Chapter 852

Zi Chen didn't dare get angry with the old man for taking away the materials without appraising them. He could only carefully say, "Senior, I haven't appraised the materials you just received."

The old man's expression immediately became unhappy. Zi Chen hurriedly explained, "Senior, you can just take it as you see fit."

"Twenty." The old man didn't even think about it.

Zi Chen wanted to cry, but no tears came out. The old man might have already forgotten what materials he had just received. Zi Chen estimated it to be fifty, but the old man gave him twenty. But he hurriedly remembered it and added it. Needless to say, everything added up to a very optimistic sum of contribution points.

The old man looked at Zi Chen and said, "Do you have any more materials? If not, you can start the exchange."

Zi Chen's expression changed, then he clenched his teeth and said, "Senior, I still have some materials here."

Then a light flashed in Zi Chen's hand, and a large amount of things appeared.

These things were extremely hard and looked like nuts. After they appeared, they jumped on the ground. There were already more than ten thousand of them.

The old man looked at these hard things and said indifferently, "It's the heart of a tree."

Zi Chen nodded and waited for the old man to appraise them. But the old man waved his sleeve and directly took them away.

Zi Chen was dumbfounded. He took them away again without appraising them.

"Senior, this …" Zi Chen looked at the old man anxiously.

"Everything adds up to a total of one thousand contribution points." The old man gave a round number.

Zi Chen wanted to cry when he heard that. He hurriedly explained, "Senior, don't. Just the materials alone add up to more than a thousand contribution points."

"Is that so? Then let's count it as one thousand." The old man gave another round number.

"Senior, now it adds up to one thousand and ninety contribution points. Could it be that those things are only worth ten contribution points?"

"Then one thousand and two hundred."

Hearing the old man casually give a number, Zi Chen could see that the old man didn't care at all. The contribution points that he valued so much were just a number in the old man's eyes.

All the materials had been exchanged for one thousand and two hundred contribution points. If they were all exchanged for Strength-Enhancing Fruits, they would only be worth one thousand and two hundred.

Back then, the Barbarian God had given Zi Chen over a thousand Fruits of Power for free. However, Zi Chen had long since wasted those Fruits of Power.

Looking at the list, Zi Chen felt very conflicted because he didn't know what to exchange for.

After looking at it for a long time, Zi Chen still couldn't make a decision. Then, he asked, "Senior, I've arrived at the Fifth Nine Ancient Road. Isn't it said that the Fifth Nine Ancient Road is the first gathering place of the ancient roads? Why is it like this?"

"This is the first gathering place on the ancient road," the old man said.

"Ah." Zi Chen was dumbfounded once again. "How can this be? Shouldn't there be a lot of trial-takers?"

Zi Chen's face was filled with anxiety, and his expression kept changing. He didn't know what had gone wrong.

Seeing Zi Chen's embarrassed look, the old man laughed loudly and said, "Alright, I won't tease you anymore."

Then, the old man praised, "You're very good to be able to come here. I'm here to give you compensation and rewards. As for the real Fifth Nine Ancient Road, you haven't arrived yet."

Zi Chen heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this. Then, he asked, "Compensation and rewards? What are they?"

The old man pointed at the list in front of him and said, "I'll compensate you with a chance to exchange for resources. As for the rewards, you'll be rewarded with ten times the contribution points."

"What, what, what?"

Hearing the compensation, Zi Chen didn't think much of it. However, when he heard the rewards, Zi Chen instantly lost his composure and exclaimed loudly, "Ten times the reward? Is it true? Senior, ten times the reward? Is it really ten times the reward?"

The old man was very satisfied with Zi Chen's excited look. The old man nodded and said, "Of course."

"Haha, that's great! Senior, you're the best! Right now, I have 6,755 contribution points. That means that the tenfold reward is 67,555 contribution points. Adding that to my previous 6,755 contribution points, I now have 68,755 contribution points."

Zi Chen shouted excitedly. He didn't see at all that the old man's smile suddenly froze. "Contribution points can be calculated like this?"

It was supposed to be ten times the reward, but Zi Chen actually calculated an extra 6,755. This kind of calculation was simply genius.

The old man coughed dryly and said, "Zi Chen, ten times the reward means ten times the reward."

Zi Chen was still in a state of excitement. When he heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "Yes, senior. Ten times the reward means ten times the reward. Twelve thousand, plus my 6,755, that's 68,755. Haha, there's no mistake."

"It's only ten times the reward, there's no extra reward." The old man repeated, his face dark.

Zi Chen hurriedly nodded and explained, "Yes, that's right. I didn't ask for extra rewards. Ten times the reward plus my previous rewards. There's no mistake."

"Why do you have to add your contribution points?"

"That's what I used to exchange for. What, is it wrong?" Zi Chen asked, puzzled.

The old man was about to collapse. Why couldn't he understand? Zi Chen also felt a little helpless. This old man's calculations were really bad.

"You still haven't figured it out?"

Zi Chen looked at the old man and said, "Then forget it. I don't want the other one thousand and two hundred. Twelve thousand it is."

"What do you mean forget it?"

The old man was angry when he heard this. "I'm still short of your contribution points. I'll give you the other 6,755 too."

Zi Chen hurriedly thanked him. He thought that although the old man's brain wasn't very bright, he was a good person. Then, Zi Chen seriously looked at the resources recorded on the list.

