Otherworldly Skeleton Evolution

“What do you think the reward for defending the village will be this time?”

“It’s an S-grade hidden quest, so it’s probably at least Legendary-grade equipment, right?”

“Legendary? I think your imagination is too limited. At most, it’s probably just Mythical!”

*Gasp*

Hearing this, everyone couldn’t help but gasp.

Because forget about Mythical-grade, even Elite-grade items were rarely possessed by anyone present.

“Damn, my entire body only has one blue ring, and I had to desperately sell myself at someone else’s stall to buy it.”

“What does a Mythical-grade item even look like? I’ve never fucking seen a Rare, let alone caught a glimpse of a Mythical aside from drooling over them on the weapon leaderboards!”

“Envy makes me fall to pieces. May the Supreme God in Heaven bless me. I’m willing to offer 5 cm of my manhood in exchange for a Level 25 Rare weapon!”

“Holy shit, you madman! I’m willing to offer 5 cm of my big manhood for a Rare skill book. I pray the Supreme God in Heaven hears my sincerity!”

“Brave warrior, are you the one who saved Ginkgo Village?”

Under the gazes of countless players, the Village Chief walked up to Jiang Cheng and excitedly grasped his bony hand.

Then, he involuntarily shuddered from the cold.

*Hiss* The Village Chief was no longer excited, and his trembling hand stopped trembling.

“Brave warrior, come with me.” Awkwardly waving his frostbitten hands, the Village Chief led Jiang Cheng into the village chief’s house.

*Bam!*

The door was ruthlessly shut.

This left the players who were itching to know what the reward was feeling restless, their eyes bloodshot.

“No way, getting so mysterious, could it be a Mythical-grade skill book?”

“Perhaps it’s a Divine Artifact?”

“Who the hell knows? What’s with the closed door? Sigh, I really want to know what the reward is. This is too fucking frustrating!”

While the others were still racking their brains speculating, the Village Chief shakily took out two thread-bound books and a mysterious black box, handing them to Jiang Cheng.

Actually, the Village Chief didn’t want to give the reward to Jiang Cheng, because in his eyes, Jiang Cheng wasn’t necessarily much better than the Demon Fiend army.

But there was no choice. Having posted the bounty, if he didn’t give the reward as stipulated, he would be punished by the gods.

However…no matter how you look at it, this skeleton doesn’t seem like a good skeleton…

He suddenly regretted this decision a little.

Perhaps in the future, this black skeleton would become an existence even more powerful than the Skeleton King!

Jiang Cheng took the two books and the box, feeling slightly pleased.

What exactly was the S-grade hidden quest reward?

The moment Jiang Cheng flipped open the first book, he was completely stunned.

【Village Chief’s Forging Sutra】

Quality: Common

Overview: After use, allows you to skip the transfer quest and change your secondary occupation to Equipment Forger.

Learning Condition: None

“Good stuff.”

Although the quality was trash, it allowed him to change his secondary occupation!

The Spirit Soul Stone dropped by Fa Yun’s team before had clearly indicated that he absolutely couldn’t use it.

But after flipping through this secret manual, it let him learn it without needing to do the cumbersome transfer quest.

The quest to transfer to a secondary occupation was known to be especially tedious, despite not being very difficult.

It would probably take around a week to complete.

Those who generally transferred secondary occupations were either lifestyle players supported by guilds or wealthy players with the time to spend on it.

Players like Jiang Cheng obviously didn’t have the time to do this kind of quest.

So for him, this Forging Sutra was very powerful.

[System Notice: Congratulations on transferring to Equipment Forger and obtaining Basic Forging Art.]

【Basic Forging Art】

Proficiency: 300/10000

Overview: After use, can forge designated equipment using forging blueprints and materials. Has a 1% chance to forge special equipment with no usage restrictions.

Current Forgeable Level: Level 20

Forging Requires: Level 20 Dark Iron, Level 20 Blueprints

This Forging Art didn’t have much use for him.

Other than being able to forge unidentified equipment that could have various properties attached to it after appraisal, it wasn’t very useful.

But that 1% chance to forge special equipment with no usage restrictions was extremely important to him.

“Let’s see what the next one is.”

【Strong Body Art】

Quality: Legendary

Overview: After learning, adds the learnable skill Strong Body Art to the guild. Each level of Strong Body Art increases the maximum HP by 100 points, up to level 20.

Learning Condition: Guild Leader

“An extra guild skill.”

Jiang Cheng’s heart stirred.

The skills inherently available to guilds only had Regeneration and Meditation at level 1 to increase HP and mana recovery speed.

Level 2 had Strong Attack, increasing attack power by 20 points per level, and Strong Magic, increasing magic attack power by 10 points per level.

Level 3 had Strong Power, increasing strength by 5 points per level, and Stratagem, increasing spirit by 5 points per level.

Level 4 had Swift Speed, increasing agility by 5 points per level, and Toughness, increasing stamina by 5 points per level.

Level 5 had Fitness, increasing physique by 5 points per level, and Defense, increasing defense by 5 points per level.

Level 6 had Precision, increasing accuracy by 1 point per level, and Evasion, increasing evasion by 1 point per level.

Level 7 and above added elemental attacks like Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Frost, Flame, Wind, Thunder, Light, Dark, and Poison.

The maximum guild level was 10, strengthening nearly all attributes that could be strengthened, but uniquely lacking an increase to maximum HP.

This Strong Body Art was absolutely crucial for guilds.

Guild members having one more skill that increased maximum HP was equivalent to having half an extra life with current standards. This was definitely an enormous advantage.

Of course, he had no way to learn it.

He still had to hand it over to A Silly Cutie.

With a hint of curiosity, he opened the final black box.