Legendary Son-in-Law: The Man with Poison Talismans

He leaned against the stone pillar, looked up at the runes on the dome, and let out a long breath.

Is this what it feels like to spend money on in-game purchases? Is this what superpowers feel like? Although the cost is indeed high, it's so damn awesome.

Once the gold coins are smelted, the experience bar skyrockets, followed by a constant flash of golden light. The level increases like a rocket, and any bottlenecks are just paper tigers in the face of gold coins.

A thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

If an empress gathers all the wealth in the world, how many levels can she reach?

Even someone with only a mediocre talent, or even a pig, could probably use their financial power to crush others through sheer numbers and become a peerless master.

He shook his head, dismissing the absurd idea.

There aren't many gold coins left, and upgrading to the next level wouldn't make much sense. Let's save some money in case we need it later.

He found a quiet spot in a corner of the manor, leaned against a stone pillar, and sat down cross-legged.

People came and went around him, but few paid attention to him anymore. Everyone was busy with their own things, some smelting, some trading.

Chapter 185 Divine Beasts

Meanwhile, the people who had been discussing how many levels Lin Mu had advanced to suddenly became busy. They gathered together, with some paying and others keeping track of the expenses.

Some looked annoyed, while others grinned from ear to ear, and a few others squatted nearby watching the spectacle. This group had clearly placed bets and were making their final deals.

Lin Mu scoffed, "A bunch of gamblers, how much money can they win? My method is much more reliable, I can win three million in one go."

He shook his head, no longer thinking about those irrelevant things.

Now that he'd leveled up, it was time to practice his skills. He took out the book "Group Healing Technique" from his storage bag and opened it.

The pages rustled, turning into tiny specks of light that seeped into the space between the eyebrows.

It felt as if something had melted away between his brows, flowing down to his chest, warm and soft, carrying an indescribable sense of sacredness.

He closed his eyes and felt as if he were standing on a battlefield strewn with corpses, surrounded by fallen comrades, and in his hand he held light, a light that could save people, save lives, and snatch people back from the clutches of the King of Hell.

When he opened his eyes, the feeling was still there, but with an added sense of absolute confidence: he would definitely be able to save more people, and he would be able to save them faster, more accurately, and more steadily.

The group healing technique was taught by the instructor in class.

There are some differences compared to the game, but the mana consumption is still high, which Taoists cannot afford.

However, the effect is also strong; a single treatment can simultaneously restore up to 9 people within a 3x3 radius around the target.

That's what the instructor said at the time.

"The art of mass healing is a Taoist's technique of universal salvation. It is not like healing one person, but rather using qi to transform into rain and universally descend upon the three armies."

"When casting the spell, spiritual power is concentrated at a single point, explodes in the sky, transforms into sweet rain, and covers a three-by-three area, with a maximum of nine people benefiting from it."

"Once the technique is complete, the recipient's blood will be restored immediately, in an amount four times the level of the technique, plus 20% of the Qi and blood of the completed technique. Then, two more points will be restored every breath, continuing for several breaths."

"This technique can be combined with the healing technique, not in terms of quantity, but in terms of effect. The healing technique adds one point per breath, while this technique adds two points per breath. With both techniques combined, it adds three points per breath. Adding the medicine for healing wounds adds four points per breath."

"Though the enemy is fierce, he cannot outrun me; though the monster is ferocious, he cannot outmaneuver me. Therefore, those who practice this art should first cultivate their mental strength, and then practice the accuracy of their spells and the timing of their execution. If the technique is accurate, no one will be missed; if the timing is right, lives can be saved."

This means that after the group healing spell is cast, the target will immediately recover health, and the amount recovered is equal to 4 * skill level plus 20% of the caster's Taoist skill.

如果施术者技能等级是3，道术上限为50，那就是4*3再加50*20%，就是12+10=22。

It can instantly restore 22 points of the target's health.

Then it recovers 2 points every second for a period of time.

Most impressively, the continuous recovery effect of group healing spells can stack with healing spells.

It's not about restoring the total amount, but about adding up the effects.

A healing spell heals for 1 point per second, a group healing spell heals for 2 points per second. If both are cast on one person at the same time, that person can recover 3 points of health per second.

If that person drinks another bottle of wound medicine, he'll gain 4 points per second, which is comparable to Lin Mu's skeleton.

After learning the skill, Lin Mu raised his hand to test it out. A soft white light ring appeared in his palm. The white light ring swirled and flew upwards from his hand, spreading out into a larger white light ring in the air. It even spun around once before dissipating into silvery-white light spots. Lin Mu immediately felt more energetic. What a great skill!

After the experiment was over, he took out the book "Summoning Divine Beasts" again, and his finger paused on the cover.

He was finally able to practice this skill, but for some reason, when the moment actually arrived, he wasn't as excited as he had imagined.

Perhaps it was because he had waited too long, or perhaps the skeleton had already taken on too much for him along the way, and the divine beast had become an added bonus.

He turned the pages, and golden specks of light floated up from the paper, drifting between his fingers like fireflies, swirling, converging, and finally disappearing into his brow.

A blazing light appeared in his mind, as if something was sleeping and waiting to be awakened.

He opened his eyes, a slight smile playing on his lips. He had summoned a divine beast.

However, this mythical beast, as the instructor explained, is different from a skeleton.

Skeletons require medicinal baths, holy water, and even horns. They need to spend a lot of time and resources to raise them. If raised well, their potential is extremely high. They can wear equipment, learn skills, teleport to protect their master, and even merge with their master.

Indeed, the Royal Martial Arts Academy is very efficient. They have already included the Fusion Technique in their teaching materials as a concept and as a way to motivate their Taoist students.

