My monster derivative skills are the orthodox ones

Chapter 368 Li Ye Wants to Be a Rent Collector

Han Pengsheng produced a flashlight that breathes fire.

Luo Feng and Song Jing, however, did not give birth to a broom as Li Ye had hoped; instead, they had two genuine mixed-race children.

Luo Feng's child looks like Zeus, and Song Jing's child looks like Poseidon...

and.

The two newborn babies seemed to possess divine characteristics. When Zeus's child was born, his body was wrapped in lightning, while when Song Jing's child was born, his body was wrapped in blue water vapor.

Upon seeing the two children, Li Ye was startled, almost thinking that Zeus had been resurrected.

"Demigods, both children are demigods." Han Peng held his own fire-breathing tube, his expression somewhat resentful. If he had known this would happen, he would have had a proper child.

Ever since he disemboweled himself and took out a flamethrower, Luo Feng's gaze towards him has always carried an indescribable feeling...

Li Ye stretched out his finger and teased Little Zeus.

Little Zeus mercilessly hurled a weak bolt of lightning at him, and the next instant, as if he had seen a demon, he burst into tears and desperately burrowed into Luo Feng's arms.

"Did they not die completely, or did they come back to life?" Li Ye muttered, looking at the two children. In mythology, the Olympian gods were immortal.

The two children before him were born from brooms made from divine tendons and bones, imbued with life force, and conceived through the wombs of Luo Feng and the other woman. It is highly possible that Zeus was also reincarnated in this way.

Ancient god-kings always left behind some means of survival!

"Mu Ye, you don't want to kill him, do you?" Luo Feng nervously picked up his child. He had originally loathed the child who had crawled out of his womb, but after the child was born, he suddenly felt an overwhelming maternal love.

"I wouldn't stoop to harming two innocent children." Li Ye glanced at him, then looked at Han Peng and asked, "Have you dealt with those heavenly soldiers?"

“They’re all my men. As long as I don’t give the order, no one will betray me,” Han Peng said. Although he agreed to cooperate with Li Ye, he never gave Li Ye a friendly look.

After all, Li Ye took away his strongest skill, making him even further away from the Law of Fire. Who knows when he will be able to use the two demons in his hands to develop new derivative skills!

Fortunately, Li Ye did not steal his demon.

……

"You hate me?" Li Ye looked at Luo Feng and the other person and asked.

Luo Feng and Song Jing snorted coldly and remained silent.

“What if I return the demon to you?” Li Ye said.

Luo Feng, Song Jing, Du Yu, and even Liao Zhong's eyes lit up.

"My lord, are you serious?" Du Yu asked in a trembling voice, "We can still get the demon back?"

Tao Qifeng is dead, but at this time, no one dares to hold Li Ye accountable, as if Tao Qifeng had never existed.

“Yes, I can lend you the monsters to use.” Li Ye looked around at everyone and said, “But for every two derivative skills you generate, I must take one.”

Li Ye has more and more demons in his hands, and he can't handle them all by himself, so he has to come up with some crooked tricks.

"Why should I?" Luo Feng asked. "Do you know how difficult it is to create a derivative skill?"

“Before I met the Great Celestial Venerable, I possessed a demonic creature and could generate about three to four derivative skills on average every year,” Li Ye said. “Moreover, when I fought you, I mostly used derivative skills that I generated myself. The derivative skills that I snatched from you were useless and basically unusable.”

“That’s bullshit,” Luo Feng said.

"I defeated the Olympian gods when I was thirty, and I reached the Golden Immortal realm." Li Ye looked at Luo Feng and asked, "What were you doing when you were thirty?"

"..." Luo Feng was stunned.

“My lord, don’t worry about him, I’m willing,” Du Yu said.

“I’m willing too,” Song Hui replied.

Although they followed Li Ye and their own strength increased very quickly, the presence of demons and the absence of demons are two completely different concepts.

To know.

Demonic energy has many magical effects; it can help them improve their physical condition, enhance their power, and even help them recover from injuries quickly. Without the demon, these advantages are gone.

"I...I'm willing too," Liao Zhong said hesitantly. Having witnessed Li Ye defeat the Heavenly Court's army single-handedly, his resentment towards Li Ye had long since vanished. "My lord, if we rent, can we choose the demons?" Li Zhenxing asked.

“Of course,” Li Ye smiled. “If you feel that the monsters aren’t suitable for you, you can come here and ask me to change them at any time. Besides, we’ll encounter many more time-space warriors on our journey ahead, including quite a few monsters. Moreover, I will help you awaken your own derivative skills, the kind you can use even without a monster…”

"Li Ye, you're not going to rent me out too, are you?" Cai Dao couldn't help but ask.

