At the front of the hall, protected by bulletproof glass, were an iron sword, a cracked metal disk, and a magatama with dark green hues!
"Sword of Gathering Clouds"
"Spiritual Energy Quantity: Extremely high"
"Enhanced Evolution Chance: 85%"
"Absorption Time Required: 5 hours and 10 minutes"
"Kusanagi: After successfully devouring Spiritual Energy, increases damage by 50%"
"National Divine Artifact (1 time): After successfully devouring Spiritual Energy, guarantees an additional evolution"
"Spiritual Energy Quantity: Extremely high"
"Enhanced Evolution Chance: 80%"
"Absorption Time Required: 4 hours and 10 minutes"
"True Essence: After successfully devouring Spiritual Energy, increases all Attributes by 25%"
"National Divine Artifact (1 time): After successfully devouring Spiritual Energy, guarantees an additional evolution"
"Eight-Foot Magatama"
"Spiritual Energy Quantity: Extremely high"
"Enhanced Evolution Chance: 80%"
"Absorption Time Required: 4 hours and 20 minutes"
"Protection: After successfully devouring Spiritual Energy, increases Recovery by 50%"
"National Divine Artifact (1 time): After successfully devouring Spiritual Energy, guarantees an additional evolution"
Ren Suo had never before seen Spiritual Objects with an "Extremely high" Spiritual Energy Quantity!
All Spiritual Objects with a quantity greater than "Medium" had their descriptions written in the opposite manner, sorted as ’Extremely low, Fairly low, Low, Medium, High, Fairly high, Extremely high’. Most of the Spiritual Objects Ren Suo had encountered, even the treasures of London’s wealthy, were typically classified as ’High,’ and not even ’Fairly high.’
Not to mention, each of these three Divine Artifacts also came with two Traits: one that directly added Attributes, and another that directly increased the number of evolutions!
Indeed, cultural relics viewed by the nation as symbols possessed Spiritual Energy Quantities and Attributes that far exceeded those of ordinary antiques!
An elderly man in a suit, who seemed to be responsible for transporting these cultural relics, saw the Nine-Tailed Fox looking at the Three Divine Artifacts and approached, speaking in Mandarin, "I am Watanabe Hitoshi, in charge of transporting these cultural relics. These three items are Divine Artifacts of our country, urgently transported from the Imperial Palace of Atsuta Shrine. May I know if they meet the esteemed Nine-Tailed Fox’s satisfaction?"
The Nine-Tailed Fox said, "Little Blue, what do you think?"
Ren Suo, once again petting a cat through dimensions, got a forceful meow from Little Blue, prompting the Nine-Tailed Fox to continue speaking, "Passable."
At that moment, Ren Suo once again used his "Spiritual Vision" to carefully observe the other Spiritual Objects. Indeed, apart from the Three Divine Artifacts, other items, like the Kiku-Ichimonji sword and armor from the Momoyama period, only had a "High" Spiritual Energy Quantity, not reaching the level of the Three Divine Artifacts.
It seems that the Three Divine Artifacts, with their cultural bonus from games and TV series, are truly impressive.
However, Ren Suo also understood that the so-called Three Divine Artifacts were certainly not as mystical as in the myths. The Flourishing Sakura Emperor had fallen from power many times, making it unclear how many years ago these Three Divine Artifacts were actually counterfeit.
The Three Divine Artifacts possessed such a high Spiritual Energy Quantity and powerful Attributes mostly because of their symbolic significance; their power likely had little to do with time or material.
So, is it human thought that causes Spiritual Energy to gather...?
If that’s the case, the "Declaration of Independence" of the Pacific Federation is also very promising—the population of the Pacific Federation is three times that of the Flourishing Sakura Country.
At this moment, the old man spoke again, "Excuse me, Nine-Tailed Fox, how would you like to appreciate the mysteries of these cultural treasures? Nine-Tailed Fox, according to the agreement, our country is only lending the treasures temporarily. If possible, we would like to protect the treasures from any harm throughout..."
