Chen Ku first stared at the yellow earth dragon coiled above his Heart Sea. With a brass-yellow body, it was about thirty to forty meters long, having a bull's nose, deer horns, lion's claws, a lion's mane, a bull's tail, salamander whiskers, and the mouth of a lion—it resembled a yellow earth Qilin even more than a dragon. His heartbeat thundered even more when he looked at those abilities. Staring at the myriad of 'abilities' of the Hui Dragon, there wasn't a single useless one; it had retained all the top advantages of the five major transformations. And moreover, those were just the innate abilities; after fusion, three new abilities had unexpectedly arisen.

[Hui Dragon Talented (Rare Talent)]

[Strength of One Dragon]

[Earth Escape]

This was the first time Chen Ku had encountered the concept of Rare Talent. Before this, he had only learned from Medicine King Hall and people of the Martial Forest in Baojiao County that Qualifications are roughly divided into four levels: low, average, high, and Outstanding.

The lowest level of Qualifications belonged to the dull-witted, those who, no matter how they practiced a set of moves, could never master it due to fear of hardship and laziness.

Average Qualifications were a bit better, possessing insight and understanding capability, mostly representing ordinary people—the so-called 'posture of the average,' referring to the general populace.

High Qualifications naturally represented the standout individuals; ordinary people could distinctly feel the difference between them, often mastering the same thing at a faster pace.

Outstanding, as the name implies, were genuine geniuses, the favored children of heaven, like those young people in the Prefecture City who could reach great achievement or even the Perfection Realm in an Ultimate Skill after only a few years of practice. Di Jianqing, Cai Feihong, and Fu Huangfei were such people.

With the blessing of many transformations, Chen Ku's Martial Arts practice progressed swiftly, and he too was considered in the league of the Outstanding.

But what level of Qualification is Rare Talent? As the name suggests, it seemed scarce and uncommon. Could it be a level of Qualification even better than Outstanding?

Chen Ku opened his eyes. At this moment, cloaked in the Hui Dragon Transformation, he was already feeling some of its effects. It was as if he had been half-asleep before, and now his mind was finally clear; the angles and methods with which he approached problems had changed, and the whole world seemed to have opened up to him.

Has my Comprehension improved?

Chen Ku couldn't believe it. Many Moves and gates that were previously bottlenecked no longer posed any difficulty in his mind. It was as if the spiritual and physical meridians of his body had been unblocked.

How do I feel that I could perform the first five Moves of the Furious Ape Mighty Staff with great achievement now? Even the Skyward Strike seems to be at the Perfection Realm!

Chen Ku was incredulous. His hands unconsciously reached for the staff in the room, and with a knock, the first five Moves of the Furious Ape Mighty Staff were unleashed. At the beginning, the staff flipped and flew, the Force Power of the wind whistling, but later, the air was filled with images of the staff. If someone else were here, they would likely smell the burning scent of iron sparks from the friction between the staff and the air.

BOOM!

Chen Ku danced as if wrapped in an iron ball, yet in this not-so-spacious place, he managed to rein in his Force Power every time the staff's wind grazed furniture and porcelain. It showed a perfect grasp of space, distance, and Force Power.

WHOOSH!

In the end, Chen Ku brought the Refined Iron Dragon Stick, weighing over a thousand jin, to a hovering stop at a spot, muttering unbelievably, Heavy as light! At my fingertips! Full control! Fifth Move at great achievement! Even the Skyward Strike is at the Perfection Realm!

He looked at his hands with a mix of shock and elation. This is the 'Rare Talent' that the Supreme Quality Hui Dragon has granted me. And this is just the Hui Dragon Talented. If it were 'Flood Dragon Talented', 'Qiu Long Talented', or even 'Ying Dragon Talent', what kind of Dragon among Men would that be?

At this moment, Chen Ku fully experienced another layer of metaphor in the saying "in Ancient Times, everyone was like a dragon." Dragon, as a quality, a symbol, a Level!

