"It's counted, boss."
A few minutes later in Jiangxia, when the dramatic Ru was stretching after a nap, the reliable Su brought the report.
“The total number of ashes we harvested on this expedition is 180.
It is too complicated to use the standards of the Red Moon World, so I followed Liu Hui's suggestion and classified these ashes that can bring magical powers according to the standards of human cultivators.
There are 128 ashes that can bring weak magical powers to the mortal realm.
52 pieces of ashes of supernatural powers in the Qi training stage.
I could have had one, but you, my boss, refused it."
"Well, there will be some in the future. There are so many monsters in that world. If you go to the Old World, you won't be able to kill them all."
Jiang Xia waved his hand, turned his head and looked at Liu Hui who was scratching her head, and said:
“How is this standard set?”
“It’s very simple.”
The wolf demon held three bags of ashes that he liked in his hands.
It had already lit a fire nearby , and it seemed that it was going to use it right away, so as to avoid any more trouble. The silly monster threw wood into the fire, wagging his tail and answering:
“Even if those were burned, they would not be enough to leave mortals with the ability to compete with cultivators. Even at the mortal level, most of them only have some weak magical powers.
No matter how hard you practice, it's just like that.
For example, improving eyesight, strengthening bones, perception, small flames and the like.
They originally came from weak monsters, which basically meant they gave mortals a little more power to protect themselves.
The supernatural powers at the Qi training stage have reached a qualitative change.
For example, thick skin, the scale armor used by Hake, as well as magical powers such as skeleton alienation, multiple eyes, fire control, wind control, and earth control can all bring more abilities to the monks and immediately enhance their combat effectiveness.
These are all monsters above level three.
But the improvement is limited.”
At this point, the wolf demon curled his lips and said to Jiang Xia:
“The ghost monster is very powerful. It has ghost clones and strange fire. Its own strength is also at the level of existence. The power of that ghost monster can even transform the attributes of your spiritual roots.
Boss, you really missed a treasure."
"You asked me to rob a little girl, I can't bear it."
Jiang Xia shrugged his shoulders, turned his head and looked at the ashes that were sorted into different categories and made into standard shapes. He then said:
“But you also said before that acquired supernatural powers can be improved through practice, right?
According to what you said, even if a mortal uses the lowest grade of ash, with good luck and practice, he can increase its power to a considerable level, right?"
"That's what I said."
Seeing the bonfire burning in front of her, Liu Hui grabbed a ball of ash and threw it into the fire, making the flames burn more violently and covered with flickering red light.
The wolf demon rolled up his sleeves and eagerly stretched out his claws towards the flames in front of him.
It says:
"Theoretically, the dung beetles in the north can grow into demon saints.
But throughout history, have you ever heard of a dung beetle becoming a great demon? Having potential is one thing.
Talent is another aspect.
For mortals who cannot even sense spiritual energy, even if they obtain great magical powers, the possibility of their growth is slim. Their lives are short and they have to support their families.
There is not enough time to hone my magical powers.
Besides, boss, do you think it’s easy to improve your supernatural powers?
If you practice blindly without any guidance, you will have problems. This is the same as the way you humans practice...
Hiss, it hurts!
Ah, it's burning!"
Liu Hui, the silly monster, put its claws into the flames, just like the scene when Huck was burned to ashes before. It grimaced in pain and jumped up and down.
It's really easy to watch others carry the load.
You will feel the pain when you actually do it yourself.
But it was a monster with a strong physique, so it only felt pain.
Considering the degree of refinement of its demon body, it would be easy to burn three pieces of ashes, but Liu Hui knew that biting off more than he could chew would make him sick, so he did not choose more.
In other words, after following Jiang Xia for a period of time, this silly monster has learned his lesson.
It knew that Jiang Xia would take root in the Red Moon World in the future, and there would be plenty of high-level ashes to hunt down, so it would be better to use multiple low-level magical powers that required practice now.
It would be better to wait and get higher-level ashes in exchange for more powerful acquired magical powers.
Directly in one step.
After all, no matter how powerful a demon body is, the magical powers it can carry are limited. Not every demon is like the gifted Demon Saint Lin Zhu, who can gather ninety-nine kinds of acquired magical powers and become invincible.
In Jiang Xia's words, the skill bar is limited and you can't learn skills randomly.
There is no such thing as starting over in this world.
Uh, that's not right.
Actually, yes.
Wang Liufu said that many high-level cultivators who are stuck in a bottleneck and have no hope of breaking through will take the initiative to choose to transform their corpses. They will be guided and protected by familiar friends, use some rare treasures to communicate with the underworld, and reincarnate to cultivate again.
This is a waste of account training.
Delete the file and start over.
"What's that stupid monster doing?"
Just as Jiang Xia was watching Liu Hui showing off, a sudden sharp sound was heard. Right behind Jiang Xia, the solid stone wall swayed like flowing water, and the mountain monster Pomegranate poked its head out from it.
It blinked its red eyes curiously, watching the wolf demon jumping up and down in pain.
"Hey, pomegranate."
