Beast Taming: Invincible Breeder-Chapter 332 - 307: Destiny Aptitude

Is it possible not to open the large stone sarcophagus?

It’s really not possible. Even if it weren’t for the Sandman Pharaoh’s body sand, Li Cunxu still needed to open the large stone sarcophagus, because the Sandman Race had the habit of carving the locations of various pyramids onto the coffin lids of large stone sarcophagi.

In simple terms, the coffin lid is essentially a simple map.

The large stone sarcophagi coffin lids in the main burial chamber of each pyramid are the same, all having a map. However, the newer the pyramid, the more detailed the map record.

After all, the older pyramid’s coffin lids are already carved, and the Sandman Race won’t open the coffins and re-carve them.

Li Cunxu examines the map on the back of the coffin lid, and Jiang Lingyun follows to take a look as well.

"Why are you looking at it?"

"It’s a map. If you don’t look, how will you know where to go?"

Jiang Lingyun looked at the random dots on the coffin lid and was bewildered.

"Where are we?"

Li Cunxu pointed to the one dot among many that was encircled by a sun symbol, then found the pyramid he intended to go to among the dots.

Under the dots, there are annotations in the Sandman Race’s language.

The Sandman Race evolved their own exclusive set of characters,

Li Cunxu couldn’t understand the Sandman’s script, but he could identify the pyramid he intended to go to from the annotations, much like not understanding English but knowing "OK" means "good".

In a past life game, entering the hidden world 168 was troublesome, so Li Cunxu planned to clear it in one go and memorized the guide to clear hidden world 168 thoroughly.

"Head southeast after leaving the pyramid." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

After putting away the coffin lid map, Li Cunxu did not intend to leave immediately.

Li Cunxu said, "There should be a hidden chamber here, let’s find the hidden mechanism."

The Sandman Race loved to build several hidden chambers inside pyramids to hide the most precious burial items.

Jiang Lingyun, with great interest, began searching, but suddenly, she tripped over her own feet. Her hand, fumbling to steady herself, pressed against a brick on the wall, causing it to sink inwards, and a hidden chamber’s door opened.

Peering inside, Li Cunxu was instantly dazzled by the golden light.

"The Sandman Race truly deserves their reputation for wealth."

Inside the hidden chamber, there was a pile of golden artifacts. Li Cunxu picked one up and began to admire it.

Jiang Lingyun also picked up a golden basin, but immediately felt something was off.

"This is fake gold, right? The feel and color are off, it’s much heavier, and the color is too bright."

In the small village Jiang Lingyun lived in, there was an open-air golden vein nearby, where one could easily pick up several pieces of gold as big as a dog’s head. The village chief, a person who enjoyed festivities, held a gold forging competition every year. Jiang Lingyun, having handled a lot of gold, was very familiar with it.

Li Cunxu said, "It’s not fake; these gold artifacts are forged from a more precious material called gold essence."

Jiang Lingyun asked, puzzled, "Gold essence?"

"Gold essence is the essence refined from gold, used by gold-type and mechanical pets to enhance their aptitude. The limit for gold essence to enhance aptitude is up to the monarch level."

"Only one gram can be refined from a ton of gold, and only a king who masters the laws of gold can refine it."

The symbol of gold is prosperity, the symbol of a lord is a domain, the symbol of an overlord is an overbearing body, and the symbol of a king is to comprehend laws from the overbearing body.

Why is the Golden King so wealthy? Because he and his Golden Dragon both mastered the laws of gold and can refine gold essence.

Although ascension energy can ignore a mechanical pet’s aptitude and forcibly raise its level, ascension energy is limited. With so many people and so many mechanical pets in Mechanical City, there is hardly enough, so wealthy mechanicians covet gold essence.

Supported by those wealthy mechanicians, the Golden King made a fortune selling gold essence.

Li Cunxu collected all the gold essence artifacts in the room. As he was collecting, Jiang Lingyun accidentally opened the door to a second hidden chamber.

The second hidden chamber didn’t contain the dazzling gold essence artifacts but had a slender, twig-like small tree with two red fruits growing on it, resembling tiny elongated tomatoes.

"Desert Sea Buckthorn Fruits, there’s actually two of them."

Jiang Lingyun asked, "Is this fruit very precious?"

"It’s not just precious; it’s very rare."

Suddenly, Li Cunxu asked an unrelated question.

"Can you tell me, what is your awakened Beast Master talent?"

Jiang Lingyun’s first instinct was to deflect, but she dared not; Li Cunxu was her support now, and if she was exposed, she might lose his trust.

"Why...why suddenly ask this? I don’t have a contract slot; having a Beast Master talent doesn’t matter."

"No, at this moment, it does matter. So, tell me, what is your Beast Master talent?"

"Can I not say?"

"You can, but I still suggest you say it."

Jiang Lingyun remained silent for a while.

Li Cunxu said, "If you don’t say it, I actually have a guess: a destiny-related talent, associated with luck."

Jiang Lingyun was astonished, "How do you know?"

"You’re just too lucky, some might say overly so."

Jiang Lingyun was perplexed.

Li Cunxu walked casually to the twig-like tree, picked one fruit, and held it between two fingers, showing it to Jiang Lingyun.

"The Desert Sea Buckthorn Fruit can permanently enhance heat resistance and add a contract slot when consumed."

"Is this the legendary expansion fruit?"

"Yes."

Jiang Lingyun’s eyes were filled with longing. She hadn’t awakened a contract slot, but if she obtained it, she could become a Beast Master. Even if she could only contract one pet, it could change her destiny.

Then came a profound sense of disappointment, as Jiang Lingyun understood the precious value of expansion fruits. She knew it was impossible for her to get the Desert Sea Buckthorn Fruit.

"Catch."

Li Cunxu suddenly tossed a Desert Sea Buckthorn Fruit to Jiang Lingyun, who instinctively caught it.

Jiang Lingyun stared at the bright red Desert Sea Buckthorn Fruit in her hand for a long time.

"Is this for me?"

"Yes."

"Why give it to me?"

Li Cunxu said, "The same expansion item can only be consumed once. Repeated consumption has no effect and is purely a waste."

Jiang Lingyun shook her head, insisting, "That’s not a reason to give it to me. Expansion items are very precious. Even if repeated consumption doesn’t work, the Desert Sea Buckthorn Fruit could be exchanged for other unconsumed expansion items."

"Do you really want me to give a reason? Then it’s because of your talent."

"My talent?"

"Finding the Desert Sea Buckthorn Fruit was arranged by your talent, wasn’t it?"

"It arranged it?"

"What else? Do you think it’s easy to come by expansion items? Moreover, look—there are two Desert Sea Buckthorn Fruits here. It was afraid I wouldn’t share with you, so it arranged for two."

Jiang Lingyun hesitated for a while before softly revealing, "My Beast Master talent is ’Unparalleled Fortune’.

Unparalleled Fortune is a purple epic-level talent, bringing unparalleled good luck, making everything go smoothly.

The talented are treated like the children of destiny in novels, with strong fortunes, getting what they need when they need it.

"See, I was right. It was arranged by your talent. It saw that you didn’t have a contract slot, so it specially arranged an expansion item that can increase contract slots for you."