The King of Black Fog

"Stop messing around," said Yang Qinglan just then, "look over here."

She placed the small jade cauldron in the middle of the table.

Power Pill: Increases 1 point of Strength attribute, limited to players who haven't reached their limit.

Ingredients: One herb with 10 points of Constitution and 10 points of Strength

Agility Pill: Increases 1 point of Agility Attribute, limited to players who haven't reached their limit.

Ingredients: One herb with 10 points of Constitution and 10 points of Agility

Constitution Pill: Increases 1 point of Constitution attribute, limited to players who haven't reached their limit.

Ingredients: One herb with 10 points of Constitution, 5 points of Strength, and 5 points of Agility

"Why are there no Intelligence and Charm?" Li Qianxia wondered, her finger sliding further down.

A series of elixirs capable of driving ancient emperors mad scrolled past, but there was no sign of 'Intelligence Pills' or 'Charming Pills'.

"Two reasons," Yang Qinglan looked as contemplative as a lotus gazing at the water's surface. "First, these two types of pills are precious and aren't on the free giveaway list; second, there won't be such pills in the future either."

"Either reason doesn't bode well for us," Li Changzhou said.

"Hmm," Yang Qinglan nodded slightly, took back the small jade cauldron, and pondered while looking at it, "The ingredients for the other elixirs are also very valuable, practically needing herbs that have materialized as spirits."

"Forget about that, brother, let's take advantage of our luck and draw a skill!" Li Qianxia urged excitedly.

"Alright!" Li Changzhou was also spirited at this moment.

[Name: Contract·King Cobra]

[Type: Skill]

[Quality: B]

[Special Effect: Summons a King Cobra that has signed an employment contract]

[Minimum Use Conditions: Intelligence 6, Charm 7]

[Introduction: 1. The attributes of the King Cobra are equivalent to those of its owner;

2. The King Cobra's bite can detoxify all snake poisons and can also release a large amount of toxins (the potency of the toxins is directly proportional to the constitution);

3. The King Cobra is immune to snake poison;

4. The King Cobra can acquire the toxins of poisons it has ingested, allowing its 'bite' to develop the ability to neutralize those poisons;

5. The King Cobra's snake eyes can see any object with a temperature; its forked tongue can track the scent of objects and judge the speed of prey;

6. The higher the Charm, the more loyal the King Cobra]

[Note: Hiss, boss, is it your meal or mine? (The last conversation between a starving employee and the boss)]

Li Qianxia didn't read the long string of information, just like how she'd first check if a card was gold before seeing the skill level.

B grade?

That means it's just a basic guarantee, embellished to high heaven—what's a guaranteed draw?

Tossing down the answer sheet and stepping on it scores higher than you—that's a guaranteed draw.

But she didn't blame Li Changzhou.

"Look!" She looked reproachfully at Yang Qinglan, who was still memorizing about fifty elixir recipes from the 'small jade cauldron.'

"Look," Li Changzhou immediately followed suit, also reproachfully looking at Yang Qinglan.

Why did she let it go?

Yang Qinglan glanced at the siblings and remained silent, her meaning clear—sure you want me to speak?

"Let's take a look at the King Cobra!"

"Yes~"

Yang Qinglan shifted her gaze back and continued to gently stroke the 'small jade cauldron' with her fingers, tender as peeled young roots.

This woman only knew to seek higher grades (S-class) and didn't even plan to glance at the soon to appear King Cobra (B-class).

The King Cobra was four meters long, stood over a meter high, and was covered with armor-like scales. Every twenty centimeters, there was a ring of golden scale armor, looking like successive crowns.

The snake was slightly thicker than a human's ankle, too small to swallow a person, but likewise, humans were definitely no match for it.

In the wild, ordinary King Cobras were already fast and strong, with a bite whose venom could easily kill 20 to 30 adults; even elephants steered clear of them.

The King Cobra that Li Changzhou summoned had golden vertical pupils, signifying its status as the king of kings among all snakes.

"Can you talk?" Li Qianxia asked the King Cobra that reared up in front of her.

She wasn't really afraid of animals, including snakes, perhaps because she often ran around with Li Changzhou when she was younger.