Seeing the silly pomegranate jump out, Jiang Xia's eyes suddenly lit up. He waved at the pomegranate and said:
"Come here, I'll show you something good."
"Um?"
Pomegranate blinked suspiciously and jumped out from the stone wall.
This guy is really addicted to playing. He still holds the game console in his hand. He flaps his wings, flies around Jiang Xia, and lands on the table next to him.
When it saw Jiang Xia's mechanical left arm again, it immediately became interested. It stretched out its claws and wanted to touch it. As a result, it saw Jiang Xia scoop up four or five ash bags in front of it and placed them in front of it.
"What is this?"
Pomegranate scratched his bald head, looked at the ashes that glowed like embers, and asked:
“It’s very pretty.”
"This thing is amazing. Listen to me, blah blah blah."
Jiang Xia exaggerated the role of the ashes, and the stone as if it were a mystery. After Jiang Xia finished speaking, the little mountain monster folded his arms and snorted coldly:
"You are just bragging. As a spirit, I know this magical power best. There are so many natural treasures in this Bitter Wood Realm, but I can't say which treasure can give me magical powers by burning it.
If it were that simple, this magical power would have been everywhere long ago."
"Haha, you don't have to believe it."
Jiang Xia looked like he had a lot of ideas. He said slowly:
"Wouldn't it be better to burn one to see if I'm bragging?
You have been boasting that this stone skin is the innate magical power of a mountain monster, which can resist fire and water, and is very powerful. Are you afraid of a fire?"
"Tsk, burn it if you want, who's afraid of who?"
Little Pomegranate couldn't stand the provocation, so he immediately grabbed a bag of ashes and was about to expose Jiang Xia's lies, but was stopped by Jiang Xia, who started to pick and choose among the ashes.
Finally I changed a bag for pomegranate.
explain:
"You've helped me so much, and I've never had anything to thank you for, so I'll use this as a thank you gift. You don't need to gamble on your luck with this thing.
Its magical power has solidified. Burning it will allow you to control the earth. You can travel through the earth veins. This thing is equivalent to strengthening you. "
"That's a lot of nonsense."
The mountain monster looked unconvinced and walked towards the bonfire lit by Liu Hui with the ashes in his hand.
As it flew, it said:
"If you can't do that, I'll ask for more game consoles. My brothers will come to visit me in a few days, so I have to treat them well. I can't have all the fun by myself."
"No problem. Whether it works or not, I will give it to you. I will definitely support you, Lord Pomegranate."
Jiang Xia patted his chest and said:
"You can show off your power in front of your brothers."
"That's more like it."
Shi Liu snorted, feeling somewhat proud, and then he imitated Liu Hui's previous move and sprinkled the ashes into the fire. With a bang, the flames rose several inches.
As Jiang Xia watched the excitement, Pomegranate carefully stretched out its claws and touched the flame.
"ah!"
The next moment, the mountain monster screamed, and its small body curled up in pain. Waves of alien spiritual power were drawn from the fire and covered its gargoyle-like body.
"Jiang Xia! You hurt me! It hurts so much! Ah!!! It hurts so much."
Like a noisy, naughty child.
The pomegranate rolled on the ground, screaming, its little eyes full of pain, but it was a natural monster with a body of stone that could not be penetrated by large-caliber armor-piercing bullets, and it had no sense of pain.
This pain mainly affects the spirit of the pomegranate.
But it is also a form of practice.
After several minutes, the surging pain subsided a lot, and Pomegranate jumped up, flapping its wings, its eyes wide open, and a ferocious look on its face.
He grabbed the small steel fork and was about to rush over to fight with Jiang Xia.
But halfway through the flight, Pomegranate saw Jiang Xia pointing at it, and it lowered its head to look.
As a result, I scared myself.
He didn't notice it when he was angry just now, but now he could see it clearly. Wherever it flew over, the ground cracked into pieces, and rubble flew up and gathered on both sides of him.
As its mind moved, the gravel also turned around, as if it had the ability to control the earth, leaving the little pomegranate stunned.
It landed on the table, claws raised.
"Bang"
With a dull sound, the ground in front of him cracked, and the bouncing gravel formed two large claws in front of Pomegranate. They moved like crab claws according to his thoughts, making low collision sounds.
"ah!"
Pomegranate screamed in surprise, flew up on the spot, turned around, and shook its wings violently.
"I really have the ability to control the earth! That's amazing, Jiang Xia, what a treasure, what a treasure! Come on, give me a few more!"
"There are plenty of ashes, but are you sure you can still use them?"
Jiang Xia reached out and held down the pomegranate, which was stirring up the ashes excitedly.
The latter was like an agitated raccoon, howling a few times on the table. Jiang Xia had to shoot out a few arcs of electricity from his left arm and hit Shi Liu, which made him wake up.
Indeed, just burning a piece of ash had already made the pomegranate spirit unstable. After all, it was just a small mountain monster and not very powerful.
In horizontal comparison, it is the level of Qi training of human cultivators.
Burn one more ash at most.
This is already the limit of what its weak spirit can endure.
"I can burn another one."
