Species Name : Gold Duck Beast Name : ∅ Level : Ninth-Level Tier-5 Magical Beast (99.9%) Loyalty : 99% Potential : Divine (True) Affinity : Metal (Gold) Race : Beast/Gold Duck Innate : Primordial Rainbow Gold Dragon Vein Tract, Sea of Flowing Gold Blood, Indestructible Gold Flame City Furnace, Growing Gold Treasure Egg, Edible Gold Essence Egg Beast Skill : Gold Devour Domain, Indestructible Gold Shirt Concept : Crawling Gold (30%)

As expected, the Gold Duck egg do nurture a extraordinary beast. It was a Divine-Rank beast.

Only, unlike Celia and Groot, this newly hatched beast were purely an auxiliary beast specialist, specifically, it was a resource producing divine beast.

Cole thought so after reading its Innate Abilities and Beast Skills.

First, the very essence of Gold Duck first Innate Ability, the Primordial Rainbow Gold Vein Tract, is that everything it consume and enter its body would turn into gold. This means its droppings and pee is solid and liquid gold. Cole is not yet sure if whether the converted gold contains spiritual energy or not which would affect its value.

The second Innate Ability of Gold Duck, the Sea of Flowing Gold Blood, makes its blood contains the characteristic of gold. At first glance, it looks like it wasn't much except it makes the beast become more valuable, but after more careful thought, having a gold blood means it basically resistant to blood controlling technique like the core inheritance of Blood Demon's Creed. This ability also gave Gold Duck an ability to control liquefied gold like it was manipulating water.

Its third Innate Ability, the Indestructible Gold Flame City Furnace, is probably an ability derived from the Golden Source Divine Flame. This ability were like the Divine Kingdom of False God, it was a summonable independent space capable of supporting life. Cole don't have a clear image of its appearance but according to description, there was a remnant Golden Source Divine Flame in its middle that could temper, refine and convert anything into gold-type resource. It didn't have much use but it was a perfect place for Golden Bee hive and it was also a divine cultivation ground for cultivating a body tempering technique like the core inheritance of Golden Perseverance Temple. Cole already made a plan to acquire a golden body tempering cultivation method and nurture his own golden body cultivators legion.

In this manner, Cole intend to ask Baldy. It was one of the supreme treasure of Buddhist cultivation faction and might have known several cultivation method. Cole don't have much interest of cultivation method of buddhist path since he don't desire being bald more than anything else but it was now different that he has a good source of resources for cultivating the golden body art.

This Indestructible Gold Flame City Furnace also gave Gold Duck to consume any type of flame and inherit part of its ability. For instance, it could consume Celia's Ice Cold Heavenly Flame to acquire a cold attribute.

Its fourth Innate Ability, the Growing Gold Treasure Egg, is its main bloodline ability that could create and produce natural treasure of heaven and earth. Currently, due to its current cultivation, it was only capable of nurturing a Monarch-Rank Gold Resources like Monarch-Rank Heavy Gold, Sharp Gold and Light Gold. It was a good type of gold that could be created into weapons that can be heavy like hammer, added sharpness for swords and gold that reduce its weight, perfect for increasing the attack speed.

Gold Duck could also use the capability of Indestructible Gold Flame City Furnace to produce a Growing Gold Treasure Egg that contains attributes of other elements like coldness of ice, malleability of water, added sturdiness of earth and many more.

Its last Innate Ability, the Edible Gold Essence Egg is an special resource that could help on golden body cultivation. It sounds worthless to other but to some individuals, it was a vital resource that its worth dying and contending for. It was like a specific pill with its own unique use and purpose. Of course, should he decided to nurture a group of body cultivators that focus on cultivating a golden body, this Edible Gold Essence Egg would become his main resource for their growth. Not to say that the current Golden Bee hive could also use this certain resource.

All the Innate Ability of Gold Duck beast didn't have offensive capability but to Cole's opinion who don't lack a contracted beast that has offensive ability, it was a good thing and good addition for his party. The new addition were like Lucky, don't focus on offense but offers massive assistance to his force.

However, to say that Gold Duck is useless in battle is not true. At the least, it can act as an crowd controller through its ability to control liquid gold. As long as it manage to produce and control a gold with extreme hardness, it can be used as perfect tool for petrifying lifeforms by encasing them with gold coat.

But among his team of tamed beast, Cole didn't lack someone that could control the crowd. In the end, this new family member of his team would become a beast that'll focus on producing resources.

The skill of the Gold Duck also lack offensive ability.

Its first ability, the familiar Gold Devour Domain, is purely an auxiliary type skill which is its main purpose is for the cultivation of the Gold Duck. It was a skill that lets it devour any kind of energy to produce a gold resource.

