Flame Pearl: Super Divine Artifact, a treasure condensed from True Samadhi Fire, immense power, no usage requirement. The wearer can freely use fire-type skills without incantations and can trigger the fire-type forbidden spell “Sky-Scorching Annihilation” three times a day. The wearer is completely immune to fire damage. Quest item: unusable, untradeable, undroppable.
F**k me, such a powerful divine artifact! Just imagine if I could wear this “Flame Pearl’—I’d just stand among high-level monsters, cast one “Sky-Scorching Annihilation,’ and the experience would flood the screen. Leveling up would be like taking a rocket. I’d only need to go out and fight three times a day—definitely topping the level rankings.
Blacksmith Uncle said he didn’t have anything good to give me—wasn’t this a good thing？ If this “Flame Pearl’ isn’t a good thing, then I don’t know what is.
Unusable, untradeable, undroppable—those three attributes are f**king frustrating！！
I really want to shout： A no-use, no-trade, no-drop product. Damn it！ Crack down hard！！
I really wish I could own this “Flame Pearl.’ If it weren’t for those three no’s in the attributes, I’d take this “Flame Pearl’ for myself right now and make off with the goods.
Seeing that Blacksmith Uncle was ignoring me, I had no choice but to leave the smithy and go find Apothecary Uncle.
“Apothecary Uncle, Grandpa Village Chief told me to bring you a jar of Sacred Spring Water.”
“Sacred Spring Water, it’s really Sacred Spring Water! You actually brought back the Sacred Spring Water. Stone City, did you kill that wretched black bear？”
“Yeah, I went through a lot of trouble to finally kill that wretched black bear.”
Damn, no way, it's the same answer as Blacksmith Uncle, so I'll just copy my previous answer. But if I get the same reward as him, that wouldn't be bad either.
"Alright, Stone City, you've helped our newbie village so much, saved our newbie village, I want to thank you."
"Ding, Stone City, the Alchemist wants to upgrade your skill, are you willing?"
Sure enough, the same reward. Happy, I'm really satisfied with this reward.
"I'm willing."
"Ding, congratulations Stone City for being instructed by the Alchemist, your 'Herb Gathering' skill has been upgraded to Intermediate."
"Ding, congratulations Stone City for being instructed by the Alchemist, your 'Potion Making' skill has been upgraded to Intermediate."
Next, same situation as with the Blacksmith Uncle, I borrowed the divine artifact 'Glacier Orb'.
The 'Glacier Orb' and the 'Blaze Orb' are identical in shape and size, except it's azure blue, with a faint blue droplet in the middle.
Check the stats：
Glacier Orb: Super divine artifact, a treasure condensed from ten thousand years of ice, extremely powerful. Usage requirements: None. The wearer can use water-element skills arbitrarily without incantations, can activate the water-element forbidden spell 'Freeze Heaven and Earth' three times a day. The wearer is completely immune to water-element damage. Quest item, cannot be used, cannot be traded, cannot be dropped.
Looking at these two divine artifacts, they really make one envious. But the system must have restrictions, no way to get them now. I won't be wishful thinking anymore and just take them back to Grandpa Village Chief.
"Grandpa Village Chief, the 'Blaze Orb' and 'Glacier Orb' you wanted, I've brought them over."
"Good, now we can purify the water of the Divine Spring." Grandpa Village Chief took the two divine artifacts with a smile.
"Purify the water of the Divine Spring, what's that for? What effect does it have?"
"Stone City, there's a major reason behind this."
Grandpa Village Chief stroked his beard and began to explain to me.
“The sacred spring in our beginner village is called the Heavenly Pivot Spring. Its water is brewed from the yin and yang energies deep within the earth. Drinking a vat of it can increase a person's basic attributes. However, the yin and yang energies produced directly, aside from containing the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, also carry a fierce, violent energy in between, making it impossible to consume directly.”
