The wooden lid opened, and white light shot out.
It was dazzling.
The wooden chest gradually turned transparent in the white light.
The light gathered on the ground beneath his feet.
Soon, quite a few items appeared on the ground.
System notification:
[You have obtained the following items]: [Lesser Health Potion] ×5 [Lesser Health Pill] ×5 [Rapid Construction Talisman] ×5 [Flame Curse Talisman] ×1 (Lesser Health Potion: Restores 20 health over 5 seconds after consumption. Drug resistance: 10%.) (Lesser Health Pill: Restores 40 health over 100 seconds after consumption. Drug resistance: 10%.) (Rapid Construction Talisman: Automatically completes basic small buildings rapidly and increases construction progress for advanced large buildings. Building materials are consumed as normal.) (Flame Curse Talisman: A basic fire-type Spirit Arts ability that deals a certain amount of fire damage to enemies.)
He had obtained sixteen items of four different types in total.
These were all beginner benefits.
Every lord received them.
"Lesser Health Potion."
It was a glass bottle about the size of an index finger, filled with a cloudy red liquid.
Drinking it would quickly restore health.
An ordinary person with 5 Constitution had a total of 100 health.
Gu Qing and Tang Ruan had 8 Constitution, so their health was higher.
Losing 20 health roughly equated to a slash to the thigh or a broken arm.
Those counted as minor injuries.
This potion could heal them quickly.
But it could only heal injuries, not reverse disabilities.
If an arm or finger was severed, taking medicine would not make it grow back.
No matter what medicine someone took, their body would develop the corresponding drug resistance.
Health potions increased resistance to health-restoring drugs.
Stamina potions increased resistance to stamina-restoring drugs.
The higher the body's drug resistance, the less effective the corresponding medicine would be the next time.
Once drug resistance reached 100%, no amount of medicine would have any effect.
That meant it was impossible to keep taking medicine while fighting through a crowd of enemies.
The body's drug resistance decreased over time, dropping by roughly 5% per hour.
However.
Gu Qing's healing skill had no such drug-resistance restriction.
As long as she had spiritual power, it would always retain 100% effectiveness.
"Lesser Health Pill."
It was a small pill about the size of a peanut.
Red.
The pill restored twice as much health as the potion.
But it worked very slowly.
Doing the math, it only restored 1 health every 2.5 seconds, ten times slower than the potion.
So the potion was better suited to emergencies.
The pill was better suited to use after battle, when there was plenty of time.
Besides, the potion was a liquid, while the pill was solid.
The pills were somewhat easier to carry.
"Rapid Construction Talisman."
It could rapidly construct basic buildings.
It could save an enormous amount of construction time.
But for large buildings, it might only complete the foundations.
Multiple Rapid Construction Talismans could be used to construct large buildings.
However, he would still have to provide the building materials himself.
"Flame Curse Talisman."
Flame Curse was a Spirit Arts ability, like Gu Qing's healing.
Casting it required spiritual power.
But this Flame Curse came in talisman form, so it could be used directly without spiritual power.
Once used, it could attack an enemy directly.
It was simple to use.
All the items were good.
As expected of the starter treasure chest, it offered a comprehensive range of items.
There were items for healing during battle, healing afterward, rapid construction, and attacking in self-defense.
Zhao Chi put them all into his System Space.
Then he picked up the second treasure chest.
Open!
Another burst of white light shone.
System notification:
[You have obtained the following items]: [Body Driving Skill Book] ×1
A skill book!
And it was a Body Driving skill?
[Name] Body Driving Technique [Type] Dark-Type Spiritual Arts [Effect] Basic Spirit Arts ability. Consumes 10 spiritual power to enter a target's body and control it freely for 10 minutes.
Zhao Chi had studied this before.
This was a dark-type skill, generally used to control targets without souls.
For example, skeletons, golems, puppets, zombies, ghouls, and so on.
Sometimes a lord's instructions were too complicated for these races to understand.
This skill allowed the user to enter the target's body and control it directly.
Of course, the user could also make the target's body fight while controlling it.
Both parties' talents and skills could be used as well.
But what use do I have for this?
Am I supposed to enter Gu Qing's body and control her in battle?
But that would be dangerous.
Because Gu Qing is human, and she has a soul.
Both parties must trust each other absolutely, or their souls could be torn apart.
Absolute trust...
Zhao Chi was a little puzzled. Gu Qing's loyalty was only 6, and before that, it had been just 5.
The same went for Tang Ruan. Her loyalty was not high at present either.
Yet they seemed to place more trust in Zhao Chi than those values suggested.
Zhao Chi could easily sense that heartfelt closeness.
That was not something 4-5 points of loyalty could produce.
Could they be like this because I'm the creator of the Peach Haven Humans?
After thinking it over, he could find no other explanation.
If that's really the case, perhaps I could try using this skill to enter Gu Qing's or Tang Ruan's body and control her?
My current stats are pretty average, but driving their bodies in battle would make up for that weakness.
That way, with my combat instincts and experience combined with the physical capabilities of the Peach Haven Humans, I should have nothing to fear from any enemy for a short time.
He clicked to learn it!
[Current requirements not met. Minimum learning requirement: "Junior Lord."]
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