Chapter 257: Owning a Celestial Device to Fish a Golden Turtle and Causing a Storm (1/2)
Chapter 257: Owning a Celestial Device to Fish a Golden Turtle and Causing a Storm
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Green Spirit coughed twice. ”Bastard! How dare you treat me like this! You dare put me back in that godforsaken place!”
The late autumn in the prairie was particularly cold. The withered and yellowed grass was already coated in a layer of frost and all around. Seeing as there was no one around, Junior Leopard retrieved the green lamp from his independent space. The moment Green Spirit emerged, he started complaining loudly about Junior Leopard's actions.
”That place is far more spacious than the underground palace of the Small Thunder Temple. There are more things at least!” Junior Leopard said, smiling.
Green Spirit snorted and said nothing. The green lamp, the only place he could stay in, was already refined by Junior Leopard. To some extent, their relationship was akin to a landlord and his tenant that wasn't tied by a contract. Though he had Junior Leopard's promise that he would never be forced to do anything, the problem was that Junior Leopard didn't even need to force him. He could just tamper with the green lamp, then Green Spirit couldn't live in it even if he wanted to.
Therefore, this Great Ancient Demon had to be humble in front of Junior Leopard despite his haughtiness and merely snorted to express his dissatisfaction after complaining.
”I have no choice. This lamp is too enthralling.” Junior Leopard shrugged. ”Now that it's busted and useless, I won't be keeping it in my Dantian. I can only put it in a place that others can't see. But if you don't like it, you can come out from the lamp at any time.”
”Humph!”
He gave another cold snort. ”Why did you summon me out of the lamp? Did something happen?”
”Hey now, that doesn't sound right. Must I only summon you when I'm in trouble? Doesn't that make you seem to like my servant? The moonlight is so lovely tonight and the prairie is so quiet and peaceful. I was worried you'd be bored inside, so I summoned you for a talk. If you prefer the quiet, then I'll put you back in.”
Green Spirit cried, ”No need! It's good to have a talk. That godforsaken place has many things but it's too quiet.”
The man and spirit began an idle chatter in the prairie about anything and everything. It was a great way to pass the time.
Junior Leopard knew relationships needed nurturing. How? When you meet an ordinary person, you can treat him to a meal, have a drink, go to karaoke, or even hit on girls together. Your relationship will naturally improve. But what about a spirit who didn't need to eat, drink, single, or date?
It wasn't difficult either. You just need to find his weakness.
Green Spirit's biggest weakness was his fear of loneliness. After being trapped in that godforsaken underground palace for several hundreds of thousands of years, he should feel grateful he didn't go mad. Junior Leopard thought Green Spirit might really have gone mad, but he simply didn't show it at the moment.
Things would be much easier now that he knew Green Spirit's weakness. He could lock him in a similar place and summon him now and then for a chat. This way, they would gradually become closer. Besides, Green Spirit could only stay in the green lamp and the lamp was already refined by him. It wasn't as if Green Spirit could leave or find someone else. Sooner or later, he would be reaping all the benefits from Green Spirit.
With a Great Ancient Demon with him, he would be hiding an enormous advantage on his side.
That was why he came to the deep prairie at midnight and spent time chatting with Green Spirit.
”Didn't you say that you're going to absorb the Sun and Moon Essence? The moonlight is pretty nice tonight,” Junior Leopard said. ”If you want to take in the Qi of Nine Heaven Thunder, I can take you to the place where it's thundering. But I need a reward to do this kind of energy-wasting work.”
”You want me to absorb the Qi of Nine Heaven Thunder right now? Are you kidding? I don't want the thunderbolt to kill me. But I can absorb the Moon Essence,” Green Spirit said and transformed into a wisp of blue smoke against the bright moonlight. He drifted in the air, vibrating as he absorbed the Sun and Moon Essence.
The gentle moonlight enveloped the blue smoke as it carefully absorbed the tiny red particles in the moonlight. The particles merged with the Green Mist. Seeing such a sight, Junior Leopard felt inexplicably moved.
He had been racking his brain for the way of Demonic Cultivation. The Green-scaled Poisonous Scorpion could only cultivate the venomous needle behind his tail based on its instinct. Since this spirit was a Great Ancient Demon, he must know the way of Demonic Cultivation. Perhaps he could help.
Just then, a scorpion as green as a jade came out from his sleeves and climbed onto a protruding stone in the prairie. It mimicked Green Spirit's actions and began absorbing the Sun and Moon Essence. Of course, Junior Leopard compelled it to use the essence to refine the venomous needle on its tail.
God knew how much time had passed. Just as the moon was beginning to fade, the blue smoke stirred and became condensed.
