Chapter 143: Mighty Elephant and Dewdrop
Chapter 143: Mighty Elephant and Dewdrop
Chen Xiyi stayed in Gui City for only two days before deciding to leave.
Staying there served no purpose; he was merely eating, drinking, and idling his time away.
He figured it would be better to return to the Shu King Palace Shelter and conduct more experiments instead.
Li Zhao asked him to stay a few more days, but Chen Xiyi refused, saying he had already wasted two days and didn’t have that much time to spare.
In truth, everyone was extremely busy.
Li Zhao had to manage affairs across four cities and also plan subsequent retaliations.
They were currently engaged in a war of words, waiting for tensions to boil over into actual fighting.
Mi Hong was busy too; she returned to work at the Benevolent World Guild the day after her wedding.
Initially, the couple might have taken a bit more time off, but after the major incident at the wedding banquet, all subsequent arrangements were abandoned.
As for Liu Ming and the others, they naturally returned to their posts under heavy guard.
In these troubled times, it wasn’t wise to linger unnecessarily, lest complications arise.
To be honest, based on Chen Xiyi’s thinking, if he were to leave the city alone, he might get shot.
In these chaotic times, anything was possible, especially since someone had already set their sights on Gui City.
As Li Zhao’s guest of honor, how could he not attract attention?
At the wedding banquet, many guests had seen him, and among them were surely those with ulterior motives—not everyone was pure-hearted.
Fortunately, Chen Xiyi didn’t usually travel on foot.
After telling Li Zhao he was leaving, he immediately teleported back to the Shu King Palace Shelter.
Unless they came to Shu territory to dig up the Shu King’s tomb, they would never find Chen Xiyi.
There were numerous warlord territories in between; did they really think they could swagger through unscathed?
But if they actually dared to come, Chen Xiyi would reluctantly capture them all as test subjects.
What else could he do? It wasn’t like he could invite them for a meal.
After returning to the Shu King Palace, Chen Xiyi threw himself headlong into his work.
Seasons passed, and a full year went by before Chen Xiyi finished reading and thoroughly understanding all the books in the Library Repository.
During that time, Li Zhao sent several letters.
One was for his son’s full-moon celebration, but given the lesson from the wedding banquet, it was a small, private affair.
Chen Xiyi didn’t attend; he sent a gift with his regrets.
There was no point in going—it was just a minor matter anyway.
Most of the letters contained legacies sent to him.
Some of these legacies Chen Xiyi had already obtained from the Void Heaven Library, while others he had never seen before—clearly, some Qi Refiners hadn’t contributed all their knowledge to the library.
Each year, Qi Refiners only needed to submit one book to the Void Heaven Library; they weren’t required to donate everything.
It was their prerogative.
Over the past two years, Chen Xiyi had submitted his initial research drafts on Corpse Body and Chang Ghost, thus fulfilling his obligation.
Besides the legacies, there were also two Fairies: the glove Fairy Mighty Elephant and the kettle Fairy Dewdrop.
Like the pouch Fairy, they transformed into objects.
[Glove Fairy: Mighty Elephant]
[Satiety Level: 100/100]
[Ability 1: Mighty Elephant Strength]
[Ability 2: Rough Yet Refined]
[Ability 3: Unparalleled Defense]
Mighty Elephant was a small, anthropomorphic-looking elephant, not much larger than Chen Xiyi’s palm.
It could transform into a pair of black gloves embroidered with gold thread, which Chen Xiyi now wore on his hands.
The gloves provided him with Human Qi; after receiving it, Chen Xiyi felt his body slightly strengthened along with his Primordial Spirit cultivation—a derivative of Human Qi.
The three abilities were quite useful.
Mighty Elephant Strength gave his hands immense power.
Unfortunately, since Mighty Elephant was a glove Fairy, the enhancement only applied to his hands—even though it defied logic, as generating force involves the whole body, not just the hands.
Rough Yet Refined made Chen Xiyi’s hands more dexterous, balancing strength with finesse.
Lastly, Unparalleled Defense provided strong defensive capabilities for his hands.
This meant that if he couldn’t catch a bullet bare-handed, he could still block it with his hands.
He might not catch it, but he could stop it.
Sadly, Mighty Elephant was a glove Fairy; perhaps due to its experiences, it could only enhance Chen Xiyi’s combat power after transforming into gloves.
It didn’t possess combat capabilities itself—a limitation of Fairies in this world.
After all, some factors were beyond control.
Moreover, it activated several related bonds, such as Dragon-Elephant Might.
With Mighty Elephant as the “elephant,” he still needed a dragon-type Fairy.
As for Royal Authority, it wasn’t a dragon; its true form was actually a bonsai, and the ink dragon on it was just an illusion, so the bond System didn’t recognize it.
Besides Dragon-Elephant Might, there was also the Winter Set, requiring gloves, a scarf, a felt hat, etc.—no easy feat.
[Kettle Fairy: Dewdrop]
[Satiety Level: 100/100]
[Ability 1: Sudden Enlightenment]
[Ability 2: Nectar Healing]
[Ability 3: Ailment Removal]
Dewdrop was rather peculiar—a turtle whose shell had turned into a lotus leaf, also quite small.
It could transform into a small silver-plated kettle.
After turning into a kettle, it would produce one drop of dew each at morning, noon, and night.
The dew from each time was different.
