Heavenly Palace Pavilion.
The same young girl who had received Su Nan last time was there.
"Young master, we have many items for restoring vitality, including..." When the young girl learned that Su Nan wanted to purchase items for vitality restoration, she led him to a counter and took out dozens of items to introduce one by one.
From elixirs to spirit pills, they had it all.
The prices ranged from a few drops of ordinary-level demon blood to several dozen drops of spirit-level demon blood.
There wasn't much to say about these items; the higher the price, the more vitality they contained.
Su Nan quickly scanned through them and decisively chose an item called "Jade Marrow Elixir."
This liquid was worth four drops of spirit-level demon blood per bottle, which was not too expensive.
Its effects were also excellent.
Su Nan tried dropping a drop of the Jade Marrow Elixir into his mouth, and immediately, a surge of vitality spread out. His demon body converted the vitality into essence, and with each breath, he felt his essence and energy increase slightly.
"Not bad, one drop can recover about one percent of my essence and energy. With about a hundred drops in a bottle, it's just enough to replenish my essence and energy."
Su Nan calculated silently and had a satisfied look in his eyes.
He had exchanged all three Profound-level demon corpses he had killed for demon blood, so he currently had four drops of Profound-level, twenty-eight drops of Spirit-level, and forty-six drops of Ordinary-level demon blood.
For regular players, this would be an enormous wealth.
But for Su Nan, it was still too little.
In the end, he used all of the demon blood he had on him to purchase eighteen bottles of Jade Marrow Elixir.
"Eighteen bottles can replenish my essence and energy eighteen times, which means I can restore one type of bloodline power eighteen times."
"If I only use it to replenish my elemental power, it should be enough, even more than enough."
"But if I add in physique and secret power, it's still a bit lacking."
"Fortunately, my Fire Elemental Power has greatly increased now, and dealing with Spirit-level demons is a piece of cake. I won't consume too much."
"Unfortunately, I can't take out the Black Cloud Pig Demon's corpse right now; otherwise, I could buy another ten bottles of Jade Marrow Elixir, which would be almost enough."
After exchanging the demon blood and receiving eighteen bottles of Jade Marrow Elixir, Su Nan left.
Before leaving, he thought of the Divine Transmission Dao Source and asked, "I heard that you have an auction tonight. When will it take place?"
"I'm sorry, young master, the auction has been postponed for a day because the demon race is going to attack the two Divine Sky Prohibition Nodes in Tianyun City tonight. It will start at noon tomorrow."
Postponed for a day? Su Nan was surprised, but then he felt relieved. With one more day, he should have enough demon blood.
After leaving the Heavenly Palace Pavilion, Su Nan headed straight for the Demon Slayer Bureau.
As soon as he arrived at the Demon Slayer Bureau, he saw the commander of the city guards, Tian He, waiting for him.
"Director Zhang, the county magistrate wants to see you."
"Alright!" Su Nan nodded.
A moment later, in the main hall of the county magistrate's mansion.
"Director Zhang, your performance these past few days has truly surprised me!" The old man sat on a high platform and looked at Su Nan with a smile.
Su Nan naturally knew what the old man was referring to and said, "I'm glad I could contribute to the people of the city. However, I'm afraid I've already attracted the attention of the two Demon Kings. In the future, it won't be easy for me to hunt Profound-level demons again, as the Demon Kings won't let me off."
This was a good opportunity to play the victim, and if he played it right, he might gain some benefits.
The old man clearly understood his intentions and laughed, "You're quite clever, aren't you? Don't think I don't know that you Tianwu Guests have twenty chances to resurrect."
Obviously, the old man had never stopped collecting information about the Tianwu Guests.
In fact, not only the old man but all the forces in the demon and monster world were constantly monitoring the Tianwu Guests.
After a pause, the old man continued, "However, as far as I know, you Tianwu Guests can only resurrect in the place of death. This is a loophole."
Saying that, the old man reached out and took out an item, tossing it to Su Nan.
Su Nan took it and saw that it was a black diamond-shaped stone.
