Treasure Chests and Merit Exchanges

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Forget the Jade Tempering Formula. Even if it meant becoming an Evolver on the spot, Bai Xiaowen would never trade away his sex life for it.

Kitz had put it well: what was the fun in being strong if you no longer had your balls?

Bai Xiaowen put away the Jade Tempering Formula Manual and tallied the team's Merit Points. Together, they had more than twelve thousand.

With Merit Points in hand, it was time to spend some. But Ji Mingjue had stayed in the inner hall with Gu Yulian when Bai Xiaowen and the other three left, so they had no chance to make an exchange yet.

Bai Xiaowen was in no hurry. The four of them held a quick meeting outside the inner hall and decided to open their treasure chests first.

They started with seven Elite Tier Silver Treasure Chests as an appetizer, giving every team member a chance to draw. Three chests came up empty. The other four yielded a total of seven superior psionic crystals and two pieces of blue equipment.

One of the blue items was a jade pendant, a relatively rare accessory. It passively added 40 Life Value, and its active ability could remove one control effect below a priority of 2 plus the wearer's base priority. It was quite good.

Both of Han Xu's accessory slots were empty, so he equipped the pendant.

Then came the main event: five Advanced Boss treasure chests! The chests from Li Yinhua, the Jiuhua Sect Master's eldest disciple, and Gu Zhen, an elder of the Boundless Sword Sect, had C-Tier ratings. The other three Advanced Bosses had died without anyone even