Immortality: Starting with Plundering the Talents of Monsters

The next day.

As soon as it was light, Xu Mo went directly to the Luo family's territory.

After presenting my guest VIP ID, I was able to enter smoothly.

The Luo family estate, front yard.

Inside a secluded cave.

After studying it overnight, Xu Mo had gained some understanding of the "Mysterious Golden Armor Technique" he had purchased from the black market.

Defensive metal magic emphasizes "using sharpness to deflect force" and "counter-shock".

This book, "Mysterious Edge Golden Armor Technique," follows the path of using sharp energy to neutralize attacks in order to achieve a defensive effect.

Once you master this technique to the basics, a semi-transparent golden light film will form on your skin.

It can easily withstand attacks from cultivators of the same realm, with an effect comparable to Xu Mo's existing talent, [Golden Light].

If one cultivates the "Mysterious Golden Armor Technique" to a minor level, one can conjure up scale-like golden armor on their skin.

Its defensive effect surpasses that of the [Golden Light] talent, which has already reached its maximum potential.

It can also provide some defense against cultivators with higher cultivation levels.

"Perhaps it's because the [Golden Light] is quite similar to the beginner-level 'Mysterious Golden Armor Technique'..."

I only studied it for a short while, but I already had a slight understanding of this method.

Xu Mo placed the "Mysterious Golden Armor Technique" on the stone table in the cave and calmly began to read it.

After memorizing all the contents of the scriptures on the magic, he began to practice it.

Although Xu Mo only has a slight understanding of this defensive metal technique, he finds it relatively smooth to practice.

"The improvement in the purity of the gold spiritual root must have played a part in this."

Before improving the purity of the gold spiritual root by plundering the talents of demonic beasts.

Whether it was cultivating a martial art or trying to master a spell, Xu Mo found it extremely difficult.

Even those who study metal elements find it obscure and difficult to understand.

"This shows that spiritual root aptitude is extremely important for cultivators."

After carefully studying and digesting every word in "Mysterious Golden Armor Technique", Xu Mo's cultivation became even easier and smoother.

"At this rate... it should only take a month to master the basics of this technique."

However, he was not satisfied with this.

The reason is simple: Xu Mo's original, purest gold spiritual root was only of low-grade quality.

Even after the upgrade, it is still within the range of low-grade quality, and there is still a distance to go before reaching mid-grade quality.

  

[Spiritual Root: Gold 16/100]

"Only when the purity of the gold spiritual root exceeds 20 can one be considered to have escaped the low-grade aptitude and advanced to the mid-grade aptitude."

Xu Mo brought out the gilded jade talisman, his gaze falling on the section for spiritual roots below, lost in thought.

"Now that I've joined the Luo family, which is renowned for its beast taming skills... If I want to plunder the talents of demonic beasts, I can start with the Luo family."

"As far as I know, apart from the Luo family cultivators who practice other skills, almost every member of the Luo family has a spirit beast."

"Furthermore, the cultivation techniques they practice are compatible with those of spirit beasts."

In other words, whatever the attribute of the spirit beast, that's the attribute of the cultivation techniques practiced by the Luo family members.

Xu Mo rested his chin on his hand, deep in thought.

Before he decided to join the Luo family, he already knew that the Luo family members practiced a rather diverse range of martial arts techniques.

Clans of cultivators, in order to pass on their knowledge from generation to generation, usually have buildings such as scripture pavilions within their clan territory.

Therefore, Xu Mo will not only be able to obtain the necessary golden magic from the Luo family in the future, but also plunder the talents of demonic beasts.

It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

"I just don't know... what opportunities there are to kill monsters and plunder their talents."

"We can't possibly kill the Luo family's spirit beasts."

Xu Mo stopped practicing the "Mysterious Golden Armor Technique" and got up to leave the cave.

"Why don't we ask Luo Lingyue first and find out what's going on?"

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The Luo family's backyard.

In a quaint, antique courtyard.

Luo Lingyue was sitting on her own meditation cushion, with a faint, clear mist swirling around her with each breath.

Upon hearing three knocks on the door, Luo Lingyue's face darkened, and her eyes turned icy cold.

She disliked being interrupted during her meditation.

"Miss Luo, there's something I don't understand. Could you please enlighten me?"

A gentle, distinctive voice came through.

Luo Lingyue was slightly taken aback, and the coldness in her eyes immediately disappeared.

Upon opening the door and seeing that it was indeed Xu Mo, her attitude softened instantly.

The slight impatience in my heart melted away completely, like ice melting.

"Miss Luo, may I ask if my Luo family has a large number of bred and cultivated demonic beasts?"

Xu Mo did not enter the courtyard without permission, but stood outside the gate and explained.

"Young lady, you may not know this, but my understanding and insights into the art of talisman making all come from observing demonic beasts."

Seeing that Xu Mo had gone straight to the point, he got right to the point.

Luo Lingyue immediately straightened her expression and began to answer Xu Mo's question seriously.

"The way you've refined your runecraft skills is rather unique..."

"As a renowned family in the art of beast taming, the Luo family naturally possesses a large number of bred and cultivated demonic beasts."

Luo Lingyue paused for a moment, then continued:

"Your mastery of the Golden Light Talisman is nearing its limit."

The most numerous demonic beasts bred by my Luo family are the fish from the fishing grounds.

Fish monsters in the fishing grounds?

Xu Mo wasn't too surprised by the answer.

After all, fish-type monsters are indeed the best and most suitable monsters for mass breeding and cultivation.

However, his main goal is to increase the purity of his gold spiritual root as soon as possible.

The fish and monsters in the fishing grounds are mostly water-type, which is somewhat contrary to Xu Mo's goal.

"Then... are there any metal-attribute demonic beasts that are bred and cultivated in large numbers?"

I still want to delve deeper into this path and study other metal-attribute talismans.

Luo Lingyue nodded, respecting Xu Mo's choice.

She crossed her arms over her chest, a thoughtful expression appearing on her refined, aloof face.

"Actually... the fish monsters in the fishing grounds are numerous, and they have more or less of various attributes."

For example, the golden-attribute fish is the Golden Knife Bream, which might be helpful for your later research into a high-grade Tier 1 Golden Knife Talisman.

Xu Mo remained noncommittal and continued to ask:

"This fish can be considered a treasure, and its numbers are probably extremely rare."

Besides, my talisman-making skills have only recently reached the mid-tier of the first rank, and I still need to hone them. It's too early to talk about the high-tier of the first rank.

"Golden Shield Saw Ray".

Suddenly, Luo Lingyue parted her lips slightly and slowly uttered these four words.

"This type of fish possesses a unique racial talent, [Golden Scale Shield], which will be helpful for your study of the first-tier mid-grade exquisite golden light rune."

Although it is also a rare fish, it is still more abundant than the golden bream.

When Xu Mo heard about the talent [Scale Armor Golden Shield], his eyes lit up and he was quite interested.

He quickly asked:

"I wonder if the prized fish from this fish farm are sold to the public?"

Luo Lingyue nodded slightly and replied:

"My Luo family members almost never choose fish-like demonic beasts as their spirit beasts... so naturally they are sold to the public."

Upon hearing this, Xu Mo was overjoyed.

I can plunder talents again and improve the purity of my gold spiritual root!

Furthermore, the [Scaled Golden Shield] might also be able to be stacked with the [Mysterious Edge Golden Armor Technique].

To achieve a better defensive effect.