"Reward? Is this it?" Jingang was taken aback for a moment, then fumbled in his clothes and pulled out an antique-looking brocade box. "Hood gave this to me when I left, saying that if I encountered an opponent I couldn't beat, I should just hand this over to them!"
"This is a Dimensional Brocade Box!!" Nianyue said, identifying the box. The Dimensional Brocade Box was a container used by the Yuanke to store their treasures. It looked small on the outside, but the internal space was quite large, capable of holding very large items.
This was a standard feature for every Yuanke boss of sufficient importance. Opening the box would reveal a varying number of spoils. However, a Dimensional Brocade Box was usually dropped after killing a boss, not handed over directly like Jingang did, which was unheard of and unprecedented.
Of course, the Dimensional Brocade Box only existed in the game. In reality, after defeating a Yuanke, everything would turn to dust, leaving not a single hair behind.
"You disturbed Jingang's tea just to get this box!" Jingang was unhappy when he saw Nianyue snatch the box from him as if it were a treasure. "If you wanted the box, you should have just said so... Jingang would have given it to you. Why did you have to use force? Now my ship equipment is broken, and I'll need to soak in the repair hot springs for a few days and nights. That's so annoying!"
Jingang delivered a passionate speech, but no one paid attention to him.
"Big Sister, open it quickly and see what's inside! Is there the item you want?" Anning was very excited, shaking Nianyue's hand, looking even more eager than Nianyue herself.
"Is it okay?" Surprisingly, Nianyue didn't open it immediately but looked at Guhan with a questioning gaze, as if she wouldn't open it without his permission.
"You're the captain! Go ahead." After Guhan indicated he had no objections, Nianyue finally opened the brocade box.
Since the Dimensional Brocade Box contained a fixed dimensional space, it was impossible to see what was inside with the naked eye. One had to reach in and pull out the items one by one.
Nianyue reached in and after a moment, pulled out a deep blue pill the size of a dragon's eye.
"This is a Sword Essence Pill!" Nianyue immediately recognized the pill. It wasn't too rare, as a few would drop from most raid missions.
- Usage Limit: Each player can take one Sword Essence Pill per day, with a maximum of 100 blue Sword Essence Pills. Exceeding this limit is ineffective.
The Sword Essence Pill, like the Sword Essence Pill, increased Sword Essence upon consumption. The only difference was that the Sword Essence Pill was tradable, while the Sword Essence Pill was not.
Many wealthy players in the real world were willing to spend a lot of money to quickly grow in the game, so the Sword Essence Pill was quite expensive in the auction house.
The blue Sword Essence Pill was the most common type, with a relatively low price of around 1000 RMB in the auction house, which had remained stable for decades.
Above blue, there were other colored Sword Essence Pills that increased more Sword Essence, and their prices soared to hundreds of thousands of RMB.
"This is for you!" Without hesitation, Nianyue handed the Sword Essence Pill to Guhan. According to their previous agreement, all items that increased Sword Essence were to be given to Guhan.
Guhan didn't refuse, taking the Sword Essence Pill and swallowing it. His Sword Essence in the game immediately jumped from 109 to 119.
Guhan was currently in dire need of Sword Essence. Despite his impressive feat of defeating a Dragon-level Yuanke as an Ancient Sword Wielder, the single move "Sword at the Abyss" had consumed 50 Quark of Sword Essence, and the two uses of "Sword Array Curtain" left him with only 5 Quark of Sword Essence after the battle.
"A sword scabbard?" While Guhan was consuming the Sword Essence Pill, Nianyue pulled out another item, a sword scabbard.
**Universal Sword Scabbard · Azure Snow**
- Restores 0.05% durability per second when a sword maiden is stored, and after 30 minutes, the sword maiden is fully restored.
- Usage Limit: Ancient Sword Maidens & Treasure Sword Maidens
"Here, take it!" Nianyue handed the scabbard to Guhan.
"This isn't part of the agreement, I don't want it!" Guhan hesitated for a moment and refused.
