Divine Machine Camp Repeating Crossbowman Token

The talisman was indeed summon-type equipment. After reading its attributes, Chu Danqing did not take it.

Instead, he asked, "What's the awakening limit?"

The other party answered bluntly, "No true spirit."

"Then you'll have to make up the difference." Chu Danqing said calmly, "Add another thousand Paradise Points."

Chu Danqing only had 3,080 Paradise Points left. He still needed to make purchases and unlock some paid Apostle functions.

"Not enough Paradise Points." The other party said lightly, "Five hundred, no more."

"No. You can substitute something else for the value. I'm not picky about what it is, as long as it's worth enough." This time, Chu Danqing did not limit the category.

Being able to trade White Dragon Fish's Roar, this Horse Pike, for something he needed was already a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity.

After thinking for a moment, the other party added a recovery consumable.

Chu Danqing roughly estimated the value and completed the trade immediately.

You sold: White Dragon Fish's Roar; obtained: Divine Machine Camp Repeating Crossbowman Token, Medicated Soup Dumplings ×5, Paradise Points ×500

After obtaining the Horse Pike, the other party turned and left without another word, having no intention of socializing with Chu Danqing.

After all, once he successfully advanced, he would become a first-rank Dimension Apostle and would no longer appear in the Reserve area.

Apostles of different ranks had their own respective areas and rarely interacted unless they formed a faction.

Once an Apostle's rank increased, equipment, items, consumables, and the like that did not match their rank would decrease in value.

For example, ordinary-quality Lesser Fish Marrow Blood could immediately restore 10% of one's health during the Reserve stage, but for a first-rank Dimension Apostle, it might only restore 1%.

They needed Excellent Grade consumables to keep up with their own strength.

Chu Danqing might have a whole pile of Excellent Grade items, but in truth, for the vast majority of Reserve Apostles, even ordinary-quality items were rare.

Only a small number of people could obtain them through high ratings.

Even without the compensated +1 to his overall settlement rating, a B-grade rating already placed him among the top ten percent of Reserve Apostles.

"The duration's a little short, but Excellent Grade equipment is already good enough." Chu Danqing was quite satisfied with the Divine Machine Camp Repeating Crossbowman Token.

Divine Machine Camp Repeating Crossbowman Token

Type: Equipment · Talisman

Quality: Excellent

Durability: 100/100

Divine Machine Camp Military Order (Active): Consumes 20 Energy Points to summon a Repeating Crossbowman to fight for you. Lasts 10 minutes. Cooldown: 30 minutes.

Equipment Requirements: 5 Spirit, 25 Energy Points

"With a Repeating Crossbowman, my ranged combat is covered."

"I was originally thinking of training my own ranged combat. Now that's settled—I can skip it entirely." Chu Danqing had to revise his role again.

Previously, he had positioned himself as a ranged shooter. Now that he had a superior replacement, he could only choose support and healing.

In truth, he knew he should become a jack-of-all-trades, someone who could fill any position for a few minutes.

However, he had nothing on hand, so he could only cross the river by feeling for stones.

As for the Medicated Soup Dumplings consumable, its recovery effect was not bad.

Medicated Soup Dumplings ×5

Type: Consumable

Quality: Ordinary

Effect: For each whole soup dumpling consumed, immediately restore 1% health.

What the other party gave him was not five dumplings, but five steamers, with ten dumplings in each steamer.

If Chu Danqing had not seen that the man truly had nothing left to squeeze out, he definitely would not have accepted them.

That man absolutely still had Paradise Points on him, but he would not take them out again.

He needed to save those Paradise Points to awaken the true spirit of White Dragon Fish's Roar. Otherwise, why would he buy equipment containing a true spirit for no reason?

The advantage of Medicated Soup Dumplings was that they could restore health immediately, but they also had a drawback: each individual dumpling restored too little.

In battle, only Da Bao's huge mouth could swallow an entire steamer in one bite. Even if Chu Danqing could stuff ten soup dumplings into his mouth at once, he would still choke badly.

They had their advantages too. Once separated, they were more flexible to use.

"Saved another expense."

After seeing off the seller, Chu Danqing took out his notes and began reviewing.

Since he was setting up a stall, idleness was idleness. Reviewing the old to learn the new was quite useful for consolidating his knowledge system.

He had wanted to wander around, but unfortunately, Da Bao's intelligence level made it far too difficult for both Da Bao and the customers to have him watch the stall.

Before long, several more groups came to ask about prices. Most had their eyes on the Wolf Fang Necklace, but none of their offers satisfied Chu Danqing.

Some also came for Regret of the Kin-Eater, but their offered prices likewise did not suit Chu Danqing's wishes, so the trades could only fail.

Chu Danqing was not in a hurry. As far as he was concerned, he had plenty of time.

Da Bao, on the other hand, truly suffered a little by staying beside Chu Danqing.

He did not rely on experience or technique in battle, but on instinct and intuition, so he did not need tempering.

Thus, Chu Danqing trained the quality and quantity of his Blood Rage Power, among other things.

Da Bao's intelligence was insufficient, so learning was extremely difficult for him. Chu Danqing, however, patiently taught him again and again without growing tired of it.

For someone in Da Bao's situation, everything acquired later in life had to be repeated over and over, until practice made perfect.

Combat Intuition, this skill born from Beast Instinct, had likewise emerged from countless repeated practices until practice made perfect.

Yet it was not simply practice making perfect. It had also grafted Da Bao's original potential onto something else, gained at the cost of his original skill that enhanced the bleeding state.

Da Bao clumsily practiced according to Chu Danqing's guidance. His progress was slow, but he was extremely diligent, without the slightest slackness.

"Having someone guide you and having no one guide you are completely different."

"My level is so far below the Holy Child's that it's almost unbearable to look at." Chu Danqing mocked himself.

Da Bao had grown so quickly in the Training Room not because Chu Danqing was particularly capable, but because the Holy Child had personally taught Chu Danqing hand in hand how to nurture and train him.

Now that he no longer had the Holy Child, an A-grade Basic Skill instructor, his level immediately returned to what a Basic LV5 level should have been.

"Pack up the stall. Let's go back and rest. We'll come again tomorrow." Chu Danqing checked the time.

Da Bao also let out a sigh of relief. At last, he did not have to practice anymore. His slow progress had made him frustrated too.

Chu Danqing had noticed this, which was why he said it.

Cultivation required a proper balance between tension and relaxation.

If one remained constantly wound tight, mistakes would only increase, and it would also affect Da Bao's state of mind.

Before returning, the two of them also bought food, daily necessities, and so on.

Back in the Training Room, Dimension Paradise had provided all of those things. Now that they had left it, they could only buy them themselves.

The things they bought were produced and manufactured by Life Apostles for daily needs. They had no panel attributes and provided no bonuses, so they were very cheap.

After buying a huge pile of things, they had only spent 80 points.

The personal room provided by Dimension Paradise contained only one bed, bedding for one person, and a bathroom—nothing else.

He and Da Bao still had to live there for twenty days before entering the Trial World. Without making purchases, it would be difficult to get by.