coobybook Chapter 73 Equipment
Chapter 73 Equipment
Thankfully, the glow-in-the-dark feature can be turned off; otherwise, it would be too attention-grabbing when we go out!
"You oiled this gourd? It looks shinier now." Fan Zichen noticed and asked, glancing at it.
Li Muyang's face darkened: "Why would I put oil on this thing when I have nothing better to do?"
"Maintenance!" Wang Yifei pulled out a set of maintenance equipment and spread his hands: "Don't you know that any magical artifact needs maintenance?"
For a moment, Li Muyang was speechless. It seemed to make some sense. Should he get one too?
All three of them bought spirit beast gourds, but there are no spirit beasts inside yet, just some ordinary poultry. These things don't take up spirit beast slots, so they'll keep them for now to add some life to the gourds.
Because spirit beasts are not so easy to obtain, you either have to go to a special spirit beast breeding base, explore those secret realms, or if you are lucky, you might encounter a wild spirit beast.
The first risk is almost non-existent. The spirit beasts in the breeding base are relatively gentle and friendly to humans. The downside is that they may be a bit weak in the early stages.
The second one... is the riskiest! It's very dangerous unless you have an elder to guide you, but high risk, high reward.
The third one really depended entirely on luck.
With a smirk, Li Muyang, along with Shennong Beast and Xiaobai, crawled into the spirit beast gourd.
At first glance, there's no difference; it's still the same farm. But upon closer inspection... Holy crap!
What used to be a farm is now a miniature world! And there's an extra system configuration; according to the data above, the space in the spirit beast gourd has expanded to cover half the territory of China!
The terrain isn't fully developed yet; it only has plains, but the soil is very fertile, enough for Shennong's beast to grow vegetables.
Water is not a problem; it has its own ecosystem with small rivers and streams.
This has truly become my world.
Besides the terrain, the concentration of spiritual energy in the spirit beast gourd has also increased significantly, which makes Shennong Beast feel very comfortable.
Xiao Bai didn't care about that; she was more concerned about whether there was enough space! It was fine as it was now; she could move around freely!
After such a long period of existence, coupled with Li Muyang's breakthrough to the Golden Core stage, Xiaobai has also entered adolescence. Although the total amount of primordial spiritual energy in her body may be less than Kurama's chakra, its quality is high! Moreover, her size after growing larger is now almost there!
She just usually likes to shrink down and snuggle in Li Muyang's arms or on his shoulder.
But getting some exercise occasionally is a good thing.
Let Xiaobai roam freely, while Shennong Beast and Li Muyang continue to study the remaining changes.
After experiencing it, I finally understood the evolutionary effects of the spirit beast gourd. Firstly, the space becomes larger, secondly, the concentration of spiritual energy increases, and thirdly, the flow of time between the gourd world and the outside world can also be changed, with the maximum ratio being 3:1.
However, Li Muyang still had some complaints about the environment; the plains were too monotonous!
Can't we add some other environments? Plains are only suitable for farms!
"Be content! Host, you only spent 3000 Origin Stones, what more could you want?" Goose Boss complained speechlessly. "If you really want other natural environments, you'll need to find suitable materials, right? You can't create so many types of natural environments with just the essence of time and space!"
"So what's your suggestion?" Li Muyang asked with a smile.
This was also within Goose's expectations. He said, "I prepared this for you a long time ago! Come on! Take a look at this!"
[Jujutsu Kaisen World: This system doesn't want to waste words. King of Abstraction, a terrible ending. It's time for the host to fight Sukuna! Really! To change the abstract development of this world!]
Mission Objective: Defeat the four major Calamity-level cursed spirits, defeat the Chains, and defeat Su Nuo! Protect the main characters as much as possible! Prevent the Death Return event from occurring! Note: The mission will fail if Gojo Satoru dies or becomes 2.5 Gojo Satoru! The mission will also fail if more than half of the protagonists die!
Rewards: 8000 Origin Points, Four Natural Calamities Origin, Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, Three Sacred Treasures (Kusanagi Sword, Yasakani no Magatama, Yata no Kagami, and Magic Treasure-grade)
Li Muyang ⊙▽⊙: "Holy crap! Boss Goose, is this mission really free of traps? The rewards are so generous?"
Goose proudly explained, "Heh heh! This is a task I specially prepared for you! I'm not afraid to tell you, the reason the reward is so generous is entirely because a few people are quite dissatisfied with this plot and have issued the task out of their own pockets! In addition, there's the resentment from all over the world towards the unfinished ending, which is why the task reward is so generous!"
"Hiss... Thank you so much, Boss Goose!" Li Muyang happily accepted the task. Sure enough, building a good relationship with the head butler was definitely the right thing to do! Plenty of money, little work, and easy! So satisfying!
However, this world... is truly a complicated place.
Li Muyang didn't want to explain his other thoughts, as they were too complicated to explain in a few words. However, he felt that the later part of the Curse Return, after Gojo Satoru's death, was like he was trying his best to make up stories, but he just couldn't come up with anything else and wanted to end it as soon as possible.
All I can say is that jjxx truly lives up to his initial ambition of becoming a comedic comic artist; he's the kind of person who never forgets his original aspirations.
