Tianshu Fragment Collection Plan

That night, Ma Feifei followed Yun Qingyang as they wandered around Dubian Town, catching ghosts and monsters, until they returned to the Mysterious Bookstore late at night, just before dawn.

Unfortunately, the night's Harvest was not ideal. A few ghosts were killed one after another, but no more Tianshu Fragment appeared, which made Ma Feifei a little frustrated.

After washing up and lying down, Ma Feifei couldn't help but think about this 'only' mission again: the Tianshu Collector.

According to the system's instructions, to complete the Tianshu mission, one must first collect ninety-nine Tianshu Fragment. These Tianshu Fragment can be obtained from books of Epic-grade quality or higher. However, Ma Feifei discovered a problem: Heavenly Tianshu Fragment did not appear in the previously available Epic-grade- quality the Analects. This means that not every book of Epic-grade quality or higher guarantees Tianshu Fragment; it's a matter of chance, though Ma Feifei couldn't yet guess the exact probability.

Furthermore, through tonight's ghost-catching trip with Yun Qingyang, Ma Feifei also discovered that the Tianshu Fragment n't obtained with every ghost killed; there's also a chance of getting one.

The two situations above made Ma Feifei realize that this seemingly easy task was actually quite difficult; putting aside everything else, just collecting all ninety-nine Tianshu Fragment from a single book would likely take considerable effort.

"The system said that readers can help complete the task of collecting Tianshu Fragment for each book, but it didn't give any rewards. Does it mean we have to ask people to collect them for free? That can't be right!" Ma Feifei thought to himself, puzzled, recalling the system's hint.

People are selfish, especially in this fantasy world. Expecting everyone to help collect the Tianshu Fragment for free is simply a pipe dream. Moreover, the system hasn't clearly stated whether there are only ninety-nine Tianshu Fragment in a book, or whether there are many more, and Ma Feifei only needs to collect ninety-nine.

What if there are only ninety-nine fragments, and someone else gets the Tianshu Fragment but doesn't give them to Ma Feifei? Wouldn't that mean the book will never have ninety-nine Tianshu Fragment? In that case, the mission would be a complete failure.

Therefore, if we want to ask our readers for help, then a reward is definitely necessary, and this reward must be so compelling that they will think of handing over the Tianshu Fragment to the Mysterious Bookstore the moment they obtain them.

"So this means I have to pay for it myself?" Ma Feifei sighed, lay on the bed, stared at the ceiling with her eyes open, looking utterly dejected.

Ma Feifei felt that this single task might be the most money-losing task he had ever undertaken since opening the store.

The thought of this makes me feel terrible.

When I feel unwell, I feel extremely tired.

Exhausted, Ma Feifei fell asleep...

As a new day dawns, sunlight shines upon the vast land of Dubian Town, and hundreds of thousands of practitioners begin their new day of struggle.

The Mysterious Bookstore was open as usual. Ma Feifei got up very early today and was scribbling on paper and pen while leaning over the cashier counter.

The Bookstore was still packed, with everyone engrossed in reading books of various colors. Zhang Yunji, one of the employees, also picked up a Blue Quality book and stood at the entrance to read. The only sounds in the Bookstore were the rustling of pages and Ma Feifei's handwriting; it was very quiet.

'Hehe~'

'Clang, clang, clang~'

Of course, if you don't pay special attention to the noise coming from the backyard, it is indeed quite pleasant; fortunately, although the backyard is noisy, it sounds like very faint noises inside the Bookstore, and it won't affect Bookstore practitioners reading if you don't listen carefully.

Ma Feifei was actually writing a plan to complete the 'sole mission'. Since Tianshu Fragment had appeared in "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio", Ma Feifei naturally had to hurry up and collect them; firstly, to complete the mission, and secondly, to prevent those vengeful ghosts from coming out of the book to harm everyone.

Those vengeful spirits weren't actually that strong; many cultivators at the Spirit Master level could kill them. But the most crucial problem was that those vengeful spirits were all illusions. Even powerful figures above the Spirit Venerable could only detect their existence through their senses. And even if they did detect them, those powerful figures above the Spirit Venerable still couldn't kill the vengeful spirits because their attacks were ineffective against them and couldn't hit them.

Therefore, in situations like this, the power of the vengeful ghost is amplified infinitely. If Yun Qingyang hadn't created the talisman, even she wouldn't have been able to kill the vengeful ghost.

Of course, those like Gongsun Qiong, who possess Righteous Qi, are a different story.

Thinking of this, Ma Feifei put down his pen and walked to the backyard, where he found Yun Qingyang killing a chicken.

Yun Qingyang seems to be particularly interested in catching ghosts. During the day, he keeps killing chickens to make talismans, and at night he is fully armed and wanders around with Ma Feifei to hunt down those fierce ghosts.

"Qingyang, what are you doing?" Ma Feifei walked over, looked at the dead chickens scattered on the ground, and couldn't help but twitch her lips.

Yun Qingyang, who was bowing her head to bleed, said upon hearing this, "Make a talisman."

Ma Feifei's eyes darted around, and he said, "Qingyang, how about we do some business?"

Yun Qingyang looked up at Ma Feifei and asked in confusion, "What kind of business?"

Ma Feifei pointed to the chicken blood in Yun Qingyang's bowl and said, "You're making talismans, aren't you? Here's the thing, I'm very interested in these talismans, so I'd like to buy some from you; don't worry, this time I'll definitely buy them at a high price!"

"Buy talismans?" Yun Qingyang was a little confused.

This talisman has no other use besides making evil spirits appear.

"You're going to buy them to hunt those strange creatures?" Yun Qingyang asked curiously.

Ma Feifei nodded and said, "That's right."

Yun Qingyang tilted her head and thought for a moment, then opened her palm, revealing a thick stack of talismans. She handed the talismans to Ma Feifei and said, "Here, for you."

Ma Feifei stared blankly at the talisman in Yun Qingyang's hand, momentarily hesitant to take it, and asked, "You... you're going to give it to me?"

Yun Qingyang nodded and said, "Mm."

"It's free?" Ma Feifei asked again to confirm.

Yun Qingyang nodded again.

Ma Feifei was even more frustrated now. It didn't make sense! Given Yun Qingyang's incredibly stingy personality, how could he possibly turn down money? It was completely illogical. However, Yun Qingyang's next sentence made Ma Feifei finally understand the reason.

"From now on, I'll give you the talismans for free, but you have to provide me with the paper for free."

"Paper?" Ma Feifei took the talisman from Yun Qingyang's hand. As soon as he held it, Ma Feifei understood and said, "This is paper from the cashier's counter!"

Yun Qingyang actually used the paper provided by the system to make talismans!

However, the next moment, Ma Feifei's face lit up with joy. The paper provided by the system was unlimited, and there would be just as much no matter how he used it, so there was absolutely no need to worry.

"Alright, deal. From today onwards, your task is to make a large number of talismans. I won't take advantage of you; I'll pay you ten Spirit Crystal for each talisman. Is that acceptable?" Ma Feifei thought for a moment and decided to give Yun Qingyang a little incentive to stimulate her interest in making talismans.

Upon hearing this, Yun Qingyang narrowed his eyes and nodded repeatedly.

"Okay! It's settled then. You keep drawing. If you don't have enough chickens, just let me know, and I'll go find Zhao Xiaodao and ask her to get tens of thousands of chickens." Ma Feifei got up, patted his butt, and ran out of the Bookstore with the talisman in his hand. He was going to find Gongsun Qiong to implement the plan he had been working on all morning.