Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant

Chapter 590: Chapter 26 Birth_4

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Back at Wanfa Peak, Wang Ba was sitting in his room.

There was a hint of deep fatigue in his eyes.

In the past few days, he had been running around non-stop, striving to achieve his goal before Yao Wudi’s departure.

And he even managed to do more than what was expected.

He was recounting his experiences in the past two months:

“One Class II Spirit Chicken Essence recipe. Since I didn’t provide the main ingredient, I only received 800 merits.”

“Through researching the three Class III Spirit Chickens, I created a Class III Spirit Chicken Essence recipe. For the same reason, it also only earned me 5000 merits.”

“By contributing a Class II Spirit Turtle Essence recipe, I received 1000 merits. Including the Azure Spirit Turtle itself, I’ve accumulated 20,000 merits in total.”

“Plus, I gave all the Class II Spirit Chicken Essence I had to Gu Wen, which earned me about 4000 more merits.”

“In total, I amassed around 30,000 merits, of which only about 1600 remain.”

It would be lying to say he wasn’t upset about it.

But spending it on Yao Wudi, he thought it was worth it.

With almost 30,000 merits, he was able to purchase a Void Turtle Head Inkstone that could heal his master’s injuries, and the ‘Everlasting Moment Water’ which was said to have the ability to turn back time unless death happened.

As for the latter, the effectiveness of it might be somewhat exaggerated; after all, for a treasure worth less than 10,000 merits, it was not expected to be extremely powerful.

But even if it only had one percent of the said effectiveness, it would undoubtedly be a life-saving artifact.

Although it could only be used once, its use in a critical moment could produce unexpected effects.

It was seen as an additional chance for Yao Wudi to turn the tables.

This item was also one of the few treasures strongly recommended by Wuhe Patriarch.

The moment Wang Ba learned of its effects, he decided to buy it.

Unfortunately, at that time, although he had tried his best to accumulate as many merits as possible, he could only afford to buy the Void Turtle Head Inkstone. If it hadn’t been for Wuhe Patriarch’s willingness to lend him merits, he would not have been able to afford it.

“With the Everlasting Moment Water, my master should be much safer now, right?”

Wang Ba silently said to himself.

That was the only thing he could do for his master now.

At that time, he wanted to buy several of them, but according to Wuhe Patriarch, there was only one of them in the Myriad Cave, and the price for the next encounter would probably be ten or even dozens of times higher.

Wang Ba had no choice but to regretfully give up on that idea.

After some rest, the sense of fatigue in his body and mind finally subsided a bit.

Glancing at the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard egg in the dirt nest of his room, which showed no signs of hatching, Wang Ba looked puzzled.

“Strange… under constant temperature and humidity, the beast eggs of the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard generally hatch in about two months. Why doesn’t it seem to be doing anything yet?”

Wang Ba went inside the Array out of unease, took a closer look, and noticed the egg was vibrant with life; it obviously hadn’t been a stillbirth.

“Forget it, let’s wait a bit longer.”

Wang Ba wasn’t overly anxious.

Then he opened the scroll about Ghost-pattern Stone Lizards that Qi Yan had given him before.

It recorded the research findings of the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard by past peak masters of Shou Peak.

“Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard…the Dragon Clan…the ghost patterns on its back have some effect of spiritual mind attacks, which can intimidate opponents with weaker souls…among the Class II upper-grade Spirit Beasts, its combat power is average, but its reproductive power is above average…it’s suitable for being spirit food.”

This was definitely research content from a long time ago.

After all, the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard being used as spirit food has been going on for many years now.

But Wang Ba didn’t dismiss it because of that; instead, he read it carefully.

He had finished reading in half a night.

There wasn’t anything too obscure or difficult in it; apart from mastering the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard’s body structure, habits, and reproduction, the past peak masters had not made any other progress.

But if there was some notable discovery, it would be that they found the bloodline species in the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard to be extremely diverse.

It virtually included bloodlines of the overwhelming majority of Spirit Beasts they knew of.

But no matter how they bred, they couldn’t separate or purify the bloodlines of the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard.

It was as if there was an intangible force in the world that forcibly twisted these bloodlines together to create the species of the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard.

And because of this, there might not have been any change in its bloodline from the first generation to the present.

Its extreme stability made this species lose the possibility of advancement.

Because the cultivators could not purify its bloodline for a Bloodline Breakthrough, which would enable it to be bred into a higher-grade Spirit Beast.

After reading the notes of the previous peak masters of Shou Peak, Wang Ba had a lot of new insights into the Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard.

“It seems that this Ghost-pattern Stone Lizard is indeed not easy to deal with.”

Wang Ba sighed.

He’d had a hunch before, so he didn’t have any disturbance now.

The next day.

After having breakfast, he rushed to the Spirit Food Department.

The busy schedule over these two months had provided ample supplies for the cultivators who were going to fight in the West Sea Country. The workload in the Spirit Food Department had considerably reduced in the past two days.

After all, no matter how energetic the cultivators were, they couldn’t stand being so busy for such a long period of time.

Upon arriving at the bamboo house, he managed to complete refining over a hundred servings of spirit food in less than half a day. @@novelbin@@

“Deacon Wang, you have already finished your share for this month!”

Kong Yao, standing next to him, couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.

Wang Ba laughed and waved his hand, saying, “This is because my refining methods are crude, and the purity is not high, that’s why I’m fast.”

“Not high purity? That’s 99% pure… ”

Kong Yao couldn’t help but be speechless.

Just then, a deacon called out from afar, “Deacon Wang, the Minister is looking for you.”