Shen Qionglin already had a standard procedure for summoning Spiritual Cultivator Number Four.
The first step was to assemble the stone slab.
The second step was to lightly attack the stone slab with a mental shock.
The third step was to wait for the stone slab to tentatively extend its light outwards, and then say in an indifferent tone, "The method (circuit) you gave last time was obviously wrong."
Then, that furious white-haired old man would emerge from the white light and shout at Shen Qionglin:
"How could it be wrong! Don't test my patience anymore! Even a genius like you is nothing more than... Oh! That demon!"
Spiritual Cultivator Number Four turned to leave.
Wang Jixuan laughed and said, "Don't you want to chat? I'll be heading to the Snow Mountain Base soon to capture the other Spiritual Cultivators, probably in about half a month."
[Basic Deception Skill: Messages that are half true and half false often gain the trust of the deceived.]
Sure enough, Spiritual Cultivator Number Four stopped in his tracks.
He frowned at Wang Jixuan, a hint of contemplation in his eyes, and asked in a very cautious tone:
"You're going to capture my companions, and you expect me to help you? Doesn't that seem absurd? Also, what is the Snow Mountain Base?"
"Keep pretending, keep pretending."
Wang Jixuan replied unhappily, his eyes slightly narrowed:
"You let it slip before, and Xing Dian, the person in charge of the Snow Mountain Base, is already going to hand that Spiritual Cultivator over to the Six Elders."
Spiritual Cultivator Number Four was silent.
He seemed to finally remember that he had suffered repeated setbacks in his previous confrontations with Wang Jixuan.
His illusionary figure chuckled and said slowly, "That's probably unlikely. The companion in the Snow Mountain shouldn't like those three over there."
"Oh?" Wang Jixuan nodded slowly, "I guessed right... To be honest, I just had a frank, direct, and in-depth conversation with Cari Noga."
Shen Qionglin's eyes lit up beside him.
How many new research topics could this lead to!
Wang Jixuan carefully observed the expression of Number Four and smiled, "In exchange for information, it told me a lot about you, such as how you came here, how the six of you fought your way out, and that coming to this planet was intentional, to find some precious thing. It also said a lot, such as that the Spiritual Cultivator civilization originated on this planet."
The expression of Spiritual Cultivator Number Four changed noticeably.
He frowned and stared at Wang Jixuan, and said in a deep voice: "You are a little too beyond my expectations... Do you want to join forces with the Blade Beasts?"
"It depends on who offers a higher price."
Wang Jixuan shrugged, not taking it seriously.
"Let me say something you might not like to hear."
"That Cari Noga's attitude is much better than yours. It only has one request: to exterminate the Spiritual Cultivator civilization."
Spiritual Cultivator Number Four was silent, his eyes flickering slightly.
Obviously, the information revealed in Wang Jixuan's words had a significant impact on him.
Everything should be done in moderation, especially in the business of deception; too much is as bad as too little.
Wang Jixuan looked around and was about to conjure a folding chair.
A maid's figure ran over from the side, bringing a simple inflatable sofa for Daoist Wang.
Peony, whose figure seemed to have become a little slimmer, stood calmly behind Wang Jixuan.
Just like before returning to the factory.
Wang Jixuan turned his head and glanced at her, finding that Peony's appearance had basically not changed; he didn't say anything, a faint smile on his lips, and continued to stare at Spiritual Cultivator Number Four in front of him.
In that Snow Mountain Base, the biggest hidden danger was that possibly existing Spiritual Cultivator.
If every Spiritual Cultivator had a spire and a complete set of inheritance, then this Spiritual Cultivator hidden in the Snow Mountain also had a large number of spirit slaves.
That was the biggest trouble.
Spiritual Cultivators could transmit information to each other, and they didn't seem to be harmonious with each other. Wang Jixuan wanted to use this point to see if he could extract some new information.
About five or six minutes later.
Spiritual Cultivator Number Four sighed and said in a low voice, "Things have completely escaped our control."
It's starting.
Daoist Wang didn't reply, just watched silently.
Spiritual Cultivator Number Four was obviously a little unsure.
"What do you want to know from me? And what can you give me?"
"That depends on what you can say," Wang Jixuan said, "I'm still hesitating whether to go to the Snow Mountain Base. My strength can continue to improve, which I'm sure you've already noticed. Delaying for a while, like half a year or a year, is not a bad thing for me."
"No, you can't afford to delay."
Spiritual Cultivator Number Four's gaze became a little sharper:
"Since you seek equal conversation, then I will have an equal conversation with you."
"According to the information I have, you did communicate with Cari Noga, but you rejected Cari Noga, and even personally killed a Cari Noga... Although it's still some distance from actually killing it."
"I had already seen through Little Shen's little thoughts before. You want to trick me into giving you all kinds of information, right?"
"There's no need to look down on us so much."
