"The New Year is still early, it won't be until February..."
Chen Shu murmured to himself. He could complete the potion-making task before the New Year.
He had been a bit exhausted lately.
Apart from daytime, he had barely rested at night, entrusting his body to the system.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to concoct tens of thousands of potions in half a year.
His physical strength was already close to King-tier, so staying up late didn't cause any damage, but the mental fatigue was undeniable.
"My contracted spirit's Golden Potions are almost full too..."
Chen Shu mumbled. Besides supplying the officials, he had also made a large number of Golden Potions for himself.
Little Yellow was fed defensive and body-enhancing potions, Little Sprite was fed intelligence potions, and the Space Rabbit was for spatial attributes.
The first three contracted spirits were fine; they didn't require too many potions.
The most expensive one was the Husky,
Because it was all-elemental, it needed to consume various elemental potions.
Chen Shu had exchanged most of his potion points for elemental materials, feeding the Husky's ice-fire, lightning, wind, earth, and light-dark attributes to their fullest.
Now that Golden Potions were precious, Chen Shu could no longer afford to be as extravagant as before, concocting all-attribute potions for every contracted spirit. He could only prioritize increasing their main attributes.
"I need to push a bit harder..."
Chen Shu took the raw materials brought by Liu Feng back to his room and began concocting King-tier potions again. Da Feng Novel Network.
Eight days passed in a flash, and Chen Shu successfully completed his mission ahead of schedule.
"Well done, Chen Pi!"
Liu Feng happily took the potions and headed to Longyuan to deliver them.
Now, many people in Longyuan City spoke highly of Chen Shu, wanting to catch a glimpse of him every day.
A young genius who could actually increase the strength of veteran powerhouses was arguably the foremost contributor to the country.
"Finally finished concocting..."
Chen Shu lay on the sofa, holding three True Treasures in his hand, emanating mysterious power.
These were items worth at least thirty billion, and there was no way to purchase them.
Two of them were his World Championship rewards, and the other was exchanged with his remaining potion points.
The three True Treasures were for defense, fire, and intelligence respectively.
He used his half-phased summoning to feed the True Treasures to the corresponding contracted spirits.
Only the Space Rabbit gazed at him with a longing look. Golden-tier Space True Treasures were extremely rare, and there wasn't a single one in the official treasury.
In addition to True Treasures and Golden Potions, Chen Shu had also exchanged a considerable amount of Golden Monarch flesh and blood.
The flesh and blood from the World Championship had been mostly consumed, making it difficult to support the evolution of Little Sprite's innate weapon. Moreover, because Little Sprite had two innate weapons, the required flesh and blood for evolution had doubled.
After his feeding, Little Sprite's innate weapon had successfully evolved once, and its attributes had changed.
[Dual Innate Weapons (Growable): When using innate weapons to cast skills, the duration is extended by an additional 30%, and the effect is increased by 5%.]
Not only did the skill effects increase, but the duration also extended by 10%, which was a good improvement.
"There's one last upgrade..."
Chen Shu smiled faintly, his gaze falling on Little Sprite's status panel. A new exclusive skill had appeared:
[Unbounded Release: All your healing and support skills will have no range limit.]
This was the system reward he received upon completing the potion-making.
It was another skill that perfectly suited Little Sprite!
To some extent, the strength of a contracted spirit's exclusive skill could even surpass divine skills.
"I've gotten a lot stronger again. I should be able to hold my own among the strongest Golden-tier cultivators now, right..."
Chen Shu murmured, his eyes filled with a confident glow.
The boost from the Golden Potions, the enhancements from the three True Treasures, coupled with Little Sprite's innate weapon and exclusive skill, had significantly improved his overall strength.
He was now confident that he could steadily defeat any Golden-tier Three-star Beast Tamer.
"I'm practically invincible!"
Chen Shu's lips curved upwards, and he couldn't help but chuckle.
"Are you zoning out again? Come over for dinner!"
His father, Chen Ping, seeing his son sitting on the sofa and grinning foolishly, rubbed his forehead helplessly.
"Uh... Coming..."
...
Resurgence Year 986, January 21st.
There were still half a month until the New Year, but a festive atmosphere was slowly spreading across the country.
Last year, Chen Shu had won the Beast Taming World Championship, and Zhang Dali had once again clinched the title of God of Cookery.
Furthermore, due to the tranquility of the fierce beast dimensional spaces, the casualties among Beast Tamers had decreased, while their gains had increased considerably.
In an instant, people referred to the past year as a year of abundant harvest, and naturally, they were preparing diligently for the upcoming New Year.
"It's so peaceful..."
Chen Shu lay leisurely on the sofa, engrossed in watching 'Makka Pakka' on television.
After several days, his mental state had fully recovered.
His father, Chen Ping, walked over, raising an eyebrow and saying, "Son, it's midday, and you're still watching this show?"
"It's genuinely good."
"Childish..."
Ten minutes later, father and son were staring intently at the television...
Chen Shu raised an eyebrow and said, "Not bad, right?"
"Barely..."
"..."
Chen Shu shook his head, then continued, "By the way, Dad, were you looking for me earlier?"
"Looking for you?"
His father, Chen Ping, blinked slightly, then slapped his thigh and said,
"I almost forgot..."
"Your sister Fang Si just sent word, saying something about you going into some kind of dimensional space."
Chen Shu had been busy concocting potions during this period, so he had asked his father to keep an eye on his work phone so he wouldn't miss any messages.
Saying that, he handed the phone in his hand to Chen Shu.
"Really?"
Chen Shu blinked slightly, a flicker of excitement in his eyes.
His combat power had increased significantly, and he had been eager for a chance to test his skills. He had finally gotten one.
His father, Chen Ping, did not object and said,
"Yes, go as soon as possible. Protect your sister Fang Si, and try to be back before the New Year."
"Okay!"
Chen Shu nodded, leaving home with renewed vigor, murmuring to himself,
"You little fierce beasts, your outlaw brother is coming..."