novelraw Chapter 1071 772: Magical Treasure?
Chapter 1071 772: Magical Treasure?
"Yan Jinjin said they dare not easily use the Twisted Magic Crystal on themselves, indicating that their Spiritual Bodies became solid not because of the Twisted Magic Crystal."
On the way, Mirel leaned on Li Zheng's shoulder and softly said, "And we want to enhance our Spiritual Power by absorbing Magic Crystal Energy. I'm a bit worried there might be hidden issues with this."
"There won't be any issues," Li Zheng comforted her, "I clean every Magic Crystal's Evil Qi thoroughly. Yan Jinjin and the others probably can't handle that kind of Evil Thought, hence they dare not use it recklessly on themselves..."
At this point, he suddenly felt a little less confident.
Even sufficiently powerful Spiritual Power can erase the Evil Qi from within the Twisted Magic Crystal. Yan Jinjin's Nascent Soul's strength is hard to measure, but it surely won't be weaker than those who've gathered double-digit nodes.
And to violently remove the Evil Thought from within the Twisted Magic Crystal, the White Magic Crystal only requires the strength equivalent to three or four nodes.
Yan Jinjin and the others should be able to do it.
"He said the Twisted Magic Crystal is a Ghost. I guess it's only similar but not exactly the same thing," Li Zheng said. "Don't forget, he realized the resentment I've been carrying only after so long; he also misjudged the Dao Image before. If he does something else that's unreliable, I wouldn't be surprised."
"You're right," Mirel nodded with a smile, agreeing with Li Zheng's statement.
Regarding cultivation techniques, results won't be visible in the short term, and Li Zheng did not have high expectations for this.
As long as Yan Jinjin can research a slightly complete and usable cultivation technique within a year, he can study the principles of said technique taking effect with the terminal.
Other advantages in technology may lack, but the methods to enhance efficiency by taking shortcuts are absolutely unparalleled.
For instance, Li Zheng has considered whether, if the cultivators in novels could understand through technological means the principle of absorbing and refining Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within the body, they could make a simulator for refining, then directly pour the refined Spiritual Qi into the cultivator's body through "Enlightenment," quickly spawning many high-realm cultivator experts?
As for the possible downside of unstable foundations due to pressing for quick results, as long as the strength increases fast enough, wouldn't my unstable foundation Nascent Soul prevail against a solidly grounded Foundation Establishment practitioner?
Oh, Celestial Tribulation too difficult?
No problem!
Find a way to research all factors influencing the strength of celestial tribulations, then create equipment according to individual needs to help resist celestial tribulations, thereby reducing the difficulty of crossing tribulations.
For those who play with technology, as long as the mindset doesn't falter, solutions are always more than problems!
After returning home, the two engaged in activities until dawn when the Treasure Chest refreshed.
"It's time, the Treasure Chest has refreshed." Li Zheng sat up from the bed, extracting a dazzling Treasure Chest.
"Hmm, only opened Yan Jinjin yesterday, it's likely to start giving Wish Stone Fragments again today," Mirel nodded and said, slightly unclear.
"Anyway, not extracting is a waste, fragments are fine then." Li Zheng casually opened the Treasure Chest, reached his hand inside to feel, and to his surprise, it wasn't a Wish Stone Fragment but a small cloth bag.
"Oh, something else came out!"
He took out the cloth bag, and the Treasure Chest disappeared from its original location.
Mirel wiped her mouth and came closer to look at the sachet-like object, asking, "What is this?"
"Looks like a woman's sachet, but why doesn't it have any scent?" Li Zheng released the restriction on Prelis' Eye with his Spiritual Power, receiving a result of "Unknown Artifact."
Whenever he is alone with Mirel now, he keeps Old Prel's perception blocked with Spiritual Power to prevent it from witnessing overly suggestive scenes.
Possibly because of this, Old Prel has been unhappy, hesitating to interact with Li Zheng unless he asks it something, at which point it will provide some response.
"What's 'Unknown Artifact'?" Li Zheng continued to block Prelis' Eye, letting it remain blind.
"Want to open and see?" Mirel suggested, "There might be something good inside."
"Is there anything good... huh?" Initially dismissive, Li Zheng reached into the bag, only to find it empty!
Isn't it unlikely for a Treasure Chest to yield a useless empty bag?
He scrutinized the bag thoroughly in search of useful clues.
Yet, the bag was unremarkable, simply an unadorned grey cloth bag, and its material didn't seem of any value.
Mirel had a flash of inspiration, "Might this be what Yan Jinjin referred to as... Magical Treasure?"
Li Zheng nodded, "I think it might be."
The bag is light in hand, weighing no more than a gram, reminding him of the so-called Storage Treasure—Qiankun Bag from novels.
"But... how to use it?" Li Zheng examined it for a while, then tossed it aside without any leads, "Forget it, I'll ask Yan Jinjin tomorrow."
"Wait." Mirel, intrigued by the bag, held it and observed for some time, seemingly discovering something, "Try probing it with Spiritual Power; there's something inside."
Something only visible with Spiritual Power?
Li Zheng unleashed a strand of Spiritual Power, which slipped into the bag and discovered a peculiar pattern at the bottom.
The pattern was octagonal, resembling a sliding-block puzzle with intricate and unusual lines, with one missing piece.
Is this a puzzle?
Or do you need to use Spiritual Power to form a similar pattern to complete the missing part?
Li Zheng dared not attempt hastily, recalling that cultivators' Storage Treasures have a self-destruction feature designed to prevent theft of cherished collections.
If Yan Jinjin's world follows the same rules as those in Immortal Cultivation novels, then such methods surely won't be lacking.
Having just opened consecutive valuable items from the Treasure Chest, Li Zheng did not want to ruin what seemed like a Qiankun Bag due to his impatience.
"This should be what Yan Jinjin mentioned as Dao Pattern. Since we're unfamiliar with these, it's safest to avoid tampering," Li Zheng withdrew his Spiritual Power, attempting to store the bag in his capsule, which unexpectedly failed for the first time.
The bag remained immobile in his hand.
Now that's strange!
Li Zheng had stored plenty of Treasure Chest items in his capsule before, so why did storing this bag fail instead?
"What's wrong?" Mirel, noticing him staring at the bag, paused her head's upward and downward motion, asking vaguely.
Li Zheng placed his hand on Mirel's head to comfort her and let her continue her business, casually saying, "We might have really struck it rich! I just tried to store the bag in the capsule, and unexpectedly failed! Do you know what this means?"
"Hmm?"
The capsule residence was crafted using space technology by the terminal, possessing inherent uniqueness. Li Zheng explained, "Principally, space technology finds it challenging to achieve nested operations, so resisting the capsule's storage indicates this bag is an item containing inner space!"
In other words, Li Zheng's conjecture was correct!
This is indeed the Qiankun Bag used by cultivators!
Just not sure what's inside.
If it could produce more Bone Marrow Cleansing Pills and Nourishing Yuan Pills, perhaps more elixirs or cultivation techniques.
The value of this Qiankun Bag might surpass all the Treasure Chests Li Zheng has opened since entering the Outer City!
Smack~
Mirel took a breath and sat up, speaking, "Could this item belong to Yan Jinjin? Yesterday the Treasure Chest delivered Yan Jinjin, and today his belongings too?"
"Impossible..." Li Zheng wasn't very sure, "Didn't he say his Storage Treasure was struck alongside his physical body by Tribulation Thunder?"