My Crazy Upgrade System-Chapter 74 - 73: Fusing Items

’Now this is interesting. A fusion effect that can increase Skill Level. I wonder if other weapons can do the same? But I should check the price first, just in case I lose out.’

Before fusing, he first checked to see if he could sell it for a high price. If it sold for much more, it would be a huge loss.

"Phoenix Silver Spear. Price: 500 Madness Value. Sell?"

’Sell my ass! Piss off!’

Yi Tianyun rolled his eyes. He never thought a High-Grade Spiritual Artifact would only be worth 500 Madness Value. What a rip-off. ’But on second thought, if everything I got from the lottery sold for a high price, I could just keep drawing indefinitely. That would be a major loophole.’

’Forget it. I’ll just try fusing them.’

Yi Tianyun tapped the Phoenix Silver Spear, which had both "Fuse" and "Sell" options, and selected "Fuse." This time, however, things were a bit different. A pop-up window appeared with a message: "Select a primary weapon and a secondary weapon."

’The Frost Fist, of course. The Phoenix Silver Spear doesn’t have any special effects.’

The moment he made his selection, the Phoenix Silver Spear dissolved into a mass of energy and merged into the Frost Fist. Its original Skill Level of 1,100 increased by a full 500, reaching 1,600.

’Nice, very nice!’

Yi Tianyun was very satisfied; this was exactly the effect he wanted. He then did the same with the Overlord Armor. Even though he was fusing armor into a weapon, it still converted into Skill Level, adding another 300 points. Not bad at all.

’I wonder how the loot I’ve collected sells?’

Yi Tianyun had all sorts of miscellaneous junk on him—various Martial Arts and Mortal Iron Level weapons that he had no use for. There was no point in keeping them.

He selected the Blood Radiance Divine Blade, a Top-Grade Spiritual Artifact. It also had "Sell" and "Fuse" options. When he tapped "Sell," a dazzling number appeared before his eyes: 5,000 Madness Value.

"Nice!" Yi Tianyun’s eyes lit up. ’As expected, only loot I earn myself sells for a good price. Let’s check the other Martial Arts...’

He tried selling the low-level Martial Arts as well. The prices varied, but since their grades were low, they mostly sold for only a thousand or two thousand Madness Value. The same went for the low-grade weapons; they all fetched low prices, which made sense.

’Their grades were low to begin with, so how could he expect a high price from the shop?’

But besides selling, there was also the "Fuse" option. This made his eyes light up.

"Martial Arts can be fused too?" Yi Tianyun’s eyes lit up again. He quickly selected the Human Level Martial Arts to fuse into his Star Absorption Technique, but as soon as he tapped "Fuse," a message popped up.

"Grade too low. Fusion failed!"

"What?" Yi Tianyun froze. ’It can’t be fused? Because the grade is too low?’

This puzzled him. It seemed there was no quick way to raise Skill Level this way. He had no choice but to shift his focus back to weapons, trying to feed the low-grade ones into his Frost Fist.

"Grade too low. Fusion failed."

When he tried to fuse the Mortal Iron Level weapons, the same message popped up again.

’That’s strange. Why isn’t it working? Wasn’t the Frost Fist at the Mortal Iron Level before?’

Yi Tianyun checked and quickly figured out what was happening. Now that his Frost Fist was a Spiritual Artifact, it could only be fused with other Spiritual Artifacts. For different types of items, they had to be of the same grade to be fused together.

For instance, since the Frost Fist was now at the Spiritual Artifact Level, it could only be fused with other Spiritual Artifact Level items. The same rule applied to Martial Arts; he couldn’t fuse a technique that was of a much lower grade.

’Looks like I’ll have to sell them. There’s no point in keeping things I’ll never use.’

Yi Tianyun shook his head. It was like getting a bunch of junk drops; he definitely wouldn’t use them, but he could sell them to the shop for Madness Value. It wasn’t much, but every little bit counted.

He promptly cleared out a large portion of his inventory, keeping only the higher-grade items and converting the rest into Madness Value. He also consumed all his Experience Elixirs and similar items.

After cleaning up, he opened his attribute bar to check his current stats.

Level: 27 (Seventh Level of the Core Formation Stage)

Experience Value: 617,281 / 1,500,000

Madness Value: 43,728

Luck Value: 70

Cultivation Technique: North Nether Divine Technique, Dragon God Technique

Skill: Star Absorption Technique, Celestial Cloud Step, Blood Evil Ascending to Heaven

Weapon: Frost Fist, Crimson Dagger, Wind-Chasing Blade, Blood Evil Divine Spear

Armor: Snow Wolf Battle Boots, Celestial God Armor, Shadow Cloak

Divine Skill: Madness Mode, Luck Aura

Bloodline: Dragon God Bloodline

Accessory: Forging Divine Hammer, Power Bracelet, Power Ring, Power Belt, Blood Evil Bracelet

Inventory: Recovery Elixir x18, Double Experience Pill x5, Level 31 Gift Pack, Life x1, Bad Luck Divine Pill

He didn’t sell the Blood Evil Divine Spear and his other primary gear, but he did sell items like the Blood Radiance Divine Blade. After all, with several thousand Madness Value and no Double Madness Value Card, it was best to be frugal. He could raise his Skill Level slowly; there was no rush.

’I finally get what this shop is for. If you have enough Madness Value, you can just buy items to fuse and stack up the Skill Level...’

Yi Tianyun shook his head. Looking at the terrifying prices, he couldn’t help but shudder. ’Just how rich would you have to be to spend that much Madness Value just to fuse items for Skill Level?’

For example, an Earth Level Star Absorption Technique manual cost a full 200,000 Madness Value. That wasn’t actually an exorbitant price, but who knew how much Skill Level fusing it would grant? Even if it gave 10,000 points, it would hardly be worth it.

After all, to level it up, he would need ten manuals. That would be two million Madness Value, which he simply couldn’t afford.

He then checked the consumables tab and, sure enough, found the "Life" item. The price, however, left him utterly dumbfounded—one billion Madness Value.

’My luck must have been off the charts to get this drop... Let’s see what it sells for!’

Yi Tianyun immediately tried to sell the "Life." Sure enough, the price didn’t "disappoint" him: three hundred Madness Value.

’Are you fucking kidding me?!’

Yi Tianyun stomped his feet around the room, muttering to himself like a madman. ’An item worth one billion Madness Value sells for only three hundred? I’d have been happy even if it sold for just a hundred million! With a hundred million Madness Value, I could get completely stacked, deck myself out in the best gear, and get my hands on a Heaven Level Martial Art in no time.’

Unfortunately, his daydream was shattered. It was back to the honest grind of killing monsters for him.

’Sigh. I guess all I can do now is wait for the Celestial Sinking Ruins to open. I’ll figure out how to get in when the time comes.’

After he was done with the lottery system, Yi Tianyun had nothing else to do besides cultivate. There wasn’t much time left, as he would soon have to head to the Celestial Sinking Ruins.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK...

Just then, someone knocked on his door. He glanced up and knew immediately who it was.

He opened the door to find Jiu Lingyun. She was blushing as she spoke. "Yi, I’m taking the assessment tomorrow. Could you... come and watch?"

"I almost forgot! Tomorrow is the Outer Disciple assessment. You’ll be participating, right? In that case, I’ll definitely come watch and cheer you on!" Yi Tianyun said with a smile. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

The Outer Disciple assessment was tomorrow. It would determine who would finally be selected to become an Official Disciple. Jiu Lingyun had been cultivating diligently ever since he brought her here, and he wondered how much progress she had made. He would definitely go watch; after all, he was the one who had brought her here.