Chapter 142: Chapter 141 Space Items? (Please Subscribe)
Of course, all of this was just his speculation based on what was happening in front of him. To know the specifics, he would need to step into the next major realm.
Chen Fan took a deep breath and his eyes fell back onto the skill bar.
Continue to improve,
This time consuming 20 experience points, the familiar feeling surged again.
[Grass Soaring: Great Success (0%), Traits: Light Body Level 4, Swift Footwork Level 2]
No new traits unlocked.
Chen Fan was mentally prepared.
"There is still the last skill level left. Hopefully, another trait can be unlocked."
After adding 30 experience points, Grass Soaring finally reached the Perfection Realm.
[Grass Soaring: Perfection (no further improvement), Traits: Light Body Level 5, Swift Footwork Level 3, Grass Soaring Level 1]
[Grass Soaring: Active Skill, after activation, continuously consumes a certain amount of power, increasing the base agility attribute by 50%, reducing power consumption by 50% when walking on grass. Each level-up increases the effect by an additional 50%]
Chen Fan’s eyes lit up. This was the core trait of this martial art.
Increasing agility attribute by 50%! Whether it’s for long-distance or short-distance use, it can be applied.
As a price, the consumption of power would be greater.
However, if on grass, the power consumption reduces by 50%! Doesn’t this fit perfectly with the current wilderness environment?
"Not bad, and the total experience points consumed is less than 70 points. There are still over 80 points left, it should be enough to max out Water Floating."
Chen Fan’s gaze fell on [Water Floating], adding points.
What surprised him this time was that it only used two points.
He originally thought that Water Floating, this martial art, was not catching up to Grass Soaring. After glancing at the Basic Step Technique, he found that the latter had already upgraded from Level 9 to Level 11 and unlocked a new trait.
[Basic Body Technique: lv11 (13%), Light Spirit Level 11, Fluctuating Level 8, Opening and Closing Level 5, Swift Movement Level 1]
[Swift Movement: Each level-up increases travel speed by 30%, ineffective in combat state]
A travel trait.
Like Swift Footwork, it is ineffective when in combat state.
"Pretty good."
Chen Fan thought.
Compared to Swift Footwork, this is a passive trait, not requiring power consumption.
His gaze fell back on [Water Floating], similarly to the previous Grass Soaring, it also unlocked and only unlocked one trait.
That being Light Body.
"Continue."
This time, Chen Fan invested 4 experience points.
The familiar feeling came again.
[Water Floating: Slight Achievement (25%), Traits: Light Body Level 2]
No new traits unlocked either.
Chen Fan continued adding points.
To his slight disappointment, upgrading to Entering the Hall realm unlocked one trait, which was also Swift Footwork.
Repeated.
Chen Fan felt somewhat speechless, having to console himself.
These two martial arts could be used together. Although the power consumption would be double, but what if? What if an emergency situation arises in the future, they would be useful.
"Estimated that the Great Success realm would not unlock any new traits, the Perfection realm might."
He thought, a bit worried that the traits unlocked at the Perfection realm wouldn’t be the same, right?
Shouldn’t be.
As the skill level reached Perfection, Chen Fan looked at the skill bar,
[Water Floating: Perfection (no further improvement), Traits: Light Body Level 5, Swift Footwork Level 3, Dragonfly Touching Water Level 1]
[Dragonfly Touching Water: Active Skill, after activation, consumes a certain amount of power. Base agility attribute increases by 50%, reducing power consumption by 50% when walking on water. Each level-up increases the effect by an additional 50%]
"..."
Chen Fan felt a sense of speechlessness.
They look different, but essentially still the same.
The only difference is one applies to grass, and the other to water.
Of course, this doesn’t mean they are useless. Using both together can increase agility attribute by 100%, enough to determine the outcome of a battle.
The price would be doubled power consumption.
Looking at the experience points, less than thirty points were left.
Chen Fan yawned. His agility attribute had increased by 50 points overnight. Oh, if including the Basic Body Technique, it’s even more. Pretty good.
He stood up and walked to the bedroom upstairs.
The old bedding had been thrown into the basement, replaced with a new set.
Just as he lay down, ready to sleep, his eyes fell on a booklet on the bedside cabinet.
"Is that the bandit leader’s diary?"
Since eliminating the bandits last time, he had kept this diary with him, thinking he’d read it sometime.
