A pink and tender little pig jumped into Leng Shiqi's arms, its little head bobbing up and down a few times. Leng Shiqi opened its mouth and stuffed a few Beginner Pet Experience Pills into it's mouth.
The Four-Legged Metal Swallowing Beast was stunned for a moment, then its whole body flashed and its body became fatter. It had evolved into a Rank Two Monster!
Leng Shiqi quickly checked the Four-Legged Metal Swallowing Beast's information. However, other than the range of detection being a little larger, there were no new abilities.
Leng Shiqi fell into silence. It seemed that the Four-Legged Metal Swallowing Beast had no other abilities other than treasure hunting?
Treasure hunting was good, but the problem was that Leng Shiqi had no time to do it.
If he was a free individual cultivator, of course, he could take his time and explore the world while looking for treasures. How wonderful would that be?
However, he was in a high position now. Of course, there were many benefits, but he did not have much freedom.
Leng Shiqi did not give up on the Four-Legged Metal Swallowing Beast. He bought some Beginner Strengthening Pills from the pet store and planned to strengthen it to see if it could be saved.
In the pet strengthening interface, the attributes that could be strengthened were Strength, Vitality, Intelligence, and Agility. The Beginner Strengthening Pill could only strengthen one of them slightly.
Leng Shiqi looked at the Four-Legged Metal Swallowing Beast's silly and cute appearance. It was impossible to rely on it to fight. He planned to increase the Four-Legged Metal Swallowing Beast's Intelligence first, but he did not know whether this Intelligence corresponded to Spirit Power or Intelligence.
Then, he used all five Beginner Strengthening Pills on Intelligence. He picked up the Four-Legged Metal Swallowing Beast and looked at it twice, but he did not find any changes.
There were only two reasons for this situation. Either the Four-Legged Metal Swallowing Beast's Intelligence was very high, so the five Beginner Strengthening Pills did not have much effect. Or, its Intelligence was too low!
Leng Shiqi frowned. He realized that if he did not spend more System Coins on the Four-Legged Metal Swallowing Beast, he could not expect anything from it.
Then, he simply bought a lot of Experience Pills, Strengthening Pills, and Advance Pills from the pet store!
It cost him more than ten thousand System Coins!
Leng Shiqi first fed the Four-Legged Metal Swallowing Beast a large amount of Experience Pills and Strengthening Pills. When it was about to evolve, he fed it Advancement Pills. The Four-Legged Metal Swallowing Beast was also evolving at an incredible speed. After a short while, the Four-Legged Metal Swallowing Beast had already become a Rank 4 Monster!
The Rank 4 Four-Legged Metal Devourer Beast's body did not grow much bigger. Its ability was still limited to finding treasures. Its range had increased to tens of miles, and it could sense Rank 4 treasures.
Leng Shiqi should have been disappointed, but after the Four-Legged Metal Swallowing Beast broke through to Tier 4, an extremely weak and timid voice entered Leng Shiqi's mind!
"Mas … Master …"
Leng Shiqi picked up the Four-Legged Metal Swallowing Beast and looked at it in surprise. "You've gained intelligence?"
"Y-yes, Master."
This time, the Four-Legged Metal Swallowing Beast's voice was much smoother. It sounded like a baby who had just learned how to speak.
The astonishment in Leng Shiqi's eyes intensified. This little thing could actually understand what he was saying!
However, the Four-Legged Metal Swallowing Beast was only Rank 4. One had to know that the King of Venomous Worms was already Rank 5, but it only had a little bit of intelligence. It was impossible for it to communicate through spiritual power.
"Could this be the result of Intelligence Strengthening?"
Leng Shiqi thought of a possibility. He immediately summoned the King of Venomous Worms and fed it a large number of Strengthening Pills, all of which were added to Intelligence!
Sure enough, just as the King of Venomous Worms swallowed a few thousand System Coins, a slightly cold boy's voice appeared. "Master."
Leng Shiqi nodded with a surprised expression. Intelligence Strengthening could indeed unlock the pet's intelligence!
Although this did not directly increase the pet's combat power, the significance was great. For example, he could have the King of Venomous Worms help him track and gather some information, and then report back to him.
After all, his Byakugan could only see the aura of spiritual power, but could not hear anything.
Another example was if the Four-Legged Metal Swallowing Beast discovered any treasure. He could also directly and accurately report it, so as to avoid embarrassing situations like when he used the Treasure Seeking Compass in the Demonic Miasma Mountains.
In order to help the King of Venomous Worms and the Four-Legged Metal Swallowing Beast evolve and unlock their intelligence, Leng Shiqi spent nearly 10,000 System Coins. However, he felt that it was worth it this time!
Leng Shiqi briefly communicated with them for a while before putting them back into the Pet Space. He saw that he still had about 13,000 System Coins, so he opened the System Shop to take a look.
The System Shop was now filled with a dazzling array of goods, and it could be refreshed several times. Leng Shiqi's goal was very clear. What he wanted the most now was not Cultivation Methods and Spiritual Skills. This was because he did not lack Cultivation Methods and Spiritual Skills for the time being, and it would take him a long time to digest them.
What he lacked the most now was trump cards!
It was not a Spiritual Skill like the Void of the Floating Dragon, but a life-saving trump card like the one Li Zhangtao used before he died that did not consume any spiritual power!
He was confident that he was now very strong, but those powerful Spiritual Skills would also consume a lot of spiritual power. If he could kill the enemy, it would be fine. However, if he could not kill the enemy, then he would be in an extremely dangerous situation.
Leng Shiqi browsed through the System Shop, but did not find what he wanted. He decisively clicked on the "refresh" button, and all the goods changed. This time, he had a very special item, the Scarecrow Substitute!
"Scarecrow Substitute: Can withstand one fatal attack. Price: 10000 System Coins."
Leng Shiqi did not hesitate to buy the Scarecrow Substitute. 10,000 System Coins for a life. Was there a better deal in the world than this?
However, he had just obtained more than 40,000 System Coins not long ago. In just a short while, he only had about 3,000 System Coins left. He could really spend money like water.
After storing the Scarecrow Substitute, Leng Shiqi took out the letter from the Weapon Refining Grand Master Meng Jingyi. His eyes revealed a thoughtful expression.
Before leaving Ningyang County, he definitely had to make a trip to Shenduan Peak. He could either upgrade the Devil Arrival Saber to a Level 7 Precious Weapon, or ask Meng Jingyi to forge a Level 7 Precious Weapon for him. In any case, he had a lot of precious high-grade materials now.
Moreover, there was no time to lose. He had to get to Shenduan Peak before the news of Li Zhangtao's death and his takeover of Dark Thunder Manor spread. Otherwise, Meng Jingyi's favor would be useless.
After explaining his intentions to Feng Shabo and Suluan, he directly left Dark Thunder Manor.
Leng Shiqi found a deserted place and opened the System Map. The distance between Dark Thunder Manor and Shenduan Peak was about 3,000 Li.
After he broke through to the Gang Spirit Realm, the teleportation range of the Fate skill had reached 2,000 Li. With a flash of tri-colored light under his feet, he appeared 2,000 Li away in an instant!
Then, he summoned Gu King and turned it into a set of flowing light armor. He took a step and soared into the air. Two pairs of five-colored wings unfolded on his back. As the four wings flapped, his figure directly turned into a flowing light and broke through the air!