Thiago closed his eyes, steeling himself for what he knew was to come. And just like before, as soon as he opened his eyes, a magnificent wheel of fortune materialised before him.
It was the second time he had seen the wheel, but once again he couldn't help but be struck by its size and beauty.
The wheel stood before him larger than life, and its intricate design was even more breath-taking up close. The segments were adorned with symbols and patterns that seemed to be alive with movement, creating a hypnotic effect that drew him in.
Thiago once again saw the wheel of fortune illuminated in a stunning display of colours - a brilliant gold and deep red. The gold represented those who were fortunate enough to win, while the red represented those who had lost everything to the allure of gambling.
However, Thiago realized that the significance of these colours was only in his imagination, as they were purely for show and served no real purpose other than to look impressive.
Despite the ominous symbolism, Thiago couldn't help but marvel at the wheel's beauty. The colours were so vibrant that they seemed to emanate a warm glow that enveloped him, filling him with a sense of wonder and excitement.
The wheel was surrounded by a glittering halo of light that seemed to pulsate with energy, drawing him in like a moth to a flame. It was as if the wheel was alive, a powerful force waiting to be unleashed.
Just then the System's pop-up notification appeared in front of him.
[Do you wish to spin the Wheel of fortune, only including prizes in the category of skills and techniques, now?]
Thiago thought to himself, 'Yes, of course,' in response to the message before it disappeared once again.
Then, the wheel of fortune began to slowly turn, and as time passed, it picked up speed, spinning faster and faster until the symbols on the wheel were indecipherable, and it appeared as a blurry mess. Thiago was unable to make out anything on the wheel as it spun at an incredible speed.
The only difference from the last time he spun the wheel of fortune was that he was less impatient now that he knew it would take at least a minute to come to a standstill.
As the seconds ticked by, it was only a minute and a half later that Thiago suddenly saw the wheel of fortune slow down.
'Well, let's see what kind of technique I'll get,' Thiago thought in anticipation, watching the wheel with all his concentration, as if that would increase his chances of getting a better technique.
When it came to a complete stop, the pointer also stopped, only the characters on the wheel were too small for Thiago to be able to decipher them.
It was only a split second later that he saw the system's message appear in front of him, revealing the technique he had received.
"Please be something good, please!" prayed Thiago at that moment, before looking at the message, which caused his tense mood to be replaced by a slightly disappointed one.
[Congratulations: you have obtained the < Spirit Thread Conversion Art >.]
"Huh, that doesn't really sound like a strong technique," Thiago muttered as he looked at the name of the technique, which also caused his expression to turn slightly ugly. It seemed he was out of luck this time.
"Well, let's take a look at the description of the technique first, so as not to judge a book by its cover," Thiago muttered before clicking on the skill in his mind to see its description.
[Spirit Thread Conversion Art
Description: The Arachne race has developed a sewing art that can be used for both creating special clothes and attacking. At the basic level, this art allows one to convert plant material and magical beast skins into clothing by infusing them with a bit of their own trait. There is also a small chance of retaining one of the abilities of the infused material.
Clothing made from Spirit Thread can automatically adjust to fit the wearer's size, due to its innate mana-based structure, which makes it extremely elastic.
As one progresses to the well-versed realm, they can convert more traits into clothing and the chance of retaining a skill increases. In the Small achievement Realm, Spirit Threads can be used to attack enemies, with the type of material used determining the unique attacks that can be developed.
In the great achievement realm, spiritual ores can be converted into threads which can be used to create clothing, armour or even artifacts. Finally, in the realm of mastery, everything can be converted into a thread and unique threads can be fused together to create new, powerful items.]
After reading this description, Thiago's expression eased a little, although he was still not very satisfied with this skill as he had honestly hoped for a strong combat skill or something like that.
At that moment, he suddenly remembered a part of the description that he seemed to have missed earlier. "Wait, the clothes made with this so-called spirit thread are actually size adjustable, Haha, amazing! This skill seems to be really useful now, hehe!" Thiago exclaimed in delight as he suddenly found this great point in the technique that was simply tailor-made for him, who often switched between his human and beastly form.
Although he did not need to wear clothes in his beast form, it was mainly to prevent his clothes from ripping immediately when he changed from his human form to his beast form. So, he said that this skill was really useful to him, which made sense when you thought about it.
This improved Thiago's impression of the skill immensely, as it was no longer so useless to him.
Perhaps he would even find miraculous ways to use it, but he would have to practise it for a long time.
