Flame Panther: B-class alien beast, extremely fast and highly aggressive, capable of spewing high-temperature flames.
Stone Serpent: B-class alien beast, body as hard as iron, can summon earth spikes to attack...
Pages eleven to twenty are all introductions to B-class alien beasts, and each one possesses a unique ability—such as fire-breathing, earth spike summoning, or ice spike summoning.
Starting from page twenty-one of the Alien Beast Field Guide, it introduces A-class alien beasts.
However, the guide only records six types of A-class alien beasts. Except for the Blaze Fox, which is described in detail, the other five are only briefly mentioned.
"S-class alien beast!"
Seeing this image, Ian Song felt deeply shocked. Its entire body was covered in jet-black scales as tough as steel, with a menacing single horn. According to the description, this beast, resembling the legendary flood dragon, was over sixty meters long.
The written notes also specifically state that even Innate Ninth-Layer experts cannot defeat this S-class alien beast.
At the very end of the Alien Beast Field Guide is a power comparison chart.
D-class alien beasts are comparable in strength to Postnatal martial artists.
C-class alien beasts are equivalent to Innate First Layer to Innate Third Layer martial artists.
B-class alien beasts are equivalent to Innate Fourth Layer to Innate Sixth Layer martial artists.
A-class alien beasts are equivalent to Innate Seventh Layer to Innate Ninth Layer martial artists.
S-class alien beasts are equivalent to legendary martial artists beyond Innate Ninth Layer.
"Just what kind of world is that, for its alien beasts to be so powerful?"
Closing the Alien Beast Field Guide, Ian Song pondered silently.
"Dummy, those aren't alien beasts—they're Demonic Beasts!" Meow-Meow's voice echoed in Ian Song's mind.
"Demonic Beasts?" Ian's eyes lit up at Meow-Meow's reminder. Apparently, the hides, fur, and flesh of Demonic Beasts were prime materials for pill refining and artifact forging in the cultivation world. Unfortunately, the Origin-Nurturing Scripture only briefly mentioned those arts, so even if he wanted to learn, there was no way to start.
Suddenly, Ian got an idea—he hadn't drawn from the lottery in ages. Maybe he should try his luck and see if he could get a pill-refining or forging technique.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but impatiently summon the lottery wheel.
Even though he'd drawn from the lottery many times before, Ian Song was still a little excited. He pressed his finger on the big 'Draw' character, and instantly the lottery wheel began to spin.
Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple—seven colored segments, arranged in order. The further back the color, the higher the skill or divine ability you can draw.
As expected, the lottery pointer finally stopped on the blue segment.
"Talk about god-level luck!" Ian nearly couldn't help cheering out loud.
The words 'Pill Condensation Technique' appeared in golden letters on the blue segment, then melted away, turning into a beam of golden light that shot into his brow.
"Mm!"
A pain like being torn apart erupted simultaneously in his mind and body. He knew this was the system remodeling him.
He gritted his teeth and endured!
Luckily, the pain didn't last long—it faded after five minutes.
"Buzz!"
A sudden flash of insight formed in Ian's mind: Pill Condensation Technique, sixth-grade lower divine ability. As long as he had enough materials, he could condense the corresponding pills. No daily limit, each use consumes one point of spiritual power.
"Damn! This system is just too awesome, isn't it?" Ian almost cheered again. He'd only hoped for a pill-refining technique, but the system had actually given him a direct pill-condensing divine ability.
"Ding! Host level increased to 6. System rewards one lottery draw!"
He pulled up the system panel and saw his spiritual power had risen from 499 to 500. Apparently, the system's remodeling had boosted his spiritual power by one point.
"Draw!"
Ian tapped the 'Draw' character again, and the pointer started spinning once more.
It finally landed on the red segment.
Lottery rewards rarely give anything good, so Ian didn't get his hopes up.
"Singing Master!"
Seeing the skill he'd drawn, Ian muttered to himself, "Well, there's another skill for showing off."
Putting away the lottery wheel, Ian pulled up the system panel:
Host: Ian Song
Level: 6
Physique: 2800 points
Spiritual Power: 500 points
Skills: Martial Arts, Piano Master, Driving Mastery, Gun Master, Super Chef, Language Master, Singing Master, Raging Tidal Surge, Thousand-Hand Buddha, Ninefold Dragon Step, Whirlwind Thirty-Nine Forms, Huarong Golden Needle Technique
Divine Abilities: Photographic Memory, Mastery Insight, Clairvoyant Vision, Radiance of Life, Spatial Stasis, Gravity Domain, Pill Condensation Technique
Core Manual: Origin-Nurturing Scripture (Innate Initial Stage)
Fame Points: 420 million
After closing the system panel, Ian asked Meow-Meow, "How many Fame Points for the next lottery draw?"
"Two hundred million!"
Hearing that number, Ian felt a twinge in his teeth. Four hundred and twenty million Fame Points sounded like a lot, but after one more draw, he'd be short.
"Sigh, Fame Points... How am I supposed to earn more?"
Steadying his mind, Ian picked up the other dossier.
This dossier was called the Treasure Herb Compendium. It was similar to the Alien Beast Field Guide, with both images and text, but this one introduced Treasure Herbs instead of alien beasts.
After a quick browse, Ian realized these so-called Treasure Herbs were actually Spirit Medicines. Now that he'd gained Pill Condensation Technique, he automatically gained the ability to identify Spirit Medicines.
"A world with Demonic Beasts and Spirit Medicines... Could the wormhole really connect to a cultivation realm?" Ian couldn't help feeling worried. Compared to martial artists, cultivators were far stronger. If a real cultivator came through the wormhole, it could spell disaster for the planet.
But with his current status, he couldn't exactly tell the country to close the wormhole. Besides, he planned to enter that world to find Spirit Medicines and Demonic Beasts for pill refining.
The Treasure Herb Compendium only recorded 93 types of Spirit Medicines, all first- to third-grade, with none above third-grade.
Spirit Medicines are divided into nine grades—the higher the grade, the harsher the environment and the more spiritual energy and years required for growth.
Even the descriptions of the 93 Spirit Medicines were vague. Clearly, the authorities were still in the exploratory stage.
But for him, that was an opportunity.
As long as he could refine large quantities of pills that boosted cultivation or physique, he could train legions of experts.
Thinking of this, he started looking forward to entering the Secret Realm in three days.
Three days flew by. During that time, Ian, as captain, repeatedly gathered his seven teammates to build rapport, so when everyone reconvened at the training ground, there was already a sense of camaraderie.
Logan Long appeared, accompanied by a silver-haired elder.
The elder's hair was pure silver, but his face was ruddy and his eyes, though cloudy, shone with a deep wisdom.
"This is our War God Squad commander, General Harold Han!" Logan introduced him to everyone.
Everyone had guessed this old man's background was unusual, but no one expected him to be their supreme superior.