Chapter 149: All My Persistence Plus Effort

After leaving Gongsun Yang's place, Yu Zhangsheng went straight to the Spirit Chicken Garden for the daily feeding.

After two expansions, the Spirit Chicken Garden could harvest three thousand points of Essence per day of feeding.

With a thought, the data panel was summoned.

【Name: Yu Zhangsheng】

【Realm: Qi Refining Jiutian】

【Constitution: Spirit Beast Affinity】

【Cultivation Methods: Changchun Gong Familiarity (5/10000), Lian Shen Gong Small Success (3500/5000000), Beast Taming Art Mastery (1022/100000), Three-Fire Refinement Alchemy Mastery (10000/100000)】

【Spells: Fireball Technique Small Success (1435/100000), Shadow Flash Mastery (3221/50000), Wind Travel Technique Mastery (337/10000), Wood Shield Technique Mastery (1182/10000), Rainmaking Technique Entry (10/100), Thousand Thoughts Slash Proficient (1240/100000)】

【Skills: First Rank Spirit Plant (5/1000), Second Rank Alchemy (5000/50000)】

【Spirit Pets: Red Tempered Snake, Golden-Winged Great Eagle, Cai Xing Deer】

【Remaining Essence: 65210】

These days' accumulation had brought the Essence back to over sixty thousand, and his Alchemy Skill had also advanced considerably.

However...

Looking at the massive Essence required for Three-Fire Refinement Alchemy, Yu Zhangsheng fell silently mute.

"Forget it, I'll just cultivate slowly on my own first; this Essence still has uses saved up."

Without a cheat, could it be that I, Yu Zhangsheng, am trash? It's all my own persistence plus effort, okay.

"There's still Essence."

Having made up his mind, Yu Zhangsheng headed to the Shu Fa Ge.

"Overlord Blade Art? Flame Blade? Ice Palm?"

"How come every single one sounds like garbage just from the name? The first floor indeed has nothing good."

Yu Zhangsheng muttered a couple of sentences, lost interest, bypassed a pile of spells, and walked toward the second floor.

"Surging Waves Jiutian? Burning Heaven Flame Blade? Phoenix Dances Jiutian, Heaven Collapses Earth Shatters Purple-Gold Hammer?"

"The names aren't bad individually, all flowery and flashy, but unfortunately they're all mediocre."

Yu Zhangsheng's mouth twitched; he picked up spell jade tubes and scrolls to examine them, then put them down.

Thinking it over, Yu Zhangsheng simply started checking from the corner areas, places no one visited; perhaps he could pick up a treasure there.

A simple, unadorned spell scroll came into view, covered in dust for who knows how long.

"Beast Tamer Exclusive Cultivation?"

Yu Zhangsheng grew interested, so he picked it up and examined it carefully.

"Beast Shadow, Beast Tamer Exclusive Cultivation, condense the virtual shadow of the Beast Tamer's Contract Beast as a usual means of attack; power is not insignificant. Requires the Beast Tamer Contract as a medium; non-Beast Tamers cannot cultivate it."

Yu Zhangsheng's eyes lit up; according to this spell's introduction, the power of Beast Shadow depends not only on cultivation base strength but also has intricate connections with the Beast Tamer's Spirit Pets; the stronger the Beast Tamer's Spirit Pets, the greater the Beast Shadow's strength.

For Yu Zhangsheng, his Spirit Beasts were all peak existences within Qi Refining, and the quantity reached a rare three heads; learning this spell could be said to be heaven-defying, able to thoroughly bring out his advantages.

Yu Zhangsheng pondered, glanced at the required Sect Contribution — not much, not little, just enough for him to redeem; it seemed this spell was indeed not ordinary.

Picking up the spell jade tube and scroll, he walked toward the main gate; the Shu Fa Ge Elder glanced at him, looked up and cast a sidelong glance at Yu Zhangsheng, eyes carrying strangeness, and said: "Beast Shadow? This spell's cost is not low. You're a Beast Tamer, right? This spell has high requirements for Spirit Beasts, and it's not easy to comprehend. Previously quite a few people redeemed it but couldn't practice anything of note."

