51: Chapter 51 Spirit Stone Mine

"No wonder..." Chi Xingfei murmured. If it wasn't a breath-concealing technique, how could Chi Anlin have gone from a mortal rank first stage trash to a Mortal Rank Five cultivator of three professions in such a short time?

However, the change in Xiao Yue's strength was somewhat terrifying. He had just encountered Xiao Yue in the yard upon returning; this little wolf cub he had brought back just over ten days ago had actually become a Mortal Rank Seventh Stage demonic beast in such a short period.

But Xiao Yue was a mutant demonic beast to begin with, so its strength evolved quickly... He couldn't explain it clearly either. At the time, he just felt it was suitable and caught it; he wasn't too sure about Xiao Yue's specific quality.

He wasn't a Beast Tamer, and he hadn't sought out a professional to take a look.

"Wait, why did you hide it?" Chi Xingfei frowned as he looked at Chi Anlin. Based on his understanding of the kid, as long as Chi Anlin had even a bit of strength, he would definitely wish for everyone to know.

Chi Anlin was stunned. Oh right, why did I hide it?

After staring blankly at his old man for a minute, Chi Anlin sighed and said, "Dad, think about it. Sister Xueyue is such a genius; I definitely won't be able to compare to her during the college entrance examination. If I show it now, many people will compare me to her, and I'll be under a lot of pressure."

"But if I appear to be completely useless and then suddenly reveal my cultivation during the exam, won't that shock everyone?"

"There's a good saying: 'Thirty years in the East, thirty years in the West, do not bully the young for being poor!'"

At this point, Chi Anlin looked around and lowered his head, saying sneakily, "Dad, I don't know if you've read novels, but the protagonists in them are all trash at the beginning, so..."

Bang!!

I finally know who Chi Xueyue learned that from!

Chi Anlin patted the dust off his body and said nonchalantly, "Anyway, for various reasons, I've been hiding it for so many years."

Chi Xingfei stared at Chi Anlin without a word. Seeing that his face wasn't red and his heart wasn't racing, he finally accepted this premise.

"Be careful yourself. I've been thinking before that since your sister's talent is so strong, even if your talent doesn't reach Xiaoxue's height, it should at least surpass ordinary people and not be that useless."

"However, practicing these three professions simultaneously is indeed a bit of a time sink. If you focused on mastering one, you might have already reached the Mortal Rank Eighth or Ninth Stage," Chi Xingfei said very seriously. Although Chi Anlin would get a lot of extra points for practicing three professions, if he continued like this, not many people would invest in him.

In all of human history, no one has ever reached a higher realm by practicing three professions simultaneously. Most stop at low levels and are forced to abandon some of them.

Even for support professions, people usually only practice one alongside their main one at most.

If Chi Anlin could abandon the other professions and only focus on one, his progress would also be very fast.

Chi Anlin nodded. He had the system's help, so practicing three professions simultaneously wasn't difficult.

After several feedback cycles, he finally understood: most of the blood energy was fed back into his physical constitution, while the spiritual energy from Xiao Yue's breakthroughs would change his dantian.

As for the Ant Queen, the spiritual energy it required for each breakthrough far exceeded other creatures, so the amount fed back should also be quite large.

So Chi Anlin guessed that most of what the Ant Queen fed back was converted into other things to improve his physique, while the spiritual energy he obtained was only a small portion.

As for Xiao Xing, it mostly provided him with good luck.

Therefore, Chi Anlin felt that even if he developed in all aspects, his progress wouldn't be slowed down.

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The matter of Xiao Yue being a mutant demonic beast was finally glossed over. Chi Anlin originally wanted to buy some wooden stakes online for Xiao Yue to practice martial arts, but then he remembered that Xiao Yue could create its own ice pillars, so he didn't mention it.

After confirming Chi Anlin's safety, Chi Xingfei also left. As a cultivator, one must seek opportunities to become stronger, and what Chi Xingfei needed now was more life-and-death battles to break through his current bottleneck.

Chi Anlin, on the other hand, enjoyed a brief period of leisure.

[Killed Mortal Rank Ninth Stage Iron-Toothed Tiger, obtained 65,000 blood energy points]

[Killed Mortal Rank Five Tiger Armor Ant Soldier, obtained 1,500 blood energy points]

...

A long string of information came through. Chi Anlin raised his eyebrows; the Ant Queen had found a Mortal Rank Ninth Stage demonic beast.

Judging from this news, the Ant Soldiers suffered heavy losses!

There were over twenty Ant Soldiers who gained experience alone; these were all wounded soldiers who couldn't be healed, not to mention those who died in battle.

[Killed mortal rank eighth stage Spirit Stone Tiger, obtained 19,000 blood energy points]

[Killed Mortal Rank Seventh Stage Crescent Moon Python, obtained 9,000 blood energy points]

Another long string of notification sounds came through, and then it fell into silence. Chi Anlin quickly contacted the Ant Queen, not knowing what it was up to.

A message from the Ant Queen came from the system space. Chi Anlin's pupils constricted as he fell into a state of wild joy.

"Continue producing demonic beasts tomorrow; I will use all the blood energy on you!"

The Ant Queen had discovered a Spirit Stone Mine in the Otherworld!

According to its perception, if it occupied this Spirit Stone Mine, it would be able to break through rapidly!

After that last wave, the blood energy had reached 280,000, which had already made up for Xiao Yue's consumption.

With the remaining 20,000 blood energy, it should soon reach 300,000, allowing him to upgrade the Ant Queen's reproduction skill.

While waiting, Chi Anlin took out Xiao Xing. This guy had been clamoring in the beast taming pouch to come out and play, making Chi Anlin's head throb a bit.

Coming to the backyard, Chi Anlin tossed the Treasure-Seeking Mouse to Xiao Yue: "Xiao Yue, train Xiao Xing's dodging ability. Its main role on the battlefield is to collect resources, not fight, so its escape and dodging skills are more important."

"Squeak!" Xiao Xing opened its mouth and cried out; it didn't want to play with this guy.

Xiao Yue always gave it a cold, unapproachable feeling.

"I'm not playing with this big guy, its brain isn't very bright, it'll kill a mouse!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yue stopped and looked at Xiao Xing, exhaling a puff of cold air.

Xiao Xing was frozen into an ice sculpture, a look of terror on its face.

Poor Little Mouse, I'm being bullied by a fellow beast!

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[Killed Mortal Rank Five Tiger Armor Ant Soldier, obtained 1,200 blood energy points]

"Upgrade the Ant Queen's reproduction skill."

After obtaining the last thousand blood energy points, Chi Anlin immediately upgraded the Ant Queen's skill.

This time, the skill upgrade for the Ant Queen took an exceptionally long time, a full five hours. Chi Anlin also calmed down; anyway, the Spirit Stone Mine was right there and wouldn't run away.

As for those demonic beasts still absorbing the Spirit Stone Mine, they would all eventually turn into food for the Ant Queen, so the Spirit Stone Mine wouldn't be wasted.

The blood energy obtained next would be used on Xiao Xing. This guy's strength was too weak, so Chi Anlin planned to give it more escape skills.

However, the Treasure-Seeking Mouse was sometimes a bit of a jerk, so he could add some active taunt skills.