Jun Changxiao lacked everything except martial resources, so upon learning the ring contained ten thousand spirit stones, he angrily picked it up.

Why angrily?

Because this was a man’s dignity!

“Bah!”

The system said: “Shameless.”

The Rose Empress said: “Hand over that Ten Thousand Poisons Purifier you’re carrying on your back.”

The ability to extract toxins from her body had sparked her intense interest.

Jun Changxiao shook his head: “This treasure of mine can only be used once before requiring a long time before it can be used again. Right now it has no effect whatsoever.”

“Forget it then.”

The Rose Empress abandoned the idea of studying it.

In her view, since this fellow was her servant, the Ten Thousand Poisons Purifier was essentially hers as well.

“Sleep.”

“…”

Jun Changxiao sat cross-legged on a chair, contemplating whether to directly deploy the難收之刀 (Difficult to Retract Blade) in the duel several days later, or first use the Nine Heavens Ten Earths Dominating Heaven Spear?

This spear was a divine artifact refined by Emperor Zhenwei, who had given it a rather juvenile name.

“She’s already interested in the vacuum cleaner. If she sees the spear and recognizes it as above divine grade, won’t she desperately try to snatch it? If it gets taken away during battle, that would be extremely fucked up.”

“Forget it, I’ll just directly deploy the Difficult to Retract Blade.”

As his primal wish weapon, it had long been bound to Jun Changxiao, so there was no need to worry about it being taken away.

The system spoke rather pessimistically: “Just now was an excellent opportunity, yet the host didn’t subdue her with the vacuum cleaner. This woman is very powerful—the Difficult to Retract Blade may not necessarily be able to handle her.”

“…”

Jun Changxiao fell silent.

Indeed, in that state of pain and weakness just moments ago, he could have completely absorbed both the toxins and her soul into the vacuum, but she had instantly turned around and swatted away the flat nozzle with a wave of her hand.

What did this represent?

It meant the suction power of enhanced mode was completely helpless against her!

The Difficult to Retract Blade was Jun Changxiao’s strongest trump card. If even this couldn’t handle his enemy, that would be truly tragic.

The system said: “So the host should stall for time. If worst comes to worst, wait for the Space-Time Insect to awaken, leave the Soul Clan Continent, and after raising your cultivation, come back to settle accounts.”

“Not urging me to spend contribution points?” Jun Changxiao was somewhat surprised.

The system replied: “All expenditures of contribution points must be built on rationality. Knowing that spending them would be useless, I naturally won’t suggest it.”

Jun Changxiao said bitterly: “For you to find your conscience speaks volumes about how powerful this woman is.”

“Very powerful.”

The system said: “According to my calculations, even if the host uses the Difficult to Retract Blade, the chance of victory won’t exceed thirty percent.”

“…”

Jun Changxiao rubbed his temples.

Coming to the Soul Clan Continent, he had thought he could stir up heaven-overturning chaos, yet the first Soul Clan expert he encountered was so troublesome!

How could she not be troublesome?

Right at the start, he had encountered the biggest boss in the instance.

“Fine, fine.”

After careful consideration, Jun Changxiao thought darkly: “I’d better find a way to get away from this woman.”

Since he didn’t have absolute confidence of victory, and unsealing the Difficult to Retract Blade would leave him in a very long period of weakness, he decided to continue adopting a strategic retreat strategy.

A gentleman’s revenge is never too late, even after ten years.

Once this lord breaks through to Martial Saint Great Circle of Perfection, I’ll come back to settle the full account with her!

“Ding! Side quest triggered!”

Hearing the notification sound, Jun Changxiao’s eyelids twitched as he thought darkly: “I have an ominous feeling!”

Opening the quest panel, the displayed content read—Please defeat Hua Meigui who wishes to take you as her servant within one month, and reclaim a man’s dignity [Remaining time: 29 days] [Super Elite Quest].

“As expected!”

Jun Changxiao collapsed in despair: “The quest is related to her!”

Over the years he had completed quite a few side quests, and he could generally guess their specific content based on what juncture they appeared at.

I was planning a strategic retreat, and the system gives me a quest—isn’t this clearly forcing me to fight her to the bitter end?

What comforted Jun Changxiao was this:

The quest time limit was one month, not the five days set in the previous wager.

“Hm?”

“Super Elite Quest?”

Looking at the final annotation on the quest, Jun Changxiao was somewhat surprised.

Having done so many elite quests, he had never seen one with the prefix ‘super’ before.

The system explained: “Obviously, this elite quest is much more difficult than before, hence the addition of the word ‘super.'”

“The rewards after completion will be more generous too?”

“Yes.”

“…”

Jun Changxiao’s mind was made up: “For the sake of a man’s dignity, I must defeat her!”

“Swoosh!”

He opened the high-tier shop!

If he couldn’t beat that woman himself, it was because he hadn’t enabled enough cheats.

So whether for a man’s dignity or to complete the side quest, he had to exchange for more advanced cheats—preferably the kind that made him invincible!

“Ding! Sect contribution points: 28800/70000.”

Jun Changxiao scrolled down forcefully and spent 10,000 contribution points, instantly replacing the products in the high-tier shop.

“Holy shit!”

Seeing the first product, Gou Sheng jumped up from his cross-legged position to a squat, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

The first item in the high-tier shop was—Space-Time Secret Realm!

Clicking on the detailed description, this item had similar effects to the Space-Time Secret Realm he had obtained before, but was of middle-grade quality with higher and longer-duration time acceleration effects.

When feeding the Space-Time Insect earlier, he had complained that it would be great to have higher time acceleration, and unexpectedly after one refresh of the high-tier shop it appeared—truly finding what one seeks without even searching for it!

The system said: “I suggested long ago that the host should refresh the high-tier one.”

Jun Changxiao rolled his eyes: “If I had gone in with the mindset of refreshing for a Space-Time Secret Realm, I definitely would have fallen into a money pit.”

Refreshing the shop was like drawing lottery tickets—it all depended on luck.

If one insisted on drawing something specific, who knows how much one might lose.

Jun Changxiao didn’t rush to purchase the middle-grade Space-Time Secret Realm and continued browsing other products, praying that something like the Qiankun Talisman would appear—a charm that could instantly boost combat power!

The Qiankun Talisman had a purchase limit of 2 times, and Gou Sheng had already used both. Otherwise, combined with the Difficult to Retract Blade and a talisman to raise his cultivation, he might not be unable to fight the Rose Empress.

The high-tier shop really did have quite a few good items.

Various Saint-grade and Divine-grade martial techniques, various weapon and pill formulas could be seen everywhere.

But because they didn’t directly boost combat power, Jun Changxiao only glanced at them without considering purchase for now.

“Hm?”

Suddenly, his gaze locked onto a product named ‘One More Bottle,’ which from its icon looked exactly like a beverage bottle cap.

“And here I thought I’d see ‘Thanks for Trying’!”

Complaints aside, Jun Changxiao was attracted by this peculiar product and clicked on the detailed description.

Item: One More Bottle.

Description: Kang Shuaifu brand One More Bottle reward cap.

Effect: After use, can ignore any product’s purchase limit conditions to obtain one purchase opportunity.

Advantages: Applicable to various weapons, pills, talismans and other products that cannot be repurchased due to purchase limits.

Disadvantages: Any limited product purchased will grant a full-body weakness debuff after ending, lasting one year. If the product itself has side effects, those effects will also double.

Price: 10,000 contribution points.

Note: This item will not appear in the purchased items column. If still needed, it can continue to be refreshed in the high-tier shop.

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