“Heh heh, Stone City, if you had gotten the sacred spring water and gave in to greed, drinking the unrefined water directly, your body simply couldn't handle that powerful, violent energy. The result would be your body exploding and this character disappearing. What's reassuring is that it's been proven you not only have the ability of a warrior and considerable wisdom — otherwise you couldn't have defeated that black bear — but you also possess noble qualities of honesty and integrity. Rare, truly rare.”
When Grandpa Village Chief said this, he smiled at me, his eyes full of admiration, which immediately made me feel embarrassed and deeply ashamed.
Back then, I was really tempted to drink that sacred spring water. Now thinking about it, drinking it would have resulted in my character being deleted. It really gives me chills, and what a relief!
“So in order to purify the sacred spring water, we rely on the powers of the 'Fire Separation Orb' and the 'Ice Separation Orb.' After they respectively absorb the yang and yin violent energies within the sacred spring water, only then can the sacred spring water be consumed without any negative effects.”
After Grandpa Village Chief finished speaking, he placed the 'Fire Separation Orb' and the 'Ice Separation Orb' into a vat of sacred spring water. The two divine orbs immediately began to tumble within the spring water, causing it to emit red and blue light.
The red light moved along with the 'Fire Separation Orb,' and the blue light moved along with the 'Ice Separation Orb,' gradually enveloping the two divine orbs.
The two divine orbs glowed brightly as if on fire, radiating bright red and blue light, until the sacred spring water no longer produced red or blue light. Only then did the two orbs return to their original color and stop tumbling.
"Well, the Sacred Spring Water has been purified. Stone City, you've solved such a huge problem for our novice village, making you our savior and hero. As a token of gratitude, please take this jar of purified Sacred Spring Water as a gift."
"For me... re-really？"
Watching Grandpa Village Chief hand me the purified spring water, remembering its insane properties, I was shocked, unable to believe my eyes and ears, and couldn't help feeling nervous.
But my reaction was definitely fast, because my hand had already reached out and taken the jar of purified spring water.
Check the stats：
Purified Spring Water： A miraculous water produced by the Celestial Pivot Spring, one of the five great springs of Tianmeng Continent. Drinking one jar boosts all basic attributes by 10, fire resistance by 10%, and water resistance by 10%. Can be consumed directly.
The spring water had undergone a drastic change, especially the addition of 10% fire resistance and 10% water resistance, which were the powers of the divine artifacts "Flame Orb" and "Frost Orb." Just having these two artifacts soak in the spring for a while added two attributes, making one marvel： the power of divine artifacts is truly strong.
"Grandpa Village Chief, is this jar of purified spring water really for me？ Then I'll drink it."
Confirming there's no problem, I quickly gulped down the jar of purified spring water.
A sweet, refreshing taste immediately rose in my heart; the water was very delicious. But what surprised me was the virtual level of the game "King," which could actually simulate taste, letting you feel the flavors in the game—truly impressive.
"Ding dong, player Stone City has consumed 'Purified Spring Water.' The four basic attributes—Strength, Constitution, Agility, and Meditation—all increased by 10. Fire resistance increased by 10%. Water resistance increased by 10%."
"Ding dong, player Stone City has completed the hidden quest 'Spring Water.' Reward: 200 reputation, 50 gold coins."
Haha, definitely a badass, super badass, insane badass, epic badass—this kind of growth really gets me pumped.
Alright, the newbie village stuff is done. I'm already above level 10, time to head to the city for a class change. A bigger world is waiting out there.
Just like they say： the sky's the limit for the birds, the sea's vast for the fish to leap.
Even though the quest is done now, I haven't appraised the gear that dropped from the boss yet. Since I'm pretty tight with Grandpa Village Chief now, I'll see if I can get some perks.
Sorted through the gear in my bag. Won't bother with the junk, but there are actually four pieces above gold tier：
Wolf Fang： Gold weapon, effects unknown, cannot be equipped.
Battle Bear Armor： Gold equipment, requires level 20, effects unknown, cannot be equipped.
Ring of Greed： Red Ghost Equipment, effects unknown, cannot be equipped.
Adamantium Greatshield： Purple divine artifact, requires 100 Strength, effects unknown, cannot be equipped.