Zhou Chu summoned Elder Sun, who was in charge of treasure management for the Qingyun Sect, to discuss the matter of armor together.
What surprised Jiang Kai was that both Zhou Chu and Elder Sun were not shocked at all by life erosion!
They knew of similar special effects!
"In our view, life erosion is a kind of supernatural power, just like true qi. It belongs to the category of special attacks," Elder Sun said calmly.
"Targets affected by life erosion will have their physical bodies rot, and their vitality will gradually wither away, but they won't die immediately."
"At present, this kind of attack effect has only appeared in an unknown area 90 kilometers away, and as for equipment that can counter this effect, as far as I know, only one piece has ever appeared."
"Oh? It's appeared before?" Zhou Chu spoke up first. "Elder Sun, who has this piece of equipment?"
"The Eastern family!"
"Are they willing to sell it?"
Elder Sun thought for a moment and said, "I haven't heard of them having any intention to sell it."
"Then do they want to trade for anything? As long as our Qingyun Sect can take it out, whatever they want, we'll give it to them!" Zhou Chu said without hesitation.
Elder Sun frowned. He looked at Zhou Chu, then at Han Yi.
Come to think of it, even now he still found it strange. The sect master's attitude today was really a bit odd. Also, with Han Yi's seniority, how could he be involved in the conversation between the two of them…
"Sect Master, the Eastern family has a long and deep heritage. Back then, our Qingyun Sect almost couldn't hold on and only slowly developed later. Their strength is far more solid than ours. The things we have in our hands, they probably won't even look at."
"Unless… the Nine Heavens Immortal-Slaying Sword manual. They would definitely be interested in that, but that's the very foundation of our sect."
Zhou Chu clenched his teeth and was just about to speak when Jiang Kai hurriedly stopped him.
This guy might really take out the Qingyun Sect's treasured heirloom…
"Sect Master, don't speak! Um, Elder Sun, I want to go meet their family head. It's just one piece of equipment. There's no way we can trade real-world cultivation techniques with them, but I can trade something else with them."
"You?" Elder Sun shook his head. "Our entire sect can't come up with something they'd take a fancy to, so what can you take out?"
"Besides, the Eastern family already has a big grudge against you. At that last martial arts matchmaking event, you pushed out their hot candidate. They already said they would teach you a lesson long ago. If you go at a time like this, isn't that walking right into a trap?"
Jiang Kai let out a sigh. He didn't want to mention Chang Siyao's matter again, but that piece of equipment, he had to get it!
After thinking for a bit, Jiang Kai said, "Elder Sun, please help introduce me to them. I'll handle the rest myself."
Elder Sun looked at the sect master, his gaze seeming to ask for his opinion.
"Do as Han Yi says!" Zhou Chu said firmly.
"Alright then, I'll go make the arrangements now. It will probably take two or three days," Elder Sun said, and then left while shaking his head.
After Elder Sun left, Jiang Kai turned to look at Zhou Chu. "Old Zhou, there are two more things. First, I have three sets of weapons. Help me upgrade them."
"This disciple will not refuse!"
"There's no need to talk like that between us…" Jiang Kai said with a dark face. "And there's one more thing. I need a few helpers, ones with stronger strength."
"The place I'm going to this time is extremely dangerous!"
Zhou Chu frowned heavily. "How many?"
"Four."
Zhou Chu showed a troubled expression and said, "Grandmaster, although the ancient martial forces have risen with the help of the Ghost Star for quite a few years now, our Qingyun Sect almost closed down back then. After that, we ran into a few things and barely survived in the end. But after so many setbacks, we missed out on quite a few opportunities during our development."
"In the early years, most of the talented disciples were basically snatched away by other sects. In these past few years, we've developed a bit better. Sun Yuan and the others all have good potential, but they still haven't fully grown yet."
"If I arrange people with high professional levels, most of them will be older folks. As for young and strong ones, they're only around super five…"
Jiang Kai thought for a moment. What Zhou Chu meant was that the Qingyun Sect had lost several crucial decades, so there was now a gap in the strength of its disciples.
