#69Chapter 22 National TreasuryAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
The treasure chest dropped by the Azure Dragon Python contained two items, one purple and one blue.
The purple quality sea god's tear confirmed Mu Yang's thoughts, but unfortunately, the item he opened was not the "Unfixed Storm" he most anticipated. However, the sea god's tear's effect was also very strong.
Not only could it increase the recovery speed of magic power, but it could also store magic power. The only minor drawback was that the affinity it increased was not for light or fire elements.
But it was harmless. With Mu Yang's current Sun and Light affinity, even a Tier 2 Contractors should not be able to surpass him.
Increasing elemental affinity is quite difficult. For ordinary mages, breaking through 10 points of affinity in Tier 1 is already very strong. Only some special items can temporarily or permanently increase affinity.
However, Mu Yang seems to have a special connection with elements, often opening equipment and items that increase elemental affinity. Although most of them are not useful to him, these types of items are definitely very popular.
And the Shadow of Annihilation is a group of anomalies. The elemental affinity of these guys is probably the highest on average in the entire void, high enough to make mages envious, jealous, and hateful.
However, there is a trade-off. As a price, Annihilators cannot learn spells, so having such high elemental affinity can only be used to summon realm lightning to strike themselves.
But it is precisely because they chose to become the Shadow of Annihilation and fight to protect the elements that the elements are so close to and favor them, so there is nothing to regret.
"Heavenly Thunder Strike" was also acceptable in Mu Yang's opinion. It was a range-type lightning spell with decent damage, and its price would not be too low.
Finally, Mu Yang took out a crimson card.
Because this card came a bit inexplicably, and many things happened during that time, he almost forgot about it.
[Yes/No to use 'Crimson Card']
[Hint: 'Crimson Card' is obtained with a certain probability after killing a Contractors. After use, a random draw will be performed.]
[Hint: Each 'Crimson Card' has three drawing opportunities, and will randomly draw items or equipment from the deceased Contractors' storage space or worn equipment.]
Choosing to use it, the crimson card gradually dissolved, turning into a pale red liquid that floated in mid-air.
The pale red liquid suddenly began to spin rapidly, forming a vortex in front of Mu Yang.
One end of the vortex was just large enough for a hand to fit in, and he reached his hand inside.
Considering that the person who dropped the crimson card was a gunman, Mu Yang tried to choose things that resembled the shape of a gun.
After some fumbling, his fingers touched a hard object, like a metal creation.
Holding the item, he pulled his hand out of the blood-red vortex, and the Reincarnation Paradise's prompt appeared.
[You have drawn a Toy Pistol (No Grade)]
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Mu Yang looked suspiciously at the blood-red vortex in front of him, and not believing in evil, he reached his hand into it again.
[Obtained Brandy (Green)]
[Obtained White Ox Horn (White)]
He didn't draw anything good, but it definitely wasn't his luck that was the problem; it was clear that the gunman was too poor, so the upper limit was there.
With everything opened, Mu Yang got up and walked out of the outpost.
Due to the fierce battle last night, almost half of Mingdu City was in ruins. Many Soul Master with earth and wood attribute martial souls were rushing to rebuild the city, while residents temporarily set up tents outside for a few days.
The residents had some complaints about living in tents outside the city, but these complaints were not directed at Mu Yang, but at the Evil Soul Masters.
They angrily denounced the Evil Soul Masters for being so reckless as to dare to kill people in Mingdu.
Fortunately, the great Sun God had long seen through their schemes and, using their own plan against them, annihilated all Title Douluo-level Evil Soul Masters in one fell swoop, which spared them, the ordinary people, from disaster.
Ah ~ Praise the Sun!!
After leaving the outpost, Mu Yang went straight to the Sun Moon Empire imperial palace.
"Your Majesty, Sun God."
The many ministers, and even the Emperor, who were holding an early morning meeting, all knelt down in unison and shouted praises to the Sun God the moment they saw Mu Yang.
"Rise."
Again, an invisible force familiar to them lifted everyone.
Due to Mu Yang's arrival, the morning meeting had to be temporarily suspended.
The ministers signaled to Emperor Xu Yunren with their eyes, indicating that they should first ascertain the Sun God's purpose and then do their best to satisfy Him.
Everyone was unsure of the Sun God's true nature, so they could only be cautious to avoid offending Him.
Otherwise, if the Sun God were to unleash a scorching sun from the heavens, causing the Sun Moon Empire to disband on the spot, they could only consider themselves unlucky.
"Your Majesty, Sun God."
At this moment, Xu Tianyang stepped out from among the imperial princes and respectfully greeted Mu Yang.
He was also a bit uneasy at this time, worrying whether it was inappropriate for him to suddenly step forward and acknowledge Mu Yang.
After all, although Mu Yang was strong at first, he was still only a Limit Douluo in the perception of the world. But now, he was an unapproachable deity in the eyes of all beings, possessing unimaginable power.
"Tianyang."
Mu Yang instantly appeared in front of Xu Tianyang and patted his shoulder, which greatly calmed Xu Tianyang's tense heart.
He was a person who kept his promises; he would try his best to do what he promised, and if he couldn't do it, he wouldn't promise. He also detested those who broke their trust.
Of course, special circumstances were an exception. When dealing with certain unscrupulous people, he could also appropriately lower his own bottom line.
When the many ministers saw this scene, they had been hesitating which imperial prince or princess to side with after Xu Tianran, who had the most hope of becoming the Crown Prince, fell from power due to his cooperation with the Evil Soul Masters.
Now it seemed, there was no need to hesitate; putting all their support behind Xu Tianyang was the right choice!
After chatting with Xu Tianyang for a few moments, the current Emperor of Sun Moon, Xu Yunren, dared to step forward and invite Mu Yang to admire the palace scenery, but in reality, he wanted to take Mu Yang to the national treasury to pay the protection fee.
At the same time, he tentatively asked what He needed, stating that as long as the Sun Moon Empire had it, even a 100,000-year Soul Beast would be captured for Mu Yang.
Mu Yang thought for a moment and, embracing the idea that "a true master always has the heart of an apprentice," asked the other party for information related to cultivating the Sun martial soul from the royal family, to see if there was anything worth learning from.
Upon hearing Mu Yang's request, Xu Yunren naturally would not refuse, and immediately ordered his subordinates to bring all available information related to the Sun martial soul.
"Your Majesty, Sun God, this is the national treasury of the Sun Moon Empire. Please feel free to take anything you find useful."
"Alright."
While the information was still being prepared, Mu Yang first followed Xu Yunren to the national treasury.
The Sun Moon Empire's national treasury mostly contained very rare and powerful metals, as well as ninth-grade soul tools, etc. Moreover, most of them had not been notarized, and it would take an unknown amount of time to examine each one carefully.
Mu Yang casually scanned through them and put all the notarized items into his storage space. There were only 6 items in total, 3 blue and 3 green in quality.
Among them was a Soul Bone of about 60,000 years, which, according to the description, originated from a phoenix-like bird with phoenix bloodline.
Its attributes were compatible with Mu Yang, but he did not plan to use it. His own body was better and he would not feel uncomfortable.