Zhang Chen carefully examined the chicken meat in his hand, a strange expression flashing in his eyes: "It’s really clean!"
The blood within the chicken flows cleanly, as if the whole chicken never had blood at all, even the blood within the muscle is completely absorbed clean.
Not a speck of blood residue! As if this creature never had blood.
"This method is truly incredible!" Zhang Chen looked at it for a moment, not detecting any difference between the blood-drained chicken and a chicken that was bled after killing, he then coated the chicken in mud to make beggar’s chicken.
It didn’t take long for Zhang Chen to wait before the aroma of the chicken wafted over; the beggar’s chicken was already roasted, with the whole chicken cooked to a golden crisp and deliciously juicy, very appealing.
Zhang Chen tore off a chicken leg and placed it in his mouth, after a slight chew, his eyes lit up: "Delicious! Not only without any gamey taste, but there’s also an indescribable fresh fragrance!"
The entire chicken had no gamey flavor because all the blood within the chicken meat had been drained by Zhang Chen, making the whole chicken especially tasty.
"Furthermore, the chicken I’ve drained blood from shows no difference compared to one that was killed and bled." Zhang Chen finished eating the whole chicken, his eyes filled with a bright glow.
After finishing the chicken meat, Zhang Chen felt a surge of energy throughout his body, seeming especially powerful today, even the cold in the air seemed to diminish slightly, then Zhang Chen without hesitation picked up a pickaxe and started digging, constantly chiseling open the frozen ground.
After venting for some time, Zhang Chen finally stopped, feeling the blood flowing through his body gradually returning to normal, he put down the pickaxe and exited the underground cavern to bask in the sun, dispersing the cold from his body.
"These three skills are not simple, if I can upgrade the skills in the future, it would be very promising. The three skills shouldn’t be wasted, once I’ve upgraded the first skill, I’ll upgrade the third skill and the second skill, the third skill is a divine skill for survival." Zhang Chen cast his eyes towards the Golden Finger Interface, but in the next instant Zhang Chen froze in place, a look of surprise appeared on his face, he exclaimed with elongated tone: "Ten thousand experience points?"
[Name: Zhang Chen]
[1 Skill (Second Tier): Light of the True God (0/5000)]
[2 Skill (Unranked): Dragon Qi (0/2000)]
[3 Skill (Unranked): Blood Absorption (0/10000)]
[Points: 4600]
Zhang Chen carefully examined the stone monument before him, disbelief flashing in his eyes, after checking once more, Zhang Chen confirmed he didn’t see wrongly, but the third skill requires ten thousand experience points to rank up from unranked to ranked, this skill is simply more incredible than the second skill.
"This suggests that the potential of the third skill is far greater than the second skill, a single ranked third skill is enough to upgrade both my second skill and first skill together. I now possess the ability of blood absorption, I wonder what remarkable methods will appear once it ranks up."
Zhang Chen carefully observed for a while longer, eventually shifting his gaze from the third skill to the points.
The ten thousand experience points stopped Zhang Chen in his tracks, it’s simply beyond his imagination, at least not something Zhang Chen can comprehend now.
"Points upgrade too slowly, the stone monument only drops one point every time, entirely unequal to the consumption and contribution." Zhang Chen examined his own points and then recalled his own speculation: "I constantly attack the stone monument, causing severe damage, then it drops points; if I completely obliterate the stone monument, will it drop ’big surprises’ like beating the boss in games?"
After pondering for a moment, Zhang Chen turned his gaze to his own points, four thousand six hundred points seemed stuck, the five thousand mark was right in front of him yet he couldn’t break through.
"First I’ll destroy the stone monument, I want to see what it will be like to kill a strange entity." Zhang Chen thought, standing up, he wasn’t in a hurry to excavate the ancient tomb, instead focusing on the stone monument, constantly employing Light of the True God to stimulate the stone monument.
[Experience Points +1]
[Experience Points +1]
[Experience Points +1]
[Experience Points +1]
[Experience Points +1]
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Zhang Chen’s golden light continuously hit the stone monument, forcing it to keep dropping points, but after fifty attacks by Zhang Chen, the stone monument no longer had any blood flowing, it even ceased displaying [Experience Points +1].
[Name: Zhang Chen]
[1 Skill (Second Tier): Light of the True God (0/5000)]
[2 Skill (Unranked): Dragon Qi (0/2000)]
[3 Skill (Unranked): Blood Absorption (0/10000)]
[Points: 4650]
Zhang Chen’s experience points increased to four thousand six hundred fifty, but the stone monument stopped dropping any points; if not for the crimson threads within the monument still frantically writhing, he’d likely have mistaken the stone monument for an ordinary stone monument.
Zhang Chen no longer entertained the idea of nurturing the strange stone monument, after all, these mysterious methods are unpredictable, if he accidentally cultivates harm, it would be undesirable.
For him, upgrading Light of the True God, then seeking more strange occurrences to understand them is the proper path.
Breeding strange entities is not the right way, Zhang Chen fears being countered.
Despite Zhang Chen hitting the monument for a day, it stayed silent, with crimson threads inside continuously writhing, showing no sign of decreasing, as dusk approached and the underground grew colder, Zhang Chen had no choice but to leave the grave pit.
Zhang Chen came to the creek to bathe, only to see the creek’s water level significantly decreased, his brows furrowed, but such power of Heaven and Earth is beyond his control, capable of only following its course, allowing the water level to drop.
After washing, Zhang Chen went to the beehive, cutting up the leftover chicken leg from lunch, then began feeding his large yellow bees.
After feeding the yellow bees, Zhang Chen contemplated catching birds, it’s not easy to catch birds, but it wasn’t difficult for Zhang Chen; as long as Zhang Chen comes within a hundred meters, even an eagle can be caught.
"What kind of bird to catch?" Zhang Chen pondered.
Since he wants to catch birds, Zhang Chen certainly wants to catch more formidable birds, aiming for a more potent bird of prey and possibly taking it into the mountains for hunting.
Zhang Chen wandered aimlessly among the mountains with a basket on his back, suddenly a clear cry was heard in the sky, the cry seemed to shatter the sky, startling birds to flee as if encountering a tiger, panic-stricken into the woods.
Following the sound, Zhang Chen looked to the sky, his pupils shrinking, seeing a dot gliding through the air as a goose fell to the ground from mid-air.
"Hunting Falcon!"
Zhang Chen, having frequently hunted with his second uncle, recognized the origin of that dot in the sky in an instant, as such a fierce and powerful call is quite distinctive.