[Equipment Category]: 10 battle merits can be exchanged for one Ordinary Grade equipment, 100 battle merits for one Spirit Grade equipment, 1000 battle merits for one Mysterious Grade equipment, and battle merits for one Earth Grade equipment, with Earth Grade being the highest.
The attributes of each grade of equipment are not particularly impressive, falling into the average range.
Don't assume that equipment of the same grade has the same attributes.
Even within the same grade, there can be a vast difference in attributes.
Take Lin Jichen's Dark Night Sword, for example. It's a Mysterious Grade, but finding another Mysterious Grade with better attributes is harder than having your wife give birth to ten children at once.
Lin Jichen glanced at the equipment available, and it was the same as in his previous life—nothing new.
They were slightly better than those in the official town equipment shops but still inferior to the equipment from the Sword Sect's forging department.
Even Earth Grade equipment couldn't catch Lin Jichen's eye.
Unless the attributes were exceptional, Lin Jichen wouldn't spend ten thousand battle merits on an Earth Grade piece.
Even though he currently didn't own any Earth Grade equipment.
However, Lin Jichen thought that if his shop ever ran out of equipment, he could restock from here.
After all, only a few players participated in the storyline opportunities. Most missed out due to time constraints, real-life issues, or other tasks.
They would have to wait for the next opportunity to earn battle merits.
So, the equipment here couldn't be exchanged by them, but many would likely be willing to buy it with Spirit Stones.
After a quick look through the equipment category, Lin Jichen moved on to the [Elixir Category] and [Skills Category].
Again, nothing caught his eye.
Finally, Lin Jichen focused on the last category, the Lottery.
[Lottery Category]: Spend battle merits to randomly draw items. Ordinary Grade: 10 battle merits per draw; Spirit Grade: 100 battle merits per draw; Mysterious Grade: 1000 battle merits per draw; Earth Grade: 10000 battle merits per draw, with Earth Grade being the highest.
This lottery does not guarantee the type of item drawn but ensures it won't be something already available in the other four sections of the Battle Merit Shop.
This was the most popular part of the Battle Merit Shop in his previous life.
Battle Merit Blind Boxes.
A place purely reliant on luck.
Some people drew a hundred times and got nothing but junk, while others hit the jackpot with a single draw.
There were indeed good items in the Battle Merit Blind Boxes, but they were extremely rare. Whether you could draw something good depended on your luck.
In his previous life, many lucky players drew great items from it.
Some drew the top-tier Spirit Grade mental technique "Dark Cloud Secret Scroll," others drew the top-tier Mysterious Grade movement technique "Starry Sky Concealment," and some even drew the Earth Grade formula "Blood Fusion Elixir."
The most memorable was Shi Xiyue, the luckiest player of the previous life, who drew all these items.
She even drew an Earth Grade Dragon Fish Egg, an excellent mount comparable to the Iron-Eating Beast.
Lin Jichen had tried many times before, wasting a lot of battle merits but never drawing anything worthwhile.
It was always some mediocre or useless stuff.
This time, Lin Jichen was ready to challenge the Battle Merit Shop again.
In this life, he was at peak luck, with great fortune on his side. He couldn't be as unlucky as before.
Lin Jichen hesitated for a moment and decided to spend a hundred battle merits to draw a Spirit Grade item to test the waters.
[Ding! Congratulations, you have drawn a bottle of Spirit Grade Elixir: Boiling Blood Elixir!]
[Boiling Blood Elixir]: Strength +10, Health Regeneration +200/second, lasts 20 seconds.
A bit of a loss, but still acceptable.
Lin Jichen decided to try again.
[Ding! Congratulations, you have drawn a Spirit Grade martial art: Sky Blade Technique!]
[Sky Blade Technique]: Blade damage +5%, Strength +1 every 5 seconds during combat, no upper limit.
Requirement: Blade cultivator with a bone structure of 30 or above.
Lin Jichen felt a bit indignant and decided to go for a ten-draw!
[Ding! Congratulations, you have drawn a Spirit Grade weapon: Blood-Drinking Spear!]
[Ding! Congratulations, you have drawn a Spirit Grade formula: Boiling Spirit Elixir Formula!]
[Ding! Congratulations, you have drawn a Spirit Grade martial art: Falling Wind and Leaves Leg Technique!]
After ten draws, Lin Jichen was already smiling when he saw the Spirit Grade formula. The rest didn't matter as much.
[Boiling Spirit Elixir Formula]: Can be used to refine Boiling Spirit Elixir, Mental Power +10, Mana Regeneration +200/second, lasts 20 seconds.
This was a good item, a future bestseller for Harmony Pharmacy.
The other items were also decent, though not quite meeting Lin Jichen's expectations.
Then, on the last draw.
A huge surprise arrived.
[Ding! Congratulations, you have drawn a Spirit Grade mental technique: Dark Cloud Secret Scroll!]
[Dark Cloud Secret Scroll]: Defense +9%, Heart Protection +15%, Skill Resistance +10%, and immunity to armor-piercing and crippling attack effects.
Just what he needed, the Dark Cloud Secret Scroll was one of the best Spirit Grade treasures in the Battle Merit Blind Boxes.
And he got it with just a ten-draw.
Lin Jichen had thought his luck might be bad today, but it turned out he was still The Lucky One.
The Dark Cloud Secret Scroll alone was a huge win, not to mention the Boiling Spirit Elixir Formula and other Spirit Grade items.
Lin Jichen happily learned the Dark Cloud Secret Scroll and wanted to continue drawing, but Spirit Grade draws were no longer interesting.
After all, the limit was set, and drawing one top-tier item was enough.
Lin Jichen wanted to try the Mysterious Grade Blind Box.
But he didn't dare to go for a ten-draw. He only had twelve thousand battle merits in total, and now he had just over eleven thousand left. It was spent quickly.
Lin Jichen decided to draw just once.
Gritting his teeth, he spent a thousand battle merits.
[Ding! Congratulations, you have drawn a Mysterious Grade item: Flying Flower Umbrella Blueprint!]
[Flying Flower Umbrella Blueprint]: Can be used to forge the Mysterious Grade equipment Flying Flower Umbrella, requires a Fifth Grade Forgemaster to craft.
[Flying Flower Umbrella]: Mental Power +30, Critical Hit +15, Mana +1000, comes with the skill [Flying Flower Pluck Leaves].
Flying Flower Pluck Leaves: Absorbs wood spirit energy to release flower-like leaves. Hitting enemies deals 300 area damage, hitting allies heals 300 area health, range 20 meters.
Cooldown: 10 minutes, Mana Cost: None.
Requirement: Foundation Establishment Realm healer.
Lin Jichen slapped his thigh!
He could already see the future where healers' Spirit Stones were calling out to him, lining up to fill his pockets.
He carefully put away the blueprint, knowing it was a future goldmine. Once he recruited a Fifth Grade Forgemaster, he would start production immediately.
Lin Jichen wanted to draw more but restrained himself.
He couldn't have a gambler's mindset; it was best to quit while ahead.
He would draw again after earning more battle merits next time.
With the remaining battle merits, Lin Jichen decided to buy a shop.
Even if he didn't open it, the price would be at least ten or even dozens of times higher in a year or two!
If he did open a shop, he could still amass wealth.
He exchanged ten thousand battle merits for one hundred thousand reputation points, keeping five hundred for emergencies.