54: Odd's personal gift

"Great King, this is Nightlight Mushroom, a magic herb once very common in the Kobold Tribe. After it matures, it can be used in a Magic Herb Dispenser to create low-level physique potions that improve physical fitness. It's also quite delicious to eat raw," Old Ode said, pointing to the cultivation pod.

"However, it needs to live in a dark, humid environment and requires a lot of nutrients for daily growth. Given the current state of the Ode Tribe, we can only cultivate this much."

"There were some mature ones before, which I used to make into physique potions and consume. That's how I managed to slow down the aging of my increasingly frail body until today."

"You can transplant these to your kingdom later."

"I also have a magic blueprint for a Magic Herb Dispenser, which contains the recipes for basic physique and mental potions. I've also saved a few seeds of Youjing Grass, the magic material for mental potions, and I'll give them to you together later."

"With them, you can cultivate a batch of elite soldiers whose physical fitness is comparable to that of a Level 1 professional."

Level 1 professional?

This should be the designation in the civilization system of the Kobold.

It's just that he doesn't know what the standard for a Level 1 professional is.

Thinking, Lu Yang asked, "Old Ode, by your civilization's standards, can my current physical fitness reach the so-called Level 1 professional level?"

Old Ode shook his head: "Great King, you can only be considered a quasi-Level 1 professional, because although your spiritual power level has been reached, your physical fitness is still lacking. You probably need to improve it by about one-third to reach the standard of a melee Level 1 professional."

"However, you don't need to dwell on this. According to my observations, your tribe should be on the path of magic machinery. As long as the level of mechanical civilization is high enough, even a child with no strength to bind a chicken can easily kill a professional with a sharp weapon."

"As an outstanding individual in terms of physical fitness, with the assistance of magic potions, your future achievements will be far more than this."

"Then Old Ode, what about you? According to the division of professionals, what level do you approximately belong to?" Lu Yang asked curiously.

"Me—" Old Ode paused and thought for a moment, "If by spiritual level, I should be at the peak of a Fourth-tier professional."

"If by current physical level, I can barely reach the standard of a Second-tier professional."

Under Lu Yang's expectant gaze, Old Ode smiled and said, "Great King, it seems you are very curious about the combat power levels of professionals."

"I won't demonstrate the spiritual level; later, there will be a coronation ceremony and a large tribal blessing for you, and every bit of strength is worth cherishing."

"But there's no problem with the physical level; anyway, this body won't be usable after the ceremony."

"You watch carefully!!"

With that, Old Ode assumed an attacking stance, aimed at the cave wall outside, and casually threw a punch.

A faint golden light flashed across his arm.

Before Lu Yang could react, his fist landed on the cave wall.

There was no earth-shattering phenomenon.

But when Old Ode removed his hand, centered on where his fist had landed, an area of about three square meters, a large amount of rubble clattered down, to a depth of about one meter.

Lu Yang watched, dumbfounded.

Is this still a human?

It's a cannonball!!

Old Ode was accustomed to it: "Great King, professionals are like this, possessing extraordinary power. With each level climbed, the power will vary greatly, but the numbers will also decrease significantly."

"Unlike magic-mechanical civilization, as long as powerful machinery can be manufactured, even ordinary people can exert immense power."

After speaking, Old Ode stopped explaining and instead opened a dark brown iron box, taking out several magic blueprints and a small casket from it.

"This purple-grade one is the [Magic Herb Dispenser] magic blueprint I just told you about, capable of concocting magic potions using magic materials."

"This blue-grade one is the [Blacksmith Shop] magic blueprint, capable of forging cold steel and crafting various standardized weapons and armor."

"As for this last one—"

Lu Yang saw the red glowing blueprint at the very bottom, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

Red blueprint!!

Blueprint grades are divided into white, green, blue, purple, orange, red, golden, and rainbow, a total of 8 grades.

Red belongs to the 6th grade, which is 2 grades higher than the highest-grade purple quality blueprint currently owned by the Xinhuo Train.

It was the highest-grade blueprint Lu Yang had ever seen.

Lu Yang didn't expect the Golden Kobold Tribe to have such a profound heritage.

Indeed, it cannot be underestimated!!

"Great King, although this red-grade [Magic Net Core] blueprint is high-grade, when I obtained it, the trader of that high-level vehicle told me that it's best not to use it lightly, because it could very likely artificially create an unspeakable existence."

Lu Yang: "???"

Artificially create an unspeakable existence?

What does that mean?

Seeing Lu Yang's confusion, Old Ode explained: "This [Magic Net Core] blueprint belongs to a mind-type exclusive blueprint, focusing on the development of spiritual power and mental energy. It allows users to log into the Magic Net Core network through a magic net helmet and conduct imaginative mental magic research within it. The stronger the user's mental energy and spiritual power, the more research results can be produced."

"But the researcher's mind will always have some dark corners. These dark energies are usually not obvious, but they truly exist and continuously strengthen with accumulation until they finally coalesce and form into an uncontrollable, unspeakable existence, appearing in the real world."

"Therefore, if you must use the Magic Net Core, Great King, you must control the extent of its use and find ways to clear those dark energies in time to avoid excessive accumulation, which could lead to incalculable losses."

The reason Old Ode didn't dare to use this blueprint was because he knew how terrifying it would be if mental energy got out of control.

Especially since he was also a Fourth-tier mental professional.

Once he became obsessed with mental magic research and relaxed his control over the clearing of dark energies.

The ultimate outcome would only be the destruction of the Golden Kobold Tribe.

And the kind that is irreversible!!

Of course, the huge energy consumption of using the Magic Net Core network was also a factor.

Given the current situation of the Kobold Tribe, it was not enough to support keeping the Magic Net Core network continuously open.

Using it would only waste a precious red blueprint.

It was far less useful than keeping it and using it as a gift, as it is now, to improve the living conditions of the tribesmen.

Old Ode believed that as long as the tribesmen continued to survive.

One day, there would be an opportunity to once again recreate the glory of the Golden Tribe.

This was also the meaning of his persistence.