60: Zhang Xile, Zhang Qiansui

Twenty-four Treasure Fruits yielded: 20 strength attribute stones, 30 spirit attribute stones, 25 Power attribute stones, 20 Speed attribute stones.

An F-rank Transcendent Item - Cleaning Ring, an F-rank Transcendent Outfit - Baseball Cap, an f-rank transcendent weapon - Ghost Dagger, an E-rank Healing Potion, and a D-rank Detoxification Potion.

Player: Tang Ping ID: 0000000003 Constitution: 163 Spirit: 188 Power: 170 Speed: 155 Talent 1: Blazing Flames (C) Talent Level: 4 (2500/100000) Talent 2: Red Lotus Demonic Flame (SS) Talent Level: 3 (5239/10000)

After using the attribute stones, Tang Ping closed his eyes in contemplation, rummaging through his memories for a light-element sword secret manual.

He then began to transcribe it, a total of six chapters and over three thousand characters. Because he wrote quickly, it didn't take long, though drawing the diagrams required a bit of effort.

After finishing, he clicked on Han Mengfei's trade request and completed the transaction, acquiring a B-rank Spirit Defense Item - Spirit Diamond.

This item, shaped like a diamond, could be directly placed into one's spiritual sea.

After Tang Ping claimed ownership, he immediately used it.

Han Mengfei: "Thank you, this secret manual is very useful to me!"

Tang Ping: "Happy trading."

Han Mengfei: "Happy trading. I hope we can cooperate more in the future."

Tang Ping: "We will."

There were also other messages in his friends list. Tang Ping opened them to find they were from Sister Wang, with two trade requests attached.

Sister Wang: "We've emerged from the dungeon. The harvest this time was substantial. Everyone is fine, except for Old Niu who sustained a minor injury. Oh, I'm sending you some things; they're from everyone's hearts."

Sister Wang: "I sent you another trade request separately; remember to accept it."

Sister Wang: "In Xi County, Pingcheng, three Level 3 Calamity Beasts, Storm Beasts, have appeared. The entire Xi County has been ravaged into ruins. You must be careful."

Tang Ping: "Don't worry, Sister Wang, I won't take risks. By the way, Sister Wang, did you pick up that girl?"

Sister Wang: "She has been appeased by me and is willing to stay. She's currently with me, heading to Four Seasons Lake to establish a base together. Her strength is as you described, very impressive. With the S-rank special flying sword Shelter, even Zhou Zheng would have to treat her with caution."

Tang Ping: "Indeed. It's just that this girl is too naive. When she confronted me, she didn't dare to kill and only dared to attack my shoulder, even warning me beforehand. If she doesn't change, she'll definitely suffer greatly in the future. Sister Wang, please teach her well. But there's no rush; after all, she's only fifteen, so take it slow."

Sister Wang: "Leave it to me, don't worry. Please complete the trades quickly; I won't say more as I'm still on the road."

Tang Ping: "Alright."

He opened the two trades; one contained 20 attribute stones and a bottle of S-rank Life Potion.

The other was sent to him privately by Sister Wang: a Transcendent Item, a Heart Protection Talisman, capable of deflecting one fatal attack.

Undoubtedly, this was an extremely valuable item, as it was equivalent to an extra life.

Tang Ping held the talisman in his palm. To be honest, it was just a single entrustment from his grandfather back then. Sister Wang, despite the terrible graduation environment at the time, managed to get him a job, and later helped him so much in his work, which was already incredibly benevolent.

What's more, now.

Compared to Sister Wang, he seemed a bit petty. Tang Ping took out the divine intent stone. This item wasn't very useful for him to keep, and he was reluctant to sell it, so he decided to give it to Sister Wang.

Perhaps a hundred years from now, even if Sister Wang's Talent couldn't break through to S-rank, with a hundred years of cultivation in this breathing technique, she might not be inferior to the Heavenly Kings and Queens.

Tang Ping: "Sister Wang, I'm sending you a trade request. Use this item yourself, and absolutely do not tell anyone. After you receive it, return to your Shelter and use it immediately. This item is extremely precious."

After giving the divine intent stone to Sister Wang, Tang Ping began to organize the secret manuals in his memory, transcribing all of them.

There were seventy-six in total.

He also sent five to Mo Xuanji, fulfilling his previous promise.

Then, finding a water-attribute one, Tang Ping put it up on the trading zone, continuing to sell it.

Looking at the remaining secret manuals, Tang Ping couldn't help but ponder.

"Selling them individually would only yield some attribute stones and experience stones. Using these early on can quickly boost my strength, but as my four-dimensional attributes and Talent levels increase, the amount of these items needed for a significant boost in my strength is already astonishing!"

"Weighing it carefully, it might be better to exchange them for what I need most."

"For example, talent upgrade stones!"

Tang Ping looked at his panel; his original first Talent was now C-rank.

