Talent

Xiao Fan didn't rest on his way to the Thunder Gathering Place.

He hadn't yet thoroughly studied the rewards for clearing the <Ghost Domain> Dungeon, nor the new Talent System.

As Xiao Fan walked, he took out a blue rhombus-shaped stone from his Space Ring.

A message appeared on the game page.

1: View 2: Disassemble 3: Inlay

Xiao Fan chose to view.

Talent: [Spirit Vision] (Bound)

Quality: Excellent

Category: Mental Support

Socketing: Talent page for players level 20 and above.

[A pair of eyes that can communicate with spirits; once equipped, they can see Spirit Body creatures below level 100.]

Xiao Fan's heart sank immediately.

The talent is fine, but this Talent System is a bit different from what Luo Yi described.

It's highly unlikely that Luo Yi lied to him, meaning that the Talent System was modified or updated later, but Luo Yi had already left Mercury at that time.

This category didn't exist before.

Talent is now categorized.

This category isn't too complicated. Spirit belongs to the category of Talent Stone, and Support belongs to the category within Spirit.

Talent Stone can be divided into five categories based on their attributes: Strength, Intelligence, Spirit, Agility, Constitution.

The system-given talent Spirit Vision, belongs to the mental attribute category.

Mental talents are also divided into combat and support.

Therefore, the category of Spirit Vision is mental assistance.

Moreover, this talent is bound to something, leading Xiao Fan to speculate that talents, when not bound, can be gifted or sold.

Actually, this is quite good.

As for quality and inlay, just like Luo Yi said, these are easy to understand.

In addition, talents now have a dismantling function.

After exiting the viewing window, Xiao Fan selected "Decompose".

"Confirm dismantling of the Spirit Vision? Dismantling will yield 400 Star Stone."

"No."

"I never expected to get Star Stone from dismantling talents."

Xiao Fan exclaimed in delight.

Star Stone are needed to identify Talent Stones.

Star Stone can be obtained from floors 10 and above of the Myriad Phenomena Platform.

Xiao Fan originally thought that it would be difficult to identify Talent Stone before players reached level 100.

I never imagined that I could now obtain Star Stone by dismantling talents.

Then he can break down unused, useless talents into Star Stone, which can then be used to identify talents.

"Very good."

Finally, there's the inlay function. After Xiao Fan selected the inlay option, he was immediately redirected to the player's Talent Page.

He had taken a moment to look at the Talent Page when he was in the Crystal Mist Peak Mountain Range.

This Talent System is indeed more complex than he imagined, no wonder Luo Yi hasn't figured it out in five years.

The entire page consists of individual stone slots, which are used to socket talents; other than that, there are no other prompts.

There's absolutely no explanation or description of where to socket the talent points.

Xiao Fan frowned.

This Talent System is really weird! It's definitely missing something.

I heard from Luo Yi before that as long as you embed the talent into the Talent Page, the talent's effect will appear on the player.

If that were all, the Talent System would be quite simple.

Why does Luo Yi feel complicated?

This is because the inlaying talent can fail, and the failure rate is very high, almost 70%.

In other words, a player will only be able to successfully socket three out of ten talents.

Therefore, they speculated that there must be hidden rules in the inlaying of talents, but they had not yet figured them out and were just relying on the success rate.

At this moment, only one slot on the entire Talent Page is lit up.

This is a prompt from the system to the player. He had previously asked players who were socketing talents, and they saw that only this one slot was lit up on the talent page, so they socketed the Spirit Vision into it.

This is why all players can successfully equip the Spirit Vision.

In <Cloud Sea>, players won't engage in abstract discussions about strength.

Except for Xiao Fan.

He tried to embed the Spirit Vision into other stone slots.

"Confirm the placement of the Spirit Vision? Failure to place it will result in the loss of the talent."

Xiao Fan pondered for a moment.

"Yes."

"Talent slots can be replaced after being socketed. Replaced talents will disappear. Are you sure you want to socket the Spirit Vision here?"

Upon seeing this prompt, Xiao Fan immediately selected. "No."

If you choose again, it will be truly inlaid.

He asked Ye Bugu at the Crystal Mist Peak.

Ye Bugu told him that the system indicated the inlaid talent could be replaced.

Xiao Fan hadn't implanted the Spirit Vision for two reasons, firstly, he wanted to see if he could find any other information.

Secondly, a player who came out of the <Ghost Domain> Dungeon on the mountain was inspired by the Dungeon skill Nether Ghost Eye and created a similar player skill.

For the next few days, Xiao Fan spent his time getting close to him.

