Chapter 741: Chapter 741

"You’ve been in the Myriad Beasts Tower all this time? You know my every move?"

Shen Long pressed, having never noticed the presence of the Artifact Spirit.

"Not exactly. I was born when you entered the Refinement Void Phase. I just hadn’t revealed myself. When you were enlightening the spirit beasts, I learned a lot too. Once I learned enough, I revealed myself," the blue-dressed girl explained.

"Innate Artifact Spirit! Just as I expected, the grade of this treasure must be high," Chu Buyu praised.

Shen Long was utterly confused; this touched upon his knowledge blind spot.

"Artifact Spirits are divided into innate and acquired. Normally, the spirit soul of a living creature is refined into a treasure to serve as an Artifact Spirit, which is an acquired one. The grade of an acquired Artifact Spirit is fixed. For instance, if you refine the spirit soul of an early-stage sixth-order Strong Ape into a treasure, the Artifact Spirit’s strength will only be at the early-stage sixth order and can’t be improved. An innate Artifact Spirit is different. After tens of thousands of years of evolution, the treasure develops spirituality and spontaneously births an Artifact Spirit. The strength of an innate Artifact Spirit will increase as the treasure’s grade increases," Chu Buyu slowly explained.

"Do you know your own grade?" Shen Long asked the blue-dressed girl.

"I don’t know. I only know that I am an Artifact Spirit, and my destiny is tied to you. If you were to perish, I would also be destroyed, along with the spirit beasts in the Myriad Beasts Tower and your cultivation partner—even if they are not within the tower, they would still die," the girl said.

"Then do you know what functions the Myriad Beasts Tower possesses?" Shen Long questioned further.

"I can hatch any Spirit Beast Egg or Spirit Insect Egg. The spirit beasts and spirit insects raised within the Myriad Beasts Tower are more likely to achieve higher purity of bloodline and to mutate. Of course, it’s even better with external aids," the blue-dressed girl explained, and it seemed she recalled something and added, "I am not very clear about all the functions myself; currently, it counts as a Cave Heaven Treasure, I suppose."

"I can’t operate this treasure, but as an Artifact Spirit, you should be able to, right?" Shen Long continued to ask.

"That depends on what needs to be done. I feel the cost is great. I advise against asking me to operate the treasure. The Myriad Beasts Tower’s current functions are already quite impressive," the blue-dressed girl explained.

Shen Long nodded and said, "From now on, you will be called Shen Yuling. If you discover anything, you can notify me at any time."

"Yes, Master," Shen Yuling agreed, her body radiating spiritual light, transforming into the appearance of the Myriad Beasts Stele.

"In theory, the Artifact Spirit can operate the treasure, but given the high grade of this treasure, if she were to forcefully operate it in her current state, at the very least, she would suffer great damage to her vitality and fall into a deep sleep. When the husband advances a major cultivation realm, one layer of the Myriad Beasts Tower unlocks, meaning her abilities and strength have also increased. When the husband reaches a higher realm, you can let her attempt to operate the treasure. For now, forget it," Chu Buyu suggested.

Shen Long nodded, saying, "I hadn’t expected to find such a treasure bound to the master’s fate."

A cultivator’s death would not destroy their life-bound treasures.

He had slain many high-level cultivators and acquired their life-bound treasures.

"It’s precisely because the Myriad Beasts Tower’s destiny is bound to yours that the grade of this treasure is not low," Chu Buyu said with a smile.

"I hadn’t realized that your fates would also be connected to mine," Shen Long said.

"We became twin cultivation partners; our destinies have been bound together. It has nothing to do with the treasure," Chu Buyu stated seriously.

Shen Long took out a yellow cloth bag, tossed it forward, and channeled a spell into it. The mouth of the yellow cloth bag emitted a beam of yellow light, and two palm-sized yellow mice appeared.

Fifth-order Spirit-Seeking Mice, possessing the bloodline of Swallowing Heaven Mice, albeit very diluted.

They emitted "squeak squeak" sounds as their yellow body lights shone brightly, and their sizes surged.

With another spell from Shen Long, a giant human-shaped phantom appeared high in the sky.

The humanoid shadow spoke human language.

