fantasy novels Chapter 4 Holy Spirit Stones have a drop rate of 1 in 10,000.
Chapter 4 Holy Spirit Stones have a drop rate of 1 in 10,000.
Jiangzhou City Center Secret Realm Base, Level E Teleportation Hall.
At 3 p.m. on a weekday afternoon, there were only a few people scattered around the lobby.
E-rank dungeons are leveling areas for newbies. Most high school students who have just changed jobs are either studying guides at home or still struggling to decide which set of black iron beginner equipment to buy.
Lu Yan stood in front of the equipment rental counter and took a set of black iron-grade cloth armor from the NPC merchant.
His defense was pitifully low, but he had no choice but to play a support class. He then spent another fifty dollars to rent a Black Iron Scepter—purely to meet the minimum gear score requirement for entering the dungeon.
Xiao Qianyu leaned against the counter, arms crossed, watching Lu Yan compare prices in front of the NPC.
"You spent six minutes choosing your equipment."
"Cost-effectiveness is very important." Lu Yan didn't even look up, tucked the scepter behind his back, "The rental fee is calculated by the hour. Going in a minute earlier means coming out a minute earlier, which can save a lot of money."
Xiao Qianyu did not respond.
Old Chen stood behind the two of them, his face looking like he had swallowed a whole bottle of aged vinegar.
"Buhou, my career!"
The three walked to the E-level portal.
The portal was a three-meter-high oval-shaped light screen, framed with gray metal and covered with densely packed runes. The screen emitted a dim blue light; even the special effects in this low-level dungeon were meager.
"The team request has been sent." Lu Yan finished manipulating the panel. "Please confirm it."
Xiao Qianyu clicked "confirm." Old Chen also clicked "confirm."
A three-person team was formed.
Lu Yan took one last look at the hall and took a deep breath—
The three stepped into the light curtain.
My field of vision was engulfed by white light for about two seconds.
The white light faded.
Before us lay a primeval forest.
The tree canopy blocked out the sky, and sunlight filtered through the leaves, scattering a layer of shimmering gold on the ground.
The air was damp, carrying the smells of humus and moss. Birds were calling in the distance, but the frequency was wrong—they weren't from Earth.
A secret realm.
Another space completely independent of Earth.
Ten years have passed, and research institutions around the world are still unable to explain the underlying physical laws governing these spaces.
The scale of an E-level secret realm is very small, with an effective activity area of approximately two square kilometers.
The monsters that spawn are the lowest level goblins, numbering no more than a hundred in total, scattered throughout the forest.
For Xiao Qianyu, this place was no different from her own backyard.
Lu Yan looked around and confirmed that the teleportation portal behind him was functioning properly and that he could leave at any time.
Safety.
Now it's all right. The secret realm is a closed space, with no surveillance and no third party present. There are only three people there.
"Watch closely."
Lu Yan brought up the blue panel that only he could see and found the core skills section.
【100x Drop Rate Lv1】——Status: Not Activated.
activation.
The text on the panel flashed and turned green.
[100x Drop Rate Lv1] - Status: Activated. Effective within party range.
A faint, almost invisible glow spread out from beneath his feet, covering a radius of about fifteen meters.
As for E-rank aura masters, their basic auras are visually practically nonexistent.
Lu Yan turned to Xiao Qianyu.
"Captain Xiao."
"Um?"
There's a goblin behind that broken tree. Please kill it.
Xiao Qianyu glanced at him.
That look in his eyes was very complicated.
A level 50 captain of the National Guard was ordered by an E-rank support to kill a goblin.
"Are all young people these days so direct?"
Lu Yan readily changed his tune.
"Sorry, I'll be more careful next time. I have no offensive capabilities. Thank you for your help."
A heavy sigh came from the side.
Old Chen pressed his throbbing temples in pain, not wanting to even look in that direction, feeling his blood pressure rise several notches again.
