Chapter 57: Breakthrough, Lingjing Acquired! Lightning-Type Skill Book!
"Are you sure you want to exchange them for cash?"
"I must remind you, purely in terms of value, the money you get for 1,000 tradeable skill points cannot possibly buy you 1,000 skill points!"
Lin Yi naturally understood this logic.
However, to him, the value of money was far greater than these 1,000 skill points.
Lin Yi nodded and said, "I'm sure."
Li Yuanjing gave Lin Yi another long look.
He soon realized that even though this kid had already secured first place in the entire province, he seemed to have overlooked a crucial point.
That was his background!
He came from a tier-5 base city like Jiangcheng.
He had no family background or connections.
He must have put in countless times more effort than ordinary people, coupled with some miraculous encounters, to achieve what he had today!
As for how difficult it was for an ordinary professional to rely entirely on themselves without the help of others,
he could not fully empathize.
Yet, he could understand.
Li Yuanjing even imagined in his mind that Lin Yi's family circumstances must be extremely difficult, and the boy intended to earn more money to subsidize his family.
He took a deep breath and said, "Alright then. According to our Great Xia Treasury management regulations, if you refuse the skill points and wish to exchange them for Great Xia currency, there will definitely be a loss."
"The loss is around 20%, but I will cover that 20% out of my own pocket today to make it up for you."
"Your 1,000 tradeable skill points can be exchanged for about 5.35 million Great Xia dollars. It will be deposited into your card along with the 1 million scholarship later!"
"Alright, there is still one reward left for you to choose. Have a look at the list, and once you've decided, let me know, and I'll have someone retrieve it immediately."
As he spoke, Li Yuanjing led Lin Yi to a treasury service window.
There was no clerk at this window, only a piece of spirit crystal.
He swiped his deputy director's access card against the spirit crystal's sensor, and the next moment, a spirit crystal light screen lit up.
He clicked a few times to set the filter function on the treasure list interface, setting the tier to level 2 and above, then stepped aside to let Lin Yi view it himself.
Lin Yi walked up to the light screen, touched the list with his finger, and scrolled up and down.
Shortly after, he was awestruck by the sheer rarity of the items on this list.
First of all, the breakthrough magic crystal that Lin Yi had been yearning for was prominently displayed on this list.
Although its rating was also Tier 2, the quantity obtainable at one time was three pieces, which was more than enough to unlock his necromancy branch skill tree.
In addition to that, Lin Yi saw many good things he had never seen or even heard of before.
[Attribute Magic Crystal (Spirit)]
[Grade: Gold]
[Type: One-time consumable]
[Usage: Grants you a random 5 to 10 points of Spirit attribute value.]
[Note: The upper limit of attribute value you can gain from attribute magic crystals of this grade is 999 points. Exceeding this limit will render attribute magic crystals of this grade ineffective for you.]
From the remarks, Lin Yi learned that this gadget was a deeply processed product manufactured through alchemy, utilizing the magic crystal technology currently excavated from the abyss by the human race of the Blue Planet, combined with natural spiritual treasures, also known as heaven-and-earth treasures.
It could actually grant attribute points directly!
Aside from magic crystals that could increase attribute points,
Lin Yi also saw special magic crystals that could increase critical hit rates and chanting speeds!
However, the grades of these two types of magic crystals were only Bronze, and taking the critical hit rate as an example of the increased attribute, it was a mere 0.05%.
Therefore, Tier 1 treasures should contain higher-graded magic crystals of this kind.
Perhaps there were even magic crystals that could reduce skill cooldowns.
They were truly good items, and Lin Yi found himself somewhat envious.
Aside from magic crystals with various functions, Lin Yi also saw a large number of spiritual items that likewise provided permanent bonuses.
There were also various types of scrolls.
These scrolls could increase the experience points gained by professionals.
Some were also admission passes to rare resource dungeons.
At the very end of the list, Lin Yi even saw equipment!
Moreover, all of this equipment was of Platinum grade and above!
The attribute bonuses were very high, and the special effects were quite good.
However, this equipment was not permanently acquired upon selection.
The usage time was clearly marked on them!
That's right, this equipment was rented to you!
Once selected, you obtained one month of usage time, and it would be recorded in the Great Xia national equipment management system. If anything happened, you would still be held accountable.
Furthermore, if it was damaged, you would have to pay for it according to its value.
Lin Yi shook his head; he would not play the fool to do such a thing.
The further down the list the items were, the lower their cost-effectiveness.
Leaving aside the rented equipment, Lin Yi also saw many engineering creations, such as portable fragmentation landmines capable of large-scale explosions.
There were also various potion mixtures with extremely strong effects, though they all had limited durations.
After reviewing the entire list, Lin Yi ultimately decided to take the breakthrough magic crystals first.
This item was simply too crucial for him.
Upon hearing Lin Yi's final choice,
Li Yuanjing wore an expression that suggested it was entirely as expected.
"Most people are just like you; they all choose the breakthrough magic crystals."
"Keep it up. If you can also secure a good ranking in the fifth round, the Great Xia official authorities will issue rewards to you as well."
Li Yuanjing had his subordinates fetch the breakthrough magic crystals and handed them to Lin Yi personally.
It was a wooden box.
Lin Yi opened the box and saw three crystal-clear magic crystals lying inside, glowing with a faint deep red light and wreathed in black Qi.
[Breakthrough Magic Crystal]
[Grade: Diamond]
[Type: One-time consumable]
[Effect 1: Unlocks a branch skill tree.]
[Effect 2: Increases the mastery level of one of your skills by 1 tier.]
[Effect 3: Sacrifices a certain quantity of this item before entering an abyss dungeon to increase the difficulty of the abyss dungeon by one level.]
[Note: Among the above effects, only one can be chosen to take effect during a single use.]
Lin Yi was somewhat surprised.
He hadn't expected the breakthrough magic crystal to have a special effect that increased the difficulty of abyss dungeons.
Viewed this way, the value of his [Abyss Conqueror] title was immeasurable!
It was equivalent to saving him a massive expense on breakthrough magic crystals.
After all, once his level rose in the future, most of his time would be spent in abyss dungeons.
Higher difficulty meant higher rewards.
"Alright, there is one last reward for you to choose, which is a skill book. Pick one and claim it."
Li Yuanjing adjusted the treasury light screen, and the next moment, a list of skill books for the Mage professional class appeared before Lin Yi.
It was the first time Lin Yi realized that the elemental specializations of the Mage professional class had so many varieties.
[Fire], [Wind], [Ice], [Water], [Earth]...
These were the more common elemental branches.
Consequently, the skill books listed in these categories were all of the third tier.
Otherwise, they wouldn't live up to the Tier 2 rarity.
Beyond these, Lin Yi also saw rarer elemental branches.
[Light], [Dark], [Thunder], [Wood].
The only one missing was the necromancy branch he had already acquired.
It seemed that the rarity of necromancy skill books surpassed even these elemental branches.
He really had been blessed with sheer dumb luck back then!
After much deliberation, Lin Yi ultimately chose the thunder branch.
For no particular reason other than,
he simply felt that the Thunder Overlord looked extremely prestigious!