Ashen God
Chapter 415 - 414 F-Tier Talent [Wrinkled Skin]

Chapter 415: Chapter 414 F-Tier Talent [Wrinkled Skin]

Therefore, Zhang Yanhang felt that his current skill level was quite good; he was already quite satisfied as long as he could craft weapons of the same tier with materials of the same tier.

After all, theoretically, the worst blacksmiths could completely reduce high-level materials to low-level weapons due to some conflict in material properties or a mistake in the forging technique. According to the memories contained within Zhang Yanhang’s Alchemy, such situations were actually quite common.

For this reason, Zhang Yanhang was rather relieved that he hadn’t reached this lowest point. Of course, this was also related to his practice of using only one type of material when forging weapons since a single type of material would naturally not result in any property conflicts when crafted with Alchemy in one go.

"Although a green-quality goblin greatsword does tempt me to a certain extent, it’s entirely not worth sixty Soul points."

Initially, Zhang Yanhang had entertained the idea of obtaining an authentic goblin greatsword and comparing it with the broken one he had to see the difference between the two.

But he then remembered that just a few seconds earlier, he had dispatched a group of Big Saber Goblins, and now there were unclaimed greatswords all over the ground.

If he wanted to compare, he could just pick up a greatsword from the ground, no need to miss out on the option for sixty Soul points. Therefore, after discarding the idea of obtaining a goblin greatsword through the treasure box, Zhang Yanhang moved on to inspect the second item.

[Item Two]

[Option One: Thin Dragon Vein (Mixed), Quality E, Talent]

[Option Two: Wrinkled Skin, Quality F, Talent]

[Option Three: Dragon Vein Goblin (Big Saber Goblin), Quality E, Talent]

"The second item actually offers Talents? This ’Thin Dragon Vein (Mixed)’ is indeed an E-grade Talent, just as I suspected, but what on earth is this Wrinkled Skin?"

Out of curiosity, Zhang Yanhang briefly checked the effects of Wrinkled Skin and discovered that using it would turn him bald like a Big Saber Goblin, but in exchange, the outer layer of his scalp would thicken and develop wrinkles to slightly increase the head’s defensive power.

It had to be said that this so-called benefit had absolutely no appeal to Zhang Yanhang, clearly falling into the category where the disadvantages far outweighed the benefits.

By the way, although Zhang Yanhang outright called the Big Saber Goblins bald, upon closer inspection, they did have a light fuzz on their heads, so it could only be said that while goblins were ostensibly bald, they were not entirely so.

"If it were just pure baldness, I might cope, but I really can’t stand the wrinkles. If I chose this Talent, how ugly would I become?"

Although he had a base Charm attribute value of thirty-nine points, there was a limit to how ugly Zhang Yanhang could be. Just mentally picturing the scene was enough to make it completely unacceptable, so, without a doubt, Wrinkled Skin was not an option for him.

"Speaking of which, the Big Saber Goblins are First Tier One-star Elite Monsters, yet they share the most common Quality E Racial Talent with the Crimson Iron Flying Ants and Crimson Iron Soldier Ants from the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest in Dalaguli. It seems that indeed, you must possess the strength of First Tier Three Stars to have a Quality D Racial Talent."

Zhang Yanhang placed great importance on Racial Talents because he believed that if a creature’s Racial Talent started at E-grade, then perhaps its related ability Talents could also be elevated to Grade E.

In that case, if the Talent Level could start at E-grade, Zhang Yanhang would have a much easier time upgrading the Talent Level to a higher level—like elevating a Talent that could originally only reach S-grade to directly reach SS-grade instead.

"But unfortunately, I can’t verify this right now and will have to wait until I encounter a creature with the innate strength of First Tier Three Stars or higher."

Zhang Yanhang believed it wouldn’t be difficult to verify his hypothesis because he was only three kilometers away from breakthrough in the Crimson Iron Tunnel beneath which lied a monster nest potentially housing creatures with innate strengths starting at First Tier Three Stars or even higher.

The reason behind Zhang Yanhang’s thinking was that the quality of Crimson Iron was better the deeper into the vein, and monsters that fed on Crimson Iron would certainly not be weaker than the ants above if they fed on higher-quality Crimson Iron.

After all, for them, the best way to grow stronger was to draw more nutrition and flames energy from the Crimson Iron.

[Item Three]

[Option One: 6 Soul Points]

[Option Two: Stick Goblin, White Quality, Pet]

[Option Three: 60 Soul Points]

"I remember that pets have previously appeared in the dropped treasure boxes from the small Crimson Iron Ant Nest in Dalaguna, but I didn’t expect that treasure boxes dropped in the Goblin Plain could also contain pets. This is making me more and more interested in having a pet.

Although I do want a pet, goblins or anything of the sort simply don’t meet my aesthetic standards."

Zhang Yanhang’s ideal pet had to be the fuzzy and adorable type, such as polar bears, cheetahs, and lions—highly attractive little creatures.

"I remember there are such animals in the forest north of Raccoon City, and quite a number of them at that. I wonder if I could catch one as a pet.

Oh, no, I should probably ask the group admin about this first, see if she knows how to catch pets. If I have to figure it out myself, it would undoubtedly be very difficult."

Although this kind of information could potentially be obtained through Multiple Choice, Zhang Yanhang thought that Energy Value should be saved where unnecessary. After all, any surplus could be used to manufacture Thermo-baric Bombs.

Even though returning to the Main World was still a long way off, Zhang Yanhang had already accumulated three questions he wanted to ask the group admin, and all three were quite significant.

Shifting his focus back from acquiring a pet to the options themselves, Zhang Yanhang immediately checked the Attribute list for the Stick Goblin. Based on the classic name and the mere White quality, it was clear that this creature was very weak.

Weak as it was, he still had to look. After all, what if there was some unexpected surprise?

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