Ashen God
Chapter 391 - 390: Curse Items

Chapter 391: Chapter 390: Curse Items

"Something’s weird, how come my Second Tier Peak Awakener’s sense of smell can’t detect any scent from this Old Eight Secret Recipe Little Hanbao? Could this be one of those restrained types of ’delicious food’ that only bursts with flavor the moment you actually eat it?"

Zhang Yanhang’s mood slightly soured at the thought, but since the Old Eight Secret Recipe Little Hanbao was, after all, an item of Dark Purple Quality, he figured he still had to eat it.

To prevent himself from overthinking and deciding not to eat the Little Hanbao, Zhang Yanhang bit the bullet and stuffed the entire thing into his mouth after a few big chews.

Although theoretically his mouth shouldn’t have been able to contain that much, this ’Little Hanbao’ after all had ’Little’ in its name, which meant it was much smaller than a normal burger; that’s why Zhang Yanhang could fit the whole thing in his mouth.

After consuming the Old Eight Secret Recipe Little Hanbao, Zhang Yanhang immediately arrived at a rather accurate conclusion, which was, just as he had guessed, that this Little Hanbao truly was a type of understated ’delicious food’ that exploded with flavor only when it hit the mouth.

So, upon the first bite, Zhang Yanhang fully experienced the taste that an ordinary human could never stand, which is why he made a split-decision to block his taste buds with an Energy Shield the moment his tongue touched the burger.

He let the Old Eight Secret Recipe Little Hanbao slide down his esophagus into his stomach without touching the tongue because, being an Artifact, it fortunately didn’t need to be digested and would start to work the moment it was consumed.

Unlike when he had taken the Red Dragon Blood Magic Potion, Zhang Yanhang felt a nauseating sensation in his stomach as he felt a warm current spreading through his body, which he suspected was the ’Decrease in Appetite by 25%’ negative effect noted in the Old Eight Secret Recipe Little Hanbao.

What baffled Zhang Yanhang even more was that before he could properly experience how the reduced appetite would manifest, the slight feeling of nausea abruptly disappeared, eluding all Zhang Yanhang’s attempts to perceive it again.

Surprised by this, Zhang Yanhang gave it some thought and figured out the likely reason.

He believed that his Supreme Will Skill probably interpreted the decrease in appetite as a Weakening-type debuff and activated an automatic defense, causing the effect to vanish as soon as it appeared.

"If that’s the case, then can Supreme Will also resist the addictive nature of the Old Eight Secret Recipe Little Hanbao?"

Zhang Yanhang felt that Supreme Will would most likely consider the addictive nature from the Little Hanbao as a mental-type negative effect and create a strong immunity to it.

That is to say, if Zhang Yanhang had a large supply of Old Eight Secret Recipe Little Hanbao, he could potentially consume more than four without suffering from the negative effects of addiction and instead enjoy a free 10% boost to his Life Value Limit.

Regrettably, Zhang Yanhang had only one Old Eight Secret Recipe Little Hanbao in his possession, and it was unlikely he’d be able to acquire more, as the region that produced this Little Hanbao had probably been cleared out by Zhou Muxi’s best friend.

However, whether he could acquire more Old Eight Secret Recipe Little Hanbao wasn’t a big issue. Compared to the just-acquired increased Life Value Limit, Zhang Yanhang felt that the biggest gain from this event was that his thinking had been broadened.

He thought that in the future, he might deliberately use Artifacts with significant side effects, then rely on Supreme Will to forcibly nullify these side effects and treat these seemingly worthless ’Curse Items’ as normal Artifacts.

After only a brief contemplation, Zhang Yanhang felt this idea was full of potential, as if he had suddenly opened the door to a whole new world.

Having finished the Old Eight Secret Recipe Little Hanbao, Zhang Yanhang glanced at Zhou Muxi, who was still diligently absorbing Yin Qi; he quietly opened his status panel to see if the one hundred points of Life Value from the Little Hanbao had successfully credited to his account.

