Annihilator Sorcerer” is quite useful.

Among them, Sword Girl’s water magic faction can be raised to the silver level, naturally because they obtained 2 experience beads last night, namely the swordsmanship bead and the water magic bead.

Because of their bond with Sword Girl, Asho undoubtedly gave both beads to her. Seeing Sword Girl’s moved expression when she received the beads in the virtual realm, Asho could almost hear the prompt “The bond between Dead Crazy Sword Girl and you has deepened.”

Then he opens the “Cultivation Strategy”.

“Dead Crazy Sword Girl”

“Current Mood: 6 (Experience Bonus: 0)”

“Available Actions: Rest, Entertainment, Training, Battle”

“Recommendation: Sword Girl hasn’t had any leisure time for a week. Proper entertainment can effectively increase mood. A balance between work and rest is necessary for better training and learning.”

Asho hesitates slightly. Sword Girl has complained many times that she hasn’t had any rest time, and considering how much Sword Girl has helped him in the virtual realm, it is only fair to let her relax…

Slap! Slap!

“Asho, come out. Today, we need to find the last team member as soon as possible!” Igura’s voice comes from outside.

Asho immediately regains his composure from his sentimental thoughts. As the saying goes, lead by example. If even he can’t rest, how can Sword Girl?

I don’t accept your recommendation!

PS: Finally reached 10,000 subscribers, although it didn’t reach the delusional 15,000, I’m still happy to add two more chapters today, making it a total of ten! Thank you all for your support!

Welcome new alliance leader villie! Such a domineering presence!Here, I would like to highly recommend a new book by a great author from next door, guaranteed quality:

“Please Sleep When It’s Dark”

“The shadow outside the window softly calls someone’s name with a cold and numb voice, the shadows on the ground crawl like snakes and insects, the elevator door at the end of the corridor opens on its own, the faceless elevator lady reveals a creepy smile, the skinless butcher in the shadows slowly raises his butcher knife…

In an era where all countries in the world have legislated against staying up late, Chen Xiao has lost his sleep.”

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