Chapter 25: Chapter 25: Ice Element Advancement, Bone-Chilling Cold, and Ultimate Control!
Zhang Dafu was taken aback.
Then he glanced at Lin Yi with some suspicion.
His expression seemed to be saying.
Come on, brother, are you still testing me?
Should I say sell or not sell?
But Lin Yi didn’t continue to say anything.
After a long time, Zhang Dafu finally said, "Brother, don’t joke with me. If I sell this thing, I’ll really end up in prison."
"I really don’t have any!"
Lin Yi was somewhat puzzled.
But he gleaned something from Zhang Dafu’s words.
It seemed that the Breakthrough Magic Crystal, much like high-level equipment, was strictly controlled by the nation.
Lin Yi wasn’t embarrassed; he was essentially here to probe information about the Breakthrough Magic Crystal. He straightforwardly admitted he had no idea what the Breakthrough Magic Crystal really was or how to channel acquiring it.
Zhang Dafu, upon hearing this, pondered for a moment.
Clearly, he was considering whether this information was also a kind of chargeable item.
But considering the items Lin Yi sold him today could turn a decent profit after resale, he graciously said, "Brother, this isn’t really a secret; I’ll tell you for free."
"There’s only one way to get the Breakthrough Magic Crystal: it’s extracted from the Magic Crystal Mines in Xia Country."
"Plus, the refining, processing, and so on, are all controlled by official state channels."
"Strictly prohibiting private or organizational extraction, processing, and sale."
"The utility of this thing is vast, playing a crucial role in enhancing all professional skills and unlocking secondary skill trees."
"If you want to obtain it through official channels, you can join the Professional Alliance or a big guild with an official background, and exchange it using merit points or guild contribution."
"Of course, seeing how young you are, ostensibly just transitioned recently, there’s another somewhat easier way for you to acquire the Breakthrough Magic Crystal."
"Certain renowned Professional Academies in Xia also have corresponding Breakthrough Magic Crystal resources. If you get admitted, you should have a way of obtaining them."
"By the way, I’ve heard that in our province, students who excel in the national college entrance examination are also rewarded, and I believe that includes the Breakthrough Magic Crystal."
Lin Yi finally understood.
All resources that significantly affect a professional’s combat power.
In Xia, they’ve basically already been allocated.
If you want to obtain them, you must go through officially designated channels.
Lin Yi thanked Zhang Dafu and left the Treasure Pavilion.
Right now, in his personal space, there was actually still a Burst Arrow Skill Book for Archers and 100 points worth of tradable skill points that could be sold.
However, Lin Yi didn’t plan to sell everything in one go.
Instead, he intended to sell them in batches.
The logic remained the same: avoid attracting too much attention from others.
Having just earned a fortune again, Lin Yi naturally planned to spend money on purchasing AFK skill point rewards.
But this time, Lin Yi didn’t go home; he was preparing to head to school.
Since awakening his profession, school has been without classes.
Previously, Lin Yi’s mother left him a note saying the homeroom teacher wanted to see him. Lin Yi planned to see what it was about.
Additionally, Zhang Dafu previously mentioned that achieving excellent ranks in the national college entrance examination could earn official rewards, including the Breakthrough Magic Crystal.
Lin Yi was clearly tempted.
Since these types of resources are vital for his continual strengthening.
The vocational college entrance exam and choosing a powerful professional high school, which Lin Yi had originally not paid much attention to, must now be added to the agenda.
Lin Yi walked towards Jiangcheng Second High School while activating the new function of his talent [Gift of All Gods].
[Would you like to spend 50,000 Xia currency to purchase the 24-hour skill point reward?]
Without a doubt, Lin Yi chose yes.
This time, though, he wasn’t as mindlessly confirming as last time.
Instead, he began calculating how much money he had left.
After continuously purchasing skill points six times.
Lin Yi stopped continuing the purchase.
It now cost a full 100,000 Xia currency to grab another 24-hour AFK skill point reward.
So Lin Yi saved over 100,000 Xia currency, holding onto the money for emergencies, ensuring he wouldn’t be short on cash if he wanted to buy something.
It’s even fine to use it as household subsidy.
Anyway, if he wanted to earn more money, he could always choose to sell skill books and skill points.
Six purchases netted Lin Yi over 500,000 skill points.
Including what he saved before.
Lin Yi now has over 800,000 skill points again.
Opening the skill interface.
Lin Yi selected the Ice Attribute skills he just obtained and began to boost them.
The target remained Tier Seven.
Lin Yi found that Tier Seven magic was sufficient to handle most situations he encountered.
Directly boosting to Tier Seven, then if there were surplus skill points, he’d opt for one skill and boost it to Tier Eight!
[Consuming 500 skill points, your Frost Arrow has leveled up; you gained a new magic: Ice Shock!]
[Consuming 2000 skill points, your Ice Shock leveled up; you gained a new magic: Frost Imprisonment!]
[Consuming 5000 skill points, your Frost Imprisonment leveled up; you gained a new magic: Blizzard!]
[Consuming 10,000 skill points, your Blizzard leveled up; you gained a new magic: Extreme Cold Zone!]
[Consuming 50,000 skill points, your Extreme Cold Zone leveled up; you gained a new magic: Bone-Chilling Cold!]
[Consuming 100,000 skill points, your Bone-Chilling Cold leveled up; you gained a new magic: Soul Freeze!]
Acquiring the seven ice magic spells, Lin Yi began to check each of these seven skills.
If Fire Attribute follows the path of violent output and Wind Attribute goes for rapid attack and multi-stage slashing.
Then Ice Attribute’s skills are distinct in characteristics as well—
Control!
Absolute control!
Frost Arrow slows down the target by 30%, and the effect is continuous.
Then there’s the Tier Three magic Frost Imprisonment, which can select a target, use ice to lock its feet, and freeze it in place for 5 seconds.
Tier Five Extreme Cold Zone doesn’t even deal damage.
But it can lower the temperature of a large area to tens of degrees below zero, causing all targets in the affected range to suffer a 60% high reduction in speed.
And this effect keeps stacking; stack it up to three layers, and it instantly transforms into a freeze effect.
Looking at the Tier Six and Tier Seven Ice Attribute skills.
Lin Yi discovered a pattern.
It seems all Mage specializations start showcasing distinct features at Tier Six.
For Fire Attribute, it’s summons, for Wind Attribute, it’s supersonic slashes.
To his surprise, Ice Attribute Tier Six magic turned out to be a passive skill!
[Bone-Chilling Cold]
[Type: Passive Skill]
[Tier: Six]
[System: Ice Attribute]
[Cost: None]
[Chanting Time: None]
[Cooldown Time: None]
[Effect: All targets affected by your applied slow, imprisonment, or freezing effects become more fragile, receiving 20% increased damage, and further reducing their dodge rate based on the restriction effects applied by you.]
[Slow effect: Reduces target dodge rate by 30%.]
[Imprisonment effect: Reduces target dodge rate by 60%.]
[Freezing effect: Reduces target dodge rate by 100%, and when using fire attribute skills to break their freeze effect, additionally causes 20% of their maximum life value in ice attribute damage!]
[Note, maximum life reduction effect will be reduced for high-level and high-grade monsters, up to a minimum of 1%!]
[Note: Bone-chilling cold, piercing the marrow.]