Shi Liu looked at the bags of ashes in front of Jiang Xia with shining eyes, then turned his head to look at the ashes that were being collected bag by bag by Su.
It was like a mouse that had gotten into a rice jar, its little red eyes full of brilliance.
Precisely because it is a monster born with supernatural powers, it understands how precious these acquired supernatural powers are that are acquired without any effort.
Its reaction was even greater than the previous reaction of the silly monster Liu Hui.
"Give me another one."
Pomegranate was not thick-skinned enough, so she could only wag her tail, rub her hands, and smile awkwardly.
"What you did just now was a favor. If you want more next time, it will be business."
Jiang Xia snapped his fingers, and a streak of flame shot out from the prosthetic finger, lighting his cigarette. While blowing out smoke rings, he reached out and touched the bags of ashes in front of him.
Slowly said to the pomegranate:
"I spent a lot of money to get these. Pomegranate, you are a smart guy. You won't think of taking my stuff for free, right?"
"Shua"
Pomegranate was alert. It dodged and jumped a few steps, looking at Jiang Xia warily, and said:
"We, Shi Liu, are good inspectors of Tao Fu Yuan. We will not do anything that violates the law or discipline!"
"Look at what you said."
Jiang Xia waved his hand, picked up a bag of ashes and threw it to Shi Liu, saying:
“I know your situation, how can I let you be a bad person?
I'm just saying, you know, these things were taken from that secret star array, if something happens in the future and I'm held accountable, you have to speak for me."
"How can I speak for you?"
Pomegranate took the ashes and placed them in front of him. He grabbed his bald head and said to Jiang Xia:
"From what you said, it's a small secret place with spiritual energy. This matter cannot be exposed to the public..."
"Hey, Pomegranate, you know this matter cannot be exposed to the public."
Jiang Xia laughed, shook his head, and said seriously:
"I know I may not be able to keep it secret for too long, but the longer the better. If there are any signs of trouble, you must notify me immediately. I will follow your path and offer the secret realm to the Immortal Alliance.
After all, I informed you in advance before I opened the star array."
"Hey, when are you going to tell me...Oh, I understand."
Shi Liu was about to retort when she saw Jiang Xia's smile again.
I understood it immediately.
"Got it? It's best if nothing goes wrong."
Jiang Xia pointed to the star array stone plate not far away and said:
"If something goes wrong, we must speak with one voice. If we want to do business within the rules, we must uphold the rules. This is really important."
"Yes, I agree."
Pomegranate hugged the ashes and nodded vigorously. Because of that strange oath, it was now tied to Jiang Xia. Now that the matter was exposed, it would not do it any good.
"I don't want this. My mountain monster clan belongs to the earth element, so I have little effect on controlling fire."
It lowered its head to examine the mark on the bag, shook its head, and said to Jiang Xia:
"I want to change my magical power."
"You can choose it yourself."
Jiang Xia pointed casually and said:
“But I’m telling you in advance, those goods all depend on luck. Which magical power you can get depends entirely on your luck, so if you get a useless magical power, don’t blame me.
Take whichever one you like and come pick up your game console in a few days. By the way, what do you think of the suggestion I gave you last time?"
Pomegranate jumped over to the box that Su had sorted out, rummaged around with his paws, and said as he looked around:
"I'm still thinking about it. I've never done business before.
This matter needs to be carefully considered. It would be best if I could get a few of my good brothers to do it together. They don't have any proper jobs anyway. They just hang out in Yandang Pond all day long. They are not mature at all and always make the mountain town mother-in-law angry.
It would be better to find something for them to do.”
"It's just renting and selling game consoles. Why do you act like you're going to do something earth-shattering when it comes to you?"
Jiang Xia complained but ignored it.
Anyway, Shi Liu is a close friend of Jiang Xia. If Shi Liu didn't hold the position of Supervisor of Taofu Court, Jiang Xia would have wanted Shi Liu to sign an employee contract with him and work for him.
He stared at Shi Liu like a hamster searching for ashes in a box. As he watched, Jiang Xia's eyes became strange.
He said:
"Pomegranate, am I seeing things, or have you grown up? Why do you look fatter than before?"
"Ah? Really?"
Pomegranate poked its head out of the box like a hamster, with a bag of ash on its head. It touched its belly with its paw in confusion, and said belatedly:
"Hey, I seem to have gained weight. Look at my big belly. No wonder it's been so hard to fly these past few days. Maybe I accidentally absorbed too much spiritual energy from the spirit stone recently?"
"Um?"
Jiang Xia was startled, and immediately became alert, then shouted sternly:
"Where did you get the spirit stones? Did you steal them from my mine? Jasmine told me last time that there were a few boxes of spirit stones missing from the warehouse. Did you take them?
Tell the truth! "
"You have dug so many spirit stones, so what if I take a few? There are no other places in this poor and remote place except your place.
We are friends... Hey, hey, don’t pull out the gun!
Let’s talk it over nicely!”
"Whose money do you think you are stealing! Don't run! Get back here, bastard! If you run again, I'll shoot you!"
"Bang"