34: Chapter 34 Rare and Precious Treasures

"Ding! Over-level hunt of a Foundation Establishment Stage Yao Beast successful. Experience +20,000!"

Upon hearing the System prompt, Su Yi was overjoyed.

Hunting a Foundation Establishment Stage tiger above his level provided enough experience equivalent to 20 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

He hadn't expected that just by firing a few Water Arrow Techniques, the System would actually credit him with the kill!

Don't think that's a small amount; this was just the experience for killing the tiger. The entire tiger corpse was still lying on the ground!

He looked at the Foundation Establishment Stage Yao Beast in front of him, already dead but still wreathed in pressure.

Although it was a bit more rugged and perilous than with the Koi Empress, looking at the two Foundation Establishment Stage Yao Beast corpses before him, it still counted as a huge harvest!

Foundation Establishment Stage Yao Beasts were excellent cultivation Materials from head to toe.

Whether for crafting Magical Artifacts or refining Medicinal Pills, they were rare treasures that one could only hope to encounter.

As for the Yao Beast's internal Yao Core, although it contained impure blood energy, to Su Yi, who possessed the System, it could be refined in an instant—another influx of experience points!

While Su Yi was calculating the gains from the two Foundation Establishment Stage Yao Beasts, Xiao Tian looked at the beasts before them and said regretfully, "Senior Brother, shall we give these two Yao Beasts a proper burial?"

"???"

Su Yi looked speechlessly at the naive Xiao Tian. Had this kid's brain been caught in a door?

Now I finally know why you were still dirt poor even in the Late Stages!

Su Yi rolled his eyes, took a long-handled axe from his Storage Pouch, tossed it to Xiao Tian, and said, "Follow my instructions, go and dismantle these two beasts!"

Xiao Tian, whose sense of morality was flaring up again, wanted to speak, but remembering the regret of missing out on his Opportunity yesterday, he obediently shut his mouth.

Following Su Yi's instructions, the two Foundation Establishment Stage Yao Beasts were roughly dismantled by Xiao Tian.

"Python skin, python blood, python fangs, python tendons, python bones, python meat, and python core!"

"Tiger skin, tiger meat, tiger blood, tiger bones, tiger core, tiger fangs..."

Having struggled in immortal path for ten years, Su Yi was well-versed in dismantling Yao Beasts.

Under Su Yi's direction, Xiao Tian laboriously finished dismantling the two Vicious Beasts.

Looking at the huge pile of Materials dismantled, the two of them couldn't possibly carry it all away.

Su Yi looked at Xiao Tian, who was standing to the side, swallowing his saliva at the tiger meat.

As a Body Cultivator who used True Qi to temper their blood energy, one naturally needed to consume a large amount of food to replenish bodily energy.

To a Body Cultivator, the meat and blood of a Yao Beast were simply miraculous medicine!

Su Yi pointed at the python blood and tiger blood and said, "What are you standing there for? Waiting for wine? Go eat them!"

Xiao Tian, who was swallowing his saliva, looked up at Su Yi in pleasant surprise. Senior Brother Su really was a good person!

"I'll go through fire and water for you, Brother Su!"

Xiao Tian gave Su Yi a grateful look, let out a strange cry, and pounced on the pile of blood and meat.

Watching Xiao Tian eating like a savage, Su Yi shook his head.

It couldn't be taken away anyway, so he could eat as much as he wanted.

How much could one person eat? He couldn't possibly eat both Vicious Beasts, right?

Su Yi took a handkerchief from his Storage Pouch and, with some distaste, picked up the Yao Cores of the giant python and the tiger.

"Ding! Experience points +10,000!"

"Ding! Experience points +10,000!"

Another 20,000 experience points were added to his account; his depleted assets were once again plentiful.

Su Yi's eyebrows danced with joy, but he didn't stop; he turned and walked behind the waterfall where the giant python had been hiding.

In the Outer Sect, where the Qi Refinement Stage was the norm, a Foundation Establishment Stage Yao Beast was equivalent to a field boss!

In the game, a monster of this difficulty usually required a raid group of dozens of people to take down.

The loot dropped would definitely be more than just that; at the very least, he could check the lair for a bonus!

