CHAPTER 112: CHAPTER 112: SECRET SKILL CATALOG

Ming Fei is different from ordinary pets. As long as Chen Guan grants her permission, even without being summoned, Ming Fei can perceive the outside situation and communicate directly with Chen Guan.

This is something most unparalleled pets cannot do, so Chen Guan somewhat believes Ming Fei’s words, thinking she might also be a Secret God level Secret Spirit.

Considering Emperor Ancestor placed her there as a tool for inheritance, given Emperor Ancestor’s abilities, the Secret Spirit used couldn’t be so simple.

"No way... Brother Guan... you really fed the Nether Lotus to the watchdog?" Duan Shulin said with a strange expression.

"Yes." Chen Guan continued picking through boxes with Warring States without looking up.

Duan Shulin didn’t know what to say; he could only describe this as squandering resources.

Chen Guan went through all the boxes. Out of over four thousand Secret Spirit Eggs, he only selected a dozen.

"That’s all." Chen Guan pulled up a chair and sat down.

"Are all these unparalleled pets?" Duan Shulin’s eyes lit up.

"What are you thinking? Only that green Secret Spirit Egg is particularly high quality. I guess it might be unparalleled; the others are probably unique pieces. The ones that are worse haven’t been carefully picked out yet." Chen Guan said.

"One unparalleled and fourteen unique pieces, the probability is terrifyingly low. If I had hatched them all myself, having this one unparalleled pet wouldn’t have caused a loss, but I wouldn’t earn much either; at most, break even, and I’d have to spend time and labor to hatch them." Duan Shulin was glad he restrained himself, letting Chen Guan take a look. This time he could earn a good amount.

"Brother Guan, have your pet work a little harder to pick out the rare and scarce qualities separately. This way, we could earn even more." Duan Shulin was unwilling to let someone else profit.

Chen nodded; he naturally wanted to make more money too.

Continuing to pick Secret Spirit Eggs, they finally sorted them all after a long busy session.

"Brother Guan, well done. Next, it’s my turn. I estimate we should be able to earn three to four million, each of us getting around one to two million." Duan Shulin said happily.

"Old Duan, do you have any connections to purchase Secret Skills?" Chen Guan wanted to stock up on some Secret Skills first.

"My family does deal in Secret Cores, but the store isn’t around here. If you have time, you can come with me to our place later. Not to mention, you’ll be satisfied with the Secret Skills. We even have Unparalleled Secret Skills there, giving you the cost price." Duan Shulin said.

"How long does it take to go to your hometown and back?" Chen Guan asked.

"By high-speed train, it would take less than ten hours." Duan Shulin thought and said.

"I’ll look around here first and will go later." Chen Guan shook his head. He didn’t have money yet. Going so far to buy Secret Skills, he’d have to wait until he made big money and buy more high-quality Secret Skills to make it worthwhile.

At the very least, he had to wait for his share to come in before spending there.

"That’s fine. You can tell me what kind of Secret Skills you want. I’ll have them sent directly from home, using special line air shipping. It’ll arrive at most the next night." Duan Shulin quickly added.

"I don’t have that much money right now." Chen Guan said helplessly.

"That’s okay, isn’t your share with me? We’ll deduct it directly from your share later." Duan Shulin was determined to do business with Chen Guan.

"Alright then, what Secret Skills does your family shop have?" Chen Guan thought it was feasible.

"What type of Secret Skills do you want? We should have them over there." Duan Shulin said.

"You know clearly how much my share is. I want what I can afford, mainly Body Protection Secret Skills, and if there’s extra money, I’ll pick something else." Chen Guan said.

Given the money, buying an Unparalleled Secret Skill directly could also work.

"Wait, I’ll show you the inventory list from home so you can select for yourself." Duan Shulin made a phone call with his mobile to have the list sent over.

Shortly after, the list was sent, and Duan Shulin forwarded it to Chen Guan to make his selection.

Upon opening it, Chen Guan saw that it categorically listed many Secret Skill Cores, from ordinary to unparalleled, with each category’s Secret Skill Core available, including prices.

