"That... Ancestor's human friend..." Seeing Ye Fan fiddling with the large sniper rifle, Kurota on the side's eyes were filled with longing: "You seem very familiar with this thing?"
After it found this large sniper rifle here, it had studied it a lot.
Unfortunately, it finally discovered with despair that it couldn't understand it at all.
At first, it thought the runes were some kind of inscriptions, but later found out that was not the case.
This led to it being able to use the large sniper rifle but having no idea about its working principle.
The reason why the goblin race achieved such high accomplishments in alchemy and machinery, besides talent, was also due to their curiosity.
Every goblin was born a learning fanatic, with an almost greedy thirst for knowledge.
As a standout among them, Kurota was naturally even more so in this regard.
Having knowledge placed before its eyes yet being unable to learn it was a feeling that drove it mad.
And this torment lasted for nearly a hundred years.
Now, seeing Ye Fan skillfully fiddling with the large sniper rifle, Kurota's thirst for knowledge erupted!
"You can call me Ye Fan from now on." Ye Fan replied, feeling a headache: "I am indeed quite familiar with this thing, because I made it."
Ancestor's human friend...
How could you even think of that...
"Then can you teach me?" Kurota asked impatiently: "Are there any profound inscriptions in here? But I studied it carefully before and felt it didn't belong to any system of inscriptions!"
"This thing uses knowledge you've never encountered, and it's hard to explain in a short time." Ye Fan fastened the cap and put the large sniper rifle back into his ring: "If you really want to know, we can chat slowly when I have time."
"Then... alright..." Kurota replied dejectedly.
"It seems there's nothing else worth exploring here." Ye Fan stood up and looked around: "We should probably head back."
Seeing the large sniper rifle, Ye Fan understood that the treasure that could supposedly instantly kill a Tribulation Stage expert was likely it.
As for how things from his other lives came to this world, and who brought them, Ye Fan had no idea.
What was certain was that the phrase "instantly kill a Tribulation Stage expert" likely referred to the person who brought the large sniper rifle to this world.
Now that the large sniper rifle had fallen into Kurota's hands, that person was probably gone.
All in all, this trip had been quite fruitful.
Besides those materials, this large sniper rifle was also a pleasant surprise.
With this, he finally had some means of self-preservation.
"Okay, senior." Yun Hua Zhenren quickly responded.
On the way back, Ye Fan and Kurota chatted idly in the flying boat's room.
Yun Hua Zhenren and the others were full of curiosity.
They had never seen a goblin before.
What they were curious about was where Ye Fan got this green-skinned monster from.
If you called it a demonic beast, it didn't have the slightest demonic aura.
And it looked extremely weak, even weaker than the weakling Ye Fan...
But if you said it wasn't a demonic beast, it could talk.
Although they couldn't understand what Kurota was saying.
But judging from its expressions, it was indeed a mature language.
The fact that Ye Fan and Kurota had been conversing entirely in 'bird language' earlier was the best proof...
Moreover, Kurota's body language was very expressive, clearly indicating it was a highly intelligent species...
Perhaps Ye Fan rescued it casually?
After all, this super weakling Kurota couldn't possibly be associated with the terrifying metal monster they encountered before.
They thought Ye Fan might have found Kurota in its lair when he dealt with the metal monster.
Only Elder Qi was lost in thought.
She had seen it more clearly from a closer distance.
The thing that escaped from the metal monster at that time was very close in size to this little one.
And they were both greenish...
However, seeing that Ye Fan hadn't done anything to this green-skinned creature, Elder Qi wisely said nothing more.
Half a month later, the flying boat smoothly arrived at the Yun Hua Sect's stronghold.
Upon returning to his residence, Ye Fan went straight to the spiritual field.
It had been about a month since he last left, and the Dragon Blood Grass in the field was almost ripe.
Judging from the leaves, which were almost completely fiery red, it could be harvested in three to five days at most.
"So this is how your medicinal herbs are." Kurota on the side stared with wide, curious eyes: "No trace of magic fluctuations, yet they can refine miraculous elixirs, it's truly wondrous!"
On the way back, Ye Fan had already explained things to it.
Now Kurota knew that the place it was in was a world with a cultivation system, completely different from its previous world!
Here, both warriors and mages were collectively called cultivators.
The energy they used was not magic, but something called true qi.
The systems it was familiar with, like alchemy and machinery, had similar existences here.
However, the knowledge and theories used were completely different from its own.
Due to the lack of magical materials, its proud knowledge was of no use.
Furthermore, through its previous conversation with Ye Fan, Kurota was stunned to find that Ye Fan was even more powerful than it in its own specialized field.
It was a double blow.
It probably couldn't go back.
But its own expertise couldn't be utilized, Kurota really didn't know what it could do in the future.
Would it spend its days just waiting to die like it did for the past hundred years?
It was utterly fed up with that kind of life.
A pitiful goblin gradually lost its dreams.
However, when dinner was delivered, all of Kurota's troubles were cast aside!
It immediately found the greatest joy before it.
Eating!
The food in the goblin kingdom was basically boiled or roasted, coupled with their terrible cooking skills.
This table of delicacies, meticulously prepared with various cooking methods, instantly opened a new world for it!
Sob sob sob...
So happy!
...
After dinner, Ye Fan took out the materials he had acquired from the ruins this time and pondered over what to make.
Kurota stared curiously from the side, seemingly intending to learn a trick or two.
But after watching for a while, it gave up.
Incomprehensible.
Completely incomprehensible.
In the eyes of ordinary people, inscriptions were basically like scribbles.
They couldn't understand why some drawn patterns possessed such unbelievable power.
It felt the same way now, watching Ye Fan engrave runes.
With the final stroke, Ye Fan stopped.
He had just reinforced the flying craft.
He had used up quite a lot of the seventh and eighth-tier materials harvested from the ruins.
He even put in the only piece of Black Obsidian Crystal he had.
Now, this flying craft could definitely be called a luxurious upgraded version!
Its original top speed for Nascent Soul stage cultivators had been boosted to the late Void Return stage!
The newly added protective shield could also withstand three full-power attacks from Void Return stage cultivators.
Then he used the magical materials from the puppets to draw a concealment inscription on it.
In fact, runeology also had concealment properties.
And the concealment activated by runes could not only hide the appearance but also erase the cultivator's own aura and energy fluctuations.
This effect was much stronger than simple invisibility runes.
But the materials required started from at least the tenth tier.
Ye Fan had no choice but to settle for the next best thing.
Fortunately, Ye Fan himself had no true qi fluctuations, so the inscription's stealth effect was sufficient.
Although he could still be scanned by cultivators' divine sense even after being hidden, who on earth would constantly scan their surroundings with divine sense.
Seeing Kurota looking at him dejectedly, Ye Fan chuckled: "Don't bother, you won't figure anything out by looking."
"Ye Fan, can you teach me these?" Kurota suddenly asked.
"You want to learn?" Ye Fan looked at it with surprise: "These are much more complicated than alchemy or inscriptions, and you have to start from scratch... Are you sure?"
"I don't know what I can do in the future, so I might as well find something to do." A flicker of determination flashed in Kurota's eyes: "Compared to difficulty, I fear idleness more!"
Hearing this, Ye Fan's expression showed a hint of awkwardness.
Damn it!
Why is a goblin so motivated...
This makes me feel a little guilty about my previously lazy self.
"It's not impossible..." Ye Fan stroked his chin: "But before that, you have to solve a problem."
"What problem?" Kurota asked enthusiastically.
"For example, engraving inscriptions requires magic power, so an inscription master is also a mage."
Ye Fan explained.
"So, to learn these things from our side, you have to become a cultivator first."