As for equipment that forcibly altered one’s physique like this, however, Joo Joowon preferred to keep his distance.

After all, it was only a rare grade item.

Even if it could change a person’s physique, it probably could not transform its wearer into someone with an overwhelmingly powerful constitution.

Its potential was limited and additional methods would likely be required later to further improve one’s physique.

There simply was not much point in relying on it.

Besides, Joo Joowon was not particularly interested in Plant Element abilities.

He would much rather become something like a Beast Tamer.

That way, he could grow stronger together with Byeol and Hwi, ensuring that neither of them would ever be left behind.

With that in mind, he quickly decided what he wanted and sent the two items he had chosen.

[ @Ashfall: Just give me the Dodder Seeds and the skill book. ]

Although they had originally agreed to split the equipment evenly, some items were worth as much as two ordinary pieces of equipment.

Even though the skill book was only common grade, considering how low the drop rate for skill books currently was, it remained an extremely valuable item.

Not to mention that it was a rare healing type skill.

The rarity of a skill was not determined entirely by its grade.

More importantly, it depended on how well it matched the user.

For Joo Joowon, Life Drain was clearly much more suitable than Earth Spike.

Even from the skill description, it was obvious that this was a skill that bullied the weak and feared the strong.

It was best used against ordinary monsters with lower levels than himself rather than in a one on one fight against a Boss.

But for a lone survivor, a life stealing skill like this was nothing less than a divine ability.

Besides, it was not as though the skill could never be used during a Boss fight.

Whenever Joo Joowon fought higher level zombies before, he always tried to avoid places crowded with ordinary monsters.

He was afraid that while concentrating on fighting the Boss, he might accidentally neglect the lesser zombies and put himself in danger.

There was also the possibility that the Boss would command those lesser zombies to interfere with his movements.

With this skill, however, he would no longer need to worry about such situations.

His ability to survive would increase tremendously.

Even if, because he lacked a special constitution, he could only make use of the skill’s basic healing effect, it was still a divine skill that could not be overlooked at this stage.

Finally seeing a reply, BlessedByRNG let out a sigh of relief.

[ @BlessedByRNG: Just those two? Should I give you the Zombie Core too? ]

BlessedByRNG did not feel particularly reluctant.

After all, if it had not been for Ashfall, he would already be dead.

Although he truly wanted the skill book, he had already prepared himself mentally and accepted that he might have to give it up.

Among the cards, what BlessedByRNG actually wanted most were the Dodder Seed and the garland.

The reason for the former was that after the mutated dodder vine destroyed the temple, BlessedByRNG discovered that there was a hidden chamber beneath it.

Inside were the true cultivation manuals of the sect along with various cultivation arts.

That meant the dried Dodder Seed could be refined into medicine.

Although the Ginkgo Tree was not an expert in alchemy, It could still simmer the dried seed together with certain herbs into a medicinal soup that would maximize its effectiveness.

The people in the temple was usually also a qualified traditional physician and having grown up under that influence, the Ginkgo Tree had mastered many different skills.

As for the garland, it was because BlessedByRNG had discovered several cultivation manuals inside the hidden chamber that had actually received the system’s recognition and could genuinely be cultivated.

Cultivation naturally came with aptitude requirements.

Although it did not require spiritual roots like in cultivation novels, it still demanded attributes above twenty or some unheard of constitution such as a Spirit Body or Dao Body.

BlessedByRNG met none of those requirements.

The garland, however, gave him hope that cultivation might still become possible.

Plant Element Affinity should correspond to a Wood Spirit Body, right?

Even if it was not exactly the same thing, it should at least be beneficial for cultivation techniques that focused on vitality, such as Evergreen Arts.

Compared with professions like Mage or Warrior, BlessedByRNG naturally preferred the path of cultivation.

Because of that, he had been wondering what to do if Ashfall wanted the same equipment he did and how he might persuade him to give it up.

The outcome now could not have been better.

Although BlessedByRNG had long grown accustomed to his incredible luck, something like this still filled him with joy.

Besides, these were not his only gains.

Naturally, he did not mind giving Ashfall a little more.

After the dodder vine died, its corpse did not disappear.

The corpses of the plants and animals whose life force it had drained also remained behind.

For most people, even if those remains were preserved, they might not be of much use.

For BlessedByRNG, however, things were different.

He himself needed alchemy ingredients and the Ginko Tree needed them even more.

These materials could be used to let him practice alchemy and see whether some of the pill formulas found inside the hidden chamber could be improved into recipes that were usable under current conditions.

BlessedByRNG had no intention of telling Ashfall about any of this.

After all, what they had originally agreed to split was only the equipment.

The corpses were never part of the agreed payment.

He was not generous enough to go that far.

After reading BlessedByRNG’s reply, Joo Joowon raised an eyebrow.

Given the other party’s luck, this was probably the first truly difficult monster BlessedByRNG had encountered.

That also meant he likely had plenty of beginner equipment, while high quality equipment was probably still quite limited.

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