The lowest Hui Dragon Talented is already a Rare and uncommon Qualification; what kind of Qualification would the supreme 'True Dragon Emperor', the ancient human emperor possess?

Chen Ku vaguely grasped at something, guessing from the literal meaning, True Dragon, the term 'true' often means genuine and unique. There's only one Emperor, and also only one True Dragon. Anything related to 'genuine and unique' is utterly irreplaceable...

His thoughts shifted. He then tested other Martial Arts bottlenecks related to his body and astonishingly found that the Black Tiger Butcher Knife, which had several Moves at great achievement, was now entirely at great achievement. Even the method of drawing the bow and shooting arrows of the Sky Eagle Eight Arrows and the Heart-Piercing Demon Bow Force, which previously had only an entry-level Comprehension, now suddenly attained Comprehension at the Minor Achievement Level.

This... A single Hui Dragon Talented, a Rare Talent, has brought me an absolute qualitative improvement. As my Qualifications have been raised, all other aspects have been elevated as well!

Chen Ku was astounded. Is this how geniuses see the world?

Then, he lightly felt the Power that just one Hui Dragon had given him: Strength of One Dragon.

Now that I've removed all transformations from my body, I still feel as if I have one hundred thousand jin of strength within me. This means that the Strength of One Dragon is equivalent to the Power of Ten Elephants; one dragon to match ten elephants...

And when Chen Ku added the Flower Fox Mink Transformation, Centipede Snake Change, Fire Beak Pot Transformation, Volcanic Crow Transformation, and Ma Mingfeng Transformation—all five transformations together:

CRACKLE!

Chen Ku felt as if his entire body's muscles were popping like roasting beans; his tendons and bones became as unyielding as diamonds.

But counting by Root Bone and flesh, at least two hundred seventy thousand jin of strength! That is the Power of Two Dragons and Seven Elephants!

This Divine Power, even without any Inner Qi amplification, could likely easily kill a Third Realm Jade Skin Expert. After all, no matter how fast a Jade Skin Expert's blood and flesh could regenerate, if one slap turned them into mush, it's unlikely they could still reform back into human shape from the pulp, right?

Lastly, there's Earth Escape...

Chen Ku looked at the ground beneath his feet, and with a thought, he vanished into the earth. He felt a waft of earthy yellow essence seeping from his Bloodline, enveloping his entire body, allowing him to enter the earth... However, when he encountered a large stone in front, he was blocked and had to go around it.

I can only use Earth Escape and can't pass through stone, meaning I can only burrow under the ground, not go through walls... But then again, aside from wooden doors and stone walls, as long as I add the Red-Tailed Bee Change, I should still be able to pass through the cracks in the mud.

Chen Ku immediately removed the Ma Mingfeng Transformation and switched to the Red-Tailed Bee Change. Sure enough, after he Shape-Shifted into a Little Bee, he could pass through mud crevices no larger than a fingernail.

Now that I possess abilities like Earth Escape, Invisibility, and Insect-Changing, it seems nature is pushing me towards becoming a 'notorious thief under the heavens'.

Chen Ku couldn't help but think of Monkey Brother from his younger days, who relied on these abilities to steal the Peaches of Immortality, pilfer imperial wine, snatch Immortal Pills, Ginsengfruits, the Palm Leaf Fan, and steal others' Magical Treasures...

He took a deep breath. I shall follow in the True Lord's footsteps while learning from the Great Saint!

WHIZZ~~

Right on the spot, he transformed into a Flower Fox Mink, slung his Storage Bag crossbody, and plunged into the earth, WHOOSH, heading towards the Inner Treasury of Firewood Iron Shop.

Once he arrived outside the earthen layer of the Inner Treasury, he could clearly sense that after the Black Gold Tiger-Head Hammer was stolen, Firewood Iron Shop had added a Fourth Realm expert to guard the surroundings of the Inner Treasury. Still, Chen Ku boldly burrowed in from underground, Shape-Shifted into a Flower Fox Mink, entered Firewood Iron Shop's Inner Treasury, and packed away two Famous Weapons and several sharp weapons into his Storage Bag. In the end, he slipped back into the ground like smoke and headed towards the coal mountain outside the city.

