After the incidents with Huan Jing, Shen didn't encounter any problem. He cultivated endlessly as he kept figuring out the mysteriousness of Absolute Strengthening Technique and Absolute Qi.
On the tenth level of the 2nd Layer of Absolute Strengthening Technique, Shen's muscles were surrounded by 10 Golden Color Qi with the bone in the middle. They looked as if hardened steel string that can't be cut. From the distance between them, Shen estimated the 2nd Layer only had another two-level remaining.
It's common knowledge to every cultivator of the Nine Continent of Kyushu that cultivation in this world was broken down into 10 realms. These 10 realms are Martial Student, Martial Warrior, Martial General, Martial Commander, Xian Tian, Martial King, Martial Saint, Martial Emperor, False God And divine. Each of these realms further consisted of 10 grades. First Grade being the lowest and 10th being the highest.
Yet, Shen encountered this strangeness. He didn't know what stages he cultivated before Xiantian as there was no indicator other than the power level. His power level even before Xiantian Realm was already ridiculous from norm, now if he gets to cultivate 12 grades on every big realm then he can possibly fulfill his to be OP.
Still, everything wasn't so easy as it looked. After he reaches the peak of his current realm, his breakthrough will be much harder than any normal cultivator. That's why to achieve breakthrough more easily, he had to work on his foundation more than anyone else.
Aside from his cultivation, he mainly focused on Absolute Manipulation. After achieving the third level of Absolute Vision, one of the techniques that caught his eyes was 'Primordial Genesis Fire'.
Unlike the most techniques on his dreamscape, this technique had a name and its uses are versatile. This fire was extremely potent and hard to keep under control and the requirement was also heavy. The Chaos Qi... naturally speaking he met the requirement to use the technique and started cultivating it, but only to be met with failure after another.
After going through everything, he finally understood, his Absolute Qi and Chaos were not the same. Only after separating all elements from Absolute Qi and combining them together can he form Chaos Qi.
So far he can only control the five elemental Qi's easily and a few others, but still not proficient enough to use them during battle. As for the rest, let alone controlling them, he couldn't even find out some of their natures.
He lifted his left hand and different colors of Qi started coming out from his hand. Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. These five types of Qi were also known as Elemental Qi in the world of Kyushu and also Shen can control them with most proficiency.
The five Qi all circled above his palm in a disciplined manner and unlike how one would expect, their power didn't clash with each other. Another light green Qi left his body, this was the Nature Qi and not long after another light blue Qi came out, but unlike the six Qi before this one contained violent energy and were extremely hard to control.
"Continue..." a few droplets of sweat appeared on Shen's face, but he still kept on going. One after another three different colored Qi came out from his body. One of them exuded warm energy while the other exuded a freezing chill. On the other hand, the last one seemed like extremely gentle and calm Qi, but this is the only one Shen had to exert his hardest effort to control.
From his all previous experiment, he deduced this Qi to be Void Qi. So far he didn't find any technique to utilize this Qi, but for him to use the Primordial Genesis Fire, he needed Chaos Qi.
"Merge!" the different type of Qi's spinning above his palm started to merge in a single point. Sweat started dripping from Shen's face as he completely focused on controlling these Qi.
Promptly, all different Qi converged into a single point as a Qi similar to Absolute Qi formed in front of Shen.
"Success..." Shen's eyes brightly shined as he was the forming Chaos Qi!
"Boom!"
"Cough, cough..." Shen coughed out blood as he was sent 7 meters backward, flying. His face looked pale, but his eyes were still smiling.
'Although, I failed in the end. I was still able to form the Chaos Qi. If I try a few more times, I should be able to master this technique!' Shen didn't feel down at all, in fact, he thought more positively. He kept practicing Absolute Manipulation from the time he got the technique. For him, it's a long duration, and finally, he got some result from such hard practice!
After circulating the Wood Qi to recover, he cooked a few fish with some herbs as he kept experimenting with them. Creating new recipes was also one of his new goals.
His Demon Wolf, Kawa, also became far stronger than it was before. After absorbing many demonic cores from Xiantian Grade Demonic beasts, its cultivation increased by huge margin. From its cultivation of 4th Grade Xiantian, it reached to 7th Grade Xiantian.
Shen personally trained the wolf to make sure it didn't slack off inside the Absolute Realm. Although he had no idea what it did during the time, he didn't enter the realm. He made sure bully it till as long as it keeps standing.
After another intense 'training' session which is literally bullying Kawa, Shen left the Absolute Realm with a satisfied expression, but his mood fell bottom-down as soon as he saw a black orb on the bed by his side.
