The sun rose, and it was a new day.
The trainees were all lined up, each with an excited look on their faces, standing before the Compulsion Room of the academy.
Today was a good day to choose the second compulsion!
Fang Yuan was the first to advance to the intermediate level and had the right to prioritize the selection, so he stood at the first place in the queue.
Behind him, in order, were Gu Yue Mo Duan, Gu Yue Fang Zheng, and Gu Yue Chi Cheng.
Creak.
The door of the compulsion room was opened by the guards, and Fang Yuan was the first to step into it.
Although the compulsion room was not big, there was something inside. The walls all around were punched out with small square holes, which were both large and small, and inside were placed all sorts of utensils.
There were stone pots, jade plates, grass woven cages, and fired alabaster ceramic pots.
Various kinds of parasites, all of them of the first rank, were stored amongst these vessels. In order to feed these parasites, the academy consumed thousands of yuan stones every day.
Fang Yuan swept his gaze and realized that many of the vessels were already empty and had no more compotes.
The compotes in the compulsion chamber were only replenished once every year. Earlier, when choosing the native compulsion, most of the teenagers had chosen the moonlight compulsion, and now there was not a single moonlight compulsion in the compulsion room.
There were no windows around the compulsion room, only a small skylight on the roof.
The sunlight filtered in through the skylight, forming a rectangular patch of golden light on the floor of the compulsion room.
The first time he entered the compulsion room, Fang Yuan had a goal in mind and chose the moonlight compulsion as soon as he entered. But now, he only had a few targets in mind that he could choose from.
But as far as these targets were concerned, it also depended on whether there were any goods in the compulsion room.
Fang Yuan followed the left wall, strolling forward while browsing carefully.
After five steps, his footsteps slightly lurched.
Inside a square near his shoulder, there was a copper bowl with a parasite lying in it.
This parasite was shaped like a bedbug, flat and wide, with a small head and an oval-shaped body. The whole body was yellow-orange, emitting a copper-like metallic luster.
This was a Copper Skin Compote. The object often chosen by melee combat parasites. The academy's boxing and kicking instructor had raised such a copper skin compulsion, and once activated, it was a yellowish body with a great increase in defense.
Fang Yuan's eyes were wide open, of course he could not see such a compulsion. He continued to walk forward and saw another stone skin compulsion.
The stone skin compulsion was similar in appearance to the copper skin compulsion, only that its body was gray, like a craft made of stone.
After the six consecutive stone-skinned parasites, the iron-skinned parasites were placed.
The physical appearance of the Iron-skinned Compote and Copper-skinned Compote were also similar, only differing in subtle ways. It stayed still and motionless in an iron bowl. Its body exuded a cold, black-iron like light.
There were families in human society, and there were also families amongst the parasites.
These three parasites that Fang Yuan saw one after another were all from one family. They were similar in appearance and had similar functions.
"Iron-skinned Compulsion, Copper-skinned Compulsion, Stone-skinned Compulsion, Jade-skinned Compulsion ... If there is a Jade-skinned Compulsion, I might as well pick it this time." Fang Yuan muttered under his breath, a hint of anticipation rising in his heart as he continued to move forward.
But he was destined to be disappointed, after the Iron Skin Compulsion, there was a sliver of Beast Skin Compulsion.
Jade Skin Compotes and Beast Skin Compotes, likewise with Copper Skin Compotes and the like, belonged to a series. But the value is very different, animal skin compulsion is the most common, the market price is lower than the stone skin compulsion, but there are many routes to promotion, and can be combined with many other compotes.
Jade skin compulsion is this series, the most rare compulsion. The market price was second only to wine worms, and sometimes the price fluctuated and would be on par with wine worms.
Fang Yuan looked around and did not find the Jade Skin Compulsion. He was not disappointed, but smiled in relief, ''The Gu Yue Mountain Walled City is only a medium-sized family, and the academy's compulsion room can only be considered as a mid-range level. Requiring a Jade Skin Compote here is a bit of a high standard."
