Wilderness: I Tame Beasts to Survive

Chapter 446: Chapter 298: Celestial Sea 2, Part 2

"That suits me just fine. If a relatively friendly intelligent race lives on the island, we might be able to trade with them for some local goods. I hear the area around Pagji Island is rich in a Soul Beast called the Shimmering Fish—known as the ’essence of water.’ It sells for an astronomical price among the Witch Spirit Race. It would be great if we could harvest a batch..." Dean Wu’s mind was already whirring, calculating how to use the new route for trade.

"Qing Fan, what is the Dragon Blood Race’s position?" Leon turned to Qing Fan, who had already put down his utensils and was listening intently.

With Qing Dou’s Spiritual World having suffered heavy damage, all major decisions for the Dragon Blood Race were now made jointly by the Young Clan Leader, Qing Fan; the Second Elder of the Cyan God Armor; and the other Dragon Blood Elders.

The Second Elder was now seated beside Qing Fan. With the approval of these two, the Dragon Blood Race’s cooperation was essentially guaranteed.

"No problem. My Five-Colored Flowing Light Armor happens to specialize in infiltration and exploration. In seven days, I can remotely oversee the reconnaissance mission. How does that sound?"

The Second Elder’s full name was Cang Tong. Within the Cyan God Armor, his strength was second only to the Founder and the Grand Elder, making him essentially the third-in-command. He was immensely powerful and possessed a wealth of combat experience.

It was said that he now also held the position of Vice Clan Leader within the Dragon Blood Race.

Since Cang Tong had spoken, Qing Fan and the other Dragon Blood Race elders all voiced their agreement.

As long as the interests of the Dragon Blood Race were not directly involved, they generally deferred to Cang Tong.

"With Elder Cangtong overseeing it, nothing could be better. Then let’s settle this for now. We can discuss the details at tomorrow’s morning meeting." After getting approval from Han Ning, Dean Wu, and the others, Leon finalized the decision.

...

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

Early in the morning, Han Ning was hunched over Hom’s slender body, a writing brush in his right hand. The tip of his nose was dotted with a pale golden liquid as he, with a solemn expression, painted curving Runes onto her snow-white skin.

His hand trembled slightly, as if shouldering a heavy burden. With every stroke he painted, a pale golden light would sink into her delicate body and disappear.

Gradually, the tip of Han Ning’s brush moved toward Hom’s delicate jawline.

Higher still was Hom’s cold, impassive face.

He took a light breath and muttered to himself, "Teacher Hom, please forgive my impertinence."

Then, a golden light glowed from his hand. He gripped the brush tightly and flicked a stroke upward.

A pale golden line abruptly appeared on one of her soft cheeks, perfectly overlapping with the Spiritual Energy Circuit on a Witch Spirit Race member’s face.

Han Ning apologized again, then lifted his brush and continued painting the golden patterns on Hom’s cheek.

As the final golden line was drawn on her forehead, her entire body emitted a dense, sharp aura, which then vanished into her body and disappeared from sight.

Grey would soon be anchoring in the Celestial Sea, and Han Ning was worried about potential mishaps. So, the night before, he had used the Soul Beast Crystal Stones he’d traded from Qing Fan to acquire the intermediate stage of the Four Symbols Meditation Technique ahead of schedule.

The intermediate Four Symbols Meditation Technique covered Tiers Four to Six—that is, the content for advancing from the Dark Star to the Profound Moon level.

And, just as Han Ning had expected, it recorded over one hundred Spiritual Models exclusive to the Divine Will of Soul Beasts, ranging from simple to complex and covering various categories!

What he was currently painting on Hom’s body was a Spiritual Model called "Holy Soul Reinforcement."

Its effect was simple: while under the effects of this model, a Residual Soul could accelerate the repair of its Soul and reduce the probability of spiritual instability.

’The Flesh Puppet created by the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm is technically a type of Soul Technique. Could painting a Spiritual Model on a Flesh Puppet be considered a form of tangible training?’

