Chapter 223: Wind Spirit Bead, Contract Slot +1 (Second update, requesting everything)

"Everyone, keep your spirits up! We are almost there!"

As time passed, the Spirit Beasts began to grow weary. Li Zhangsheng hurriedly boosted their morale, for the energy barrier was now only a thin layer, on the verge of shattering.

Encouraged by Li Zhangsheng, the Spirit Beasts managed to suppress their inner fatigue and focused their spirits to attack the energy barrier.

Pop~

Two minutes later, the Earth Element energy barrier could no longer hold. After flickering violently a few times, it finally vanished.

Once the energy barrier disappeared, Aixi's legs went soft, and she collapsed onto the ground, panting heavily with her tongue lolling out; Kailan sat on Li Zhangsheng, looking completely exhausted; the two kittens opened their eyes blankly, their minds already wandering far away...

"Everyone, you've worked hard!"

After saying this, Li Zhangsheng couldn't wait to take out the treasures from the Treasure Vat.

It was a round object the size of an infant's fist, pale cyan in color, resembling the surface of the moon, pitted and cratered, faintly emitting a cyan luster.

"What kind of treasure is this? It feels somewhat familiar, as if I've seen it in some book!"

Although it was his first time seeing such a treasure, Li Zhangsheng had seen similar ones in books before. However, he had read too many books, and for a moment, he forgot which one it was, let alone its name and effects.

The next moment, Li Zhangsheng took out the *Treasures Compendium* he carried with him, which was also the book he flipped through the most.

After opening the index, Li Zhangsheng skipped the common treasure categories. The collection of the dignified King of Hundred Victories could hardly be ordinary treasures; just think of the three treasures he had obtained earlier—each one was a priceless existence.

Li Zhangsheng checked very quickly, flipping through page after page of the index. In less than a minute, he had finished the index.

Nothing!

Without hesitation, Li Zhangsheng put away the *Treasures Compendium* and instead took out the *Encyclopedia of Heaven and Earth Rarities*. Ever since he saw this book on the second floor of the Tianlu Pavilion, he had bought a copy.

Well, it cost 1 Academic Credit!

After all, it was the work of a King, especially since it recorded some exceptionally rare treasures.

Li Zhangsheng opened the index and quickly found his target under the Heaven and Earth Essence category.

Among the Spirit Objects born from heaven and earth, Heaven and Earth Essence belonged to the third tier. Before it were World Wonders and Heaven and Earth Rare Treasures. Among them, the Bloodline Fruit belonged to the Heaven and Earth Essence category.

Upon seeing the content, Li Zhangsheng revealed a joyful smile. The contract slot that had been troubling him recently seemed to have found a solution.

It was still the common illustrated introduction. The picture on the right depicted ten round treasures of different colors, their surfaces all resembling the surface of the moon. Among them, one was identical to the one in Li Zhangsheng's hand in terms of shape, color, and characteristics.

This type of treasure was divided into ten attributes, and their names were also different.

Below each round bead treasure, their names were clearly written!

Wind Spirit Bead: Heaven and Earth Essence, containing a very special Wind Element energy essence. If absorbed by a Monster Tamer, it can connect to a Wind Attribute Contract Space. Note: There can only be one contract slot of the same attribute. The Wind Attribute Contract Space can only house Wind Attribute Spirit Beasts and can slightly accelerate the growth speed of Wind Element Spirit Beasts. Do not let non-Wind Element Spirit Beasts reside in it, otherwise, not only will it not accelerate growth, but it will also have certain harmful effects.

To put it simply, that's Formal Contract +1!

Compared to a Monster Tamer's own formal contract slots, an attribute contract slot obtained through a treasure can accelerate the growth speed of Spirit Beasts of the same attribute. It is equivalent to the Spirit Beast making progress even while sleeping inside, which will inevitably lead to good gains over the long term.

Additionally, the attribute contract slot is very flexible. A Monster Tamer can freely transfer a Spirit Beast of the same attribute as the contract slot into it. This not only accelerates the Spirit Beast's growth speed but also frees up a non-attribute formal contract slot.

With almost no hesitation, Li Zhangsheng followed the method in the book and began to use his Mental Power to contact the Wind Spirit Bead.

In an instant, the Wind Spirit Bead on Li Zhangsheng's right hand began to spin rapidly, then transformed into a stream of light, instantly sticking to his Yin Tang acupoint. The Wind Spirit Bead shone brightly, and like melting ice and snow, it slowly flowed into Li Zhangsheng's Yin Tang acupoint.

Aside from a swelling pain in his head, Li Zhangsheng did not feel much discomfort. Soon, the Wind Spirit Bead appeared in his Consciousness Sea and flew straight toward one direction.

Clatter~

Accompanied by the sound of shattering glass, the void broke, and the Wind Spirit Bead transformed into a mass of pale cyan energy, finally forming a special Wind Attribute space.

Without hesitation, Li Zhangsheng transferred Aixi into the Wind Attribute Contract Space. In this way, he gained an extra non-attribute contract slot and could contract another Spirit Beast.

Although both were Wind Element Spirit Beasts and Round-Round was also of top-tier quality, Li Zhangsheng clearly valued Aixi more and hoped she could progress faster.

Of course, this also had to do with Round-Round's lazy personality. In the contract space, Spirit Beasts can rest, but they can also train spontaneously, just without the Monster Tamer's supervision.

Although Aixi was a bit tsundere, she trained frequently in the contract space. As for Round-Round, apart from the six hours of forced training by Li Zhangsheng every day, it basically spent the rest of its time sleeping, including sleeping in the contract space.

In the Wind Attribute Contract Space, if one just sleeps, the passive growth will certainly be very slow, and the effect will naturally not be as good as active training.

"Time to go back, lest there be complications! Once my strength is greater, I will come back again!" Li Zhangsheng muttered to himself, took one last reluctant look at the numerous Treasure Vats, and turned to leave this Secret Realm.

As he left, the five-meter-high space gate disappeared automatically, and the Treasure Map embedded in the stone carving also stopped emitting light and slowly drifted down, giving the feeling that its energy had been exhausted.

The Treasure Map could also be considered a Strange Treasure; it could passively absorb energy from the void, and once fully charged, it could open the King of Hundred Victories' Secret Realm again.

This was the same nature as the Yuanling Hall of the Yuanling Academy, except that the Yuanling Hall could only be opened once a year, while the Treasure Map's opening cycle was much shorter.

There was no help for it; this was the difference between an Eighth-tier and a Seventh-tier, especially since this Eighth-tier was the King of Hundred Victories, who held the title of the Stronger below the Ninth Rank back then.

Although that final battle ended with the fall of the King of Hundred Victories, his feat of severely wounding a Demon Lord and forcefully slaying several Demon Commanders while surrounded by enemies could be said to be unique among all the Eighth-tier Stronger of that time.

After putting away the Treasure Map, Li Zhangsheng rode the Paradise Bird back to the small town. This round trip took him a total of more than two hours.

(End of chapter)