God of Pets-Chapter 613: Flowers Bloom Unintentionally

Chen Guan was strolling casually through the market in Mei City, showing little interest in items like Heavenly and Earthly Treasures.

He was mainly looking for Secret Skill Cores, hoping to gather all the secret skills required for the Ghost Immortal Step.

In fact, the Ghost Immortal Step doesn’t require many secret skills, only three in total, and among these, only one is a Body Technique Secret Skill, while the other two are not.

The only Body Technique Secret Skill needed for the Ghost Immortal Step is called "Dreamwalking Technique," which surprisingly is only a rare skill and not even close to an Unparalleled Secret Skill.

Chen Guan very easily found the "Dreamwalking Technique" and upon learning it, discovered that it is a skill capable of flight, consuming very little Primordial Energy.

Just how little? The typical primordial energy that a Cultivator can automatically recover is more than sufficient to use the Dreamwalking Technique.

Where there is an advantage, there must be a disadvantage. The Dreamwalking Technique consumes little Primordial Energy, so its speed is extremely slow, to an astonishing degree.

To put it this way, this thing is barely faster than an ordinary person walking. No matter how much Primordial Energy you have, it can’t be used to increase its speed.

Chen Guan tried it out. After using the Dreamwalking Technique, his body was about three feet off the ground, floating in the air, then slowly gliding forward. Rather than flying, it was more like drifting, and very slowly at that, akin to how one would comfortably drift while dreaming.

"No wonder this thing is called the Dreamwalking Technique," Chen Guan grumbled inwardly.

The other two secret skills required for the Ghost Immortal Step have nothing to do with body techniques. One is the Unparalleled Level "Ghost Fetus Skill," and the other is the Unparalleled Level "Immortal’s Guidance."

According to the detailed explanation of the Ghost Immortal Step provided by Ximen Bing, the principle of the Ghost Immortal Step is not actually complicated.

The Dreamwalking Technique alone consumes little Primordial Energy but lacks flexibility and speed.

However, "Immortal’s Guidance" and "Ghost Fetus Skill" can compensate for the deficiencies in the Dreamwalking Technique, making it both flexible and fast.

But "Immortal’s Guidance" and "Ghost Fetus Skill" themselves require the consumption of a large amount of Primordial Energy. Yet through the combination of the three, one can offset the consumption of "Immortal’s Guidance" and "Ghost Fetus Skill," which is the key to the technique.

The secret skill "Immortal’s Guidance" is very sought after, and Chen Guan has not yet found it.

Chen Guan quickly found the Ghost Fetus Skill, and its price wasn’t high because the Ghost Fetus Skill has no combat power, and its defensive power is lacking.

The only advantage of training in the Ghost Fetus Skill is the ability to convert Yang-type Alien Elemental Energy into Yin-type.

According to the Ghost Immortal Step’s description, using the Ghost Fetus Skill can reverse the Yin-Yang relationship of Immortal’s Guidance, converting it to Yin-type Primordial Energy to use the Dreamwalking Technique, thereby both reducing the Primordial Energy consumption of Immortal’s Guidance and enhancing the effect of the Dreamwalking Technique through the boost of Yin-type Primordial Energy.

Meanwhile, the ability of Immortal’s Guidance can provide boosts to the speed and flexibility of the Dreamwalking Technique.

It’s safe to say that the Ghost Immortal Step is excellent in every way, but it does have a drawback.

Although the Dreamwalking Technique becomes faster and more agile under the boost of Immortal’s Guidance, its movement paths must follow the pre-designated points of Immortal’s Guidance and cannot be altered midway.

In other words, once the Ghost Immortal Step is activated, you’re committed to the predetermined destination. If anything unexpected occurs midway, you can’t change direction.

This is practically a fatal flaw. If the opponent predicts your movement track, you’re just waiting for death.

Even if there’s a sharp blade aimed at your heart, you must still collide with it without changing direction.

