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[Damaged Soul Container: Once a vessel for a lich's soul, now it's in ruins and can't house a soul anymore.]
"Can you not use this soul container now?"
Jiang Chen looked at the black ring, unwilling to accept it, and asked.
Dani nodded: "Yes, Master, this soul container is too damaged to hold my soul."
"Then it still needs to be repaired..."
Jiang Chen pondered for a moment and asked again, "If this soul container is repaired, will it be better than yours?"
Dani quickly nodded: "This is a high-grade soul container. If it can be repaired, it will definitely be better than my low-grade one. It can nourish my soul and improve my grade."
"Alright, I'll find a way to fix it."
With that, Jiang Chen placed the black bracelet into his backpack.
He needed to return to the Safe Zone and find a blacksmith to inquire about it.
"By the way, is there anything else in the Underground Palace?" Jiang Chen asked Dani.
"Other things?"
A cold blue light flickered in Dani's eyes, as if she was thinking.
"For example, some treasures that Dika had in his lifetime."
Jiang Chen reminded her with a look of expectation.
"Treasures?"
Dani thought for a moment, then replied, "Master, in Dika's final battle with the Light Church, his body was on the brink of death, and his soul container was almost shattered. Almost everything was destroyed. I can't think of anything he might have left."
"Is that so?"
Jiang Chen said with a slight disappointment, "Alright then, you go into the space first, we're getting ready to leave."
With that, he opened the pet space again, allowing Dani to enter.
Afterward.
Jiang Chen, still a bit unwilling to give up, wandered around the Underground Palace. After confirming there was nothing else, he headed directly to the staircase at the entrance.
Climbing up the narrow staircase passage, Jiang Chen quickly reached the exit, feeling the warm sunlight and fresh air outside the cave.
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Just as he stepped out of the cave.
"Roar~"
A beast's roar sounded.
Near the cave entrance, a dozen or so pig-headed humanoid monsters had wandered over without him noticing.
They noticed Jiang Chen emerging from the cave and charged at him swiftly.
[Mad Pigman: LV24.]
"Pig-headed monsters..."
Jiang Chen casually glanced at the information, not even bothering to check their skills. He directly cast a Small Holy Light Apocalypse Array.
Immediately, a hexagram magic array appeared.
All the pig-headed monsters were instantly enveloped by the dazzling light of the array.
-5538! (Double Cast)
Damage numbers popped up above each pig-headed monster's head.
Their health dropped rapidly.
Before they could get close to Jiang Chen, they all fell to the ground.
"Not even dropping loot, wasting my time!"
Glancing at the bodies on the ground, Jiang Chen quickly headed out of the valley.
Avoiding groups of small monsters inside, Jiang Chen reached the entrance to Quiet Valley.
The Mad Rabbitmen that had been dealt with earlier had respawned.
Jiang Chen quickly scanned the area, confirmed a safe route, and effortlessly passed through the group of Rabbitmen.
"Time for you to work!"
Reaching the wide-open land outside, Jiang Chen released the unicorn from the pet space.
Immediately, a white horse with a tricolored horn appeared beside him.
"Neigh!"
It lowered its head, affectionately nuzzling Jiang Chen with its neck.
After using the Pet Divine Stone on the unicorn earlier, it had become particularly close to Jiang Chen.
"Return to Skyward City!"
Jiang Chen quickly mounted the unicorn and headed toward Skyward City.
It took twenty to thirty minutes to walk here.
Now, riding the unicorn back would only take a few minutes!
On the way back, Jiang Chen noticed several unread messages in the chat bar.
All were from Qian Xingtianxia, each inquiring about the lich slave.
It was clear he was anxious.
The most recent message read:
[Qian Xingtianxia: Mortal World Bro, say something, how's the BOSS, and what about the lich slave?]
"Still thinking about the lich slave?"
Jiang Chen smiled slightly and immediately replied:
[Mortal World: The lich slave was a trap set by the BOSS, it's dead, and the BOSS has been killed by me.]
Soon, a message came from the other side:
[Qian Xingtianxia: The lich slave is dead, and the BOSS is dead, does that mean there's nothing left? The BOSS should have dropped something!]
[Mortal World: It did drop something, but it's not very useful. Do you want it? If you do, come find me later, I'm not back in the city yet.]
[Qian Xingtianxia: Of course I want it, let me know when you return to the city, after all, I spent 5000 gold coins.]
"5000 gold? Isn't that just half?"
Jiang Chen chuckled to himself, not saying much, and directly closed the chat interface.
He planned to see if he could repair Dika's soul container after returning to the city. If it couldn't be repaired, he would give the damaged soul container to Qian Xingtianxia.
If it was repaired, he would give Dani's ring soul container to him!
After all, Qian Xingtianxia was indeed wealthy, and there might be opportunities for cooperation in the future!
Then, Jiang Chen rode the unicorn swiftly.
In just a few minutes, a vast, black, towering city wall stretching for thousands of meters appeared before him.
Jiang Chen arrived not far from the city gate entrance.
"No riding inside the city."
Jiang Chen quickly dismounted.
Just as he was about to put the unicorn back into the pet space and walk into the city gate.
Jiang Chen saw a green figure silently appear in front of him.
"Are you Mortal World, little bro?"
This was a man who appeared to be in his thirties or forties, extremely thin, with a long sword at his waist.
Although he wore a simple green cloth shirt, he exuded a unique scholarly elegance.
The information above his head showed only two words: [Wu Ming].
"Sword Saint Wu Ming?"
Jiang Chen's eyes widened, and he uttered a few words in disbelief.
Sword Saint Wu Ming was undoubtedly one of the few NPCs who were considered top-tier in combat power.
In his past life, his deeds were often talked about by players.
Things like slaying a dragon with one sword, defending a city alone against a beast tide, or the saying "One sight of Wu Ming, a thousand swords fall silent"...
Such stories were countless.
He was a figure many players admired greatly.
Even though Sword Saint Wu Ming's looks weren't particularly outstanding, he consistently ranked in the top ten in NPC appearance polls conducted by players.
The reason being, he looked incredibly cool when wielding a sword.
But...
Why was he encountering Sword Saint Wu Ming here?
Was he here to find him?
It was too bizarre!
Jiang Chen was still pondering.
"It seems Mortal World little bro knows me."
Wu Ming said calmly.
"Sword Saint, what brings you to me?"
Jiang Chen was quite puzzled.
"Indeed, I have a reason. I'm here to test killing you."
Wu Ming said slowly, and his aura suddenly changed.
He seemed like an unsheathed sword, exuding an extremely sharp presence.
"Huh?"
Jiang Chen was dumbfounded.
He wondered if he was hearing things.
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