Talent Upgrade Card

"Is that a Black Mane Lion cub?!"

Zhao Feiyu's voice jumped two octaves, his face filled with shock. "How did you get it?"

"Its mother was a Tier 4 Black Mane Lion King. The Night Owl Squad already killed it, so I brought the cub back," Chu Han explained.

"What about the Night Owl Squad?" Zhao Feiyu asked in surprise.

There seemed to be many things he didn't know hidden within Chu Han's simple words.

"The Night Owl Squad and the Black Mane Lion King wounded each other badly. I killed them," Chu Han said with a smile.

Zhao Feiyu didn't believe things were as simple as Chu Han made them sound. While he had been cultivating, Chu Han had gone and done something this huge.

But he didn't press further. Instead, he reached into Chu Han's backpack, took out the little beast, and held it in his arms to inspect it.

"Huh, it really is a Black Mane Lion cub. And its bloodline seems to have mutated."

Zhao Feiyu uttered a soft sound of surprise, then immediately held his breath as a faint purple glow surfaced in his eyes.

This was a special ability of his Mad Lion Bloodline, allowing him to sense the bloodline purity and potential of similar beast species.

He sent a thread of Elemental Power through his fingertips and into the cub's body. A moment later, he said, "I can say for certain that this cub's bloodline has mutated! Look at the fur around its neck—there are faint dark-gold patterns. That isn't a trait of Black Mane Lions."

Chu Han leaned closer and looked. Sure enough, beneath the cub's pitch-black fur, he found several nearly invisible strands of dark-gold hair.

"Will a mutated Black Mane Lion be stronger?" Chu Han asked.

"Of course. This cub has extremely high potential. It's very likely to grow into a Tier 5 beast! If it's raised well, it may even reach Tier 6!"

Chu Han's eyes lit up at that. "Then its value should be even higher, right?"

"Naturally." Zhao Feiyu asked again, "Brother Han, are you planning to sell it?"

Chu Han nodded. "I don't have the means to raise a beast like this, and I don't have any talent for beast taming either."

He looked at Zhao Feiyu. "Feiyu, I plan to sell it to a buyer who knows what they're doing—someone who at least won't abuse it and will raise it properly. Your talent is related to lion-type beasts. Do you know any buyers who might need it?"

Zhao Feiyu thought for a moment. "My family does often use lion-type beast materials for cultivation, like lion blood and lion bones, but no one's ever bought a cub before. Still, I can keep an eye out for relevant buyers. If I hear anything, I'll let you know immediately."

"Alright, then I'll wait for your news."

Chu Han wasn't in any hurry to sell it. He would just have to raise the little fellow for now.

The two lit a fire at the mouth of the cave, then took out some food from their storage space.

At that moment, the Black Mane Lion cub seemed to catch the scent and struggled to look in their direction.

It continuously waved its paws and let out cries of "Wuya, wuya."

"This little fellow must be hungry."

Chu Han picked up the cub, glanced at the jerky laid out on the ground, and took a piece to feed it.

The cub used its paws to push the jerky into its mouth and chewed with all its strength, but it had a very difficult time.

It had only just been born, and its teeth had not yet fully developed. Normally, it should still have been drinking milk.

Seeing this, Zhao Feiyu smiled and took a bottle from his spatial bracelet. The words "Energy Nutrient Solution" were written on it.

"Give it this."

He unscrewed the cap, poured the milky-white nutrient solution into a lunchbox, and held it up to the cub's mouth.

The cub sniffed it, immediately leaned over, and rapidly licked at it with its tiny tongue, nearly burying its entire head in the nutrient solution.

"Looks like I'll have to buy some nutrient solution to feed it from now on," Chu Han said with a smile.

After feeding the cub, the two of them ate something as well.

Then Chu Han placed the cub in his arms, closed his eyes, and rested.

Early the next morning, Chu Han woke up first. Zhao Feiyu and the Black Mane Lion cub were both still sound asleep.

He entered the lottery space to carry out today's draw.

The seven-colored wheel spun rapidly before finally coming to a stop.

[Congratulations, you have obtained one "Talent Upgrade Card"]

[Talent Upgrade Card: Can raise a talent to A-rank.]

