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第四百六十七章 帝国三至宝

In a storage space measuring ten zhang in length, four zhang in width, and three zhang in height, rows of redwood racks were neatly arranged.

On the racks, various objects resembling books were categorized and stacked. Li Fan used his intent to take one out. After holding it for a moment, he realized that these so-called "books" were actually alive. Although they remained motionless, Li Fan could sense the unique life essence of living beings emanating from them.

Li Fan instantly understood that when they were inside the storage ring, they were in a state similar to death, akin to deep slumber. But once they were removed and came into contact with the external world, they regained their vitality.

Opening one of the "books," beams of light shot out from the pages, converging above. The scene was filled with countless small words and illustrations. These were the universally used characters in the Xuanhuang World. After careful examination, Li Fan found that these books contained detailed information about a strange beast called the Dark Ancient Praying Mantis. It covered everything from its body structure to living habits, the specific value of each part of its body, and methods for breeding it—essentially an all-encompassing encyclopedia.

Li Fan turned the page, and the light changed, recondensing into another set of information about a different strange beast called the Ink God Fish. He switched to another book and found that it contained similar information on various other beasts.

"There is a creature in our world known as a Bookworm. They feed on text and images. By using special methods to turn them into books, we can reproduce the texts and images they once consumed, thus achieving large-scale data storage," Qing explained to Li Fan.

"This storage ring contains all the research conducted by the Empire over thousands of years on these strange beasts. It includes information on every beast in our world, except for a few whose details will be added during the final transaction."

Li Fan nodded slowly and continued flipping through several more books before carefully putting away the storage ring.

"Having just data is not enough; we need physical entities to accompany it. This is the Empire's second item," Qing said as she handed Li Fan a red rectangular wooden box.

With a slight mental probe, Li Fan understood how to use the box. Though only about the size of his palm, its interior was divided into countless different spaces. Each space contained ten adult specimens of the same strange beast type. They seemed frozen in time and remained motionless.

Li Fan could see that these beasts still retained their life signs at this moment.

In addition to adult specimens, Li Fan also found numerous sleeping young ones in various stages—embryos, eggs, or tiny larvae.

"This is the Sealed Life Treasure Box," Qing said with a hint of pride. "It contains strange beast entities corresponding to the data in the first storage ring."

"With these two storage rings, as long as we find suitable environments, we can re-establish large-scale breeding programs for strange beasts."

"If enough resources are invested, recreating the Empire's glory is not difficult."

Li Fan put away the Sealed Life Treasure Box and said with satisfaction, "With the contents of these two storage rings, I can report to the organization. However..."

Li Fan changed his tone. "The items you provided have high value but don't significantly enhance our combat capabilities. The Interdimensional Alliance still hopes for some technical support that would be useful in battling Xuanhuang."

"For example, like the armor-like entity this young brother displayed earlier."

Li Fan pointed at Li Chenfeng and looked intently at Qing.

Qing smiled and said, "I knew you'd go this far. This is exactly what we're after."

"This is the third item for our transaction, and it's also the last content so far."

Qing extended her right hand, and a blood-red, pulsating round bead appeared on it.

"This is the Beast Soul Pearl. Even an ordinary mortal can absorb its contained beast spirit if they can withstand the internal pressure. They can then summon the Beast God Armor and unleash combat power equivalent to that of a strange beast."

Qing handed over another storage ring.

This one had no special engravings, just a common ring.

"Inside are a thousand Beast Soul Pearls. Five hundred of them contain spirits equivalent to the power of Foundation Establishment cultivators. Another four hundred ninety contain spirits equivalent to Golden Core cultivators."

"The remaining nine contain the souls of the Scarlet Xuan Whale, which is on par with an Immortal Embryo cultivator."

"As for the last one..."

Qing hesitated before saying, "It's made from the essence of the Nine-Headed Divine Bird."

"According to theory, it can produce a Beast God Armor equivalent to that of a Transcendent cultivator. However, the Nine-Headed Bird is naturally fierce. Even after thousands of years, its malevolent aura remains. The Empire managed to create several Beast Soul Pearls from this material but no one has survived the process so far—either they went mad or died."

"The Interdimensional Alliance will need to be cautious if it wishes to try," Qing added.

"Furthermore, strange beast power conflicts with cultivator spirit energy. The higher your cultivation, the greater the resistance you'll face when trying to absorb a Beast Soul Pearl. To fully utilize its power, use it on pure mortals," she continued.

"Excellent!" Li Fan's face showed signs of joy.

"The Interdimensional Alliance sees your sincerity! I believe that after my report, more in-depth cooperation will follow soon."

"Haha, the methods for creating Beast Soul Pearls and controlling strange beasts are what this organization is very eager to obtain," Li Fan said.

Qing remained composed. "These will be transferred to you once the final transaction is completed and before the Empire fully exits Xuanhuang World."

"I can't wait!" Li Fan put away the storage ring containing a thousand Beast Soul Pearls, then took off into the air.

"Once I find your suitable location, I'll come back for more transactions," he said to the Imperial group below.

"Besides technology, we hope you can provide some manpower support as well."

"At that time, we will handle personnel reception and transfer," Li Fan added, transmitting his voice down.

"No problem." Qing readily agreed.

Li Fan nodded and immediately broke through the space barrier. He did not return to the Thousand Worlds Island but instead went straight to the Soul Transformation Island.

"Junior brother, please protect me."

Tianyang, who was leaning sideways, diligently practicing the One Hand遮Sky Secret Technique, stopped his cultivation upon hearing Li Fan's words. He stood up abruptly and cautiously surveyed his surroundings.

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