"Old Zhou, let's still find some younger ones. After all, I don't know what we'll run into then either," Jiang Kai said after weighing it. "But we have to find ones who can keep their mouths shut."
"Grandmaster, rest assured. Our Qingyun Sect rules are strict. This matter will absolutely not be leaked. I'll go make arrangements right away!"
"Alright, thanks for the trouble, Old Zhou!"
"Grandmaster, do you have the materials for the equipment you need to upgrade? If not, I'll go look in the warehouse."
Jiang Kai smiled and said, "Old Zhou, I have the materials. Here are 50 blood essence stones. I need to upgrade three sets of Nine Tribulations Life-Chasing."
"T-This… Grandmaster, you have so many blood essence stones? But upgrading three sets of weapons won't use that many. Even at the absolute maximum, thirty pieces would be enough."
Jiang Kai smiled slightly. "The rest is your payment."
"How would this disciple dare accept the grandmaster's payment!"
"You don't need it, but the Qingyun Sect does!" Jiang Kai said. "Old Zhou, just take it. I still have more here!"
Under Jiang Kai's repeated insistence, Zhou Chu finally accepted the blood essence stones.
Two days later, Zhou Chu brought all three sets of Life-Chasing over.
Jiang Kai immediately reappraised their attributes. When he looked at the attributes of the three sets of Life-Chasing, Jiang Kai froze for a moment.
"How did they all become tier three?"
Zhou Chu said, "These three sets of Life-Chasing were originally tier one, two, and three weapons. I used some Luban Stones to raise all of them to tier three. Unfortunately, I can only raise them to tier three."
"Luban Stones… those are expensive, right!"
Zhou Chu smiled. "The price isn't low, but it still can't compare to blood essence stones. After all, Luban Stones can only upgrade equipment at the mortal stage."
This Zhou Chu was truly honest. Jiang Kai gave him blood essence stones, and he actually paid out of his own pocket to raise two sets of Life-Chasing to tier three.
On top of the blood essence stone enhancement, the three sets of Nine Tribulations Life-Chasing in Jiang Kai's hands were now all upgraded to tier three artifact level!
Jiang Kai checked the attributes again.
Each Life-Chasing weapon's penetration had increased to 50 points. Most importantly, the critical hit bonus had all been raised from the original 15 percent and 17 percent to 25 percent.
That meant that all four Life-Chasing blades would definitely produce critical hits!
In addition, Life-Chasing gained two artifact special effects.
The first was owner recognition. Jiang Kai could use his mind to control Life-Chasing.
This special effect was just icing on the cake for Jiang Kai.
But the second special effect truly lived up to the power of an artifact.
[Artifact Special Effect 2, Press the Attack. After any one Nine Tribulations Life-Chasing triggers a critical hit, the attacker gains a 50 percent movement speed boost and a 50 percent attack speed boost for 3 seconds.]
"Damn, this special effect is kind of insane!" Jiang Kai said excitedly.
Although the duration was very short, first, it was a passive effect and didn't require Jiang Kai to consume extra energy. Second, the attributes it increased were exactly what Jiang Kai needed, movement speed and attack speed!
In other words, once a critical hit occurred, Jiang Kai's attacks would become faster, and in turn, it would be even easier to trigger critical hits!
It really was pressing the attack, growing braver the more he fought!
Jiang Kai was also greedy. Since Life-Chasing's critical hit rate had increased by such a large margin, he hoped that just three Life-Chasing blades would already guarantee a critical hit.
So he took out his own critical hit ring.
"Old Zhou, help me upgrade this ring to artifact level too!"
"Alright!"
However, just as he finished speaking, Elder Sun came rushing in.
"Han Yi, I contacted the Eastern family several times. At first, they were unwilling to see you, but just now they suddenly sent someone to notify us, telling you to go to the Eastern Guild. They're only giving you half an hour, and they said that if you're late, they won't wait!"
Jiang Kai looked at Zhou Chu and hurriedly said, "Let's talk about the ring after I come back. Elder Sun, please take me over there!"
As soon as Jiang Kai left, Zhou Chu frowned.
"The Eastern family is obviously making things difficult for the grandmaster. No, we have to call a few people over to help the grandmaster hold the ground!"
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