God of Pets

Chapter 613 Planting Flowers Unintentionally
Chen Guan strolled around the market in Meicheng in a very open and unhurried manner, showing little interest in rare and precious medicinal herbs.

The main thing is to look at the secret technique cores and see if we can gather all the secret techniques required for the Ghost Immortal Step.

The Ghost Immortal Step actually requires only a few secret techniques, a total of only three. Moreover, of these three secret techniques, only one is a movement technique, while the other two are not.

The only movement technique of the Ghost Immortal Step is called "Dreamwalking Technique". This thing is actually just a rare technique, not even close to being a peerless technique.

Chen Guan easily found the "Sleepwalking Technique" and learned it. He discovered that it was a secret technique that allowed him to fly, consuming very little energy.

How little? The vital energy that a cultivator automatically recovers is more than enough to use the sleepwalking technique.

Every advantage has its disadvantages. Sleepwalking consumes little energy, but its speed is extremely slow, to an appalling degree.

To put it simply, this thing isn't much faster than a normal person walking. No matter how much energy you have, you can't speed it up.

Chen Guan tried it out. After using the sleepwalking technique, his body was three feet away from his body, floating in the air, and then slowly gliding forward. It was more like floating than flying, and he floated very slowly, just like when you are dreaming and you are comfortably floating in the air.

"No wonder this thing is called the Sleepwalking Technique," Chen Guan thought to himself.

The other two secret techniques of the Ghost Immortal Step have nothing to do with movement techniques. One is the peerless "Ghost Embryo Technique", and the other is also a peerless "Immortal's Guidance".

Judging from the detailed explanation of "Ghost Immortal Steps" given by Ximen Bing, the principle of Ghost Immortal Steps is actually not complicated.

The sleepwalking technique itself consumes little energy, but it is not flexible or fast enough.

However, "The Immortal's Guidance" and "The Ghost Fetus Technique" can make up for the shortcomings of sleepwalking, making it more flexible and faster.

However, both "The Immortal's Guidance" and "The Ghost Embryo Technique" consume a lot of vital energy. But by combining the three, the consumption of "The Immortal's Guidance" and "The Ghost Embryo Technique" can be offset. This is the key.

The secret technique "The Immortal's Guidance" is highly sought after, and Chen Guan has not yet found it.

Chen Guan quickly found the Ghost Embryo Technique. It wasn't expensive because the Ghost Embryo Technique had little offensive power and poor defensive capabilities.

The only benefit of practicing the Ghost Embryo Technique is that it can transform yang-type foreign energy into yin-type energy.

According to the Ghost Immortal Steps, by using Ghost Embryo Technique to reverse the Yin-Yang relationship of Immortal Guiding the Way, it transforms into Yin energy to use the Dreamwalking Technique. This serves two purposes: first, it reduces the energy consumption of Immortal Guiding the Way itself; second, it enhances the Dreamwalking Technique with the support of Yin energy, making it more effective.

The ability of the Immortal's Guidance can provide the Dreamwalker with increased movement speed and agility.

You could say that the Ghost Immortal Step is good in every way, but it has one drawback.

While the sleepwalking technique enhanced by the Immortal's Guidance makes it faster and more agile, its movement path must be the point specified in advance by the Immortal's Guidance and cannot be changed midway.

In other words, once the Ghost Immortal Step is activated, one must reach the predetermined location, and cannot change direction if any unexpected event occurs along the way.

This is a fatal flaw; if the opponent predicts your movement trajectory, you're doomed.

Even if the other side places a sharp knife aimed at your heart, you can only crash into it; you can't change direction.

In addition, there is another serious problem with the Ghost Immortal Step. If you use the Ghost Immortal Step for a long time, your body's vital energy will become almost pure Yin, which is not good for men and may damage their own vital energy.

Chen Guan hadn't tried it himself and didn't know what it was like, so he planned to gather all the materials and practice first.

