15 Shoggoth

Zhu Wushang and The Black merchant talk with each other for a while then they continue with the very first topic The Thing that the Black Merchant mention.

Both of them go down from the stair of the big tree house. The shadow of many tree leaf lies across the ground that cover with green luster grass that's looks like some kind of spirits grass.

There's countless spirits herb that plant in a row fashion like a farm. Zhu Wushang only Remember to some of them and what he remembers is all rare spirits herb.

But the thing that made him speechless is not all these extremely rare spirits herb but the thing that is taking care of a farm right now.

It's the horrendous black gelatinous blob-like creature that has many tentacles and many organs that shapeshift to many tools like organ that look like the farm tool in a twist and made of flesh and bone.

"What… is that thing?" Zhu Wushang asks dumbfounded.

The Black merchant smile then walking to the black-blob creature and patting it on its gelatinous body.

"This thing, It's call Shoggoth, The loyal and non-fatigue labor that I created. It not so good at fighting but it's very durable and can change shape at its will to provide it with more convenient to working at the field or even building something. And also, some of your body part and organ has been replaced by Shoggoth flesh and blood. That's why I said yes and no that I help you."

Zhu Wushang feels astonished and looks at his limb and body. He then walks toward Shoggoth to examine it. But every step that he took It made Shoggoth body to tremble in fear.

"Is this creature... fear me?" He utter.

"Of course with your bloodline, all the creature of horror would fear you."

"Oh? Is my bloodline are some kind of holy a bloodline that can exorcist all horror creature!?" Zhu Wushang asks excitedly.

Black merchant didn't answer he just smile with an expression full of a different kind of meaning while thinking within himself.

"What's the meaning of that smile?" Zhu Wushang asks annoyingly.

Black merchant immediately acts innocent then speak.

"Nothing, By the way, My point is this thing can form itself to any shape and organs that it needs to use. But this is the first time I use it to replace someone organs and limb. But once your body has evolved into a treasured body. I'm sure that it's work well and without flaw."

Zhu Wushang rolls his eye at The Black merchant behavior, but he has senses something strange from this conversation. It's sure fascinating but... Why does this guy telling me all this?

While he thinks The Black merchant continue.

"You see. This creature is a good helper when it comes to heavy labor, and you also stay here at my house in the center of The great forest of nowhere, and I'm sure that right now those guy from higher realm would try to find you all over the place."

Zhu Wushang looks at The Black Merchant astonished and then suspicious. He astonished because this house is at the centermost of The Great forest of nowhere; And suspicious because of what black merchant is trying to say after this.

[Don't tell me...]

"Since you cannot go out for a long while then, You could stay here in my house for one and a half years, waiting for the matter to die down while enjoying the vast amount of my book collection and knowledge and taking care of my spirits herb garden." The Black merchant speech ends with a business smile while patting Zhu Wushang shoulder.

[Is this stingy merchant want to get some benefit? While let me hidden here?]

Zhu Wushang fell into deep thought and think about it. What The Black merchant said is making sense, and It'd be much worse if a walking treasure like him go out of hiding while the matter is still hot. And helping this guy to take care of spirit herb could count as paying rent him while he still hides here.

And from what he knows. The Black Merchant would probably have some rare and unique book for him to learn and this opportunity didn't come every day.

"Fine, It's true that I can't go anywhere for a while. So what do you want me to do?" Zhu Wushang asks.

The black merchant smile then offers him a deal.

"Well, Let me give you some motivation. These herbs are nearly ripe for the harvest. After this batch of herbs, you can use all of these plot to plant and grow yourself some spirits herb, and any herb that you grow after this batch will belong to you." The Black merchant smile in generous while his demeanor acts like a very generous man.

But in fact, It's the opposite. Because of these herbs would take more than two years to ripe, some rare and exotic herb would take more than that, and this black merchant just tries to coat a fake sugar over on this scamming deal.

Zhu Wushang isn't someone stupid that wouldn't know of this fact. So He feels really annoying right now, but his face didn't show any signs of annoyance. But he can't do anything about this anyway because this is the Black merchant home.

After the deal is done. The Black merchant guide Zhu Wushang an introduction many of the room to Zhu Wushang, especially the library that contains many rare and exotic book from many occupations, not just the Spirits arts or Combat arts.

Then, The Black Merchant activate the invisible formation to make this place invisible to the naked eye and the spirits sense against the expert of Ascension realm and below.

"Ok kid, I'll take care of my business first then, I'll see if I can shoo away those higher realm investigators to go back to their home. I'll be back after years and a half, but if I didn't come back by then, you could go out yourself."

The Black merchant then flew through the sky and disappeared on the horizon.

He then looks back on the Shoggoth that continues working without stop. He thinks about the special properties of it that can change into any form and any organs it wants.

He then thinks of something and command Shoggoth.

"Hey, can you change shape to look like me?"

As Zhu Wushange command The gelatinous black blob divide itself into many parts and change itself to look like Zhu Wushang, Many of the clone body of Zhu Wushang stand naked in a neat row.

He must say that these Shoggoths is very good when it comes to mimicking someone. The problem is that their intelligence is somehow lacking. But that's to be expected because The Black merchant creates it to do the heavy labor.

If they can think and rebel or don't want to do their assign job, then there's no point to creating it in the first place, and he is not some naive fool to change that and let them have intelligence and then free them to satisfy his moral ego.

He experiments Shoggoth ability for two days before he can summarize it to 5 rules.

Shoggoth can transform their body into anything within the scope of bio-lifeform.

Shoggoth needs to see the person once if they want to transform into a specific person.

The mass of a transform shoggoth can compress up to 5 times of the apparent mass. (For example. If shoggoth transforms into a person with 50 kilograms, its actual mass can compress up to 150 kilograms.)

Shoggoth intelligence can be upgraded if they have special permission.

Shoggoth didn't have gender, but it can transform into any gender as they wish.

After that, he commands Shoggoth to divide itself into many bodies in a smaller version of itself and let them do the work which is much faster and more efficient than before.

He uses the remaining time to study in the library of The Black merchant. In the morning he supervises many of Shoggoth until noon then he studies and practices the skill until he masters it in a short time with his heaven-defying comprehension.

Spirits Blacksmithing technique, Weapon refining technique, Medical arts, Pill concoction, Herb and vegetation knowledge, Weapon handling, Treasure refining technique, Spirits Formation, Many of the spirits Arts, Many of the Combat arts, Spirits arts creation theory, Combat arts creation theory. Etc.

Nearly all of the book in a large library has been read.

And thus, one and a half years have passed.

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One and a half years later - Capitol of The Great Pheonix empire

In the night of the capitol four silhouettes in black cloth running through above many tall and majestic building roof within the capitol. They seem to be very caution like every pace will have a deadly trap that can kill them even each of them has attained the cultivation of beyond Ascension realm.

"Are you certain that the silver hair demoness didn't stay in the capitol tonight." One of the black cloth men asks his friend.

"I'm certain I get this information out of the boss of the underworld of this capital that I tortured myself." His friend answer in a prideful manner.

"Hmp! an ant like him dare to bargain the price with us The blood demon sect they deserve death." The first black cloth man agrees.

"Oh? What's this? Some upper realm rats?"

The cold and unemotional but sweet voice with the deep bloodlust resounds through all of their hearing sense.