Chapter 328: Chapter 274: Foreign Object in the Soul

’Shameless!’

Zhang Tai cursed inwardly. When Su Ze didn’t need anything, he’d address him informally, but now that he was asking for a favor, he immediately switched to the more respectful "Mr. Gu."

After hearing Su Ze’s explanation, Gu Chengguang was taken aback. ’Wondrous items can be used to upgrade skills?’

Upon reaching the Saint level, everyone gained the ability to upgrade their own skills and would develop a sense for suitable upgrade materials.

However, an ordinary Saint-level powerhouse’s sense was very weak; they could only detect materials upon close contact, unlike Su Ze, who could sense them from several meters away.

But this kind of sense was rarely wrong. Since Su Ze had felt a reaction, it meant this wondrous item would indeed enhance his abilities.

Gu Chengguang pondered for a moment before saying, "Go ahead and take it. You can just pay back the contribution points slowly over time."

If it had been a Tier 5 wondrous item like the Eye of Dream Weaving, Gu Chengguang might have been reluctant, but the Eye of Insight... although it was also a Tier 5 wondrous item, there weren’t many opportunities to use it.

Its function was too limited, and it had been collecting dust in the national treasury for a long time.

That being the case, he might as well use it to do Su Ze a favor and, in the process, deepen his bond with Dongli.

Gu Chengguang knew that Su Ze was not a native of Dongli. What little sense of belonging he had for the kingdom came from the help Dongli had provided him as he grew, and the fact that those close to him, Liou Wenxin and Sun Xiayun, were from Dongli.

As for Dongli’s other new Guardian God, Mr. Ya, anyone could see that he only remained in Dongli because of Su Ze.

Su Ze was simply too important to Dongli right now. As long as they maintained a good relationship with him, it was equivalent to keeping two Guardian Gods.

Therefore, Gu Chengguang didn’t hesitate to invest more heavily in Su Ze.

Su Ze, of course, didn’t stand on ceremony. He offered his thanks and left the Dongli National Treasury.

He didn’t rush back to absorb his newly acquired upgrade materials. Instead, he flew directly toward the largest Evolutionary Technology store in Dongping City.

He had arranged to meet Xu Sheng there. Today, Xu Sheng had specially gathered all the Tier 4 and above materials from every store in Dongli for Su Ze to choose from.

Su Ze planned to gather all the materials first and then absorb them all at once.

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Arriving at the Evolutionary Technology flagship store in the center of Dongping City, Su Ze immediately saw a large red banner stretched across the entrance. It read: "A Warm Welcome to Guardian God Su Ze on His Visit to Our Store."

’This guy...’ Su Ze shook his head helplessly. Xu Sheng still loved to put on these kinds of displays.

To avoid attracting attention, however, Su Ze had specifically used the Hundred-Change Mask to alter his appearance this time.

The store was already packed both inside and out. Many people were camping out, waiting for Su Ze to appear.

Su Ze easily squeezed into the store. His Perception Tentacles immediately located Xu Sheng in the reception room at the back. He effortlessly avoided everyone’s line of sight and went straight to the reception room.

Xu Sheng jumped in fright when someone suddenly appeared in the reception room. But when he saw Su Ze remove his disguise and reveal his true face, he immediately stood up and said respectfully, "Mr. Su, your presence brings light to my humble establishment!"

"Alright, enough with the pleasantries. Where are the materials?" Su Ze cut straight to the chase.

Xu Sheng then began to take out one storage item after another...

On Blue Star, all storage items were crafted from the fruit of the Tier 5 Spiritual Plant, Qiankun Wood. Their internal space was limited, so Xu Sheng had to bring more than ten of them just to carry everything.

Su Ze checked the storage items one by one. To ensure he didn’t miss a single material, he emptied their contents onto the table and moved close to each item to sense it.

Whenever he found a material that reacted to him, he would set it aside.

Soon, Su Ze had sifted through more than half of the materials and had picked out four or five enhancement materials. However, not a single upgrade material that gave him a strong reaction had appeared yet.

As Su Ze emptied the contents of another Storage Ring, he suddenly stiffened. His gaze was immediately drawn to a black stone among the items!

"What is that?" he asked, pointing to the black stone.

"It’s a rare ore called ’Magnetic Drill.’ It’s a Tier 4 material that only appeared after the start of the Era of Evolution, and it possesses a powerful magnetic property," Xu Sheng explained briefly.

After an evolutionary rain, it wasn’t just humans, animals, and plants that changed; many strange and unusual ores also appeared underground. The most common of these was Attracting Stone Ore, which could be used to make extractors.

These ores had various functions, and people graded them just like evolutionary materials based on their properties.

As a Tier 4 ore, "Magnetic Drill" was already considered quite rare on Blue Star.

This was likely because it had only been a thousand years since the Era of Evolution began on Blue Star, not enough time for a large number of high-tier ores to form.

Hearing Xu Sheng’s explanation, Su Ze roughly guessed that this Magnetic Drill was the material that could upgrade his "Gravity Dust Sand" skill!

’Excellent, I’ve found two upgrade materials! I can upgrade at least two skills!’ Su Ze was inwardly pleased. This was going more smoothly than he had imagined.

Among the remaining materials, Su Ze found another two or three enhancement materials, but he didn’t come across any more upgrade materials.

All told, he had obtained one upgrade material—the "Magnetic Drill"—and seven enhancement materials here. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

For all of this, Su Ze paid a total of over ten million points.

Once the transaction was complete, Su Ze wrote out another list and handed it to Xu Sheng, saying, "Help me keep an eye out for the extracts on this list."

The list was full of items Liou Wenxin had written down for him—extracts containing the superior skills he needed. These extracts were all high-grade Tier 4, and not easy to collect.