As a Foundation Establishment Stage Yao Beast with a habitat, who knows what good treasures might be hidden in its lair!

Of course, for a poor tiger that was so destitute it had to go down the mountain to the Spiritual Plant fields to gnaw on spiritual rice, Su Yi didn't expect it to have anything good!

As expected, the lair coiled out by the giant snake not only contained a few Low-Grade Spirit Stones but also two fingernail-sized Medium-Grade Spirit Stones.

Low-Grade Spirit Stones could be converted directly into experience, while Medium-Grade Spirit Stones could only be absorbed after reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage.

The exchange rate between Medium-Grade Spirit Stones and Low-Grade Spirit Stones was 1:10.

Usually, only Inner Sect Disciples were issued them monthly.

Once one stepped into the Foundation Establishment Stage, the Spiritual Qi obtained from Low-Grade Spirit Stones was no longer suitable for a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator's cultivation.

The thin and impure Spiritual Qi was barely better than nothing when absorbed; Medium-Grade Spirit Stones were the hard currency.

It was just unclear if this setting would also be continued by the System!

Now that he wasn't lacking experience, Su Yi put away the Spirit Stones and began a carpet-search again.

When he circled to the back of the lair, to Su Yi's surprise, in a corner behind the lair, a Spiritual Plant emitting a pale blue light was carefully enclosed.

On its emerald-blue, orchid-like stem, a pale blue fruit hung from the branch!

He was rich, rich, rich!

It was actually a Xuan Water Bud Fruit!

Su Yi stared blankly at the Spiritual Plant before him, recognizing its origin at a glance, and his heart surged with wild excitement!

This thing already belonged to the category of Heaven And Earth Treasure!

Heaven And Earth Treasure, as the name implied, was nurtured by heaven and earth, with random growth locations!

No wonder this giant python that had gained intelligence had been hiding behind the waterfall all this time!

Why would it go out if it had this thing!

In immortal path, every Heaven And Earth Treasure was unique.

That is to say, only after it was consumed would another one grow somewhere else!

And because of the rarity of Heaven And Earth Treasures, every single one could be sold for an astronomical price in the game!

Because Heaven And Earth Treasures possessed an attribute that drove players absolutely crazy!

Heaven And Earth Treasures could increase a player's attributes!

A player's initial points were only ten; every ten levels gained 2 points. Even if one reached the level cap of 99, a player's total attributes would only be 30 points!

And initial attributes had a decisive effect on both players and NPCs!

Every point of increase in base attributes could boost a player's strength significantly!

If one looked at NPCs from a player's perspective, according to player speculation.

Gu Wanquan and these proud sons of heaven were all maxed out in attributes, and some attributes could even break the 10-point limit!

This inevitably led to a conjecture circulating among players: if a player also reached max attributes.

Would the player also be able to become an existence like the protagonists such as Gu Wanquan?!

Therefore, countless large guilds offered huge sums of money to purchase Heaven And Earth Treasures.

But without exception, they all ended up with nothing in the end.

After all, there were only 108 in the entire game, which showed just how rare this thing was!

Even Su Yi, who was the Empress's number one lackey before his Transmigration, had never received a Heaven And Earth Treasure from the Empress!

And in immortal path, there was an official illustrated handbook of the 108 Heaven And Earth Treasures.

The shape and growth preferences of every single one were known by heart by almost all players of immortal path.

After all, stumbling upon one meant instant financial freedom!

Su Yi, who had drooled over the handbook in his past life, finally truly saw a Heaven And Earth Treasure appear before him.

This kind of pie falling from the sky suddenly stunned Su Yi.

He couldn't even believe that the Spiritual Plant before him was that legendary Heaven And Earth Treasure!

After carefully comparing it with the handbook in his mind again, he confirmed that this Spiritual Plant was indeed the "Xuan Water Bud Fruit" from his memory!

With trembling hands, following the method in the handbook, he used a jade hairpin to remove the fruit of this Heaven And Earth Treasure, which was ranked 107th.

Without hesitation, he swallowed it directly, and a bone-chilling pain instantly swept through his entire body.