"This is a teleportation stone. When used, it can randomly teleport you to a location."
"A teleportation stone?" Su Nan's eyes lit up.
He knew about this kind of thing.
Li Hao had obtained one in the Prison of Heaven, and when he used it, he was directly teleported out of Tianyun County.
However, Li Hao's stone was clearly a targeted teleport
ation, while the one the old man gave him was a random teleportation.
But that didn't matter; whether it was targeted or random, it was definitely a lifesaving treasure.
Although he had a Perfect Resurrection Card, who had the time to use such a thing frequently?
"Thank you, sir!" Su Nan quickly expressed his gratitude.
"I don't know why you're here this time, sir?"
"I brought you here this time for the matter of the Divine Sky Prohibitions tonight," the old man said.
"This time, the demon race is determined and will use any means necessary to completely destroy our human race's Divine Sky Prohibitions."
"The demon race is powerful, and the number of demons within our human territory far exceeds that of human warriors, not to mention the demons within the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge."
"We have you in Tianyun County, so I'm not worried. What I'm worried about is whether the other eight county nodes will be in trouble."
"Ten Thousand Demon Ridge? What is that place?" Su Nan was curious; he had never heard of it before.
The old man explained, "Ten Thousand Demon Ridge is the territory of the demon race. Originally, East Chen Province had not only nine counties, but twelve counties."
"Unfortunately, after the ancient era, three counties were completely occupied by the demon race, and those three counties are collectively known as Ten Thousand Demon Ridge."
Su Nan suddenly realized and was secretly amazed.
The number of demons in the nine counties was already far greater than that of human warriors, so he couldn't imagine how many demons there would be in Ten Thousand Demon Ridge.
"Sir, if a node is destroyed, what impact will it have on the other nodes?" Su Nan asked.
The old man said with a solemn expression, "If the enchantment nodes of the other eleven provinces are destroyed, it won't have much impact on East Chen Province."
"But if one of the enchantment nodes in the nine counties of East Chen Province is destroyed, the suppressing power of all the other enchantment nodes in East Chen Province on the demons will further weaken."
"At that time, not only Spirit-level demons but even Profound-level early-stage or even Profound-level middle-stage demons may be able to approach the nodes."
The weakening of the suppression! Su Nan nodded secretly; this was consistent with his speculation.
"After this matter, I will allow you to enter my county magistrate's treasury and choose one item as a reward."
Choose one item? Su Nan's heart stirred, and he said, "County magistrate, can I choose now? If I can increase my strength now, won't my chances of success be even greater?"
"You want to choose in advance?" The old man furrowed his brows, remained silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "You're right. If you can complete the task, the items will naturally be yours. If you can't complete the task, giving you the items now may increase your chances of success."
The old man was not rigid and agreed to Su Nan's request.
Afterward, he looked at Tian He and said, "Commander Tian, take Director Zhang to the treasury to choose an item."
Tian He nodded and said to Su Nan, "Director Zhang, please follow me."
...
The county magistrate's treasury was located in the western courtyard of the county magistrate's mansion.
It was heavily guarded by many guards.
After leading Su Nan around, Tian He brought him to an underground chamber.
A peak Profound-level elder in black clothes was guarding here.
"Senior Qiu, I am here on the orders of the county magistrate to bring Director Zhang to select an item," Tian He respectfully said to the elder in black.
"Oh?" The elder in black was surprised and obviously knew Su Nan. He looked at Su Nan with admiration and said, "Is this the newly appointed director of the Demon Slayer Bureau? Truly a young hero!"
"You're too kind, senior," Su Nan replied with a smile.
The elder in black didn't say much more and took out a key to open the treasury.
Su Nan followed the elder into the treasury.
Inside, there was a room of only a hundred square meters, with seven shelves, each containing different items. It was somewhat similar to the treasury he had seen in the Wolf King Palace.
Su Nan scanned the room and found a wide variety of items, including various cultivation resources.
