Chapter 24: Ch 24- Successful
At this moment, Mo Yuan remained hidden outside the cave in his Shadow State.
The Gorath had most likely gone back to sleep. After sensing something unusual earlier, it had only become alert for a while before settling down again. It never rushed out of the cave to search for the intruder.
Seeing this, Mo Yuan let out a quiet sigh of relief.
"Looks like it didn’t discover me after all."
Still, he didn’t dare let his guard down.
An Intermediate Beast was far more intelligent than ordinary Beasts. Even if it hadn’t found him, that didn’t mean it wasn’t being cautious.
Mo Yuan patiently thought things through.
After a long while, a plan finally formed in his mind.
"I need to wait for the Gorath to leave."
"It has three cubs to feed. Sooner or later, it’ll have to leave the cave to hunt."
"When that happens, I’ll sneak inside."
"I’ll copy the Superior Grade Bloodline Talent, take the nine Gold Cards, the Advanced Beast Blood, and that manual, then leave immediately."
"As for the Peak Grade Strength Talent..."
Mo Yuan looked toward the cave with unwilling eyes.
"I’ll have to wait."
"With those resources, I should be able to reach the Origin Core Realm in about two or three months."
"Once I become an Origin Core Realm cultivator, I’ll return and find a way to obtain the Peak Grade Strength Talent."
Although he hated giving up such a valuable talent for now, he knew he had no other choice.
Greed could cost him his life.
If he tried to copy the Peak Grade Strength Talent now, he would have to get close to the Gorath again. The moment the beast noticed him, escape would be nearly impossible.
No matter how valuable the talent was, it wasn’t worth throwing his life away.
After thinking everything through, Mo Yuan nodded to himself.
"This is the safest plan."
"Now..."
"All I have to do is wait."
So, Mo Yuan remained hidden near the cave entrance.
Using his Shadow Talent, he concealed himself among the surrounding rocks and trees, barely moving at all. Occasionally, he would change positions to avoid attracting attention, but most of the time he simply observed the cave in complete silence.
One day passed.
Nothing happened.
The Gorath never came out.
Another day passed.
Just as Mo Yuan was beginning to wonder whether the beast planned to stay inside forever...
A deep roar echoed from within the cave.
The enormous Gorath slowly walked out.
Its six-meter-tall body shook the ground with every step, and the three cubs remained inside the cave, obediently waiting for their parent to return with food.
The Gorath sniffed the air for a moment before charging toward the depths of the Ruined Sanctuary at an incredible speed.
Within seconds, its huge figure disappeared into the forest.
Mo Yuan quietly counted to one hundred before making sure the beast was truly gone.
Only then did a smile appear on his face.
"Time to move."
Mo Yuan quietly entered the cave once again.
The three Gorath cubs were still inside, playing with each other, completely unaware of the intruder hidden within the shadows.
He didn’t dare make even the slightest sound.
Step by step, he approached one of the cubs that possessed Superior Grade Bloodline Talent.
Once he was near then he touched one of them and activated his talent.
Copy!
In an instant, the talent was successfully copied.
A smile appeared on Mo Yuan’s face.
He had finally obtained another powerful talent.
Without wasting any time, he immediately walked toward the corpse lying against the cave wall.
The nine Gold Cards disappeared into his storage bag one by one. Next came the bottle containing eleven portions of Advanced Beast Blood.
Finally, he carefully picked up the old manual.
The moment everything was in his possession, Mo Yuan’s heart skipped a beat.
He didn’t dare stay another second.
If the Gorath suddenly returned and discovered that both its prey and the treasures inside its cave had disappeared, it would definitely go completely berserk.
Without hesitation, Mo Yuan activated his Shadow Talent and slipped out of the cave like a ghost. Only after putting several kilometers between himself and the cave did he finally stop looking back.
Even then, he didn’t relax.
Instead, he continued running toward the edge of the Ruined Sanctuary as quickly as possible.
He only stopped after running for an entire day.
By then, he was far enough away that even if the Gorath searched for him, finding him would be almost impossible.
Finding a hidden cave, Mo Yuan finally sat down.
"The first thing to do is paste the talent."
Without any hesitation, he activated the fusion process.
The copied Superior Grade Bloodline Talent merged into his body.
A familiar wave of pain spread through him, but compared to the pain of fusing his Peak Grade Cultivation Talent, this was nothing.
A few minutes later, the fusion was complete.
Mo Yuan slowly opened his eyes.
He could clearly feel a powerful force flowing through every muscle in his body.
"So this is a Strength Talent..."
Unable to hold himself back, he walked outside the cave and casually threw a punch into the empty air.
Boom!
A loud explosion echoed through the forest.
The air itself seemed to tremble from the force behind the punch.
Mo Yuan’s eyes lit up.
"My normal strength is around 2,030 jin."
"But after activating the Superior Grade Strength Talent, my physical strength jumps to around 10,000 jin."
"it means 5x boost"
"And if I add Primordial Qi on top of that..."
"The explosive power can reach nearly 20,000 jin."
He couldn’t help taking a deep breath.
"That means..."
"Even though I’m only at the Early Origin Vessel Realm, I can easily defeat any Origin Vessel Realm cultivator."
"Even Peak Origin Vessel Realm cultivators probably wouldn’t be able to stop me."
His confidence increased tremendously.
Only now did he truly understand why Strength Talent was considered one of the strongest combat talents.
After calming down, Mo Yuan turned his attention toward the old manual.
He gently wiped away the dust covering its surface.
The moment he read the title, his eyes widened.
"Holy shit!"
"This is an Intermediate Primordial Qi Body Tempering Method!"
His breathing became rapid.
The Martial Hall in Dong Hai Base only sold Low-level Primordial Qi Body Tempering Methods.
Anything above that simply didn’t exist in the entire base.
Yet now, he had obtained an Intermediate one by pure luck.
"With this..."
"My cultivation speed will increase by several times."
"And my body’s foundation will become much stronger than ordinary cultivators."
This harvest was even greater than he had imagined.
The nine million yuan, the eleven portions of Advanced Beast Blood, the Superior Grade Strength Talent, and now this Intermediate Primordial Qi Body Tempering Method.
Every single item was priceless.
Mo Yuan carefully stored the manual away.
"First..."
"I need to get out of here as fast as possible."
"There are too many powerful beasts inside the Ruined Sanctuary."
"By now, the Gorath has probably returned."
"And after seeing its cave raided..."
"It must be completely furious."
Thinking of an enraged Intermediate Beast searching through the forest, Mo Yuan felt a chill run down his spine.
Without another moment of delay, he activated both his Speed Talent and Shadow Talent, then shot toward the outskirts of the Ruined Sanctuary at full speed. Every second he remained here increased the chance of running into danger, and he had no intention of testing his luck against an enraged Gorath.