Chapter 554 - Brother, You Smell Good (Part 2)
The Stone Essence was something Lu Ran had obtained after hunting Zhu Yan in a Blue Planet ascension realm. At the time, besides this, he had also obtained a War Token, which he had long since given to Dark Crow as a gift.
As for the Stone Essence, Lu Ran had kept it, waiting for Captain Doofus’ fourth kinship slot to open so he could forge a stone sword for it. Zhu Yan’s stone club weapon was made from this material. Lu Ran thought its power was decent.
Baby Cloud silently stared at the Stone Essence, seemingly understanding Lu Ran’s intentions. After Lu Ran fused it with the Sprite trait, awakening its Sprite attribute, Baby Cloud had gained the Sprite of Enlightenment ability, which could enlighten elemental sprite lifeforms.
Similar to how Six-Path Flower could enlighten ordinary plants into intelligent Transcendent plants, Baby Cloud could now enlighten ordinary stones, water, sand, or even a breeze into elemental lifeforms. Essentially, Lu Ran wanted it to become this stone’s mother.
After seeing Baby Cloud’s dazed expression, Lu Ran knew it had guessed correctly. “Exactly. Originally, I planned to have #18 upgrade the Elemental Life Creation Device to nurture this stone into life, but it’s too busy. Every day, it’s swamped with endless tasks. This matter kept getting delayed.
“But now that you have the ability to enlighten elemental lifeforms, there’s no need to trouble #18. It’s much more convenient for you to handle it.”
Baby Cloud pondered for a moment, then transformed into its angelic worker form, patting its chest proudly.
Pfft, as if this little task is any trouble...
“Don’t take it too lightly. This stone is of Epic grade. Based on the quality of Zhu Yan’s weapon, the stone elemental lifeform it forms will at least be of quasi-Legendary. Enlightening it won’t be easy. Remember, when you experimented with your Sprite of Enlightenment talent on Blue Planet, the highest you managed was a King elemental lifeform.”
As for the enlightened elemental lifeforms, they were listed on the Beastmaster Empire’s familiar shop website and sold to Xia’s beastmasters.
Baby Cloud argued vehemently, claiming that it was just because it had just acquired the talent and wasn’t proficient yet, having only casually tested it a few times.
Although elemental familiars were more valuable than plant familiars in the Beastmaster Empire, scarcity drove prices. Lu Ran didn’t let Baby Cloud enlighten them too frequently, planning to position elemental familiars as a premium market. Plant familiars were several times more expensive than animal familiars, and elemental familiars were several times more expensive than plant familiars.