Chapter 30: Primitive Fire

Secret feed is divided into three kinds: the first kind is evolutionary secret feed that can extract the essence of all materials, allowing pet beasts to evolve, such as the Void Saintess Fruit that transformed Little Spider, which is a supreme and miraculous existence.

The second kind is sacrificial secret feed, which can intercept forbidden time and ancient existences of historical sacrificial significance; due to its high-end nature, it is temporarily unusable.

The third kind is skill secret feeds, which can be made by refining special extraordinary materials, functioning as an edible version of a skill learning device.

However, unlike ordinary pet beasts learning new skills, skill secret feeds do not require a match of attributes, species, and other factors. Just eating it will grant the skill and even offer a beginner’s proficiency bonus.

While forced learning is possible, if the attribute gap is too wide, it will be abnormally difficult to increase proficiency later on.

For example, an earth-attribute walking Dekun learning the Water Gun skill, even if it practices ceaselessly day and night for two and a half years, the proficiency of the Water Gun will still increase very slowly.

Because it cannot spout water!

If it could speak, it would definitely say, with tears in its eyes,

“This servant cannot do it!”

But with the proficiency template boost, if one really managed to grind to max level, it might produce a peculiar effect and embody the art of a great flood!

Become an evolved Water-Spraying Dekun!

The skill secret feed to be crafted this time was found by Lu Yu in the secret feed heritage, centering on the “Ghost Face Curse Frog’s Curse Puppet Organ,” which best complements Little Spider’s silk-thread abilities.

Unlike evolutionary secret feed which can be infinitely combined according to one’s imagination, skill secret feed is akin to traditional potion craft, with strict requirements and steps.

Therefore, Lu Yu almost spent all his savings to buy two extraordinary materials.

With an excited heart, he uncovered the seal spell and the moment he opened the box, mist scattered, resembling opening a refrigerator’s freezer on a hot summer day, making the temperature a bit cooler.

On the white silk inside the box, five black feathers were placed on the left side, surrounded by a mist that didn’t dissipate, appearing mysterious and dark.

These are from the bordering Misty Market, near an ecosystem called Misty Forest, a type of water-system pet beast—Mist Crows.

Their race’s potential is elite-peak level, they look similar to ordinary crows, and are all black. They feed on fish and mice, especially fond of drinking water. Their feathers possess a strong water storage effect and can release a huge amount of mist while flying, which is used to conceal themselves or against enemies.

Every year, there are incidents of travelers getting lost in the Mist Crow’s mist due to losing their sense of direction.

Some even speculate that the dense fog in Misty Forest is the domain released by a powerful Mist Crow, but this is mostly dismissed as a joke.

To envelop Misty Forest, which spans thousands of square kilometers, in fog is impossible even for a Morning Star-level supreme pet beast, let alone an elite-peak Mist Crow.

However, the feathers of the Mist Crow have a very strong water storage capacity and are excellent water-system extraordinary materials, perfect for use as a humidifier at home.

The other material is a glass vial inscribed with spells, containing a gleaming beautiful blue liquid reminiscent of a soul from legends.

This is the blood of an elite-level pet beast unique to the Spirit Realm Ecology—the Spirit Realm Spider, which spins invisible threads to form traps, causing prey walking on the road to fall into these traps, where they are wrapped up, injected with toxin, dissolved into liquid, and then devoured.

Lu Yu also went through a lot of trouble to find a Spirit Realm pet beast farm and spent a lot of money to buy five drops.

After purchasing the two extraordinary materials, his card was instantly emptied, leaving only a few thousand dollars.

“It’s a good thing that making skill secret feed doesn’t require spending mental energy, or I would really be drained…”

Lu Yu sighed, then with a thought, limitless chaos flow engulfed him, and once again he transformed into the Thousand-Hand Demon God.

Numerous chaos flows condensed and compressed, forming a massive black furnace where dark gold flames burned fiercely. A spark from them could incinerate a world.

Yet at its core lay an immense reservoir of life energy.

As if… it represented the nurturing of life!

“Does the world birth from the burning of fire? The primal fire?”

Lu Yu pondered but did not forget his task at hand. After all, these things can only be used in the Creator’s space and cannot be taken outside.

So, he took out a sticky black meat lump from the material library, the mucous fold of the Ghost Face Curse Frog, also known as the vocal cord.

The power of the Ghost Face Curse Frog comes from sound, using sound as a medium to spread curses. Thus, its extraordinary characteristics are all concentrated in these vocal cords. While it is not fully nurtured, its rating has reached two-star top grade.

Truly worthy of the Undead Series Golden Ranking No.9 precious pet beast.

Compared to the Ghost Face Curse Frog, the other two materials, being renewable resources, have a one-star top grade rating.

Lu Yu first threw the “Ghost Face Curse Frog’s Curse Puppet Organ” into the fire. Within this peculiar flame of life, impurities within the obsidian vocal cords were purged until only a black liquid remained.

Seizing the moment, he took out the five feathers of the Mist Crow, trimmed them with chaos flow to exactly 100g—no more, no less—then threw them in. Instantly, they turned into strands of smoke intertwining together.

Having one’s feathers pruned by the annihilating chaos flow truly was a crow’s peak moment in life, a tale to brag about for a lifetime.

Lastly, he dropped in the five drops of Spirit Realm Spider’s blood. The three intertwined together, ultimately condensing into a transparent jelly, but upon closer inspection, it was seen to be made of countless transparent threads, with a bouncy texture to the touch.

And the relevant information also appeared in front of him.

“Skill Secret Feed—Spirit Puppet Thread Pudding: Born from a complete Ghost Face Curse Frog’s Curse Puppet Organ as the core, distilling the essence of the curse, burning 100g of Mist Crow feathers, and finally integrating five drops of Spirit Realm Spider’s blood. Consuming it grants a special high-level skill—Spirit Puppet Thread.”

Making skill secret feed is not difficult; one can directly summon the chaos furnace in the outside world for refining. This time it was purely his fear of wasting materials, hence he played it safe.

Moreover, the description perfectly laid out the recipe, seemingly by following the steps one can create a feat unprecedented.

Eating it grants the skill, directly outclassing all skill learning machines on the market and thus with this recipe, one could start a company, receive angel investment, marry a princess, and reach the pinnacle of life…

Bullshit!

The first step of refining the essence of the curse alone would stump 99.99% of material science masters.

Stripping the essence would be at least taboo-level. Even though Lu Yu relies on the power of the Thousand-Hand Demon God, he cannot expose this secret.

The entrepreneurial plan was dead before it even began.

However, in the future, once his strength grows, he could find ways to simplify the processes of lower-grade skill secret feeds for sale.

Lu Yu felt some regret and returned to reality, looking at Little Spider still nibbling on a cookie, he passed the skill secret feed over.

“Ying?”

Little Spider picked up the bouncy jelly, sniffed with its little nose, then opened its mouth to suck in the transparent threads like mist vanishing into its mouth.

There was no earth-shattering phenomenon, only Little Spider’s panel data underwent a slight change, showing an additional skill.

“Spirit Puppet Thread”

After Lu Yu finished reading the skill’s description, he couldn’t help but exclaim:

“How terrifying…”