The Peerless Ring

Stream Cloud Boots: Bronze Grade

Attributes: Strength 2, Agility 2.

Skill: Tiger Leap: Enhances jumping ability.

These boots are adorned with floating clouds that seem to be in motion, which delighted Jaxon. Not only do they increase two attributes, but they also come with a skill, making them quite impressive.

Jaxon quickly put them on. The material of the boots was unknown, but they were incredibly comfortable and soft, and they even adjusted to the size of Jaxon's feet, fitting perfectly.

"Very good, very good," Jaxon said, testing the boots by jumping around in place, expressing his satisfaction.

"I wonder how effective this Tiger Leap skill is," Jaxon muttered to himself, as the description only mentioned enhancing jumping ability without specifying the extent of the enhancement.

Jaxon immediately tested it, and to his surprise, he could easily jump out of a three-meter-deep pit. The effect of the enhancement was far more significant than he had anticipated.

"The enhancement is just too noticeable, isn't it?" Jaxon said with a look of delight. With his original abilities, he would never have been able to jump out of such a deep pit. However, with this skill, he could do it effortlessly, which was beyond his expectations.

Although the process of killing the Mottled Evil Tiger was tiring and time-consuming, Jaxon was quite satisfied with obtaining such an item.

Afterward, Jaxon went to dig up the Purple Flame Fruit. With the Mottled Evil Tiger eliminated, there were no more surprises in obtaining the fruit.

"Grandpa Li, I'm back!" Jaxon returned to the village before dark and quickly went to find Old Li.

"Why did it take you so long?" Old Li seemed somewhat dissatisfied that Jaxon had only just returned.

"Grandpa Li, the forest is very dangerous, full of wild animals. Especially near the Purple Flame Fruit, there was a Mottled Evil Tiger guarding it. I had to take great risks to collect all the herbs you needed," Jaxon immediately complained.

Upon hearing Jaxon's words, Old Li's face turned awkward. "I forgot to remind you. The Purple Flame Fruit is a favorite food of the Mottled Evil Tiger. After consuming it, they gain increased agility, which is why they often guard the fruit."

Jaxon looked at Old Li with a face full of grievance, clearly implying: How could you forget? You almost got me killed!

Seeing Jaxon's gaze, Old Li felt even more embarrassed. "You know, people tend to forget things as they get older."

"But I almost died there!" Jaxon said with a sense of grievance. "If you had told me about the Mottled Evil Tiger earlier, I could have been prepared and wouldn't have been in such danger. Look, the wound on my leg was inflicted by that evil tiger. If I hadn't been quick-witted, I might not have made it back."

Jaxon rolled up his pants to reveal a wound on his calf. However, this wound was not from the Mottled Evil Tiger but from a demon fox. Facing the more ferocious Mottled Evil Tiger, Jaxon hadn't suffered any injuries at all; he was just tired from digging the pit.

Jaxon was now using a decoy, and fortunately, Old Li didn't know this. Seeing the wound on Jaxon's leg, the honest Old Li felt even more guilty.

"Grandpa Li, don't you think you should give me something to compensate for my injured spirit?" Jaxon seized the moment to ask for a favor. This was the perfect time to ask for something, and he couldn't be too shy.

"What do you want?" As expected, the guilty Old Li didn't refuse Jaxon's "suggestion."

Jaxon was overjoyed. He had originally wanted the medicinal hoe, which he had been eyeing for a while. However, he then changed his mind and said, "I want to learn the art of alchemy from you!"

Jaxon had already experienced the benefits of skills, whether it was the Appraisal skill or Tiger Leap, and he naturally wanted to acquire more skills.

"Do you want to learn alchemy?" Old Li frowned slightly, seeming a bit reluctant.

Jaxon had thought it would be easy. After all, in any game, learning such a life skill wouldn't be too difficult. However, Old Li didn't seem very willing to teach, which puzzled Jaxon a bit.

"Yes," Jaxon didn't give up easily and said, "I'm very interested in alchemy. Moreover, my dream is to travel across the entire continent in the future. There will inevitably be dangers along the way. With the skill of alchemy, I can refine some pills to carry with me, which will make me safer, won't it?"

Jaxon couldn't stay in the beginner's village forever; he would eventually have to leave. Therefore, learning alchemy was necessary. After all, the difference between having and not having potions during monster-killing and leveling up was significant.

Old Li hesitated for a while. Perhaps he felt he had wronged Jaxon before, or perhaps he thought Jaxon had a point. In the end, he agreed to teach Jaxon alchemy.

"Congratulations, you have received the instruction of the alchemy master Li Guangde, learned the art of alchemy, and your alchemy skill level has been upgraded to advanced!"

The mechanical voice, which Jaxon hadn't heard for a long time, appeared in his ear again, making him feel a bit uncomfortable. However, he was more shocked by what he heard.

"Previously, Jaxon had inquired about the career level division in this world from Old Li. It was generally divided into primary, intermediate, advanced, master, grandmaster, and divine levels!"

It was already quite an achievement for a person to refine a skill to the master level in their lifetime. Such people were rare and respected wherever they went. As for the grandmaster level, one could open a school and establish a sect. There were only a few such individuals, all of whom were at the pinnacle of their field. As for the divine level, it was a legendary existence. No one had reached it yet, and some even doubted whether this level truly existed.

After all, to become divine, one must create a divine-level work. For example, an alchemist must refine a divine-level pill to be called a divine-level alchemist, and a blacksmith must forge a divine-level weapon to become a divine-level blacksmith.

This was extremely difficult. Everyone believed that such divine-level items could only be created by gods, not humans. It was just a beautiful wish of humanity.

Therefore, it was commonly believed that the grandmaster level was the highest level humans could achieve.

However, Jaxon didn't expect that the "master" he casually found was such an existence.

Was he just lucky?