Published: February 8, 2025
“Thank you everyone for your support and votes in the past few days, thank you!”
“Book of Celestial Vessels?!”
Ye Zhongming felt a bit restless, but years of habit made him quiet down in the shortest time possible.
After Zhao Xingmei took out the book, her eyes were fixed intently on Ye Zhongming.
She only knew this was a good item, but she didn’t know what kind of value it should have for exchange, let alone Ye Zhongming's attitude and desire for this book.
So, she needed to judge the true significance of this book to him based on his expression to ensure she would gain the maximum benefit.
Fortunately, her high education and experience as a company leader during peacetime allowed her to keenly grasp Ye Zhongming's momentary excitement.
Zhao Xingmei felt completely assured; she knew this book was exactly what Ye Zhongming needed, giving her a basis for negotiation.
The Book of Celestial Vessels, also known as the scroll duplication book by apocalypse survivors, is an almost divine piece of equipment.
Its ability matches its name; for any scroll-like items, this book can duplicate them, although there are some distinctions in categories. For instance, each profession scroll can only be copied once, skill scrolls can also only be copied once, while profession promotion scrolls and skill upgrade scrolls have no such limitations.
Moreover, a rule of this book is that copies cannot be copied again.
Of course, this equipment also has its pride; to exert its proper effects, it requires significant resources.
For example, the current Book of Celestial Vessels is merely a green-level equipment; at this level, it can only duplicate profession scrolls. It needs to be upgraded to blue to copy skill scrolls, golden level to copy upgrade scrolls, and only at purple, the highest level except for the legendary seven-color series, can it duplicate some rare scrolls.
Furthermore, duplicating also requires resources; each time a scroll is placed into the Book of Celestial Vessels for duplication, energy consumption must be satisfied.
The required energy is, of course, magic crystal.
In other words, although this book is referred to as a divine item by many, it has a dual upgrade system, and copying a scroll can sometimes be quite costly. Its fundamental function primarily lies in solving the difficulty of purchasing various scrolls.
Overall, using this book is somewhat cheaper than buying various scrolls individually, though the savings are limited.
But this does not diminish this book's value; being able to obtain something in exchange for resources is better than paying without gaining anything.
“State your conditions,” Ye Zhongming said, tapping his fingers on the table, straightforwardly asking Zhao Xingmei.
“It’s a gift for you.”
“Hmm?” Ye Zhongming was slightly taken aback.
“If I can become the mistress of Cloud Summit Villa,” Zhao Xingmei replied.
Ye Zhongming narrowed his eyes.
Only then did Zhao Xingmei shift her gaze, lightly laughing as she said, “Just kidding! I’m asking for a bit much; you need to hear me out.”
Women always have a bit of an advantage. Even in the apocalypse, Zhao Xingmei's slightly coquettish tone successfully dissolved the awkwardness brought by her earlier joke and directly brought the conversation back to the topic.
Deep down, Zhao Xingmei didn’t completely exclude the idea of replacing Xia Lei. Wanting to be a powerful leader's woman is nothing to be ashamed of; it’s similar to how most women during peacetime aspire to marry a wealthy man. Moreover, Ye Zhongming is not only strong, but he also has good character in this apocalypse, is of suitable age, and isn’t lacking in looks. It is said that the apocalypse has lasted nearly a year, and he only has one female companion.
One could say he is a perfect support in the apocalypse.
Zhao Xingmei naturally doesn’t love Ye Zhongming; at least not at this moment, and probably not in the future either. For a woman who is extremely confident in herself, love is something that can be cultivated.