Chapter 23: Storage Spirit Tool
Lu Chen retracted his Spirit, taking one last look at the incomplete Sun-Facing Flower to ensure nothing was missed.
He walked back to where his pack was, slung it over his shoulder, and chose a random direction in the Star Dou Great Forest to head off. His tone carried a hint of anticipation:
"Time to set out and find my fourth spirit ring. My first was a thousand years, my second four thousand, and my third eight thousand. My fourth spirit ring should be enough to absorb something between ten thousand and fifteen thousand years old."
"It’s just that for Spirit Beasts over ten thousand years, one has to endure the backlash of their Soul’s resentment during absorption. This soul shock is a real headache."
"My physique is strong enough and my spirit power is deep, but whether my mental force can withstand the soul shock is still an unknown..."
Lu Chen frowned, a look of contemplation appearing on his face.
The shadows of the trees swayed as sunlight pierced through the canopy, leaving mottled patterns of light and shadow on the ground.
As the wind blew, the sound of rustling leaves echoed all around.
Whether it was an illusion or not, as Lu Chen walked through the forest, he constantly felt as if someone were watching him, or perhaps paying him their respects.
Lu Chen couldn’t help but feel puzzled, his gaze turning wary:
"What’s going on? Is there a Spirit Beast trying to ambush me from the shadows?"
After several rounds of investigation, Lu Chen found no hidden Spirit Beasts; there were only patches upon patches of Blue Silver Grass.
Blue Silver Grass?!
Lu Chen’s eyes suddenly widened. He leaned down, the damp scent of soil hitting his nostrils, but his attention was entirely focused on the Blue Silver Grass on the ground.
He carefully brushed the Blue Silver Grass with his hand, and immediately, a sense of closeness was transmitted from the Blue Silver Grass.
Lu Chen was greatly surprised by this:
"It really is the Blue Silver Grass!"
"Is it because my Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul evolved, or because my mental force has strengthened? I can actually vaguely perceive the subtle emotions of the Blue Silver Grass!"
Lu Chen felt both pleasantly surprised and confused.
His brow furrowed and relaxed periodically.
After some thought, Lu Chen exhaled and said:
"Regardless, this is a good thing."
"I’ve absorbed three spirit rings, and my Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul has undergone three rounds of evolution; it’s much stronger than ordinary Blue Silver Grass now."
"Plus, when I was absorbing the spirit rings, it might have tempered my mental force to a certain extent."
"The combination of the two allows me to feel the emotions of the Blue Silver Grass. The Blue Silver Grass in the Star Dou Great Forest is endless. With my vague connection to the Blue Silver Grass, finding a suitable Spirit Beast for myself will be much more convenient."
Lu Chen felt his Spirits lift.
Subsequently, while traveling, he began to communicate with the Blue Silver Grass by the roadside, soothing their emotions while inquiring about the surroundings.
Plant Spirit Beasts were different from animal Spirit Beasts; due to their physical structure, animal Spirit Beasts were more likely to develop intelligence, whereas plant Spirit Beasts were mostly driven by instinct.
These roadside Blue Silver Grasses couldn’t describe anything to Lu Chen in detail—they lacked that level of intelligence—but they could still respond to Lu Chen with some simple information.
Like safety!
Or danger!
Being able to obtain this information was enough to satisfy Lu Chen. At least in the Star Dou Great Forest, with these eyes and ears, he could judge danger in advance.
Because the fourth spirit ring Lu Chen wanted had to be at least between ten thousand and fifteen thousand years old, he had to search for such plant Spirit Beasts.
Therefore, he had to leave the outer region and head towards the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The outer region was already so dangerous, and the mixed zone was packed with ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts, doubling the level of danger.
With these Blue Silver Grasses acting as his eyes and ears, even if Lu Chen entered the mixed zone, he wouldn’t accidentally stumble into the territory of some powerful Spirit Beast.
It took three days!
Only then did Lu Chen move from the outer region into the mixed zone. A vast, primordial aura rushed at him, carrying the dampness of soil and a faint scent of decay.
To ensure his safety, Lu Chen immediately began communicating with the nearby Blue Silver Grass. Through their feedback, he gained a general idea of the situation in this area.
Danger!
This was the unanimous emotion transmitted to him by the nearby Blue Silver Grass!
Lu Chen instantly became alert. He summoned his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and three purple spirit rings—purple, purple, and purple—rose from beneath his feet.
"Blue Silver Protection!"
As the third spirit ring lit up, his spirit power poured into his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, which then radiated light, propping up a blue barrier around him.
This was Lu Chen’s third Spirit Ability!
Blue Silver Protection!
Lu Chen put a shield on himself before treading lightly to search the surroundings.
Following the guidance of the Blue Silver Grass, he arrived at the source of that danger to investigate.
He saw that in this area, a layer of turf had been torn from the ground. Numerous flowers, grasses, vines, and thorns had all been shredded to pieces.
Quite a few trees had been snapped in half. Since trees that required an adult’s embrace to encircle could be snapped like that, one could imagine what kind of behemoth had caused such destruction.
Not far ahead, Lu Chen saw a few bloody scraps of cloth, as well as some mangled flesh and shattered bones...
Additionally, there was a glittering metal bracelet!
A hint of curiosity appeared on Lu Chen’s previously heavy face.
He walked over, ignored the mangled flesh and shattered bones, and picked up the metal bracelet.
It was a silver-white metal bracelet that felt heavy in his hand; the material was definitely extraordinary. Six jade stones were embedded in the bracelet, each one extremely warm and smooth to the touch, clearly not common items.
Lu Chen toyed with the metal bracelet in his hand as a bold guess rose in his mind:
"This couldn’t be a storage Spirit tool, could it?"
Lu Chen immediately began to test it, trying to inject a trace of spirit power into one of the jade stones on the metal bracelet.
In the next instant, his consciousness seemed to be pulled into a narrow space. The space wasn’t large, only about two cubic meters.
He was right!
This was indeed a storage Spirit tool!
If one jade stone had two cubic meters of space, and there were six jade stones embedded on this metal bracelet, then there was a total of twelve cubic meters of space.
This wasn’t small. A storage Spirit tool with twelve cubic meters of space would fetch an astronomical price of at least several hundred thousand gold coins at an auction house.
And it was the kind where there was demand but no supply!
Lu Chen quickly checked the entire space of the storage Spirit tool. Inside were some scattered gold coins, silver coins, and bronze coins, as well as two black cards, some books, a change of clothes, a dagger, snake repellent powder, healing medicine...
Lu Chen flipped through the books and found a red diary. Through the records in the diary, he learned that its owner was the Clan Chief of a certain Spirit Master Family in the Gulei Kingdom.
This time, he had come to the Star Dou Great Forest and invited a few friends to help him hunt the Spirit Beast needed for his sixth spirit ring.
As it stood, they had probably been completely wiped out!
All that remained was some mangled flesh and bone, and a metal storage Spirit tool.
Although he had gained a storage Spirit tool for free, Lu Chen wasn’t as happy as he had imagined.
The scene before him served as another reminder that the Star Dou Great Forest was fraught with danger. Once he let his guard down, his end would also be to die in the mouth of a beast.
Putting the storage Spirit tool on his hand, the metal bracelet automatically adjusted its size to fit his wrist perfectly, not feeling like a burden at all.
Lu Chen naturally loved it. He then dug a hole in the ground, gathered the mangled flesh and bones, and buried them in the pit.
Since he had taken someone’s storage Spirit tool, he should at least let them rest in peace.
Afterward, Lu Chen quickly left the area...
(End of Chapter)
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