Sacred Souls: Genesis-Chapter 261 - 259 Genius (Third Update)

Chapter 261: Chapter 259 Genius (Third Update)

Chapter 261: Chapter 259 Genius (Third Update)

“Oh no… I should have started buying them right after the Flame Ash Dragon was defeated. I had the idea too, but it seemed too troublesome.”

Upon hearing Silver’s need for a large amount of Challenge Vouchers, Ruffy Rabbit entered a state of beating his chest and stomping his feet in regret.

“You dare whine in front of the boss? Plus, make a rational analysis. When the rules for the inner world hadn’t been released, who knew there would be guild territorial battles? Everyone thought it was just a new instance and a new monster spot. Besides, this thing will probably be valuable only for the next few days. After that, the price is bound to plummet,” Doggy Mama said.

Silver didn’t comment on Ruffy Rabbit’s cute act—just like Doggy Mama, he was buying Challenge Vouchers without raising prices now in anticipation of the inner world instance and competition with other guilds, seizing as many good spots as possible while they were still occupied by NPCs.

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“She’s asking for twenty gold coins,” Mo Shigui turned to tell Silver.

“Twenty gold coins? Is this nanny trying to rob us?”

“Extortionists!”

The folks from Nuclear Hoppers could do nothing but complain upon hearing this price.

“Buying it?”

Mo Shigui glanced at the gold coins in his own inventory; he still had about seven hundred gold coins, all his own savings, while the guild’s gold coin reserves held about six thousand.

Given the current gold reserve, buying a small portion at the price of twenty gold coins wasn’t a loss.

The reason for the high price of holy gold was that the large guilds were buying gold coins but not selling them—gold coins were an absolute equivalent to sacred spirits and even to real-world players.

Those smart merchants in the sacred spirit world only accepted gold coins from the sacred spirit world and not even real cash, but the price of gold coins would eventually drop as more and more players joined the sacred spirit world, but… at least not now.

“Wait a minute, Silver. I remember there’s an announcement about the inner world version… After the inner world opens, each player will receive a Challenge Voucher daily,” Ruffy Rabbit spoke up.

“Those Challenge Vouchers are non-tradeable, they’re meaningless. We need to concentrate a large number of tradeable Challenge Vouchers on a master to defeat the regional Guardians,” Silver added.

If Silver recalled correctly, most of this NPC challenge would involve single battles and duals or even one against four.

“First, buy two hundred, then after paying, find her for some intelligence,” Silver said.

Mo Shigui didn’t waste any words and directly asked No Premium for Two Hundred, “I want to buy two hundred. Will you sell them?” After No Premium’s nod, she no longer tried to reduce her inventory by bargaining and instead threw a remote trade window to Mo Shigui, tossing him two hundred Challenge Vouchers.

‘Thanks for your patronage, I’m really out of stock this time.’

A message from No Premium followed, which included a Q-version female priest throwing flowers emoji.

‘Buying some intel from you,’ Mo Shigui directly followed Silver’s instructions and asked.

‘Intel? What sort of intel, duck?’

“Which guilds have come to her to buy these Challenge Vouchers,” Silver instructed again.

Mo Shigui relayed Silver’s question to No Premium privately and asked No Premium to name a price for this piece of information. Surprisingly, No Premium replied that it was free!

‘Considering how much business you’ve given me, consider this a promotional gift!’

The folks from Nuclear Hoppers had been quite resentful towards No Premium, but this message dissolved their grudges suddenly.

“At least she has some self-awareness.”

“Self-awareness my furball! It’s you guys who’ve been fooled by this nanny,” Lazy Crumb criticized his complaining teammates.

While the guild members were being lectured by Lazy, Mo Shigui received a long list from No Premium.

‘Guilds that have bought Challenge Vouchers from me include Cola Fanatics, Night Sprinters, South Wind Howlers, Abyss Temple, Gray Eyes Association, Ends Dream Marriage Committee, Horizon Chasers, West Wind Travelers…’

No Premium listed a heap of guild names, at least thirty, including all the major guilds except for Monarch’s Above which all featured on the list, other casual guilds formed by players for friends and family were also all there.

“I’ve been played, no, I didn’t ask clearly.” Silver noticed the chat screenshot Mo Shigui sent over and annoyed, he tapped his head.

“Isn’t this intelligence detailed enough?” Ruffy Rabbit asked, puzzled.

“The amounts, Coach Song, ask how many Challenge Vouchers each guild bought! That’s what’s most important,” Silver instructed Mo Shigui.

“She said that information would cost money,” Mo Shigui said, looking at No Premium’s expectant emoji of the female priest, somewhat speechless.

“How much?”

“Ten gold.”

“Here!”

Mo Shigui paid the ten gold with the swiftness of a top manager, and in just a few seconds, he sent over a statistical list of the challenge vouchers bought by various guilds.

