Chapter 32 – Almost Dropped the Elder's Jaw!

“Apply!”

Ye Sheng looked at the Bronze Deacon Token in his hand and used it to contact a Deacon Elder of the Xuanming Pavilion.

A moment later.

A figure appeared on the Bronze Deacon Token.

The figure was composed of a light screen, a form of long-distance communication technology.

This figure was an Elder, dressed in loose martial arts attire, but his aura was powerful—he was a 3rd Revolution Ghost General Realm Expert.

“What is it?”

Li Zhengtang stood with his hands behind his back, yawned lazily, and glanced casually at the ‘Bronze Deacon Token’ in Ye Sheng’s hand, his expression indifferent.

For someone of his Elder-level status, a mere Bronze Steward was hardly worth a second glance.

Li Zhengtang usually couldn’t be bothered to pay them any attention.

If there was an issue now, it was likely something trivial.

“Kid, summoning an Elder on a whim—if it’s a trivial matter, you’ll face punishment!”

Li Zhengtang shot Ye Sheng a glance, his warning tone unmistakable.

Ye Sheng smiled and stated his purpose, “Senior, I wish to apply for the ‘Golden Deacon’ identity.”

Li Zhengtang had just yawned, and upon hearing this, his mouth remained agape. He stared at Ye Sheng in astonishment.

“Huh… What did you say?”

Li Zhengtang dug at his ear, thinking he had misheard.

A mere Bronze Steward, who hadn’t even become a Silver Deacon, was directly applying to become a Golden Deacon?

What kind of joke was this kid playing on him?

“Apply to become a Golden Deacon!”

Ye Sheng had no choice but to repeat himself.

Li Zhengtang’s expression darkened. “Kid, are you messing with me?”

Li Zhengtang assumed he had encountered a reckless fool who was toying with him, an Elder.

But the next moment, Li Zhengtang’s jaw nearly dropped in shock.

It was because Ye Sheng, with no other option, had to release his 2nd Revolution Level 100 Perfection Tier aura for him to see!

“2nd Revolution Level 100 Perfection Tier!”

“It really is!”

Li Zhengtang was stunned!

He realized Ye Sheng wasn’t messing with him after all.

2nd Revolution Level 100 indeed qualified him to apply to become a ‘Golden Deacon’ of the Xuanming Pavilion.

A moment later, Li Zhengtang’s attitude did a complete one-eighty. He looked at Ye Sheng and chuckled, scolding him:

“With strength like yours, how did you end up as a Bronze Steward?”

Given Ye Sheng’s strength, even if he hadn’t reached 2nd Revolution Level 100 before, he should have at least been a Silver Deacon.

Yet, strangely, he was only a Bronze Steward.

This was quite puzzling, and Li Zhengtang couldn’t make sense of it!

Ye Sheng didn’t know how to explain it either.

He couldn’t very well say that he had just advanced from 2nd Revolution Level 0 to 2nd Revolution Level 100.

But this matter was somewhat too astonishing!

He was afraid of scaring Li Zhengtang!

“Hmm! The strength is sufficient! The identity checks out too—he is indeed one of our Xuanming Pavilion’s people!”

Immediately after, Li Zhengtang verified Ye Sheng’s identity with utmost seriousness.

The Bronze Deacon Token was genuine, and coupled with Ye Sheng’s 2nd Revolution Level 100 Combat Power, he truly qualified to become a Golden Deacon.

Whoosh!

A Mini Teleportation Array suddenly materialized in front of Ye Sheng.

It was created by Li Zhengtang on the other end.

Soon, a gleaming golden Authority Token was transmitted over, landing in Ye Sheng’s hand.

Ye Sheng looked at the Golden Deacon Token in his hand, a smile spreading across his face.

Obtaining this Golden Deacon Token meant gaining access to various privileges within the Xuanming Pavilion.

“This Bronze Deacon Token is useless now, so I’ll take it back!”

Li Zhengtang said, looking at the Bronze Deacon Token in Ye Sheng’s hand.

“Of course!”

Ye Sheng stored the Golden Deacon Token away and handed the Bronze Deacon Token over to the other party.

After handling all this, Li Zhengtang was about to leave.

However, before departing, Li Zhengtang turned to Ye Sheng with a beaming smile and said:

“Young friend, my name is ‘Li Zhengtang,’ and I am an Elder of the Elder Hall in the Xuanming Pavilion!

If you have any matters in the future, feel free to come find me. Let us become closer acquaintances.”

