God of Pets-Chapter 409: Seize the Opportunity by Showing Up
Yang Huai’s face was changing unpredictably as his hand moved slowly in the water, at times surprised, at times frightened, and at times appearing somewhat puzzled.
After a while, Yang Huai seemed to make up his mind, his gaze became firm, and he suddenly pulled his hand out of the water.
Everyone saw that along with his hand, there was also a bronze sword, with a cyan sword aura shimmering along the blade, it possessed a natural sword aura without needing to be activated.
"Congratulations, you have obtained the Unparalleled Secret Treasure, the Cyan Nether Sword." The female Yin General surveyed the treasure without a trace of emotion and said.
Yang Huai, having obtained the Unparalleled Secret Treasure Cyan Nether Sword, was not pleased; instead, he appeared somewhat disappointed.
The Cyan Nether Sword indeed was excellent, but compared to the brush the female Yin General retrieved earlier, it was nothing.
Yang Huai wasn’t fighting for an Unparalleled Secret Treasure, especially since this Cyan Nether Sword was only a level 30 secret treasure, which wouldn’t be of much use when he entered the Grotto Heaven.
Yang Huai returned to Xiu Jie Ming’s side and said, "Leader, the water below isn’t water at all; it’s a strange space. As your hand moves slightly, it feels as if it traverses an incredible distance, and your fingers randomly touch things. What we retrieve depends on luck."
Xiu Jie Ming understood and approached the water tank, summoning a pet, intending to have it help him dredge something up.
According to Yang Huai, if he reached in, there was a chance he might touch the terrifying creatures inside directly.
Previously, an errant ghost grabbed a lock of Nether’s hair. If he touched the mouth of Nether directly, wouldn’t he be delivering himself on a platter?
Xiu Jie Ming didn’t care much about what treasures he might pull out; after all, he didn’t lack things like Unparalleled Secret Treasures.
The pet reached in and fumbled around for a bit before pulling out an item.
They focused on the object retrieved, which turned out to be a book.
Xiu Jie Ming picked it up, and upon seeing the cover, it read "Cangming Sword Technique." 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
"Xiu Jie Ming seems to have a thing for swordsmanship. After inheriting the Celestial Escape Sword Technique, now he’s procured a ’Cangming Sword Technique’. But what is this swordsmanship exactly? Shouldn’t it be the Secret Skill Core? How could anyone else learn from just a book?" Chen Guan pondered internally.
Xiu Jie Ming opened and scanned through it, saying, "It’s a kind of Composite Secret Skill."
The female Yin General spoke, "Congratulations, this ’Cangming Sword Technique’ was created by our Great Emperor and is an unparalleled swordsmanship. You’re quite fortunate."
Hearing this, everyone involuntarily looked at the sword manual in Xiu Jie Ming’s hands.
Although they still hadn’t figured out what kind of being this Nether Emperor was, it was clear he wasn’t ordinary, and the Composite Secret Skill he created shouldn’t be lacking.
When it was Hu Quan’s turn, he hesitated but eventually decided to try his own hand at fishing.
Based on the previous three attempts, the likelihood of encountering Nether wasn’t high, and he didn’t want to miss this opportunity, at least to dredge something practical.
Hu Quan carefully extended his hand inside, just as Yang Huai described, there was no sensation of water.
His hand seemed to reach into an ethereal space, and his fingers barely moved, feeling as if they traversed great distances, with his fingertips constantly touching various things.
He paused the movement of his hand, patiently searching and judging what his fingers were actually touching.
After changing positions a few times, Hu Quan suddenly felt his finger touch something hairy, sticky, and warm, and he was immediately startled.
Almost instinctively, Hu Quan reflexively pulled his hand out quickly.
He knew he must have touched some creature, afraid of getting hurt by it.
After withdrawing his hand, he wanted to reach in again but was blocked by a spear extending across horizontally.
"Your opportunity has been used up." The female Yin General withdrew the spear and said to Hu Quan calmly.
"I haven’t even retrieved anything," Hu Quan immediately protested.
"Once your hand leaves the Netherworld, whether you’ve obtained something or not, it means your opportunity has been used," the female Yin General replied expressionlessly.
"He dredged something out, and then did it again. I haven’t even gotten anything, and I have no chance. Is this fair?" Hu Quan fumed inwardly.
Back in the Inspectorate, others respected him due to its power, never had he suffered such an injustice.
He was used to being the arbiter of truth, what he said went, and now being treated like this, he was struggling to accept it.
"If you have objections, you can leave now; there’s no need to participate." The female Yin General said calmly, not sparing Hu Quan a glance, then turned to Chen Guan and said, "Sir, it’s your turn."
Hu Quan gritted his teeth but was helpless, and he didn’t dare to challenge the female Yin General.
"I’ll go last," Chen Guan didn’t step forward but simply said.
The others were momentarily surprised, and Hu Quan quickly reacted, saying, "He’s a guard who came in with you, without passing any test. How does he qualify to touch the Emperor’s belongings?"
"Since he made it here, naturally he qualifies, isn’t that right?" Chen Guan looked at the female Yin General and asked.
It was just a matter of speaking up; it required no real effort, so trying to secure an opportunity for Fu Tianji was ideal.
If it didn’t work out, it wouldn’t matter, as there was no chance originally.
"Indeed, sir, since he’s come, he has a chance," the female Yin General nodded.
Hu Quan was trembling with anger, knowing he wasn’t allowed to continue fishing after retracting his hand, yet Chen Guan could have a guard try to retrieve items. This double standard was intolerable for him, as he had never suffered such indignation before.
"Despicable...man...woman..." Hu Quan cursed them countless times in his mind.
Yang Huai also frowned, "This female Yin General has been Charmed by Chen Guan. If the leader decides to act against Chen Guan here, will she interfere?"
Chen Guan didn’t care what they thought and said to Fu Tianji with the authority of divine invocation and Spirit of the Cheerleaders, "Go in and grab something, whatever you can get."
Fu Tianji, heeding Chen Guan’s words, actually walked to the tank, hung his Profound Iron Mace at his waist, and reached in with his hand.
His actions were swift as he reached in and drew his hand up quickly, pulling something out in the process.
Their gazes turned to the item in Fu Tianji’s hand, revealing it to be a stool, a short, round stool made from dark green hardwood.
This stool stood at only about thirty centimeters tall, with a diameter roughly the same. Other than a round plate surface, it had three round wooden legs; all the timber bore a dark green hue, nearly black, but under certain angles with light reflection, one could see water-like golden ripples on the wood.