In this list, the Cola Fanatic Guild bought the most challenge vouchers, with a total of two hundred seventy-five. Dynamic Nucleus followed, and then Abyss Temple bought only a hundred. The remaining guilds, even those among the top eight, had purchased just a few dozen each.

This was actually easy to understand as among the top eight guilds, only Cola Fanatics and Dynamic Nucleus were backed by their bosses’ participation, the other guilds were derived from clubs and were secondary in comparison.

“Conqueror’s Global didn’t buy a single one?” The Silver Boss had been quite concerned about Conqueror’s Global’s movements recently.

“I have a friend in Conqueror’s Global who said… their club seems to have withdrawn funding from the guild in Sanctity, and even their professional gamers are prohibited from logging into Sanctity; looks like they’re cooperating quite a bit with the disputes recently,” Blackpot Cook informed the Silver Boss of some insider information that only professional players knew.

“Withdraw funding? Prohibit players from logging into Sanctity? That old guy is really not only nasty but also stupid,” the Silver Boss muttered to himself.

“I think it’s just that Conqueror’s Global’s boss doesn’t play the game,” Mo Shigui said.

Mo Shigui had spent a number of years in Conqueror’s Global, so he knew well what the boss and shareholders were like.

Originally, Conqueror’s Global’s boss and Mingwei had met playing in Strife, but with time, as they both neared their forties, the boss gradually stopped playing games.

To those shareholders, playing games might just be for fun, and nothing had more meaning than increasing the economic value of the club’s players to earn more money. Of course, it could also be possible that after Mingwei’s retirement, Conqueror’s Global’s boss displaced his anger towards Mingwei onto Sanctity.

In any case, the atmosphere in Conqueror’s Global was definitely not good.

“Juan Canyun,” the Silver Boss thought for a moment and suddenly called out Juan Canyun.

“Here… I am here!”

Juan Canyun hurried over. Like the Silver Boss, he had only played Sanctity for a few days, was not very familiar with the system in Sanctity nor its feuds, had not even seen Queen Mei or Miss Fureya, and didn’t know who they were.

He was a complete newbie… but in terms of VR game technology, Juan Canyun was no newbie.

“I remember the first match of the playoffs is against Conqueror’s Global, right? It’s in seven days,” the Silver Boss said.

“Yeah, they also advertised it as a fight for China’s No.1 team, I recall that campaign was from when Smile was still there,” added Blackpot Cook.

Talking about this also made him feel quite bitter; the summer season finale was supposed to be a sure win for them, but out of nowhere came a Mingwei at his prime… or maybe even stronger than his prime, who single-handedly blew their entire team up.

But now, Conqueror’s Global no longer had Mingwei, their ‘patron saint’. With him gone, was Conqueror’s Global strong… or weak? That would be revealed in seven days!

“Do you have the confidence to take on three by yourself in the solo challenge in seven days?” the Silver Boss suddenly asked.

Juan Canyun looked towards Blackpot Cook upon hearing this; Blackpot Cook was the oldest player in Dynamic Nucleus, and although not the best in skills, he was still his senior.

So Juan Canyun thought the Silver Boss was suggesting Blackpot Cook take on three.

“Don’t look at me; the boss is asking you,” Blackpot Cook reminded.

“Me… me? Smile has retired, but… but Conqueror’s Global still has Lin Xi, Feng Yi, Kong Linlin… those legends…” Juan Canyun’s confidence waned as he spoke, “I have… never won a single match against Feng Yi.”

Juan Canyun was indeed a prodigy, but professional gaming was never short of prodigies. Conqueror’s Global didn’t fall apart even after Mingwei left; he had long been planning to retire, and it was only his performance that had recently reclaimed its peak.

“Don’t put unnecessary pressure on my players,” Mo Shigui stood up to confront the Silver Boss at that moment.

“It’s not pressure; when I contracted you, I really valued your potential. You have more potential than anyone else, it’s just that you haven’t been well-nourished before, and your body hasn’t fully grown, so you are naturally at a disadvantage compared to other players,” the Silver Boss firmly patted Juan Canyun’s shoulder and said.

“In these seven days, Coach Song will arrange for you to fight in the Sanctity arenas or… duel with those NPCs in the inner world. Competing in VR games isn’t just about skill—it’s also about physical fitness!”

Juan Canyun came from a very poor background, which is why he was so timid; he was always physically a step behind the other players. But playing in Sanctity gave him the most direct enhancements.

“Really… train by playing Sanctity?” Juan Canyun thought his boss was going to add more intense physical training to his regimen.

He had discovered just how demanding it was to be a professional gamer after he became one; playing games for twelve hours a day, going to the gym for three hours, and then just collapsing onto his bed to sleep.

“I’ll oversee the arrangements,” Mo Shigui said.

Sanctity could enhance one’s physical fitness in many ways, something of which Mo Shigui had some understanding. He was very grateful for the fitness effects of the simulation suit and the various training effects in the game.

But instead of dwelling on this, he preferred to think about which area to prioritize in the inner world once it opened up.