Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1561: 827: Discovery
Previously on Cultivation is just so scientific!...
Li Shiming inspected the third spiritual item stored in the soul crystal ring. This item turned out to be a ring crafted from premium fourth-grade metal, inlaid with a flawless white gem.
The immense spatial energy swirling inside the gem immediately drew his gaze.
Initially, he suspected it might be a spatial artifact, yet he soon rejected that notion.
His Divine Sense failed to probe its interior, and the spatial energy didn't match the kind for forging storage realms—instead, it felt like energy meant for transmission.
Gazing at the ring, he furrowed his brow; it clearly served as a spiritual treasure linked to teleportation capabilities, but even for such a device, embedding a gem brimming with such formidable spatial energy as its source seemed overkill.
This level of opulence struck him as truly excessive; not even nonstop teleporting would demand energy so overwhelmingly potent.
From what he could tell, the spatial power locked in that gem surpassed the total spiritual energy output from multiple Peak Great Cultivators.
Even without knowing the gem's exact type, its worth was beyond comprehension, placing it among the rarest of treasures.
Li Shiming possessed deep knowledge of spatial techniques, thanks to his mastery of the Divine Foot Skill, and while he hadn't inscribed the Space Rule Imprint onto his Nascent Soul, the Divine Footwork Rune resided there.
In many ways, the Divine Foot Skill equated to wielding spatial rules; naturally, it represented just a single way to apply those rules.
He began by attempting to infuse a Master Recognition Technique into the ring, only to discover it rejected the effort, marking it as an exceptional treasure free from any need for master recognition.
Next, he guided his Divine Sense toward the ring, detecting an embedded coordinate that promised teleportation to that spot upon activation.
Yet he held back from triggering the transfer right away, lacking the proper safeguards for an uncertain endpoint.
Now his focus turned to the final spiritual item in the soul crystal ring: a sheet of ancient contract paper.
He was familiar with ancient contract paper; Li Yuanba's avatar had learned of it back in the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.
This contract paper came from relics unearthed in ancient ruins by cultivators, allowing master recognition pacts written upon it to bind to certain mysterious world rules.
Those rules forced the bound party to follow the holder's orders without question, offering zero chance for soul-based defiance.
While the cultivation world had its share of similar agreements, powerhouses like Great Cultivators and beyond could often shatter them at a steep price.
Ancient contract paper stood apart, though; with the pact sealed, resistance became impossible, as the world rules themselves enforced it.
Li Shiming burned with curiosity over the contract's subject on this ancient contract paper, aware that the paper's scarcity alone made it priceless.
Such papers were incredibly rare to begin with, and spotting an unused one after eons of exploitation in the cultivation realm was even rarer.
The mark of the bound entity on the ancient contract paper consisted of a spiritually charged drop of blood, and its form revealed that the subject wasn't human-like but rather a spirit beast.
This revelation left him somewhat let down, given his abundance of spiritual pets; Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon lingered at mid fourth-grade, but with his vast resources, they'd quickly reach late fourth-grade.
On top of that, the Heavenly Ghost had already hit late fourth-grade, while his eleven ‘Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ could wipe out Great Cultivators with ease.
He didn't crave more spiritual pets urgently, so adding yet another late fourth-grade one wouldn't boost his power much.
Still, he puzzled over why the half-step Great Power Yang Xing had stashed only these select spiritual items in the soul crystal ring—all of them supremely valuable—implying the spirit beast tied to the ancient contract paper had to be extraordinary too.
If not, what reason could a half-step Great Power like Yang Xing have for valuing it so highly, even abandoning the ancient contract paper to keep hold of the spirit beast post-ascension?
Think about it: what sort of spirit beast demands leaving behind even after attaining Great Power?
He imprinted his own seal onto the ancient contract paper, thereby claiming the role of contract master with full authority over the bound entity.
Once finished, a subtle link emerged through the ancient contract paper, tying another creature's soul to his.
Thanks to the ancient contract paper's influence, that soul fell completely under his dominion, bound in a profound state of submission.
Although he couldn't directly punish the far-off soul, punishment wasn't necessary; any defiance of his orders would trigger the ancient contract paper to call upon Heaven and Earth Rules for automatic correction.
Li Shiming pondered briefly before issuing a summons via the soul bond to the remote soul.
The soul's precise whereabouts remained a mystery, but the ancient contract paper's feedback hinted at a vast separation from the Dongqi Continent.
It was probably situated deep in the West Yan Continent, so he stayed patient, content to await the spirit beast's arrival.
Just as he prepared to secure his gains, his eyes fell on the three ownerless personal treasures, sparking a faint idea in his thoughts.