"It's fine, take it. Consider it a gift from me!" Nianyue laughed heartily. "If it weren't for you, we probably wouldn't have made it past Jingang. I see your Qingpin Sword doesn't have a scabbard, right? Both Ha and Anning have scabbards, so this is useless to us. It's more suitable for you, and it's not worth much anyway!"
Nianyue casually mentioned that the scabbard wasn't worth much, but in reality, a Treasure Sword Scabbard was priced at around 5000 RMB in the auction house, which was several months' income for most ordinary players.
"Thank you!" Hearing Nianyue's words, Guhan didn't insist. He would repay the favor later. His Qingpin Sword indeed needed a scabbard.
Guhan sheathed his Qingpin Sword in the new scabbard. Nianyue reached into the Dimensional Brocade Box again and pulled out a small item, a book, an antique-looking book.
"This is!" Nianyue's mouth dropped open, unable to believe her eyes. She had actually pulled out this item!
"What is it? What is it? Did you find something good?" Anning couldn't wait to peek into the Dimensional Brocade Box. One glance, and she was just as stunned as Nianyue.
"Heavens... it actually dropped... my Heavenly Sword!... It actually dropped the *Secret Manual of the Heavenly Sword*!" Anning's voice trembled. Indeed, what Nianyue had pulled out was not just any item, but the token Guhan had requested: the *Secret Manual of the Heavenly Sword* for the strongest Treasure Sword Maiden, the Heavenly Sword.
"Captain, according to the agreement..." It took Nianyue several minutes to regain her composure. During those minutes, she had three times almost given in to the impulse to put the item in her dimensional pocket and leave the raid, hiding far away where Guhan couldn't find her. But reason ultimately prevailed over greed, and she decided to follow the agreement and hand the item to Guhan.
"No, Big Sister, why give it to him!" Anning quickly grabbed Nianyue's hand. "Such a precious item, why give it to that annoying guy? It's ours, keep it. This is ours, we won't give it to anyone."
"Anning, that's not right!" Song Ha immediately contradicted Anning. "We already promised the Captain that if the *Secret Manual of the Heavenly Sword* dropped, it would belong to him. We all agreed to this, we can't go back on our word." Song Ha, after all, was Guhan's childhood friend and stood by him in this critical moment... or rather, on the side of justice.
"Why should we? We bought the raid ticket, we defeated the boss, why should we give the good stuff to that guy? I won't do it, this belongs to the Mingyue Sword School..."
For a moment, Anning and Song Ha argued, while Guhan remained silent, watching Nianyue, waiting for her answer.
"Stop it, no more nonsense, Anning. According to the agreement, this belongs to the Captain." Nianyue loudly stopped their argument and decisively placed the manual in Guhan's hand.
"Captain, according to the agreement, this belongs to you." Nianyue couldn't bear to look at the item again, fearing her greed would make her renege.
"Thank you!" Guhan took the token, glanced at it, and put it in his dimensional pocket, solemnly saying, "I promise you won't regret this decision."
"I believe your promise!"
After handing over the item, Nianyue felt a great weight lifted from her shoulders and smiled. Her mood improved, and she continued to search the Dimensional Brocade Box, but could only raise her empty hands in frustration: "That's it, just these three items."
"Only three items!" Anning pouted, disappointed. "Big Sister! All the good stuff went to this Captain..."
"......I'm not a Captain......" Guhan suddenly felt like pointing out.
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**Secret Manual of the Heavenly Sword**
- Special Item
- Tradable, Unbound, Dropped on Death, Easily Damaged
- Description: The sword manual exclusive to the sword maiden Heavenly Sword, which can train a sword technique that even gods and ghosts cannot fathom.
- Function: Collect ten manuals and give them to the Heavenly Sword to gain her favor and synchronize with her. Success will make you the wielder of the Heavenly Sword.
- Note: Due to differences in bloodline and genes, synchronization has a chance of failure, and all manuals will disappear upon failure.