382: Another deal signed! A rank-based mission lasting 6 months!

Su Lie looked up and carefully observed the person blocking his way.

He saw that this was a beautiful woman with a purplish-red left eye and a Samsara Eye for her right eye.

All her aura was concealed by the black cloak she wore.

Su Lie couldn't even check her information using his Eye of Identification.

"Uh! That's me! And this sister is?"

Su Lie hesitated for a moment, then nodded repeatedly in response.

The woman nodded: "I am Wang Baobao, leader of the Thorn Group of the Punishment Hall! I heard that Brother has the ability of Treasure Refining, so I've come to discuss a deal with you! Please follow me!"

With that, she strode out the door.

Su Lie's brows furrowed slightly. Before he could decide whether to go or not, several Survivors surrounded him.

One of them smiled and said: "Brother! We are all level 90 Second-Turn Professionals. It's not for anything else, we just Fear you might lack the courage to trade and run away!"

"Please follow Baobao!"

"Don't make things difficult for us brothers!"

"Although our Thorn Group has conflicts with the December you joined, we are exceptionally friendly to Refiners. We are not enemies; we might even become friends!"

"As the saying goes, one more friend, one more path!"

"Survivors also need to understand human relationships, don't they!"

"What do you think?"

He said with a smile.

Su Lie sighed. He felt a strong threat from the several people and immediately nodded, saying: "Big brother is right! I'm new here, so I naturally welcome more friends!"

As he spoke, he used his Friendliness and Persuasion Talent.

This made the surrounding people all breathe a sigh of relief.

Only then did Su Lie step out of the main hall. He glanced at Wang Baobao not far away, paused for a moment, then strode to follow her.

Before long, Su Lie arrived at a side hall next to the main hall of the Punishment Hall.

He saw a tea table set up there.

Wang Baobao was already seated at the main seat of the tea table and personally performed a tea ceremony for Su Lie.

"Su little brother! Come and taste this Cloud Thunder Tea, picked by your sister from the Thundercloud Heavenly Peak!"

Saying that, she handed a dragon egg cup, freshly filled with tea, to Su Lie.

When Su Lie touched the dragon egg cup, he didn't feel any heat; instead, he felt a slight coolness.

He suddenly looked up at Wang Baobao.

Wang Baobao smiled faintly: "This is a characteristic of the dragon egg cup! It can turn boiling water into suitable drinking hot water!"

Gulp!

After Su Lie drank the tea, he felt as if thunder had swept through his stomach.

Accompanied by bursts of stuffy, hot energy dissipating, Su Lie gradually broke out in a sweat on his forehead.

Moreover, he was astonished to find that this Cloud Thunder Tea had actually increased his Spirit attribute by 100,000 points.

His Spirit attribute value went from 6,310,130 points to 6,410,130 points.

"Thank you, Sister!"

Su Lie realized he had benefited from her and immediately expressed his gratitude.

Wang Baobao asked with a smile: "Now you know we have no ill intentions, right?"

Su Lie was startled, then immediately nodded: "Indeed!"

Only then did Wang Baobao say to Su Lie: "I already know that you have signed an exclusive buyout contract for the strength god pill with December!"

"I came to you today to sign an exclusive buyout contract for the speed divine pill with you!"

As she spoke, she took out a contract.

The content of this contract was exactly the same as the strength god pill contract signed by May and Su Lie.

Su Lie blinked, then shrugged helplessly: "Sorry, Senior Sister! I don't have the pill formula!"

Wang Baobao magnanimously took out a pill formula: "I will provide you with the pill formula for free! One of the materials for the speed divine pill, the gale pearl, is comparable in price to the yellow rainbow! However, we will give you a price of 500,000 contribution points per unit!"

"Understood!"

Su Lie nodded.

Since she had already provided the manufacturing blueprint for the speed divine pill, it was naturally impossible to get the lowest price for the materials.

However, based on the information Su Lie had seen at December, this price of 500,000 contribution points was equivalent to the internal price for Thorn Group members.

This was already a huge concession, and Su Lie was naturally very satisfied.

He picked up the manufacturing blueprint and began to read it.

[Speed Divine Pill Manufacturing Blueprint; Red God-level Quality; Refining Materials: 100 kg god-tier fierce beast bone, 10 liters god-tier fierce beast blood, 1000 level 5 monster crystals, 1 star moon grass, 1 gale pearl. Refining Success Rate: 50%; Effect: Increases Speed attribute by 5 million points. Note: Speed Divine Pill can only be used once per life.]

"This is the same as the strength god pill, with only two different materials?"

Su Lie was slightly surprised after reading it.

Wang Baobao smiled and said: "Naturally! This is a pill developed by Mr. Qiusheng, the first Refiner of our Mist Survivors Guild! Besides this, there are also the Spirit Divine Pill, life god pill, and Stamina Divine Pill. These five pills are known as the Five Basic Divine Pills!"

"Little Brother Su, if you don't have a way to awaken the Strength attribute, you can come to me! Our Punishment Hall has a bone and marrow cleansing pool. You only need to pay 999.9 billion contribution points to gain body Talent and the Strength attribute!"

As she spoke, her eyes glowed with fervor as she looked at Su Lie.

Su Lie was startled after hearing this, not expecting the Guild to be so ruthless, truly treating him like a dog to be slaughtered.

He quickly shook his head: "Sorry! I already have Strength Talent!"

"What a pity!"