Besides this, another serious problem with the Ghost Immortal Step is that prolonged use results in Primordial Energy turning almost purely Yin, which isn’t favorable for men and might damage their Primordial Energy.

Chen Guan hasn’t tried it personally, so he’s unsure of the exact situation and plans to gather everything first to practice.

He’s not worried about Ximen Bing giving him fake information on the details. As long as he knows the formula, he can gradually test in the Ultimate of the Infinite state, and some small mistakes are tolerable.

Chen Guan continues searching for "Immortal’s Guidance," but this Secret Skill is too rare and highly sought after. He visited both human and demon shops and stalls but found nothing.

"I have to go see that Secret Spirit." Chen Guan had previously avoided it due to language barriers, but now he has no other choice.

Indeed, most Secret Spirits don’t speak human languages, and Chen Guan can’t understand various Secret Spirit languages, but they do use gestures and have intelligence equal to humans, which makes communication not too difficult.

"This is... the Reverse Element Skill..." Chen Guan could hardly believe his eyes.

Although he didn’t find Immortal’s Guidance, Chen Guan actually saw the Secret Core of the Reverse Element Skill at a Secret Spirit’s stall.

He could hardly believe his eyes and checked again and again to confirm that it was indeed the Secret Core of the Reverse Element Skill.

"Just like the saying goes, ’you can search high and low but find it as a matter of course in the end.’" Chen Guan relished his good fortune while maintaining a calm exterior and asked the Secret Spirit, "How much for this Secret Skill Core?"

Generally, Secret Spirits don’t want human money but prefer bartering. You need to offer items they want to make a trade.

This is why Chen Guan hadn’t visited the Secret Spirits earlier, as trading with them is troublesome.

The Secret Spirit at this stall resembled a crane painted in ink wash, exuding elegance.

"Exchange for a Lingzhi with a ten-thousand-year lifespan, or a hundred Lingzhi with a millennium lifespan." Despite being a Secret Spirit, the crane spoke human language, making it one of the few Secret Spirits that could.

Chen Guan was overjoyed to hear this, as he had Lingzhi. He had brought plenty out from the Spirit Devouring God’s garden, all of which were of very high quality.

Ximen Bing listened and clicked his tongue in amazement, not knowing what Secret Skill could be this valuable.

A millennium Lingzhi is not rare in the Great Cave Heaven, but it’s already considered high-grade within a Grotto Heaven.

A ten-thousand-year Lingzhi is rarely seen in a Grotto Heaven, and if someone were lucky enough to find one, they would treat it like a family heirloom.

The crane demanded a hundred millennium Lingzhi, which would translate to a price of over a hundred million Divine Land Coins for the Secret Skill Core.

"I’ll take it." Chen Guan rummaged in his pocket and pulled out a Lingzhi.

The crane had been indifferent, leisurely standing there and occasionally preening its feathers. But when it saw the Lingzhi Chen Guan took out, it shook with excitement, eyes widening.

The Lingzhi Chen Guan produced wasn’t particularly large, yet its luster was vibrant, as if emitting a red glow from within.

Such quality made the crane believe it was well over ten thousand years old.

The crane, however, was unaware that the Lingzhi had not actually aged that much but had been matured by the Spirit Devouring God.

"How about exchanging this Lingzhi for your Secret Skill Core?" Chen Guan asked the crane.

"Yes... yes..." the crane nodded repeatedly, eager to possess the Lingzhi immediately.

But in Mei City, sales are bound by contracts. If you attempt to forcibly take something, the contract would be triggered, and the Mei Saint would intervene, so no one dares to rob here.

And so, man and crane completed the contract and exchanged their goods, leaving both parties satisfied.

"Look, I also have other Secret Skill Cores here, as well as various medicinal herbs, all exchangeable for Lingzhi..." The crane gestured with its wing to the other items on the ground.

"I’m out, only had this one Lingzhi," Chen Guan regretfully shook his head and then pocketed the Reverse Element Skill Secret Core, promptly leaving the place.