"Of course not. I always need to keep a few demons around for protection. Brother Dao, you are my lifeline." Li Ye replied with a smile, "I would never lend you out, no matter who else I lend out."

"Can those idiots really help us improve?" Umbrella said disdainfully. "Han Peng is alright, but the others are too weak and will only hinder our development."

“Staying here with me will only hinder your development,” Li Ye said. “Now, my reputation is too great, and I have mastered too many derivative techniques. When facing enemies, I habitually use the derivative techniques I have already mastered.”

Those derivative technologies are getting more and more eye-catching; if this continues, who will pay attention to you anymore? If you want to continue developing, you must hand yourself over to someone else.

All the demons fell silent.

In fact, Li Ye is not the only one with this problem. Many big shots have also encountered this problem. When they first obtained the magic weapon, they could easily design a few demon-slaying events to make the demons show themselves, and the derivative skills could be easily obtained.

But as their status rose, there was basically nothing that could stump them. For some difficult problems, they could simply give an order and their subordinates would complete the task.

Over time, derivative skills become increasingly difficult to obtain.

As a result, the demons in the hands of the big shots would change hands several times, adding more legendary color to their demons, just like the Hetu Luoshu, which changed hands several times, constantly making its presence known.

Some powerful figures even deliberately concealed their magical artifacts, appearing in the world only with a specific demonic creature during a certain period of time.

Just like in Journey to the West, those gods practically racked their brains to help themselves unlock derivative skills.

Every time Guanyin appears, the props she holds are different.

She has gone to great lengths to create derivative skills for various purposes, including helping the Nine-Ringed Staff, the Brocade Kasaya, the Black Bear Spirit, Red Boy, and even helping Tang Sanzang cross the Flowing Sand River with his gourd and retrieving the basket of the Great King of Inspiration.

Therefore, Li Ye's approach was actually correct.

He now has eight demons at his disposal, but he didn't use a single one during the battle, which is abnormal in itself.

His decision to rent out the monster was actually the best course of action, with no downsides whatsoever.

He can't very well become the Taoist Master Duobao.

People only know of Daoist Duobao, but have no idea what treasures he actually possesses...

"My lord, will you teach us how to develop derivative technologies?" Jiao Zhihong asked.

"Yes." Li Ye nodded affirmatively. "I will also help you develop new characteristics for your demons. Your derivative skills only combine the demons with your status and position, which is too idiotic."

Following your current approach will never result in truly practical derivative skills. You need to surprise people to truly understand the monsters, thereby inspiring them to develop even stronger derivative skills.

"You make such a good point, but give us an example!" Luo Feng said indignantly.

"The 'Ode to Life,' the skill that lets you get pregnant and have children, was obtained by me using the Universe Ring." Li Ye smiled, his gaze sweeping over everyone in turn. "After the Universe Ring was reverted to its original form, it was a roll of toilet paper. At that time, it had already given up on itself."

But later, after working with it for a year, even it didn't expect that it would awaken the Way of Life. And yet, it did awaken, and now, the Hun Tian Ling has regained its confidence…”

He paused for a moment and looked at Song Jing, "For example, this flashlight, you only see its function of shining light and storing electricity."

Song Jing, I'm asking you, have you ever thought about hitting someone with a flashlight?

"I thought about it, but I didn't do it," Song Jing shook his head.

“Using a flashlight to hit someone with a club might awaken a skill like ‘hitting someone with a club’!” Li Ye chuckled and continued, “Or you could use it as a signal light to awaken some control skills.”
Red light means stop, green light means go. Once this becomes a skill, no one can disobey orders.

Or you could use its lighting and shadow effects to create some dramatic effects! For example, shadow puppetry might awaken some illusion-related skills;
Or have you ever thought about using a flashlight to help most people get a medical checkup?

The human body has many strange cavities that we can explore with our divine sense, but ordinary people cannot. However, a flashlight can easily help doctors see the lesions clearly!
"Maybe it can even be used to awaken some healing skills..."

Looking at the dumbfounded Song Jing, Li Ye said, "Your understanding of demons is too one-sided. Moreover, you are high and mighty, only knowing how to lead demons to fight, fight."

Is fighting monsters the only way to gain reputation?
I have to say, the monsters are really suffering in your hands. Once they're returned to their original forms, they already possess limitless potential.

Before you start practicing derivative skills, you need to try changing your mindset, letting your thinking expand completely, and not limiting yourself to the monster itself..."

(End of this chapter)