Chapter 44: Buying Origin Skills (1/2)

Chapter 44: Buying Origin Skills

Night Demon appeared again the next night.

Perhaps it was because he had come many times and was familiar with Su Chen, but when he came in his first words were, “I’m hungry. Are there any pastries left over from yesterday?”

“……Wait a moment, I’ll go get some for you.”

Su Chen returned after a brief moment. He saw that Night Demon was sitting cross-legged on his bed, playing around with a stone. Every time the stone tumbled, it would let out the cry of a phoenix.

Su Chen said, “That’s the Ocean Sound Stone. If you like it you can have it.”

“I know,” Night Demon replied disdainfully. “Ocean Sound Stones only exist three thousand feet below sea level. Only the Ocean Race can harvest them. They are one of the materials necessary to make a Recording Box.”

“You actually know of the Ocean Race and Recording Boxes?” Su Chen purposefully acted surprised.

Night Demon grabbed the pastries from him. “Don’t look down on others so much, will you? Everyone knows the six Great Races.”

“Six?” Su Chen this time was genuinely surprised. “I only know of five: the Human Race, the Feathered Race, the Ocean Race, the Spirit Race, and the Ferocious Race. What’s the last one?”

“The Arcana Race! The Arcana Race that is stronger than the other five Great Races Combined,” Night Demon responded.

“But they are already extinct and have disappeared into the ocean of history,” Su Chen replied.

“Who said?” Night Demon opened his eyes wide, “The Arcana Race never went extinct. They have just gone into hibernation.”

“Is that so,” Su Chen indifferently replied.

As if he realized that he had said too much, Night Demon did not continue talking about that topic. He waved his hand, and a pile of pearls appeared on the bed. Each one emitted a faint light, making them look like small balls of light.

Spatial Ring?

Su Chen’s eyes shined for a moment, but he pretended as if he hadn’t noticed anything.

“These are the things that you wanted. Take your time and pick them.”

“I cannot see.”

“No worries, pick any one of them, and what you need to know will automatically enter your mind. However, there is an Origin seal on it, so what you can see now is just the summary. Once you decide that you want it, the Origin seal will opened.

As Night Demon spoke, he began to eat the pastries.

Su Chen picked up one of the pearls. Indeed, words began to appear in his mind.

Some kind of Soul Mirage technique?

It allowed one to project some kind of image directly onto another person’s perception.

This was quite a powerful skill. Only special Origin Tool masters could use such a technique to create this kind of pearl.

The cultivation method that allowed one to use this skill was likely similarly outstanding.

At the moment, Su Chen had picked up a pretty good mid-tier Absorption Technique called the “Amoluo Breathing Technique”. It utilized strong breathing to increase the rate of Origin Energy entering the body. It was much stronger than many other similar absorption techniques of the same tier. However, it had a flaw; it required many environmental conditions, such as a place with plentiful air, at a high elevation, and the temperature had to be very hot. If one was confined in a closed space, it would become hard to breathe, and one’s strength would also decrease. In severe cases, one could suffocate.

u Chen could not accept such a great weakness, so he put down the pearl of light and picked up another one.

This pearl contained an Origin Skill called the “Thunder Drawing Technique”. This Origin Skill could not create thunder, but it could attract thunder. Thus, someone would first need to be around thunder and lightning, before they could use the Thunder Drawing Technique to attack. However, because the technique only conducted the thunder, the strength of that thunder could surpass the limits of one’s cultivation base and Origin Power strength. It was particularly powerful on days with thunderstorms, but otherwise it was not very good.

Su Chen switched to another one, picking up an Origin Skill called “Black Fog Technique”. It could release a large amount of black fog, limiting one’s vision in the fog. It was quite a useful Origin Skill. However, this skill required that the user possess a bloodline of a dark-attribute beast in order to use it.

He switched again.

“Brilliance Technique” added bright light to one’s weapon. It could disperse any darkness but could also directly harm and kill dark- or filth-attribute beings. However, because of this, one would become a very obvious target.

“Windspeed Technique” would increase one’s or someone else’s speed.

“Fireball Technique” created a large fireball to attack the opponent.

“Shadow Body Technique” allowed one’s shadow to temporarily become alive and become a doppelganger, helping one in battle. It required the bloodline of a mirage-attribute beast to use.

……

Wait a moment.

As Su Chen continued to look at them one by one, the corner of his mouth pulled up into an unnoticeable smile.

Interesting!