At the top of the list were all things that could be exchanged for with one contribution point. Zi Chen actually saw Thunder Liquid Essence at the bottom.

As time went on, Zi Chen saw more and more resources, and the contribution points he needed to purchase them increased as well.

At the bottom, Zi Chen saw skills. They were all relatively powerful Houtian skills. These Houtian skills required hundreds to hundreds of contribution points.

Seeing these Houtian skills, Zi Chen was very surprised. But the contribution points required were too much, and they were useless to Zi Chen. Zi Chen disdained to exchange for them.

Suddenly, Zi Chen's eyes widened as he looked at the list. His face was filled with disbelief. He actually saw Xiantian skills after Houtian skills.

Real Xiantian skills.

Zi Chen stared blankly at these Xiantian skills. That's right, it's these, not this. There were ten types of Xiantian skills that could be exchanged.

What kind of concept was ten Xiantian skills? Zi Chen had never thought about it, nor did he dare to think about it.

"These Xiantian skills are real." Zi Chen stared blankly at these Xiantian skills recorded on the list.

"Of course, how can they be fake." The old man said proudly.

Zi Chen couldn't help but click his tongue. He sighed at the old man's generosity. In this dead world, he found an old man exchanging resources, and the old man actually took out several Xiantian skills. This gave Zi Chen an extremely unreal feeling.

"It actually costs 0555 contribution points." Seeing the contribution points required to exchange for Xiantian skills, Zi Chen also exclaimed.

Powerful Houtian skills only cost a few hundred contribution points, but this Xiantian skill actually cost 0555 contribution points. Even if Zi Chen obtained ten times the reward, he could only exchange for two Xiantian skills.

Zi Chen's gaze moved down and suddenly fell on a Xiantian skill.

Heaven Splitting Spear Art: Xiantian skill, a total of eight moves.

The introduction of this Xiantian skill was really simple, so simple that Zi Chen was relatively speechless. But looking at the contribution points required, it actually cost 1555 contribution points.

"The others are all 0555 contribution points, why does this one cost 1555? Could it be that it's better?" Zi Chen pointed at the Heaven Splitting Spear Art.

"Xiantian skills are also divided into strong and weak. This Heaven Splitting Spear Art is an extremely strong Xiantian skill. If it was in the past, not to mention 1555 contribution points, you might not even be able to exchange it for 15,555 contribution points." The old man snorted and said.

"If I can't exchange it for 15,555 contribution points, then why exchange it for 1555 now? Could it be that it's an incomplete skill?" Zi Chen asked.

"The eight moves are not incomplete at all, they are complete. But according to the legends, the Heaven Splitting Spear Art has the power to split the heavens, but it requires one to be proficient in the eight moves, and then fuse the eight moves together to have the power to split the heavens. In these years, there are many people who have practiced the eight moves, but no one has been able to fuse them together. Because no one has been able to demonstrate the power to split the heavens, the 15,555 contribution points became 1555."

Zi Chen nodded, indicating that he understood. No matter how strong a skill was, if no one was able to learn it, it was useless. Just like the Thunderbolt Finger that was given to the Nimbus Martial Ancestor, and the Nine Deaths of Lightning that the Taishang Elder had comprehended for many years.

No matter how strong a skill was, it had to be suitable for the person who practiced it. Therefore, after nodding his head, Zi Chen pointed at the Heaven Splitting Spear Art and said decisively, "1555 contribution points, I'll exchange it for it."

Zi Chen was so decisive, not because he was confident that he would be able to learn it, but because Zi Chen was most interested in the Heaven Splitting Spear Art among all the Xiantian skills, and he also liked to use spears.

Apart from that, Zi Chen already had Xiantian strength skills such as palm and fist techniques, so they were useless to him.

"Good boy, you have courage."

The old man praised, then said, "Hurry up and exchange the remaining contribution points, you don't have much time left."

Zi Chen nodded his head, then looked at the list again. Except for the vitality stones, which were not attractive to him, all the other things were irresistibly tempting to Zi Chen. Although he still had 2755 contribution points, Zi Chen needed too many things, so he always felt that the contribution points were too little.

Zi Chen couldn't make up his mind for a long time, so he asked again, "Senior, is there any resources to exchange at the first gathering place of the ancient road?"

"Yes."

"Are there any medicinal pills?"

"Yes, almost all the things on this list can be exchanged there, but the price is a bit higher." The old man was a bit impatient.

Zi Chen was shocked when he heard this, but he also understood what resources he should choose.

Zi Chen pointed at the Fruit of Strength and said, "Senior, give me 6555 of this Fruit of Strength."

Then, he pointed at the Thunder Liquid Essence and said, "Give me 6555 drops of this Thunder Liquid Essence."

"Give me 055 Soul Condensing Pills."

"Give me 655 Thawing Spirit Pills."

Zi Chen pointed at the resources on the list and said that they were worth 2755 contribution points.

Among the things that Zi Chen exchanged, there was no essence liquid, no essence stones, no medicinal pills, not even a treasure pill.

He exchanged all his contribution points for items that could increase his strength, elemental energy, or spiritual senses.

Obviously, Zi Chen was planning to do business in the first gathering place of the Ancient Road.

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PS: There seems to be a problem. I don't know what's going on.