My inventory is full of monster materials.

Chapter 92 Ghost Leopard

Morris's collection room.

The room was spacious and deep, with skeletons, furs, and specimens of various monsters hanging on the walls. Glass display cases showed all sorts of bizarre monster organs and tissues, and a strong, strange fragrance filled the air.

Mark was instantly stunned by the sight before him, his eyes widening in disbelief. Compared to this, his own secret room was nothing.

Dylan, standing nearby, was equally shocked. Even though he had been here several times, he couldn't help but marvel every time he saw these rare monster materials.

Morris, observing their reactions, couldn't hide his pride. With his hands behind his back, he walked briskly and greeted them with a smile.

"Hey! Come here, everyone, let me show you my treasure."

As he spoke, Maurice lifted the red cloth on the low table, revealing an exquisite little silver box.

Opening the small silver box, one finds a narrow-necked glass bottle containing a bright red, viscous liquid, sealed with an inscribed silver cap.

Morris carefully lifted the glass bottle with both hands. Perhaps because they were no longer in the dark, the bright red liquid inside the bottle began to move towards the opening on its own.

But the moment it touched the bottle cap, it recoiled as if it had been stabbed.

"Sweetie, be a good girl."

Morris revealed a gentle expression as if he were teasing a child, and then turned to Mark and Dylan to introduce them.

"This is the source blood of a vampire baron. As long as a human drinks it, he or she will immediately be transformed into a pure-blooded vampire, at least a first-tier professional."

Then, Morris leaned closer to the two of them mysteriously and added in a low voice.

"Back when I was working at the Royal Capital San Lorenzo Academy, an esteemed person secretly contacted me, wanting to offer a high price to buy this vial of source blood."

"But I didn't sell it. Later I heard that the man disappeared not long after."

Then, Morris changed the subject and joked.

"Of course, I don't intend to give it to you, I just want to broaden your horizons."

Morris smugly handed over the container of source blood, gesturing for it to be taken.

The moment Mark received it, a screen of light appeared before his eyes.

[The Mutated Vampire Baron's Source Blood (Blue)]

Completeness: 100%

[Effect]: "Vampire Transformation (Blue)" (Irreversible)

【special】:

Bang!

Suddenly, the blood inside the bottle slammed against the bottle wall with considerable force. Mark instinctively clenched his fist to prevent the glass bottle from falling to the ground.

Morris, however, chuckled jokingly.

"This guy has a certain degree of autonomy. He knows that your strength level is inferior to mine, so he wants to try to escape."

"It was truly an eye-opening experience."

Mark glanced at it twice, then returned the source blood to Maurice without the slightest hesitation.

Vampires are infamous creatures of darkness, born with the two major characteristics of "shapeshifting" and "regeneration."

However, vampires also have very obvious weaknesses: they are afraid of silverware and holy magic, and once exposed to sunlight, their strength will be greatly reduced at best, and they will be completely destroyed at worst.

Mark certainly wouldn't give up being a perfectly good human to become a vampire.

After showing off his treasure, Morris was in a great mood and led the two to the next booth.

"I'll show you something else good."

As he spoke, Morris opened a heavy tin box and took out a rough stone scroll.

The leather scroll has a dark gray surface, a hard texture, a granular feel reminiscent of rock, and some wear on the edges.

Morris turned and beckoned to Dylan.

"Little Dylan, come give me a hand. Yes, you hold this end, I'll hold that end, let's unfold it slowly, don't pull too hard."

The two of them worked together to slowly unroll the scroll, and Mark's eyes were instantly drawn to it.

This is a molted skin of some kind of reptile, more than three meters long. Its surface is covered with irregular bluish-gray rhomboid stone scales, and the edges still have some traces of petrification.

Morris pointed to the molted skin and explained.

"The owner of this molted skin is a petrified dragon lizard—a hybrid monster of a dragon and a petrified lizard, whose strength is among the best of the second-tier monsters."

Speaking of this molted skin, Maurice's face showed a hint of pride.

"Such a complete molt is extremely rare. At that time, a Tier 2 'Heavy Shield Guardian' approached me, wanting to buy it to make a full set of stone armor."

"I disagreed, and he tried to scare me, but I used a little trick to permanently banish him from the capital, haha!"

Mark listened to the little story and gently stroked the shed skin.

Its surface is rough and hard to the touch, with uneven scales and a faint trace of petrifying magic.

[Protective petrified dragon skin (blue)]

Completeness: 95%

[Effect]: Constitution +2, "Hardened Stone Skin (Blue)"

【special】:

Seeing that Mark had only touched it once and then withdrew his hand, looking rather uninterested, Morris quickly tried to justify himself.

"Of course, we are mages, and we don't need to wear heavy armor, so this thing is really not very useful to you."

After saying that, Morris glanced at Dylan, and the two of them rolled up the molted skin and put it back into the tin box.

Morris then led the two toward the next monster material.

On the display stand was a large, thick root, dark brown in color, with a few small, bright green leaves still clinging to its tip, exuding vitality and trembling slightly.

Morris pointed to the roots.

"This is a piece of the tree spirit's root, containing rich life energy. It goes perfectly with the antlers you obtained earlier. Use the antlers for the staff head and this for the staff body. This will save you some effort in collecting materials."

Mark didn't respond immediately, but simply nodded slightly, reached out and touched the root, feeling its surging vitality.

【Vibrant Tree Roots (Blue)】

Completeness: 63%

[Effect]: Health recovery +20%, "Revitalize Trees (Green)"

【special】:

Mark shook his head slightly and then turned to Maurice.

"Professor, may I wander around the collection room by myself?"

Morris was very generous and waved his hand, saying...

"Feel free to look around. If you see something you like, just tell me. Don't be shy."

In fact, Morris knew very well that the three materials he had just shown were the most valuable treasures in the entire collection room, and the remaining materials were of a lower or half a grade in quality.

With permission granted, Mark began to stroll slowly through the collection room, stopping to carefully observe and touch the materials at each display stand.

[Highly Venomous Wyvern Tail Spike (Blue)]

Completeness: 54%

[Effect]: "Poisonous Spikes (Green)"

【special】:

【Shining Unicorn Horn (Green)】

Completeness: 76%

[Effect]: "Flash Shield (Green)"

【special】:

Mark was almost finished touring the collection room when he suddenly stopped in front of a display case and remained there for a long time.

Morris and Dylan walked over with some curiosity and found that Mark's hand was pressed on a fur coat on the counter.

This is a translucent, pure white fur with irregularly distributed dark spots. It has a cool and soft texture and looks like a piece of smooth silk.

In Mark's field of vision, the illusory light screen clearly displayed the properties of this material.