Just like when he equipped that Mythical Talent, every time his attributes changed, it was accompanied by immense pain.

"Damn game developer, your mother..."

Su Yi cursed angrily in his heart, and then passed out with a great sense of happiness.

When he woke up again, Su Yi sat up, feeling a bit dazed.

But he saw Xiao Tian squatting to the side, building a campfire to roast meat and watching over him.

"How long was I unconscious?" Su Yi asked, looking at Xiao Tian.

Hearing Su Yi's voice, Xiao Tian quickly stood up, walked over to Su Yi, and said with some envy: "About four hours. When I found you, Senior Brother, you were shrouded in water vapor. Surely you must have had another Breakthrough, right?"

Being envied by the future Heavenly Emperor, Su Yi had no time to pay attention to him, and instead hurriedly called up his attribute panel:

"Name: Su Yi"

"Level: 8 (41,600 / 8,000)"

"Root Bone: 2 (Water)"

"Spiritual Power: 5"

"Physique: 4"

"Comprehension Ability: 7"

"Divine Soul: 6"

"Talent: Born Alluring Talent (Red)"

"Cultivation Technique: Luoxia Qi Refining Technique Introductory (Blue)"

"Magic Treasure: None"

Powerful! Both Spiritual Power and Comprehension Ability increased by 1 point!

As expected of a Heaven And Earth Treasure!

Adding two attribute points at once was equivalent to leveling up ten levels!

Su Yi felt the smooth True Qi within his body and casually condensed a water ball.

It seemed this Spiritual Plant had also improved his control over the Water element!

He hurriedly opened the skill bar in his attribute panel, and Su Yi was instantly stunned.

Other Water-type skills hadn't changed at all.

Only the inadvertently mastered Water Arrow Technique, which was at the Proficiency level, had its experience at this moment:

"Water Arrow Technique" Proficiency (175,000 / 200,000)

Holy crap!

Was I going to upgrade a basic skill to Grandmaster level?

Still 35,000 experience points short. Looking at the 40,000 experience points on his attribute panel, Su Yi gritted his teeth and clicked on it.

If he didn't upgrade it, this almost maxed-out skill proficiency would go to waste!

He was already at the final step, so he might as well go for it!

"Ding! Skill upgrade complete!"

"Water Arrow Technique (Grandmaster)"

"Effect 1: Instant cast, no consumption, damage increases with level!"

"Effect 2: Change at will, summon and retract freely!"

Looking at the skill description, Su Yi was taken aback at first, then immediately overjoyed.

He didn't expect that NPCs and players would have completely different results after upgrading a skill to Grandmaster!

Even if players upgraded a basic skill to Grandmaster, it would at most just be an instant cast with increased power; there was absolutely no improvement in effects.

But for an NPC, upgrading a basic skill to Grandmaster actually yielded two skill effects, not at all inferior to a Purple-grade skill!

The damn developer is truly biased towards NPCs. Am I playing the game, or is the game playing me!

Su Yi happily cursed the developer while starting to study his Grandmaster-level basic skill!

Effect 1, instant cast with no consumption, could free up a skill slot for him, essentially turning the skill into a basic attack!

With damage increasing alongside his level, it meant this skill, now turned into a basic attack, could be used until the very end!

As for Effect 2, Su Yi reached out his hand, and a finger-thick water arrow appeared in his hand.

As Su Yi moved his thoughts slightly, the water arrow actually began to swim around his body like a water snake!

"Shoot!"

Su Yi pointed casually, and the swimming water arrow instantly straightened and plunged directly into the wall nearby!

Xiao Tian, who was to the side, stared at the scene before him, dumbfounded. He hadn't expected that this Senior Brother Su had actually had a Breakthrough!

This masterful Water Arrow Technique also indicated that Senior Brother's control over the Water element had reached an inhuman Realm!

He was afraid he wouldn't even be able to block that Water Arrow Technique from just now!

Terrifying...

Could the current Senior Brother Su kill him instantly with a casual skill?

While Xiao Tian was amazed and envious, he breathed a huge sigh of relief in his heart:

"Since Senior Brother Su has gained so much, surely he won't mind that I ate all the python meat, python blood, tiger meat, and tiger blood, right?"