With that, Li Zhengtang’s light projection dissipated.

Ye Sheng smiled, knowing that Li Zhengtang was trying to win him over.

Golden Deacons were not numerous in the Xuanming Pavilion.

Moreover, each Golden Deacon pledged allegiance to an Elder.

The more Golden Deacons an Elder had under their command, the stronger their influence.

And the more consolidated their position within the Xuanming Pavilion.

These Elders also formed factions within the Xuanming Pavilion. When conflicts of interest arose, it depended on the strength of their respective factions.

This, Ye Sheng was well aware of.

…

Becoming a Golden Deacon was only the first step in Ye Sheng’s plan.

Ye Sheng opened the ‘Contribution Pavilion.’

The Contribution Pavilion was actually similar to the ‘Federation Trading Platform.’

The difference was that the Contribution Pavilion was exclusive to the Xuanming Pavilion.

It contained many precious treasures that were not available on the ‘Federation Trading Platform.’

In addition to being exchangeable with ‘Contribution Points,’

the Contribution Pavilion also accepted transactions with Ghost Spirit Stones!

This was because many of the treasures listed in the Contribution Pavilion were posted by Experts within the Xuanming Pavilion.

These 3rd Revolution, and even 4th Revolution Experts also needed hard currency like Ghost Spirit Stones.

Ye Sheng currently had no Ghost Spirit Stones.

But after becoming a Golden Deacon, he could advance one year’s salary.

That was 1,200 Ghost Spirit Stones.

It should be enough to purchase quite a few things in the ‘Contribution Pavilion.’

…

Using his Golden Deacon token, Ye Sheng opened the Contribution Pavilion, and a pale blue light screen appeared before him.

At a glance,

Ye Sheng discovered that the Contribution Pavilion truly had many treasures.

There were even equipment for the 3rd Revolution Ghost General Realm and the 4th Revolution Ghost Sect Realm.

Among them were no shortage of Dark Gold Equipment!

But the prices were extraordinarily staggering!

And there were even more 2nd Revolution Dark Gold Equipment.

Ye Sheng looked through them one by one.

“2nd Revolution Dark Gold Chest Armor—Black Demon Armor!

Price: 1,320 Ghost Spirit Stones!”

“2nd Revolution Dark Gold Weapon—Flame Cloud Spear!

Price: 1,480 Ghost Spirit Stones!”

Ye Sheng examined each one, but after a moment, he frowned.

He found that the prices for these 2nd Revolution Dark Gold Equipment were all quite high.

If he wanted to assemble a full set of 2nd Revolution Dark Gold Equipment, it would require at least tens of thousands of Ghost Spirit Stones!

Moreover, even if he managed to assemble it, they would be scattered pieces of 2nd Revolution Dark Gold Equipment.

Not a Dark Gold Set!

To assemble a set, Ye Sheng glanced at the ‘Contribution Pavilion’…

Even the Contribution Pavilion couldn’t provide a complete set; the difficulty was extremely high!

“The prices are all so expensive?!”

Ye Sheng complained.

He had been full of confidence just moments ago, but now, looking at the prices, his one-year salary of 1,200 Ghost Spirit Stones was nothing.

He couldn’t even afford a single piece of 2nd Revolution Dark Gold Equipment.

This was somewhat absurd!

As for a 2nd Revolution Dark Gold Set, he shouldn’t even think about it!

“I’m too poor!”

Ye Sheng felt a headache coming on.

“Besides, my luck lately has genuinely been bad! I haven’t encountered a single 2nd Revolution BOSS.”

Dark Gold Equipment!

The drop rate from ordinary Ghost Creatures was extremely low; it was very difficult to obtain.

Only BOSS-level Ghost Creatures had a relatively higher drop rate.

But during this period, Ye Sheng hadn’t come across any 2nd Revolution BOSS-level Ghost Creatures.

“Forget it, with the ‘Diamond Demon-Subduing Sword’ in hand, Dark Gold Equipment isn’t that urgent!”

Ye Sheng gathered his thoughts.

For now, I have no plans to purchase Dark Gold Equipment.

The amplification from the Annihilation-grade Skill ‘Diamond Demon-Subduing Sword’ is terrifying enough!

It’s even more powerful than the amplification from a full set of Dark Gold Equipment!

Even without a single piece of 2nd Awakening Dark Gold Equipment, it wouldn’t affect his invincibility within the 2nd Awakening realm!

Annihilation-grade Skills!

These are his greatest reliance!