"We are like six ghosts, quietly watching this world, searching for what we want to find, and trying to cultivate an army of spirit slaves."
Wang Jixuan retorted: "An army of spirit slaves? Don't tell me it's the Spirit Energy Capital. Can all the power there combined resist a subordinate Blade Beast swarm of a Pillar-level Blade Beast?"
"Yes, we are currently at a complete disadvantage. The wisdom of those Cari Nogas and Pillar-level Blade Beasts is far beyond our imagination."
Spiritual Cultivator Number Four crossed his arms, his old face transforming into a middle-aged face, his expression with a hint of arrogance.
This might be his true appearance.
He stared at Shen Qionglin beside Wang Jixuan and said indifferently:
"The six of us can not only contact each other in an emergency, but also share information that each of us considers valuable. This is an agreement written into our core circuits."
"We allowed the Blade Beasts to take advantage of us because of internal strife, and now we must not lose the last chance due to internal strife again."
"You don't need to try to find out what we are looking for, nor do you need to ask how to kill a Spiritual Cultivator... Are we stupid enough to self-destruct?"
"Young man, you are a bit self-righteous, and you have a very high opinion of yourself."
"I'm not afraid to provoke you. Your way of using spirit energy is very rudimentary. You actually rely on your own resonance with spirit energy."
"People who don't have this resonance qualification can't gain power, right... Every human individual's physique is different."
"And we only need to grant circuits to create combat units."
"Your cultivation method is very dependent on your own physique. Am I wrong?"
Wang Jixuan:…
Immeasurable Heavenly Lord.
This guy really seems to have taken off his disguise.
Daoist Wang immediately showed an incomprehensible expression, and then immediately put away this expression, smiled contemptuously, and said indifferently:
"If you are really that powerful, then why would you be forced to this point by the Blade Beasts? You're just trying to save face after failing."
"Blade Beasts are us! We created them with our own hands!"
Spiritual Cultivator Number Four's gaze was very sharp:
"We possess extremely powerful power, almost like gods, able to control everything in this level of space!"
"So you designed the Blade Beasts and let the Blade Beasts destroy other civilizations everywhere?"
"That's not destruction!"
Spiritual Cultivator Number Four scolded angrily:
"Isn't your human civilization often like this too?"
"In your so-called Golden Age, when fossil fuels were the main energy source, your powerful polities were constantly plundering and launching wars!"
"We are just doing the same thing, and we will never completely exterminate a race. We will leave the seeds of civilization, and even protect them to develop again!"
Wang Jixuan looked enlightened: "Farming."
"We call it Cosmic Animal Husbandry," Spiritual Cultivator Number Four raised his head slightly, "Admittedly, we are now very embarrassed, and civilization is on the verge of extinction, but we are not without a backup plan!"
Wang Jixuan shook his head: "I see a creature in you."
"Creature?"
"A cooked duck, only the beak is still hard."
"Get out!"
Spiritual Cultivator Number Four roared:
"You don't even have the most basic spatial cognition! Your civilization uses individual differentiation to complete its rule, isn't that also a kind of exploitation!"
"No, no, no, it's not the same."
Wang Jixuan said leisurely:
"Because we will pass it on."
"Although the problem you mentioned also exists, you must look at your physique to cultivate, but the world is like this, it is impossible for everyone to be a dragon."
"We will choose to pass on the resonance method, and generations will continue to improve these methods... We call it Cultivation Methods."
"As for more, I won't tell you more."
"You only focus on the current universe, while we pursue true advancement!"
Number Four asked in surprise: "You actually want to become gods?"
The Daoist replied leisurely: "The gods in my hometown are all transformed from humans."
"What a ridiculous civilization!"
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Spiritual Cultivator Number Four sneered:
"You can't even understand the most basic space, and you still want to become gods! My spire is in the subspace. Although this was my work at my peak, now, as long as I close the door, even a Pillar-level Blade Beast can't break down my door!"
A wisp of black air bloomed from Wang Jixuan's fingertips.
The black air turned into a Flood Dragon, silently roaring at Spiritual Cultivator Number Four.
Spiritual Cultivator Number Four's attitude obviously softened a lot.
Seeing that it was about the right time, Wang Jixuan gently shook his hands in front of Spiritual Cultivator Number Four.
Several boxes appeared in front of him. Wang Jixuan took out two talismans from them, and then put the boxes back into the hoop storage magic tool.
"The subspace you mentioned, is it like this?"
Wang Jixuan clicked his tongue:
"I've already said that the method of using spirit energy in my hometown is constantly passed down, and constantly improved in the inheritance."
"Such methods are extremely rudimentary where we come from. Even my current spiritual energy level is enough to refine and use them."
He wasn't exaggerating; storage artifacts were indeed quite common.
Although most of the high-quality storage artifacts on the cultivation world's market were produced by artifact refiners from major sects,
most rogue cultivators could only acquire second-hand storage artifacts.