[Name: Zhang Yanhang (Second Tier)]

[Race: Human]

[Gender: Male]

[Age: 20]

[Profession: Heavenly Destiny Master]

[Level: LV.13 (0/6000)]

[Soul points: 797]

[Shield Value: 3824/3824 (Life Value Limit ×150%, Recovery Speed: 20% per second.)]

[Life Value: 2549/2549 (Constitution ×21, current body has been officially digitized, Life Value Recovery Speed, 15 points per hour.)]

[Energy Value: 813/950 (Intelligence ×15, current body has been officially digitized, Energy Value Recovery Speed, 45 points per hour.)]

[Strength: 50 (+5[-2])]

[Agility: 50 (+5)]

[Constitution: 50 (+5[-2])]

[Intelligence: 50 (+5)]

[Charm: 39 (+19)]

[Luck: ??? (This Attribute is hidden.)]

[Talent: 1. Multiple Choice (???). 2. Longevity Mountain and Fortune Sea (SS-Level). 3. Bear Power (S-Level).]

[Skill: 1. Limitless Universe Skill [Second Tier] LV.6 (Passive/Active). 2. Alchemy (Active skill). 3. Gun Master LV.MAX (Passive skill). 4. Fighting Master LV.MAX (Passive skill). 5. Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil LV.MAX (Passive/Active). 6. Technique Immunity·Original LV.5 (Passive skill). 7. Death Wave LV.MAX (Passive/Active). 8. Supreme Will LV.3 (Passive skill). 9. Indestructible Golden Body LV.MAX (Passive/Active).]

"The Life Value limit increased from the original 2,399 points to 2,549 points, a total increase of 150 Life Value points, while the Shield Value limit increased from the original 3,599 points to 3,824 points, a total increase of 225 Shield Value points."

Zhang Yanhang had already calculated the Shield Value increase rate to be approximately 2.25 times the original Life Value last time he took the Red Dragon Blood Magic Potion. This time, his initial formula was perfectly validated.

"Originally, it could only increase one hundred Life Value points, but the Indestructible Golden Body forcibly amplified it by an additional fifty points. The Indestructible Golden Body Skill really should continue to be upgraded.

As long as I continue to upgrade, I’m sure I can obtain a higher Life Value amplification effect. Maybe I could even achieve a direct one hundred percent increase in Life Value limit."

But although Zhang Yanhang really wanted to upgrade Indestructible Golden Body, according to priority, he still had to first increase Technique Immunity, Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil, and Death Wave skills before considering Indestructible Golden Body.

Perhaps even later, considering Fighting Master and Gun Master are really quite practical, simply increasing his Melee Attack Power and Remote Attack Power.

"That said, the Shield Value limit is only one hundred seventy-six points shy of breaking the four thousand mark. According to the 2.25 times rate, I only need to increase a few dozen Life Value points to break four thousand Shield Value limit."

Since the channels for obtaining Life Value limit are much richer than those for Energy Value limit, Zhang Yanhang figured he wouldn’t encounter the same slow progression as with Energy Value limit increases. He estimated it wouldn’t take long to reach above four thousand points.

For example, if Zhang Yanhang heads to Ashen World tonight and incidentally clears out the monsters that respawned in Raccoon City, he should be able to fill the remaining gap in Life Value limit with Yellow Medicine Grass.

After checking the increase in his Life Value limit on the data panel, Zhang Yanhang glanced at Zhou Muxi next to him, who was still busily absorbing Yin Qi. Thus, he began consuming the lychee-shaped Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure.

It is worth mentioning that although this Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure looked very much like a lychee, the whole thing was edible, so Zhang Yanhang simply popped it into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it.

Zhang Yanhang had initially been looking forward to the taste of this lychee-shaped Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, wondering if it would be sweet, but unfortunately, he didn’t taste anything at all.

Only when he swallowed did he suddenly realize something was off and remembered that he had shielded his sense of taste with the Energy Shield.

But it was too late. Although Zhang Yanhang immediately canceled the taste shielding of the Energy Shield, he still failed to experience the taste of this lychee-shaped Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure.

Although not tasting the specific flavor was a bit of a pity, it was still okay, as what Zhang Yanhang was most concerned about was the effect of the Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, so he immediately refocused on the warm current within his body.

