"Excuse me, Pavilion Master Su..."
"I've tried to visit many times, but never had the chance..."
A hoarse voice emerged from beneath the black robe.
Orochimaru removed his hood, revealing pale cheeks. It seemed his current body was reaching its limit; in a few days, he would need to transfer it again.
"How do you want me to help you?"
Su Mu took a sip of strong tea and sat up, looking at Orochimaru with amusement.
Kabuto stepped forward from behind Orochimaru and spoke, "Pavilion Master Su, would you please help Lord Orochimaru fulfill his wish for eternal life!"
"Hahaha, do you think I'm a god?"
Su Mu opened his fan and fanned himself twice, bursting into laughter.
Orochimaru's gaze, however, was incredibly solemn. Su Mu must have something he needed!
"Please, Pavilion Master Su!"
Kabuto, with a thud, knelt before Su Mu.
Su Mu smiled faintly, picked up the purple clay pot, and poured himself a cup. "I don't fall for that. Helping isn't impossible, but there must be a price, right?"
Orochimaru frowned and asked hoarsely, "You can say directly what you want. Nothing is more important than my life right now..."
Su Mu nodded slightly. "It's not anything overly important."
"The Kusanagi sword is still with you, isn't it...?"
Orochimaru was stunned for a moment, then let out a bitter laugh. "I didn't expect you to know of the divine weapon I speak of."
"Of course, there are countless weapons in the ninja world, but very few catch my eye. Your Kusanagi sword is one of them."
Su Mu had made his intentions very clear. Orochimaru understood and immediately spat the Kusanagi sword from his mouth.
"If you can truly resolve the worries in my heart, I wouldn't mind gifting you this Kusanagi sword!"
"Pavilion Master Su, please accept it..."
Orochimaru wiped the blade of the Kusanagi sword and then threw it over.
Su Mu caught it and held it up to examine it closely.
"That's fine. You can go back now. I'll come to see you personally tomorrow."
"I will never break my promise."
Kabuto, seeing that Su Mu had accepted the item, became annoyed that they were being dismissed. "You..."
"Kabuto..." Orochimaru suddenly called out to him. "Pavilion Master Su needs to rest."
"Damn it..." Kabuto, with no more to say, could only follow Orochimaru as they left Gui Lin Ju.
After the two had departed, a system notification suddenly echoed in Su Mu's mind.
[Ding, the host has presented the actual scene of "Gonggong Collides with Buzhou Mountain," an extra chapter of "Eternal Life," through a memory ink painting. Everyone present was shocked. Rewards are being issued, please wait patiently...]
[Ding, shock reward issued, the host has obtained Shock Value: 30,000 points.]
[The total Shock Value the host currently possesses is: 36,500 points.]
[Ding, the system has activated the recycling function. Any item can be appraised and recycled in the system. Successfully recycled items will be exchanged for Shock Value and issued to the host.]
[Ding, two precious items can be recycled from the host have been detected. Would the host like to appraise them?]
Su Mu entered the system world in a daze.
Upon opening the recycling system, he saw the two displayed items on the interface.
They were the First Hokage's necklace that Tsunade had gifted him earlier and the Kusanagi sword Orochimaru had just given him.
[Host, click on Appraisal in the bottom left corner, and you will immediately see how much Shock Value these two items can be exchanged for!]
Since he had nothing else to do, Su Mu looked at the Appraisal in the bottom left corner and clicked it.
Beep~
Beep~
After two notification sounds, a string of numbers appeared below the First Hokage's necklace and the Kusanagi sword.
[Ding, appraisal complete!]
[Your First Hokage's necklace recycling price is: 40,000 Shock Value.]
[Your Kusanagi sword recycling price is: 80,000 Shock Value.]
"Holy crap, that much?"
Su Mu couldn't help but let out a curse.
The First Hokage's necklace was truly useless.
In the original story, it was a cursed necklace that killed anyone who wore it. If Naruto hadn't had protagonist's plot armor, he would have died long ago.
The minuscule amount of Hashirama's chakra within it only served to seal the Nine-Tails' chakra.
Thinking about this, Su Mu decided not to hesitate.
He could play with the Kusanagi sword for a couple of days. As for the First Hokage's necklace, it was good to sell.
"System, recycle the First Hokage's necklace."
[Please wait, host, recycling in progress...]
[Ding, recycling complete. 40,000 Shock Value has been successfully issued...]
[The total Shock Value the host currently possesses is: 76,500 points.]
"Now I have over seventy thousand Shock Value, so comfortable."
Su Mu happily opened the gacha interface.
Looking at the Silver and Gold ten-pull options, Su Mu fell into contemplation.
Bronze was out of the question. Su Mu was now a man of means, a "ten-thousand-yuan household."
"If I choose Silver gacha, at a rate of one thousand per pull, I can do seventy-six consecutive pulls. And Gold rewards aren't guaranteed."
"Gold gacha... ten thousand Shock Value can get me ten pulls, but it guarantees at least one Gold reward."
"I'm only short of 23,500 Shock Value... I'm a little unwilling to give up."
Being able to directly choose Gold gacha would be the best.
But currently, he was a bit short. Su Mu thought it would be good to save up a bit more before pulling.
"Anyway, as long as I tell stories, I can get Shock Value. There's no rush for Gold gacha. Let's do a Silver ten-pull first to have some fun!"
With that thought, Su Mu directly commanded the system, "In the world of 'Eternal Life,' initiate a Silver ten-pull!"
[Ding, Silver ten-pull is about to begin, host please wait patiently...]
[10,000 Shock Value has been successfully deducted. The host currently has: 66,500 Shock Value remaining.]
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining a youth-preserving pill!"
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining a fragment of Gonggong!"
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Qi Refining Technique manual!"
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining the construction blueprint for the Eight Treasures Glazed Pagoda!"
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Qi Refining Pill!"
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Qi Refining Pill!"
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Qi Refining Pill!"
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Sword Control Technique manual!"
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Beast Taming Banner!"
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining a luck-imbued artifact, the Taiji Diagram! (Gold)"
Su Mu was completely stunned.
A single Silver ten-pull had yielded three Qi Refining Pills.
"This gacha draw has helped Orochimaru fulfill his dream..."
Looking at the Gold reward, Su Mu couldn't help but gasp.
"A luck-imbued artifact, the Taiji Diagram!"
"It controls life and death, can reflect any attack from any angle, a divine artifact!"
With such an artifact, Su Mu could walk sideways in the ninja world.
Even a full-power strike from Hashirama Senju likely wouldn't be able to harm him in the slightest.