The Nine-Tailed Fox glanced at the old man, who was so disturbed that he nearly knelt down. But then a man, who was clearly a Cultivator, in the back row patted the old man’s shoulder, and he came back to his senses, panting heavily, "Nine-Tailed Fox, these treasures are cultural gems! I simply cannot leave them on foreign soil without supervision the entire time!"
The Nine-Tailed Fox said, "That’s fine. I need a slightly larger room."
The Nine-Tailed Fox’s request was quickly accommodated. The old man, along with a group of Flourishing Sakura Cultivators, carried the national treasures and followed her into a room where the Nine-Tailed Fox then instructed, "Surround them, bring them closer, and then open that transparent barrier."
The old man was slightly startled, "If we open the bulletproof glass..."
The Nine-Tailed Fox looked at the old man, "I won’t touch them. Just let Little Blue sense the aura. You all just keep watch."
The old man and the Cultivators exchanged looks. Eventually, with caution, they used the key to open the bulletproof glass and then stood behind the treasures, keeping a close eye on the Nine-Tailed Fox’s movements.
However, the Nine-Tailed Fox seemed to truly not care about the national treasures, just continuously stroking the cat. They feared the Little Blue Cat might leap out and knock over the treasures, but contrary to their worries, the Little Blue Cat was extraordinarily well-behaved, lying in the arms of the Nine-Tailed Fox.
On the other hand, the Flourishing Sakura Cultivators were having a hard time—constantly watching the Nine-Tailed Fox, they were nearly feeling their souls no longer belonged to themselves.
Cultivators had a bit more resistance than ordinary people. By now, they had developed an immense admiration for the Nine-Tailed Fox. However, a sliver of rationale remained in their minds. Recalling their previous commitment, they lowered their gazes to check for any anomalies with the national treasures.
At this time, Old Zhao and others were also watching the Flourishing Sakura cultural relics through surveillance monitors.
Everyone wanted to know why animals like the pangolins would make a request for national treasures as bargaining chips.
And the words of the Nine-Tailed Fox explicitly pointed out that national treasures could increase the chance of animals Shape-shifting.
This kind of statement was driving biologists mad—could an ancient relic cause mutations in animals? If they were relics from Chernobyl, that might be possible.
In the game, everyone was nervously watching for the slightest changes in the national treasures. At this moment, Ren Suo had set the conditions for "Game Pause" and turned off the TV with peace of mind, letting time flow freely.
The Devouring the Spirit of the World had long since not needed to be close to Spiritual Objects to absorb them. As long as there were no obstructions between the Devouring the Spirit of the World and the Spiritual Objects, and the distance was very short, it could still absorb Spiritual Energy effectively.
But until now, "Devouring the Spirit of the World" still indicated that the game character was in a special status and could not fast-forward.
There had never been such a problem before, but ever since the Nine-Tailed Fox appeared in front of the whole world, this feature was completely frozen.
Ren Suo subtly felt as though he might have broken the game...
Perhaps the game also didn’t expect players to take a human approach, using nations to check and balance other nations to achieve their goals of Opening the Spirit Treasury and devouring Spiritual Objects. So, it canceled the fast-forward function, using this time to load the world to come...
Having dealt with all this, and it already being 7 a.m., Ren Suo leisurely made his way to the dining hall for breakfast. He had heard that on the third floor of the dining hall, one could have hotpot in the morning.
At the entrance to the dining hall, Ren Suo happened to run into Dong Chengling.
Ren Suo had already decided on a ’tailing strategy.’ Naturally, he did not want any complications, so he merely nodded at her and walked straight into the dining hall without another word.
However, Dong Chengling stopped him—
"Didn’t you say you were going to treat me to a meal yesterday? Now is the time."
Ren Suo looked at Dong Chengling with a surprised gaze, her face serious.
Last night, he definitely hadn’t said ’treat’! It was supposed to be Dutch. He was, after all, a strong believer in women’s rights, and also very poor...