"Hiss."

"Looks like it can't." she said with slight regret.

"It says it smells the scent of chicken and wants to know if it can eat it," Li Changzhou translated.

Li Qianxia looked at him in shock.

"That's my skill...."

"Bro," Li Qianxia interrupted him, "Why do you have a snake accent and I don't? You can't possibly be adopted, right?"

Li Changzhou told the King Cobra, "No chicken, but you can freely eat chicken eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs, and Li Qianxia. You can only eat these three things, Li Qianxia is not a thing, and if you want to eat fish and vegetables, you can have those too."

"Nonsense!" Li Qianxia blurted out.

She carefully turned her head, thankful that Yang Qinglan had decided to ignore the siblings for a while and was seriously memorizing the elixir recipe.

"Don't listen to my brother. Stick with me, and I guarantee that you'll eat well and live comfortably. Let me first think of a name for you...."

Li Qianxia cradled her chin in thought.

Suddenly, her expression brightened, and she said, "You have golden rings all over your body, so I'll call you 'Golden Crown'. Come on, Golden Crown, do a handstand."

Golden Crown moved its thick, long body, hissing as it left Bird Nest Plain in search of chicken eggs, duck eggs, and goose eggs.

"What kind of employee is this?!" Li Qianxia fumed, "Dock its attendance, let it work overtime in the morning, afternoon, evening, Saturday, and Sunday! Call it at three in the morning and make it work on the project for the week after next!"

Fengshen Legend states, "Green bamboo snake mouth, wasp tail needle. Neither are venomous, but the most venomous is a woman's heart."

After using up two chances for a draw, the three of them returned to discussing which skills to upgrade.

"Do you have any ideas?" Yang Qinglan asked him.

"Let's upgrade 'Concentration' first." Li Changzhou said, "Compared to Death God and Teleportation, these messy things, I'd rather gain wisdom."

"That's very much your style." Li Qianxia laughed.

"What style is that?"

"You don't believe in anything, just in yourself."

"Nonsense! I'm being practical."

"Then let's upgrade 'Concentration' first." Yang Qinglan interrupted the bickering siblings, "From the Thunder Book, it's clear that there will be many skills that need self-studying in the future. Improving intelligence is never wrong."

"Alright." Li Changzhou nodded.

'Concentration' is currently at level D, with a 20% chance of entering concentration, gaining 1 point of intelligence and 1 point of perception.

Level C 'Concentration' costs 400 Game Coins, with a 25% chance of entering concentration.

Level B 'Concentration' costs 800 Game Coins, with a 50% chance of entering concentration, with perception increasing from 1 point to 2 points.

Level B+ 'Concentration' costs 1600 Game Coins, with a 60% chance of concentration, and perception increasing to 3 points.

Level A 'Concentration' costs 3200 Game Coins, with an 80% chance of entering concentration, gaining 2 points of intelligence and 4 points of perception.

"Let me catch my breath!" Li Changzhou drank a sip of icy cold glacier mineral water.

He had already spent 6000 Game Coins!

Li Qianxia also felt pained as if being flayed.

6000 Game Coins, with a level C skill averaging just 450, could have been exchanged for 13 of them!

Only Yang Qinglan wore a smile, humorously watching Li Changzhou, fingers fiddling with a miniaturized Jade Cauldron.

"No more adding! No more adding!" Li Changzhou put down his water glass, "Let's boost 'Qilin Blood Exhaustion' to level A first!"

"Yeah!" Li Qianxia nodded vigorously.

"Let's continue upgrading 'Concentration'." Yang Qinglan said, "The stronger the life force, the better the effect of 'Qilin Blood Exhaustion'. If it were an ordinary person, perhaps upgrading the skill level would be needed, but not for you, your life force is very strong."

"No way!" Li Changzhou shook his head, his heart still bleeding, "I'll give you some Game Coins first, you go upgrade the Bible."

'Bible·Knight' is just an A-level item (there's something wrong with this statement, currently the three of them together only have one A-level skill), but considering there's also 'Bible·Nun' and 'Bible·Pope', this series is at least an S-level treasure.

The Episcopal Skill inside may bring some unexpected surprises.