This was none other than the sealing orb. As there's a being sealed inside the orb, he can't keep it inside the Absolute Realm. Same way, when he enters the realm himself, the orb stays on the outside world. Honestly speaking, he wants nothing more than to throw this orb somewhere else, as it only smells trouble. But that being said, he can't just throw it away either.
Taking the orb on his hand, he checked it out with his Absolute Vision. 'Essence, Essence, Soul, Treasure.' these are the only things he could find on the seal inside the orb. He hoped to figure out something new, but only met with disappointment.
"Shit, I'll just get rid of it. Since it will break after I upgrade it once, I'll do it. I'll do it and see what happens!" finally Shen snapped as he thought how every had to put it away and sometimes he would even forget about it.
He left the mountain as he went 1 few kilometers southward. Although the orb will break, it was unknown whether the being inside the seal will be still alive or dead. There was also a possibility of that being dangerous.
Shen calmed his heart as he prepared to... run away at moment. "Absolute Upgrade!" One second passed by, two seconds passed by... twenty second passed by, nothing happened.
"Meh, I'll just think the seal broke and nothing happened..." Shen turned back as he threw the orb behind his back while lazily thinking loudly.
Suddenly, golden colored runes started forming in every direction. "This... This is... Hmmm... where was it? Yeah, Absolute Taming, let's see. Yeah, that one. Soul Contract: One can only form one contract in lifetime. Not severable. No Condition. As long as the Master doesn't die, the other party won't die either. Immune to any soul destroying technique or ability." Shen started going through the contract description as it was already impossible to escape from the contract circle.
The Absolute Taming Manual had myriads of different contracts and taming techniques. Thanks to his Eidetic Memory, Shen could remember everything just after taking a look, but he couldn't possibly go through tens of thousands of contract and techniques in such a limited amount of time. Still, he went through the rough view of all contracts and techniques.
Shen turned to his back as he someone's gaze. As soon as he turned back, he became dazed as if his soul left his body. Moments later, he regained his consciousness and looked at his left and right as if searching for something.
For an instant he felt as if he saw something. Something beautiful and mesmerizing enough to suck his soul out of the body. It was just for an instant so he couldn't capture it with his eyes properly but he badly wished to see that once again.
He searched up and down, left and right but didn't find a hint of living beings. But he still that the contract was successful as he felt another connection other than Kawa's. Following the connection, he entered the Absolute Realm.
Just in front of him sat a young girl of 14 years, she didn't even care for her surroundings as she kept on nomming on the fishes. Shen felt pain every time she bit on the fishes. He cooked those fishes with special care. He seasoned them with a variety of salt, herb, and spices. If he takes them out, they would be at least priced a few hundreds of gold taels, but most importantly no one can make them within this five continents.
It might sound arrogant and pitiful at the same time but he can proudly declare that not many can match up to his cooking skills! Now, some random girl he doesn't even know of started eating his masterpiece as if they were nothing more than common fishes.
"H-hey girl, what are you doing?" Shen hesitantly voiced out. The girl had already cleared 8 out of 20 fishes, each of them being at least 3 feet. He knew this girl came out from sealing orb, and she can possibly be dangerous.
"I'm hungry..." the girl didn't even glance at Shen as she kept nomming on the fishes. Her calm voice had a hint of laziness. But to Shen, they sounded like divine melody. He nodded his head as he thought, 'Indeed, she won't eat if she isn't hungry, but HELL THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS ASKING!!!' Shaking his head, he started figuring out how to deal with her.
Shen didn't get the chance to see her face yet, but she has a perfect, supple body. It could be said that one would be hard pressed to point out a flaw in her figure. Her snow white hairs matched with snow white skin looks akin to some Snow Princesses. From just this, it was more than apparent that she was a supreme beauty.
Her ears and tails would flutter from time to time, they looked soft and squishy... 'WAIT! TAILS??' Shen finally noticed the weirdness of this girl as she had ears similar to cats and three soft tails. Like her hair, her three tails and ears are also snow white.
Her tails moved in a disciplined manner left to right, right to left as if trying its hard to tempt something. Shen gulped, 'This is a dream, right? No, it shouldn't be...' after much hesitation, he grabbed the three tails. His eyes shined! They are so soft and fluffy.
"Nya-"
The girl jumped 7 meters away from Shen. She stared at Shen with a hint of cautiousness. Shen also jumped back a few meters, thinking she might attack anytime, but the whole time he kept muttering in his head, 'they are real, real...'
"Pervert..." the girl suddenly uttered a word.
