Chapter 4: Abyssal Demon Eye, Skillful Delicacy!

The Golden Medallion is its full name, the Golden Pioneer Medallion!

It is an accolade released by the Supreme Council-subordinate Human Alliance to which Lu Yu belongs, composed of the Golden Medallion, Morning Star Medallion, and so forth…

There are two ways to acquire the Golden Medallion: one is by completing ten Alliance-designated golden missions, and the other is the heroes who sacrificed themselves in official pioneering missions.

Lu Yu belonged to the latter category.

His parents, being half-system insiders, participated in official pioneering missions and sacrificed themselves, leaving him with a Golden Medallion which he could choose to exchange for a vast wealth of equivalent value.

In some ways, he was the Alliance’s legitimate direct descendent.

The purpose of the medallion of distinction was simple: it could be exchanged for a golden spiritual being, which is the commanding potential pet beast! (In relation to humans’ bronze, silver, gold levels, these beasts are the servants, elite, and commanders of the pet beasts.)

It was akin to Pokémon, where the children of the League could receive a potential spirit creature named after the three starters at the age of ten.

Of course, not everyone has it; otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many bug catchers and mediocre opponents.

Certainly, such details are not disclosed in the beautiful world of childhood innocence.

The reason why Lu Yu chose not to use his medallion of distinction wasn’t due to some psychological PTSD, not wanting to let go of his father’s relics or any melodramatic excuses.

Partially, the reason was that he had been nursing an injury since his awakening—moreover, using the Golden Medallion came with a cost.

The first was reaching adulthood at eighteen.

The second requirement was to be of clean personal properties.

The third was that after receiving it, within a year of advancing to the Bronze rank, one needs to complete five Alliance-released Bronze tasks, within three years of advancing to the Silver rank, complete two Silver tasks, and one Golden task after attaining Golden spirit status.

Each task comes with corresponding rewards and earns internal Alliance points, exchangeable for rare resources.

Conditions are not harsh.

One could also choose to exchange it for a large sum of money to purchase pet beasts.

Even so, Lu Yu would accept it since the first pet beast is an essential foundation for a pet beast master.

However…

This is Dayuan City!

In terms of single-cycle infrastructure, army presence, economy, and development level, it is a quasi-first-level city within the entire Alliance, second only to fourteen first-level cities, and below it are hundreds of second-level cities.

The reason for this name is not some bizarre explanation related to a strong person called Zheng Dayuan or Xu Dayuan, but because it is on the brink of the critical point between human and demon ecological circles.

The Great Abyss!

An enormous rift of unknown length almost splits the world apart.

On the opposite shore is the dominion of demon ecology, densely packed with transcendental lives living in tribal ways, birthed in countless miraculous ecological sanctuaries.

Legend has it that the bottom of the Great Abyss connects to the abyssal dimension because of unstable space, occasionally even interrupted by interjections of void creatures, and even the spirit world randomly linking to reality here, making it a chaotic place naturally entrenched by heretical deity cults that have been excommunicated from human society…

It could almost be called a hubbub of devils.

Although Dayuan City and the many cities around it are tens of thousands of miles away from the actual frontline, guarded by many satellite towns and without major battles for decades, seemingly safe—

If one were to take on official tasks, there’s a high probability of approaching the Great Abyss or eradicating cult organizations of evil deities.

Although danger brings opportunities—

It’s too unstable!

Moreover, there’s an issue that the pet beasts exchanged with the Golden Medallion are generally war spoils from special scientific expeditions into the wilderness or annihilating cults of evil deities.

Most of these pet beasts lean towards evil alignments, some even spawn under the contamination of evil deity powers.

After screening, if there are no major issues, they would be kept; minor issues are ignored.

They are potent, but their spirit is unstable, prone to mutation or backlash.

It’s not safe.

However, ordinary people wouldn’t care about these—getting a commanding potential pet beast is already a great fortune; it’s impossible to be insatiably greedy.

Lu Yu is not overly particular, but due to the “Forbidden Sun” incident, he needed several months to recover mentally and could not perform official tasks.

Therefore, he started with what’s at hand, to see if he could use the Eye of Truth to accumulate initial capital and then get a commanding potential pet beast as his first.

Once powerful enough, then use the Golden Medallion to exchange for a second or third pet beast.

If the initial accumulation failed, exchange it decisively.

As it turned out, he completed the Taohua Pig Breeding Manual within three months and already had the bargaining chip to negotiate with school authorities.

Only that it would take a few more months for the number of Taohua pigs to double, and in the end, it might not be possible to exchange for a commander tier pet beast.

Especially since school resources primarily consist of secret realm pet beasts from places like Taohua County, focusing mainly on plant and animal types.

If he wants to tackle the nightmare, he must find cursed, psychic, or dream-related pet beasts.

As for the unstable spirit… to him, who has witnessed forbidden secrets without breaking down, this is hardly a flaw.