Yet till now, he hadn’t read it.
"Why not take a look now."
He muttered and opened the diary to browse.
After reading a few pages, he roughly understood the bandit’s story.
His name was Wu Bin, like most people, roaming the apocalyptic world. Two or three years ago, he settled with his family outside Anshan City.
Though seemingly settled, he still lived in deep water and scorching fire. Occasionally at night, someone would be attacked by fierce beasts, frequent security incidents at the residence, each time he went out hunting, he told his wife and daughter to lock the door and not open it for anyone other than him.
He had enough of such days and vowed to move his family into Anshan City someday.
Chen Fan frowned slightly. Thinking this way, was this guy actually a good man? How did he become the murderous bandit leader?
Continuing, his eyes widened in shock, flipping through several pages.
Chen Fan’s eyes slowly narrowed.
No wonder that guy named Guan Dexi wanted to destroy Chen Family Stronghold. It turns out he had ruined his plans.
In the diary, this guy was noticed by someone named Guan Dexi, becoming a thief living by robbery, handing over the stolen money to the latter.
The latter promised that if they worked well, they’d get the chance to enter Anshan City within a year.
Wu Bin was full of energy. He knew being a thief was bad, but this quick money method was too fast, and it allowed him to vent his negative emotions.
But he gradually realized Guan Dexi did not keep his promise. Each time he asked when they could get the qualification, the latter always said, "soon, soon."
Thus, a year passed, two years passed. Many of his former companions died, but he survived, living with his family outside Anshan City, accumulating a lot of money, life improved and he gradually developed the idea of retiring.
However, he soon discovered he couldn’t back out, as Guan Dexi didn’t allow it, subtly threatening that if he dared quit, his family would die.
Helpless, he could only continue to work for the latter, eventually forming a bandit gang, living by robbery, finally following Guan Dexi to Song Family Castle.
The diary was filled with remorse, pain, and curses.
Chen Fan shook his head as he read.
This guy ultimately became the person he despised. He should have thought of this when he agreed to do such things.
Of course, Guan Dexi was even worse, or rather he was the mastermind behind all these events. Who knows how many died at his hands?
Chen Fan flipped a few more pages. The following content was trivial, filled with many curses towards the other person.
Finding it boring, he was about to close the diary when he suddenly saw a passage.
"Unexpectedly, this guy has an item capable of storing things, damn it, must be given by his family’s awakener."
Chen Fan was shocked.
Item capable of storing things?
Isn’t this something out of fantasy novels? Exists in reality?
Upon thinking carefully, if there was an awakener with spatial superpowers, it seems possible to use their ability to create a storage item.
Chen Fan became interested immediately, luckily nearing the end, he hurriedly flipped through, slightly worried the diary would end here.
Fortunately, just a false alarm.
The recording continued,
"I found out unintentionally. That time, I gave him money, two to three million, he was in a good mood, opened a cigarette box, clearly empty, but I saw him pull out a cigarette, handed it to me, then pulled out another, put it in his mouth, and closed the box.
I was dumbfounded, couldn’t believe it, he proudly flaunted, saying this was a spatial item capable of storing things, only he could use it. Even if I took it, I couldn’t.
Seeing my disbelief, he specially demonstrated several times. I watched as he put money from the table into the cigarette box, which was clearly empty. He even handed it to me, told me to try it, if I could figure it out, he’d give me the item. I tried to mimic his actions, but it was just an ordinary cigarette box.
Damn, his proud look, even now it makes me furious. He purposefully showed off in front of me! I really wanted to snatch this good item and ask for the usage method, but I didn’t dare. Sigh, if only I had such an item."
Chen Fan was astounded reading this passage.
From the other’s words, this was highly likely true.
Guan Dexi probably has a spatial item.
But, to use it, a specific method is needed. Otherwise, it’s just an ordinary item.
Chen Fan continued to read.
The next few pages had occasional mentions of the cigarette box, but very little.
Ending at the last page.
Obviously, he couldn’t continue recording that day.
Chen Fan took a deep breath, closing the diary.
Unexpectedly, he really gained some valuable information.
One, this matter Guan Dexi wouldn’t let others know, as he himself was guilty.
Two, this guy possesses a peculiar cigarette box with storage space. Without this information, even if obtained, it would be treated as junk and thrown away.
Of course, if he wanted to use it, he would have to pry the method out of this guy’s mouth.