Free Web NovelChapter 442: Chapter 245: Fifth Grade
In the blink of an eye, it was evening.
After Cheng Zongyang finished dealing with the issues Li Lu had reported, he once again entered the Wilderness World.
Luo Dingran had already gathered all nine of them at the encampment and forbidden them from leaving. Tonight was the night they would all advance to become High Tier Soul Slaves, an event none of them would miss.
Becoming a High Tier Soul Slave was no different from being a free person. All restrictions would be lifted, and they would even gain new Skills or Talents. It was, without a doubt, a great thing!
Among them, Li Kai had received the news after reaching a waypoint and had teleported back directly.
As soon as Cheng Zongyang appeared, Luo Dingran immediately gathered the nine of them.
Cheng Zongyang stood at the cabin’s entrance, looking at the nine people lined up before him. Luo Dingran stood to one side, holding a small wooden box. Everything was ready.
Cheng Zongyang looked them over—Zhang Jinquan, Ding Xing, He Shujun, Emperor Ye, Han Mo, Chen Ziming, Luo Daoist, Luo Zheng, and Li Kai!
Behind them lay a row of corpses. These were the bodies of prisoners who had been held in the Tiantuan Village dungeons. For a Middle Tier Soul Slave to advance to High Tier, a corpse that had been dead for no more than twenty-four hours was required for the energy restructuring process. The same was true for advancing from Low to Middle Tier.
After tonight, these nine people would become free Soul Slaves, just like Luo Dingran. Of course, this "freedom" referred to the removal of limitations on their Attributes and Abilities.
"Steward Luo has already explained the situation. I’ve prioritized your advancements based on your individual Talents and contributions. Now, each of you, come and take one. I will handle the procedure that follows."
"Yes, My Lord!" The nine of them cupped their fists in unison. Then, one by one, under Luo Dingran’s direction, they each received a Crystal Stone.
Next, each of the nine took a corpse and moved a short distance away from the others. Then, holding their Crystal Stones, they lay down beside their assigned bodies.
With everyone ready, Cheng Zongyang began the familiar procedure. *(For details, see the description of Luo Dingran’s advancement in Chapter 194.)*
About the time it takes to drink a cup of tea later, the nine individuals reappeared, having been reconstructed within a shroud of red mist.
They were still in the process of adapting, while Cheng Zongyang began to check their new Attributes one by one.
*(There’s a lot of data, so to avoid padding the word count, I’ll just summarize the main Talents or Skills that were added. Their Attribute Points are roughly at the Seventh Grade level.)*
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Zhang Jinquan:
Talents: Self-Healing; Antidote (Extremely sensitive to drugs, able to identify the medicinal components within various finished concoctions.)
Ding Xing:
Talents: Outstanding Comprehension; Enlightenment (Can grasp the true meaning of a text through repeated readings.)
He Shujun:
Skills: Medicine; Heart-Breaking Palm (The strongest Martial Arts technique exclusive to He Shujun in her previous life.)
Emperor Ye:
Talents: intensive cultivation; Life Origin (His Essence Blood can be used to stimulate plant growth.)
Han Mo:
Talents: Great Pharmacist; Plant Affinity (Can sense the needs of plants, allowing for targeted cultivation.)
Chen Ziming:
Talents: Earth Phase Technique (Fengshui Specialization); Talismanic Dao Technique (Possesses a unique talent for learning and using Talismans.)
Luo Daoist:
Talents: Land Observation Technique (Feng Shui and Geomancy Specialization); Earth Source Technique (Can perceive the ley lines of the earth’s Origin.)
Luo Zheng:
Talents: Animal Affinity; Beast Taming Technique (40% success rate when training animals.)
Li Kai:
Skills: Archery; Mist Wind Step (The Body Technique Li Kai was most proud of in his previous life.)
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Cheng Zongyang reviewed their new Attributes and allocated the ten extra Attribute Points he had. From now on, they would have to learn new Skills and Cultivation Techniques on their own.
However, he had already decided to have them all learn the Innate Qi Technique. This Cultivation Technique was a system reward for the first host—it was the real deal.
Although the items he purchased this time included many Martial Arts Techniques and Martial Arts, he still felt they couldn’t compare to the Innate Qi Technique.
After reviewing them one by one, he was left speechless when he saw that He Shujun had only gained a Martial Arts technique. ’Her "strongest Martial Arts technique," really?’
Overall, however, he was quite pleased with the new Talents they had gained. They were, for the most part, extremely practical.
Luo Daoist, in particular, now possessed expertise in the Dao of Arrays, thanks to the combination of his original and newly acquired Talents.
Next, Cheng Zongyang performed a second upgrade on Luo Zheng. After all, he had only just advanced from Low Tier to Middle Tier.
A moment later, Luo Zheng’s Attribute Points increased again, and his Talent changed.
Beast Taming Technique → Beast Tamer (Success rate of taming increased to 60%.)
’Now, Luo Zheng can truly become a Beast Tamer. If he trains a large army of Exotic Beasts in the future, we’ll be unstoppable. He could even tame Sea Beasts.’
Cheng Zongyang could already envision Luo Zheng’s future path of development.
This, in turn, made him think about the future roles for all of them.
He couldn’t help but smile. His mood had improved considerably.
He quickly reigned in his thoughts and described the changes to the nine individuals to Luo Dingran, who was to record them and make new work arrangements accordingly.
Cheng Zongyang didn’t stay long. After leaving the Array Book for Luo Daoist, he departed from the Wilderness World.
Luo Daoist’s Feng Shui and Geomancy Talent was more comprehensive than Chen Ziming’s. This allowed him to grasp the principles of Arrays by analogy, making him far more of an expert than a layman like Cheng Zongyang.
He was eager to see what progress Luo Daoist would make.
As for Cheng Zongyang himself, he had already memorized the contents of the Array Book; now, he just needed to take his time to truly understand it.
In addition, he had to shift his focus to cultivation. His own Cultivation, in fact, was about to break through to the Fifth Grade Realm!
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Cultivation Technique:
Turtle Breath-holding Skill (11857/12000)
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’Just one step away!’
Since coming to the County Town from the village, he had been swamped with matters and was rarely able to enter a state of automatic Cultivation, which had slowed his progress considerably. Otherwise, he could have broken through in early July.
