Chapter 451: Gengbai Emporium (1/2)
Lin Mu looked around the shop and saw all the items that were on display. There were spirit tools like shields, seals, weapons, clothes, and even some spatial storage treasure.
Lin Mu could sense the faint spatial fluctuations coming from the spatial storage tools and thus recognized them quickly. He looked at the shopkeeper, who had his hands clasped and nodded his head in greeting.
”Hi, I would like to buy some spirit tools from here.” Lin Mu stated.
”Of course, we have a large assortment of spirit tools you can choose from, or if what you need are spirit weapons, we have those too.” The shopkeeper said.
”I would like a Mid grade communication jade slip first.” Lin Mu replied.
”Sure, I'll bring one right up.” The shopkeeper said, and opened one of the drawers to his back.
From there he pulled out a pale green jade slip that was five inches long and one inch wide. He put it on a display cushion and slid it to Lin Mu.
”Here, you go sir. Please check if it is up to your satisfaction.” The shopkeeper replied in a professional tone.
Lin Mu nodded his head and picked up the jade slip before checking it with his spirit sense. He could sense the formations that were constructed in it and the connections they formed with each other.
It was a bit different from the one he had with him, and he couldn't exactly tell why.
”This one seems to have a self-destruction formation integrated into it, that is why it looks different to you,” Xukong stated.
”A self-destruction formation?” Lin Mu asked.
”Yes. It is actually quite popular to put them in certain spirit tools such as jade slips and spatial storage treasures as they can contain sensitive information or items that a cultivator would not want to be revealed to the public if they are killed.
They are as a precaution so that if someone kills them, they will not get their items from the ring or will be able to get the confidential information stored on the jade slip.” Xukong explained.
Upon hearing this, Lin Mu declared what senior Xukong had told him a while back in the Sleepscape. At that time, Lin Mu had asked him how did so many items turn up in the void, to which Xukong had said that one of the major causes of the items ending up in the void was due to self destructing spatial storage treasures.
When a spatial storage treasure was destroyed, there were two things that could happen. In the case that there was no self destructive formation on it, the items contained in the treasures would all spill out into the real world.
But if there was a self destructive formation placed on it, the items would be thrown into the void instead of being pushed out into the real world. This also helped reduce the cases of robberies among the cultivators, but not completely.
If a cultivator was proficient in formations or spatial manipulation, they would still be able to retrieve the items. In fact, robbing was so lucrative that there were even special spirit tools made just for that. One of these spirit tools could even disable the self destructive formation of spatial storage tools and every robber worth their salt would own one of these.