Chapter 257: Golden Quality: Sky Scar Eye_2
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"This is how many pages there are in each book, this piece of information is free for you." The senior handed Chen Xing a slip of paper.
Chen Xing took the slip of paper, finding the service quite considerate.
Otherwise, even with speed reading, it would take at least several days to go through twelve books.
"Thanks for your hard work, senior. Let me transfer five academic credits to you," Chen Xing offered to transfer some credits to the senior.
"No need, it's all good. Just come to me next time," the senior said with a simple laugh, waved his hand, and jogged away.
Sitting back down in his original spot in the library, Chen Xing rapidly read through the books following the catalog on the slip of paper the senior had given him.
An hour later, Chen Xing had found the answers he was looking for.
Neither of these two secret treasures was easy to obtain because they were not secret treasures at all!
Indeed, the Domain Stele mentioned in the books was not a secret treasure, at least no one had discovered it could be used to evolve Beast Taming.
Legend had it that the Domain Stele was an ancient divine monument used to suppress evil within the Forbidden Land, and finding the Forbidden Land would lead to the discovery of the Domain Stele, which is said to be the core object suppressing the Forbidden.
Next was the Titan's Heart. In ancient times, there was a species known as the Titan Spirits, and it was said that they were as large as mountains. When they died, all of their essence would backflow and merge into their hearts, and these hearts were known as the Titan's Hearts.
The Titan's Heart was also not a secret treasure. It was said that upon the death of a Titan Spirit, it could be reborn from the Titan's Heart; if buried deep in the ground, a new Titan Spirit would hatch after countless years.
So the question arises, where should I go to obtain the Domain Stele and the Titan's Heart?
Chen Xing couldn't help but ponder.
The Domain Stele is located in the Forbidden Land, but what places are considered to be the Forbidden Land... Wait.
An idea suddenly sprang into Chen Xing's mind.
The Red Forbidden, the evolved form of Sìxiàng, is known exactly as the Dark Realm Arbiter.
Could the Dark Realm be the legendary Forbidden Land?!
The passage to the outside world barely exists, with only Shadow Giant City having one such path, yet such an enormous Dark Realm has such a tiny exit.
Could the Dark Realm be the sealed Forbidden Land?
It's not an impossibility since the gods are gone, and knowledge about the Dark Realm has been buried deep in the annals of history for countless years.
It's not without this possibility; Chen Xing felt his guess might be correct.
Previously, wasn't there an entity in the Dark Realm who had approached Sìxiàng and even given it a key?
It was through this key that Sìxiàng had learned to move in and out of the Dark Realm at will.
But upon closer examination, Chen Xing noticed some contradictions.
Without any apparent reason, why would that entity give a key to Sìxiàng?
If the key could be used to travel in and out of the Dark Realm freely, why doesn't it use it itself? Or does it already possess the ability to do so?
But if the Dark Realm really is the Forbidden Land, then if the Domain Stele exists inside, the entity that gave Sìxiàng the key must certainly know where the Domain Stele is located.
Then there's the Titan's Heart.
Chen Xing really had no clues about this item... Perhaps the Jin Ye Guard might?
The Jin Ye Guard definitely has an extremely wide network of information. If such a treasure exists, it's most likely that the Jin Ye Guard knows its location.
Unfortunately, since I previously declined the invitation of the Jin Ye Guard, how could I have the face to ask them to help me search for something?
With this thought, Chen Xing couldn't help feeling troubled.
It doesn't matter, I'll just ask around more.
First, I should try to find a way to get the Domain Stele.
Then, he left a post with a high reward on the school forum seeking the Titan's Heart, whether it was the actual item or just clues, both were eligible for a substantial reward.
Leaving the library, with no classes in the afternoon, Chen Xing went to the university's logistics warehouse to continue his part-time job.
Today's goal was to find a suitable evolutionary path for Dong Jun.
Actually, the peak Energy Level of Dong Jun's species wasn't limited to 100 because his mother's species had a limit exceeding 100.
The reason it was shown as 100 was that it hadn't completed the Transcendence Ceremony.
This was something Chen Xing discovered after observing other people's Beast Taming; it seemed that only after completing the Transcendence Ceremony would the peak Energy Level of Beast Taming break through the level 100 limit.
Xiao Xu was special; so far, Chen Xing had only found that Xiao Xu had this characteristic. It hadn't completed the Transcendence Ceremony and its Energy Level was listed at 170, which means it did not need to undergo the Transcendence Ceremony; it just needed to absorb Magic Power in due order to keep growing.
