Chapter 294: Talent Stone

On Cheng Feng's Panmian, a Lucky Bag grew from small to large, occupying the entire screen.

After rotating clockwise three times, a card appeared in the center of the Panmian, growing from small to large.

On the card was a gray, unremarkable, broken stone.

With a thought from Cheng Feng, the card appeared in his hand.

Carefully reading the information in his mind, Cheng Feng's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Broken Talent Stone: A creation invented by the lost Ancient Wizard Civilization that can absorb the bloodline talents of Strange Beasts and bestow them upon humans.

Due to damage, its existence duration is three months.

Usage method: When a Strange Beast dies an unnatural death, the Talent Stone absorbs its flesh and blood to extract the talent, then a human attaches it to their own wound to absorb the talent.

Safety level: One hundred percent.

This strange stone capable of changing an individual's talent was actually man-made?

Cheng Feng immediately thought of that black snake he had encountered deep in the canyon at the time.

That should count as a Strange Beast, right?

It was a pity that the red-scaled giant snake had already been killed and eaten by him.

Otherwise, perhaps he could have given it a try?

Cheng Feng gripped the card printed with the broken Talent Stone tightly, his fingers gently stroking the surface of the card, as if he could feel that mysterious power from the ancient civilization.

As he stroked it, the card gradually became transparent, eventually turning into specks of starlight and dissipating into the air. What remained in Cheng Feng's hand was only a gray, unremarkable, worn-out stone.

Recalling the black snake deep in the canyon, Cheng Feng felt both regret and relief in his heart.

The regret was that he had only been focused on fleeing for his life at the time and failed to witness the black snake's power with his own eyes;

The relief was that he still had three months to find a suitable Strange Beast to complete this unprecedented attempt.

And the black snake he had seen was one of the best candidates.

To make the most of these three months, Cheng Feng spread out paper and began to write, formulating a detailed plan.

To find a suitable Strange Beast, it certainly wouldn't be in a densely populated area; deep mountains and old forests were the most likely choices.

But this meant he had to consider issues like clothing, food, and supplies, and might even need to hire a guide.

Cheng Feng recorded every detail he could think of, including every possible situation he might encounter and how to deal with it. He knew this operation was related to his future potential.

He could not be the slightest bit careless and had to make thorough preparations.

Subsequently, Cheng Feng directly had Babai contact the Mechanical Dog to ask if it had encountered any precious, strange animals or plants in the deep mountains and forests.

Ever since he returned to Qingxi County, the Mechanical Dog had been sent to the mountains outside the county, as that was the environment suitable for the Mechanical Dog to operate and explore.

Only in the wild could the Mechanical Dog gradually map out detailed terrain and be of real help to Cheng Feng.

As of now, the Mechanical Dog had already marked six locations where it had discovered rare flowers and herbs for Cheng Feng. As for Strange Beasts, Cheng Feng had not paid special attention to them before, but considering the Mechanical Dog's capabilities, there must have been some discoveries.

Although the Mechanical Dog did not reply immediately, it did not matter; Cheng Feng knew he would receive the relevant information by tomorrow at the latest.

Cheng Feng carefully placed the Talent Stone into his Space Ring, a flash of determination and anticipation in his eyes.

Every step from here on would determine whether he could successfully utilize this precious treasure to improve himself and even change his destiny.

Turning around, he had recovered his usual calmness and composure, and with a light call, a servant hurried into the room. Cheng Feng took the prepared list from his sleeve and handed it to the servant.

His tone was calm but unquestionable: "According to the items on this, prepare a portion for two hundred people immediately. Be fast, but ensure the quality."

The servant took the list, and although he felt surprised by this sudden large-scale purchase, long-term training allowed him to quickly compose himself.

Looking closely, he saw that the list included daily necessities such as clean water, wine, beef, hot steamed buns, and Hemostatic Powder. He secretly speculated that this might be related to some upcoming activity or mission.

Not daring to show the slightest negligence, the servant hurriedly responded and withdrew, walking quickly toward the warehouse and kitchen to begin arranging this massive procurement task.

In the Cheng Mansion, every order from Cheng Feng meant significant importance that could not be underestimated; he had to go all out to ensure nothing went wrong.

At the same time, the steward of the Cheng Mansion had also received the news and was busy checking the silver and accounts to ensure there were sufficient funds to support this purchase.

The entire Cheng Mansion became busy because of this, yet it remained orderly. Everyone was working silently at their posts, contributing their own strength to Cheng Feng's order.

And Cheng Feng stood by the window, watching the sunset gradually sinking in the distance, his heart filled with longing and determination for the future.

Truly worthy of being his own legitimate son, to be able to pull out such an heaven-defying object.

Cheng Feng was already numb to his own talent and could only rely on adding points via the Panmian.

But was Cheng Feng nothing without women?

Cheng Feng did not want that; the world was so big.

Now that Cheng Feng had money and leisure, he naturally wanted to go and see it.

However, his strength was a fatal flaw; the currently known level of his skills was Master level—was there anything above that?

Cheng Feng felt there was, but that required a large amount of Fortune Points. Currently, apart from Yu Niang, Xu Miao, and the Senior Sister who could help him speed up, the others were gradually unable to keep up with Cheng Feng's pace.

It wasn't that he looked down on them, but Cheng Feng felt they were indeed too slow.

Therefore, Cheng Feng was so actively trying every possible way to expand the influence of the Hong Sect.

And which woman could allow Cheng Feng to quickly increase his points?

The Panmian was very rigid and would not tell Cheng Feng at all what kind of aptitude a woman had; Cheng Feng could only rely on his own experience and personal confirmation.

At least from what Cheng Feng had discovered so far, Xu Miao was a twenty-two-year-old Blood Refining Late Stage Martial Artist, but she used very few resources.

Senior Sister Zhao Wei was twenty-one and at Blood Refining Perfection; her realm progress was very fast.

Yu Niang was purely there to make up the numbers, not worth mentioning.

Cheng Feng focused on having Babai collect skeletal information on Senior Sister Zhao Wei and Xu Miao as a basic data point, so that in the future, if he encountered suitable ones, he could have Babai confirm them first before he made a move himself.

This way, he could at least salvage some reputation; if he tried every one he saw, that would be too insane.

Cheng Feng did not do things that were inefficient, and besides, Cheng Feng already had a target.

That girl Su Min from the Su Family didn't look very old, yet her Martial Dao realm was already at the Bone Refining Initial Stage, and hearing from that nearly crippled Su Qiang, he said it was because he was too playful when he was young and missed out on Martial Dao cultivation.

It stood to reason that her talent was even more extraordinary; before leaving, Cheng Feng had told the members of Black Ear not to lose track of the siblings.

"If you knew that the way to save your crippled older brother Su Qiang was to submit and compromise, Miss Su Min, would you come to find me?" A sharp glint flashed in Cheng Feng's eyes as he looked forward to Su Min's reaction.