If the host doesn’t spend a single penny, they won’t even have a chance at operational failure, so how could they possibly hatch a Kun?
This sentence transformed into a sharp sword, viciously stabbing into Jun Changxiao’s heart, causing him to clutch his chest in pain.
That’s right.
Not spending money and still wanting a Kun?
That would probably only appear in advertisements or dreams!
“It’s just spending money, isn’t it?”
Jun Changxiao said, “It’s not like I don’t have any!”
His temper flared as he selected fifty Mid First-Rank crystal cores from his spatial ring and filled them all in.
The mutation rate increased from 2 to 3!
Excellent.
Fifty Mid First-Rank crystal cores only increased it by one point!
“For fuck’s sake!”
Jun Changxiao broke down, “Wasn’t it supposed to be 10 cores for 1 point? How did it become 50!”
The system said, “If the host wants to increase it to 4 points, I’m afraid you’ll need to fill in 100 cores.”
“This is way too money-burning!”
Jun Changxiao said frantically.
Although he had money, even with doubling the crystal core investment, he couldn’t sustain this kind of burning!
The system said, “The host could try using higher-grade crystal cores instead of always using low-grade ones like Mid First-Rank.”
“…”
Jun Changxiao almost cried.
Higher-grade crystal cores were expensive. Even if they could increase the mutation rate, wouldn’t the cost go up accordingly!
Forget it, forget it.
Since he’d already thrown in so many crystal cores, he definitely couldn’t give up. At the very least, he had to reach 3… no, over 50 percent!
To obtain the chance of operational error, Sect Master Jun got carried away and took out ten Mid Fifth-Rank crystal cores.
After pouring them all in, the mutation rate increased from 3 points to 4 points.
However, increasing from 4 points to 5 points required fifty Mid Fifth-Rank crystal cores!
Jun Changxiao’s mouth twitched as he said, “Making a Fire Dragon Beast egg mutate costs even more money than Chinese online game and mobile game developers are greedy for!”
The system egged him on, “Since the host has already taken this step, don’t give up halfway. Be bold and squander away.”
“…” Jun Changxiao was speechless.
The system continued, “High First-Rank crystal cores are required to activate incubation. This dragon egg is definitely extraordinary. If it mutates again, the host’s gains will absolutely exceed the investment!”
These words made Jun Changxiao’s heart race, and he took out crystal cores again, beginning to frantically fill the incubation machine’s groove with energy.
Aside from temporarily not using high-grade crystal cores, whether they were Low First-Rank or Mid Ninth-Rank, he sent them all inside.
Finally.
Only a few dozen high-quality crystal cores remained in his spatial ring. All the low and mid-grade crystal cores had been sent in, numbering at least six or seven hundred.
The mutation rate increased from 5 points to 10 points.
Nearly a thousand crystal cores only increased it by 9 percent, making Jun Changxiao deeply understand what “burning money” meant!
You have to know.
Selling 500 crystal cores to Family Head Ai was worth 10 million.
These nearly thousand crystal cores would be worth at least 20 million at minimum, and he’d burned through them in mere moments.
“Calm down, calm down!”
Jun Changxiao took a deep breath and said, “This is a bottomless pit. I can’t fill it anymore.”
He really wanted to give up, but he simply couldn’t control his hands. In the end, he sent all the high-grade crystal cores in as well, including the Fire Dragon Beast’s crystal core and the Stone Person’s crystal core!
As crystal cores comparable to Wuzong level fused into the incubation machine, the mutation rate on the screen kept climbing. But after pouring in the Fire Dragon Beast’s crystal core, it suddenly skyrocketed from 22 points directly to 72 points.
An increase of a full 50 points!
Jun Changxiao asked in shock, “What’s happening?”
After a brief silence, the system said, “If I’m not mistaken, the Fire Dragon Beast crystal core matches the dragon egg’s attributes, greatly stimulating the mutation rate.”
Jun Changxiao seemed to understand something and said, “You mean, using dragon beast crystal cores to incubate dragon eggs increases the mutation rate more than other crystal cores?”
“It should be like that,” the system said.
Jun Changxiao said, “I just poured in quite a few Fire Dragon juvenile beast crystal cores. Why didn’t they increase it that much?”
“Probably because the level was too low.”
