บท 61: Lurensity (1)

"It's Lurensity flowers, huh?" Shen Tianyu said in a slightly dejected tone. She specialized in poison and antidotes. Lurensity flower was a wholly(1) medicinal herb so, she had nothing to do with it. She couldn't make pills, though she could concoct medicine, but pills were more effective and also included less impurities. Medicine and pills that were used for injuries or the increase of one's power were the specialty of the Doctors and Pill Masters of this world, like Luo Shue.

"Hm? You don't want them?" Rong Jian asked her.

"I do not have a direct use for them, but they will be a good gift for Luo Shue from our expedition." She replied. Though she had no direct use for Lurensity flowers, they were uncommon medicinal herbs with plenty of uses. They only grew and could only be found in snow lands with a lot of spiritual power in the earth.

She walked up to the white wolf standing in the middle of the big cave. "There's something else here isn't there? Something that created this cold environment. Lurensity flowers are not known to create a cold environment."

The white wolf pawed at where he was standing and Shen Tianyu kneeled down to take a closer look beneath the ice. When she saw it, her eyes widened. "This is... an ice crystal?! Looking at it's size, it should be a Thousand Year Ice Crystal!"

The ice crystal actually wasn't that big in size. It was as big as a single pearl. However, for elemental rarities such as this, that was already quite a big size. The ice crystals grow in cold environments and become a compressed form of the spiritual power in it's surroundings. Many cultivators have soaked their hands in blood just to try to get closer to obtaining an ice crystal of only a few hundred years. A Thousand Year Ice Crystal like this one would certainly have the whole cultivation world going to war over it.

"I see... no wonder..." Shen Tianyu's eyes shone. She looked up at the white wolf and said to it. "If I could get my hands on this, I will certainly be able to break through."

The white wolf hesitated. Even if it could fight her off, he wouldn't be able to fight off the man that came with her. Besides, he took her here and showed it to her because he had a good impression of her. She also told him to the face directly what she wanted to do with it instead of scheming to take it like the other humans would. Not to mention, though he guarded it, he did not have much use for it. Demonic beasts could grow with either dark energy or spiritual power, which is one of the reasons they can become strong in such a short time compared to humans so that was not a problem. The problem lies in that he couldn't get to the ice crystal. Perhaps it was a self-defense mechanism of it, the ice around the ice crystal was especially strong and thick.

Seeing it's hesitation, Shen Tianyu thought it didn't trust her, which was more or less justified seeing as he wasn't favorable to humans. "Do you want to become my contract beast? This way, you can also gain the benefits of the Thousand Year Ice Crystal. I also have more stuffs back home that could raise your power."

Hearing her offer, the white wolf sat down on it's hind legs, remembering the look in her eyes when he woke up and saw her stroking it's fur. This human girl really left a good impression on it. She healed it after injuring it and stayed with it until it woke up even though it had attacked first. There was only contentedness and happiness when he saw her eyes. Though the white wolf certainly did not have a favorable impression of humans, it also wasn't unreasonable. It felt she was different from all the other humans and would make a good Master. He has been alone for so long, having only corpses and, occasionally, stupid humans as companions. Perhaps, now that he has found someone suitable, his loneliness is also speaking up.

Shen Tianyu patiently waited for it's answer. Honestly speaking, aside from those she loved, she preferred animals and demonic beasts to humans. In her opinion, humans were the most evil, always scheming, always being stupidly arrogant, always being pretentious. She preferred the straightforward animals and demonic beasts to humans. If the Snow Wolf didn't want to become her contract beast and didn't let her take the Ice Crystal, she could only leave with some Lurensity flowers. But she still held a faint hope it would agree to follow her. After all, it wasn't everyday one could encounter such an agreeable and fluffy demonic beast.

When the Snow Wolf slowly nodded, She Tianyu almost leapt up with joy. A smile blossomed on her face. "Then let's make a contract now. Rong Jian, how do you contract a demonic beast?" She turned to ask Rong Jian who had stood at the entrance of the cave the whole time.

"Put your hand on it's head and send a sliver of your spiritual power along with your consciousness into it's soul. since he agrees to be your contract beast, it should be smooth. Your spiritual power will settle in it's soul, establishing a Master and Servant contract. With this contract, the Snow Wolf's cultivation will be independent from yours but you can help it power up when we get back. In the first place, one isn't able to connect one's own cultivation with that of anyone else, beast or human." Rong Jian instructed then proceeded to lecture her.

"Sorry, but I'll definitely help you become stronger." Shen Tianyu ignored the rest of Rong Jian's words and apologized to the Snow Wolf then promised to raise it's power. She rested her hand on it's head and took out a little bit of her spiritual power, trying to merge it with a small part of her consciousness. Though the process is only a few words, it was actually not easy to do. Now she somewhat understood why people paraded their spiritual beasts around, it showed that they had good talent and control over their spiritual power.