The event shop, Condemnation!

Inside the city lord's residence.

Lin An lay in a bathtub as a maid massaged him with her soft, delicate hands.

As he enjoyed himself, Lin An also opened the small-scale event shop.

An interface immediately appeared before his eyes, displaying a large number of items available for exchange.

Weapons, pills, armor, cultivation techniques, tools... it had everything.

However, many of these things had realm limits.

Pills, for example, could only be exchanged for ones suitable for use in the Gold Realm at most.

Lin An was not surprised. After all, this was only a small-scale siege event.

A Sin Beast count exceeding a hundred thousand qualified as a small-scale siege.

More than a million qualified as a medium-scale siege.

Once their numbers exceeded ten million, it became a large-scale Sin Beast siege.

Shenglin City would only ever have small-scale Sin Beast siege events at most.

In his previous life, even when all the Sin Beasts in Black Mountain emerged, their numbers had not exceeded a million.

Lin An began examining the items in the shop.

First came the pills.

There were recovery pills, cultivation pills, and enhancement pills-everything one could need.

However, Lin An did not intend to exchange for these pills. After all, the city lord's residence had no shortage of them.

That was until Lin An saw a pill called the [Marrow Cleansing Pill], and his eyes could not help but light up.

[Marrow Cleansing Pill]: Gold Tier special pill. After consumption, allows the user to undergo one marrow and meridian cleansing. Usage restriction: realm must not exceed the Platinum Realm. Can only be consumed once in a lifetime. Points required for exchange: 1 million.

"To think there's even a Marrow Cleansing Pill. Now that's good stuff."

Having undergone a marrow and meridian cleansing once, Lin An naturally knew just how valuable this Marrow Cleansing Pill was.

This was something good that could strengthen his foundation.

However, he was in no hurry to exchange for it. After all, a million points was no small amount. He would first see whether there was anything better.

Lin An continued browsing. Among the pills, only the Marrow Cleansing Pill tempted him.

The cultivation techniques and armor were all for the Gold Realm and would not help him much.

Then came the weapons, which were also all for the Gold Realm. They were naturally excellent for ordinary players, but they did not amount to much for him.

After all, the treasury of the city lord's residence had no shortage of these things.

Finally, Lin An turned to the tools section.

Quite a few things here made Lin An's eyes light up, especially the two most expensive tools.

[Weapon Spirit Embryo]: Special tool. After use, allows you to choose a weapon you desire and bind it to yourself. The weapon starts at mortal grade. Its quality can subsequently be improved by smelting natural treasures, with no limit to its growth. Price: 3 million points. Purchase limit: 1.

[Cultivation Technique Furnace]: Special tool. Can fuse 10 Platinum Rank cultivation techniques that have reached perfection. The resulting cultivation technique possesses growth potential. Price: 1 million points. Purchase limit: 1.

"Good stuff."

Lin An's eyes shone.

Although he currently had no shortage of weapons and could take even Gold Tier weapons from the treasury, that would change.

As his realm continued to rise-or rather, once he reached the Platinum Realm-the resources in the city lord's treasury would no longer help him much.

But the weapon formed from the Weapon Spirit Embryo had growth potential. All he needed to do was feed it various materials, which made things much more convenient.

Then there was the Cultivation Technique Furnace. This thing could actually produce special cultivation techniques with growth potential by fusing ordinary cultivation techniques.

At present, he had only learned one special cultivation technique, One Saber Slash, and it already counted as his trump card.

"Still, although the cultivation techniques produced by this Cultivation Technique Furnace also have growth potential, there's a ceiling to their growth. They still can't compare to One Saber Slash."

But Lin An did not mind. At worst, the next time he encountered a Sin Beast siege, he could just farm more points and exchange for another Cultivation Technique Furnace.

Lin An had already decided to get these two tools, but he still looked through the remaining ones.

[10x Cultivation Card]: Special tool. After use, increases cultivation speed tenfold for the next 24 hours. Effects cannot stack. Price: 10,000 points. Purchase limit: 10.

[Thousand-Li Teleportation Jade Talisman]: Special tool. After use, allows instantaneous teleportation to a designated location within a thousand li. Price: 200,000 points. Purchase limit: 5.

[Substitute Puppet]: Special tool. When you suffer fatal damage, the Substitute Puppet automatically activates and blocks that damage for you. Price: 100,000 points. Purchase limit: 3.

[...]

Looking at these tools, Lin An was sorely tempted. Suddenly, he felt that his five million-plus points were nowhere near enough.

Once he finished washing, Lin An dismissed the maid and began exchanging.

"I'll exchange for the Marrow Cleansing Pill, Weapon Spirit Embryo, and Cultivation Technique Furnace first."

Lin An clicked exchange directly.

[You have spent 5 million points and successfully obtained a Marrow Cleansing Pill, Weapon Spirit Embryo, and Cultivation Technique Furnace.]

Lin An glanced at his points. He had 326,200 left.

"One Thousand-Li Teleportation Talisman, and one Substitute Puppet too. That leaves 26,200 points. I'll exchange for two 10x Cultivation Cards, then convert all the remaining points into attribute points." Lin An began making the exchanges.

Points could be exchanged for attribute points at a rate of 100 points for 1 attribute point. His remaining points only let him exchange for 62 attribute points, but that was better than nothing.

Looking at his points, now down to just two digits, Lin An closed the event shop.

He put away the Thousand-Li Teleportation Talisman, Substitute Puppet, and 10x Cultivation Cards. These were all good lifesaving items.

Next, Lin An picked up a fist-sized stone that resembled white jade. This was the Weapon Spirit Embryo.

[Player has used the Weapon Spirit Embryo. Please select the weapon it will take the form of. The player may also create their own.]

An interface appeared, displaying thousands of weapon templates. Lin An could even sculpt a weapon's shape himself.

Lin An had no intention of sculpting one himself. With his skills, he feared he would ruin it.

After browsing the available templates, Lin An finally chose a Tang-style straight saber template.

[Player selection successful. Generating... generation successful.]

Soon, Lin An saw a spiritual glow rise from the Weapon Spirit Embryo before it finally took the form of a long saber.

Lin An grasped the hilt, and immediately felt a connection between their minds.

He checked the long saber's information.

[Unnamed · Saber]: Mortal grade. This is an ordinary long saber, yet it possesses unlimited growth potential. You can improve its grade by feeding it natural treasures. This weapon is bound to you and has the additional trait: indestructible.

"It even has an indestructible trait?"

Lin An was delighted. That trait alone was already incredibly formidable, enough to qualify it as a divine artifact.

"I'll call you Condemnation. From now on, you'll hunt Sin Beasts with me," Lin An said.

[Player naming successful!]

Hum...

As though it had a spirit, Condemnation trembled slightly in response to Lin An.

Lin An nodded in satisfaction. Although Condemnation was currently only a Mortal Artifact, he could improve it by going to the treasury later and taking some resources to feed it.

After putting Condemnation away, Lin An turned his gaze to a palm-sized incense burner.

This was the Cultivation Technique Furnace.

"What type of cultivation technique should I fuse?"

Lin An opened his panel and began examining it.