Chapter 458 — Contract and Awakening (Thanks to the big shot 'Zhai Cai' for the Golden Alliance!)
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Shi Jin held the inheritance crystal and never did throw it.
Jewel Cat: ??
Ying ying ying.
The Jewel Cat stared fixedly at the inheritance crystal.
"Oh, right." Shi Li: "Teacher Cat, do me a favor."
"Tell me, tell me." The Jewel Cat still stared fixedly at the inheritance crystal. "I'll tell you once I've thought it through."
Jewel Cat: ?
The Jewel Cat snatched the inheritance crystal in one go, muttering to itself—forget it!
It had already foreseen that this inheritance crystal amounted to a contract of sale. Fine, sold! So long as it did not have to fight a demigod, anything was negotiable.
"Then I'll go absorb it." The Jewel Cat took the inheritance crystal, instantly unable to wait. And Shi Jin, too, nodded gravely, curious to see what level the Jewel Cat's strength could reach after accepting the Nine-Colored Divine Radiance inheritance.
If it was weak, he would keep it in Donghuang to work for him, tasked with helping train the various legions.
If it was strong, he would keep it at his side as a bodyguard...
And after the Jewel Cat entered an independent space and began its secluded absorption, Shi Tan's side also gradually roused.
Though the sleep had not been long, with all those tonics in his belly, sleep was merely for better absorbing their efficacy.
Shi Jin stretched, sat down on the sofa, and was just about to watch some television to see how the various media outlets were praising him, when suddenly, the second beast-taming space showed some looseness.
"Holy shit."
Shi Shuo was startled and shot to his feet. He hadn't noticed it before, but now that he sensed carefully, his first beast-taming space and second beast-taming space were strengthening on their own?
It was as if he were meditating at every moment.
The efficiency was far lower than his own meditation—only one percent—but it was automatic.
"Is this another benefit of contracting a Star Child?" Shi Jin hurriedly sat back down. Sensing the loosening of his second beast-taming space, he too entered a meditative state.
He wanted to open the second beast-taming space at once and learn what innate talent came attached to this beast-taming space.
About two minutes later.
The chaotic second beast-taming space formed a transparent spatial crystal wall, and a level-one beast-taming space, marking him a trainee beast tamer, slowly opened within Shi Jin's body.
Shi Jin could feel that it was independent of the first beast-taming space, and that in the short term the two might not be able to merge.
At this moment, none of that was what Shi Jin cared about most. What concerned him most was...
Boom!!
Shi Jin's eyes flew open.
He had truly awakened a new beast-taming talent.
Only, this beast-taming talent was one that Shi Jin could never in any way have anticipated.
"How could it be this talent..." Shi Shuo's face went blank.
Even if he had gotten another telepathy talent, attached respectively to each of the two beast-taming spaces, he would not have been surprised.
But Shi Jin had never expected to awaken the "body control" talent. Yes, exactly—the body control talent of that legend of White River Island.
The one he had plundered through the talent orb...
At this moment the talent orb was still in his hand, and yet he had awakened the same talent—no wonder Shi Jin was dumbfounded.
"Is this because I've used the body control talent orb too many times?"
"If so, thank goodness I didn't awaken the awakening talent. That one's truly no good."
After all, Shi Jin had no intention of changing class to become a full-time mechanist. Body control talent—Shi Jin's expression was complicated, but soon he smiled in satisfaction.
Worth it!!
Better than some metal-enhancement talent or fire-enhancement talent.
Though it was no match for talents like time-bending, space enhancement, or evolution, it still counted as a first-rate talent.
Even though he already had a body control talent orb, that made no difference at all.
The grade of a talent plundered by a plundering item depended on the talent grade of the original beast tamer; once plundered, it could no longer grow.
In other words, the body control talent in the talent orb was only equivalent to the development level of a level-seven beast tamer.
But Shi Jin's own body control talent could rise to legendary or even divine grade as his second beast-taming space leveled up.
For Shi Jin's better development of physical, mental, soul, and spiritual power in the future, this talent was in fact more useful than the vast majority of others.
Moreover, the body control talent could also be used on pet beasts, helping them better master their own bodily power.
Perhaps it would help Little Purple open up the inner world, and help Yaya master the abyssal form—both to some degree.
These were advanced uses. Beyond them, the body control talent also allowed free control of oneself—for instance, if Shi Jin wanted to change his face or hair color, he no longer needed the time-bending fruit at all.
Once he had fully developed the body control talent, he could make himself look however he wished—he could even switch sexes, though maintaining a new form would consume more stamina.
With the lifetime's worth of talent experience of the White River legend, Shi Jin understood this talent very well.
"Another support talent, just like telepathy and the skill codex. It may not be the best talent, but it should be the one that suits me best right now." Shi Jin was pleased.
Excellent. Later, when he went abroad to roam about, using the body control talent to disguise himself would be even more convenient. And besides...
"Interesting." Shi Jin activated the contract halo of the second beast-taming space, along with the summoning array.
Looking at the nearly transparent summoning array before him, he burst out laughing.
Wasn't this the array anomaly of a trainee beast tamer?
"The color of the spatial crystal wall is separate too. That way, if I contract Little Ji in the second space later and summon it, no one will think I'm a legendary beast tamer—they'll think I'm a low-level beast tamer.
"Combined with the body control talent, even before a demigod, probably no one could recognize me as Shi Jin...
"But all that's empty. The main thing is to raise my combat power quickly. Being able to face a demigod head-on—that's the real truth."
After awakening the new talent, Shi Jin felt his body's condition was unexpectedly good, and he couldn't help but take out the Eternal Flower he had stored away.
This was a divine-grade resource.
Eat it, and instantly gain ten thousand years of lifespan!
Until that lifespan is exhausted, one would never age again, forever preserved in one's prime!
Shi Jin drew a deep breath, and without another word, swallowed the god-tier resource himself.
The World Tree Fruit, which represented comprehension, and the Undying Fruit, which represented the soul—now joined by the Eternal Flower, which represented life. Having consumed them all, Shi Jin intended to go at once and attempt the fusion of super-tier skills!