"Your family business is quite substantial." Although Chen Guan had known that Duan Shulin’s family business wouldn’t be small, seeing the list’s contents, Duan’s family business was much larger than he imagined. There were in-stock Unparalleled Secret Skills in various categories, and each category had more than one or two. These goods were worth astronomical numbers.

"It’s okay, just a small business." Duan Shulin’s face couldn’t hide his pride.

Chen Guan flipped through and found unparalleled Secret Skills starting at millions, with the cheapest priced at 1.5 million, still a niche skill. Popular Body Protection Secret Skills with unparalleled quality start at 8 million.

"Hard-earned one to two million, yet even a Secret Skill can’t be bought. This amount is already more than enough for a lifetime of good food and drink for an ordinary person." Chen Guan couldn’t help but shake his head. He thought he could buy a suitable Unparalleled Secret Skill. Needless to say, he overestimated.

"Brother Guan, take your time looking. Don’t worry about money. I’ll give you a 30% discount, and you can buy on credit without interest. How about that?" Duan Shulin smiled.

Upon seeing the price of the most affordable Unparalleled Body Protection Divine Skill "Six Ding and Six Jia Body Protection Divine Skill," Chen Guan calculated and still shook his head.

Six Ding and Six Jia Body Protection Divine Skill offers formidable body protection and counters various alien elemental energies, which is excellent but too costly.

Moreover, it doesn’t match with Chen Guan since its Primordial Energy consumption is too low.

For others, low Primordial Energy consumption is beneficial, but for Chen Guan, this is a drawback.

Low Primordial Energy consumption implies the overall defense intensity isn’t that high, focusing mainly on countering various alien elemental energies, which somewhat differs from Chen Guan’s needs.

Since Body Protection Divine Skills are in high demand, besides the Six Ding and Six Jia Body Protection Divine Skill, only one other more expensive Body Protection Divine Skill Core was left, its price listed as a full 100 million.

This price made Chen Guan lose any interest in looking, just noticing the name "Human God Technique," with only a single sentence introduction: "Shouldering the divine with a mortal body."

"I really want it, but alas, I don’t have the money. Selling Ming Fei or Yan Zhi might not even get me the ’Human God Technique’." Chen Guan abandoned thoughts of acquiring an Unparalleled Secret Skill, sticking to his original plan of finding lower-quality Secret Skills that suited him.

Chen Guan carefully browsed through the Body Protection Secret Skills. There were so many types that Duan Shulin let him take his time. He had to rush out and sell Secret Spirit Eggs, dumping worthless ones while prices were at their peak.

Before leaving, Duan Shulin reminded Chen Guan to send him the Secret Skill names he selected so his family could airship them over.

Chen Guan nodded and agreed, taking Warring States back home.

Recently, Warring States had been quite dejected, yet to recover from its separation with the black-and-red panda. Even when Chen Guan fed it, its appetite was significantly reduced, and it appeared listless day in and day out.

However, its level had reached Level 10, the limit for a single awakening. Further leveling requires it to undergo a Second Awakening.

Unfortunately, while there are examples of watchdogs undergoing a Second Awakening, they’re exceedingly rare.

"Warring States, don’t be sad. I’ll take you to see it on Holy Lamp Mountain someday." Chen Guan extended a hand to comfortingly pet Warring States’ head, just in time to see it shiver and perk up, eyes fixed on something in the distance.

Following its gaze, Chen Guan saw a young cultivator across the street, strolling with a black wolf-shaped Secret Spirit.

Looking back at Warring States, Chen Guan saw its eyes turn heart-shaped, tongue sticking out, drooling, as it joyfully bounded over to the black wolf’s side, ingratiating and flattering.

Have you ever seen a dog perform ballet? Chen Guan just did.

"I don’t believe it! You damn suck-up! You really know how to brown-nose. You finish over there, and then turn to this one. Exactly how many are you going to fawn over?" Chen Guan was speechless, unable to articulate a response, so he spat on the ground in frustration.