At this time, the left wall, had already been viewed, so Fang Yuan switched to a different wall and continued strolling.
On this wall, the most abundant thing was the Heavenly Bull Compulsion.
Like the Skin Compasses, the Heavenly Bull Compasses were also a large family of First Turn Compasses.
They were similar in appearance, with an elongated cylindrical shape and a slightly flattened back. Most of them were black and emitted a metallic luster. A pair of tentacles were extremely long, exceeding the body, and between the opening and closing of their powerful jaws, they made clicking and clacking sounds, like sawing wood. Therefore, some local parasites also called them "Sawing Shulang".
The first thing that caught Fang Yuan's eyes was a Brute Force Heavenly Bull Compass.
It was red iron in color, with a pair of antennae that were thicker than those of a normal Tien Niu, and on it, there was a bamboo joint growing every little distance.
This Brute Force Heavenly Cow Compass was a big seller in the market, and among the caravans that came to the Gu Yue Mountain Walled City some time ago, there were people who sold this Brute Force Heavenly Cow Compass in large quantities.
The Brute Force Heavenly Bull Compulsion could grant a compounder temporary and immense strength. It was claimed to be the strength of a bull, sustaining five breaths of effort.
But it had a two disadvantages.
One was that it consumed too much true essence every time it was activated. One turn of the middle rank would require 10% of true essence, and when converted to the beginning rank, it would require 20% of true essence every time it was used.
The other was that it had after-effects. If a compounder had a slender physique and used this kind of compulsion too much, it would lead to muscle strains or even broken flesh tendons. Often, only compote masters with strong physiques would use it. There was no need to think about a small body like Fang Yuan's.
Fang Yuan was also self-aware and walked past the Brute Force Heavenly Bull Compulsion and continued to look on.
"Huh? This compulsion is not bad." His footsteps slowed down.
It was a Yellow Camel Heavenly Bull Compass.
Slightly slimmer and longer in size than the Brute Force Heavenly Bull Compass, its body was a dark yellow color, with a pair of long tentacles that had no bamboo joints on them, and was yellow from the root and had gradually turned black by the time it reached the end.
The Brute Force Heavenly Cow Compass can temporarily give a compounder powerful strength, which is explosive in nature and can only last for five breaths. While the Yellow Locust Heavenly Cow Compass, on the other hand, could grant the composter endurance, allowing the composter's rate of physical exertion to be greatly reduced, and could last for a quarter of an hour. At the same time, there were no after-effects.
Among the first turn companions, the market price of the Yellow Camel Tian Niu Compulsion was also quite high, comparable to the Moonlight Compulsion, second to the Jade Skin Compulsion, and even more so to the Wine Worm.
Fang Yuan scanned around, and it was true that there was only this one Yellow Camel Tian Niu Compel in this compulsion room.
"The compulsion is good, but it doesn't match my direction." Fang Yuan shook his head and gave up on this compulsion.
Soon, he walked to the corner of the wall. He had finished looking at the second wall, but was not satisfied.
The compotes in the compulsion room were at this level, so if he wanted to pick up the pieces or have any surprises, there was not much hope.
Fang Yuan turned to the third wall and continued to look.
On this wall, there were the most ragworm parasites.
Ragworm parasites were also a series of parasites.
There were Flower Ragworm Compasses, Pink Ragworm Compasses, Black Ragworm Compasses, and White Ragworm Compasses.
The Pink Ragworm Compass was the least valuable, and almost no companions chose it. Because it had only one ability, which was to fatten up. After a composter infused true essence, the Pink Ragworm Compass would improve the body of the composter, causing the composter to gain weight. No matter how skinny it was, it could turn into a big, fat, chubby person.
There were only two or three Pink Ragworm Compasses in this compulsion room, seemingly not bothering to collect and feed them.
The flower ragworm parasites were the most numerous, there were dozens of them, lined up in a row. The surface of these parasites were all spotted with flowers, either black with white, black with pink, or white with pink, and a few that were black, white, and pink.