It’s good as long as the pet beast isn’t contaminated by him in reverse.

The reason why he approached the Student Council President was that having a system insider would facilitate things and allow him to use the school’s green channel—no need to schedule an appointment or waste a week or two waiting.

After a lengthy silence, a message arrived.

【Student Council President: Not raising pigs anymore?】

Lu Yu’s face stiffened, and if he didn’t know the other person’s personality, he would certainly think that this was mocking him.

Those are Taohua pigs.

Not ordinary pigs!

And Bima Wen isn’t just about raising horses, it can fix fairies!

【Wolf: Yes.】

This time, Lu Yu waited five minutes with no reply.

Could it be that they didn’t want to help?

Lu Yu came to terms with it. After all, his relationship with the Student Council President was just that of regular colleagues—it was normal for the other party not wanting to help.

“It looks like I have to find the principal myself…”

Lu Yu pondered and rose to his feet when suddenly a wild wind raged, whipping up dust.

He instinctively looked up and saw a white-haired, red-eyed girl descending from the sky, vampire demonic wings flapping behind her, slowing her descent until her black leather shoes lightly touched the ground.

In the process, the well-proportioned silhouette of her tall, attractive body was showcased to perfection. The white shirt clung to the impressive curves, faintly revealing a ravine, and the gray pleated skirt wrapped around the peach-like hips.

Her long legs, encased in white knee socks, were straight and slender, nearly glowing, shining under the sun.

Despite such a sexy appearance, the girl, as if a masterpiece meticulously sculpted by a creator, possessed an exquisitely beautiful face that bore an indifference as cold as ice.

After landing, the pinkish bat wings behind her shrank, eventually turning into a purple big-eyed sphere with little demonic wings, a black inverted-triangle tail trailing behind, floating next to the girl.

It didn’t look terrifying, more like a flying big-eyed doll.

Nonetheless, the Abyssal Demon Eye seemed unhappy, warily watching Lu Yu, like a vegetable farmer guarding his patch from a thieving raccoon!

Lu Yu’s Eye of Truth discreetly activated.

【Abyssal Demon Eye】

【Attribute: Psychic/Demon Abyss】

【Power: Elite Peak】

【Race Potential: High Command】

【Skills: Exposure, Psychic Impact, High-Temperature Ray, Petrification Ray, Fear Ray, Intimidating Gaze】

【Description: Can possess psychic pet beasts, gaining flying capability post-possession.

Abyssal creature, a distinctive product from the eye demon’s ecological niche, producing offspring through the eye demon’s dreamscape or other demons’ dreamscape. They are solitary, brutally tempered, and strong. Proper breeding requires a diet of abundant abyssal demon bugs and flesh rich in spirit—cannot resist acidic foods.】

【Evolution Path: Eye Demon Attendant (requires materials…), Malevolent Eye Demon (requires materials…), Rare Evolution — Eye Demon Tyrant (requires materials…)…】

Not only are the attributes displayed, but also over a dozen evolution paths, including the top-tier Eye Demon Tyrant.

However, he could only grasp an overview for now; fully comprehending it would require a vast amount of spiritual energy, enough to deplete him.

Thus, the need to strengthen power.

Besides, the Eye of Truth also revealed interesting knowledge: Abyssal Eye Demon materials can be used for crafting skill delicacies.

Upon consumption, one can acquire a special skill【Panoramic Vision】, granting the pet beast a 360°, no-blind-spot field of view.

A fighting divine skill indeed!

Mom will never worry about me getting ambushed again!

But the specific methods can only be unlocked after contracting the first commander pet beast using the legacy of delicacies.

This made Lu Yu even more expectant for the future functionality of the Eye of Truth.

Looking again at the Abyssal Eye Demon, Lu Yu felt like this wasn’t a demon but a walking chest monster!

The demon had great strength of its own, boasting four inherent racial talents for ray skills, and its remaining skills were psychic abilities which were wide in range. Coupled with potential as a high commander, there was a high chance of becoming a Morning Star tier overlord creature in the future.

If he doesn’t find a suitable pet beast this time, he could resort to its aid to fend off nightmare attacks.

Tempting…

“Hiss!”

The Abyssal Eye Demon floating by the girl’s side suddenly felt a chill on its back, like it was being targeted by something dangerous.

But with a full panoramic view, no enemies were approaching!

Could it be invisible?

With this thought, the big-eyed sphere couldn’t help but lean a bit closer to its master.

It wasn’t being cowardly, just cautious!

Lu Yu realized his gaze was too intense and reluctantly moved his eyes away from the Abyssal Eye Demon, kindly warning:

“President, it’s best not to wear skirts while flying; you may expose yourself!”

After his comment, silence engulfed the scene.

The white-haired girl looked down at the ground, void of her tiptoes; she pondered for a moment before raising both sides of her skirt, pulling it up expressionlessly, she inquired:

“Does this look good?”