Chapter 180 Spiritual Materials

Although I don’t know what agreement the Fooling Shadow and the Candlekeeper have reached.

But there is no doubt that the Leti No. 2 in front of them is the "person in charge" of contact with their Zhuxin Island.

As the person in charge, Leti naturally couldn't let anything happen to the Storyteller, who came on behalf of the Candle Keeper, unless the Candle Keeper himself planned to sell him.

But that's obviously impossible.

This is also where the storyteller’s confidence lies.

Of course, the greater confidence comes from the fact that he knows that he will not die.

What do players have to be afraid of?

No matter what the ancient god Cthulhu is, you will die if you do it!

While following Leti's progress.

The storyteller was also observing the environment here.

Judging from the information revealed just now by the smoking head, this place is called [Shadow Cave], and it is probably a residence of the Shadow of Fool.

But now it seems that this place is not just a simple residence.

It's more like a trading point, or a transit point, a rest stop.

On both sides of the cave, there are many humanoid creatures wearing cloaks and hoods or guys whose outlines are unclear. They sit cross-legged. In front of them is a piece of torn or complete cloth with some strange objects placed on it, waiting for them. For the purchaser's visit.

Of course, since the Shadow Cave is very dark, they will also place candles or torches around them to illuminate and remind people who come and go that there is a stall here.

And just as the Storyteller followed Leti onward.

He suddenly caught a glimpse of another Leti walking over from the opposite side, let's call him "Leti No. 3"

And, what is surprising is that Leti 3, who looks exactly like Leti 2, does not seem to have a good relationship with Leti 2.

"Haha, you really brought these evil candle spirits..."

"Don't waste your efforts."

Leti No. 3 looked at the storyteller and said, although he was smiling, he was obviously mocking.

"Thank you for your concern."

"At least I can still try in vain, right?"

Leti No. 2 didn't take his ridicule seriously, but responded with a smile.

After hearing his words, Leti No. 3, who had been smiling just now, obviously had a frozen smile, and then left the two of them without saying a word.

Look at the scene happening in front of you.

The storyteller was a little confused. He looked at Leti No. 2 and then at Leti No. 3. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that the scene in front of him was extremely awkward.

He naturally thought of the Leti that Li Miao had encountered before and what happened next.

After thinking for a moment, the storyteller couldn't help but ask Leti: "You... all look the same?"

Upon hearing this, Leti glared at him with some displeasure.

"What do you mean, they all look the same? Are you face-blind? There's obviously a huge gap, right? Can he be as handsome as me?"

After entering his own territory, the Shadow Cave, it was obvious that Leti had straightened up a lot, and his attitude towards the storyteller was not as polite as before.

Changed face.

"..." Storyteller.

Seeing his speechless look, Leti could only sigh and shake his head: "Forget it, expecting you blind guys to be able to tell the difference is just a dream."

Blind and blind...

The storyteller was speechless again.

"Then you are all called Leti? How do you distinguish each other by titles?" the storyteller asked curiously.

Leti glanced at him and asked, "Do the fish in the school still need to be named to distinguish each other?"

"..." Storyteller.

Should I say it or not, it makes sense.

But looking at it this way, "Leti" may not be a name, it is more like the name of a group or species...

There should be some unique way of distinguishing between them, maybe...smell?

"Okay, don't try to find out more, I can only reveal this to you."

Leti stretched and spoke lazily.

"Now that the controller of the candlelight has sent me a smart person, I can relax a little and won't have to deal with you."

"...You heard it just now, this place is called the 'Shadow Cave'."

"It was originally a place where shadow things were rampant, but now, this is our territory..."

With that said, Leti came to an open space and stopped.

"You can set up a stall here to sell things to other people, or you can buy things from other stalls..."

“I suggest you go to our booth and buy it, they have everything there and the most important thing is to be able to buy the information.”

"Don't worry, compared with these small vendors, what we value most is integrity, integrity, and trustworthiness when buying."

Leti pointed to the most conspicuous and largest stall in the shadow cave and showed a formulaic polite smile.

