Inside a ritual room at Johnk Zoo.
Jiu Feng and Mona exchanged a glance, then turned to Yu Yuan together.
"Because we're using a Silver Tier ritual medium, we can't gain access to the Spiritual Dimension the usual way. The ritual may not have enough energy."
"So we took another approach. If we can't enter the Spiritual Dimension, we won't. We'll make the beings inside come out instead."
"In other words, this ritual won't send us into the Spiritual Dimension. It will bring those beings into our world."
"Huh? That..."
Well, damn.
Yu Yuan was beginning to understand what Jiu Feng and Mona had in mind.
But...
"Mona, Jiu Feng, every being in the Spiritual Dimension is powerful. Bringing one here would be asking for death. Don't forget, Fang nearly turned into a monster just from the information in a fragment of the Blood Grand Duke's spiritual imprint. This is too dangerous."
"Master, we're well aware of the danger..." Jiu Feng pointed to the ritual laid out on the floor.
"That's why we modified it. The book on the Orthodox Church's exchange ritual you brought back gave us the idea."
"That ritual uses sacrifices to trade with beings from another world. It also describes a failsafe for dealing with powerful beings."
"We can set a limit on the level of being we'll trade with. The stronger the being, the more valuable the sacrifices required."
"Bronze Tier beings aren't much use to us anymore. Besides, beings at that level haven't reached the Spiritual Dimension.
"We have no way to contact Gold Tier beings, and even if we could, it would be a disaster. Silver Tier beings are just beyond the limits of what we currently understand, so they could help us the most."
"Your Hidden Rat is Silver Tier too, Master.