Chapter 1113: Sublimation Function (Second update, requesting everything)

Li Zhangsheng opened the cauldron lid and saw a water-blue crystal, which flickered with brilliance from time to time; occasionally, a wisp of blue radiance would fly out from the Blue Light Tripod and drill into the crystal.

"A Water Profound Meaning Crystal?"

This crystal was very similar to a Water Profound Meaning Crystal, but its properties were somewhat different; it seemed to lie between a Water Profound Meaning Crystal and a Water Profound Meaning Origin Crystal.

Observing carefully, Li Zhangsheng discovered that the Water Profound Meaning Origin existed within the crystal, but there was a gap in concentration compared to a Water Profound Meaning Origin Crystal.

Perhaps some would call it a Secondary Water Profound Meaning Origin Crystal, but this crystal was not mixed with energy of other attributes, which made it quite strange.

"This must be the effect of the Blue Light Tripod!"

After a brief silence, Li Zhangsheng did not continue to dwell on it and began to refine the Blue Light Tripod.

As long as he refined the Blue Light Tripod, he would be able to know its functions; there was no need to grope about on his own.

Not long after, Li Zhangsheng successfully refined the Blue Light Tripod.

The Blue Light Tripod transformed into a blue stream of light and drilled into Li Zhangsheng's Consciousness Sea, positioning itself exactly level with the Zining Cauldron, without the slightest bit of difference.

After the refinement was complete, Li Zhangsheng understood the function of the Blue Light Tripod.

If the function of the Zining Cauldron was suppression, then the Blue Light Tripod's was sublimation, but this sublimation was limited to specific items: the Profound Meaning Crystal series.

Rather than calling it sublimation, it was more like fusion.

In other words, it could allow a Profound Meaning Crystal to sublimate into a Profound Meaning Origin Crystal, or a Profound Meaning Origin Crystal to sublimate into a Profound Meaning Rule Crystal, provided they were of the same attribute.

This function seemed quite monstrous, but the Blue Light Tripod was, after all, only a Zifu Qizhen-level treasure and could not create something from nothing; to sublimate a Water Profound Meaning Crystal into a Profound Meaning Origin Crystal required three Profound Meaning Crystals of the same attribute.

By the same token, to sublimate into a Rule Crystal, it likewise required three Profound Meaning Origin Crystals of the same attribute.

Besides this, it also required a continuous supply of a large amount of energy of the same lineage.

That would be one thing, but the key was that there was a certain probability of failure; if one's luck was bad, it would become a defective product, namely a Secondary Profound Meaning Origin Crystal or a Secondary Rule Crystal.

Not only that, it also required a certain amount of time.

For a Profound Meaning Crystal to sublimate into a Profound Meaning Origin Crystal, it required three months, and for it to sublimate into a Rule Crystal, the time had to be calculated in years.

Although it had various drawbacks and limitations, the cost-performance ratio of the Blue Light Tripod's sublimation function was still very high, especially since there was a Water Profound Meaning Crystal resource point here.

Thinking of this, Li Zhangsheng recalled the dimensional space that Aberuisike had destroyed before dying; Aberuisike had occupied the Water Profound Meaning Crystal resource point for hundreds of years, and combined with the Blue Light Tripod, it was very likely that its dimensional space contained Water Profound Meaning Rule Crystals.

Of course, this was just a guess; it was possible they had long since been exchanged by Aberuisike for treasures useful to it.

Regarding this point, Li Zhangsheng, who had only obtained a small portion of Aberuisike's memory fragments, had not found any relevant memories.

Li Zhangsheng pointed at the Water Profound Meaning Origin Crystal gestating inside the Blue Light Tripod and asked, "How long has Aberuisike been keeping it there?"

Molier began to count her fingers again, only to find after finishing that they were not enough, so she began to count the toes on her smooth, bare feet; frustratingly, they were still not enough, which made her quite distressed, and she had no choice but to gaze longingly at Li Zhangsheng's hands.

Rather than saying hands, it was more accurate to say the ten fingers on his hands.

Li Zhangsheng felt a bit helpless, but in order to bridge the distance with Molier, he had to stretch out his hands for Molier to count.

Soon, Molier finally breathed a sigh of relief; with Li Zhangsheng's fingers, it was finally enough.

"It was put in 27 days ago."

"Well done!"

Li Zhangsheng had to offer insincere praise; this meant that the Blue Light Tripod would likely need another two months to sublimate one Water Profound Meaning Origin Crystal.

At this moment, Li Zhangsheng signaled Kailan with his eyes.

"Molier, let's go play in the Secret Realm; I'll introduce my good partners to you."

Kailan understood instantly; besides helping Molier get to know some partners, she also had to teach her some basic knowledge.

Molier naturally did not refuse, and she was full of interest in the partners Kailan spoke of, following Kailan into the entrance of Li Zhangsheng's Secret Realm.

After closing the Secret Realm entrance, Li Zhangsheng shook his head; most of his Demon Pets were enormous in size, and some even had quite ferocious and vicious appearances, so he did not know if Molier would be frightened.

However, thinking of how Molier had always been with Aberuisike and Aifenboge, he figured there would not be any accidents.

At this time, the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat drilled out from the ground again and shook its head at Li Zhangsheng.

After digging out the Blue Light Tripod, Li Zhangsheng had let the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat continue to explore the surroundings to see if there were any omissions.

Unfortunately, Aberuisike had only buried the Blue Light Tripod.

As for why Aberuisike had buried the Blue Light Tripod here, it was probably because it had come out too hastily, especially while in a bloodthirsty and manic state, so it was inevitable that there would be omissions.

Li Zhangsheng checked the progress of digging up the Holy Tree again; because the Holy Tree's roots were deep and firm, with many roots exceeding a thousand meters, it would take quite a bit of time to dig it out completely.

Li Zhangsheng did not have time to wait, fearing that the nests of fellows like Hasahuaisile and Kronos would be snatched up by others or other Spirit Beasts.

This possibility was quite real; just like when Li Zhangsheng had killed a Demon King-level Green Dragon in the past, and as a result, several Green Dragons under its command had absconded with the loot, not to mention that many Great Overlords and Overlords had died this time, so it was hard to guarantee that their subordinates or Overlords who could not suppress their greed would choose to take the risk.

To ensure the safety of Xiaoguai and the others, Li Zhangsheng specifically left behind the Secondary Ancestral Black Dragon and the Secondary Ancestral Golden Dragon.

Originally, Li Zhangsheng had wanted to let the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat stay behind to help dig up the Holy Tree's roots, but considering the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat's treasure-hunting ability, he had to abandon this idea; it might just perform a meritorious service in the nests of Kronos and the others.

Not long after, led by Xierdiweng and Buleijiasi, Li Zhangsheng arrived at Kronos's nest.

This was another deep, enormous mountain cave; unexpectedly, there were no Giants in the cave.

Xierdiweng replied with a slight smile, "That fellow Kronos used to be obsessed with beauty and kept a group of female Giants, but ever since he was injured there, he chased all those female Giants away."

Li Zhangsheng understood immediately; because Kronos's drug resistance was too high, those few Snow Soul Life-Saving Pills were not enough to restore Kronos's manhood, and Kronos was a proud and arrogant master, so he naturally did not want to be secretly mocked by the female Giants for being too short and thin; the key was that he could not get hard, making him almost no different from a eunuch, so chasing away that group of female Giants was within reason.

Li Zhangsheng began to inspect Kronos's nest; even though Kronos did not value wealth like Dragons or the Dragon Clan, if he discovered treasures, he would collect them along the way, which was also a common failing of humanoid Spirit Beasts.

(End of this chapter)