“However, relying on racial essence to enhance potential and strength is not without its safe methods.”
Flexing his latissimus dorsi, Andeno smiled at Yang Yu, his pectoral muscles moving rhythmically with anticipation in his eyes.
“The Dragon God Assembly in the central continent’s Dragon God Council is held every ten years. All young people under 30 can participate, and the top three winners are blessed by the dragons. Among the many rewards, one is the racial essence of the dragons.
The dragons bestow the appropriate racial essence based on the participants’ rankings and their ability to withstand it.
The next assembly is in August, two years from now. Anyone who can obtain a recommendation letter can attend.
I believe Lord Yang Yu can earn an invitation with his own strength, shine at the Dragon God Assembly in two years, achieve a ranking, and rise step by step.”
Andeno’s greatest joy was watching the younger generation slowly rise. He had a premonition that if this young man before him could win a place at the Dragon God Assembly, he would surely create a new legend.
Unaware of Andeno’s thoughts, Yang Yu began to ponder.
The Dragon God Assembly in two years was still a distant matter. Currently, he could barely be considered outstanding. According to the usual plot, the participants of the Dragon God Assembly must be the elites of the younger generation on this continent. Who knows what their average level is?
To find out, he needed to look for information about past winners. The Dragon God Assembly was so grand, there must be gossip.
After finding it, he needed to work hard to improve, at least to reach their level. Otherwise, with his weak attributes as a commoner, it would be easy to get wiped out.
“I could give it a try, but the chances aren’t great. Are there any other ways to obtain racial essence?”
Andeno shook his head. “The only formal and public way is this. If you really want to rely on racial essence to enhance yourself quickly, I recommend you visit the Omniscient Library in the central region of our human nations. As long as you become a member there, you can freely browse the information they have collected from around the world.
I believe there is a lot of information about other races there. As long as you can truly befriend those races, they might give you some of their racial essence.
Additionally, the library records the most comprehensive skill compendium in the world, and the ways to learn them. Perhaps the [Taunt] skill you asked about before is among them.”
This was exciting news.
With the skill compendium, Yang Yu could allocate his skill points more cautiously, only learning cost-effective or uniquely mechanized skills.
For example, a passive skill that deals 8% of maximum health as true damage every third hit, an active skill that deals damage based on his defense, a debuff that causes the opponent to lose more health the longer the fight drags on, or a buff that greatly enhances attributes.
Thanking Andeno, Yang Yu continued to ask about the Bai Jin disease. Andeno knew very little, which was understandable since he spent most of his time exercising in the VIP room of the adventurers’ guild.
As Yang Yu was about to ask other adventurers, an old man with white hair and a long beard floated over. He hovered in mid-air using magic, looking like a floating doll with his hunched figure.
“Good morning, Andeno,” the old man greeted lazily.
“Good morning,” Andeno replied simply.
Yang Yu knew this old man, or rather, he knew the old man’s identity through his panel: Terra, LV69, the mage mentor of the adventurers’ guild, a hidden powerhouse with high attributes.
After chatting casually with Andeno, Terra’s gaze fell on Yang Yu, looking at him with interest.
“You must be Yang Yu? I’ve heard a lot about you. Quite the young talent. How about learning magic from me?”
“Learning magic requires talent. I don’t have that talent.”
“Don’t be modest. You’re quite a rare talent.”
“That doesn’t prove I have talent in magic.”
All his attribute points were added to speed and endurance. Changing professions now would mean chanting weak fireball spells while moving at high speed, like throwing sandbags at people. The image was too ridiculous for Yang Yu to imagine.
Besides, he had already spent several skill points on warrior skills. Switching to mage skills now would be too late.
“Haha, I was just joking. You’re quite the rising star in the adventurers’ guild. I’m just here to get to know you. Also, I have a high-reward task that needs some reliable adventurers. Are you interested?”
“No interest.”
Yang Yu refused outright, nearly causing Terra to fall to the ground.
Shouldn’t you ask about the task first before deciding? How could this young fellow refuse without a second thought?
“Well—don’t be so hasty. Let’s find a place to chat.”
Yang Yu didn’t want to refuse, but he needed to prioritize enhancing his strength and solving Bai Jin’s ailment. Other tasks had to wait.
As he was about to refuse again, Terra’s voice echoed in his mind.
“Accept this task, and you can get what you want, the racial essence. So, do you want to chat?”
It was a telepathic message through magic. Yang Yu squinted at Terra, scrutinizing him. This old mage might be a key NPC guiding him to find the racial essence.
“Alright, let’s chat.”
Nodding in agreement, Yang Yu followed Terra into the mage mentor’s VIP room. The room was simply furnished with a table and two chairs, and magic scrolls placed around.
Floating to sit on a chair, Terra used magic to pour tea for Yang Yu, inviting him to sit opposite and continuing the telepathic conversation.
“This is a secret task, so I hope you understand why I can’t speak openly. Whether you accept the task or not, I hope you’ll keep it confidential.”
Yang Yu nodded.
Terra smiled. “I’ll be brief. I hope you can infiltrate the Silver Orchid Trading Company and help us investigate.”
Yang Yu took a sip of tea nonchalantly. “What’s the main focus of the investigation?”
“In recent years, the Silver Orchid Trading Company has developed rapidly, occupying over 40% of our nation’s market in pharmaceuticals, ships, carriages, and more. But their growth is not based on their own capabilities. They have used some unscrupulous methods. The task is to investigate these unscrupulous methods and obtain concrete evidence.”
After speaking, a new task appeared on Yang Yu’s system panel.
[Task: The Silver Orchid Trading Company is the leading trading company in the Trenn country, covering trade in all directions. However, their rise comes with unspeakable dark costs. The Dark Umbrella Trading Company has noticed these costs and wants to regain the market. They plan to grasp the Silver Orchid Trading Company’s fox tail.
Task requirements: Infiltrate and obtain documents or data proving the Silver Orchid Trading Company’s collusion with an armed organization or another country, or their involvement in dark research.
Task rewards: Depending on the amount of evidence obtained, you may receive the following rewards (1-3 lottery draws, 5000-100.000 gold coins, skill scrolls, 1000-10.000 experience points, discount vouchers from the Giant Umbrella Trading Company, +50 favorability with the Giant Umbrella Trading Company).]