”Kid, where did you get this scorpion? Oh, you've washed away its soul and replaced it with your thought. Are you trying to turn it into your puppet?”
”Good eye. That's right. I want to turn it into a puppet.”
”Seems like I've underestimated you. Not only do you have the bloodline of congenital god in primitive times, you also seem to know the method of cultivating Spirit. What's more, you've cultivated another thought at Level Seven. I really did underestimate you.”
”These are mere techniques. If I don't have this pair of eyes, I can't occupy this scorpion body even if I have another thought.”
”Kid, don't be too arrogant. The technique you use is the same method that the congenital god in primitive times used to control puppets. The Puppet Technique in later times that necromancers created was based on this original technique. However, they couldn't remove living souls from bodies without the pair of Heavenly Magic Eyes. Therefore, they could use corpses or dead things as puppets. How can those be superior to the bodies of living creatures?” Green Spirit said.
”Powerful Divines in antiquity times can't summon the souls of living creatures either?”
”No. They could shatter the souls of living creatures with ease, but not summon the souls in its entirety the way you did. When the souls are shattered, the living creatures would die instantly. There are many other methods to summon souls but only partially. As long there's a part of the soul that is attached to the body, it'll be difficult for another person to inject his thought and integrate it with the puppet body, never mind controlling it. So necromancers prefer using corpses or dead things as puppets.”
”Is it that hard to summon living souls?”
”Haha, you don't feel it hard because you have the Heavenly Magic Eyes to summon souls and inject thought. But when you use the technique, you will feel that the soul isn't only linked to the brain but every part of the body as well. The links are like branches, leaves, and the trunk, but don't you forget there's also a large number of roots. The stronger a living creature is, the more roots it has. The roots would also be much deeper. It's easy to destroy a big tree with a hammer or a fire, but it'll be a hundred times harder if you want to unroot it. Besides, you have to make you keep every single root, as well as the ground it takes root in, intact. Do you think it's possible?”
”It may be impossible for ordinary people, but for Powerful Divines…”
”It's easy for them to uproot a big tree without damaging it, but a living soul isn't a tree.” Green Spirit sighed.” Besides the power of the Heavenly Magic Eyes, there's no other way to summon living souls neatly.”
”Looks like it's pretty handy to inherit this bloodline.”
”Don't you be so excited. Your eyes aren't pure Heavenly Magic Eyes. I can see that your eyes have several other congenital skills like Black Water-Genuine Pupils. I can't imagine how those necromancers managed to mesh so many kinds of bloodlines of congenital god together. But I know that they had a theory about stealing the bloodlines of congenital god.”
”What theory?”
”Hybrid theory!” Green Spirit said.” The bloodline of congenital god is too overpowering for ordinary creatures. That was why necromancers first diluted the bloodline, suppressing the powerful functions and extracting only the weak ones to be used in the bodies of living creatures. As time passed, living creatures began to get used to the blood and it gradually strengthened their bodies too, allowing the ability of the congenital god's bloodline to be demonstrated completely.”
”That's a pretty good method.”
”It was said to be successful in the beginning, but problems began showing after. Though this method allowed the congenital god's bloodline to be maximized, the bodies of the living creatures would gradually break down at the same time. That was because the speed of their bodies awakening the power of the bloodline was lower than the speed of their bodies strengthening and adapting to the change. Though the bloodlines could be successfully integrated with the bodies of living creatures, they wouldn't be able to withstand the impact. So this method was a failure. But then the necromancers discovered that when several bloodlines were mixed, they would restrict each other and delay the awakening and growth of the bloodlines. That was their hybrid theory. But it wasn't an easy task. They still hadn't succeeded even to the day I became constrained in the Small Thunder Temple.”
”Seems like they've succeeded now!”
”Perhaps, perhaps not.” Green Spirit scoffed. ”The bloodline in your body has just developed. Perhaps the more times you use it, the quicker the bloodline will awake. You're only at Level Seven with an ordinary body. Do you think you can withstand the explosive power of so many bloodlines?”
”Damn.” Junior Leopard was shocked and recalled how exhausted he felt after using Fiery Eyes each time. ”So I've been playing with fire! No way! Even if the Fiery Eyes are useful, they're not worth risking my life.”
”You have a decent puppet. I'd consider it an Upper-Grade item. But you seem to know nothing about the way of Demonic Cultivation.”
”I was wondering if I could ask you for help.”
”You're very smart. Though you don't know the way of Demonic Cultivation, you still managed to discover the way of Demonic Cultivation in cultivating a natal magic weapon. You didn't miss anything.”
”I just have some luck.”