Chen Shu was completely stunned. He hadn't expected the old man to want to rob places too.
"I think..."
He pondered for a moment and said,
"The Demon's Den' is currently understaffed internally, so it could be targeted. That Purple Moon Great Fiend is also severely injured. It might be able to provide me... uh... us with a divine skill."
"Also, the Altar of Death' looks good too. I even have a hunch that it's currently the wealthiest faction!"
At this moment, a Death Sky Knight far away in Africa shivered...
"You really dare to say that, kid?"
The old man glanced at him and said, "These are all forbidden zones on Blue Star."
"Uh... Isn't it because your strength is unprecedented?"
Chen Shu rubbed his hands and said, "Even I'm robbing forbidden zones. You, as an elder, can't be worse than me, can you..."
"Don't even start!"
The old man shook his head and said, "I'm just saying. I'd love to go abroad, but I can't get away."
"Isn't it quite peaceful now?"
"If I leave, Longyuan will definitely have trouble, unless someone can help guard it..."
Saying that, his gaze fell on Chen Shu, with a hint of anticipation in his eyes.
"Old man, don't joke..."
Chen Shu took several steps back and said, "I can't even guard it with my life..."
"Alright, you can run away, but guarding Longyuan is out of the question."
The old man shook his head and said, "With the treasures I have now, plus the official treasury, we can still prepare some of your teleportation potions."
"Let's prepare some for now."
"What about the labor fee..."
"What do you want?"
"I'll think about it..."
Chen Shu grinned and said, "I can help prepare them first."
"That's fine too." The old man nodded and said, "Also, what you used to deal with the Bat Emperor, that's also a special potion, right?"
"En."
Chen Shu nodded and said, "But that stuff is a bit expensive, and it's not very effective against Legendary-level beings."
He had thrown out potions worth over thirty trillion, but he still relied on the lightning power left by Old Joe to finally kill the heavily injured Bat Emperor.
If it were to deal with a full-strength Legendary, throwing more Death Potions would be of little use.
"I wasn't expecting it to be useful against Legendary-level beings, mainly for Gold-level and King-level."
The old man said, "Write down the effects of the potion and its raw materials for me. If I have time, I'll have the officials prepare it, and you'll get a good service fee!"
"No problem!"
Chen Shu's expression brightened, and he readily agreed.
Teleportation potion was something he had newly unlocked. The option to collect ten trillion resources last time, besides breaking through to Gold Three Stars, the talent 'Lightning Control,' and a 10% increase in all attributes for his contracted spirit, there was also the random unlocking of three magical potions.
Unfortunately, besides the Teleportation Potion, the other two were Burning Potion and Flying Potion, which were actually quite ordinary in their effects.
These two potions didn't offer much improvement for high-level Beast Tamers.
Only low-level Beast Tamers could use them, but they didn't have the ability to purchase them. This positioning was a bit awkward.
Chen Shu could only focus on preparing the Teleportation Potion for now, and the other two potions could wait for later.
"Oh, right, the officials are planning to open a training camp recently, mainly to concentrate resources and cultivate geniuses of the new era."
The old man seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Do you have time, kid?"
"Am I participating too?"
Chen Shu was slightly taken aback. His current strength was already comparable to King-level. Wouldn't participating in this be pure bullying?
"Of course, I'm not asking you to be a student..."
The old man shook his head and said, "I'm asking you to serve as an instructor. Do you have time?"
"This, well..."
Chen Shu scratched his head and said,
"Time, it's actually quite abstract, not easy to express concretely..."
The old man's forehead was covered in dark lines. He saw through Chen Shu at a glance and said indifferently,
"Instructors will also receive rewards!"
"I have time!"
"..."
Chen Shu smiled back and immediately agreed.
He happened to have some free time now. As long as there was money, he could do anything...
"By the way, old man, there's one more thing, about the Salvation Church."
Chen Shu, excited by the thought of a divine skill, almost forgot about this.
The old man said, "En? What is it?"
Then, Chen Shu explained the matter of the Salvation Church from beginning to end.
"It can devour human contracted spirits? It really is an ancient country of destiny."
The old man's tone was certain. He had personally killed an ancient country's Legendary and was most familiar with this human malignant tumor of a force.
"After more than eight hundred years, they've actually managed to linger on?"
"Old man, what do you say we do?"
Chen Shu rubbed his hands and tentatively said,
"How about you personally take action and eliminate them all, interrogate them for the secret method of evolution by devouring contracted spirits, and then pass the secret method on to everyone."
"???"
The old man glanced at him and said,
"You're really calculating, aren't you?"
Chen Shu said sheepishly, "It's just that with the chaotic times coming, we need to find ways to grow stronger so we can have a place to stand in the future."
"Don't even start!"
The old man glanced at him and said,
"The evolution method of the Salvation Church is far more terrifying than that of fierce beasts. I can't possibly let it spread."
Fierce beasts only break through human defenses with brute force, but this secret method can cause humans to kill each other, fundamentally disintegrating a race.
"Uh... I was just saying..."
Seeing the old man's serious expression, Chen Shu could only completely abandon the thought in his mind.
Anyway, he had a cheat. This kind of evolution method could only be icing on the cake...
"Also, this is not a secret method, but their bloodline power, which is difficult for others to replicate."
The old man explained to prevent Chen Shu from getting obsessed.
Chen Shu nodded, "Understood! Understood!"
"That's more like it."
The old man said indifferently,
"We don't need to worry about this for now. The strongest in the ancient country is only at the Half-step Legendary level, posing too little of a threat. Fierce beasts are still more important."
"Okay."
Chen Shu nodded and then said, "Right, there's still one more thing!"
"..."
The old man frowned. Your matters are really too numerous, kid?
"That, sister Fang Si entered a high-level ruin some time ago..."
"Alright, no need to say more. I know about this ruin because it shows signs of emerging, not because I knew its location beforehand."
"..."
Chen Shu nodded, feeling a little disappointed, and then asked,
"Old man, is there any way to break through to King-level faster?"
He needed a qualitative leap now. Once he broke through to King-level, he would have the capital to truly resist the chaotic times.
The old man said earnestly, "Level is not something that can be achieved overnight..."
"Old man, help me."
Chen Shu sighed and said, "I've already broken through to Gold Three Stars for several days, but I'm still far from the threshold of King-level. If this continues, I'll be useless."