After a brief sensing, Zhang Yanhang began to doubt whether Zhou Muxi had tricked him,

Because according to his experience, the lychee-shaped Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure only seemed to have increased his Stamina limit by about 1%-2%, barely enough for an additional use of the Death Wave Skill, hardly what she previously described as ’obvious effect’.

But although Zhang Yanhang did initially doubt whether Zhou Muxi was misleading him, he quickly realized why such a situation had occurred.

He felt that perhaps he couldn’t blame Zhou Muxi, after all, it was indeed because his own Physical Strength limit was so robust, at least equivalent to several times that of Constitution System Awakeners of the same tier, which resulted in Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, which would have obvious enhancing effects on other Second Tier Awakeners, being almost negligible for him.

One could only say that Zhou Muxi incorrectly judged him to be an ordinary Second Tier Awakener, which is why she thought that this item might have a very noticeable effect on him. Unfortunately, Zhang Yanhang was not an ordinary Second Tier Awakener, hence, Zhou Muxi’s judgement could only be said to have a great error.

This made Zhang Yanhang couldn’t help but start to feel puzzled. Clearly, Zhou Muxi must have sensed his high-frequency release of Death Wave Skill on Beiling Mountain this early morning, so why would she still make such a big misjudgment on such a basic matter? It was quite incomprehensible.

When Zhang Yanhang finished eating the lychee-shaped Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Zhou Muxi beside him finally absorbed all the pure Yin Qi contained in the Xuanyin Fruit, but then immediately began to absorb the Yang Qi from the Mutated Sunflower Seeds, so Zhang Yanhang still didn’t find an appropriate opportunity to ask her about relevant matters.

Because Zhou Muxi beside him had started to absorb Yang Qi, Zhang Yanhang, sitting alone on the chair, felt a bit bored. Thus, to pass the time, he took out a handful of sunflower seeds from his Waist Bag and began snacking on them.

By the way, these sunflower seeds, as well as the Mutated Sunflower Seed he had sold Zhou Muxi earlier, came from the same Mutant Sunflower. Only that the Mutated Sunflower Seed had absorbed the majority of the Sun and Moon Essence gathered by the Mutant Sunflower.

As a result, these other seeds, though having rubbed off a small portion of the Sun and Moon Essence by being near the Mutated Sunflower Seed and thereby barely advanced to the rank of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, might altogether only reach two to three tenths of the effect of that single seed.

Moreover, due to insufficient absorption, these seeds didn’t possess the effects of nourishing Yin and replenishing Yang. Whether male or female could only use them to replenish a small amount of Yang Qi. That’s precisely why Zhang Yanhang would eat them as regular sunflower seeds when he was bored.

Just as Zhang Yanhang had only just cracked open the first seed, Zhou Muxi, who was absorbing a large amount of Yang Qi from the Mutated Sunflower Seeds, suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Zhang Yanhang, "How does this Mutated Sunflower Seed also nourish Yin Qi?"

"Did I not mention it before?"

Zhang Yanhang thought carefully for a moment, feeling like he probably indeed hadn’t mentioned it, but it shouldn’t be a big deal, after all, being able to increase a bit more Yin Qi definitely should be a good thing for Zhou Muxi.

"Not at all!"

Zhou Muxi’s mood was like going to a supermarket, buying a bottle of cola for three bucks, then unexpectedly scanning an extra one-dollar cash red packet when opening the cap, feeling inexplicably that she made a gain and it made her feel cheerful.

"Well, then let me explain. The reason I didn’t eat this Mutated Sunflower Seed is mainly that it would only increase Yang Qi for males, but for females, it would result in nourishing Yin and replenishing Yang. Apart from gaining a lot of Yang Qi, it also allows an additional gain of some Yin Qi.

It was precisely because of this strange trait, favoring females over males, that I sold it to you."

Because the Mutated Sunflower Seed was indeed very suitable for Zhou Muxi, Zhang Yanhang immediately thought of the Mutated Sunflower Seed when she first made this request.

"So that’s how it is..."

Zhou Muxi never imagined that the sea seal opposite her would be so conscientious, only revealing after the sale that the item was actually more valuable than the price she paid.

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