Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 669 The fine pearls truly delight the people of Yunnan.

I don't know if it's lucky or unlucky.

If either Cheng Tian's strength or agility attribute reaches its maximum value, it is possible that, given the residual killing intent within his body, he could trigger Akuma's "Master-Disciple Game" quest.

However, considering Akuma's record of killing his master and brother, as well as his special treatment of his nephew "Ryu," becoming his disciple, even if it's just a "game"-like master-disciple relationship, is probably not a good thing.

Of course, if the appeal conditions are met, Cheng Tian could indeed trigger the "Master-Disciple Game," but he could also trigger the "Ideal Clash," because the concentration of the Serpent Power within Cheng Tian's body is higher and more characteristic.

In this mission, Akuma is likely to treat Cheng Tian the same way he treated Rugal, leading to a direct clash of martial arts philosophies, which could escalate into a confrontation where they use their fists to communicate and prove their beliefs through fighting.

At that point, it will truly become a situation where either Hao Gui or Cheng Tian dies; there is no other possibility.

On the contrary, because Cheng Tian was focused on increasing his mental strength and his body was weak, Gouki did not regard Cheng Tian as a real enemy, nor as the inheritor of the killing intent fluctuation, which gave the matter some room for maneuver.

Cheng Tian had indeed considered improving his physical attributes, but before coming to this dungeon, the most cost-effective way to allocate his attribute points was still to continue increasing his spirit, turning himself from a wooden barrel into a spoon.

But the world they were in was rather special. It was the first world Cheng Tian had ever encountered where permanent attribute bonuses could be obtained by sacrificing monster corpses.

Although there are limitations such as monster types, templates, and main quest completion, the attribute bonuses are real. Sacrificing the Poisonous Bird has already given him a temporary permanent +1 to strength.

If I can take this opportunity to maximize Strength and Agility, or even both, then I can save all 15 free attribute points and invest them into Spirit.

As the saying goes, "If you don't see eye to eye, even half a sentence is too much." You can't treat Hao Gui like you would a sinful soul still imprisoned in Cheng Tian's Ghost Cage. Cheng Tian doesn't want to have the lights turned off on the spot for saying the wrong thing.

"I'll take everything from this stall."

The wealthy and powerful Mr. Cheng chose to buy everything on Hao Gui's stall.

What's even more interesting is that Hao Gui simply picked two thousand-dollar bills from the Heavenly Chosen Coins that Cheng Tian had turned into banknotes, and then turned and left.

Chosen Coins have very high purchasing power within the instance, especially for basic necessities like food and drinks. A thousand Chosen Coins can easily last a month.

Akuma had absolutely no idea how much the things he had collected were worth, but that didn't mean he couldn't see Cheng Tian's intentions.

However, Akuma was more carefree in this regard. Since Cheng Tian was willing to do it, he accepted it without hesitation, and only took what he needed for the time being.

If I need money later, I can just set up a stall again.

In fact, Akuma's philosophy of survival is contrary to the general concept of the Hunter's Guild.

Hunters normally only decide which targets to hunt based on the current ecological balance, and only when their own lives are threatened.

As for those captured individuals that Cheng Tian thought would turn from warm living creatures into cold materials, they were actually released after some materials were extracted. Wild dragons in the Monster Hunter world have amazing self-healing abilities; they can regenerate even if they are missing limbs.

If the problem had occurred before the dragon vein was discovered, Gouki's behavior of viewing all wild dragons and beasts as demons and monsters and slaughtering them indiscriminately would likely have made him a target for the guild's extermination missions.

However, with a large number of beasts and monsters now corrupted by demonic energy, Akuma's indiscriminate killing has actually helped maintain the ecological balance to some extent. Of course, ordinary Akuma are too lazy to even bother with him; only "tempered" Akuma and those hunters and mages who have been corrupted to the point of losing their minds can even catch his eye.

After watching Akuma leave, Cheng Tian turned his attention back to the stall Akuma had left behind.

And I must say, there was a good variety, mainly fruits and vegetables.

Frost-covered tomatoes, carefully selected mushrooms, wild pumpkins, and colorful bell peppers... these are all characteristic fruits and vegetables of the Monster Hunter world.

The rules of soul sacrifice only have a greater impact on intelligent beings. However, the demonization of these beings has led them to exhibit behaviors that go against their instincts, which has resulted in the scarcity of this food that was originally found everywhere in the forest.

Most members of the Hunter's Guild are people who live off the land and water. Even if they have greenhouse cultivation technology, they mostly use it to cultivate specific species and tend to focus on research.

Therefore, compared to meat, which can be obtained more easily by hunting, fruits and vegetables are relatively scarce in Star Base.

Cheng Tian rummaged around in the mushroom pile for a bit and then touched something hard.

Upon taking it out, I discovered that it was actually a bead unique to the Monster Hunter world.

【Mushroom Jewel: Green/Excellent/Lv1 (Cannot be upgraded), Jewel, Inlay. A unique inlay from Monster Hunter World that grants the wearer the ability to gain additional effects from using mushrooms. Similar abilities can stack, up to a maximum of Lv3.

You can eat "poisonous mushrooms" and "green mushrooms" without any risk.

Poisonous mushrooms – instead of causing poisoning, they provide a cure and slightly boost the speed of injury recovery.

Green mushrooms can restore a small amount of health.

When you consume special mushrooms from other worlds, different attribute changes may occur.

[Additional comment: You can't eat Martians.]

Monster Hunter World is also a major source of gems. In the mid-to-late game, the equipment itself will have various attributes and a number of gem slots. Players will need to use gems to fill in the gaps or make targeted choices based on the target they want to hunt.

Mushroom beads are a typical type of auxiliary beads. They can transform mushrooms that are normally inedible or even poisonous into usable items.

Poisonous mushrooms become antidotes, explosive mushrooms are like Demon Potion that boosts attack power, and Demon Explosive Mushrooms reduce stamina consumption, etc.

However, this additional comment did not remind Cheng Tian that if Ronghaozhu can make some inedible mushrooms edible, then it is essentially a Martian of mushrooms. Would it also be included in the list of edible mushrooms?
Cheng Tian didn't intend to eat Martians, but he was quite interested in the bacterial solution used to replicate clones.

"I'm going to take this thing to the Yunnan-Guizhou region..."

Cheng Tian began muttering something extremely dangerous.

(End of this chapter)