Spiritual cultivator Number Four fell silent again, his eyes flickering as he stared intently at the bracelet on Wang Jixuan's wrist.
Wang Jixuan said, "My time is limited, and I don't want to waste too much of it on you. Come on, prove your worth is greater than the Blade Beast's. If you can tell me the basic information about the spiritual cultivator in the Snow Mountain base, I'll owe you a favor and fulfill a condition that doesn't violate my principles."
Spiritual cultivator Number Four pondered for three to five minutes.
"Okay, but we must agree on the condition first."
"Speak."
"I want ten spirit slaves."
Peony reminded him, "Sir, he asked for a hundred last time."
"Not even one," Wang Jixuan shook his head. "Our principle is not to conduct infusion experiments."
Spiritual cultivator Number Four immediately added, "I'm not asking you to do experiments. I'm lowering my demand to ten spiritual energy user prisoners from your enemy factions. I want to devour them."
He thought for a moment, staring at the bracelet on Wang Jixuan's wrist a few times, and finally explained directly:
"I can share some secrets with you first.
"The souls of humans who die in infusion experiments are devoured by the infusion stone slab and returned to the spire.
"These imprinted spirit slaves will continuously and weakly contribute a small portion of their power to the spire.
"Therefore, the more spirit slaves there are, the faster the spiritual cultivator's strength recovers.
"Raising spirit slaves is like a long-term investment. In addition, we can directly devour the spirit slaves' souls—using the spire's ability, we ourselves wouldn't have such cruel circuits.
"This is also a matter of necessity.
"The three fellows underground in the Spiritual Energy Capital have now recovered roughly ten percent, even fifteen percent, which is an existence you cannot contend with.
"Your biggest mistake was not directly destroying the Spiritual Energy Capital fifty years ago. Of course, this stems from your own limitations."
Spiritual cultivator Number Four was about to sneer when Wang Jixuan rubbed the bracelet a few times.
As if resigned, his appearance reverted to that of a kind old man with white clothes, white hair, and a white beard, and he continued:
"Yes, the six of us are not a unified group. We have been hostile to each other in the past.
"I don't particularly like the numbers you gave us, but your numbering is surprisingly fitting for our original ranking in strength.
"Our spaceship disintegrated when approaching Earth… To avoid the Blade Beast's attack, we could only use subspace for forced traversal. Although we completed the traversal in the end, this precious spaceship still disintegrated.
"I was with those three at the time. I was a neutral party, that is, I didn't have a clear stance, and I didn't have any hostility with those three.
"But later, those three went too far, wanting to monopolize the resources of the Spiritual Energy Capital and not let my stone slab imprint spirit slaves. My strength recovery speed was quickly left behind by them.
"So when Fu Jian attacked, I deliberately controlled a few spirit slaves, letting Fu Jian bring me back… I didn't expect that Fu Jian wouldn't take the spiritual energy route at all.
"Now, I am the weakest of the six of us. I haven't even been able to get started yet."
Wang Jixuan asked, "Was the spiritual cultivator in the Snow Mountain base originally ranked sixth or fifth?"
"Fifth."
"Where did that sixth one go?"
"I can't say. That's another hope of mine, that's my friend."
Spiritual cultivator Number Four stared at Wang Jixuan's wrist and said slowly, "Can I take a look at your tool? It's so magical."
Wang Jixuan shook his head and performed the boring act of taking things out and putting them back several times.
Spiritual cultivator Number Four kept muttering, "How is this done?"
"You don't understand?" Wang Jixuan asked with a smile, "Aren't this spire and this space your creations?"
Spiritual cultivator Number Four fell silent.
He took the initiative and said, "Okay, don't you want to know the information about that guy in the Snow Mountain?"
"Just say it."
"My condition?"
"Okay," Wang Jixuan said, "but I can only give you some of the most heinous and filthy souls."
And by the way, inject a trace of imperceptible demonic energy into these spiritual cultivators' bodies.
Spiritual cultivator Number Four slowly nodded and revealed some information about his companions.
……
Six hours later.
Two transport planes left Fortress Seventy-Six and flew into the heavy night.
Because the spiritual cultivator lurking in the Snow Mountain base might be able to sense spiritual energy users, especially since Ji Xiao and Ji Yale were originally spirit slaves of Spiritual Cultivator Number Five, they could only travel in two groups.
This would undoubtedly greatly increase the risk of exposure.
But with a little thought, it might also achieve the effect of creating a false impression.
Wang Jixuan sat in the comfortable seat, constantly calculating how to make a move next, and the credibility of the information provided by Spiritual Cultivator Number Four.
Peony, who had been waiting for a long time, finally found this suitable opportunity.
She hesitated in the bathroom for a while, changed into a fitted silver-white pressure suit, put on a little light makeup, tiptoed to Wang Jixuan's back, and leaned against the back of the seat on tiptoe.
"Sir, there's something I want to report."
