Ashen God
Chapter 399 - 398: Little Fox’s Gratitude

Chapter 399: Chapter 398: Little Fox’s Gratitude

October 20th, twelve days after the end of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, was also the first day Zhang Yanhang returned to the Main World. At 7:29 PM, in room 505 of the Xingfuli District, Qin Island City, he was in the bedroom.

In the afternoon, Zhang Yanhang had successfully resolved the issue with his cultivation technique through Multiple Choice. After the verification through Multiple Choice, he had confirmed that the cultivation technique he forcibly promoted with Soul points was identical to the official version from the Empire, with no optimization or degradation.

This result allowed Zhang Yanhang to breathe a sigh of relief, meaning he no longer needed to worry about losses incurred from switching techniques—after all, losing tens of thousands of Soul points for no reason was quite distressing.

At the same time, this meant that Zhang Yanhang could now confidently and boldly enhance the Skill Level of the Limitless Universe Skill. He felt that his upcoming trip to the Ashen World to hunt monsters might just allow him to gather enough Energy points to upgrade the Limitless Universe Skill to LV.MAX.

Regarding the welfare benefits for Second Tier Awakened, Zhang Yanhang planned to address that after he returned from cleaning up the Goblin Plain. He wanted to first inquire about it with the group leader; only by understanding the specifics could he better make his decisions.

For now, Zhang Yanhang was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, quietly waiting for the Transmission Channel to open.

Although the last time he went to Raccoon City the Transmission Channel opened at 8:30 PM, since the Transmission Channel opened half an hour earlier each time, and after the activation on the 16th, this was the second activation, the time should now be an hour earlier.

Therefore, barring any surprises, there was only one minute left, and Zhang Yanhang was about to head to the Ashen World to begin his arduous hunting once again.

A minute passed in the blink of an eye, and Zhang Yanhang soon felt the arrival of Time Pause. At the same time, the familiar option regarding the trip to the Ashen World appeared in front of him.

[Enter the Ashen World?]

[Option One: Yes (Immediately enter the Ashen World through the Transmission Channel in front of you. Since the area directly connected to the Raccoon City region across the Transmission Channel has already been cleared by you, this time, you have set your sights on the Goblin Plain to the west of Raccoon City. You believe the vast grassland there may harbor suitable monsters for hunting.

In fact, after quickly exploring the Goblin Plain, you are quite satisfied with the monsters in this region. Thus, you begin to plan a cleanup of the Goblin Plain based on the information gathered from your previous exploration and start executing the plan to hunt various types of Goblins.)]

[Option Two: No (Refuse to enter the Ashen World but feel that going to sleep immediately would be a waste. Thus, you begin to work all night on producing Thermo-baric Bombs using the Limitless Universe Skill. At 1:59 AM, you encounter a female ghost attracted by your strong Yang Qi, Evil Odor Blood Absorption Moss, Gathering Spirit Jade, and Ice Silk Cool Mattress.

Having waited for a long time, you instantly pull out a treasure for the beautiful female ghost who came to you to experience what ’human wickedness’ is. Despite her fierce resistance, she is still overwhelmed by your fully powered Soul Suppressing Bell, leaving her weakened and collapsing on the ground, and you quickly imprison her in the Demon Refining Pot.)]

[Option Three: Little fox’s gratitude (Last time, not only did you spare the little fox who had absorbed your Spiritual Qi several times through dreams, but you also repaid her kindness by giving her a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure that enhanced her strength from First Tier Eighth Layer to Peak First Tier State, and she was about to break through to Second Tier.

Recently, she gained a new adventure opportunity by chance, successfully breaking through her already weak bottleneck and promoting herself to the Half-transformed Stage of Second Tier. To thank you for your previous support, she intends to come back and help you perform the Dream Creation Technique again, letting you enter the familiar dream realm.

Moreover, worried that her Dream Creation Technique might still be ineffective, just to be safe, she also brought an elder from her clan to perform the Dream Creation Technique.

You, who decided not to directly enter the Ashen World to hunt monsters in the Goblin Plain, went to sleep at 9 PM and encountered this pair of fox-eared beauties seeking to repay you at 1 AM.

Unfortunately, the little fox’s elder was also unable to directly help you enter the dream realm, and could only first wake you up to turn off the protection of the Supreme Will Skill before beginning to attempt related trials.)]

"Amazing, the previous options mentioned the ragged-dressed young lady would bring others to find me, and here it is really happening, though the partner has changed from a young lady to a mature woman. Luckily, it’s not something like a mother-daughter bowl, which would have given me a sense of guilt."

Zhang Yanhang really had not anticipated the Little Fox’s matter would have a continuation; he had always thought he might never meet the ragged-dressed young lady in his dreams again. However, to his surprise, he now saw a glimmer of hope once more.

"Good deeds really do pay off, huh? I just gave the Little Fox one Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, and she’s even coming back to show gratitude—all the more crucial is that she has successfully advanced to the Second Tier, and entered the Half-transformed Stage.

Although she likely won’t completely transform into a human form and will retain some animal traits, this raw, untouched feel might be also quite pleasant. Besides, even though the Little Fox can’t fully transform, she’s brought an elder who is certainly going to be an authentic fox-eared lady, which seems promising. Though that said, letting me give up the opportunity to go to the Ashen World to hunt monsters for such a cause is simply unlikely."

Indeed, despite being tempted, Zhang Yanhang wouldn’t choose this option because, compared to the Little Fox’s gratitude and a reunion with the ragged-dressed young lady from his dreams, he felt that heading to the Ashen World to hunt monsters was more important.

"Speaking of which, besides the Little Fox’s gratitude, if I choose Option Two this time, I’ll also finally get to see the true face of the female ghost. From the descriptions in the options, this female ghost seems rather beautiful.

But while capturing a female ghost to alleviate boredom is indeed tempting, I still choose to refuse."

Compared to the female ghost whose main use was to pass the time, Zhang Yanhang still felt that hunting monsters in the Goblin Plain of the Ashen World was more crucial. With the time he would waste, he might even be able to hunt tens of thousands of Soul points, and clearly, the female ghost couldn’t bring him benefits to that extent.