Chapter 693 - 350: The Ring Spirit’s Creation (Part 2)

Chapter 693: Chapter 350: The Ring Spirit’s Creation (Part 2)

’If this were a zombie world, this Pure Yang Dog Blood would be absolutely incredible.’

However, what happened next was somewhat beyond Cheng Zongyang’s expectations.

The Soul Guard Dog seemed to sense something. Its eyes suddenly widened, and it rushed over at a speed that completely defied Cheng Zongyang’s expectations.

Startled, Cheng Zongyang was about to pull the Flying Cloud Shuttle higher when the Ring Spirit’s voice sounded again:

"Don’t worry. It sensed my presence, and I have already re-established the contract. You are my host, which means you are its new master."

Hearing this, Cheng Zongyang breathed a sigh of relief.

’As long as I don’t have to fight, it’s fine.’

This Soul Guard Dog was created by the Ring Spirit using its own Power, and now it was a Demon Beast—who knew how strong it was? He had always been one to avoid a fight if he could.

After landing and watching the big black dog rush toward him, Cheng Zongyang couldn’t help but feel a stir of emotion.

Just as the Ring Spirit had predicted, the scene that unfolded when the Soul Guard Dog reached Cheng Zongyang was a familiar one. It was like a neglectful owner who, after abandoning his dog in the countryside for months to go have fun, finally returns to be greeted by his now much thinner, but utterly ecstatic, pet.

Its tail wagged like a propeller. It propped its front paws on Cheng Zongyang, its hind legs jumping and spinning in excitement as it let out soft whines.

’Ring Spirit, this is just a big black dog. Why give it such a fancy name as Soul Guard Dog?’

Cheng Zongyang pushed down on the black dog, which reached his chest when it stood up, feeling a bit of disdain.

’This thing’s breath is awful, and it’s so excited it just keeps licking me.’

The Ring Spirit didn’t respond. Cheng Zongyang didn’t mind. He put away the Flying Cloud Shuttle and brought the big black dog into the Realm of Ten Thousand Races.

After appearing on the first floor, Cheng Zongyang took it directly to the Transmission Space and immediately cast an appraisal spell on the excited big black dog.

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[Soul Guard Dog] (Name can be changed)

Description: A creature with a canine appearance, but not naturally born. It is a special Beast Spirit created by the Jade Stone Ring Spirit using its Power of Origin. Due to its unique nature, it possesses various incredible Abilities.

Abilities: ① Soul Devourer; ② Soul Control; ③ Beast Spirit Body; ④ Immune to All Evils (Details available for viewing)

Tier: Tier One (Beast Spirit)

Master: Cheng Zongyang

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Looking at the Soul Guard Dog’s deceptively simple description, Cheng Zongyang was utterly shocked.

The names of the Abilities alone were extraordinarily impressive. He examined their descriptions in detail.

Soul Devourer: Can devour the Life Souls and Essence, Qi, and Spirit Energy of any living creature no stronger than itself, thereby increasing its own strength.

This explained how the Soul Guard Dog had been able to grow stronger while underground in the Soul-Loss Pit. Its only source of sustenance had been the countless unclaimed corpses from over the years, as well as the bodies left from the great turmoil of the past.

Soul Control: It can control and command any Soul Spirit creature whose strength does not exceed its own. Even against more powerful Soul Spirits, the Soul Guard Dog can intimidate them and remains completely immune to the Abilities of any Soul Spirit creature.

Looking at these two Abilities, Cheng Zongyang marveled at their near-invincibility against Soul Spirits.

Beast Spirit Body: Not a body of a normal living creature. As long as its Origin remains, it is immortal and indestructible.

Seeing this Ability, Cheng Zongyang understood it was due to the Ring Spirit’s Origin.

"Ring Spirit, what exactly is this Origin?" Cheng Zongyang asked.

Having devoured the Soul Crystals from before, the Ring Spirit was now communicating with him more frequently, as if its Energy had been replenished.

The Ring Spirit responded, "It is an Origin of Rules, bestowed by the creator of the Jade Stone, that grants me an immortal spirit under normal circumstances. I split off a sliver of it back then so the Soul Guard Dog could assist the first host’s growth without being killed by external forces. If I had given it my entire Origin, it could have formed an adult Soul Guard Dog, but I would have fallen into hibernation and lost my greatest protection. That is why I only parted with a sliver."

Cheng Zongyang snapped his fingers, showing he understood. He then asked, "Does it have any other Abilities?"

As for the fourth point, its name was self-explanatory. Much like Soul Control, it was clearly the bane of all evil creatures.

But he knew the descriptions weren’t always exhaustive. The Red Blood Pills were the perfect example of that.

