Sorting the Spoils

Zhou You was unaware of this conversation.

He was currently sitting in his cramped rental apartment, carefully taking stock of the spoils from this trip.

You have completed the special scenario: Night Watchman.

You eliminated the scenario's "cause": Liu Shang, and participated in suppressing the scenario's core entity: Jixiang Jimiao Guimu Bodhisattva. You will receive additional rewards.

You have gained 500 Soul Stone.

Your completion rate for this scenario is: Extremely High.

You have gained a large amount of additional Soul Crystal rewards.

Current Soul Stone balance: 1050.

You have gained the reward: Sanchu Decoction.

You have gained a purple-tier item: Guyu Qing.

Effect: When striking this object, regardless of the current time, you can convert the current scene to "daytime." In this state, all "sinister" and "flesh-based" entities will be suppressed to a certain degree.

This item can be used twice per scenario; death will not reset the usage count.

<With jade as the base and white bone as the guide, having been offered before the Buddha for over a hundred years, it faintly exudes a sense of holiness.>

You have gained a special consumable: Three Incense Sticks of Buddha's Birthday (additional reward for eliminating Liu Shang).

Effect: When lighting these incense sticks, they will provide unexpected help based on the current situation (this item cannot be used consecutively).

<The sacrificial incense Liu Shang offered to the Guimu Bodhisattva; the exterior is extremely luxurious, yet it always carries a strange, lingering scent of blood.>

You have gained one opportunity to remove an item's curse (additional reward) (limited to purple tier and below).

Because you suppressed Jixiang Jimiao Guimu Bodhisattva, you have gained a special draw opportunity to randomly obtain one of the divine abilities she possessed.

Please note: Since the player rejected the transaction terms of Jixiang Jimiao Guimu Bodhisattva, this divine ability is in a broken state and requires the player to find their own opportunities to complete it. However, by the same token, this ability will not be affected by the Bodhisattva's "flesh corruption."

The next moment, an object appeared before Zhou You's eyes.

It wasn't a common prize wheel or mechanical device, but rather a Buddhist prayer wheel. It wasn't carved with scriptures or images of Buddha; instead, it was covered in human facial features.

"Is this... asking me to spin it?"

Naturally, no one answered this question.

So, Zhou You could only shrug and give it a casual flick.

The prayer wheel spun rapidly, the facial features flashing by one after another, until it finally came to a slow stop on one specific part.

It was a mouth.

Player has gained the divine ability: Death Curse Sanskrit Sound (Broken).

You can chant the six-syllable mantra to achieve various incredible feats, but please note that each time you chant, it will consume a massive amount of your strength, making it impossible to use consecutively.

Player can now use the soul-suppressing mantra: Om.

Effect: Causes all living beings and external objects affected by the mantra to enter a trance state. The duration of the trance depends on the strength of the target; it is ineffective against entities with strength far superior to your own.

The player can increase the level of Death Curse Sanskrit Sound through various means. When all six syllables of the mantra are gathered, you may even be able to derive the essence of Jixiang Jimiao Guimu Bodhisattva from it.

With that, the system's summary concluded.

To sum it up, there wasn't much, but everything was quite useful.

Zhou You first downed the Sanchu Decoction, the main objective of his trip. He felt the viscous liquid enter his stomach before checking his talents—he had obtained two in this dungeon, though there wasn't much to say about them, so he simply chose to lock in Basic Acting.

The cost to lock in a green-tier talent was much higher than a white one, jumping straight to 260. However, Zhou You could now be considered wealthy, so he chose to confirm without blinking an eye.

As for Five Viscera Connection... much like the Broken Existence from Building Four, its restrictions were simply too severe, so Zhou You chose to ignore it.

Next were the items.

The Guyu Qing looked like a small rice bowl. Overall, it was crystal clear and a very pleasing emerald green. But when observed against the sunlight, one could see countless white fragments floating within, collectively forming a bizarre image.

--It was a human ribcage.

Zhou You tried to flick the edge of the bowl with his finger. The next moment, a wailing sound rang out, and the surrounding environment distorted—scaring him into quickly putting the thing back where it belonged.

The other item was Liu Shang's three sacrificial incense sticks. They lived up to their description; each stick was wrapped in a thick layer of gold paper—not gold leaf—with neat Buddhist scriptures hand-engraved on them. Each character was no larger than a grain of rice, and at the very bottom, a crystal-clear piece of jade was tied.

Zhou You had worked part-time at a jewelry store during summer breaks in the past. Based on his shallow knowledge, the jade used for decoration alone would cost at least five figures.

"Damn capitalist, making even an incense offering so flashy." Zhou You thought for a moment, the corners of his mouth curling up as he reached his claw toward the jade. "--I mean, it shouldn't be a problem if I use this to improve my quality of life, right..."

Respected player, please note: Any act of destruction toward this item will be considered as using it.

--However, the system's cold prompt shattered his fantasies of getting rich.

"...Damn, they really don't leave a single loophole." Seeing this, he could only shake his head and set the incense aside.

The description for this item was very vague, but judging by the text, it should be something similar to the Monkey King's three life-saving hairs. The specific effects would likely only be known when he actually used them.

Next was the opportunity to remove an item's curse.

This was a no-brainer. Zhou You currently had two cursed items on him: the Blood-Stained Knife and the Brass Bell.

Both were actually very useful. The Brass Bell had saved Zhou You more than once, and the speed boost from the Blood-Stained Knife had helped him escape many crises. However, the latter's curse wasn't strong—it just required being doused in blood every half month, and it didn't even specify what kind of blood—chicken or pig blood was still blood, after all—so there was only one choice to make.

"I choose to lift the curse of the Jingrao Bell."

As these words fell, the bloodstains on the bell at his wrist slowly faded away like melting ice and dispersing clouds, while a faint, sobbing sound could be heard in the air.

But it vanished without a trace just as quickly.

Finally, there was the Blood Curse Sanskrit Sound. Using the process of elimination, this should be the greatest gain from this script. Although its effects might seem rather mediocre—perhaps even inferior to Zhou You's own Wuwo Ruding—what made it rare and valuable was its potential for growth, not to mention...

"I can even deduce the essence of the Jixiang Jimiao Guimu Bodhisattva from it?"

"Could it be..."

Zhou You recalled that massive figure, which resembled a demon god, and his brows suddenly furrowed.

"--I can also obtain the power of those strange monsters and evil spirits?"