Tell them that there are always people better than you, and that there is always something beyond your understanding. You may think you've reached the pinnacle of your skills, but there are others who have reached even greater heights.

When the instructor finished speaking, he glanced in Lin Mu's direction.

The classroom fell silent for a moment, and everyone's eyes fell on Lin Mu. Some people opened their mouths, some stared wide-eyed, and some whispered, "It's him."

Lin Mu was used to being ignored at the time, so he didn't think there was anything special about those gazes. He simply ignored them, leaned back in his chair with an air of aloofness, looked out the window, and pondered which was more powerful, the divine beast or the skeleton.

Divine beasts don't require so much trouble. Their attributes are naturally high, and they can even be used with minimal effort once summoned, making them no less capable than the skeletons that are usually trained.

However, if you want to reach a higher level, you still need to nurture it. But you don't need divine water or horns; ordinary potions will do, such as healing potions, magic potions, and sun water. It's very easy to nurture, and even if you use higher-level potions, the attribute increase won't be as significant.

Therefore, most Taoist priests who cannot afford to raise skeletons ultimately aim for divine beasts.

However, this is also where the mythical beasts fall short: they don't have human bodies, can't wear equipment, can't learn skills, and their potential is far lower than that of top-tier skeletons.

Therefore, the instructor said that a skeleton raised to its full potential is stronger than a mythical beast. Unfortunately, there are very few people in this world who can raise a skeleton to its full potential.

Lin Mu thought for a moment and decided not to summon any divine beasts for the time being. The instructor had said that divine beasts and skeletons could not coexist. If he wanted to summon a divine beast, he had to put away the skeleton. How could he put away such a powerful skeleton? He would deal with the matter of the divine beast later. It would be best to summon them at the same time.

After learning the skills, he started tinkering with weapons.

He took out the Wuji Staff and the Dragon Pattern Sword from his Qiankun Bag and placed them on his left and right sides in front of him.

Wuji Stick has been with him for a long time, and his luck has increased to 3.

The Dragon Pattern Sword has a Taoist skill level of 3-13, making it an exceptional item, but its luck stat is still zero.

But now that I've leveled up to 35, I can equip it.

Lin Mu put away the Wuji Staff, hung the Dragon Pattern Sword on his waist, took out a bunch of blessing oil from his Qiankun Bag, piled it on the ground, sat cross-legged, unscrewed a bottle, and poured it onto the Dragon Pattern Sword.

The amber liquid flowed down the blade, seeping into the patterns on the Azure Dragon, and the sword trembled slightly. [Blessing failed.]

He frowned; his first attempt had failed, a disastrous start. He unscrewed another bottle and poured some more.

Your weapon has been blessed!

[Luck +1].

Continue, [Blessing failed], [Blessing failed], [Blessing failed]...

Your weapon is cursed!

Damn, it's fallen back again.

Chapter 186 Dragon Pattern of the Luck 7

Lin Mu gritted his teeth and fell again.

Bottle after bottle, the oil bottles emptied one by one, leaving a small pile of empty bottles on the ground.

Aside from the occasional pop-up message saying "Your weapon has been blessed!" or "Your weapon has been cursed!", most of the time it's just "Blessing failed".

Finally, after using more than 300 bottles of blessing oil, the Dragon Pattern Sword's luck jumped twice in a row, and it is now [Luck +5].

Lin Mu examined it closely and found that the coiled dragon pattern on the hilt of the sword had become much brighter, and the scales were twitching slightly, like a dragon that was half asleep and half awake.

He glanced at the pile of empty bottles on the ground, then at the remaining oil in his storage bag, and dared not pour any more out.

It gets harder to go any higher; you can't just rely on brute force with tons of blessing oil. You need to use some techniques.

Back when I played Legend of Mir, whether it was adding luck to a weapon or upgrading its main attribute at the weapon shop in Shabak, you couldn't just brute force a weapon.

You should always have a few extra, especially when upgrading weapons in Shabak, as failure will result in the weapon breaking, which requires considerable skill.

Back then, countless warriors stood at the entrance of the Shabak weapon shop, holding the Judgment Staff they had finally obtained, their palms sweating, muttering "Success, success, success!" With one strike, the weapon shattered, and their hearts shattered along with it.

Some people are lucky and succeed in succession, eventually turning hell into dragon slaying, becoming rich overnight, and being called "big boss" wherever they go.

But this is a minority, so many players have developed techniques for padding attacks.

At crucial moments of upgrading, instead of upgrading the main weapon, use a weak weapon as a buffer for a few attempts. Following the principle of not failing indefinitely, after several consecutive failures, you'll have a better chance of succeeding with the main weapon.

Although this is pure mathematical nonsense, since the probability of success is fixed each time and has nothing to do with how many times you failed before, the official sources have never acknowledged that padding is useful.

But in practice, whether it's a psychological effect or some kind of mystical magic, this method is very effective.

Therefore, players firmly believed in it and passed it down from generation to generation, making it an unwritten rule in the legendary world.

The same principle applies to being lucky.

Based on the principle that luck won't keep increasing indefinitely, a series of lucky streaks will inevitably be followed by a curse.

Therefore, after the main weapon has a series of lucky attacks, use the secondary weapon to deplete the curse first, and then use blessing oil on the main weapon.

Alternatively, following the principle of not cursing continuously, you can equip your main weapon after cursing your secondary weapon multiple times in a row, which will make it easier to add more damage.

Lin Mu first took out the Wuji Staff, unscrewed a bottle of blessing oil and poured it on.

[Wishing you failure].

Next, [Blessing failure].

……

Seven or eight bottles in a row, all failures, not even a splash.

He frowned, then unscrewed another bottle and poured it in.

Your weapon has been blessed!