"But the premise of everything is that you have enough money."

While listening to Leti's words, the storyteller was also observing the environment of the Shadow Cave.

Although Leti said it nicely, in fact, in his opinion, the scale here was not large, with only a few vendors in twos and threes.

Even Leti's stall looked very crude, looking like a small tent made of rags.

"...What is the 'money' here?" The storyteller withdrew his gaze and said after thinking for a moment.

"Spiritual material."

Leti responded and took out a ball of dim white light from his hand. If you look closely, you can see that it is actually a small white object similar to firewood.

"Spiritual materials can be very solid. The more powerful the Fire of Life, the more spiritual materials it can solidify and the greater its value. And its quality cannot deceive your Fire of Life."

Having said this, Leti still looked at him and said as if he meant something:

"In the former burning land, after the fire burner extinguished other fires of life, he could extract the remaining power and turn it into spiritual materials to strengthen his own fire of life..."

"But you guys... seem different, um... I don't know why."

"You have to go back and ask your candle keeper."

"Here, I'll give you one. It's a small help from me."

Leti also kindly gave the storyteller a spiritual tip.

[Obtained: Unknown item × 1]

Still can't get the details.

"Thank you." The storyteller responded politely: "I will ask when the time comes."

Normal people will definitely become suspicious after hearing what Leti just said.

The same is true for Leti.

After killing other fire-burners, they extract their power and turn it into spiritual materials, but these candle spirits only have so-called "wax oil". Is this a problem?

Is it possible to enrich one's own pockets?

Is this behavior right?

Of course.

I'm a bad gamer, but if you don't give me all the instant drops, are you going to make me blame myself for the trouble of touching the corpse after I finish playing?

Lining one's own pockets, what to line one's pockets? It's obviously a game mechanism.

If the game Lingzhu didn't have the "game currency" of wax oil, it would probably have been destroyed long ago.

Therefore, this seems very normal to the storyteller, and he just thinks about it and puts it behind him.

Leti looked at the other person's expression as usual and felt a little suspicious.

Something's wrong, this kid looks pretty smart, why doesn't he understand?

If you don’t ask me, how can I provoke a relationship between you and the person who controls the candle spirit?

Or is it that the relationship between the candle spirit and the candlelight controller is not what he thought?

Leti was full of questions, but couldn't speak directly.

"If we don't have spiritual materials for the time being, we should be able to barter directly with certain items, right?"

the storyteller asked.

"Of course, if they want to."

Leti spread his hands and then started selling again.

"If you don't want to be cheated, you can go to our booth, where we can provide you with fair and impartial value measurement services..."

"Okay, is there anything else you can let me know?" The storyteller didn't listen to his sales pitch and asked directly.

Leti is obviously not a fool. He is willing to tell him some simple information, but he is tight-lipped about some important information. In this case, it is better to ask directly.

"Well, it depends on what price you can afford." Leti stroked his chin and laughed.

"Then I'm leaving. I'll come back to you when I need you." The storyteller turned around and planned to leave.

"Alas, what's the rush?" Seeing this, Leti quickly grabbed him.

When the storyteller heard this, he thought he had some free information and planned to tell him.

But Leti is obviously not such a good person.

He just wanted to come into the hands of the storyteller [The Fool's Laughter], and then play with his badge for a while.

"Okay, from now on, you can use your power to call in it and you can send me a message."

"Of course, as for whether I can hear it...that's another question."

With that said, Leti walked into the shadow between the rocks with a smile and disappeared.

"This should be regarded as the 'black market' in the dynamic plot, right?"

The storyteller thought for a while.

He originally planned to leave here and go back to hand over the task to the candle keeper.

But after thinking about it, he decided to take a stroll here first to see the situation.

…

"Brother, where are you from?"

"..."

"Are you a salary earner? I know a colleague of yours."

"..."

"Why don't you speak? Could it be that you have been cursed?"

"..."

"Brother, you..."

"..."

"Do you want to buy it? If you don't buy it, get out!"

The stall owner under the cloak was so annoyed by the guy in front of him that he couldn't help scolding him with a cold face.