The elder in black said, "Director Zhang, I don't know the specific uses of most of the items in this treasury, so I can't introduce them to you. You'll have to choose on your own. If you find something you like, just let me know."
Su Nan nodded and began to carefully examine the items, starting with the first shelf.
Opportunities like this were rare, so he wanted to choose the most valuable item. Even if he couldn't choose the most valuable one, he wanted to choose the one that would be most useful to him.
However, when he thought about it this way, he found it difficult to make a decision when he actually started selecting.
Most of the items in the treasury only had a name and no description, and many of them didn't even have a name. How was he supposed to choose?
Fortunately, he still had the game interface. As long as he held an item, the game interface would display information about it.
He picked up a fist-sized red stone, and the game's information appeared in his hand.
[Firescar Stone: A stone containing the power of fire, suitable for forging spiritual treasures.]
The description was short, and Su Nan put it back down. He then picked up a porcelain bottle containing pills.
[Return-to-Origin Pill: A pill made from a plant called Vitality Grass, it can restore vitality.]
Again, the description was concise, and Su Nan couldn't help but furrow his brows.
"The information given by the game interface is only the most basic information. It's almost impossible to find the most valuable item based on this information alone."
"It looks like I'll have to use my personal space!"
In the second beta test of the game, players were given the ability to exchange game items for real-world items. As long as he stored an item in his personal space, the corresponding real-world exchange price would appear, allowing him to judge the item's value.
Thinking of this, Su Nan didn't hesitate and directly stored a spherical item in his personal space.
Instantly, the personal space displayed the price of the sphere.
120 Demon Force.
He silently noted the price and then took out the sphere again, continuing to select the next item.
One by one, the items disappeared in his hand and then reappeared. This scene caused the elder in black to furrow his brows.
However, he seemed to have thought of Su Nan's identity as a Tianwu Guest and didn't ask too many questions.
A black stone required 235 Demon Force to exchange for it in the real world.
A dagger required 300 Demon Force.
...
"It's truly worthy of being the county magistrate's treasury; there are quite a few valuable items here!"
Su Nan sighed and collected items one by one into his personal space, carefully checking each one.
He found that, except for some pills and herbs, most of the items here had an exchange price of over a hundred Demon Force. Among them, the highest was a small green bead, about the size of a grape, with a price of 980 Demon Force!
According to the game's description, that item was called the Spirit Communication Cat's Eye.
After more than ten minutes, he finally arrived at the last shelf.
Without waiting to check the exchange price of the items on the shelf, he suddenly noticed something that caught his attention.
It was a piece of tattered animal skin, yellow-brown in color, covered in red lines.
When Su Nan saw this piece of animal skin, his eyes lit up.
He had a piece of animal skin just like this!
It was the tattered treasure map he had obtained in the treasury of the Wolf King Palace.
A tattered treasure map!
[Tattered Treasure: This was a treasure map drawn by an ancient strongman. Unfortunately, due to an accident, the map was split into two parts. Finding the other half of the map might lead to a decent reward.]
Su Nan picked up the treasure map, and the game's description information popped up. In an instant, Su Nan was sure that this tattered item was the other half of the treasure map he already had.
"I didn't expect to encounter this here," Su Nan thought to himself, feeling secretly delighted.
According to the information he had obtained during the previous prediction, this treasure map belonged to an ancient strongman's cave.
If he could find that strongman's cave, he might really get some decent rewards.
Of course, Su Nan didn't have too high hopes of actually finding the cave. Many years had passed, and the world had undergone significant changes. The existence of the strongman's cave was uncertain.
"Elder, as the Director of the Demon Slayer Bureau, do I have the authority to use my Demon Slayer Points to exchange for items here?" Su Nan asked.
He didn't plan to use the opportunity to select an item; instead, he wanted to use his Demon Slayer Points to obtain it.
Although the treasure map might lead him to an ancient strongman's cave, it wasn't the most valuable item in this treasury. It didn't even compare to some of the other items. Using the opportunity to select an item now would be a waste.
