Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day-Chapter 958 - 666: Returning to the Blacksmith Shop, Purchasing the Black Dragon Spear

Another night passed, and after getting up, Li Zheng glanced at the countdown in his vision,

[15:57:34]

This was specially calculated by Old Pu for Li Zheng's convenience, to determine the time needed for the Treasure Chest System upgrade.

"Sixteen hours left. After today, it will be upgraded at dawn." Li Zheng was a bit excited, wondering what surprise the Treasure Chest System upgrade would bring this time.

"I hope it won't give me more Wish Stone Fragments again!" Li Zheng expressed his resentment.

He counted last night; he had accumulated more than twenty Wish Stone Fragments of various sizes, useless but reluctant to throw away, a pure waste.

After breakfast, Li Zheng tidied up everything and officially set off with Mirel.

The first stop was the nearest Seventh Street, where only Zi Yuan was watching the Blacksmith Shop.

"Did you gather enough Crystal Coins to take the Black Dragon Spear?" Zi Yuan asked as she stepped out from behind the counter.

"Yeah, lucky to earn some." Li Zheng took out a Purple Magic Crystal full of energy and asked, "How much can this cover?"

Zi Yuan's three eyes widened as she saw the Purple Magic Crystal in his hand: "Did you go to the Sin Domain?"

Li Zheng nodded lightly and said, "That's right."

Zi Yuan examined him with surprise: "To think you'd dare venture into the Sin Domain, you've truly made me see you in a new light. A Purple Magic Crystal full of energy is more than enough to buy the Black Dragon Spear. Follow me, I'll help you get the spear packaged first."

As she spoke, she took out a metal box from her portable space and walked with Li Zheng to the Black Dragon Spear rack, retrieving the spear and packing it into the one-meter-long metal box.

Handing the box to Li Zheng, she warned: "Remember to hand over the Black Dragon Spear with the box at the storage facility as soon as you leave, otherwise, if anyone from the Outer City finds out you're privately carrying weapons, you won't just be reported and dealt with, but the shop that sold the weapon will also be implicated."

Li Zheng was familiar with such boxes. Generally, weapon-type products in shops were packed in such boxes and displayed on shelves for sale. Due to the special nature of equipment at the Blacksmith Shop, requiring ownership recognition, they were specially permitted to directly display weapons within the shop.

But after confirming a buyer, weapons had to be packed in boxes according to regulations before leaving the shop, or face hefty fines if found flouting the rules.

"I understand." Li Zheng carefully stored the Black Dragon Spear and handed the Purple Magic Crystal to Zi Yuan.

Receiving the Purple Magic Crystal, Zi Yuan said: "The current market price for this Purple Magic Crystal is about thirty-five Crystal Coins. I owe you thirty in exchange, or you can check the shop for anything else you might want to buy, and we can settle accounts together."

"Is Purple Magic Crystal that valuable?" Li Zheng was stunned for a moment; no wonder the Celestial Will Organization went to such lengths and didn't hesitate to send Death Warriors to attract so many twisted creatures to assault the Golden Light Zone. The value of Purple Magic Crystals was remarkably high!

"Of course it's valuable." Zi Yuan said: "This is a Purple Magic Crystal, which is one tier higher than Red Magic Crystals. But unfortunately, its purity is a bit lacking. If it were a high-purity Purple Magic Crystal, the price could double."

Pointing to a few red lines in the Magic Crystal, she explained to Li Zheng: "There are red lines in the Purple Magic Crystal, indicating that the twisted creature that condensed this Magic Crystal wasn't a pure Purple-level Magic Creature but a quasi-Purple-level, just a hair short of advancing."

Li Zheng stared at those red lines and recalled: "Indeed, those twisted creatures still retained some characteristics of Red Magic Creatures, but their strength was far superior."

Zi Yuan explained: "The strength of quasi-Purple-level twisted magical creatures is not much different from true Purple-level... Wait!"

She suddenly realized and asked in shock: "You're saying you obtained this Magic Crystal by personally killing a quasi-Purple-level twisted magical creature?"

How is that possible?

Zi Yuan was uncertain, despite not having clashed with Li Zheng, she herself wasn't weak, and felt no threat from Li Zheng, suggesting he was much weaker than her.

If he ventured into the Sin Domain, he could at best hunt some quasi-Purple creatures reluctantly; how did Li Zheng accomplish this?

"I took advantage by borrowing a bit of the Celestial Dragon Race's favor." Li Zheng was candid, not exaggerating his accomplishments.

Zi Yuan was even more astonished: "You managed to reach the Golden Light Zone left by the Celestial Dragon Race?!"

This made her reassess Li Zheng's abilities.

If he had reached that place on his own strength, it meant he had extraordinary capabilities, vastly surpassing appearances.

No wonder her sister took interest in him.

Zi Yuan thought, her sister had more interactions with Li Zheng, certainly seeing his exceptional qualities, thus drawing close to him.

But regardless of exceptional qualities, Zi Yuan wouldn't allow other races to taint the bloodline of the Zi Ling clan; she would never agree to her sister being with Li Zheng.

Even if Zi Shu insisted, it wouldn't matter.

"Other than the distance, reaching the Golden Light Zone isn't highly difficult." After safely storing the boxed Black Dragon Spear, Li Zheng said: "I will also purchase a suitable Long Whip weapon, then handle the exchange calculations."

Currently, Mirel's best weapon was a Long Whip he temporarily crafted during a Matrix mission, not even reaching Super Divine Level. It wouldn't last long.

The quality of products at the Blacksmith Shop was undeniable, and since he had money now, getting one for Mirel here wasn't a matter.

"Sure, have a look." Zi Ling led Li Zheng to the area in the shop displaying Long Whips and other rare weapons: "The usual rule is, works by Master Brother He Nan require passing a test to earn purchase rights, while others can be bought freely."

Honestly, Li Zheng's desire to buy a Long Whip from the Blacksmith Shop was directed at Brother He Nan's craftsmanship.

He was greatly intrigued by this special craft.

But unfortunately, the rarity of Long Whip users in the Outer City meant Brother He Nan hadn't crafted similar weapons, thus Li Zheng's plan failed.

Unless he commissioned He Nan privately at a high price.

Li Zheng let Mirel choose a suitable Long Whip, of Basic Level quality, not expensive, only ten thousand Red Crystal Coins.

"Alright, that's it then." Li Zheng recalled the previous test at the Blacksmith Shop and casually asked: "Has anyone failed the blacksmith's test?"

Zi Yuan became alert: "Are you trying to poach?"

"Haha." Li Zheng chuckled: "Of course not."

Secretly wiping cold sweat, Zi Yuan had been in the blacksmith business for so long and was exceedingly sharp, discerning underlying intentions from just casual remarks.

Zi Yuan handed Li Zheng the Inscription Card for payment: "Let that thought go. Thanks to you and Zhan Zhouzhou, everyone passed the test and now deals with their own affairs, making them hard to find."

"That's just... oh no, that's great." Li Zheng waved and said: "I have other matters, so I won't stay long, goodbye."

Zi Yuan escorted Li Zheng to the shop entrance: "The shop is empty, so I won't see you off."

Li Zheng headed straight to the storage facility with Mirel, needing to make weapon storage arrangements first, otherwise, it would be detected during teleportation.

Once the procedures were complete, he took Mirel and plunged back into the Teleportation Gate, starting to transit through each street and head towards Street 375.