The two items Ling Tian brought back from Ata Sreim, the magic core bomb and the Frost Staff, have brought many new ideas to the artisan spirits in the Spirit Realm.
The methods of artifact forging recorded in the Spirit Realm mostly involve inscribing various formations on jade or objects containing energy to achieve different functions.
The Frost Staff brought back by Ling Tian, however, is a typical example of Western weapon and artifact creation. They more often embed various gemstones into materials and then carve formations onto the materials, releasing the energy of the gemstones through these formations.
While the Chinese methods are more advanced and versatile, the Western artifact forging methods also have their merits and have opened up new avenues for these artisans.
They immediately immersed themselves in research, which greatly surprised Ling Tian. These spirits not only inherited the existing knowledge in the Spirit Realm but could also continuously learn and innovate!
What did this signify? It meant they were not merely spirits but had become life forms in another sense!
Ling Tian found a spirit gathering formation within the Spirit Realm and placed the newly acquired Frost Staff into it. He had released all the energy from the Frost Staff earlier while testing its power.
Now, Ling Tian intended to replenish its energy before handing the Frost Staff over to Aurora.
Once the Frost Staff was placed in the spirit gathering formation, the already abundant spiritual energy of the Spirit Realm caused its energy to recover visibly and rapidly. It felt like using a super-fast charger to charge a mobile phone. Ling Tian left the Spirit Realm Abode with satisfaction and returned to the Beast Taming Courtyard. Ah Li was still asleep, and Ling Tian wasn't sure how long she would sleep. She would likely wake up after completely digesting the spatial attribute magic core energy.
With a flash of thought, ten giant crocodiles appeared before Ling Tian. Each crocodile exceeded 8 meters in length, with the longest reaching 10 meters!
The pythons, on the other hand, were all over 10 meters long. Besides these pythons, there was a unique black snake, one of the first spirit beasts Ling Tian had subdued, a king cobra named Poison Dragon.
With another flash of thought, a sack appeared in Ling Tian's hand, filled with magic cores. These magic cores were obtained by Ling Tian and Ah Li from killing mutated crocodiles and pythons in the swamp. The smaller ones had been exchanged for points at Ata Sreim's camp.
These egg-sized cores were the premium magic cores, which Ling Tian had kept. As the sack appeared, the snakes and crocodiles became restless. Ling Tian could feel the greedy desires emanating from these beasts.
Ling Tian then walked past these giant beasts, holding the sack, and took out magic cores, tossing them into the mouths of the giant snakes and crocodiles one by one.
Each giant snake and crocodile consumed more than five magic cores, emptying the sack.
Suddenly, Ling Tian had an idea. He put away most of the giant snakes and crocodiles, leaving only the longest crocodile and the longest, thickest python.
This crocodile was 10 meters long and weighed nearly three tons. Its scales stood upright, making it look like a resurrected dinosaur from the Jurassic period.
The python left behind was a massive reticulated python, weighing nearly 12 meters and with an average body diameter close to 60 centimeters. A giant snake of this length and girth could easily swallow a cow or a crocodile!
At this moment, two astonishingly large magic cores appeared in Ling Tian's hand. One was apple-sized and entirely emerald green, like a flawless, fully green jadeite. This magic core was obtained by Ling Tian from the head of a diamondback rattlesnake king, exchanged from Sreim's camp.
This magic core was extremely rare, a pure venom attribute magic core, incredibly pure without any contamination, and the energy contained within was also very refined!
The other magic core was even more exaggerated in size, almost the size of a volleyball, with three colors: black, blue, and green. This magic core belonged to the sea lamprey Ling Tian had killed in the underground space of the mine.
This sea lamprey magic core possessed water, dark, and venom attributes. Although multi-attribute magic cores like this were not as refined as single-attribute ones, they compensated with sheer volume. The energy contained within this volleyball-sized magic core was also astonishing.
Ling Tian walked towards the giant crocodile, which opened its mouth wide. Ling Tian directly threw the volleyball-sized magic core into it. The crocodile didn't even chew, swallowing it directly down its throat.
Next, Ling Tian approached the giant snake, which also opened its mouth. Ling Tian placed the magic core into its mouth, and the snake quickly swallowed it.
Before long, both the giant snake and the crocodile fell into a deep sleep. Ling Tian knew that these two animals were now undergoing evolution and would need some time to see what they would evolve into.
Ling Tian exited the Spirit Realm and asked Feng Xiaoxi to stay at the hotel or explore freely. He then, along with Aurora, took a private jet to Little Stone City and went directly to the Hughes family farm.
The recovered Old Hughes personally came out to greet Ling Tian and Aurora. This was a very high honor, as Old Hughes was a powerful figure in the United States, not even needing to curry favor with the president.
Facing his savior, Old Hughes was extremely enthusiastic. He was also well aware that the man before him was extraordinary, and Aurora Kuiit beside him was someone not to be offended.
They had come at the invitation of Leonard Hughes to discuss Wang Qing Tian's lawsuit.
On this very day, Leonard Hughes was personally involved in a lawsuit. The reason he chose his home as the meeting location was also due to his ulterior motive: he wanted Ling Tian to examine his father again.
Ling Tian was happy to do him a favor and readily agreed. He examined Old Hughes again and then performed acupuncture treatment to help regulate his body. The treatment was immediately effective, and Old Hughes felt as if he had become a dozen years younger.
After the treatment, Old Hughes personally invited Ling Tian into his study.