Unlike the constant restocking in malls, the stockroom is originally meant for storage.
So when rows upon rows of filled shelves appeared before Li Pu, the visual impact was still quite strong.
"Alright, feel free to browse."
Following Sister Liu's gesture, Li Pu walked towards the cabinet closest to him.
"It's a [Magical artifact]..."
He looked at the palm-sized hard shells.
"No, to be precise, it's the inscription in the [Magical artifact]."
Sister Liu corrected him, [Magical artifact] refers to inscriptions that can be integrated into a summoned beast's body to exert effects or equipment that can be used anytime.
Compared to tangible equipment, inscriptions offer more functionality.
The inscriptions in front of him came in various shapes—circular, square, triangular, etc., each with different patterns.
Li Pu randomly picked up a diamond-shaped purple inscription, and immediately an info panel popped up.
[Xidu No.15 (F)]: Slightly enhances strength
This kind of purple inscription densely occupies most of the shelf, and its name indicates that this is a mass-produced inscription made internally by Xidu University.
Since the world mutated 200 years ago, it's impossible for humanity to remain stagnant in new technology.
About a hundred years ago, the craft of mass-producing inscriptions was completely mastered.
However, due to the limitation of material sources, high-quality inscriptions are still relatively difficult to produce.
The inscriptions of powerful Summoners primarily rely on drops from magical beasts.
"Xidu No.15 is a relatively popular product among freshmen."
"Priced at 100 Crystal Coins, a 10% discount is 90 Crystal Coins."
Seeing Li Pu pick up the inscription, Sister Liu introduced it accordingly.
For many summoned beasts, strength enhancement is a very good addition.
Sometimes perhaps a tiny difference in strength can lead to different results.
However, Li Pu wasn't interested in [Xidu No.15], so after a glance, he put it down.
Unless a summoned beast has special abilities, normally each summoned beast can only carry two [Magical artifacts] at the same time.
Moreover, when a summoned beast removes an inscription, there's a short period of inscription rejection within the body, so trying to quickly switch inscriptions to produce different effects in battle is unrealistic.
Compared to inscriptions purely enhancing physical qualities, he is more inclined towards functionality.
So he continued onward and picked up another mass-produced inscription.
This inscription was circular, and its half-transparent sky-blue color gave a sense of the ocean.
[Xidu No.7 (E)]: Blocks one fire attribute attack below E-level
The panel information gave Li Pu a brightened outlook.
The fire attribute here is different from the attribute magnetic field of summoned beasts; it's genuine fire attack.
Scarecrows visibly fear fire attacks, so [Xidu No.7] is quite suitable for it.
"No.7 is a consumable item, but more expensive than No.15, valued at 200 Crystal Coins."
Sister Liu's introduction came timely.
Such a price made Li Pu keep his distance for now.
Currently, he didn't have the capital for purchasing, so he mainly focused on viewing.
Spending about ten minutes, he basically viewed all the inscription cabinets.
Aside from mass-produced inscriptions, there were some wild inscriptions, which are dropped by magical beasts.
Overall, the various functions made Li Pu gain a bit of insight, but based on the scarecrow's conditions, he most admired [Xidu No.7].
Just a pity, despite having half a summoned beast's bloodline, he's not truly a summoned beast.
He tried just now, and the inscriptions were ineffective on him, unable to integrate into his body.
However, he believed he could give equipment a try, whether it's for the Summoner or the summoned beast.
Yet after looking through all the equipment, Li Pu was a bit disappointed.
They were mostly cold weapons like swords, whips, and staffs—too ordinary.
Gun-based equipment was relatively rarer, because unless it's special mechanical types of summoned beasts, generally other types couldn't drive gun-based equipment.
As for canes or scissors-type weapons he hoped to find, there were none.
In the cultivation materials section, Li Pu paid special attention.
After discovering the effect of sacrifice, he no longer considered using cultivation materials on the scarecrow.
But a small portion of cultivation materials were actually derived from magical beast relics.
So what caught his attention was this point.
The result was quite regrettable; the cultivation materials in this warehouse seem to be relatively ordinary.
Even the magical beast relic type wasn't from any powerful magical beast.
Judging by experience so far, only relics from powerful magical beasts might have preserved adequate vitality over time.
Among several shelves, he found none related.
The remaining type was solely skill light spheres.
Unlike the random skill light spheres distributed by the school, these spheres encapsulated designated skills.
And the number was few, only about ten overall.
Li Pu, full of hope, casually picked up the first light sphere, and his expression immediately turned unsightly.
Not mentioning what skills were contained inside, primarily the message [Cannot be acquired] denied him at the front door.
"Are you interested in skills?"
Seeing Li Pu's distinctive expression, Sister Liu reminded from the side.
"But skill light spheres are quite pricey."
"Because people prefer to hold onto spheres and await opportunities for exchange; unless short of money, rarely do they sell them off."
Li Pu didn't pay attention to her words, quickly picking up a second light sphere.
[Cannot be acquired]
[Cannot be acquired]
[Cannot be acquired]...
Identical words on each left him a bit helpless.
After ten probes, he concluded one thing.
Skills with any requirements related to characteristics/type/race, he simply couldn't acquire.
Until touching the last skill light sphere, Li Pu's expression finally brightened.
[LV1-Imitation (A)]
Active effect: Can copy one passive skill of a companion
Attribute requirement: None
Type requirement: Balanced
Race requirement: None
"This is a great skill!"
He had to admit, this skill was superb.
A-grade quality, truly out of the ordinary.
The key point is that this time [Cannot be acquired] didn't pop up!
Meaning, this skill can be his own.
The "companion" here should refer to different summoned beasts under the same Summoner.
So at least a Summoner with two summoned beasts can utilize [Imitation].
But if Li Pu acquires it, it means he can directly copy the scarecrow's passive.
And isn't it up to him what passive the scarecrow has?
"Of course it's a great skill, currently the most expensive item in our trading post, just added to the warehouse yesterday."
"It's a consignment so no discount given, priced at 500,000 Crystal Coins."
However, Sister Liu's reported price made Li Pu's little hand tremble.
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