Versatile Sword Cultivator

Chapter 206 – Alluring Bone？

[Earth Grade Skill · Earth Level Herbalism]: No need to learn various herbal manuals, you can identify all herbs below Earth Grade, distinguish, pick, and preserve them. Those who haven't learned Herbalism cannot pick herbs.

Requirement: None.

Lin Jichen's last item was a skill book.

Skills differ from techniques; skills are secondary professions, such as alchemy, herbalism, artifact crafting, mining, feng shui, talisman drawing, etc.

In his previous life, Lin Jichen was a seventh-grade herbalist. In the Thunder Marsh, he encountered many excellent herbs he wanted to pick, but due to game settings, he couldn't pick them without learning Herbalism.

He missed out on a lot of good herbs.

Now, he could return to his old profession. In the future, when he visits dangerous places, he can also gather some herbs along the way.

After examining his spoils, Lin Jichen turned his attention to the corpses of the three exotic beasts.

There were three demon cores in total, each larger than the last. Demon cores are used by pets above the Crystal Realm to break through their realms.

Moreover, the higher the quality of the demon core, the stronger the pet's power will be, with a very small chance of improving the pet's aptitude.

For example, if your pet can only grow to the Golden Core Realm at most, continuously feeding it high-quality demon cores might give it a chance to break through to the Gathering Spirit or even Nascent Soul Realm.

Lin Jichen summoned Panda Xiong.

During this trip to the Thunder Marsh, except for facing exotic beasts at the Golden Core Realm, he kept Panda Xiong by his side, occasionally letting it handle some minor beasts while he assisted from the side.

Over the past few days, Panda Xiong's cultivation experience had maxed out.

Moreover, feeding it lavishly had finally increased its loyalty by 2 points.

Lin Jichen gave it a Beast Spirit Pill to consume. It couldn't use the demon cores yet; the best time to use them is during each breakthrough in the Crystal Realm.

After swallowing the Beast Spirit Pill, Panda Xiong's body began to undergo a qualitative change!

It finally broke through to the Crystal Realm, even faster than Lin Jichen.

[Spirit Beast: Iron-Eating Beast (Adult)]

[Name: Panda Xiong]

[Owner: Lin Jichen]

[Strength: Early Crystal Realm]

[Cultivation: 0/500000]

[Loyalty: 85 points]

[Health: 25000/25000]

[Attack: 210]

[Defense: 240]

[Speed: 190]

[Critical Hit: 40]

[Heart Protection: 50]

[Toughness: 15%]

[Skills: Thunder Roar, Absolute Defense, Furious Thunder Strike, Earth-Shattering Collision, Sky-Splitting Thunder Strike]

The strength of the Iron-Eating Beast after breaking through to the Crystal Realm had significantly increased. Compared to an early Crystal Realm Thunder Crocodile, it was overwhelmingly superior.

The Thunder Crocodile's attributes were not even half of the Iron-Eating Beast's!

If they went back, the Iron-Eating Beast could easily slaughter all the crocodiles in the Thunder Marsh.

This is the difference in pet grades. The Iron-Eating Beast, being Chiyou's mount, had its reasons.

This breakthrough also granted Panda Xiong a new skill, Sky-Splitting Thunder Strike.

[Sky-Splitting Thunder Strike]: After a 2-second delay, summon a lightning bolt to strike a 10x10 meter area, dealing 1000 base skill damage and paralyzing the struck opponent.

Paralysis: Movement speed reduced by 40%, lasting 3 seconds.

This skill was quite good. Combined with Earth-Shattering Collision, it formed a small combo.

First, summon the lightning bolt, then knock the opponent away. Basically, no one could escape this combo.

After breaking through to the Crystal Realm, Panda Xiong's size doubled, becoming three to four times larger than a real panda, almost the size of an elephant.

It was now rideable.

Without hesitation, Lin Jichen mounted it, sitting comfortably on Panda Xiong's back.

It was indeed comfortable!

"Panda Xiong, let's go! Giddy up!" Lin Jichen laughed, patting its large rump and directing it.

Panda Xiong immediately carried Lin Jichen out of the room.

Lin Jichen urged it to run faster.

Although Panda Xiong's speed wasn't very fast, it was decent for daily travel.

And it was quite impressive!

No wonder Chiyou loved riding it.

After having his fun, Lin Jichen recalled Panda Xiong and took out the Thunder Dragon's heart.

This was the Thunder Spirit Heart.

[Treasure · Thunder Spirit Heart]: Taken from the heart of the strongest exotic beast in the Thunder Marsh, the Thunder Dragon. It can be used as an additional material for any realm breakthrough, tempering the body and enhancing lightning resistance.

Holding the Thunder Spirit Heart, Lin Jichen felt more confident about the upcoming Thunder Tribulation.

Besides the Thunder Spirit Heart, Lin Jichen also obtained a Thunder Dragon tendon, a bottle of dragon blood, and some dragon meat.

The dragon meat was left for Panda Xiong as snacks, and the dragon blood would be given to Fang Qingzhu. They had left in such a hurry that they forgot about the dragon blood.

As for the dragon tendon, it could be used to make lightning attribute bows, an excellent material for artifact crafting.

Lin Jichen even considered getting the dragon whip to make aphrodisiac pills to promote his Shenbao Pharmacy, but unfortunately, he couldn't find it. It seemed to be a female dragon or an eunuch dragon.

He also processed the corpses of the Kai Ming Beast and the Hell Boar God, obtaining many good materials.

The Kai Ming Beast's fur could be used to make clothes, and the Hell Boar God's tusks could be used to make accessories.

Their meat could be cooked into attribute-boosting dishes or left for Panda Xiong as food.

Overall, this trip to the Thunder Marsh was highly profitable.

However, all of this hinged on Lin Jichen surviving the Thunder Tribulation.

Otherwise, all the wealth he amassed would be for naught.

He wasn't sure if he could survive this tribulation.

To prepare for the Thunder Tribulation, Lin Jichen even secretly wrote a will yesterday.

If he died, all the wealth he accumulated during this period would go to Gu Qiuxue.

After calming his mind, Lin Jichen resolutely decided to break through!

He took out all the materials and the Crystal Formation Pill, swallowing the pill, and sat cross-legged with his eyes closed.

The treasures around him automatically floated up, quickly merging into a warm stream that flowed into his body, spreading like a tide to his limbs and bones, causing his vitality to surge.

In just a moment, Lin Jichen felt his body and mind becoming ethereal and clear, like a full moon in a clear sky. Immediately, the surrounding spiritual energy surged in.

His entire body was filled with spiritual energy, bursting with vitality!

[Ding! Realm breakthrough, Early Crystal Realm! All combat attributes +40 points! Vitality +4000! Mana +4000!]

[Ding! Heaven-defying Fate talent triggered! Defying the Heavens: All combat attributes doubled!]

[Ding! Heavenly Dao Crystal effect, Strength +25, Critical Hit +15, Defense +15, Speed +15, Lightning Resistance +30%, Vitality +3000, Mana +2000!]

[Ding! Heaven-defying Fate talent triggered! Born Defying the Heavens: Rewarded with a new random talent!]

[Ding! Random talent confirmed: Alluring Bone, increases favorability growth rate with opposite-sex NPCs by 20%!]

[Ding! Thirty minutes until the Thunder Tribulation, please proceed with caution.]

Lin Jichen was quite satisfied with the attribute boosts, but he was a bit puzzled by the random talent.

Alluring Bone... What the heck is that?

He was born with an alluring bone?

Is this a trait a man should have? Hey!