Chapter 104: Shopping and Enhancement

When Luo De saw Sharon again, he noticed her attitude had improved somewhat since last time.

Though she still occasionally shielded her chest, she smiled more frequently now.

After a moment, she handed Luo De a test report.

She also offered to show him around.

This suited Luo De perfectly.

“I heard the Magic Control Union has an internal trading zone—could I take a look?”

Scorpion Lady Hera had given him a spiritual text on gravity.

He planned to reciprocate, to build a good relationship with this eighth-rank elder.

“It’s possible.”

Sharon seemed hesitant.

“But that area is for high-rank individuals, so the prices are…”

Clearly, she didn’t think a lowly Forest Warden like Luo De could afford to spend there.

They walked for about ten minutes.

The two arrived at a place resembling a commercial street.

Both sides of the street were lined with display windows filled with various tools and treasures; the only difference from outside was that the vendors weren’t humans, but magical dolls or alchemical machines—non-human entities.

There weren’t many people on the street at the moment.

Luo De was glad for it, leisurely examining each shop in turn.

Not long after.

He actually found something he liked.

【Cosmic Creature—Feather of the Shadow Worm (Deactivated)】

It was a black feather with clear traces of flesh-cutting at its tip.

The price for a single feather was 1,200 Jin Along.

Its effect was to enhance the user’s understanding and skill in shadow magic, and it could not be reused.

The side effect was darkening of the skin.

“Tally should be able to use this.”

As for the side effect, for a succubus skilled in transformation magic, it was no issue at all.

At least it was better than that thing called 【Cosmic Creature—Heart of the Swap Demon】.

That item could be magically implanted into the body, granting the user strength comparable to a dragon’s heart.

But its side effect was randomly swapping body parts’ positions—irrespective of transformation magic.

If your brain ended up below your waist, you’d really be practicing empathy.

Sharon was stunned when she saw him casually pull out 450 Jin Along.

What was going on?

Were Forest Wardens of Aitheron this wealthy?

Before she could react.

Luo De had already set his eyes on a few more items.

【Research on Native Spiritual Arts of Alien Races】

Price: only 125 Jin Along.

It could only be said that this greatly aided Luo De’s ambition of enslavement.

【Aitheron’s Flash—Enhancement and Exploration of Aitheron’s National Art】

Price: 999 Jin Along.

【Unknown Egg—Likely Contains Partial Authority of the ‘Overlord’ Domain (No Returns or Exchanges Once Sold)】

Price: 120,000 Jin Along.

“?”

Luo De carefully counted the zeros and removed it from his cart.

He bought a scattered assortment of rare trinkets.

They nearly emptied his small treasury, but he flipped his spell satchel and bought several overload magic rings—immediately restoring over half his funds.

“This money doesn’t last long.”

It seemed making overload rings needed to be prioritized.

Time always flies while shopping.

By the time Sharon brought him back to the forest, it was already evening.

Pan Ni immediately emerged from the ground.

She respectfully welcomed him home.

Perhaps because no one else was beside Luo De now.

Pan Ni’s neckline was unusually loose, even her belt undone.

A wide V-shape stretched from her chest down to her abdomen, revealing a small patch of well-maintained, soft Mao Fa.

Luo De idly played with the eight characters.

“Don’t you need sleep?”

“No, uh-ha~”

That made sense—ghouls were nocturnal intelligent beings; in fact, they were more energetic at night.

As he kept touching.

Luo De suddenly felt something sticky.

He looked and realized he’d touched a decayed spot.

“Uh.”

Though it didn’t smell bad—more like musky warmth—the sight was truly unpleasant.

His interest vanished instantly.

Sensing her master’s thoughts,

Pan Ni’s refined, mature face flushed with embarrassment and shame.

“Can’t ghouls heal decay?”

“I’m still working on it. Recently I’ve been studying transformation magic, but my talent beyond summoning is average.”

Luo De shook the ghoul fluid off his hands.

“Just remove the decay. Don’t change anything else, understood?”

“Huh? Oh, okay.”

After hearing her reply, Luo De ignored her, leaving Pan Ni standing there, lost in thought.

Twenty minutes later.

Luo De used 【Tree Walker】 to appear in the Willow Creek Zone.

At this moment, the female orc Amy had woken up and was devouring a plate of meat.

The moment she saw Luo De, her face lit up.

“Master!”

“Have you bathed?”

“Huh?”

Amy’s eyes darted away. “I have.”

Luo De surveyed the surroundings.

Indeed, there was neither the means nor time for her to do so.

“Maybe I should build a drainage system—I heard dwarves have alchemical devices that can do this.”

Bathing in the forest was inconvenient.

Even Luo De found it so.

Most times, he asked Vivian to cast water magic for him.

Forget it.

I’ll bring it up if the chance arises.

Luo De slowly walked up to the orc.

Amy instantly brightened.

“Master, are you going to train the muscles inside me again?”

“No. This visit is for an experiment.”

Under his deliberate control,

the attempt still failed.

Back then, he’d assumed sentient races could no longer use 【Spirit of Growth】.

But with the 120 points added from the Skyborne Ancient Tree, he finally received a prompt to recharge it!

【Please select and consume 10 points of ‘Spirit of Growth’】

Now he faced the choice of an experimental subject.

The female orc, guilty and with the toughest body, was clearly the first candidate.

Actually, when he met Pan Ni on the way back, he had considered taking advantage of her.

After a long while.

【Growth Spirit used successfully】

【Amy gained skill: Natural Healing】

【Details: Growth Spirit activated Amy’s innate spiritual technique, which she had not yet mastered—this skill can harness the power of the earth to heal herself or allied troops】

【Remaining Growth Spirit: 118】

“Not activated yet?”

In that case, it’s far more controllable than those outside sentient beings.

Fuck, even laziness and sloth could trigger it—what the hell!

Experiments must be rigorous.

Clearly, this guy has fallen under a charm effect.

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(End of Chapter)