168: Two types of resource-based beasts
First, there was the issue with the Rule Runes. Although he had already comprehended two of them, they didn't seem to be very compatible with his two current Beast Companions.
The little furball, Moonlight, could absorb it, but Moonlight was only one of the elements contained within its Elemental Tail. Strictly speaking, the compatibility didn't seem very precise.
He wasn't sure if a Beast Companion could continue to fuse with other runes after integrating one Rule Rune. He would ask his Third Senior Brother about this tomorrow.
Luo Chen was now at King Rank Nine Stars, but he still only had two Beast Companions.
The main reason was that he had been busy lately and hadn't had time to choose and contract his third Beast Companion. Now that he had some free time, he could take his time to select one.
Luo Chen suddenly remembered that the points he was rewarded seemed to have gone unused.
Luo Chen opened his system panel and looked at his 2,630 points. This included 2,000 points from the system's champion quest reward and points earned from completing daily sales targets.
Luo Chen felt his wallet was richer than ever before. He could finally buy some things he had always yearned for but couldn't afford.
A Primordial Remnant Legacy Card cost 1,000 points. Luo Chen didn't hesitate too much and directly bought one. Two would be too expensive for him right now; he had to buy one to test the waters first.
Next was the Ancient Wood Spirit Realm Shuttle Card. Luo Chen thought about it and decided to wait until he reached Wild Rank before purchasing it.
Beast Companion blind boxes, costing 100 points each, were considered quite expensive for his past self. Luo Chen had never bought one before.
He wasn't sure what quality and Rank Beast Companions would be opened inside. With his current abundance of points, he could buy two to try his luck.
Luo Chen waved his hand grandly and said, "System, give me two Beast Companion blind boxes."
System: "Emm, judging by your demeanor, I thought you were going to buy several."
"Host, is there anything else you need to buy?"
"And two more energy stones of various elements."
"1,500 points have been deducted."
As the system's voice faded, a familiar spatial rift opened before Luo Chen, and the items he purchased were gently placed on the ground.
There was a golden, shimmering card, two well-packaged boxes, and twenty energy stones of varying colors.
Luo Chen first picked up the card floating in the air. It was cool to the touch, not like metal, but more like jade.
The surface of the card had some mysterious and complex purple patterns forming characters, but Luo Chen understood their meaning at a glance.
'Lord of Thunder Prison'
The name certainly sounded impressive.
Inferring information from the name, it seemed the power of this Primordial Remnant card was related to lightning.
Currently, the only suitable target seemed to be the little furball. Luo Chen put the card away first, then looked at the two Beast Companion blind boxes.
He pulled one blind box closer, untied the ribbon wrapped around it. The blind box was quite ceremonial.
A brilliant light flashed, and then the blind box disappeared, replaced by a turtle no bigger than his palm, with grass growing on its head.
This little turtle didn't seem shy; it stretched its neck, its beady, green-bean-like eyes staring intently at Luo Chen.
"[race: Mystic Grass Turtle
Rank: Spirit Beast Five Stars
Type: Wood Type · Grass, Water Type
State: Curious, Brave
Aptitude: Excellent
Skills: 1. xuan grass pill (Earth-tier): Mystic Grass Turtles feed on mystic spirit grass. After eating mystic spirit grass, they can condense xuan grass pills, which can increase the upper limit of a Beast Companion's internal energy. After consuming a certain amount, it will no longer be able to increase.
2. Water Arrow (Profound-tier): ...
3. Flying Leaf Blade (Profound-tier): ...
4. Water Shield (Profound-tier): ...
Evolution Path: Not yet unlocked.]"
Luo Chen's eyes lit up as he looked at the Mystic Grass Turtle's Skill description. He wasn't too concerned about how many combat Skills it possessed.
But a Skill like xuan grass pill, wasn't that exactly what he needed for his shop?
Luo Chen pinched the Mystic Grass Turtle's shell, then tossed it outside, telling Little Dot to put it in his portable space for now.
Then Luo Chen looked at the other Beast Companion blind box. He was somewhat curious about what this one would open up.
Again, a flash of light, and this time, what appeared before him was a peach tree with several plump, red peaches hanging on it.
"[race: Spirit Peach Tree
Rank: Spirit Beast Nine Stars
Type: Wood Type
State: Dormant
Aptitude: Perfect
Skills: 1. Spirit Peach (Earth-tier): Peaches produced by the Spirit Peach Tree contain a large amount of pure energy, which can rapidly increase a Beast Companion's Rank during its growth.
2. Lash (Profound-tier): ...
3. Myriad Leaf Flying Flower (Profound-tier): ...
4. Heart of Wood (Profound-tier): Life force is even stronger, and when receiving healing Skills, it has a double healing effect.
Evolution Path: 1. Spirit Peach Tree → Spirit Peach Tree King;
2. Spirit Peach Tree → Longevity Spirit Peach Tree;
3. Spirit Peach Tree → Peach Wood Spirit Sword Tree;]"
Looking at these three different Evolution Paths, especially the second one, Luo Chen had some unbidden guesses, so he first checked the required materials.
"[Third-tier spiritual item, item containing a large amount of time energy, dust soil,
Second-tier spiritual item, ink spirit sand.]"
Alright, among the three spiritual items needed, his small warehouse only had one, ink spirit sand. Let alone a third-tier item containing time energy, he didn't even have a second-tier spiritual item containing time energy.
Items related to time energy were so precious, they were rarely seen at auctions, so even if Luo Chen had money, he had no way to acquire them.
However, for now, the Spirit Peach Tree was also a rare Beast Companion. The resources it produced were different from the Mystic Grass Turtle, but they were all very useful.
Luo Chen's two hundred points were not wasted. Excited, Luo Chen enthusiastically bought two more Beast Companion blind boxes.
He wanted to see if he could open a few more resource-Type Beast Companions like these.
...
Deep in the mountains, Zhuang Sheng sat beneath a towering ancient tree. Every branch and leaf of the ancient tree seemed to shimmer with starlight.
However, at this moment, Zhuang Sheng was looking solemnly at the Heavenly Fortune Wheel before him.
"Begin."
Hearing his words, the Heavenly Fortune Wheel began to spin rapidly, with data chains of various symbols constantly flashing across it.
After about half an hour, the Heavenly Fortune Wheel's rotation gradually stopped, and the symbols around it slowly solidified to form a sentence.
"Heaven and Earth Ice Shards, Space Severed, Imperial Clan Returns, Old Flood Story."
Zhuang Sheng looked at these sixteen short words, his expression incredibly grave.
"The super city plan needs to be accelerated."
His gaze swept towards the edge of the mountains, then his figure slowly dissolved into an illusion, disappearing beneath the tree.
The ancient tree, which had been silently emitting starlight, suddenly shivered its leaves gently. Then, two leaves slowly detached from the tree and flew towards the sky.
These two leaves shattered, transforming into an invisible thin curtain that enveloped the entire mountain range.