Playing with fantasy beasts in the martial arts world

Chapter 75 The Choice of New Technologies
"Huh! Your strength has improved quite a bit!" Jellyfish Yin Ji still swept Kakarot away with one palm, but this time it was obviously much more formal, with a clear attack motion.

Kakarot, who had been swept away, rolled back up and continued to lunge forward, his fighting spirit undiminished even though blood was flowing from all seven orifices.

After enduring fifteen moves against the Jellyfish Princess, Kakarot's energy finally waned, ending his 'Full Power' transformation.

"Not bad! If a few more of these monkeys came, they could cause me a lot of trouble!" Jellyfish Yin Ji commented.

Cha Nan took Kakarot back to the base to recover from his injuries, and then looked at the remaining Iron Fist Ape, hoping to get a few more good entries.

However, good fortune didn't last forever. The best of the remaining Iron Fist Apes only had two positive attributes: the gold "Athlete" and the white "Brave".

After some careful selection, Cha Nan chose two Iron Fist Apes with decent stats and attributes, intending to start a team for training and leveling up.

With Jellyfish Yin Ji leading the way, perhaps we can level up these Iron Fist Apes to level 10 or higher first. As their levels increase, their basic attributes will also rise.

Of course, before that, he would try to teach them some martial arts moves, as for internal energy... that would have to be done slowly.

After all, apart from taking shortcuts to transfer internal energy, most internal energy cultivation must begin with a basic understanding of meridians and acupoints, as well as the ability to sense energy.

Iron Fist Apes are suitable for learning internal martial arts, but that doesn't mean they can actually master it immediately.

After placing the four selected Iron Fist Apes into the work area so they could appear in the base at the same time, Cha Nan began teaching them the Great Demon Subduing Fist Technique, which he himself was not very familiar with.

The Nine Yin Manual records many martial arts techniques. Apart from memorizing the general outline, Cha Nan has only learned the Great Subduing Demon Fist, the Yi Jin Jing, and the Spiral Nine Shadows lightness skill for the time being. After all, Guo Jing has only been teaching him for a short time, and he is worried that if he is taught too much at once, he will not be able to absorb and digest it.

The Great Subduing Demon Fist is extremely powerful and masculine, unlike many Taoist martial arts that follow a more feminine approach. It is steady, powerful, and unpredictable, with incredibly ingenious moves. Under the influence of its fist power, it is truly formidable. In terms of power and ferocity, it is only half a step behind the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, making it perfect for Iron Fist Apes to learn and practice.

Moreover, this boxing style is undoubtedly a superior style, which includes a certain breathing and exhalation part that can be used to move qi and blood in conjunction with the power of the boxing. If one masters the boxing style, internal energy can be generated from the outside in, which is actually similar to the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms in this respect.

The Iron Fist Apes learn boxing techniques quickly. Cha Nan only demonstrated it once, and they learned most of it. After being taught twice more, they were even better than Cha Nan.

Sometimes, Cha Nan even felt that their movements were more precise than hers.

"Alright! You don't need to teach anymore!"

"If you continue teaching them, you will only be hindering their progress."

“These monkeys are all good candidates for practicing external martial arts!” said Jellyfish Yin Ji.

Cha Nan felt a little embarrassed upon hearing this: "Practicing martial arts without internal cultivation is a waste of time in old age. How can external martial arts compare to the profound mysteries of internal martial arts?"

"If it weren't for me spending years of my true energy to open up your meridians, your internal energy cultivation would only be so-so," Shui Mu Yin Ji bluntly exposed.

Cha Nan took a deep breath and decided not to argue with this crazy woman.

After handing over the position of head instructor of Iron Fist Ape to Jellyfish Yin Ji, Cha Nan planned to first study how to use the three technology points they currently had.

The breeding ranch appears to be unlockable, and breeding is arguably one of the core gameplay elements of Phantom Beast Palu.

Different mythical beasts, after being paired up in male and female combinations, can breed Palu Eggs in the breeding ranch. Hatching the Palu Eggs will yield new mythical beasts that are different from their fathers and mothers.

Of course, you can also pair up pets of the same type. This way, the hatched Palu egg will ensure that the pet's species remains unchanged, only randomly inheriting some of its attributes from its parents or mutating new attributes. If the parents have a BOSS-level pet, then the probability of a BOSS-level pet appearing in the offspring increases. Thinking of this, Cha Nan sighed deeply again.

“The breeding ranch is great, really great, but three tech points… aren’t enough!” Cha Nan scratched his head.

Breeding requires cake, and each cake requires five parts flour, eight parts wild plums, seven parts milk, eight eggs, and two parts honey.

Flour and wild plums are easy to deal with; Cha Nan has plenty on hand. Even without a milling machine, and unable to turn wheat into flour in the fantasy world, it should be the same to grind it in the martial arts world and bring it back, at most it would be a little more troublesome.

Wild plums, which are red berries, are found everywhere, so there is no need to specifically cultivate wild plum gardens.

Eggs are easy to obtain; just raise a flock of Pipi chickens. Even without a regular farm, these Pipi chickens will lay eggs occasionally. If you can't wait, you can kill the chickens to get the eggs.

The tricky parts are milk and honey.

In the world of fantasy beasts, only the Boar Cow produces milk. Besides killing cows for milk, the only way to ensure a consistent milk production is to pair it with a regular ranch.

As for honey, there are several mythical beasts that can be killed to obtain it, such as the Phantom Butterfly, Knight Bee, and Queen Bee, but only the Knight Bee can be continuously obtained through breeding.

In the world of martial arts, honey and milk can be obtained, but Cha Nan is unsure whether these two materials, which are not produced by mythical beasts, contain any special elements that would allow mythical beasts to communicate across species.

Moreover, even if the problem of materials is solved, there is still the cooking pot for making cakes, and the incubator that requires ancient technology points and ancient parts to unlock and manufacture.

In short, at present, there are not only many difficulties, but the timing is also not right.

"Let's put the breeding ranch on hold for now and focus on the present!"

"From a developmental perspective, I need to unlock the original furnace. With the furnace, I can smelt steel, which will provide materials to make higher-grade Palu balls in the future. Of course, I can also unlock the quarry, which will provide a continuous supply of black stone. Later, when I unlock the crusher, the problem of Palu ore fragments will be completely solved."

"From a self-protection perspective, you can first unlock the ordinary shield and create a shield that can defend against certain attacks to wear. If this shield can be lent to others, then its value will be much higher."

Cha Nan is currently in a dilemma. There are many technologies in the world of fantasy beasts, and there are quite a few that he must unlock urgently. However, the problem is that he has too few technology points, and a considerable number of technologies must be linked with other technologies and resources in order to truly exert their expected effects.

After much deliberation, Cha Nan finally decided to unlock the original furnace first.

I've used up all three technology points.

He doesn't lack Palu ore fragments and black stones for the time being. Besides, without a crusher, even with a quarry, the black stones can't be converted into Palu ore fragments, which greatly reduces their significance.

After lighting up the primitive furnace on the technology tree, Cha Nan was unable to immediately build a furnace.

Because he also lacks a flamethrower.

However, this is not troublesome. Last time, he, Guo Jing, and Huang Rong found a lava river where a group of fire-type magical beasts lived. As long as they secretly hunted two or three of them, they could collect three fire-breathing organs and bring them back to make a primitive furnace.

"Perfect, we can also take the Iron Fist Apes out to level up, as their levels are all a bit low right now."

(End of this chapter)