activa-t Chapter 69 The Contempt from the Shennong Beast
Chapter 69 The Contempt from the Shennong Beast
Devil Fruits were criticized by Goose as being utterly useless.
Li Muyang, who had initially been quite curious about Devil Fruits, has now lost much of his interest.
However, Goose changed his tone and said, "But, host, your situation is special. Just eat whatever you want, and don't make a sound."
"Huh?" Li Muyang was completely bewildered. Didn't you just complain about Devil Fruits being unreliable, of poor quality, and full of side effects? You're such a fickle goose!
Goose continued to explain, "However, before you eat it, host, use the Shennong Beast to kill the poison. That way, the side effects of the Devil Fruit will be gone."
Li Muyang stared blankly at the gourd in the system space. The Shennong Beast had this function?
“Actually, you can also use the Origin Stone to disinfect the Devil Fruit and eliminate its side effects through the Management Bureau, but since you already have the Shennong Beast, there is no need to waste the Origin Stone.”
"Does that mean I can eat several?" Li Muyang asked blankly.
Goose: "Of course! After the Shennong Beast disinfects, the will of the Devil Fruit will be purified, and the curse it comes with will also be removed, leaving only a pure ball of law power. However, it is recommended that the host not consume too much unrelated law power at once, as it is easy to have indigestion. Too many abilities will be too much to cultivate, resulting in waste."
"Host! You really underestimate the healing and purifying power of the Shennong Beast! Why did the Jade Qilin clan almost become objects of covetous eyes among all living beings in the primordial world? And why was it that a Jade Qilin turned into the divine weapon beast Shennong Ruler? These are nothing more than insignificant tricks of the Shennong Beast!"
"Conceptual God! Understand?"
Li Muyang's jaw almost dislocated! He never expected his newbie perk to be so outrageous! He thought he was going to be a stay-at-home dad and a support person, but it turns out he's an all-around god of concepts!
After calming himself down, Li Muyang immediately asked the Shennong Beast to help purify the two Devil Fruits.
Then there was Xiaobai, Shennong Beast, and Ma Ge brought back from Fengling Yuxiu. Well, who knew that Ma Ge could be taken away directly, with only one Origin Stone required, while the other horses together only cost Li Muyang one Origin Stone.
Even Goose CEO said that it was just a symbolic gesture, and if Li Muyang didn't ask him, he could have taken Ma Ge along with him without any problem.
Speechless!
Li Muyang asked, "I need to use this Ope Ope no Mi (Operation Fruit), but who wants this Flame Flame no Mi (Flame Flame Fruit)?"
Keep it? Forget it, it's pointless. Let's use it to enhance the team's actual combat strength!
Xiao Bai glanced at it, shook his head, and showed no interest.
Shennong Beast rolled its eyes haughtily and turned to busy itself with the vegetable garden.
Ma Ge... stared with its intelligent eyes. It had only just awakened its intelligence. It could understand Li Muyang's words, but that didn't mean it could fully comprehend their meaning.
I'm not that smart yet.
Li Muyang held the roasted fruit to Ma Ge's mouth and asked, "Old Ma, do you want some?"
Ma Ge thought Li Muyang was feeding him fruit, so he opened his mouth and took a bite. Pfft! He chewed it, and he—tui! He sprayed Li Muyang's face with fruit.
Good heavens! How can there be such awful fruit in this world?! Boss, you're inhuman! You actually fed Old Horse this awful-tasting stuff! I'm a horse! Not a dog!
The Shennong Beast, seemingly noticing this scene, leisurely explained, "Well, Muyang, I did purify the fruit's side effects, but the fruit's flesh seems to be particularly unpalatable. This is its inherent characteristic, and I cannot purify it directly at the moment. As for cultivation, there is obviously no way to do it either. This thing has no seeds or breeding methods at all! At the very least, it cannot be grown using ordinary agricultural methods."
No wonder Shennong Beast dislikes this thing so much. In his eyes, something that is unpalatable, impossible to make palatable, and impossible to grow and reproduce is indeed worthless!
Li Muyang wiped his face speechlessly. This was the first time Brother Ma had ever been so defensive! Was this stuff really that bad? It looked alright!
Fortunately, although the Shennong Beast was purified, the Devil Fruit still only requires one bite. Ma Ge, whose fur was predominantly red, sneezed and exhaled a wisp of flame.
not bad!
Seeing that it had worked, Li Muyang threw the remaining Burning Fruit into the trash can as if it were a nuisance.
Then it's just me.
Although Li Muyang was quite envious of the Op-Op Fruit's abilities, and it matched his professional skills, the problem was that after seeing Brother Ma's attitude, Li Muyang was also a little... wary of the taste of this thing!
Forcing himself to take a bite of the surgical fruit, Li Muyang's eyes widened in surprise.
Σ_(???」∠)呕！
Holy crap! Calling this S stuff S is an insult to S! This stuff is absolutely inedible! Even someone starving to death would find it hard to swallow! They'd gag!
It can make any living being feel disgusted!
