"Divine skill?"
The old man shook his head and said, "I don't have anything suitable for you."
"Nothing?"
Chen Shu was slightly startled, but the old man's words implied he did possess divine skills, just not ones that suited Chen Shu.
He spoke up, "I can exchange it for other resources, King-tier skills, treasures to upgrade divine skills, or beast-taming pearls, anything is fine."
"Other resources..."
Chen Shu murmured, then decisively shook his head and said,
"I'll still take this drop of blood."
The poison attribute was also an element. Erha was a contract spirit of all elements, so it could indeed be used, although perhaps not as effectively as lightning or fire attributes.
"Alright, it's likely an offensive skill, your contract spirit can use it."
The old man nodded, carefully bottled the purple blood, and then handed it to Chen Shu.
Chen Shu carefully put away the purple blood and muttered,
"Another divine skill, big brother is going to be invincible..."
"Skills aren't actually that important..." Da Feng Novel Network
The old man shook his head and said,
"Kid, don't pursue divine skills too much. In fact, if you master every minor skill, the effect won't be worse than divine skills."
"Thank you for your guidance, old man."
Chen Shu humbly nodded, then said, "However, if all my minor skills were divine skills, and I mastered them, wouldn't that be incredibly awesome?"
"..."
The old man was slightly taken aback. You truly dare to think like that.
He shook his head helplessly and said, "Alright, divine skills are indeed quite important."
He just didn't want Chen Shu to become too arrogant,
But truthfully, divine skills were the only ones that could affect legends. This alone showed the qualitative difference between them and ordinary skills.
"Um, old man, what about the beast-taming pearls..."
Chen Shu looked at the corpse of the Bat Emperor, his eyes filled with anticipation again.
Could the Beast Emperor's pearl directly help him break through to King-tier...
The old man asked in confusion, "Pearls? What pearls?"
"???"
Chen Shu was stunned and said, "They increase a beast tamer's beast-taming power. Lord-level ferocious beasts have them, so surely a Beast Emperor must have one, right?"
"It really doesn't..."
The old man shook his head, approached the Bat Emperor's withered body, and thrust his shadow long blade out again.
"The Beast Emperor's power is too immense for a human body to withstand."
He explained, "However, although there are no pearls, there is another good thing!"
As he spoke, he waved his long blade, dissecting the flesh and blood, and in a blink of an eye, a purple bead rolled out.
"Hmm? What is this?"
"Beast Emperor Essence!"
The old man smiled and said, "But it's not for humans to consume, it's for contract spirits!"
"For contract spirits?"
A hint of disappointment flickered in Chen Shu's eyes. He had hoped to break through to King-tier by consuming beast-taming pearls, or at least make significant progress.
The old man glanced at him and said,
"You brat, don't be so ungrateful. It has only two effects: one is to increase attributes, and the other is to remove the bloodline shackles of contract spirits, ensuring they don't fail when breaking through to SSS-grade."
"Equivalent to a bloodline pearl?"
"Roughly."
Hearing this, Chen Shu felt a bit of encouragement.
His current contract spirits were getting closer and closer to SSS-grade. Once they broke through to King-tier, coupled with system rewards for bloodline evolution, they would surely reach SSS.
"Besides the divine skill and essence, this entire body of flesh and blood is also quite useful."
The old man pointed to the flesh and blood below and said, "It can upgrade the contract spirits' innate weapons to the fifth level."
"However, if you have any surplus, you can sell it to the official channels, and they will offer a satisfactory price."
"No need, Da Li needs it for research."
Chen Shu shook his head and rejected the old man's suggestion.
Of course, the rabbit and the little spirit's innate weapons still needed upgrading...
The old man heard this and glanced at Zhang Da Li below, nodding with a smile.
This kid's creativity was not inferior to Chen Shu's; perhaps he could really come up with something good...
"Alright, there's nothing else. Take away the Bat Emperor's corpse."
He touched the Bat Emperor's body, seemingly sensing the surging lightning within, and couldn't help but sigh.
"The Bat Emperor was heavily injured by Old Qiao, right? Tell this old man about that battle."
Chen Shu nodded, put away the Bat Emperor's flesh and blood, and described the great battle that day.
Even now, he still vividly remembered Old Qiao's invincible might as he killed a Beast Emperor with a single arrow...
The old man listened silently, patiently, as Chen Shu recounted the events.
Upon hearing that Old Qiao had sacrificed his contract spirits one by one, his calm heart rippled.
"It seems he was prepared to die early..."
The old man gazed at the sky, released his shadow long blade, and the dark king silently turned into a black shadow and disappeared from the spot.
"By the way, old man."
Chen Shu remembered something, and a small box suddenly appeared in his hand. He said,
"Old Qiao gave this to me before he left. Is it some beast-taming treasure?"
Inside the box lay a seed, which looked ordinary and unremarkable.
"Hmm?"
The old man's expression shifted. He stared at the seed in the box and murmured, "Old Qiao gave you even this?"
"What is this thing?"
Chen Shu licked his lips and said, "Old Qiao didn't tell me either. Do you know, old sir?"
The old man picked up the seed, lost in thought. After a long pause, he slowly said,
"It is a... very important item."
"..."
Chen Shu's mouth twitched. At this point, couldn't he avoid the superfluous rhetoric...
"What's with that look, kid?"
The old man glanced at him and said, "It's a treasure from a thousand years ago. I'm not entirely sure of its specific effects, but keep it well."
"From a thousand years ago?"
Chen Shu's eyes moved. That was before the spiritual energy resurgence. Could there have been treasures back then too?
Just as he was about to inquire further, the old man waved his hand and said,
"Since there's nothing else, you should go back now. I don't feel safe with you staying in Dragon Abyss."
"..."
Chen Shu's mouth twitched, and he quickly said, "I have something! Of course, I have something!"
"I have some resources, and I want to exchange them for other things with you."
"This... of course, no problem."
Upon hearing this, the old man's face lit up with a smile again.
"What do you want to exchange for? My goods are of good quality and low price..."
As soon as he heard "low price," Chen Shu couldn't help but roll his eyes. This place was probably the most expensive in the world.
"No rush on that. I want to talk business with you first!"
Chen Shu grinned and said,
"If there was a potion that could give anyone the ability to teleport, how much would you pay for it?"
"Hmm?!"
The old man's expression stiffened, and then a hint of shock appeared in his eyes.
He didn't believe Chen Shu would say "if" without reason. There was only one possibility:
This guy could create such a heaven-defying potion!
"What's the teleportation range? How many uses per bottle? Can people of any beast taming level use it?"
The old man asked consecutively, wanting to know the potion's specific effects.
Chen Shu, having used the legendary potion, answered them one by one, and also revealed its preparation materials.
When he heard that ordinary people could use it, the old man's eyes widened in shock.
The only pity was that as a Legend, he couldn't use it, but it was already an incredibly heaven-defying item.
However, besides this, it had a significant drawback,
That was its exorbitant cost!
"It requires quite a few rare medicinal materials..."
The old man murmured, "Do I also have to go abroad to plunder? Do you have any recommended places?"
"???"