"The Hall of Ten Thousand Laws, where you're headed now, is where the City Lord issues tasks and exchanges resources. Here, as long as you have enough points, you can exchange for most of the things you need," Su Mu said.
Li Shuang nodded, a hint of anticipation stirring in her heart.
But what Su Mu didn't know was this:
For her, theoretically, as long as she possessed sufficient resources, she could exchange for anything she desired through the Heaven and Earth Smeltery.
For her, the Hall of Ten Thousand Laws served more to broaden her horizons, allowing her to see how many cultivation techniques and wondrous items existed in this world, and to select those suitable for her.
The busiest area in the entire City of Ten Thousand Laws was the vicinity of the Hall of Ten Thousand Laws.
As soon as Li Shuang arrived at the Hall of Ten Thousand Laws, she saw a huge water screen at the entrance, displaying various tasks in a continuous loop.
"One low-grade Soul Beast Crystal: Reward 1 point.
One mid-grade Soul Beast Crystal: Reward 10 points.
One high-grade Soul Beast Crystal: Reward 100 points."
Only these three tasks remained pinned at the top.
"The Soul Beast Crystal tasks are long-term tasks; you can exchange them as long as you have the crystals. These three tasks have been like this for a thousand years, and they remain so now," Su Mu explained.
Li Shuang nodded.
She didn't even have the ability to leave the city yet, so earning crystals was out of the question.
However, she had been curious before: the points in the three secret realms were extremely difficult to earn. Where did the points of those geniuses on the leaderboards come from?
Now it seemed.
For most people, the truly stable source of points should be these Soul Beast Crystals.
She would have to visit the Soul Prison sooner or later.
Beyond the three pinned tasks, various other tasks cycled below.
"Submit one fifth-grade Flame Essence: Value 200 points."
"Investigate the disappearance incident at Ghost Lake on the east side of the Soul Prison: Reward 10,000 points."
"Exterminate 100 Wood Spirit Puppets in the northwest of the Soul Prison: Reward 3,000 points."
"Submit a new sword cultivation technique: Value determined by the technique's grade."
"Submit a soul cultivation technique: Value determined by the technique's grade."
"Submit one seventh-grade Soul Pill: Reward 33,000 points."
A dazzling array of tasks.
Li Shuang noted down a few of them in her mind.
Her identity was completely secret now, and in this place, she could fully utilize the Heaven and Earth Smeltery.
Besides these resource tasks from the Hall of Ten Thousand Laws, there were also many cultivators on the streets on either side, bartering items.
For others, what they had and what they could exchange for was fixed.
But for her, as long as she wished, she could exchange for anything.
This City of Ten Thousand Laws was truly the place for the Heaven and Earth Smeltery to shine.
Of course, for now, she wasn't in a hurry to take on tasks.
Points could not be used for transactions with others; they could only be spent in the Hall of Ten Thousand Laws.
Li Shuang's primary goal now was to convert the points she had into actual strength.
Inside the Hall of Ten Thousand Laws, Li Shuang first went to collect a list of exchangeable resources.
"This time, you accidentally learned a soul cultivation method and condensed a Golden Core of the Soul. I suggest your primary goal should be to find a true soul cultivation method for reference," Su Mu reminded her. "Additionally, your application of the soul is still quite rudimentary; I recommend purchasing corresponding secret techniques for cultivation."
After arriving at the City of Ten Thousand Laws.
Li Shuang had truly understood that the soul cultivation methods, rarely heard of on the Southern Orchid Continent, were something everyone on the Central Continent diligently cultivated.
Soul cultivation, in some sense, was far more important than spiritual energy cultivation.
Other secret techniques, she could still strive to obtain on the Southern Orchid Continent.
Only these soul cultivation methods, she feared, were exclusive to the Central Continent.
For this exchange, the primary goal should naturally be a soul cultivation method.
The City of Ten Thousand Laws lived up to its name; the exchange list provided nearly a hundred soul cultivation technique manuals and over a thousand soul secret techniques.
Li Shuang's gaze immediately fell on the soul cultivation method at the very top.
"Heaven and Earth Profound Art."
This cultivation method had only a name, with no description whatsoever.
Yet, the points it required were a staggering one billion!
One billion!
Even the top-ranked individual on the power list probably couldn't afford such a terrifying secret technique.
Li Shuang's mind stirred, and she subconsciously asked the Heaven and Earth Smeltery, "Exchange for the Heaven and Earth Profound Art."
She didn't actually think she could exchange for it; she just wanted to see how many value points this technique held in the Smeltery.
But this time, the Smeltery didn't give a corresponding value point.
"The Smeltery has not recorded the Heaven and Earth Profound Art and does not know its specific grade, so it cannot make a value judgment."
Li Shuang wasn't disappointed. This simple experiment at least let her know that to exchange resources through the Heaven and Earth Smeltery, "cognition" was required.
To a large extent, the Smeltery's cognition was her cognition.
She needed to first possess the cognition of the item she wanted to exchange before she could truly materialize it.
With this thought in mind.
Li Shuang looked at an item: the Record of Wonders.
This was a jade slip that recorded all the wondrous items in the world. Its contents were all-encompassing and perfectly suited for Li Shuang.
But this jade slip required a full 3,000 points.
In terms of price, it was quite expensive.
For others, spending 3,000 points on such a jade slip would likely be a net loss.
But for Li Shuang...
This was the most suitable item for her; in a sense, it was even more important than a soul cultivation method.
The Record of Wonders, Li Shuang was determined to get it.
That left her with only 6,700 points to use.
Li Shuang looked at the soul cultivation methods.
Soul cultivation methods were divided into different grades.
Even the cheapest Yellow-grade secret technique required 5,000 points.
Slightly better soul secret techniques were also very expensive.
Li Shuang had previously thought that her ten thousand points were quite a lot.
Now she realized that such a small amount of points was truly insufficient!
Soul Prison!
To earn more points, she still had to venture out into the world.
Suppressing the urge to leave the city, Li Shuang quickly scanned through the various cultivation techniques.
Suddenly.
She let out a soft exclamation.
Among the many expensive soul cultivation methods, she actually saw one that was worth only one point.
"Heaven-grade Soul Cultivation Method: Rebirth Art. The technique is divided into three stages and can be purchased separately. Beginner stage: 1 point. Can cultivate to the Soul Transformation stage. Advanced stage: 100,000 points. Can cultivate to the Void Refinement stage. Final stage: 100,000,000 points. Can cultivate to the Tribulation Transcension stage."
Each stage of this cultivation method could actually be purchased separately!
Moreover, the beginner stage was practically free.
Li Shuang's heart immediately pounded with excitement.
Su Mu noticed Li Shuang's prolonged pause and quickly said, "You wouldn't be thinking of buying this Rebirth Art, would you?"
Li Shuang couldn't help but nod, "The other techniques are all a bit too expensive."
Looking around, only this Rebirth Art seemed most suitable.
Su Mu said with a wry smile, "Look at the number of people who have purchased this technique."