Harvest and Negotiation

Oscar thought to himself, but the Heaven Dou Great Forest was, after all, not a safe place.

"Gen-character—Earth Dragon Swim!"

Oscar's hidden injuries had been completely healed, and fearing some accident in this godforsaken place, he quickly submerged into the ground.

"What kind of ability is this? It looks quite powerful."

The voice of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm rang out in Oscar's mind, his tone filled with curiosity.

"We'll talk about that later. Do you remember the way?"

Oscar chatted with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as if he had a human navigation system, though it was a pity that upon reaching the location, he discovered that the Dean and the others had already left.

Under a nearby tree, Oscar saw a crooked mark and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"Teacher Zhao really trusts me enough. If I had run into other spirit beasts this time, I might have really been done for."

He pulled a dagger from his storage pouch, carved another mark, and then sped off toward the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest.

By the time he returned to the small town outside the Star Dou Great Forest, it was already dark. Exhausted from the journey, Oscar rented a room.

After setting up some basic precautions, Oscar dove into his Inner Scene. By now, the Inner Scene had changed drastically, with small orbs of light everywhere.

On the side with fewer light orbs sat a black bead, the manifestation of that blurry figure, which appeared to be in a state of slumber.

On the side with more light orbs, nine massive golden rings were constantly rotating, and a large, fleshy worm was lazily reclining upon them.

Seeing Oscar enter, the large, fleshy worm wiggled its body and spoke.

"This Sea of Consciousness of yours is truly bizarre. I can feel that it contains a power that doesn't belong to you... it might lean more toward a type of rule.

The three you summoned earlier... they seemed to possess the aura of gods..."

Oscar gave an "mm," floated above the massive rings, and found a spot to sit down.

"Is what that person said about creating a second Sea of Consciousness reliable?"

Most of Oscar's understanding of the spirit master profession was related to his life and studies at Shrek; the term "Sea of Consciousness" had never been mentioned at Shrek.

The first time he had seen the term was in the belongings of an Evil Soul Master.

According to his understanding, a Sea of Consciousness was somewhat like a sea of knowledge, but since he was a warlock, he didn't dabble in that and wasn't entirely clear on the specifics.

"It should be reliable, I suppose..."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's small eyes looked a bit dazed; creating a second Sea of Consciousness was an inconceivable feat even for him.

But with that person, perhaps there was a possibility of success?

He dared not make any guarantees, but seeing that Oscar didn't understand the Sea of Consciousness well, he changed the subject to explain:

"The Sea of Consciousness is a place to store spiritual power. Its specific location should be in your brain, perhaps behind your eyes, or possibly in the area above your spine.

But the strange thing is, this Sea of Consciousness of yours... how should I put it? It isn't inside your body; it's more like a hotel, and you happen to have the key.

Your current physical form is a manifestation of spiritual power; it's equivalent to you frequently storing spiritual power here, and when you need to use it, it transforms into a type of energy within your body.

Of course, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. After all, this place is much stronger than any Sea of Consciousness you could build yourself, and I can store my source power here with more peace of mind without worrying about the risk of an explosion.

But at the same time, because this place doesn't belong to you, my source power also carries the risk of being stolen."

After listening carefully, Oscar rubbed his chin and said:

"This is all we can do for now. I will find a way to locate items that replenish life essence as soon as possible. Tell me about the benefits you've brought me first."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm chuckled and said:

"Brother—no, I, over these years, although I was almost drained of my spirit power by those spirit beasts, I still had a little left. I've poured it all into that Spirit Bone of yours. Not only did it help repair it, but it also helped it break through to the fifty-thousand-year level.

Additionally, this space is quite excellent. All of my source power and spiritual power have merged into it, and the luckiest part is that the moment I merged, for some reason, I broke through to the million-year level."

Oscar glanced at him and asked, "So you're a million-year spirit beast now? But why does your spirit ring feel no different from a thousand-year spirit ring in my perception?"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm felt a bit uncomfortable under Oscar's gaze and hurriedly explained.

"It's because you can only withstand the energy of a fifteen-hundred-year spirit ring at most right now, so I've stored the majority of my power here. As your strength grows, my power will gradually unseal, enhancing the potency of your spirit ring.

You've already seen it; your yellow hundred-year first ring has already turned into a purple thousand-year spirit ring."

As he spoke, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm flicked his tail, pointing at the nine rings below, implying that they were all right there and he wasn't lying.

Oscar's eyes flickered. He knew exactly how much a spirit ring could boost a spirit master's physical capabilities. If all his spirit rings could grow, it meant that in the future, he could possess a massive number of hundred-thousand-year spirit rings!

"Not bad, not bad. So, what are the spirit skills you can bring me?"

"As a million-year spirit ring, and the first-ever intelligent spirit ring in history, although the energy I provide is still at the nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine-thousand-year level, I can grant you four spirit skills and one martial soul!"

"Oh? A martial soul? Four spirit skills?"

Being able to increase his spirit ring level was already an unexpected joy, but he hadn't expected to be able to use one ring as four! And on top of that, he gained an extra martial soul!

What did this mean? It meant that the martial soul he could use in the future wouldn't just be a Sausage; he could add another method of combat!

It was equivalent to him becoming a dual-martial-soul wielder!

Having witnessed that great battle, he knew all too well the advantages of having dual martial souls!

The additional martial soul could at least carry nine spirit rings, which meant adding nine more spirit skills!

How could such an amplification be compared to that of a 100,000-year Spirit Ring?

Seemingly noticing the excitement of Oscar, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm raised its head.

"The spirit I have bestowed upon you is ice, but for now, it is ice without a soul."

"Ice without a soul? What does that mean?"

"It means it has the attribute, but no form. Only when you absorb your first ice-attribute Spirit Ring will this spirit of yours take its final shape."

Whatever spirit beast you absorb your Spirit Ring from, that is what your second spirit will become.

In other words, your second spirit will definitely be a Beast Spirit.

You don't need to worry about this; I have already thought it through for you.

But your current cultivation is not enough. Once your strength increases, I will take you to complete the addition of your first ice-attribute Spirit Ring.

Now do you understand why I said the power I can provide for your Spirit Ring amplification is not enough?

Therefore, you must be extremely cautious when choosing Spirit Rings in the future and listen to my advice more often.

Oscar looked at the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as it puffed itself up, his eyes flickering slightly.

He could sense that this big, fleshy worm had ulterior motives, though he couldn't guess exactly what they were.

However, he could be certain that the big, fleshy worm held no malice toward him; after all, they were now grasshoppers on the same rope, sharing both honor and disgrace.

Thinking of this, Oscar smiled slightly.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was in the middle of puffing itself up when it looked down and happened to see Oscar's ambiguous smile, causing it to instantly tense up.