He wasn't afraid that Simon Bing would cheat him on the details. As long as he knew the recipe, he could slowly test it in the state of Wuji, and it wouldn't matter if there were some mistakes.

Chen Guan continued his search for "The Immortal's Guidance," but unfortunately, this secret technique was too rare and highly sought after. Chen Guan had searched through all the shops and stalls of both humans and demons, but still couldn't find it. "I can only try looking at the Mystic Spirit's stall." Chen Guan had previously been worried about the language barrier, so he hadn't gone to the Mystic Spirit's stall, but now he had no choice but to go and take a look.

Most of the spirits are indeed unable to speak human language, and Chen Guan cannot understand their various languages. Fortunately, they can use gestures, and their intelligence is no different from that of humans, so communication is not difficult.

"This is... the Reverse Yuan Technique..." Chen Guan could hardly believe his eyes.

Unable to find the Immortal's Guidance, Chen Guan unexpectedly discovered the core of the Reverse Yuan Technique at a mysterious spirit's stall.

He could hardly believe his eyes. He looked again and again, and the secret core was indeed the secret core of the Reverse Yuan Technique.

"It's like finding a needle in a haystack, only to have it fall into my lap without any effort!" Chen Guan was ecstatic, but his face remained impassive as he looked at the spirit and asked, "How much for this secret technique core?"

Most spirits don't want human money; they prefer barter. You need to bring something they need in exchange for it.

This is also why Chen Guan didn't come to the Mystic Spirits before; trading with them was too troublesome.

The secret spirit of this stall is a crane as beautiful as an ink painting, which looks extremely elegant.

"Exchange for one 100,000-year-old flesh spirit mushroom, or one hundred 10,000-year-old flesh spirit mushrooms." The crane actually spoke human language, making it one of the few mystical spirits that could understand human speech.

Chen Guan was overjoyed. He had meat spirit mushrooms; they grew in the garden of the Devouring Spirit God. Chen Guan had brought out quite a few, all of them high-quality goods of extremely high age.

Ximen Bing was secretly amazed, wondering what kind of secret technique was so valuable.

Meat-shaped Ganoderma lucidum that is ten thousand years old is not uncommon in the Great Cave Heaven, but it is considered a high-quality item within the cave heaven.

A 100,000-year-old Ganoderma lucidum is a rare sight in the grotto-heaven. Even if someone manages to find one, it will be treasured as a family heirloom.

The crane offered a hundred 10,000-year-old flesh spirit mushrooms, a price that was quite high. Converted to Shenzhou currency, this secret technique core would sell for over 100 million.

"I'll take it." Chen Guan reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of meat-shaped Ganoderma lucidum.

The crane was initially quite concerned, standing there leisurely and occasionally preening its feathers with its beak. However, when it saw the meat-shaped Ganoderma lucidum that Chen Guan had taken out, it trembled and its eyes widened in surprise.

The fleshy Ganoderma that Chen Guan took out wasn't very big, but it was reddish and glossy, as if a red light was shining out from inside.

In the crane's eyes, this specimen is more than 100,000 years old.

The crane was unaware that this fleshy Ganoderma was not that old, but rather that it had been prematurely ripened by the Devouring Spirit God.

"How about exchanging this for your secret technique core?" Chen Guan asked, looking at the crane.

"Yes...yes..." The crane nodded repeatedly, wishing it could immediately claim the fleshy Ganoderma as its own.

However, everything sold in Meicheng is based on contracts. If someone forcibly takes something away, the contract will be triggered, and then Mei Sheng will take action. So no one dares to actually rob anything here.

The man and the crane completed their contract, exchanged items, and were both very satisfied.

"Look, I have other secret technique cores and various immortal herbs here, all of which can be exchanged for meat spirit mushrooms..." the crane said, pointing to the other things on the ground with its wings.

"That's it. There's only one meat spirit mushroom left." Chen Guan shook his head regretfully, then pocketed the Reverse Yuan Technique core and left immediately.

(End of this chapter)