"Talent Upgrade Card!"

Chu Han's heart pounded wildly. This was a good thing!

It could forcibly raise a talent to A-rank. For his current E-rank talent, it was a leap-like improvement!

He forcibly suppressed the urge to use it immediately and left the card in the lottery space.

Zhao Feiyu was still here, so it wasn't convenient to use it directly.

At this moment, Zhao Feiyu woke up as well. Rubbing his eyes, he asked, "Brother Han, you're up so early. When are we leaving?"

"We'll leave after breakfast and head back to the wilderness supply base first," Chu Han answered.

The two then ate something, fed the cub some nutrient solution, and set off on the road back to the base.

Four hours later, the two finally returned to the base.

"Brother Han, I'll head back first. I'll notify you if there's any news from a buyer." Anxious to return to the city, Zhao Feiyu parted ways with Chu Han.

Chu Han still had some items to sell, so he went straight to the trading center and contacted Du Kun.

The moment Du Kun heard that Chu Han had arrived, he hurried out personally to greet him, brimming with enthusiasm. "Mr. Chu! What fine goods have you brought this time?"

"Manager Du, I brought some things over and would like to trouble you to appraise them. It doesn't seem very convenient here, though." Chu Han said with a smile.

Du Kun's eyes lit up at once. He quickly invited him, "Come, let's talk in the trading room!"

Chu Han and Du Kun arrived at the same trading room as last time. Without wasting words, Chu Han took the Arrow-tailed Lion and Black Mane Lion corpses from his spatial ring and laid them on the floor.

"Arrow-tailed Lion corpses—and 2nd Rank ones at that. They're all nearly intact!"

The moment Du Kun saw the several Arrow-tailed Lion corpses, his eyes gleamed brightly.

But right afterward, the corpse of a 3rd Rank Black Mane Lion was brought out.

"This is a Black Mane Lion! A 3rd Rank exotic beast!"

Du Kun instantly lost his composure.

Chu Han being able to kill 1st Rank and 2nd Rank Arrow-tailed Lions was still within his expectations, but this 3rd Rank Black Mane Lion far exceeded them.

"There's more."

At Chu Han's words, Du Kun saw an even larger Black Mane Lion corpse appear before him.

"Th-this is actually a 4th Rank Black Mane Lion King! This is simply unbelievable!"

Just like when he had received Chu Han last time, the shock Chu Han brought him this time was no less than before.

How many days had it even been? Had Chu Han's strength already grown to such a level?

Du Kun scarcely dared to imagine it. He had seen many super geniuses, but compared to Chu Han, they fell short by more than just a little.

"There's more."

At that moment, Chu Han's voice rang out again.

Then he took out more exotic beast materials, some of which even Chu Han himself did not recognize.

There were also the weapons and equipment obtained from the Night Owl Squad: sabers, arrows, spears, warhammers, daggers, armor, and all sorts of other gear. The most valuable was Night Owl's sword.

As for the E-rank spatial necklace, Chu Han kept it for himself.

He did not sell the several cultivation manuals and martial skill books either.

"Mr. Chu truly makes a grand move."

Du Kun calmed his excited emotions and began tallying the materials and equipment.

1st Rank Arrow-tailed Lion corpses: 50,000 Federal currency.

2nd Rank Arrow-tailed Lion corpses: 100,000 Federal currency.

3rd Rank Black Mane Lion corpse: 800,000 Federal currency.

4th Rank Black Mane Lion King corpse: 6,000,000 Federal currency.

The weapons and equipment together came to 3,000,000 Federal currency.

Among them, Night Owl's sword was a lightning-element weapon and the most expensive, worth more than 2,000,000 Federal currency.

However, what surprised Chu Han was that the materials from the 3rd Rank Black Mane Lion were worth only 800,000, far less than that 2nd Rank Red Scale Python from last time.

The 4th Rank Black Mane Lion King was only 3,000,000 more expensive than the Red Scale Python.

According to Du Kun, the Red Scale Python was enormous and had more materials on its body, which was why it was more valuable.

This 4th Rank Black Mane Lion King had only reached a price of 6,000,000 because it had grown Scale Armor.