Chapter 16 - Summoning a spiritual pet (Part 1)
"Little An, are we ready ? "
"Umm... Big sis, there's one more thing."
" ? What is it? "
"Because you've achieved the Golden Core realm to start your new life, you've been given an option to bring along a spiritual pet with you in your new life, big sis!"
"Ohh !! A spiritual pet would be a good companion indeed."
"So, how do I summon a spiritual pet little An?"
"Big sis, master left a spiritual treasure of unknown grade in the highest compartment of the treasury. The treasures in these compartment are very few in numbers, but these are also the most mysterious and powerful treasures she and her soulmate had ever collected in their lifetime"
"Some of them were even made by themselves with their combined effort for millions of years."
" The functions and potency of these treasures are unknown and there are no way to measure them. Master didn't leave any more informations about them."
"She locked these treasures away in the highest compartment and the only way to unlock them is to achieve the specific conditions set by master."
"Big sis! You've already recieved three treasures from this treasury."
" !! Were they dusk lily pin and sky Avenue Robe?? "
"Yes, big sis, you're so smart!! Hehehe....."
"What's the third one then ?? "
"It's 'Lan Xue' big sis. It's an auxiliary tresure of unknown grade. The condition for activating it was to inherit the inheritance. As it's an auxiliary treasure, it plays one of the most important role in a cultivator's life."
" And what about the conditions for the other two spiritual treasures?"
"For the dusk lily pin and sky Avenue robe, the condition set to unlock them was to complete comprehending your divine sense and to synchronise yourself with your golden Buddha Body. That's why they were given to you right after completing these two conditions big sis."
"It seems master set these conditions to help me motivate myself as well as to give me all the necessary treasures and weapons I will need for all my life as a cultivator."
"So, the next condition to unlock another treasure from there was to achieve golden core and the final step towards my new life?"
"Yes, big sis, you achieved the condition set for the 4th spiritual treasure and this treasure is a 'spiritual pet summoning stone'.
It's grade is unknown and it's called 'Xue Lin'. Master has only ever encountered 2 of these stones. These stones have a 2 time use limit.
Master and her soulmate used one to summon spiritual companions for them while the other was left and now it's yours to use. You can also keep the last usage for your future soulmate big sis."
"Well, I don't know about soulmate or whatnot. But one pet should be enough for me. As for the other usage, well I will think what to do later."
"Anyway, How do I use it, little An?"
"Big sis only needs to inject your spiritual power into it and it will open a portal to another dimension in random."
"How will I find the spiritual pet that is suitable for me?"
"Well to answer your question big sis, it's completely random. It's like drawing a lottery. whether you get the lowest of the low soldier rank or the highest divine beast, everything depends on your own luck as well as your spiritual connection with the beast. At the end, it will be beast which will respond to your summoning."
"Only the beast which feels a 100% compatibility with you will be ABLE to respond to the summoning of 'Xue Lin'. Others even if are at a 99% compatibility with you will still be rejected."
"Ohh, that's a bit unpredictable little An. Suppose there's a legendary divine dragon which feels a 99% compatibility with me but on the other hand there's a little cat which feels 100% compatibility with me. Then the result would be disappointing to say the least."
"Hehe.. that's why it greatly depends on your luck big sis. So good luck with that." Little An said the last part a little mischeviously which seems to be a little revenge for teasing her earlier.
'I will rub those fluffy cheeks till red later my dear little An.' I thought these words in my head while remaining completely calm on the surface with a little upward smile at the corner of my lips.
Little An shivered a little which made her puzzled for a moment thinking 'hmm... I'm a divine spirit, I shouldn't get cold or anything. Why did I shiver a little? Weird.....'
Little did she know that her mischief will cost her quite a bit.
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Putting these miscellaneous thoughts to the back of their minds, they delved into the more important topic now.
"Before starting, please read the system pannel for more information big sis.
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[System- Inheritance]
[ 'Spiritual pet/companion' option unlocked ]
[ .... Host has achieved the condition for unlocking the treasure for summoning spiritual pet 'Xue Lin'. ]
[ Spiritual pets forme their bonds through summoning rituals using spirit stones. There are specific formations to summon spiritual pets. When cultivators use a summoning ritual to summon a spirit beast, it usually forms a thin spiritual connection with the sentient being which responds to the call of the summoners.
Any being that has gained sentience and has the ability to feel qi and cultivate can form a spiritual bond with a summoner to be their companion for life. It can be anything from a simple insect to a tree to a small rabbit or the best of the divine beasts as long as they match the conditions above.
Spiritual pets instinctually feel the connection between them and the caster and also feel the compatibility with them. Only the being which feels the most closeness and compatibility with the caster will then allow itself to be bonded with the caster.
After the sentient beings responds to the summon, only the one with the most compatibility will be summoned through a portal and the others will be automatically rejected.
There are very few cases where a beast feels more than 90% compatibility with the caster. Usually only geniuses or extremely lucky individuals have had this compatibility. These beast are also mostly high ranked beasts.
Only the ancestors who have ascended in the entire human history have had a compatibility of 100% with their spiritual pet. And the pet they summoned with this compatibility were also the highest ranked divine beast.
There's a weird and mysterious connection between the compatibility and the rank o
f the spiritual pets. But that is the Mystery of heavens....
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See you in the next chapter.
Thank you for reading.