When the last of the chilies he had added had been fried until soft and mushy.
The fat rendered from the lean chunks of meat wrapped around the chilies’ distinctive heat.
Yi Qingfeng figured it should be cooked by now...
After fussing with it for so long.
Even if it really were a scale weight, it ought to have absorbed some flavor by now...
Without a suitable plate, Yi Qingfeng simply brought over a basin.
Fierce Fang’s meat was far heavier than pork of the same volume.
Yi Qingfeng had already felt that when he was cutting the meat.
Now, looking at the large basin of pork fried to a charred fragrance before him, Yi Qingfeng did not hesitate much.
He picked up a big piece and began to chew:
Beneath the thin, crisp texture of fresh meat lightly carbonized by the fat was a dense, solid mouthfeel that had been thoroughly infused with flavor.
If it were ordinary pork, after being blanched so many times, it would have been cooked through long ago.
In the local slang, it would be “cooked old”...
But Fierce Fang’s meat had clearly been “through many trials.”
After repeated blanching with spices, the meat no longer had the fishy restlessness of wild game.
With rice, Yi Qingfeng happily ate half the basin.
That amount of food had already exceeded his usual limit.
Of course, if one really thought about it:
The exercise he had done in an entire month before probably could not compare to the expenditure of these two days...
As for the dough that had already risen, Yi Qingfeng temporarily put it into the refrigerator.
For people of Shicheng, which lay in the south:
Steamed buns and mantou were positioned as snacks or breakfast food.
Using them as the staple for a proper meal still felt somewhat unfamiliar.
This could be considered a fairly classic north-south difference...
Thus, full and satisfied, Yi Qingfeng sat rather lazily in his chair.
There were no dungeons to farm right now.
Of course, every so often, he would search the trading section of the Omninet player exchange forum.
To see whether he could pick up one of the very few dungeon invitation letters that had entered circulation.
Speaking of which, he wondered whether the Omninet forum had some kind of plug-in for automatic sniping...
Having used no small amount of “cyber assistance” in many video games before, Yi Qingfeng thought as much.
Come to think of it, he was rather curious about this goblin merchant named “Bexun,” whom he had just added.
There was a high probability the other party came from another space-time, right?
Unless, in some distant corner of his own universe.
There also existed a civilization built by goblins, slowly developing on the home planet under its rule...
It was just that such things naturally were not convenient to ask about directly.
Just as, even with the transcendent Omninet system before him, Yi Qingfeng still only half understood it.
When it came to real physical addresses, however, he was undoubtedly full of caution.
After all, even on the cyber network of Earth OL, someone who wanted to ask for your real address.
Most likely would not be a sweet 2D girl, but a vengeance warrior whose rage stacks were already full...
Aside from searching for dungeon invitation letters, Yi Qingfeng also opened his Omninet panel.
The Fierce Fang dungeon, in addition to unlocking the Berserk Wild Boar bloodline module.
Had also provided a new treasure-hunting talent:
“Demonized Ash?”
As Yi Qingfeng clicked in the void, the boundless universe corresponding to the treasure-hunting star chart once again appeared before his eyes.
At this moment, apart from the star system corresponding to monster packs.
In a completely different direction from it, a new star system emerged:
“
Treasure-Hunting Talent Star Chart — Demonized Ash (Not Activated):
Cornerstone Talent:
Effective Range: All dungeons except certain special limited dungeons (non-limited bonuses only affect individual drops in team dungeons)
Talent Effect:
Dungeon monsters you kill gain Demonized Ash as an additional drop. (0/1)
Star Cluster Talent (Activation requirements not met: Cornerstone Talent)
Star Cluster Sub-Star Chart (Not obtained; currently obtainable: Elite Hunter)
Remaining Allocatable Talent Points: 1
Current Number of Activatable Talent Star Charts: 1/2
”
After thinking for a moment, Yi Qingfeng reached out and pointed at Demonized Ash in the void, which clearly had a distinct marker displayed.
He now roughly understood:
Terms displayed like this could be clicked to obtain additional annotations.
It was somewhat similar to hyperlinks on the cyber network of Earth OL?
And as Yi Qingfeng clicked, the corresponding prompt information appeared on his retina:
“Demonized Ash: A basic transcendent material usable in various fields such as transcendent enchantment and item enhancement.”
A basic transcendent material?
Looking at the Omninet’s annotation, Yi Qingfeng could not help falling into thought.
For him personally, this thing seemed to have no use for the time being.
He just did not know what the market price would be like if he took it to the trading section to sell.
And with reference to the acquisition of the Demonized Ash talent star cluster, Yi Qingfeng gradually sensed the unfathomable depth of the treasure-hunting star cluster pool...
If obtained randomly, who knew what kinds of star clusters he could draw.
By comparison, first honestly investing his limited talent points into the monster-quantity star cluster.
Was undoubtedly the more stable choice.
Regarding treasure-hunting star clusters, Yi Qingfeng was now gradually forming some of his own understanding.
Based on his experience from many loot-grinding games before:
Each treasure-hunting star cluster required sufficient resources invested into it before it could produce corresponding returns.
If it was merely unlocked, its gains clearly would not be too ideal.
Of course, Yi Qingfeng now needed to hit the activation cap for treasure-hunting star clusters.
That way, he would be able to obtain additional talent points.
Thinking this.
Yi Qingfeng chose to spend 1 treasure-hunting talent point and invest it into this Demonized Ash cornerstone talent:
“Omninet Prompt: You have activated Treasure-Hunting Star Chart — Demonized Ash!”
“Omninet Prompt: The number of treasure-hunting star charts you can currently activate has reached the limit. You temporarily cannot obtain new treasure-hunting talent groups from clearing dungeons, and will instead obtain an additional +2 treasure-hunting talent points.”
+2?
Yi Qingfeng’s eyes immediately lit up.
It seemed the activation limit of treasure-hunting star charts also affected the additional treasure-hunting talent points?
And with the cornerstone talent unlocked, he could also see the few sub-talents branching closest from Demonized Ash:
“
Embers Rekindled (0/5):
Demonized Ash dropped in your dungeons has an additional chance to duplicate one copy (10%–50%).
Ashen Foresight (0/2, upper limit unlocked with level):
Demonized Ash dropped in your dungeons has a chance (fixed 10%) to obtain an additional random affix tag (lv1: Lesser Elemental Essence).
Embers of the Mighty (0/3):
Boss monsters in your dungeons will be guaranteed to drop 1 stack of Demonized Ash.
”
…………
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After Yi Qingfeng gave it a rough look, he paid it no further attention.
For him right now, this Demonized Ash talent star cluster was mainly used to hit the treasure-hunting star chart cap.
Once he had put enough points into the monster-pack talents later.
He would probably consider removing this talent star cluster.
No matter how one looked at it, speed-farming materials did not seem like a particularly promising development path...
Thinking this, Yi Qingfeng then opened the Omninet panel again.
He was preparing to see how much killing experience was needed to raise Paladin to lv3:
“Omninet Prompt: Raising Paladin class level to lv3 requires 5,000 killing experience. Current killing experience reserve: 3,500/5,000...”
5,000?
That was not very high...
At this rate, reaching level 10 in a week shouldn’t be a problem?
Yi Qingfeng thought rather optimistically.
Send some monthly votes!
P.S.: The Omninet is calling!
—Baldy