"Hurry up." He gritted his teeth, his voice almost squeezed out of his throat, "Just throw out a skill and get through, stop messing around, I still have cases to close at the station."
Old Chen closed his eyes beside him.
The blood pressure medication was wasted.
Xiao Qianyu remained silent. She flipped her right hand, and a ball of dark red flame condensed in her palm. It wasn't a secret realm weapon, but a combat skill she had awakened herself.
A level 50 powerhouse's flames were used to burn an E-rank goblin.
Using a sledgehammer to crack a nut is an understatement. It's like using an intercontinental ballistic missile to kill a mosquito.
Flames swept across.
A crescent-shaped crimson arc of light swept across the ground, instantly turning the fallen leaves into ashes.
The green goblin, just over a meter tall, behind the broken log didn't even have time to look up before its entire body was sliced through by the arc of fire, instantly reducing its health to zero.
The goblin's corpse fell.
Under normal drop mechanics, an E-rank goblin will most likely drop nothing upon death. With good luck, it might drop one or two copper coins, or a piece of unwanted E-rank goblin leather. The most valuable item on the drop list is a silver-rank dagger, but the probability of obtaining it is negligible.
The moment the body vanished—
boom.
A golden beam of light shot up from the spot where the goblin had vanished.
It wasn't that faint, grayish-white glow that fell from the black iron level; it was a real, bright golden light that could illuminate the surrounding leaves.
Within the beam of light, a translucent stone the size of a fist slowly rose and hovered in mid-air.
There are flowing light patterns inside the stone, like liquid sunlight sealed in amber.
Holy Spirit Stone.
Old Chen's legs went weak.
He rushed over, squatted down, and with trembling hands picked up the stone, examining it three times over.
The texture, the luster, the weight—all correct. He worked as an equipment appraiser on the outskirts of the secret realm for three years when he was young; he has that kind of eye for detail.
"this……"
He stood up, his throat feeling like it was being choked.
"This is the Holy Spirit Stone."
Old Chen's voice cracked, and the last "stone" character took a sharp turn, almost not coming back.
He squatted on the ground, holding the fist-sized translucent stone in his hands, all ten fingers trembling.
It wasn't fear, it was excitement.
Having worked in the field of secret realms for over twenty years, he knew all too well what this thing in his hand meant.
"Do you know what the drop rate is for this item from regular monsters?"
Old Chen looked up, his eyes red-rimmed, and roared at Lu Yan, "One in ten thousand!"
He stood up, his legs still trembling, the fallen leaves beneath his feet crunching on the ground.
"One in ten thousand, and only monsters of Silver rank or higher qualify for the drop rate list! E-rank goblins? Holy Spirit Stones aren't even listed in the E-rank goblin drop rate list! This thing shouldn't even be here!"
Xiao Qianyu stopped in her tracks.
She had already turned around, ready to move forward, but upon hearing this, she froze in place.
Old Chen ignored her, picked up the stone and examined it twice more, scraping the surface patterns with his fingernail.
"This item would fetch at least 25,000 at an auction house."
He took a breath, trying to make himself sound less like a crazy person who had just won the lottery.
"Holy Spirit Stones are a core consumable for strengthening equipment. Major legions across the country constantly post buy-up orders, buying as many as they can, and there's never a time when they're sold out. The largest military supply exchange in the capital had an average purchase price of 23,000 per stone last month, and there's still no stock available."
This look was completely different from the way he had looked at the E-rank aura master in the office just now.
Lu Yan leaned against a tree trunk, hands in his pockets, expressionless.
Xiao Qianyu was also looking at him. Their eyes met, and they both read the same meaning in each other's eyes.
He walked over to Xiao Qianyu and pointed to the depths of the dense forest ahead.
Through the gaps in the bushes, you could see a few small, green-skinned figures wandering around.
"Captain Xiao, there are still about ninety more ahead."
He paused.
"Why don't you try killing a few more?"