Chapter 25 (1/2)

“Please don’t!” Liu Ran was frightened out of his wits.

On the one hand, he was worried about Chen An, afraid that the latter would mess it up and injure himself. On the other hand, he was scared that the beast would be hurt.

However, the creation process had already begun and could not be interrupted.

Liu Ran was as anxious as ants on fire. He stood up and paced back and forth, nervously beside Chen An. “Sigh… Why do I have such a wretched mouth? Why did I tell him about the skills book?”

Beside them, Lin Yingxue sighed and said, “You wouldn’t be able to stop him even if you kept mum.”

“Do you have to crack wise? Aren’t you his girlfriend? Aren’t you afraid that he will face problems when he forcefully extracts the skill of the beast? This is not something to joke about. He may look fine now, but anything can happen when you touch him later.”

Liu Ran was speaking from his heart. He felt extremely helpless that no one heeded his advice.

“Don’t worry. I believe in Chen An. Have you not realized that he’s different from us?” Lin Yingxue had long understood something. Chen An might be on par with her now, but very soon, he would advance by leaps and bounds until she could no longer catch up with him.

Like Liu Ran, Chen An was sitting with his eyes closed during the skills book creation process. It was only then that he realized it was not as simple as he thought, and it did not only involve a single step.

His consciousness felt as if it had plunged into a vast and deep ocean. It was jet-black everywhere, and he could not see a trace of light.

The left side of the ocean was mysteriously warm and even hot at some point in time. The right side was icy cold. When immersed in water, half of his body felt bone-piercing cold. He was at the intersection of the hot and cold areas, and the dividing line was right along the middle of his body. It was a very clear and defined line that could not be crossed.

Chen An was entrapped. It was as if he had been bound and could not move in any direction. He could only think of ways and try his best to use his hands to feel something.

However, this place was akin to an endless and bottomless ocean. Be it up, down, left, or right, he could not hold onto anything.

Suddenly, something on his left seemed to be moving. The waves gushed and slapped him again and again.

Liu Ran watched Chen An nervously. Beneath Chen An’s left hand was Dou Buxiang. It was gently nudging Chen An’s palm with its pair of horns, looking like it was calling out to Chen An.

Chen An, who was immersed in the water, was grabbing something hard with his left hand. He seemed to be holding onto something in the ocean.

Immediately afterward, it seemed as if that thing had wriggled from his left hand onto his arm, flowing to his right side. He could feel the warm currents getting through the dividing line and heading to the icy cold side.

As Chen An did not know how to control it, he allowed it to flow with ease.

Liu Ran suddenly exclaimed, “Damn it! You’re superb! You’ve already extracted the skill successfully. Next, you have to engrave it on the blank skills book. That will complete the job.”

“How can he do that?” Lin Yingxue asked.

“Have I not told you? It’s like this—”

“Shut up.”

Chen An could sense the dividing line breaking down. The cold, right side also warmed up gradually. He felt much more comfortable now.

Chen An gradually opened his eyes, and the first thing that greeted him was Liu Ran’s approaching big face.

Liu Ran kept asking him, “Are you alright? Are you alright?”

“What else can happen? It seems quite easy.” Chen An chuckled.

“Simple? I’m glad that you’re alright. I didn’t expect you to create a skills book anyway. I’ve already told you. We are buddies. Just give me a shout if you want to create a skills book in the future, though there are limits as I can only reprint the skills of a plant-based beast.”