Talent Swallowing System

The High-level Spirit Stones that he merged were useless to him right now; however, the moment he became Golden Core Realm Cultivator, he could use them to speed up his cultivation.

Also, he could give them to his followers and disciples.

'Even though I can't use them now, I will still continue to merge them as I want to have as many high-level Spirit Stones as possible and when the time comes, I won't be lacking them.'

Compared to the conversion rate for the spirit stones he would get outside, Leo would be benefitted a lot by merging them. The higher the grade of the spirit stones, the better it was for Leo.

Therefore, among the 30 slots for his [Fundamental Merge], Leo decided to merge 100 low-level spirit stones and 100 mid-level spirit stones.

'Now, let's merge the high-level rank 1 storage rings before I begin my refining session.'

With that thought in mind, Leo looked at the 10 storage rings in front of him and used his talent.

[Fundamental Merge]

'Swoosh'

Soon, the ten storage rings started coming closer to one another and in no time, they merged to become a single storage ring that was a little bigger and shinier than the previous 10 storage rings.

'I wonder what kind of special effect this top-level Rank 1 Storage Ring has.'

Since he merged 10 high-level rank 1 storage rings, the merged item will be none other than a top-level rank 1 storage ring.

With a curious and expectant look on his face, Leo used his [Quasi-Divine Talent] to check the information on it.

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Item Name: Storage Ring.

Grade: Rank 1 (Top-level).

Effect: A storage space of 100 cubic centimeters can be used by the wearer.

Special Skill: Shadow Concealment: The wearer can use the skill to hide in the shadows for 10 minutes.

Note: Special Skill is only useful for one time and once used, they will disappear forever.

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Soon, the information about the Top-level Rank 1 Storage Ring appeared in Leo's head.

'The storage space of 10 cubic centimeters increased to 100 after it became a top-level…excellent.'

Just by reading the normal effect, Leo was satisfied with the merge because from now on, he could store all the pills and his items in the storage ring.

'As for the special skill, even though I can only use it once, it would be a life-saving trump card for me.'

As long as he hid himself in the shadows for 10 minutes, Leo could come up with a perfect plan to escape from, no matter what situation he was in.

Hence, Leo was excited and satisfied with the cultivation resources he had spent to get 10 storage rings.

'If a top-level rank 1 storage ring has such a good skill, how about I get a rank 2 storage ring?'

As a human, Leo's greedy nature was not suppressed for much longer as he already started thinking about the rank 2 storage ring.

'Anyway, I have to buy 10 high-level rank 2 storage rings and it would cost me 10 million low-level spirit stones. So, I should just wait and break into the Golden Core Realm before buying it.'

Even though he had some good cultivation resources he could use to get 10 million low-level spirit stones, he had to move out of Silvermoon City because he won't be getting much money in the city in a short time.

And once, he goes to a Grade 8 City and auctions then, he would get the money but at the same time, he would also become famous and chased by the Golden Core Realm Cultivators.

In a Grade 8 City, there would be three sects and each sect has a sect leader who was a Golden Core Realm Cultivator and if they form an alliance to chase after me, I will be dead even if I use the two Rank 3 combat puppets.

Hence, Leo kept his thoughts of going to the Grade 8 City on hold until he breaks through to the Golden Core Realm.

'Now, it's time for my pill refining session.'

Without wasting any time, Ajax stored all his things except for the high-level spirit stones in his storage ring before starting his pill-refining session.

'Let's complete the refinement of the Foundation Establishment Pill.'

Since there were only 11 sets of ingredients for the Foundation Establishment Pills, Leo decided to refine them and close its chapter.

'Lunar Pearl'

The pill refinement of the Foundation Establishment Pills started by refining the main ingredient, Lunar Pearl before refining the other ingredients like Moon Essence, Moon Dew and other ingredients.

Time continued to pass as Leo followed the experience he gained from the Enlightenment to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill.

His actions seemed professional as though he had decades of experience in refining the Foundation Establishment Pills.

After more than two hours, Leo successfully completed his first refinement for the Foundation Establishment Pills as Leo received the 'Ting' sound from the cauldron, indicating that the refinement is complete.