But its second ability is a surprise to Cole because it was actually a active support skill that'll cover the target with thin layer of gold like a cloth and gave it boost to defense. It'll make a defensive beast become more sturdier for physical attacks. It could also provide a powerful defense for those with weak physique like healers and swordsman which could increase their survivability.

It was like a skill that could grant a Golden Body physique, which is one of the main purpose for Golden Perseverance Temple. Cole could already tell that the said temple would definitely go crazy should they learn the Gold Duck beast presence.

The Gold Duck could bring a massive benefit for Cole and his newly established faction, specially on the matter of weapon and equipment. The different gold treasure could be turn into different items with almost no limitation.

But for the meantime, the first thing he thought of using his new family member is to create a special monetary system for his nation.

In order to differentiate his own faction, specially since his main purpose is to create a safe haven for commoners, he intend to create a different monetary medium. At first, his plan is to introduce paper money.

Paper money don't have value in this world because the main monetary medium is the copper, silver and gold for lower level humans while spiritual stones in those places with higher standards like the Eastern Land and Central Land. This means that only the citizen, mostly commoner of his nation could use it normally.

However, the appearance of Gold Duck beast change his mind. With it, he is more than capable of turning rock into gold which means that he has an unlimited source of gold. Hence, he intend to create a different monetary system using gold. Its value will only differ with its size.

The plan only form inside Cole's mind for several second and he have yet to form a not perfect but acceptable monetary system. Still, this plan have already sprout inside his mind and he already made the decision to use it. He only need to polish and make it in reality.

It looks like the Gold Duck absorbs huge amount of spiritual energy when it was hatching because it was born to limit with Cole's soul contract restriction. It was born as Tier-5 beast and it also has its own Concept.

Speaking of Concept, after Cole read the description and ability of the Gold Duck's [Concept], which is labeled as Crawling Gold, he can't help but remember a certain king that was given a supernatural ability on earth.

Concept : Crawling Gold (30%) • (30%) Increase all the effect, proficiency and damage of all metal-type gold attribute talents and skills by 300%. • (Infection of Gold) By channeling the innate talent in addition to understanding of heavenly law, turn any object, including living thing, into gold. This requires a physical contact and the level of infection will greatly diminished if triggered passively. The initial state of the gold is Normal-Rank. • (Curse of Gold) The transmutated gold of this [Concept] were partly curse in nature. The Infection of Gold would banish should the caster retracts it. • (Crawling Gold Disease) If the Infection of Gold were casted with strong intent, its affected area would increase until it consume and turn the whole object or living thing into gold.

Yes, Cole truly believe that this [Crawling Gold Concept] have resemblance to the supernatural ability of King Midas. This so called ability were well known by its name—Midas Touch.

Midas Touch were an ability given to King Midas which makes all the things he touch into gold. It was an ability that could gave wealth infinitely.

The gold turn by Midas Touch were also known to bring fortune and misfortune. This was why is was known as cursed gold because it brings misfortune to those who use it.

In some sense, this [Crawling Gold Concept] also bring fortune and misfortune.

For commoners, this concept were considered a fortune because it can create a lot of gold for them.

However, for cultivators, this concept is an outright nightmare and misfortune. That was because the initial state of the turn gold were Normal-Rank, the kind of gold that was as monetary medium because it was useless otherwise!

Just imagine—a Heaven-Rank weapon or equipment that was forged using countless precious resources but the moment this concept affect it, it'll lose all its properties and turn into normal gold! It'll turn into nothing but a piece of worthless object!

The object that was with ten to hundred thousands of spiritual stones were turn into an object that only worth several piece of gold coins!

Cole himself won't deny that even if he has endless source of resources, this was something that he don't want to become an enemy off. If he use a weapon to fight it, it'll turn into gold but if he use his fist, it'll also turn into gold.

Turning flesh into gold were like stone petrification but with richer setting.

Although Gold Duck don't have any offensive ability, it was still a nightmare to face on. It was like an untouchable being due to its ability o turn objects and flesh with gold while its skill Gold Devour Domain make it immune to elemental damage because it'll be easily converted to absorbable energy.

After he bond with the newly born Gold Duck, Cole immediately call all of his contracted beasts and spirits to great their new family member.

Majority of his contracted beasts release a faint pressure produce by their powerful bloodline. However, Gold Duck seem a little bit dumb as it greets the others with enthusiastic reaction. It was like a naive creature that don't know anything about the world. Although this was a bit true but it was an anomaly for beasts who are born and follow their natural instinct.

Cole won't be able to focus on Gold Duck since he has a nation that he have to grow and strengthen.

Hence, the moment all of his contracted beasts appear, he delegate the responsibility to them.

"Master, I'll do it." The moment he ask, Lucky immediately step forward and accept the task.

"I'll bring him outside and have fun everyday!" He added with excited tone.

Cole smile at the thought that the introvert child are now becoming more lively and sociable. It was now getting out of its dark state and gradually turning into beast of luck it was.