Upgrading his Talent to B-rank shouldn't be difficult, and A-rank might be a bit challenging, but his secret manuals might be enough to trade for it.

As for S-rank talent upgrade stones, these are extremely rare, almost impossible to trade for, and can only be acquired through luck.

Tang Ping didn't hold too much hope; being able to trade for an A-rank talent upgrade stone in the trading zone would already be considered lucky.

As for upgrading his Talent to S-rank, he could rely on finding opportunities in dungeons in the future to improve it.

Tang Ping posted an anonymous message in the trading zone.

"Any attribute secret manual for C-rank or higher talent upgrade stones."

He then stopped paying attention to the trading zone. As for other items, Tang Ping hadn't thought of anything else he needed for now, so he simply held onto the secret manuals. After all, as long as they weren't widely distributed, they would only become more valuable.

It was late at night. Lying in his Shelter, he opened a mini-game, watered all the Planting Oranges, and harvested a fresh batch of oranges to eat.

Just as he peeled an orange, preparing to eat it with a compressed biscuit, Zhang Xile sent a trade request, trading air.

Zhang Xile: "Brother Tang, my grandpa just stewed a pot of deer he hunted in the mountains. I'm sending you a can; it's so delicious. I also caught a nest of cubs and plan to raise them. If you want to eat them later, just let me know."

Looking at the fragrant venison, Tang Ping suddenly found the compressed biscuit with orange in his hand utterly tasteless.

God knows how torturous it was to eat compressed biscuits for seven days straight.

Tang Ping: "Thanks. By the way, I still don't know where you are?"

Zhang Xile: "Luan City, Nanchuan Province, Big Butt Gully Mountain. Many trees here seem to have mutated, and so have the animals. I don't know if it's my imagination, but the mountain also seems to have grown larger. Where are you, Brother Tang?"

Tang Ping's eyes held a hint of confusion. The mountain grew larger? He came from Jiangcheng and hadn't felt any changes along the way. "There doesn't seem to be much change here. If it had grown larger, the roads would definitely be broken, but they're all intact now."

Zhang Xile: "Is that so? Maybe these changes only occur in the deep mountains and old forests. But thinking about it is really scary. I feel like our whole family might become wild people in the future."

Tang Ping thought for a moment and replied, "If possible, you might try to establish a Survivor Base at the foot of the mountain first. In the future, you might even be able to establish a Safe Zone deep in the mountains. And with your Shelter manor, you can completely support a huge Safe Zone in the future."

Zhang Xile quickly replied, "No, no, I don't think I can do it. I'm not cut out for that. Our family is comfortable as we are, without so much to worry about. It's perfectly fine now."

Tang Ping: "It's certainly good now, but have you ever thought about the future, when the mountains are covered in Pollution Beasts? Can your family truly survive there alone? Establishing a base is actually a way to protect yourselves. You're not like me; I can move around. If I can't stay here, I go somewhere else, and the inland isn't as dangerous as where you are."

Zhang Xile: "I... I feel like I might really not be good enough."

Tang Ping: "You can discuss it with your family first. I'm not asking you to gather tens of thousands of people at once. You can start by trying with a dozen, then dozens, then hundreds of people, little by little.

Otherwise, even if your family is strong, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the deep mountains and old forests in the future. But if a base, or even a Safe Zone, can truly be established in the future, with hundreds of thousands or even millions of people, relying on the bloodline inheritance of the Shelter, easily forming a team of tens of thousands of Talent Users, what would there be to fear from mutated beasts or Pollution Beasts?

Boy, don't be afraid. Besides, don't you want to know, 'Are kings, dukes, generals, and ministers born to be so?'"

Zhang Xile: "I'm not."

Zhang Xile: "I don't want to."

Zhang Xile: "If it's really that good, why don't you do it yourself, Brother Tang?"

Tang Ping: "I'm currently busy improving myself and need to travel everywhere, so I don't have much time. Otherwise, I would definitely set one up myself. You're different; you have nowhere to run.

And your Shelter characteristic is naturally the foundation of a king's throne!

In the future, as the Shelter upgrades, possessing vast fertile lands, you'll be a king if not an emperor."

Zhang Xile: "Can't do it, can't do it. I still prefer to stay put. I can't be a king at all. Being a paparazzi is more like it, at most a eunuch. And I just like clinging to big legs, clinging tightly to Brother Tang's big leg!"

Tang Ping's temples throbbed. He rubbed them. "I remember I'm your master, right?"

Zhang Xile: "That's right, Master~~~"

Tang Ping: "Good, then I'm giving you an order now: build me a Safe Zone! Since you don't want to be king, then be a Grand Eunuch. Leave that throne for me; I'll sit on it later!"

At this moment, outside a mountain cave, Zhang Xile, who was enjoying the breeze, looked bewildered. "Huh? Is this right?"

He looked down at his bird.

It was still there.

How did he become a eunuch?