“…”
Jun Changxiao let out a breath, completely calming down.
He wasn’t carried away at all now, because… he’d thrown in all his crystal cores!
“Smack!”
Pressing both hands against the incubation machine’s transparent glass-like surface, Jun Changxiao said with deep emotion, “I’ve used up all my crystal cores. You must hatch a Kun through operational failure!”
The system said, “I think, based on the host’s luck with refreshing contribution points, you need to reach at least 99 percent to be safe. Otherwise, if you fail once, all the crystal cores thrown in will go down the drain.”
“…”
Jun Changxiao didn’t care whether it went down the western drain or eastern drain, and said, “You mean I still need to spend money to buy crystal cores to continue incubating?”
“Yes.”
“Do you know how much those crystal cores cost?”
“Do you know that even if I exchange all my money for crystal cores, it’s impossible to increase it to 99 percent?”
Facing Jun Changxiao’s successive questions, the system said calmly, “If the host hatches a Dao Realm Kun, Demon Kun, Tribulation-Crossing Bone Kun, or even the strongest strange beast from the Classic of Mountains and Seas that feeds on Kun, everything will pay for itself.”
After a long while.
Jun Changxiao said, “That makes sense.”
…
The next day.
Jun Changxiao went to Huyang City, found Ai Shangni, and his opening words were, “Jun wishes to buy back the crystal cores I sold some time ago at the original price.”
Clunk.
Ai Shangni was completely dumbfounded.
Selling them and then buying them back—what kind of operation was Sect Master Jun pulling!
“Of course.”
Jun Changxiao said, “If your shop has any crystal cores related to dragon beasts at High Fifth-Rank level or above, please also sell them to Jun.”
Ai Shangni’s mouth twitched as he said, “Sect Master Jun, crystal cores related to dragon beasts are extremely rare, and they need to reach High Fifth-Rank. Forget about Qingyang Commandery—even Eighth-Tier Pingyang Commandery might not have any!”
“Which commandery has them?” Jun Changxiao asked.
Ai Shangni said, “In the Xingyun Continent, anything with the character ‘dragon’ in it is a rare treasure. I’m afraid only Fifth-Tier commanderies have them for sale.”
“How long would it take to reach the Fifth-Tier commandery closest to our Qingyang Commandery?” Jun Changxiao asked.
“Riding a wind-element beast, it would take at least a month,” Ai Shangni said.
A month?
Jun Changxiao broke down.
Wind-element beasts were known for their speed, and even they needed a month. He didn’t believe he could get there within 15 days riding the Purple Lightning young tiger.
Forget it, forget it.
He’d better first buy back what he sold, then spend 20 million to buy some other high-grade beast crystal cores.
The crystal core shop operated by the Ai Family didn’t have many high-grade crystal cores. Jun Changxiao only bought twenty-some High Second and Third-Rank ones, so he went to other crystal core shops.
In the end, he visited every crystal core shop in the market and only bought fifty-some high-quality ones, but spent over 20 million.
Crystal cores comparable to Wuzong level started at 400,000 per core!
“I can only do this much. Whether it works out or not is up to fate.” Jun Changxiao didn’t go to other cities but returned to the sect. As soon as he arrived, he encountered Long Ziyang at the training grounds.
“In the Xingyun Continent, anything with the character ‘dragon’ in it is a rare treasure…” Family Head Ai’s words echoed in his ears.
Jun Changxiao almost couldn’t resist dragging this disciple with the dragon surname to the incubation machine to try using his blood.
Sigh.
I’m becoming obsessed!
Jun Changxiao shook his head and got up to return to the inner courtyard, while Long Ziyang looked completely bewildered and said, “The Sect Master’s gaze just now was a bit strange.”
He almost bled you dry—of course it was strange!
Returning to his study, Jun Changxiao threw in all the crystal cores worth 30 million taels, and the mutation rate increased from 72 to 85.
He really still wanted to continue increasing it to 100 points, but his abilities were truly limited, and he could only helplessly bow to fate.
Furthermore.
Eighty-five percent—this mutation rate was already very high. It wouldn’t be so unlucky as to fail, right?
Remembering how back in the day when playing games, even with success rates above 95%, he could still fail at refining equipment, Sect Master Jun began trembling.