Yellow Gu Lotus Platform
After refining two yellow-rank Gu, his luck ran out, and all the remaining attempts failed.
The yellow-rank Red Tail Centipede Gu gained a new skill: Earth Escape.
The Ghost Face Spider Gu also gained a new skill: Poison Web.
What Jiang Yiming cared about most wasn't any of that, but the system store!
Now that a Gu had evolved to yellow rank, the store had a few more things for sale.
Two items had appeared on the first floor: a white jade lotus and a bottle of liquid.
He swept his mind over them, and information about both items instantly appeared in his head.
The white jade lotus was called the Yellow Gu Lotus Platform, and its main purpose was to let yellow-rank Gu cultivate on it.
That was right. Once Gu evolved to yellow rank, they could cultivate on their own, but only on a Yellow Gu Lotus Platform.
The liquid was called Human-Gu Connection Water. All he had to do was put a drop in each of the Gu's eyes and his own, and he would gain the Gu's field of vision. Come to think of it, that was pretty good.
He checked the prices. Neither item could be bought with gold, only Gu Refining Points.
The Yellow Gu Lotus Platform cost 500 Gu Refining Points, while the Human-Gu Connection Water only cost 50.
Every time I refined Gu just now, I got five Gu Refining Points, whether I succeeded or failed. I didn't know at first, but that's what they're for!
Purchase the Yellow Gu Lotus Platform!
With a thought, he triggered a system notification.
[The host currently has 258 Gu Refining Points, which is insufficient to purchase the Yellow Gu Lotus Platform. Exchange gold for Gu Refining Points?]
How does the exchange work? What's the rate?
[One gram of gold for one Gu Refining Point. Exchange?]
Well... I'll wait for now.
Now he understood.
Thinking about it in gaming terms, the relationship between gold and Gu Refining Points was like that between diamonds and copper coins in a game.
Diamonds could only be obtained by spending real money, while copper coins could only be obtained through in-game quests.
Both diamonds and copper coins could be used to buy things in the game store, but some things could only be bought with diamonds, not copper coins.
That was how gold and Gu Refining Points worked.
He could guess that later on, there would definitely be things that could only be bought with gold, not Gu Refining Points.
With that in mind, he closed his eyes and used his mind to browse the second floor of the system store.
The system store was in the void, and he could only browse it with his mind.
The second floor sold mostly pills.
Strength Pills, Agility Pills... There were so many varieties that they were beyond counting. The cheapest Agility Pill cost only 100 Gu Refining Points, while the most expensive Virility Pill cost 1,000.
The third floor sold weapons, armor, and the like, with prices ranging from 1,000 to 2,000. Jiang Yiming wasn't considering those things yet, so he didn't look closely.
The fourth floor sold all kinds of secret manuals, with prices that varied wildly. The cheapest, the Eight Directions Fist Manual, cost only 1,000 Gu Refining Points, while some expensive manuals cost many thousands or even over ten thousand.
The fifth and topmost floor had nothing on it.
After looking around, the item Jiang Yiming wanted most was the Yellow Gu Lotus Platform on the first floor. But he only had a little over 200 Gu Refining Points, so all he could afford were the cheaper Strength Pills and Agility Pills on the second floor and the Human-Gu Connection Water on the first.
After hesitating for a moment, he painfully exchanged gold for 800 Gu Refining Points so that the Red Tail Centipede and Ghost Face Spider could cultivate, bringing his total to 1,058.
Eight hundred Gu Refining Points meant 800 grams of gold, leaving him with a balance of only 1,300 grams...
He exchanged his Gu Refining Points for two Yellow Gu Lotus Platforms and a bottle of Human-Gu Connection Water at the system store, leaving him with only eight points again in the blink of an eye.
"Red Tail, Ghost Face, come here."
He beckoned, and the two Gu instantly appeared before him.
At a thought from him, they obediently raised their heads.
Jiang Yiming put drops of Human-Gu Connection Water into both of their eyes, then put two drops in his own.
A burning sensation immediately spread through his eyes, as though they were being roasted by flames!
A full minute passed before the burning sensation slowly faded.
When he opened his eyes, everything before him was incredibly clear! His slight nearsightedness had completely disappeared!
The liquid can do that too? If all the nearsighted people in the world found out, they'd probably go crazy trying to get their hands on it...
Of course, restoring his eyesight wasn't the liquid's real purpose.
After applying it, he could indeed see through the eyes of both Gu.
Red Tail and Ghost Face had strange vision: everything they saw looked as though it had an underworld filter over it.
"Although there's not much color, at least I can see clearly."
Ordinary spiders and centipedes had extremely poor eyesight and were practically blind. After evolving into yellow-rank Gu, having vision like this was already pretty good.
Thinking of it that way, Jiang Yiming was quite satisfied.
He also tested the distance and found that the connection between human and Gu had a maximum range of fifty meters.
Beyond fifty meters, he could no longer see what the Gu saw.
The liquid's effect is permanent. That's pretty good value.
He put away the remaining liquid and checked the time. It was already past ten, and he was just about to go to sleep when someone suddenly knocked on his door.
"Jiang Yiming, are you asleep?"
"Not yet." He recognized Sun Qin's voice and immediately went to open the door. "What is it?"
Sun Qin stood there with a worried look on her face. "The boss wants you to come over tomorrow."
"Come over tomorrow? Does your restaurant have cockroaches again?" Jiang Yiming quickly figured out the reason.
Sun Qin shook her head. "I haven't seen any cockroaches, but knowing the boss, I'm worried he'll play dirty when the time comes. If..."
She paused, then continued, "If you really do lose this time and have to pay compensation, we can each pay half. I'm the one who brought you there, after all."
Jiang Yiming laughed when he heard that. "You have so little confidence in me? All right, stop worrying and go back to bed. I won't lose."
Sun Qin wanted to say something more, but stopped herself.
Watching her return to her room, Jiang Yiming finally frowned.
He had only said that to put Sun Qin at ease. Who knew what tricks the boss would use? He wasn't sure of himself either.
"Just to be safe, I need to go take a look!"
Having made up his mind, Jiang Yiming changed clothes and rode out on his bicycle.
As he passed the gold shop, he saw that its sign was gone. Beyond the glass door, the shop was empty; everything had been cleared out.
"Looks like that bunch moved their operation. They were quick! Just as well... Now I can have some peace of mind."