"So he can talk..." The storyteller muttered, and then left angrily.

The stall owners here seemed to be very indifferent and had no desire to talk to him, or in other words, they had no trust in him at all.

In other words, they only want to obtain spiritual materials or exchange for what they want, and do not want to reveal a word other than that to strangers.

Although the storyteller does not have spiritual materials, he can barter for items. Although these stall owners cannot use the trading system, he can choose to [place items] for exchange.

The storyteller feels that if he trades with these stall owner NPCs, he might be able to change their cold attitudes and pry open their mouths to get more information.

Of course, during this time, the Storyteller also went to the stall that Leti pointed to, which was the "official flagship store" of Fooling Shadow. There were indeed a lot of things in there, and some of them he was very interested in.

However, he couldn't afford it or replace it.

The good things are all in the spiritual candle, and NPCs like wax and oil don’t accept them.

"Let's go back first."

After almost finishing understanding the situation of the Shadow Cave, the Storyteller took out the Guizhuling Wax.

…

"The situation is almost like this..." the storyteller explained the situation.

After listening to the storyteller's narration, Rogge nodded calmly, but he was thinking about something.

It was impossible to go directly to the base camp of the Shadow of Fooling. Leti only took them to a place similar to the black market created by the Shadow of Fooling, setting up a stall, which could be regarded as a contact point.

In this place, the power of the spiritual candle was difficult to extend, so Rogge could only obtain the corresponding situation from the storyteller.

But even so, Rogge also obtained a lot of useful information.

The first point is that there are still many people like Leti and the firewood collector who can maintain their sanity in the chaotic world.

The reason why they encountered less before was probably because there were too many "tributaries" in these chaotic areas.

After all, chaos is not just about space, but also time.

Another point is about spiritual materials.

Rogge had heard this word from Master Burton.

[Small piece of residual ash spiritual material]

[Type: consumable]

[Effect: used to maintain the operation of one's own life fire, or slightly increase the temperature of the life fire. 】

【Explanation: After a certain life fire is extinguished, the things that are separated from it by other life fires are the basic fuel that supports the burning of the life fire. 】

After throwing it to the spirit candle, Rogge quickly got feedback.

It can be converted into wax oil, and the difference in essence is not big.

Of course, there are some subtle differences, that is, the efficiency of obtaining spiritual materials is not as good as wax oil, and wax oil can only be circulated on Rogge's side... For example, NPC vendors in Leti and Shadow Cave are difficult to use even if they get it.

About 5 drops of wax oil are a small piece of residual ash spiritual material.

50 drops are a small piece of ember spiritual material, and so on, not much difference.

In general, this trip to Shadow Cave is still a big gain.

Moreover, as the storyteller said just now, there are things worth buying on many stalls.

Thinking of this, Rogge raised his hand directly, and a pile of spiritual materials condensed in his hand, and handed it to the storyteller.

【The special task "Establishing a Contact Point" has completed one stage. 】

[Obtained: Wax oil × 50]

The first thing the storyteller saw was the completion of the special task, but it was only a phased task. This was a long-term task.

In addition, the spiritual materials that Rogge handed to him also arrived.

[Obtained: Small pieces of ash spiritual materials × 10]

[Obtained: Small pieces of ember spiritual materials × 10]

[Obtained: Small pieces of slag spiritual materials × 5]

[Obtained: Small pieces of burning charcoal spiritual materials × 5]

"I need you to buy some information and related items of the shadow cave, and the rest belongs to you."

"You can also give me the wax oil to exchange for spiritual materials."

Rogge nodded slightly at him.

These spiritual materials are not a small amount. They are enough to buy the things that Rogge is interested in in the shadow cave, and there are still a lot left.

Rogge is also more relieved to give them to the storyteller.

Because, based on Rogge's understanding of him, he is very interested in the background of this world and the information of each character. Even if he wants to squander, it is estimated that he will spend it on this.

When he knows, Rogge will know, and other players will know too.

So, it is a sure win deal.

Sorry, sorry, I am a bit stuck, scratching my head for a long time