Moreover, Xiao Xu's Magic Power limit also seemed to far exceed that of Beast Taming of the same age, as if... it had undergone the Transcendence Ceremony before birth, able to release Intermediate Skills at Energy Level 9 with a significant reserve of Magic Power left over.
Back when Taotie was at the same Energy Level, it was nowhere near capable of doing that.
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"Ah~"
Dong Jun stealthily poked Chen Xing's arm, having noticed that his master was distracted.
Chen Xing refocused, patted Dong Jun on the arm, and comforted him, "It's nothing, I was just thinking about something."
Then it was time to find an evolutionary path for Dong Jun.
Until seven in the evening, Chen Xing had not found a satisfactory option.
So far, he had found 18 purple-quality evolutionary paths for Dong Jun, but not a single one above that quality.
Outside the warehouse, a figure arrived noiselessly.
A four-clawed bird person with a body of cyan floated behind him.
Just as he was about to leave, suddenly, footsteps came from outside the warehouse.
Is it the senior coming to take over the shift, Chen Xing wondered to himself.
He took out his phone and looked, no messages. According to the part-time job group's custom, a changeover would have been announced in advance in the group.
Who could it be then? Suddenly, the sound of the wind reached his ears.
With an alert heart, Chen Xing ducked his head — Bang!!!
A crashing sound came from behind as shelves collapsed.
From the depths of the warehouse, the silent mountain stone spirit turned its head slowly upon hearing the noise, "There's... an intruder... no."
The mountain stone spirit had just sensed the presence of a stranger, but in the next second, the unfamiliar presence disappeared.
The not-so-bright mind of the mountain stone spirit crashed, and the eyes behind its mask flickered repeatedly.
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Chen Xing looked somberly at the masked stranger before him, while behind him, the Sìxiàng floated quietly in the air.
"Why did you have to come while I'm working? Do you know I'll be fined from my salary if the secret treasure gets damaged? Damn it..."
The masked man warily surveyed his surroundings, which still resembled that same warehouse, except the shelves were empty and covered with dust.
At the far end of the warehouse, which was visible in one glance, a huge alloy door could be dimly seen — his purpose for coming here.
However, the sudden change in the surrounding environment gave him a creepy feeling.
He suspected whether he was still in the real world.
"Interesting, some kind of domain ability?" the masked man's lips curled up in a cold sneer, seemingly intrigued by Chen Xing's displayed power.
Chen Xing ignored his taunt, a cold light flashed in his eyes as he said coldly, "You'll find it even more interesting when I beat you to death. Attack!"
As he finished speaking, the Sìxiàng shot out like arrows released from a bow, charging directly at the masked man. At the same time, the four-clawed cyan-winged bird person behind the masked man spread its wings to meet the oncoming Sìxiàng.
The two powerful forces met in the air, causing a deafening roar.
However, to the masked man's astonishment, the four-clawed cyan-winged bird person was completely overwhelmed by the Sìxiàng in just an instant.
In front of the ferocious power of the Sìxiàng, it was like a fallen leaf being easily knocked away, sent flying backwards, plowing a deep ravine into the ground and smashing through the warehouse wall. When the drifting smoke and dust cleared, the four-clawed cyan bird demon lay scattered and broken on the ground like a wrecked kite.
This scene made the masked man's expression turn dark. He had not expected his Beast Taming pet to be knocked down so easily.
However, Chen Xing didn't give him much time to think.
The Sìxiàng turned and charged at the masked man.
In a desperate moment, the masked man summoned his second Beast Taming creature.
Bang!!!
In an instant, the Beast Taming creature, which had not yet undergone Transcendence, exploded into fragments.
The Sìxiàng grabbed the masked man by the throat and slammed him hard onto the ground.
The masked man bowed up like a shrimp.
"I thought I was up against some expert; turns out it's just a runt. Didn't you do any research before coming here? Daring to make trouble on my turf."
When Chen Xing saw that this person's Beast Taming creature was a four-clawed cyan-winged bird demon with only 111 Energy Level, he knew the outcome. He had pulled him into the Dark Realm to prevent the battle from affecting the warehouse.
The man lying on the ground looked at Chen Xing in disbelief.
Isn't this just a logistics warehouse of a college at Jiuzhou University? The real core is the mountain stone spirit inside the warehouse. He had prepared before coming, and as for a part-time student, he didn't care at all – what kind of expert could possibly come out of students so poor they have to work part-time in the logistics warehouse?
He had never imagined that there indeed was one.
An expert of your level, running a small logistics warehouse as a storage manager???