Now, Xiao Fan did not hesitate to embed the Spirit Vision into the lit stone groove.

"Much better."

Xiao Fan breathed a sigh of relief. After the talent was inlaid, he instantly felt much safer; otherwise, he always felt like Spirit Body was following him.

After finishing, Xiao Fan took out a prismatic stone from his Space Ring.

Check.

Talent Stone (Bound): After opening, you can choose one of five Talent Stones: Strength, Intelligence, Spirit, Agility, Constitution.

This was one of the rewards they received when they cleared the <Ghost Domain> Dungeon.

Choose Talent Stone.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Fan chose the Intelligence Talent Stone.

The next second, a change occurred in the mind of the Talent Stone in his hand.

[Unidentified] Intelligence Talent Stone (Bound): Upon identification, you will immediately gain 1 Intelligence-related talent.

Xiao Fan's Star Stone can be appraised once.

"Cloud Sea Dad, I'm willing to trade my teammates' lifelong celibacy for a Golden Legend. I hope you can grant them their wish to be filial."

Xiao Fan prayed silently in his heart.

After saying that, he took out Star Stone from his Space Ring.

"Identification."

Should I spend 200 Star Stone to identify my Intelligence Talent Stone?

"Yes."

"200 Star Stone detected. Talent Stone identification in progress, please wait."

Watching the Star Stone disappear from his hand, Xiao Fan waited anxiously.

About ten minutes passed.

Suddenly, a blinding blue light burst forth from the Talent Stone, the intense light piercing through the gaps between the fingers, dyeing everything around it a strange blue.

Xiao Fan subconsciously raised his hand to cover his eyes, feeling a burning sensation on his fingertips.

"Holy crap! Does assessing talent really warrant such a huge fuss?"

As the light faded, Xiao Fan removed his palm. The Talent Stone in his palm had long since lost its original gray-white color and was now radiating a rich blue light.

"Appraisal complete." The cold system notification sounded in his mind, "Congratulations to player for identifying the Blue Excellent Talent, Instant Casting."

"Tch~ It's just a Blue Excellent Talent, why make such a big deal out of it?"

Xiao Fan rolled his eyes.

Judging from the blue light just now, he knew that this appraisal was not related to the Golden Legend.

Damn it! They let their teammates keep their right to date!

Xiao Fan felt a little regretful.

"Blue is fine, talent can be replaced anyway, let's use it for now."

Xiao Fan clicked to view his talent information.

Talent: [Instant Casting] (Bound)

Quality: Excellent

Category: Intellectual Assistance

Socketing: Talent page for players level 20 and above.

[Reduced cooldown of any Intelligence-boosting skill by 20%.]

"Huh? It's actually not bad."

A 20% reduction in cooldown reduction is very useful for Xiao Fan.

It's better than nothing, anyway.

The next step is setting.

This thing has a chance of failing.

Xiao Fan thought for a moment.

"Cloud Sea Dad, I'm willing to trade my teammate's fifty years of single life for a successful inlay. I hope you can grant them their wish to be filial."

As Xiao Fan spoke, he clicked on the inlay button, and the Talent Page popped up.

Looking at the densely packed stone troughs.

Xiao Fan chose the one that looked best to him.

"Confirm whether to socket the Instant Casting? Failure to socket will result in the talent being lost."

Xiao Fan took a deep breath.

"Yes."

"Talent slots can be replaced after being socketed. Replaced talents will disappear. Are you sure you want to socket Instant Casting here?"

"Yes."

"Sorry, the socketing failed. Your Instant Casting Spell talent has been lost."

Xiao Fan:????

Damn it, how could it fail??

Although the success rate of inlaying talents is only thirty percent, Xiao Fan never expected that thirty percent would happen to him.

Isn't he the game's chosen one, the Child of Luck, the protagonist of the world?

Was he one of the Lucky One?

He's always been lucky. Why did his second attempt at inlaying the talent fail?

This is absolutely illogical!

This is a stupid game!

Xiao Fan grumbled and cursed.

Not only did I identify a blue talent, but the socketing also failed.

Ugh!

After calming down, Xiao Fan analyzed all the possible reasons for failure.

Finally, a conclusion was reached.

The problem might lie with his arrogant teammates.

His first attempt to trade his teammate's lifelong single status for Golden Legend failed.

The second time, he successfully traded his teammate's fifty years of celibacy for the inlay, but failed again.

It must be a problem with their conduct!

"Why."

Xiao Fan sighed.

Losing a talent made him a little heartbroken.

I originally thought that talent would become so common in the future that he could fill his talent page with Golden Legend.

Now it seems he was overthinking things.