"I suggest if you don't have full confidence, you'd better exchange for another one; the contribution points this costs are enough to exchange for some better spells." The Shu Fa Ge Elder kindly reminded.

"No matter, I'll just exchange for this one; I want to try." Yu Zhangsheng smiled faintly.

Is Beast Shadow hard? Perhaps. Too bad I'm the one with a cheat.

"Alright then, I've told you; once you decide to exchange, you can't change it even if unsatisfied."

Seeing Yu Zhangsheng insist, the Shu Fa Ge Elder didn't persuade further, lightly said, deducted the contribution for Yu Zhangsheng, and then paid no more attention.

He was only kindly reminding; after all, this much contribution came by not easily; whether to listen was Yu Zhangsheng's business.

Taking his own Identity Jade Tube, looking at the pitifully few Contribution Points remaining on it, Yu Zhangsheng felt a slight heartache.

"Hope this Beast Shadow doesn't disappoint me."

Returning to the Spirit Chicken Garden, Yu Zhangsheng spread his Divine Sense, slowly read the Beast Shadow scroll jade tube; after an Incense Stick Time, he had a general understanding.

"Using the Beast Taming Contract as a medium, with the Beast Tamer's own power, lure a portion of the Spirit Pet's power; without needing to summon the Spirit Beast, one can condense an additional Beast Shadow outside the body."

"The Beast Shadow can not only exert a portion of the Spirit Beast's power based on the Beast Tamer's own strength, becoming extra Combat Power; cultivated to profound depths, it can even let the Beast Shadow and the Beast Tamer's body Union of Body, empower the Beast Tamer; at its most powerful, it can achieve instant virtual-real transformation, resist danger for the Spirit Beast, accomplish a substitute-life!"

"However, this virtual-real transformation move is too difficult; at least the current me still cannot do it; wait until Foundation Establishment, or when this Beast Shadow cultivates to Mastery or Small Success, it can be realized."

"No matter how you say it, this spell is very suitable for me!"

Yu Zhangsheng slowly finished reading the scroll, bright light flashing in his eyes, slowly exhaled a mouthful of Turbid Qi.

"Just a pity, the divine abilities involved later are not in what I exchanged for; the Beast Shadow in my hand is merely the Upper Part."

"Don't know if the other part is even in the Shu Fa Ge; if not, that'll be troublesome."

Yu Zhangsheng felt some regret, but also didn't mind much.

"But the Upper Part is enough for use; later I'll need to think of another way; a spell like this for just this little contribution counts as picking up a bargain."

"Is it because it's overly difficult to succeed?" Yu Zhangsheng had some guesses.

Soon, Yu Zhangsheng began learning Beast Shadow; the moment he got a feel for it, the system's information popped out.

【You have obtained a new Spell — Beast Shadow (Upper Part), do you need to perform point allocation to enhance it.】

【Beast Shadow: Entry (1/5000)】

Deep Blue, allocate points! Yu Zhangsheng didn't hesitate; this is all my own persistence plus effort, plus a tiny bit of negligible talent.

【Consume 5000 Essence, Spell Beast Shadow reaches Proficient!】

Streams of comprehension information regarding Beast Shadow floated into Yu Zhangsheng's mind out of thin air, as if he had personally practiced thousands of times, deeply imprinted on the Sea of Consciousness.

In an instant, regarding the casting, application, and Spirit Power operation traces of this divine ability Beast Shadow, Yu Zhangsheng all understood more clearly; the profound meaning naturally surrounded and arose around Yu Zhangsheng.

After completely digesting this information, Yu Zhangsheng didn't stop, continued allocating points.

【Consumed 50000 Essence, Spell Beast Shadow reached Mastery!】

【Beast Shadow (Upper Part): Mastery (1/100000)】

A massive amount of information flooded into Yu Zhangsheng's mind all at once; even with Yu Zhangsheng's Divine Sense strength, he felt his mind swell, and only after digesting for a moment did it improve.

In the Sea of Consciousness, the Spirit Beast Contract grew slightly warm, strands of Mysterious Meaning circulated, and three illusory shadows automatically appeared before Yu Zhangsheng.

(Chapter End)