The Ring Spirit replied, "Its Physique, strength, and speed are all still developing. That will become more apparent over time. My Origin is not so simple. If you don’t need the Soul Guard Dog, I can reclaim that sliver to replenish my own Origin."

Cheng Zongyang asked, "Would reclaiming it enhance your Abilities? Or would it affect the Realm of Ten Thousand Races?"

’The Ring Spirit is my main priority,’ he thought. ’The Soul Guard Dog isn’t as important in comparison.’

But the Ring Spirit denied this. "No. That is merely my own rule-based Origin; it doesn’t affect the Realm of Ten Thousand Races."

With that, Cheng Zongyang dropped the subject.

’But this Soul Guard Dog...’

Cheng Zongyang thought for a moment and gave it a new name: Big Black. It would be a disservice to its pitch-black fur, which could all but melt into the night, to call it anything else.

But then he remembered something else. "Ring Spirit, can Big Black only advance its Cultivation by devouring Life Souls and Essence, Qi, and Spirit?"

"Yes. That is what its Origin requires," the Ring Spirit replied.

Cheng Zongyang understood. It was just as the Ring Spirit also needed various Souls to enhance its own Abilities.

Thus, he decided against taking Big Black out and instead went to find Luo Zheng.

Luo Zheng was a professional pursuing the path of a Beast Tamer; entrusting Big Black to him was the best choice.

When Luo Zheng learned about Big Black’s situation, his eyes lit up as he stared at the dog.

"My lord, can Big Black be bred?" Luo Zheng asked after a moment.

Cheng Zongyang fell silent.

He hadn’t thought to ask, but since Big Black wasn’t a normal living creature, it naturally couldn’t have offspring.

Still, he asked the Ring Spirit, and the answer was just as he had guessed.

It would have normal urges, but could not produce offspring.

When Luo Zheng learned the result, he was quite disappointed. Even so, having Big Black around meant their combat strength had significantly increased.

Big Black was practically tailor-made for the Exploration Team.

Thus, he planned to send Big Black to the Exploration Team. There, it could not only increase its strength but also guarantee the safety of the team members, allowing them to venture into more dangerous areas.

Cheng Zongyang didn’t concern himself with Luo Zheng’s arrangements.

He found Luo Dingran and instructed him to have the Exploration Team record any special locations they discovered, such as environmental zones containing Evil Qi, Yin Qi, or similar phenomena.

These places were helpful for his Cultivation and could save him a significant number of Cultivation Points.

With these matters handled, Cheng Zongyang re-emerged, boarded his Flying Cloud Shuttle, and quickly returned to the surface.

After finding Li Lu again and reporting that the matter was resolved, he returned to the Commerce Association.

Jade Peak Immortal City was developing according to plan. Coupled with the resources he had brought back this time, the entire Immortal City wouldn’t have to worry about Cultivation Resources for the next two or three years.

Now, he needed to deal with the other two Magical Treasure Spaces.

He had purchased three used Tier One Upper Grade Magical Treasure Spaces from the Cyan Dragon Commerce Association.

A Tier One Upper Grade Magical Treasure Space had about 600 mu of arable land, three times the size of the Middle Grade one Zhao Yonglong used to have.

The difference between used and new items was their lifespan. A new one from an Immortal Sect had a lifespan of around three hundred years, while these used ones only had about a hundred years left.

The price was only sixty percent of a new item, which was a great bargain for Cheng Zongyang.

One was already being used in the village. As for the other two, Cheng Zongyang placed them in the backyard of the Cheng Mansion to serve as warehouses for the Commerce Association and the gang.

These two Magical Treasure Spaces didn’t have Five Elements Spirit Pearls and lacked Spiritual Qi, so they couldn’t be used as Cultivation Immortality Sites.

As for arable land, there was plenty of it outside the city.

Large numbers of commoners and faction personnel had already rented neatly demarcated plots of arable land from the Celestial Break Gang, so there was no shortage.

Therefore, using one of these Magical Treasure Spaces as a top-secret warehouse for the two factions was the best choice, and it had more than enough room.

Land within the city was worth its weight in gold, so they couldn’t afford to use that much of it for mere warehouses.

This also counted as generating revenue.

As for the third Magical Treasure Space, he reserved it for his younger brother, Cheng Zongliang, and his people to use as a base of operations for their intelligence network.

It could be used for storing and organizing intelligence, for personnel to rest, or for training. The six hundred mu of space inside was more than sufficient.

He set this one up within the Commerce Association’s compound as well.

After spending two hours on the setup, he gave the three Tokens for the warehouses to Zhou Zhendong, Cheng Zongwen, and Li Lu.

For the intelligence network, four Tokens were created, one for each of the four young men.

If this setup proved convenient, he could always purchase more in the future.