At this point, the Wheel of Fortune slowly dissipated, making it seem as if it had never been there in the first place, with only Thiago's newly acquired Spirit Thread Conversion Art as the only evidence that it had been there just moments before.
Thiago also found himself back in the same place he had been all along, as if nothing had happened.
All in all, adding up all the techniques he had received from his inheritance and the new technique he had just received from the Wheel of Fortune, Thiago had gained a tremendous profit.
He had obtained the Dominant Lightning Chain Art, the Void Shadow Technique, the Abyss Turtle Breathing Art, and the Spirit Thread Conversion Art he had just won, which made Thiago truly admire his luck at this point.
"Well, it seems that I already have a small arsenal of techniques, eh," Thiago commented at that moment, and what made him even happier was the fact that the old man's legacy inside his spatial ring could be accessed at any time and there were surely at least hundreds, if not thousands, of other techniques, skills and whatever else he would need.
The techniques he had found today were perhaps just the tip of the iceberg, but for now they were certainly enough for Thiago, who needed to first familiarise himself with them, even if he had already learnt the whole technique.
"It seems that I will have to set aside some time soon to practise them well, not that I have much else to do in this forest except maybe farming all those lower level beasts for system points, because you can never have too much of them," Thiago thought after consideration that he would have to train with his new techniques and get familiar with them in order to fully unleash their power in case he got into a fight where he would really need them, since his old techniques could not really keep up with his cultivation realm unless he paid the required hundred system points to level them up to the next level.
Thiago was going to do that as well, since these skills were still quite nice and had good power, so he would have to practice with his then-upgraded skills in order to become familiar with them as well.
"Man, what a damn hassle," Thiago muttered when he thought about it.
As he came out of his thoughts, he turned to where Faye had been practising earlier, and not surprisingly, she was still practising at this moment, it seemed that she had really been stimulated when Thiago had given her this cultivation technique back then.
A small smile crept across Thiago's face unconsciously as he watched this scene, but he also thought that Faye did not need to practice all day like that, as life would surely become extremely boring like that, so he made a mental note to talk to her about it soon.
Why don't I cook us a nice meal for when she finishes her training? I don't have much to do at the moment anyway, and besides, I can use my new human form to try my hand at cooking,' Thiago thought at that moment, even though he didn't know why he suddenly thought of something like that, since he had never been a person who liked to cook, let alone for Faye.
But it seemed that it was his subconscious that wanted to give Faye a joy, but Thiago's main consciousness mind just refused to acknowledge the fact.
It was the same as last time when he had suddenly cared so much as he thought that something had happened to her.
Perhaps one day Thiago would acknowledge his own feelings, but certainly not at that moment, as he was full of self-denial.
Not that it mattered, as it was only a matter of time...
After obeying his subconscious, Thiago opened his System Shop and searched for some common cooking utensils, which were extremely cheap in there as they were not made of expensive materials, let alone anything to do with cultivation.
He first chose a pair of frying pans and a grill with the serial number Weber Gasgrill Summit S-670, which would normally be quite expensive on Earth, but in the System Shop it was as cheap as five System Points, as it seemed to be the lowest price that was offered in the System Shop.
He planned to use the pans on the barbecue together with whatever he was going to cook on it, which he hadn't decided yet. This should be theoretically possible, or so Thiago thought.
Of course, Thiago could also cook in his fully equipped mansion in his inner world, but that would somehow take away the charm of cooking in a cave in the outer world, so Thiago had decided to buy this cooking equipment for the outside.
Once he had bought the necessary utensils, the next step was to buy the most important ingredients, because without them you couldn't cook anything.
Now Thiago had to decide what he wanted to cook, and only then would he know the list of ingredients.
"Oh, maybe I need to buy a recipe in the shop first so I know what and how to cook the meal," Thiago suddenly realised as he thought about the ingredients he might need.
So, he promptly searched for a simple recipe and finally chose one called "Home Chef's Delight", which Thiago thought sounded quite nice, so he selected it without looking at the ingredients needed first, which should be no problem since it was a normal recipe without any mana in its ingredients, so there should be no problem.
It was only after he had bought the receipt and the information had quickly registered in his mind that Thiago bought every single ingredient, he needed in the system shop.
Now that everything was lined up in front of him, and the large cave seemed a little cramped, Thiago shouted, "Now let's start cooking!"
This is how Thiago began to cook for the first time in his new world...
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