It seemed that although a long time had passed in the illusion, time in the real world had not flowed at all.
The medical skill tree also appeared in Qin Jie's skill bar.
Currently, only a limited number of skills were unlocked; Qin Jie only saw two.
Skill one, Analysis.
One can analyze the properties of medicinal Materials by tasting them.
Skill two, Pharmacy.
Currently craftable items: Pills, Aversion Powder, Fire Extinguishing Powder, Antidote Powder.
Analyzing the properties of target Materials through tasting—this couldn't help but remind Qin Jie of the story of Shennong tasting a hundred herbs, and his mouth twitched.
No wonder this profession required a staggering 15 points in physique.
If one ate something wrong, one could poison oneself to death, right?
Unlocking the medical skill tree required a large amount of proficiency, which could be increased by analyzing medicinal Materials or crafting medicine.
To upgrade one level, 30 proficiency and 200 paradise coins were required.
Thinking of this, Qin Jie's gaze shifted to the side.
He saw that where he was, some moss grew nearby.
Hmm.
It shouldn't poison him to death, right?
[Consumed Fountainhead Palace Moss, Proficiency +6]
The moss was spicy and bitter upon entry, with a faint fragrance. After the prompt indicating increased proficiency, Qin Jie immediately spat out the herb in his mouth.
It was incredibly disgusting.
However, the proficiency did genuinely increase. Not only that, but an analysis of the moss inexplicably appeared in Qin Jie's mind.
Bitter taste, capable of relieving paralysis to a certain extent.
Qin Jie felt a surge of emotion for a moment.
He felt a bit losing Face eating grass out in the open like this.
But the feeling of getting stronger made him quite unable to stop.
My dear sister, your older brother is out here, reduced to gnawing on turf—after tidying up, Qin Jie was a bit conflicted.
He had gained many enhancements, but with his current enhancements, it was hard to say if he had the ability to fight the Sakura Dragon head-on.
After all, the issue of his severed arm had not yet been resolved.
At this point, Qin Jie somewhat missed Giorno's Gold Experience; its healing ability was truly abnormal, easily reattaching severed limbs.
No, he was still unwilling.
Qin Jie scratched his head and glanced at the remaining 26% Soul value of the devouring abyss.
He could still spend 25% of his Soul value to change a skill once.
Gamblers were like this; they wouldn't give up until the very last moment. Qin Jie always felt he had the ability to turn the situation around.
After a moment of hesitation, Qin Jie finally decided to make some adjustments to Sword Shadow.
After all, the Overlord Soul effect clearly leaned towards a growth-oriented skill. Therefore, even if Qin Jie spent 25% of his Soul value to change it, it probably wouldn't result in anything Heaven-Defying.
But Sword Shadow was different. Once Sword Shadow changed, there would be very intuitive skill alterations. Thus, Qin Jie was quite eager to see what changes Sword Shadow would undergo.
Moreover, Qin Jie had a hunch.
Although both blue-quality devouring abyss and purple-quality devouring abyss cost 25% of Soul value for skill alteration, the Soul quality of the purple-quality devouring abyss was very likely superior.
[25% Soul value has been spent to enhance Sword Shadow.]
[Four options have been provided to the Hunter.]
Skill 1, Spirit Shadow: Generating Sword Shadow requires an additional expenditure of a certain amount of Soul value or consumes one soul crystal (small). The generated Sword Shadow possesses Soul body characteristics, reducing ordinary weapon damage by 85%.
Skill 2, Blood Shadow: Generating Sword Shadow consumes more Health, and the Sword Shadow restores a portion of the main body's Health upon killing enemies. When the Sword Shadow is killed, half of the Health consumed by the Sword Shadow is returned.
Skill 3, Shifting Shadow: Within a 300-meter range, the main body and Sword Shadow can swap positions twice. After both swaps are used, the Sword Shadow will dissipate prematurely.
Skill 4, Companion Shadow: The created Sword Shadow can replicate two blue-quality or lower equipment from the main body. Additionally, the control precision of the Sword Shadow is enhanced, and its controllable range is increased.
It's here!
Qin Jie's eyes lit up, and he unhesitatingly chose Companion Shadow.
Although this would replace the original Shadow of Concealment, the strength of the Sword Shadow would undoubtedly become stronger now.
Only a more powerful Sword Shadow could help Qin Jie continue with the subsequent tasks.
After all, he himself currently had a severed arm, limiting his combat power.
Not only that, but this inheritable equipment gave Qin Jie new ideas.
He had a pistol called decayed emissary, which was blue quality. If he used Sword Shadow to replicate this blue-quality pistol, then Qin Jie would have room for maneuver.
It seemed he had ultimately won the gamble.
Therefore, Qin Jie accepted the newly appearing task without hesitation.
[Task Accepted: Setting Things Right.]
The roar of the Sakura Dragon sounded in the distance. Qin Jie picked up the soul box and asked Xing Li, "How can I get to where the Sakura Dragon is?"
His hearing was somewhat muffled, so Xing Li had to exert a lot of effort each time to make Qin Jie hear her. Seeing her struggle to speak, Qin Jie said,
"You don't have to speak loudly."
The next moment, he summoned Sword Shadow. Through shared senses, he listened to her words through Sword Shadow.
"Huh? Th-Thank you, no, why should I thank you!"
The displeased Xing Li subconsciously wanted to slap herself twice again.
"Alright, no need to slap yourself anymore." Qin Jie had a headache and likewise canceled that command.
Making her feel dissatisfied and slap herself was just to make Xing Li understand her situation; continuously slapping herself wasn't a solution.
Seeing Qin Jie take a step back, Xing Li didn't dare to push her luck and began to explain to Qin Jie: "It's simple to see the Sakura Dragon. Do you see that mountain? The peak is where it is."
She pointed to a mountain peak in the distance, where dark Qi swirled, exuding an ominous aura.
Hearing this, Qin Jie was somewhat surprised. In the original work, one had to touch the corpse of the previous Dragon's Divine Child to enter the Sakura Dragon's location, but now, it only required climbing the mountain?
"Has something changed?"
"About two months ago, that Dragon fell from the sky and landed on that mountain."
"After that, the Sakura Dragon took root in that mountain, making it its base camp."
Two months ago? Which was shortly after the Fusion of that seed?
It seemed the Sakura Dragon had also undergone an anomaly. As the source of the seed's corruption, the anomaly occurring on the Sakura Dragon should be the greatest, so preparations needed to be made.
Qin Jie directed Sword Shadow into the water, then had it swim, heading naturally towards the distant peak.
It had to be said that even with only 10% of Health invested, the Sword Shadow's stats were already higher than those of the Samurai General Qin Jie encountered when he first came to this world.
If one were to simply multiply the attributes by one-third, the Sword Shadow's attributes wouldn't actually be as exaggerated as the Samurai General's.
However, attributes weren't a simple 1+1=2. Qin Jie speculated that the Paradise's attribute point bonus effect wasn't additive; in fact, the bonus brought by each attribute point was significantly better than the effect of the previous attribute point.
Therefore, Sword Shadow swam both fast and steadily.
A leaf floated on the water. Qin Jie picked it up and put it in his mouth.
Hmm.
Proficiency +3.