18: Chapter 18: Gaining a Talent Ability!

Fang Yuan was in a leisurely mood as he swayed back to his Immortal Cave.

He then hurried back to the cultivation room, activated all the shielding Formations, and only then took out a Demon Beast Corpse.

This was the corpse of a Black-Scaled Rat.

It was quite large, about the size of a calf.

Fang Yuan placed his finger on the corpse and silently chanted, "Decompose!"

In an instant, golden light covered the entire Demon Beast Corpse.

Fang Yuan closed his eyes slightly, and when he opened them again, the entire Demon Beast Corpse had turned into scattered items.

[Rat Bone] + [Beast Blood] + [Rat Meat] + [Rat Skin] + [Rat Claw] + [Various Organs] + [Demonic Qi] + [Talent] + [Bloodline]

A single corpse had been decomposed into many parts, all very neatly arranged.

He saw two glowing orbs among them, as well as something resembling a Spiritual Qi orb.

He hurriedly placed his finger on the Demonic Qi orb, and it decomposed instantly!

The Demonic Qi turned into two things in an instant.

[Spiritual Power Orb] + [Demonic Qi]

Fang Yuan did not hesitate and immediately released a large amount of Spiritual Power, forming a sphere to wrap around the Spiritual Power orb that was about to dissipate.

The Spiritual Power orb, which was about to dissipate, was immediately bound by Fang Yuan's Spiritual Power.

He then pulled it into his mouth and swallowed it in one gulp.

The pure, ownerless Spiritual Power exploded inside Fang Yuan's body, spreading throughout his entire being.

At this moment, his Cloud Qi Art, Cloud Body Art, and Xiao Yan One-Nine True Art all began to operate at full capacity.

This mouthful of pure Spiritual Power orb was quickly absorbed and refined by him in just a few moments.

"This mouthful of Spiritual Power orb is equivalent to 2 Top-grade Qi-Nourishing Pills!"

Fang Yuan revealed a smile.

It wasn't wasted after all; he had been worried about seeing the Spiritual Power orb dissipate earlier.

It's a pity the Yao Beast was dead, so there wasn't much Demonic Qi left on its body.

But getting something for free is just great!

This kind of pure Spiritual Power orb is so easy to refine, even more effective than a Medicinal Pill.

The speed is much faster than using a Medicinal Pill.

Then he glanced at the dissipated Demonic Qi and shook his head: "Demonic Qi? I'm not a Yao Beast, so I can't absorb it! This thing is useless to me, but if I had a Spirit Beast, it could be put to use."

He muttered to himself.

Only then did Fang Yuan look at the two special glowing orbs, one golden and one red.

He placed his finger on the golden orb to identify it.

[Item]: Gold-Devouring Talent

[Grade]: Yellow Rank Low Grade

[Effect]: Can consume metal to strengthen the Physical Body, can be absorbed.

Fang Yuan looked at this glowing orb with pleasant surprise. He hadn't expected to decompose a talent ability from the Demon Beast Corpse, and the key was that it could be absorbed!

Yao Beasts are born with certain talent abilities, such as Gold-Swallowing, Fire Breath, Earth Escaping, and so on.

Once these abilities are awakened, they can be used instinctively without needing to understand the underlying principles.

Moreover, as one continues to use the talent ability, the talent can be continuously improved, which is quite enviable.

But now, it seemed he was about to have one too.

"If I use this, does that mean I will possess the Gold-Swallowing ability?"

Fang Yuan grasped the glowing orb and pressed it against his body.

Soon, the glowing orb merged into his body and disappeared without a trace.

Fang Yuan looked at himself in confusion, feeling no changes.

After some thought, he took a piece of Refined Iron out of his Storage Pouch.

Looking at this Refined Iron, Fang Yuan was stunned to find that he seemed to smell a food-like fragrance, and the source was none other than that piece of Refined Iron.

"This works too?"

Fang Yuan took out a piece of Refined Iron as small as a grain of rice and tentatively put it into his mouth and swallowed it.

Soon, the Refined Iron flowed into his stomach.

Before long, a gray metallic qi was released from his stomach and merged into various parts of his body.

A wisp of metallic qi arrived at his teeth first, merging into them and strengthening them.

Some of the metallic qi merged into his bones, strengthening them.

"It really works!" Fang Yuan took a light breath.