The function of the Flower Ragworm Compulsion was similar to the Brute Force Heavenly Cow Compulsion, both of which temporarily increased the strength of the compounder.
While the Brute Force Heavenly Bull was known as the strength of a bull, the Flower Ragworm Compulsion was the strength of a pig. The amount of true essence consumed by the Flower Ragworm Compassion was as much as the Brute Force Heavenly Bull Compassion, but it could last for ten breaths, and lasted twice as long as the Brute Force Heavenly Bull Compassion.
And, because the power that the Compassionist erupted was smaller, the aftereffects were naturally not as severe as the Brute Force Heavenly Bull Compassion.
"The Flower Ragworm Compulsion is the most popular compulsion, and it is also the most sold on the market. The market price is only half of the Brute Force Heavenly Bull Compulsion, so it can be described as cheap. However, in the ragworm compulsion family, the two remaining ones are worth a lot more, more expensive than the Jade Skin Compulsion and the Wine Bug!" A thoughtful light flashed in Fang Yuan's eyes.
A Black Ragworm Compass or White Ragworm Compass could sell for as much as six hundred Yuan Stones on the market, and often, as soon as they appeared, they were immediately offered to acquire them.
The ability of the black and white ragworm parasites was to transform the body of the parasites, fundamentally increasing their qi strength.
Although the Brute Force Heavenly Bull Compulsion could grant a composter the strength of a bull, it could only last for five breaths, and with more than that the power increase was too great for the composter to withstand, and there were strong after-effects.
The black and white boar compulsion increases the power given to the composter, although little by little, day by day, but as long as it is owned, it is the composter's own thing. Even if both the black and white ragworm parasites died, the power would still remain in the body of the composter.
It was for this reason that the price of black and white ragworm parasites was higher than that of wine bugs.
It was widely believed that the value of wine worms was slightly less than that of black and white ragworm parasites.
Wine worms could only refine true essence, and in a fierce battle, a Compassion Master's true essence could be depleted extremely easily. For the rest of the battle, the composter would rely on his fists and feet, on his own strength. This was the value embodied by the black and white ragworm parasites, which were more reliable than wine worms.
"It would be nice to refine a black ragworm compulsion, or a white ragworm compulsion." Fang Yuan was just thinking about it, there was only one Yellow Locust Heavenly Bull Compass in this kind of compulsion room, how could there be such rare compotes as Black or White Boar Compass.
He strolled around and looked at all the compotes, and there really wasn't any of his ideal compotes.
In the end, he took a Small Light Compote in the corner.
The small light compulsion was in the compulsion room, and there were a total of five of them.
This kind of compulsion, with a peculiar shape like a five-pointed star, was only half the size of a fingernail cap.
This compulsion was mainly used in conjunction with the moonlight compulsion, and was the most common type of auxiliary compulsion for moonlight compulsion. Fang Yuan's selection of this was considered sloppy, at least it fit the direction of development in his mind.
"Fang Yuan has come out."
"It's been half a day, it's finally come out."
"I wonder what compulsion he chose?"
"He's got the wine worm, this is already his third compulsion, just afraid he can't afford to raise it, hehehe."
Fang Yuan leisurely walked out of the compulsion room, the trainees stood outside the door for a long time, a little restless.
"It's my turn! I wonder if Fang Yuan has chosen that compulsion?" Seeing Fang Yuan come out, Gu Yue Mo Duan hurriedly took a big step and crossed into the compulsion room.
He examined it and instantly found the only Yellow Locust Heavenly Cow Compote, and could not help but be overjoyed as he immediately took it.
Afterward, Fang Zheng also walked in.
"I have the Moonlight Compulsion to attack, what's missing is a compulsion for defense." After considering for a long time, Gu Yue Fang Zheng finally chose a Copper Skin Compound.
Furuki Akagi was the fourth to walk into the compulsion room.
"I need the ability to dodge, in the future battles, I can hit others, but others can't hit me. That way, I'll be invincible." He chose from left to right, and finally chose a Dragon Pill Cricket Compote.