With this success rate, he'd be lucky to even max out his talent sockets.

However, this failure gave Xiao Fan an idea.

However, this method requires a lot of low-level talent to experiment with, so we can only do it slowly in the future.

Put talent aside.

Xiao Fan also obtained two items in the <Ghost Domain> Dungeon.

One is Golden Skull, and the other is Rag Doll Button.

Item Name: Skull (Gold) - Upgradeable

Item type: Attack

Item Level: 1

Item Description: After use, the Skull will automatically lock onto enemy units within 500 meters. For each target that dies, the Skull will collect one unit of energy. Once the energy reaches 500, the Skull will release Skeleton Bomb, dealing massive damage to surrounding enemy targets (skill range, damage increases with skill level).

This item is almost identical to the one in the <Ghost Domain> Dungeon, except it has a level restriction.

Upgrading Skull requires Core Power.

Xiao Fan glanced at the consumption and immediately leveled up the Skull to the maximum level of 10.

It's all small change!

This thing is really useful! Especially in large-scale team battles, having it nearby is a devastating weapon.

"Holy crap! I forgot to use it at Crystal Mist Peak."

Xiao Fan slapped his forehead, filled with regret.

At Crystal Mist Peak, he was so busy using his skills to kill monsters that he forgot to check the Dungeon rewards.

If he had used this thing back in Crystal Mist Peak, he might already be level 75 by now.

There's no point in saying anything more now.

Xiao Fan sighed and picked up another prop.

The Rag Doll Button: The eye that fell off Little Cloth, the best friend of the BOSS Ghost Child. Looking at it will remind you of the adorable Little Cloth!

Xiao Fan:????

What is that?

I knew this thing was evil, but I didn't expect it to be this evil?

Doesn't he want to think about that lovely Big Cloth shop at all?

Hey bro, what's the purpose of this thing and why isn't it written out?

"Is it just for nostalgia?"

Xiao Fan asked incredulously.

The most outrageous description he had ever seen in a game before was one that also mentioned mysterious uses.

This button doesn't even have any mysterious purpose, so why would he want it?

Do you miss those Ghost Child Rag Doll?

That's outrageous!

"Neuropathy!"

Xiao Fan thought for a moment, and finally put the button into his Space Ring.

It's a game item after all, and <Ghost Domain> was the first time he commanded a team of a thousand people. It's not a bad thing to reminisce about it when he has nothing to do.

Then there are the Evolution Fragment.

Xiao Fan obtained a total of three Evolution Fragment with attributes in the <Ghost Domain> Dungeon.

Fear Evolution Fragment.

Soul Evolution Fragment.

Purification Evolution Fragment.

All three are related to the spirit, but it's really hard to create Profession. Xiao Fan plans to save them for later to fuse with Special Evolution Fragment.

These three Evolution Fragment are not good for creating Profession their own, but when combined with Evolution Fragment of other attributes, they seem quite powerful.

The last reward was the final reward Xiao Fan received in the Dungeon.

Earth Rank Fire Seed: Ghost Fire.

If Xiao Fan can successfully fuse with the Ghost Fire, he will gain another element.

Moreover, it is Fire Element that counters Spirit Body.

However, there is a chance of failure in absorbing the Fire Seed, and players will suffer a backlash if they fail to absorb it.

Therefore, Xiao Fan did not absorb the Ghost Fire while at Crystal Mist Peak.

He wanted to wait until Zijin woke up and ask her about the precautions for absorbing the Fire Seed before he absorbed it himself.

Now that Lightning Element is available, it can also kill Spirit Body.

In addition to the props, they also received two titles.

[Ghost Domain Pioneer] and [Spirit Hunter].

One title increases experience points, and the other increases damage dealt to Spirit Body.

Unfortunately, they cannot be used together.

On Crystal Mist Peak, everyone's first priority was to gain experience from [Ghost Domain Pioneer].

It's clear that the players really want to level up.

Xiao Fan himself didn't use it; the bonus from his existing title [Lone Brave] was greater, and he usually wore that title.

In addition to the items this time, clearing the Dungeon also rewards an extra 50 Free Attribute Point.

Xiao Fan hasn't used any of these attribute points, or the Free Attribute Point he got from leveling up.

He planned to add those attribute points when he created the skill.

He hadn't forgotten that during game events, the skill and Profession rank created would increase by one rank.

Seeing this as a rare opportunity, he plans to use the event to develop his skills and secure his Profession.

Xiao Fan rode his horse at breakneck speed for a whole day and finally arrived at the Thunder Gathering Place where Blade Shadow and the others were located.