[The title [Mad Alchemist] is triggered and the pills refined by you will be doubled]

Before Leo could open the lid to see the pills inside the cauldron, he received the announcement from [Heaven's Voice], making him heave a sigh of relief.

It means that the pill refinement was successful and the pills he refined are consumable.

'Swoosh'

'20 mid-level and 20 high-level Foundation Establishment Pills…excellent.'

Leo was already expecting that, but he was still excited to see 40 perfectly shaped pills lying in the cauldron.

'Let's merge the high-level pills into top-level pills and see what kind of special effect it will have.'

Leo still has 9 slots left for merging the items today, and he planned to merge the Foundation Establishment Pills that he refined and he would be refining soon.

With that thought in mind, Leo started merring 20 high-level Foundation Establishment Pills.

[Fundament Merge]

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20 High-level Foundation Establishment Pills → 2 Top-level Foundation Establishment Pills.

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[Quasi Divine Knowledge]

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Pill Name: Foundation Establishment Pill (Not merged).

Grade: Rank 2 (High-level)

Effect: Increases the success rate of Qi-refinement Cultivator by 60 percent while breaking through to Foundation Establishment Realm.

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[Quasi Divine Knowledge]

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Pill Name: Foundation Establishment Pill (Merged).

Grade: Rank 2 (Top-level)

Effect: 1) Increases the success rate of Qi-refinement Cultivator by 100 percent while breaking through to Foundation Establishment Realm.

2) There is a 50 percent chance of directly breaking through to level 2 and a 10 percent chance of directly breaking through to level 3 Foundation Establishment Realm.

Special Effect: 1) Increases the success rate of Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivator by 10 percent while breaking through to Golden Core Realm.

Note: A cultivator can consume only three Foundation Establishment Pills in their life. It can be merged ones or normal ones, it doesn't matter as they will be counted as one.

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Unlike before, Leo used the [Quasi Divine Knowledge] to learn information about the high-level pill and the top-level pill.

Of course, the top-level pill was much better than a high-level pill and Leo was excited to see some additional effects.

As for the first effect and the special effect, Leo was not surprised much because he had already expected them; however, he didn't expect the second and third effects of the top-level pill.

'Since I have never consumed a Foundation Establishment Pill, I can consume three of them and stack the special effect three times which means I will have a 30 percent success rate.'

Leo was getting close to breaking through to the Golden Core Realm and of course, he was excited about it.

'Even though my disciples can use the combination of three Qi-refinement Pills and three Qi-Harmony Pills to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, I will just use the top-level Foundation Establishment Pills.'

Leo wanted to help his disciples to make use of the second and third effects of the top-level Foundation Establishment Pills and as for breaking through to the Golden Core Realm, Leo had already something else.

'By them, I will be a Golden Core Realm Cultivator and will have the ability to buy the Golden Core Pills or if I work a little bit on my alchemy, I can refine my own Golden Core Pills.'

Leo was not worried about the future because he had already started storing the High-level Spirit Stones for his future.

'I wonder what is my success rate of breaking through to the Golden Core Realm if I use the three top-level Foundation Establishment Pills?'

Suddenly, Leo became curious about it and used the [Quasi-Divine Knowledge] to see the success rate of his breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm.

[Quasi Divine Knowledge]

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Success rate: 31 Percent.

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'Sigh…as expected of my predecessor, he died while trying to break into the Golden Core Realm Cultivator.'

Leo could not help but sigh at the percentage that appeared in his head and decided to wait until it reached 100 percent.

To do that, he just needed to accumulate more resources that could increase the success rate.

'Anyway, I will complete the refinement of my remaining nine sets of Foundation Establishment Pills.'

Even though he was unable to break through to the Golden Core Realm, Leo was happy to find out that he was on the right path and doing the right thing.

As long as he continued to work hard, it would be a matter of time before his success rate increased to 100 percent for his breakthrough.

Time continued to pass as Leo completed refining the 10 sets of ingredients for the Foundation Establishment Realm before he received an announcement from [Heaven's Voice].