Shen fell headfirst. 'Is that what you say after finishing my fishes!'
"So, mind telling me, who are you?" Shen sighed as he finally got the chance to see her face.
Similar to her figure, she had a perfect face without a speck of impurity. Her white arched eyebrows reached perfection. She had golden colored pupils contrary to her white hair and skin tone. She looked as if an angel. Angel of Nekos... that's because no matter how you look at her cat ears and three smooth cat-like tails, she is indeed a cat.
"Pervert... you shouldn't touch a lady's tail without her permission." now on her jade-white skin had a hint of redness. Truthfully, she looked already mesmerizing but after the faint blush, she even toppled some goddesses.
She didn't show any respect to Shen and completely ignored him. Shen indeed felt he wronged the little girl, so he pointed at her tails and said, "Are those real?"
"Hmph... you are rude to the core. Of course, they are. Don't tell me, you never heard of the Treasure Tribe. Truly ignorant, aren't you?" she made a smug face as she looked at Shen as if looking at a country bumpkin. Even so, she looked as if graceful as a fairy.
Shen went through the Absolute Taming Manual and indeed found the Treasure Tribe. The Treasure Tribe, also known as a race loved by Heaven and Earth. They are also categorized as a Beast Tribe. Unlike the other races, they are of a small tribe. But they went extinct due to their ability to search for treasures.
They didn't have noteworthy fighting prowess but they had exceptional speed. No matter how many times faster they were, they couldn't run away from the greed of the human race. In the end, they were completely wiped out as no one couldn't tame them.
She should from an ancient race of Treasure Tribe. Maybe after her race, there was other similar Treasure Tribe but possibly forgotten in the face of eternal time. Rather than Treasure Tribe, now they should be called Ancient Treasure Tribe which doesn't even exist in the annal of the ruins.
"I don't." Shen couldn't bring herself to tell her about the extinction of her race as he affirmed her question. Maybe somewhere in the world, others from her race still exist.
"Truly an ignorant guy, aren't you. Let me tell you, I am the princess of the Treasure Tribe and the next successor. You should be proud of being able to form a soul contract with me. You should already know how the soul contract works. From now on keep me safe, as long as I am alive, you will too!" She felt superior to the guy and kept on explaining things to him.
"Erm... if you didn't notice, I'm the Master. According to the contract, that is." Shen smiled at her brightly as she said those words to her.
"Poof!"
She froze for a moment a few golden runes came out from her body before they returned again. "How, it shouldn't be... I should be the Master here..." the girl from there disappeared and only a golden cat with three tails stared at Shen, with a hint of cautiousness.
One of the reason for the Treasure Tribe to be also known as the race loved by Heaven and Earth was also because of their ability to transform into a human form even without any cultivation.
Shen gazed the cat in amusement. Her characteristics indeed match with the ancient Treasure Race.
Shen asked the girl, now a cat, "What are planning to do by transforming?"
The cat didn't open its mouth but communicated with telepathy, "How, how did you change the contract? It shouldn't have been possible..."
Shen smiled at the cat, "Whoever added the contract with the seal was really intelligent. Whether they broke the seal or opened it, the contract will still take place. But I guess, no would have thought the possibility of changing the contract at the last moment. As for how, I will leave it to your imagination, little kitty. I'll see you later, kitty."
With this Shen exited the realm but an annoyed voice still rang in his head, "Don't call me kitty!"
Shen didn't pay attention to it.
Everything fell into place in his head, 'Essence, Essence, Soul, Treasure.' To create a soul contract one has to use their precious blood essence. Probably the unsealing the cat from also required a few drops of blood essence. While the Soul indicates about the soul contract and Treasure means Treasure Tribe.
Whoever sealed the cat, wanted her to stay safe. That's why they went as far as putting a soul contract on the seal. No matter who unlocked the seal, they will be forced to form the contract. That also means they have to keep her safe at any cost, for their own life.
If he couldn't change something from a contract like that, having the Absolute Vision would be completely useless on him. Not to mention, when he already knows how the contract worked.
The Ancient Treasure Tribe, now he doesn't have to search for a treasure hunting beast. There shouldn't be any beast that can rival his treasure hunting beasts. Its as if a cue falling from the sky. If he knew it before he would have already broken the seal from the stone as soon as he got it.
'Did you think something weird?'
Now it's rude to compare her with some treasure hunting beast when she's almost similar to a human, almost. Because a human wouldn't be able to enter the Absolute Realm.
"..."
But it seems he has to spoil this cat before it does whatever he tells her to.
A wild Neko appears ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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