As a result, when he reached the location where he remembered the twenty Divine Force Crossbows were stored, he was suddenly shocked to see... nothing there.

What? Impossible, I didn't remember it wrong!

Chen Ku, in his Flower Fox Mink form, carrying his little crossbody bag, searched through several caves, even using the Hundred Li Tracking Technique, but could not find those twenty Divine Force Crossbows at all. Finally, he had to accept reality. Xie Qingfeng, quite clever. After the Famous Weapons were stolen, and his father was murdered, did he move those twenty Divine Force Crossbows immediately?

Just when Chen Ku thought he was going to return empty-handed this time, however, as he was leaving the coal mountain, his small mouse-like eyes narrowed slightly, looking towards that large furnace. By now, it was the dead of night. There were only a few craftsmen tending the fire in front of the furnace.

WHIZ!

Chen Ku, transformed into a Flower Fox Mink, leaped over, and behind the men, he used his tiny claws to perform the Zhao Family's Acupoint-Striking Hand at lightning speed, freezing them in place. Then, he sprang up, flung a Refined Steel Claw Rope—stolen from Firewood Iron Shop's Treasure Vault along with other Weapons—into the furnace. It instantly expanded into a fishing net, which he then hurled with Force Power...

Huh, it's not light...

Chen Ku felt that he had at least twenty or thirty thousand jin in hand, but under his tremendous Divine Power, he still managed to hoist it up like an anchor, casting it into mid-air.

WHOOSH!

He, in his Flower Fox Mink form, swooped past and grabbed the water-tank-sized golden Ruyi Stone with both paws, shouting, "Off you go!"

And he threw this essential metal Material, used by Firewood Iron Shop to manufacture the Divine Force Crossbows, into his Storage Bag. Thereafter, the little creature burrowed into the ground and vanished without a trace.

「The next day.」

When one of Firewood Iron Shop's craftsmen finished forging a sharp weapon-grade axe, someone was instructed to put it into the Inner Treasury. But as this Apprentice arrived at the Inner Treasury with the Xuanhua Axe, he suddenly let out a scream. Fourth Realm Elder Hong Tingshan, who had been guarding with the security team all night, immediately burst in, and upon seeing the completely empty Inner Treasury, they were all stunned.

The news spread instantly: Firewood Iron Shop was hit by thieves, and its Inner Treasury was plundered clean overnight.

And when Xie Qingfeng received this news, bad news also came from the coal mountain.

"The Ruyi Stone has been stolen."

Even Xie Qingfeng, no matter how collected and gentle he was, felt a sharp pain in his chest and the taste of blood in his throat at this moment. But looking at the core members of his staff, he still remained calm, swallowing the blood back down, and said with an emotionless face, "It's okay. It's fortunate that we moved the twenty Divine Force Crossbows ahead of time. With these crossbows, we still have the chance to turn the situation around. No need to wait any longer; let's start the operation ahead of schedule. Go prepare."

"Yes! Young Master!"

As everyone left, Xie Qingfeng let a bit of blood from the corner of his mouth, his hand turning white from gripping so hard. The Ruyi Stone!!

That Ruyi Stone was more precious than all the Weapons in Firewood Iron Shop, and even more than the twenty or so Divine Force Crossbows. It possessed a 'memory,' never forgetting its origin, had the exceptional ability to Shape-Shift under high temperatures, and could rearrange its own essence. It was Firewood Iron Shop's hope for forging a Divine Weapon.

A Divine Weapon! Something that should not exist in Baojiao County. If a Divine Weapon could be forged, Firewood Iron Shop could rise to become a Prefecture Level major sect overnight, and be a guest of honor among the great sects.

But now... it had been stolen.

I must, I must get it back... I must!!

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