Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1561: Chapter 827: Discovery

Li Shiming examined the third spiritual object inside the soul crystal ring. It was a ring made of a top-grade fourth-grade metal, embedded with a pure white gemstone.

What caught his attention was the terrifying spatial energy contained within the gemstone.

At first, he thought it was a spatial item, but he quickly dismissed this idea.

Because his Divine Sense couldn’t penetrate inside, and this spatial energy wasn’t of the type used to create storage spaces but resembled some sort of transmission energy.

He frowned as he looked at the ring; it should be a spiritual object with some kind of teleportation function, but even for a teleportation ring, using a gemstone with terrifying spatial energy to provide power was unnecessary.

Such extravagance seemed wasteful indeed; even continuous teleportation wouldn’t need such terrifying spatial energy.

In his opinion, the spatial energy contained within this gemstone even exceeded the combined spiritual power energy of several Peak Great Cultivators.

Although he couldn’t identify what kind of gemstone it was, it was undoubtedly of unimaginable value, belonging to the level of unique treasures.

Li Shiming had significant research into spatial abilities, having practiced the Divine Foot Skill, and though he hadn’t engraved the Space Rule Imprint into his Nascent Soul, his Divine Footwork Rune was within it.

To a certain extent, the Divine Foot Skill is tantamount to the spatial rules; of course, it’s only one application method of the spatial rules.

First, he tried to inject a Master Recognition Technique into the ring but found that it didn’t accept it, proving to be a rare treasure that didn’t require master recognition.

He attempted to direct his Divine Sense into the ring, which had a built-in coordinate, sensing that once activated, he would be teleported there.

He didn’t immediately attempt transmission, as he hadn’t sufficient preparation for such an unknown destination.

His attention shifted to the last spiritual object within the soul crystal ring, an ancient contract paper.

He knew about the existence of ancient contract paper; it was something the avatar Li Yuanba had heard of in the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

It’s a type of contract paper discovered by cultivators in ancient ruins, where writing master recognition contracts on it connects with some special rules of the world.

This special rule obliges the contracted to obey the ancient contract paper holder unconditionally, leaving no room for resistance on a soul level.

Though similar contracts exist in the cultivation world, for Great Cultivators or stronger beings, many contracts can forcefully be terminated with a significant enough cost.

But ancient contract paper differs; once the contract is established, the contracted cannot resist, recognized by the world rules.

Li Shiming was very curious about what the target of the contract on this ancient contract paper was, knowing the paper alone was of unimaginable value due to its rarity.

Ancient contract papers themselves were scarce, let alone finding unused ones after countless years of use in the cultivation world.

On the ancient contract paper, the contracted mark was a drop of blood imbued with spiritual energy, and from the shape, the contracted was not a humanoid but a spirit beast.

This discovery disappointed him, as his spiritual pets were numerous; Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon were only mid-level fourth-grade, yet given his resources, they would soon advance to late stage fourth grade.

Moreover, the Heavenly Ghost was already late stage fourth grade, and eleven ‘Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ possessed the ability to annihilate Great Cultivators.

His demand for spiritual pets wasn’t high, thus even if another late stage fourth-grade spiritual pet appeared, it would scarcely enhance his strength.

However, he was very curious that the half-step Great Power Yang Xing only left these few spiritual objects in the soul crystal ring, each being extremely precious, thus the spirit beast contracted on the ancient contract paper must be very special as well.

Otherwise, why would it be esteemed by Yang Xing, already a half-step Great Power, who left the ancient contract paper to retain the spirit beast even after ascending.

Consider this, what kind of spirit beast would it be when one must leave it even after reaching Great Power status?

He placed his own mark on the ancient contract paper, thus, becoming the contract holder with control over the contracted.

After doing so, he faintly sensed through the ancient contract paper that another being’s soul was connected to his own.

Because of the role of the ancient contract paper, that soul was under his control, a special subservient nature.

Though he lacked the power to punish the distant soul, he didn’t need to punish; as long as his command was disobeyed, the ancient contract paper would independently summon the power of Heaven and Earth Rules to discipline it.

Li Shiming contemplated, sending a summoning request through the soul connection to the distant soul.

Although the exact location of that soul was unknown, the sensation through the ancient contract paper suggested a considerable distance from the Dongqi Continent.

Most likely, the soul could be far in the West Yan Continent, thus he wasn’t anxious, opting to wait until the spirit beast arrives.

As he was about to store his spoils, he glanced at the three personal treasures that had lost their master, and his mind subtly thought of a possibility.