The elder in black nodded and said, "Of course, Director Zhang's Demon Slayer Points can be used for exchanges both in the Demon Slayer Bureau's treasury and here."
Su Nan then asked, "How many Demon Slayer Points would it take for me to exchange for this piece of animal skin?"
Hearing this, the elder in black showed surprise and said, "This piece of animal skin has been here for quite some years. Based on my research, it should be an ancient item, but unfortunately, it's only half of it, so its value is not high. If Director Zhang wants it, 100 Demon Slayer Points should be enough."
"One hundred Demon Slayer Points?"
"I'll use my Demon Slayer Points to exchange for this!" Su Nan didn't hesitate and immediately agreed.
After killing the Yellow Leopard last time, his Demon Slayer Points had reached 500. Then, he had also killed Xiong Yan, a mid-level Profound-ranked demon, and two peak-level Spirit-ranked demons. As a result, his Demon Slayer Points had already reached 1076!
The elder in black didn't say anything either. He flipped his hand and took out a mirror similar to the one Chen Su used to record Demon Slayer Points.
The elder held the mirror up to Su Nan, and a number instantly appeared on it.
It was the current amount of Demon Slayer Points Su Nan possessed: 1076 points.
Seeing the number on the mirror, the elder was stunned, clearly not expecting Su Nan to have so many Demon Slayer Points.
After coming to his senses, the elder praised, "Director Zhang is indeed the one favored by the county magistrate. In just three days, you've accumulated as much as the previous directors in a year!"
Su Nan smiled and didn't say much.
The elder didn't explain how he managed it, but with a light touch on the mirror, the number on it decreased by a hundred.
"Director Zhang, here is your item," the elder said as he handed the piece of animal skin to Su Nan.
Su Nan accepted it without even looking at it and continued to examine the other items.
Two minutes later, he had looked through all the items on the seven shelves in his personal space.
The highest-priced item was still the small green bead, priced at 980 Demon Force.
[Spirit Communication Cat's Eye: The eye left behind by a spirit communication cat demon after its death. It allows you to see things you otherwise cannot.]
The game's description was brief, with the name being the only information provided about its usage.
"Things I cannot see... What could that be?" Su Nan pondered.
In the end, he could only think of one thing: demon thoughts. He couldn't see demon thoughts.
"If it's only useful for seeing demon thoughts, then this item is of little use to me!" Su Nan furrowed his brow.
The exchange price of the Spirit Communication Cat's Eye was high, but since he didn't know its specific function, choosing it now might be awkward if it turned out to be useless.
With his ability to predict, he could still "see" things that were invisible to him.
Under the Spirit Communication Cat's Eye, the second-highest-priced item for exchange was a broken arrow.
The exchange price was also a high 900 Demon Force.
[Rusty Broken Arrow: An arrow wrapped in rust, it appears to have no particular characteristics other than its hard material.]
Compared to the Spirit Communication Cat's Eye, the information about the broken arrow was even shorter.
"If I use my prediction ability, maybe it can give me some hints."
[You have obtained permission from the county magistrate of Tianyun County to select an item from the county magistrate's treasury.]
[After the first inspection, you have a rough understanding of the value of these items. However, you do not intend to choose the most valuable one. Instead, you plan to take another look and select the item that will be most useful to you.]
[You are starting to examine the items on the first shelf, which contains more than forty items. You know that one of them, the Moonbreaker Stone, is the most valuable.]
[One minute later, you have reviewed all the items on the first shelf from start to finish, but unfortunately, none of these items satisfied you, so you moved on to the second shelf.]
[Two minutes later, you have also thoroughly reviewed all the items on the second shelf, and you still haven't found anything that interests you. You have no choice but to move on to the third shelf.]
[Three minutes later, you have once again examined all the items on the third shelf, but you still haven't found anything that can catch your attention.]
[Just as you were about to move on to the fourth shelf, suddenly, your luck came into play. Your gaze was drawn to an oval-shaped stone the size of a purple egg on the third shelf.]
[The first prediction is complete. Do you want to continue?]