The light in Wang Baobao's eyes instantly faded.

She urged Su Lie: "Su Lie! Sign it quickly! The conditions are exactly the same as the one May signed with you! After signing!"

"You will be protected by our Punishment Hall, Exploration Hall, and Thorn Group! If anyone dares to bully you, just mention my name, Wang Baobao!"

Saying that, she also added Su Lie as a friend: "Of course! For material transactions, you only need to find me! No one will have a lower price than mine!"

Su Lie then signed the contract and added Wang Baobao as a friend.

He also purchased 4,000 gale pearls from Wang Baobao, which cost him a full 2 billion Mist Points.

Although he still had 1 trillion Mist Points that could be exchanged for contribution points, he feared that when he reached the Trial Hall, he wouldn't have enough money to purchase the trial missions for promotion.

As Su Lie walked out of the Punishment Hall, he finally looked at the gale pearl materials he had just purchased.

[gale pearl: Red God-level Quality; Mist Survivors Guild exclusive material, originating from the Wind God Cave managed by the Guild's Punishment Hall, can be used to refine speed-type items and related pills. Holding this pearl temporarily grants a 10x speed boost.]

"Good stuff!"

Su Lie's eyes lit up, and he put away the gale pearls.

At the same time, in the Punishment Hall, a level 90 Second-Turn Professional asked Wang Baobao with some dissatisfaction: "Baobao! This guy is just a rookie who just completed his Second Turn trial. Is it really necessary to treat him so favorably? Is it just because he accumulated a lot of Mist Points?"

"Wrong!"

Wang Baobao slapped the table, sipping her tea, and said: "As fellow Second-Turn Professionals, did your evaluation when you passed the trial have four 'Excellent' ratings and two special ratings?"

This shocked the others around her.

The most they had achieved was three 'Excellent' ratings, which was already the best possible!

Wang Baobao continued: "Besides! This is the first Refiner in our Guild to possess a ten-thousand-fold Refining critical hit at this position! Not only will he be incredibly wealthy in the future, but he can also provide us with a huge amount of mission necessities! If we don't recruit such a person… wouldn't we be idiots!"

The others' eyes widened in shock upon hearing this.

They all looked at each other, seeing burning desire and intense shock in their companions' eyes.

Immediately after, Wang Baobao looked up and sharply swept her gaze over the Survivors around her. She said, with a hint of warning: "This news stops at your ears! I don't want anyone secretly ruining this beautiful jade!"

"You must understand that with your strength, killing a newly Second-Turned kid is indeed easy, but after killing him… this ten-thousand-fold Refining critical hit ability will be gone!"

"That's a big problem!"

"Not only will I not let it pass, but the other halls in the Guild won't let it pass either!"

"So!"

"If you don't want to die, don't harbor any designs on him!"

"Oh, and!"

"Let me tell you something: the crazy old man in the Class Change Hall hasn't broken the rules in a long time, but for this kid, he lost 1,100 years of Lifespan!"

At this, everyone shivered, a hint of Fear appearing in their eyes.

One of them immediately stepped forward, bowed, and said: "Baobao, don't worry! We will absolutely not be foolish! And we certainly won't offend that crazy old man who kills without batting an eye! Please rest assured! I am willing to swear a rules oath…"

Seeing this, the others in the main hall also successively swore rules oaths.

Only then did Wang Baobao nod: "Good! Good! Good!"

...On the other side, Su Lie arrived at the Trial Hall.

There were still no Spirit Servants in the main hall.

This place was different from the Authority Hall.

The Authority Hall had diamond-shaped crystal beads.

Here, the tools with automatic service functions were various magic arrays.

As long as one stood on a magic array, they would be protected by a protective force.

From the outside, it looked as if they were encased in a transparent glass jar.

Su Lie observed for a while, then stepped onto a magic array.

Buzz!

As the protective light rose, Su Lie saw a screen.

Basic information about Su Lie appeared on it.

[Name: Su Lie]

[Age: 18]

[Identity: Second-Turn Professional Mist Survivor]

[Rank: Mist Lord]

[Class: Gun Cannon Alchemist (Combat Concept)]

[Level: 50]

[Your territory has completed its second advancement, and you have also completed the Second Turn Class Change trial, meeting the basic requirements for rank promotion!]

[Do you wish to receive the advancement mission?]

"Yes!" Su Lie replied without hesitation.

[Buzz!]

In the blink of an eye, a mission prompt appeared on the screen.

[Congratulations! You have successfully obtained an advancement mission!]

[Advancement Mission: Promote from Mist Lord rank to Mist Baron title!]

[Mission Objective: Go to the Silent Abyss, take over Territory No. 199, and clear all strange parasitize areas within the territory.

Note: There are a total of 18 strange parasitize areas.

Note: Within the strange parasitize areas, the strangeness is an invincible existence.

Note: The strangeness will lure some low-intelligence monsters to act as its puppets, in varying numbers.]

[Territory Intel: 1 million contribution points per copy!]

[Territory Coordinates: 100 million contribution points per copy!]

[Mission Reward: Upon success, you will officially be promoted to the Mist Baron title and gain control of the territory.]

[Mission Reward: Mist Points, contribution points reward]

[Mission Time Limit: 6 months.]

[Note: After the mission time limit, you will need to re-receive the advancement mission!]

[Note: The Silent Abyss is located in the Mist Main World. It is recommended to purchase territory coordinates and proceed according to the coordinate guidance.]

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