The fifth-order Spirit-Seeking Mouse directly lay prostrate on the ground, fainting away.

Shen Long called Shen Lang over and had him properly settle the two fifth-order Spirit-Seeking Mice.

"Cultivation is the foundation, my lady, we should also spend some time in cultivation," Shen Long said, taking Chu Buyu out of the Myriad Beasts Tower.

They each entered a practice room and started cultivating.

Shen Long sat cross-legged on a cushion, took out a stick of green sandalwood and lit it, placing it in an exquisite green incense burner.

Consolidating Spirit, Nourishing Soul Incense, which could help cultivators quickly gather their spirits and enter a state of cultivation, also nourished the Divine Soul.

Shen Long had copied a version of the Mysterious Soul Secret Manual for Chu Buyu, as well as giving her Primordial Soul Pills, so she too could cultivate the Mysterious Soul Secret Manual. From now on, in addition to the help of spirit beasts, spirit birds, and spirit insects, he also had a partner.

He took out an aqua blue pill, a True Dragon Pill refined from the essence blood of a sixth-order Two-Headed Ink Flood Dragon.

Shen Long placed the True Dragon Pill into his mouth, and as the elixir dissolved, a vast energy rampaged within his body.

He hurriedly started refining this energy, his body emitting dazzling blue light, with large numbers of blue dragon scales appearing on his skin and dragon horns growing on his head.

In the Tianyuan Mountain Range, a serene estate.

Yin Hao and Yin Yue were seated in a blue stone pavilion, discussing something.

"What? Yuling True Monarch personally intervening in Shen Long’s marriage proposal? Is Shen Long valued so highly?" Yin Yue said in surprise, having recently advanced to the Refinement Void Phase.

Yin Hao nodded, "Yes! It’s not every day a Unity Cultivator steps forward to arrange a marriage proposal for a Void Refining Cultivator, let alone with Chu Buyu who is a disciple of the Divine Weapon Sect. This news has already spread throughout the Human Clan."

He had not expected Shen Long to be so highly regarded by Yuling True Monarch; even they hadn’t received such treatment from the Tianyuan Tribe.

"He can refine top-grade elixirs. If only we had known earlier, we would have eliminated him in The Lower Realm before he could rise," Yin Yue said with a dark expression.

"It’s not that we didn’t want to eliminate him; it’s because Huo Tianxing and the others were too troublesome, and our focus was all on Huo Tianxing. Who could have thought that Shen Long would reach his current stature?" Yin Hao replied calmly.

Shen Long’s slaying of Bian Xiao was somewhat surprising to Yin Hao, but Huo Tianxing was even more of a problem in comparison.

"That’s true, the Qianling Sect is far weaker than the Big Dipper Pavilion; the threat from Huo Tianxing is greater, being the heir of the Big Dipper Pavilion! It’s a pity we couldn’t reach that far," Yin Yue lamented.

"Besides this news, our insiders within the Human Clan have brought back another message: the Bloodvine Clan Cultivators are searching for the Zouhua Cave of a Unity Cultivator named Master Jinqiu," Yin Hao said curiously toward the end.

Teng Guang was an elite of the Bloodvine Clan, a descendant of a Unity Cultivator, and him personally looking for Master Jinqiu’s Zouhua Cave meant that there was surely something very valuable involved.

"Master Jinqiu? Never heard of him," Yin Yue said with a puzzled tone.

"Master Jinqiu hails from the Thunder Continent, and he’s not well-known in the Green Lotus Continent, so it’s normal that you haven’t heard of him. Besides, our people also found out that the Ni Family is looking for a Human Cultivator named Master Qingyang from the Thunder Continent, who possesses a high-grade Sky-Reaching Spiritual Treasure, the Qinglian Sword. It’s unclear if Master Qingyang has any connection with Master Jinqiu, to warrant such attention from both the Human Clan and the Bloodvine Clan," Yin Hao said heavily.

"Let the clan members in the Information Hall take care of this. Hopefully, they can uncover the secrets surrounding Master Qingyang and Master Jinqiu," Yin Yue stated.

"Should I have the chance to encounter Shen Long again, I will certainly not let him go," Yin Hao spoke coldly, his face filled with murderous intent.