The morning dew had the Sudden Enlightenment function; after consumption, it could serve as nourishment for the Primordial Spirit.
Perhaps because its growth was insufficient, it was relatively useless to Chen Xiyi, though it could improve over time.
But that was only for Chen Xiyi; in other words, it was like an experience potion, usable by anyone.
The noon droplet was Nectar Healing, with a simple effect: restoring 100% Health Points.
The final droplet at night naturally had Ailment Removal, also straightforward: eliminating one negative status.
More importantly, these three dewdrops could be stacked without limit.
For Chen Xiyi, only the Nectar Healing droplet for Health Points recovery was useful.
The Sudden Enlightenment experience water and Ailment Removal for negating negative statuses were more beneficial for NPCs.
Of course, that was just for now; as Dewdrop grew, these three abilities would become increasingly overpowered.
This was only the beginning.
But that wasn’t the main point; the key was that Dewdrop could use them for him.
For example, if someone destroyed all his equipment with one move, and the excess damage triggered Zhangliu’s death evasion, leaving him with only 1% Health Points, Dewdrop would automatically use a Nectar Healing droplet to fully restore his Health Points.
With these two abilities combined, as long as the Nectar Healing droplets weren’t exhausted, Chen Xiyi was virtually immortal.
The Ailment Removal ability was also useful; his Sturdy Enchantment could only exempt one negative status at a time.
If he encountered multiple negative statuses, Dewdrop could use multiple Ailment Removal droplets to eliminate them all at once.
As for the Sudden Enlightenment experience water, it was best saved up and used all at once for leveling up, which was excellent.
Moreover, if not used, the experience water would accumulate more experience as Dewdrop grew, making it a guaranteed profitable investment.
One or two days might not show much, but if accumulated over ten years, with over three thousand droplets of each type in the kettle, it was no small amount.
The longer the accumulation, the greater Dewdrop’s value.
The Qi Mechanism that Dewdrop provided to Chen Xiyi surprised him—it was Human Qi.
He never expected Dewdrop to offer this type of Qi Mechanism.
With both Human Qi and Yang Qi, Chen Xiyi’s subsequent experiments would proceed more smoothly.
Dewdrop also brought many updates to the bond System, some sensible and some bizarre.
Sensible ones included Turtle-Crane Longevity, which required finding a crane-type Fairy, or Ginseng Nectar, which needed a ginseng-type Fairy.
There was also Nectar Vermilion Grass, which required a vermilion grass-type Fairy.
Among the bizarre ones were sets like Pots and Pans, or matching pairs like Kettle and Cup.
Chen Xiyi guessed that both the gloves and the kettle were damaged Ritual Implements, and they had likely been around for a long time—perhaps even used by the Qi Refiners of Void Heaven.
Otherwise, how could they possess complete Spirituality?
To be honest, Chen Xiyi wanted to cultivate a Fairy himself, but it would probably take a lot of time, so it remained on his to-do list without implementation.
Mainly because he wanted too much—like completing all the bonds at once.
But after some thought, Chen Xiyi figured it would be better to focus on enhancing his own strength and then explore how to artificially complete Spirituality.
He believed that the time cost of cultivating complete Spirituality himself would be enough for him to decipher the Historical Connotation and Spirituality within the items.
Items that could be enlightened into Fairies required time units of at least ten thousand years and had to be long held by significant figures.
Whether the Qi Refiners of this world or the three patriarchs of the Shanhe Sect from the previous world, they all existed for at least ten thousand years.
But Chen Xiyi felt that with his accelerated growth rate, he might catch up in less than ten thousand years.
He was quite confident in himself; as a Player, wasn’t rapid growth normal?
If he had a leveling module, his level would probably be sky-high by now.
If he could really grow stronger that way, he would surely grab his Firearm and slaughter all the demons and monsters from start to finish—not even sparing the Qi Refiners.
Unfortunately, the Home Game was a sandbox farming game, and most Fairies leaned toward farming rather than combat.
Although Mighty Elephant enhanced his strength for fighting, think about it—alternatively, it could mean having strong hands for farming.
It was just that Chen Xiyi’s actions kept pulling some Fairies away from their original purposes.
Nowadays, aside from returning to his Homestead daily to collect some flora, fauna, and wood, he barely touched farming.
Instead, Shanyue and Jianghu now produced large quantities of resources through breeding, achieving self-sufficiency.
Of course, they also produced many Spiritual Items, all of which Chen Xiyi fed to Shanyue and Jianghu themselves, hoping to yield more Spiritual Items in the future.
‘In this world, it’s probably impossible to find Fairies like Shanyue and Jianghu.’
He had pretty much figured out the types of Fairies in this world: either they transformed into objects or attached to bodies, maximizing their utility only when assisting.
It was unlikely there would be independent Fairies.
‘But that’s fine. I wonder if I can complete the Five Sense Organs and Five Senses bonds in this world—it shouldn’t be too difficult, since there are only so many organs, and as long as they don’t stray into internal organs, it should be manageable.’
Actually, Chen Xiyi really wanted a Fairy with plant expertise, farming skills, or breeding specialization to manage his Homestead.
Otherwise, doing everything himself was quite troublesome.
Of course, he also needed Fairies for construction, management, etc., to handle all the logistics.
His Homestead still only had a Wooden Hut; he had been meaning to upgrade it for years, but kept putting it off.
Even procrastination wouldn’t dare drag on this long.