From now on, he was also a person with a talent ability. It seemed there was a term for such people, called having a special Physique, with famous ones being the Profound Yin Physique, Nine-Star Sword Physique, Fire Spirit Physique, and so on.

His could be called a Gold-Swallowing Physique, although the grade was a bit embarrassing to mention.

Fang Yuan then looked at the other blood-colored glowing orb.

[Item]: Black-Scaled Rat Bloodline

[Grade]: Yellow Rank Low Grade

[Effect]: Contains a portion of Black-Scaled Rat Bloodline, can be absorbed.

Fang Yuan glanced at it and frowned slightly. This time, he did not choose to absorb it, but instead continued to decompose it.

The next moment, the blood-colored glowing orb dispersed into two items again: a small gray-red stone, and another pure red glowing orb.

[Blood Core] + [Bloodline Power]

He placed his finger on the gray-red stone.

[Item]: Black-Scaled Rat Blood Core

[Grade]: Yellow Rank Low Grade

[Effect]: The core of the Black-Scaled Rat Bloodline, can give ordinary rats a certain chance to evolve into a Yao Beast Black-Scaled Rat.

Fang Yuan looked at the other red glowing orb.

[Item]: Ownerless Bloodline Power

[Grade]: Yellow Rank Low Grade

[Effect]: Can supplement and strengthen the Bloodline, slightly improve Bloodline quality.

Fang Yuan picked up the ownerless Bloodline Power and pressed it against his chest.

The glowing orb easily merged into his body.

He immediately felt his body heat up slightly, and the flesh and blood inside his body became more vibrant.

"Strange, the effect isn't obvious?"

While feeling puzzled, Fang Yuan tried various changes and soon discovered that when cultivating the Cloud Body Art, his cultivation speed had clearly increased by about ten percent!

This was an improvement in his Physical Body talent!

The increase was not high, but this thing could be continuously obtained. If it accumulated, how high would his Physical Body talent become?

After continuing to try, he finally discovered another special change.

That was that the Gold-Devouring Talent he had just acquired had also strengthened a little!

"I understand!"

Fang Yuan realized, "The Gold-Devouring Talent is generated from the Bloodline. Now that the Gold-Devouring Talent has appeared on me, it is also connected to my Bloodline. Strengthening the Bloodline Power naturally enhances the Gold-Devouring Talent."

Fang Yuan's eyes lit up: "And if I obtain the same Gold-Devouring Talent in the future, perhaps I can continue to improve the Gold-Swallowing ability!"

The Decompose Golden Finger is still a bit too Heaven-Defying! Isn't this just killing two birds with one stone?

Eat the Talent once, then eat the Bloodline Power again!

Furthermore, the Blood Core earlier is definitely not simple. Such good things wouldn't naturally be born on a Yao Beast. For a Beast Tamer, this kind of thing is truly a Heaven And Earth Treasure.

"I feel like I can really raise some Spirit Beasts. These Blood Cores and the previous Demonic Qi shouldn't be wasted."

Fang Yuan scratched his head and looked at the other Materials like blood, meat, skin, and claws. After checking, he found no issues; they were similar to Yao Beast Materials stripped normally, but cleaner and more complete, appearing to have reached a near-perfect quality.

"If I dismantle these Materials and sell them, I reckon I can still earn a sum of money!"

Fang Yuan knew that dismantling a Yao Beast was also technical and physically demanding work. Ensuring the integrity of the Materials and that their spiritual essence doesn't drain away involves many techniques. At the same time, the skin, meat, and bones of a Yao Beast are very tough, so dismantling them requires a lot of effort and is not simple.

This is also the reason why selling the whole corpse comes with a significant discount.

For Materials of this quality, he could probably earn a profit just by selling them directly to the Treasury Pavilion.

If he processed them further himself, making them into Spirit Ink, Spirit Talismans, Magical Artifacts, etc., the value would be even higher.

"If I can really earn a sum by selling Materials, or at least break even, then wouldn't I be able to continuously purchase Demon Beast Corpses?"

How is there such a sense of satisfaction from getting something for free?

Fang Yuan felt that with this process, it turned into a complete win-win situation!

Zhanchen Peak wins because they sold it for Spirit Stones.

Fang Yuan wins because he obtained Talent, Bloodline, and Spirit Stones.

Other Disciples also win, as they can obtain a large amount of raw Materials of excellent quality.