After accepting the task, Goose asked, "Shall we set off now?"
"Wait a minute, I have some things to do." Li Muyang stretched lazily. Couldn't he at least let me rest for a few days? Having spent so long in ancient times, I'm finding it hard to adjust to modern life!
Although that's also the modern world, the problem is, it's troublesome! And there's a little other issue!
There's no rush to execute the task; the task can be delayed for up to a week, and Li Muyang needs to make some preparations.
For example, what if I, a cultivator, can't see the cursed spirit after I go there?
Goose (；￣д￣): Bro, that doesn't exist!
Li Muyang (ノ￣▽￣): What if?
Goose (｀⊿′)?: There's no such "what if"! With your current strength, you could easily wipe out the Japanese, right? You're much stronger than Sukuna, aren't you? Your current fighting power is at least Kage level, right? Gojo Satoru is only about equal to him!
Sometimes, it's hard to understand what this host is thinking!
The only thing I've done with this task is collect materials to upgrade the gourd, and then it's basically just a vacation for you! Hope you get through the last task of the newbie phase smoothly!
It's definitely challenging, after all, the champions of Jujutsu Kaisen aren't exactly known for their sharp minds, or rather, their thought processes are quite peculiar! Their various actions even make you wonder if they have any brains at all! Or is sabotaging their teammates what they enjoy?
If Gojo Satoru hadn't been allowed to fight Sukuna one-on-one, the good guys would have swarmed in, and the Jujutsu Kaisen would have been over long ago!
The only explanation is that jjxx originally wanted to draw a short story, but seeing that the results were good, he suddenly changed his mind and wanted to draw a long story. However, he overestimated himself and messed it up. He couldn't control the situation and was met with a barrage of criticism, so he started creating memes to prolong his life. In the end, he started attacking Sukuna one after another, turning what was originally an advantageous situation into a suicide mission. The positive side suffered heavy casualties, but he didn't even realize that they should all attack at once!
This led to the famous meme: "I'm fighting Sukuna? Really?"
Therefore, the difficulty of this task lies in how to keep the intelligence of the people on the positive side up and prevent them from ruining their teammates' chances!
After all, it's not easy to gain the trust of an outsider like Li Muyang! This time is different from the previous two worlds. In the first world, Li Muyang only needed to tell the plot, and Minato Namikaze and Hashirama Senju were enough to solve all the problems. In the second world, Li Muyang had to build a good relationship with the main characters early on, gain their trust, give the good guys experience and level up, and arrange the plan without too much effort.
This time, it's destined that his teammates will let him down. If he wants to carry the team, he can only rely on himself. He can't count on his teammates. The biggest help they can give him is to not feed the enemy!
Over the next few days, after leisurely finishing the week's courses, I took some time to chat with my father. I never expected that my father would recognize at a glance that my spirit beast gourd had been upgraded and turned into an acquired magic weapon.
Wait, is his own father really that calm? This is a magical artifact acquired later in life! Not an ordinary magical artifact, spirit treasure, magic weapon, or spiritual artifact! Logically speaking, it's not something from the mortal realm at all!
"...It's just a acquired magic weapon, it's not like I don't have one." Li's father scoffed, "Your dad isn't poor! Your mom even has an acquired magic weapon!"
"Blue Star just doesn't openly possess any magic weapons of the Acquired level or above. In reality, several major powers have them, and even the number one power has the God-Slaying Whip and the Investiture of the Gods. Although they are both Acquired replicas, their functions are similar! They are sufficient for the mortal realm."
Then, Father Li carefully explained the classification of magical artifacts to his silly son, from low to high: magic weapon, spiritual weapon, magic treasure, and spiritual treasure. These are the qualities of magical artifacts that are generally easy to obtain in the mortal world.
"Law" refers to the law, symbolizing various functions, while "spirit" refers to efficacy or spirituality. In other words, it contains the spirit of the artifact, which can exert greater power. In terms of sheer power, magical artifacts cannot compare to spiritual artifacts.
The gourd that Li's father gave to Li Muyang was originally just a peak-level magic weapon. However, as Li Muyang's cultivation level improved, there was a high probability that he would upgrade it to a spirit treasure level. But Li's father did not expect that his son would upgrade it to a post-natal magic weapon in such a short time!
Note that Li Muyang originally thought his father didn't know he had spent a year in another world, until he noticed Li Yunfei's ambiguous smile. His lips twitched, and his mother reminded him not to talk about it, but then she turned around and told his father about it!
"Your mom told me, but you don't think that just because your mom recognizes you, I won't, do you?" Li's father teased meaningfully, "The shield your mom cast on you is something I taught her!"
Okay, Li Die is still Li Die! He effortlessly sees through the truth as always! That cunning frog, always patting your belly!
Above that are the Acquired and Innate levels, which are relatively easy to distinguish, as they are only differentiated by whether they are magic treasures or supreme treasures. Whether or not they have a spirit doesn't matter much; it all depends on the user's own habits. In Li's eyes, the so-called spirit is not much different from artificial intelligence.
Li Muyang then took out the Wangquan Sword and showed it to his father for his appraisal. When his father saw the thing, he raised an eyebrow and after a long while commented, "It's a weapon-type magic weapon with plenty of room for growth."