Seeing Li Muyang struggling on the ground, the Shennong Beast leisurely brought over a basket of fruit, urging Li Muyang to quickly neutralize the taste, otherwise, his taste buds would explode! It was the kind of indescribably awful taste! The kind that's hard to put into words!
Fortunately, although it tasted really bad, the effects wore off quickly. In no time, Li Muyang had returned to normal. He opened a room and breathed a sigh of relief. It was done!
All the suffering I endured was worth it for the power of this fruit!
There's no rush to improve his skills; Li Muyang will first do another ten-pull.
Sure enough, good luck doesn't last forever. This time, I only got two purple-quality... fingernail-sized rocks?
Li Muyang (???): "Boss Goose, is the Bureau so poor they can't even afford to eat? Why are stones being used as purple-quality rewards? Isn't that a bit stingy? And they're so small too?"
Goose rolled his eyes: "Don't judge a book by its cover! Can you look at the things before you speak? These two stones are worth much more than Devil Fruits in some ways!"
Upon opening it, wow! These weren't just ordinary little stones! They were... sparkling little stones!
Ahem, just kidding. These two small stones are called Spirit Marrow. Simply put, it's something that can only be formed by the essence of many years condensed in the spiritual veins that produce spirit stones. This stuff is worth hundreds of times more than a spirit stone of the same size!
It's even more valuable than a spiritual vein! Because not every spiritual vein can form spiritual essence; it's something that's gone once it's collected! A non-renewable resource!
Because even a tiny bit of spiritual essence contains hundreds of times more spiritual energy than a spirit stone, and in some cases thousands or even tens of thousands of times more! The quality of the spiritual energy is also far superior! And these are just the basic attributes! The true value of spiritual essence lies in the power of the corresponding attribute laws it contains!
Whether for wearing, enchanting, upgrading, or breaking through, these materials are extremely rare and can improve a cultivator's physique and increase the absorption rate of spiritual energy. They are priceless and unavailable!
Although the two spirit marrows in front of Li Muyang were only the size of a fingernail, they were extremely rare spatial and temporal attributes! This made them twice as valuable as spirit marrow of other attributes!
"To be honest, I'm starting to wonder if you're related to my boss," Goose Boss casually complained. "I remember he induced the formation of several of these before, and you just happened to take out the two smallest but most valuable ones."
"Hmm, I should go tell him we need to restock!"
Li Muyang didn't take Goose's teasing to heart. He played with the two spirit marrows. Although they were precious, he wouldn't dare to show them off easily. He understood the principle of not flaunting wealth.
The origin of the items is not a problem; my parents don't like to get to the bottom of things and can easily gloss over it.
But how do we deal with these two spiritual essences? We can't just carry them around as decorations, can we?
"If the host doesn't know how to solve this, you can integrate it into your spirit beast gourd. The gourd your father made for you can be said to be the strongest spiritual treasure below the immortal level. The Administration can do it for you. By fusing these two spiritual marrows and spending a little bit of origin stone, it will be about the same as the level of a postnatal magic treasure."
Li Muyang nodded, quite interested in the suggestion, but then, as if remembering something, he asked, "That's possible, but approximately how many Origin Stones would it cost?"
Goose calmly extended his "round hand": "Three thousand Origin Stones."
Li Muyang (；￣д￣): "Holy crap! Is this what you call a little bit of Origin Stone? Brother, can't you do math?"
Looking at his newly acquired three thousand Origin Stones, Li Muyang was speechless. "Brother, you really didn't give me this advice based on my Origin Stones? I'm back to square one! Are you trying to clear out my inventory?"
Goose, seemingly unconcerned about the Origin Stones, scoffed, "Be content! This is already a discount I've given you! And it's a super loss-making deal! Otherwise, you think you can exchange three thousand Origin Stones for a magical artifact of the Acquired Small World type?"
"Besides, I didn't spend all of it with you, did I? There's still some left, enough for your normal mission! Enough nonsense! Do you want it or not? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! You don't want it this cheap next time!"
Li Muyang was speechless. That's right, the shops in the Administration Bureau all have clearly marked prices. Boss Goose's prices are really not expensive. The cheapest purple-quality rewards in the shop start at 5000 Origin Stones! And gold ones start at 10! And that's the cheapest one!
Since the management bureau has a monopoly, if you calculate it carefully, it's really not expensive.
"Okay, you win!" Li Muyang still chose to accept the opportunity. He had to admit that Goose was a qualified sales master.
"Alright! Please wait a moment! The items inside the spirit beast gourd have been temporarily stored in the system space. Once the spirit beast gourd upgrade is complete, they will all be returned to their original positions. It is expected to be completed by 6:00 AM tomorrow." Goose's slightly smug voice rang out.
Li Muyang planned to call out Xiaobai and Shennong Beast first. Ma Ge and the other girls really couldn't handle it; they were too big to fit in the dormitory, so they would store them in the system space for now.
However... you can store them in the school's breeding area first, where there are also spirit beasts and ordinary animals.