’Furthermore, if the Flesh Puppet combined with Holy Soul Reinforcement really works, then the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm could mass-produce precious Soul Nourishing "Soul Artifacts." There would be no more need to gather all sorts of expensive materials to create real Soul Artifacts.’

And so... he had sought out Hom.

The golden liquid was sap collected from a Golden Calm Tree. It was an extremely precious type of Array Material filled with Spirituality, generally used for inscribing things like a Soul Nourishing Array. This particular batch was a remnant from when the Spiritual Residence Pearl was created.

The idea was to use the Flesh Puppet as a vessel for Soul Nourishing. The Holy Soul Reinforcement model would constantly nourish the Soul Body, greatly helping a damaged soul recover its sentience.

After finishing the Holy Soul Reinforcement model, Han Ning took a deep breath. He looked over at Fei Lin, who was also lying on the bed, her chin propped in her fair hands and her legs swinging back and forth as she watched him curiously. He smiled and said, "Fei Lin, call your mother back to the Puppet. Let’s see if it works."

"Eeee~"

Fei Lin chirped in response and showed the back of her hand.

A purple light flashed from the intricate, tangled lines on the back of her hand. An illusory shadow shot out from within it and drilled into the beautiful Puppet.

However... what happened next was not what Han Ning had expected.

The moment Hom’s Soul Body entered her puppet Body, a strange, ghostly wind suddenly swept through the spacious room.

The Holy Soul Reinforcement model that had been hidden beneath Hom’s skin flared with a dazzling golden light.

Immediately after, Hom’s tightly shut eyes snapped open.

Within her cold, deep pupils, a faint trace of amazement could be seen.

She beckoned with her hand, and a Broken Gold Scimitar, shimmering with golden light and radiating an incredible sharpness, appeared in her grasp.

Wherever its sharp edge passed, the large, flat bed was instantly split in two.

Han Ning stared at the open-eyed Hom, his heart jumping in surprise. He was stunned for a moment, meeting that extremely cold gaze for two silent seconds.

He quickly recovered, cleared his throat, and asked tentatively, "Teacher Hom? Is that you?"

"It is."

A spark of sentience finally appeared in Hom’s cold eyes.

She brandished the scimitar in her hand with practiced ease and said:

"It seems your idea was a success. This Puppet, reinforced with an unknown Divine Will Spiritual Model, has directly boosted my Residual Soul’s Spiritual Level by at least fifty percent and accelerated my spiritual recovery. At the same time... it has also negated the negative side effects of the Biological Armor."

"My Spiritual Power Treasure Body is called the Gilded Spiritual Body. It is a Gold-Attribute Spiritual Body... This Treasure Body possesses powerful Spiritual Attack capabilities, but its side effects are also quite obvious. It is overly rigid and thus easily broken, meaning its defensive capabilities are lower than other Treasure Bodies. It also tends to make my personality cold and unfeeling, like the edge of a blade."

"This Puppet... seems to have amplified both the positive and negative effects of the Treasure Body."

Hom’s expression was like eternal, unthawing ice, yet she spoke in uncharacteristically long sentences. For the first time, she explained why she always wore a sour face, as if someone owed her millions.

"Also... because the Spiritual Model painted on the Puppet’s body wasn’t embedded by the Soul Beast that released the Soul Technique, I can feel that the model’s duration is at most two days. After that, it will automatically dissipate."

"As you probably felt just now, I was the one who drew the model. Having the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm embed such a complex model now would be a bit too much to ask of it."

"This was just a test, anyway. It’s good as long as you think it’s effective."

Seeing that the person inside the Puppet was still Hom herself, Han Ning breathed a sigh of relief. He had been worried that he’d somehow attracted some ancient monster from an unknown dimension.

’The two-day duration isn’t a big deal. What’s important is that the idea of mass-producing Soul Nourishing "Soul Artifacts" can actually be realized!’

’As long as the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm can fully grasp the Holy Soul Reinforcement model, then in the future... it will possess the ability to heal spiritual injuries.’

’If I can find a way to help Little Fatty Silkworm awaken some spiritual Attributes, like Telekinesis or Illusion Techniques, then it’ll be truly invincible,’ Han Ning thought.

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