Protagonist perks??

Chapter 17 Protagonist perks??

"Fine then. Then let's talk about the good news, " he asked.

[Well, the good news, the first one is that when we first arrived, the ring detected you are being transmitted to a new area. Thus, a wide area scan was automatically done to determine the topography and location of the new area.]

[As such I had obtained three quarter of the planet's map area. Congratulations! Now you can embark on this large expand of land. Seeking for opportunities and beauties!]

[Though if the planet were not such big, I wouldn't consume too many strength...now that I'm almost out of energy...need to be dormant...can't sightseeing around. That d*** function...cough...cough...anyway]

"..."

He seems to have just discovered the reason behind her becoming weak, the issue she had dodged before.

What else can he say beside remaining silent and give his sympathy quietly.

'Why does it feel like the ring is unreliable?'

'Even the destination was too large that the power consumption almost empties its battery?'

'I guess the pit dug by destiny was deeper than I thought.'

'At this rate, I'm going to be a pessimistic person'

He quietly complained in his heart.

[So now, even though I'm dormant after this, as an information that has already been obtained, you can view the map whenever you like. But you could only use it as reference since it does not have real-time update on your current location.]

[Next the second good news is that you can store items into the internal space inside the ring.]

[The itself ring as you might already guess it, is actually: a spirit tool. And my existence itself is the greatest hint that the ring is an advanced spirit tool.]

[Though it has various functions, but in its essence, it is storage ring. So, it not only can store information, but the ring can also store physical items. The rough size of the internal space the ring has is around 20-feet on each side, similar to a cuboid room.]

'20-feet per side, that's 400-feet square area. Around the size of my room, I suppose.'

'But since it's 20-feet height, well that's quite a lot of space for just storing stuff.'

'Don't normally space ring have small space like just 1-feet cubic space?'

'Did I pick up a bargain? Is this what overpowered protagonist perks feels like?'

[But unfortunately, to sort, arrange and chose which item to store and take out needs analysis function. So, you would need to communicate with me. Thus, to overcome this the ring's basic function is to itemize stored item to numbers. Like slots.]

Hearing that, he couldn't help but blurted out, "Ah. Like a game's inventory system?"

[Game? Inventory System? What's that? Anyway, stop interrupting. Kids these days are so impatient.]

"..."

'Aren't you being too intelligent just now? You seem to be able to show dissatisfaction.'

'And didn't you say you haven't been out after hundreds of years? How do you about the kids these days?'

'Why does it feel like I'm talking with grandpa?'

'Is this a hidden cam prank? Would grandpa suddenly jump out saying, 'Surprise! '?'

He quietly looked around to see any clues of hidden cam prank.

'Well, if it was a prank, then it was really well made. I couldn't even see any clues.'

[So, when you want to store something imagine a cabinet with rows and columns of slots, The ring should give a visual image of stored item in each slot.]

'I guess it was indeed like game's inventory'

[This way it can still retain its storage function without the need to arrange where you put it in the storage space.]

[Though it would waste the precious available space to store a single item per slot. But it does give the flexibility to use it immediately and there's 125 slots so it should be enough for you to store your stuff.]

'So that's around 64-feet cubic per slot in average. or 4-feet per side. That's still a lot.'

'And since this is not a game, but use actual storage ring, there should be some flexibility in utilizing these slots. It should not be rigid in implementing the rule of one item per slot.'

'I guess later when I've got the opportunity, I should test it out'

[And last, but not least, the best news is that your Element Jade Fruit had now been soaked in the sacred beast's blood essence.]

"What?!"

He looked around and found that his long-awaited miracle fruit was now soaked in the gooey-like red liquid on the ground! Seeing that appearance, he almost collapsed to the ground.

[You just need to find several auxiliary spirit herbs and plants to neutralize its overbearing properties, taking the purest essence of these medicine materials, mix it, and consume it.]

[And then bam...your aptitude will then reach C-level. Your future path, regardless of which cultivation road you choose, you could easily reach Exalted Venerable Stage.]

[How lucky. I envy you, young man. Work hard. I believe you can do it]

'Why does it feel like I'm being teased here. And did I hear smirking in her voice?'

'Was it imagination, but it feels that she was gloating to see my miracle fruit contaminated by that gooey stuff'

'Wait a minute...'

"No. Wait. Did you say overbearing properties?"

[Of course. Normally you can eat the Elemental Jade Fruit directly and improve your talent to D-level.]

[But now that it was soaked in the sacred beast's blood essence, its properties had become more potent. So, you need to counterbalance it so that you can safely consume it or else your body would explode.]

"What do mean the purest. Does that mean the purity level affect the fruit's effect?"

[Of course, it does. With various originally unrelated auxiliary herbs, there are bound to be some unwanted element in it. So, you need to consume refine it medicine first to remove impurity. The purer the result the better.]

"You just used the word unwanted not harmful. Does it mean is it safe to consume low purity one?

[Not necessarily. Unwanted means it is not needed for the sake of improving talent.]

[As for whether it is safe to consume, some combinations of substances were harmful some don't.]

[Master, if you wish to know in-depth about pill making just read the knowledge node after this. It has the basic introduction. We don't have time to discuss in detail right now.]

"Fine, since the current Elemental Jade Fruit can only improve my aptitude to C-level. Then what would I need to do if I were to improve my aptitude further? Isn't it better to improve as high as possible first before starts cultivating?"

'If I ever want to cultivate, of course I want the best right? C-level seems to be too trash. There should be A-level or S-level.'

[That's a good question. The better aptitude, the farther you can walk. That's almost the universal truth.]

[There are many treasures in the world that improve aptitude. Some improve aptitude's direction while others improve its attribute]

[Some improve single aspect while others improve multiple aspect.]

[In short, there are many ways to improve master's aptitude]

[The specific about aptitude and its improvement you can learn slowly later.]

[But one thing you must understand is that the Elemental Jade Fruit is one of the rarest treasures in the world. It can improve aptitude for all aptitude's direction.]

[So, you should be grateful and eat it already! Don't show it to others.]

[Anyway, time's up!]

[I hope to see you soon.]

"Okay. I'll try hard to train."

[Take care.]

[...why after all these years...just when I'm finally able to go outside...sightseeing...ignorant brat...my poor self...]

"..."