No matter how you looked at it, the Fox Spirit didn’t seem like it was at secondary level, because although it was restrained by the Golden Light, it showed no sign of fear towards her! It must be at the third tier, or even higher, having fallen from a higher realm to be caught by Wang Wu! Otherwise, with the abilities the Fox Spirit currently displayed, Wang Wu wouldn’t even be enough to fill the gaps between its teeth! A hundred Wang Wu wouldn’t be enough for the Fox Spirit to kill.
"If the Fox Spirit is really at the third tier, or even the fourth tier, then the experience needed to stack a second skill would be too much, although I don’t know how much exactly. It might be better to focus on one skill now! I should first stack the first skill and see if it’s effective against the Fox Spirit. If the first skill doesn’t restrain the Fox Spirit, then it won’t be too late to stack the second skill."
Zhang Chen made a judgment in his heart. The experience needed to upgrade the first skill from Unranked to Ranked was one hundred. From tier one to tier two, it was five hundred, a fivefold increase, and from tier three to tier four, it should be at least tenfold. To upgrade his own first skill to tier three required five thousand points, and once he reached tier three, upgrading to tier four would require at least ten times, or even several tens of times the points, at least fifty thousand points, which should be enough to upgrade his second skill.
After a brief pause, Zhang Chen looked at the Fox Spirit, then at the stone tablet, and with a slight hesitation, he took out a wild chicken caught in the morning from his basket, cut its head off with a knife, and splattered its crimson blood onto the stone tablet. This time Zhang Chen saw clearly, that the stone tablet absorbed the blood at a visible speed, like a sponge.
"This stone tablet is indeed strange." Zhang Chen looked at the stone tablet with his eyes, pretending to be calm in the face of everything before him. At this moment, the inscriptions on the stone tablet suddenly twisted slightly, and a vast voice resonated within Zhang Chen’s Spiritual World:
"The dragon battles in the wild; its blood is dark and yellow. Now, a dragon named ’Ying’ was the mount of the emperor. It fought a great battle with the two monsters, ’Wind’ and ’Rain’, and perished in exhaustion, buried in the wild, guarding the emperor’s daughter ’Qing’..."
"This sound?" Zhang Chen was startled, not daring to lose focus, he quickly concentrated and listened carefully, with countless thoughts flashing in his mind, analyzing the meaning within the words.
The writing was very short, only a few hundred words, so the vast voice soon ended, otherwise Zhang Chen wouldn’t have been able to transcribe the article so quickly.
"This article roughly states that in ancient times, during the unification of the world by the emperor, there was a great battle. A dragon named ’Ying’ fought ’Wind’ and ’Rain’, perished in exhaustion, and was buried in a place called ’Wild’, guarding a woman named ’Qing’, who was the Princess."
As Zhang Chen listened to the recitation resonating within his Spiritual World, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and his eyes were filled with shock: ’Dragon? Could there really be dragons in this world? Dragons battle humans and are buried here? It makes sense; how else would I have obtained a trace of Dragon Qi?’
Then Zhang Chen’s heart pounded wildly, full of disbelief: ’So, the tomb I’m now digging seems to be the grave of that dragon? No, it should be the tomb of the emperor’s daughter ’Qing’. This is the tomb of Ancient Divine People spanning countless years; how much Creation might be hidden within it? How many skills can I activate?’
Zhang Chen’s heart began to stir. If he could acquire Creation from that tomb, would he still have to fear the Fox Spirit? At that time, he could easily suppress a mere Fox Spirit with a flick of his fingers.
"What method is this? It actually reverberated directly in my mind? Brain waves?" A thought flashed through Zhang Chen’s mind. He somewhat understood the principle, as brain wave technology was developed in later generations, allowing minds to control computers, phones, and toy cars. Although he didn’t understand the current mystery, he could make some guesses.
"So, the depths of this tomb may hold the remains of a dragon? Or possibly the remains of the mysterious emperor’s daughter ’Qing’? If I can unearth it, how many Skill Points could I gain? How many incredible skills would I obtain?" At this moment, Zhang Chen’s eyes shone green with excitement.
"I finally understand why there are so many snakes inhabiting this place; it’s a place where a dragon is buried. All the snakes gather here, hoping to extract a trace of Dragon Qi, an astounding Creation. I thought there was some terrifying mystery within the tomb, but as it turns out, it’s the burial site of the legendary Ancient Divine People. Zhang Chen, this time, you’ve struck it rich." Zhang Chen was excited, looking at the rabbit in the basket; he hurriedly took it out and slaughtered it, pouring the blood onto the tombstone.
However, this time there was no response from the tombstone, not even any experience points, leaving Zhang Chen profoundly disappointed.
Seeing this, Zhang Chen could only carry the basket and leave, slowly walking down the mountain. Since learning of the Creation within the tomb, his mood had greatly improved. The tomb would provide all he needed to dig for a lifetime, ensuring he would temporarily lack neither Skill Points nor sources of skills.
Zhang Chen made his way beside the creek, started plucking and skinning the rabbit and wild chicken to prevent the Fox Spirit from noticing anything amiss.
Upon touching the mountain spring with his hand, the Dragon Qi within Zhang Chen’s Primordial Spirit slightly fluctuated, giving him an inexplicable sense of kinship with the running water.
"I have a feeling that even if I accidentally fell into the water, I certainly wouldn’t drown," Zhang Chen muttered to himself as he cleaned the rabbit in his hand.
In a short time, both the wild chicken and rabbit were prepared. Looking at the tender white flesh, a hint of dissatisfaction appeared in Zhang Chen’s eyes: "It seems that today this damned Fox Spirit is going to benefit from sparing the trouble of peeling."
With the wild chicken and rabbit prepared, Zhang Chen’s eyes shimmered with Golden Light. After glancing around and confirming the Fox Spirit wasn’t tracking or spying, he hummed a tune and headed to the cave to start preparing explosives.
He couldn’t rely on his skills for now; the only thing he could count on was explosives.
"And the slingshot bands, I should find a way to make them, just that there’s no good material in this world. Once I make some explosives, I should be able to hunt formidable beasts like tigers or bears and use their tendons mixed with golden threads to make slingshot bands," Zhang Chen thought.
Making gunpowder isn’t difficult, at least not for Zhang Chen. Niter can be made by collecting animal and human waste, and as for sulfur, there are sulfur mines in the mountains left unmined by people, who don’t know its purpose. And carbon, there’s no need to mention.
Production requires refining to make high-purity explosive gunpowder, also needing other things added, with effort spent on refining the materials.
After busying himself for half a day, Zhang Chen happily inspected the trap and picked up two deer, then contentedly headed down the mountain.
PS: If nothing unexpected happens, the new book will change its name, so don’t get lost, my friends.