Chapter 544 — Idling Made Me Stronger

President Xingnan and Shi Jue looked at each other; both understood this was mutual benefit, a win-win.

President Xingnan smiled faintly—the other branches would probably be so jealous their snot bubbles popped.

"Beyond that, there's this as well." President Xingnan produced an item resembling a crystal ball and said, "This contains the cultivation methods for the Purification Amplification talent and the Hand of Purification. I wonder if you've cultivated them."

"No..." Shi Qi glanced at it and said after a moment's hesitation.

At present he had only cultivated telepathy (Mind Domain, Mind Resonance), the Space Reinforcement talent, the Body Control talent, the Fusion talent, and the Time Accumulation Reinforcement talent. Hmm... psychic power barely counted too, since it could reinforce mental strength.

"I knew it," President Xingnan said. "The Purification Amplification talent lets you strengthen the power of your beasts' purification-type skills. As for the Hand of Purification, it allows you to cultivate purification ability within yourself. If you ever encounter some powerful pollution source in the future and suffer a backlash through your contract, these are life-saving abilities. Cultivating them can do no harm."

She set down the crystal ball, hoping Shi Jin would devote himself wholeheartedly to developing as a Purifier.

"Mm... if you have the spare capacity, it would be best to cultivate the Water Reinforcement talent as well."

"All right..." Shi Jin smiled bitterly. Damn it, why couldn't the skill compendium add points for him directly?

With that pile of talents and abilities on his plate, plus meditation, his head already ached enough.

How was it that joining an environmental protection association and becoming a vice-president meant he had to relearn beast-taming talents...

It seemed he would have to hurry up and develop a resource that could cultivate automatically...

Even if the success rate was extremely low, he had to hurry and deduce one for Ginseng Baby—otherwise this life would be unlivable.

"I'll find time to cultivate them all," Shi Jin said, taking the crystal ball. "President Xingnan, is there anything else you'd like to instruct?"

"No rush. There are still a few matters to explain."

"This is for you." At that, President Xingnan produced an identity card and said, "This is the identity card representing you as vice-president of the Canglan Environmental Protection Association. Within the Canglan Domain, it will serve you in many places. Take it and keep it safe."

"At the same time, you can use this identity card to log in to the Environmental Protection Association's official website and purchase the resources you need."

"As a three-star Purifier, you should have a considerable reserve of initial purification-value points. With your current points, it should be enough to exchange for a resource of beyond-god-level quality."

"Really?" The moment President Xingnan finished speaking, Shi Xiao's eyes lit up. Joining the Environmental Protection Association—wasn't this exactly what it was for?

"Mm." President Xingnan smiled faintly and said, "But speaking of which, I noticed earlier—you've contracted quite a lot of beasts, haven't you?"

She looked toward Eleven, Susu, and Yaya in the room, and even toward the Lin clone on Shi Jin's wrist.

"That's right." Shi Li said, "Is something the matter?"

"Nothing." President Xingnan laughed. "It's just that such a situation is rather rare. Still, the Domain Lord of your Skyvoid Domain is the same way—it must be a tradition of your homeworld."

"Here on Realm King Star, beast tamers who contract multiple beasts are not many in number."

Shi Yan laughed and said, "Mm, it's a tradition over there. But I rather like this mode."

Contracting multiple beasts had its pros and cons. For instance, Shi Jin's current beast-taming space could originally provide a hundred units of growth nourishment to his beasts. If he had contracted only Eleven, then Eleven could have enjoyed all hundred units of growth nourishment alone, or even more.

But now, a dozen or so beasts could only split those hundred units of nourishment among them, and moreover, the beast tamer had to prepare even more growth resources. With so many beasts, dragging a beast tamer down was all too easy—but Shi Jin had the point-adding system, so this effect could be ignored.

Contracting so many beasts with different abilities actually increased his point-adding efficiency.

Besides, contracting only one beast would have made things far too lonely. Shi Jin had transmigrated here and was an orphan to begin with; the many beasts he had contracted were his family, so naturally the more the livelier.

As though sensing Shi Jin was quite satisfied with this mode, President Xingnan said no more. She merely smiled faintly and said, "In that case, I won't disturb you any longer. Familiarize yourself with things first, and if anything comes up, just come to me."

As a Purifier, contracting a couple more beasts was fine—after all, beasts proficient in purification power were generally not very good at combat, so pairing them with a beast proficient in combat made for a perfect combination.

"Lastly, if there's nothing urgent, you may as well stay a while longer in the Canglan Domain. The cultivation environment here is rather good compared to the Skyvoid Domain, and more suited to your growth. As for the Skyvoid Domain, I'll speak with the Skyvoid Domain Lord," President Xingnan said before leaving.

"No problem," Shi Heng said with a nod.

He had already planned to stay in the Canglan Domain for a while anyway. The Environmental Protection Association was only one of his goals; next, he would also find time to visit the Cosmic Disaster Research Institute and find a way to learn powerful skills there!

Besides, the Canglan Domain certainly had more powerful lifeforms and top-grade skills than a second-tier domain like Skyvoid. Shi Jin intended to copy a few more skills here so as to prepare for the God-Sealing War ten months from now.

Moreover, the God-Sealing War could only be registered for and entered in a first-tier domain. In the days to come, he would probably spend more time in the Canglan Domain than in Lingxiao City.

"President, let me see you out." After that, having explained all that needed explaining, President Xingnan took her leave.

After seeing her off, Shi Jin looked at the talent crystal ball and the identity card she had brought and fell into deep thought.

"Ying, ying." With the guest gone, the beasts came alive again.

Hearing the cries of his beasts, Shi Jin nodded as well.

"Lin, log on to the Environmental Protection Association's official site. Let's see what good things they have here."

"Got it." Lin's main body gradually merged with its clone, and after fetching the ID card, it projected a virtual screen in midair.

At once, Shi Jin, Eleven, Susu, Duckie and the others stared wide-eyed at it.

Though as they looked, they sank into thought.

"This one's not bad..."

"That one's not bad either."

"Maybe we should buy this first..."

"Quack!! (Duckie wants this one!!)"

Before long, Lin closed the projection and said, "Master, I suggest you first deduce the skills you need. Skill learning may involve a great many materials, and searching for resources with specific needs in mind will keep your thinking clearer than it is now. Otherwise you lot... will want everything."

It sighed. Even with money, it could not withstand them picking like this.

Shi Jin, leaning on the sofa, had come down with a fresh bout of choice paralysis. Hearing Lin's words, he scratched his messy hair, glanced at the cursed talent crystal ball, and sighed.

"Fair enough."

"Let's deduce the cultivation fruit first. The first beast-taming space is still far from level ten, the second beast-taming space hasn't even reached level nine, and there's still a pile of talents left uncultivated. Ah, so annoying."