Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 457 Spirit Beast Bag

"Your Qiankun bag... hiss..."

After queuing for ages, it was finally time for the "Three-Year-Old Crawling Tower Guardian" to appear. Unexpectedly, when the Qiankun bag was taken out, the NPC Old Wang's eyes lit up. He then took it and channeled a lot of spiritual energy into it, but after holding his breath for a while, he still couldn't react. He then turned the Qiankun bag over and over in pain, unable to speak for a long time.

[Three-year-old crawling to guard the tower] Looking expectantly at Old Wang, with bright, sparkling eyes, she asked, "How so?"

Generally, situations that are extremely troublesome for NPCs are either the reincarnation of a black person or the reincarnation of a lucky person.

Let's take a gamble. Will she be able to drive a flat tire or a Rolls-Royce Phantom? We'll see in this one gamble!
After grumbling about his toothache for a long time, the NPC Old Wang finally smacked his lips and said, "Your Qiankun bag, it's not a Qiankun bag, fellow Daoist!"

[Three-year-old crawling and guarding the tower]: ?

Seeing the puzzled look on the Taiyin Sect disciple's face, Old Wang explained, "Although its principle is similar to that of the Qiankun Bag, it is actually a spirit beast bag. It is a tool that cultivators prepare for their spirit beasts after raising them, making it easy to carry. Generally speaking, there is a small space inside, like the spirit beast's home. However, most of these spirit beasts are bound by slave contracts, and the restrictions on this kind of spirit beast bag are also quite complicated. It cannot be opened from the inside and can only be used by its owner."

[Three-Year-Old Crawling to Guard the Tower] Upon hearing that it was a "spirit beast bag" and contained a "spirit beast," she was immediately overjoyed. However, before she could enjoy her joy for long, she heard what Old Wang was saying, and her eyes widened in shock: "Ah!? If its owner dies, won't it have to stay inside for the rest of its life? Won't it starve to death!?"

"Yes, many spirit beasts die this way. However, these restrictions are not permanent; they gradually weaken over time, eventually allowing outsiders to open them. Ancient immortal and divine remnants are similar, except that the power of immortals and gods far surpasses that of ordinary cultivators. Therefore, they often carry a small, enchanted world with them, containing not only magical treasures and elixirs, but also various spirit beasts they raise—demons, monsters, and even ghosts—who also guard their remnants… That's why whenever an ancient immortal or divine remnant appears, cultivators flock to it." Old Wang said, spreading his hands. "Anyway, after a thousand or eight hundred years, these restrictions will weaken. The appearance of these remnants is a manifestation of their restrictions becoming ineffective!"

[Three-year-old crawls to guard the tower] Upon hearing this, I suddenly understood.

She had always assumed that the Immortal God's Mansion was the tomb of those immortals and gods, and that everyone who ventured into the mansion was digging up graves. She always felt that something was off—it was one thing for players not to care about this, but it was a bit illogical for the local NPCs not to care about this either!

After all, who would want their grave to be dug up after they die?! If you secretly became a tomb raider for money and all sorts of treasures, in modern times you'd be lucky to get a silver bracelet and free meals every day!
Then, [Three-Year-Old Crawling Tower Guardian] asked, "Can you crack the code? What if there's something inside that starves to death?"

"What nonsense! What do you mean 'can I break it'? I, Old Wang, have seen all kinds of restrictions! How could I not break it!"

Old Wang seemed a bit agitated when his profession was questioned. He slammed his fist on the table in front of him, saying, "This mere mid-level restriction! Of course I can break it! It's just that the price will be higher, since the restrictions on these spirit beast pouches are much more complex!"

[A three-year-old crawls and guards the tower] He asked somewhat nervously, "Then, how much does it cost?"

"Since you're a newbie who's just reached the Foundation Establishment stage, I'll give you a friendly price, a discount," Old Wang gestured with his hand and said, "Fifty yuan it is!"

"Fifty dollars!"

[The three-year-old crawling guarding the tower] glared and shouted, "Why don't you just rob it, Old Wang!" "I am robbing it! Anyway, as far as I know, no one but me can break this kind of restriction! Fifty bucks, take it or leave it!"

As Old Wang spoke, his nostrils practically reached for the sky.

Hearing what Lao Wang said, [Three-Year-Old Crawling Tower Guardian] became even more hesitant. Just as she was struggling with her decision, a player suddenly leaned over and said to her, "Good sister, if you really think it's too expensive, why don't you just auction off this Qiankun Bag!"

"auction?"

[Three-year-old crawling to guard the tower] paused for a moment, then looked at the player who had spoken to him.

This is also a female player, and her ID above her head is a bit strange: "Want a Big Warehouse".

[Want a large warehouse], also known as Zheng Qian, is here specifically to participate in the Easter egg mission after the end of this limited-time battlefield.

As a mecha enthusiast and the number one player in the entire server who manually crafts Gundams, Zheng Qian has always been in a state of extreme material shortage.

It's not that she lacks materials; in fact, she has plenty of common materials like metal ores and various spiritual materials, which she can buy in large quantities from the merchant ships that come every now and then. The key issue is that she always wants to find rare and interesting materials, which might directly inspire her, regardless of price.

That's why she came to clean up the battlefield, hoping to find something interesting.

This happened just as Zheng Qian picked up two Qiankun bags and was planning to come to Lao Wang to break the restriction, which is why he stumbled upon this scene.

She kindly suggested, "If you don't want to gamble on what's inside, you can just list it for recruitment auction! Just say it's a spirit beast bag certified by Old Wang next door, with a chance to get a spirit beast, but you're responsible for the profit and loss. After you sell it, you can spend money to break the restriction, and then it's none of your business! Besides, I feel like you should be able to get a lot of money from the auction! After all, I've never heard of any spirit beasts or anything like that in this game! Maybe it's a newly added feature!"

【Three-year-old crawling to guard the tower】The more she listened, the brighter her eyes became. She thought this method of risk transfer made a lot of sense. But before she could say anything, the NPC Old Wang poured cold water on her, saying, "Hey, don't blame me for not reminding you. Although you always say that our Guixu Realm is a game, spirit beasts have always existed. Those creatures that are cultivated by demons, monsters, and spirits and then contracted by human cultivators are spirit beasts. It's just that the Taiyin Sect prohibits slave contracts, so it also indirectly prohibits spirit beasts. Even if you manage to create a spirit beast, the slave contract for that spirit beast is with its original master. Once that person dies, it is free, and it has nothing to do with you! And if you plan to sign a slave contract... Hmph, the prohibition of signing slave contracts is written in the Taiyin Sect's sect law!"

Upon hearing this, [Three-Year-Old Crawling Tower Guardian] was dumbfounded again: "Ah, this..."

Yes! The Taiyin Sect forbids signing slave contracts, so even if you get some cool spirit beast, you might not be able to use it at all. You'll just be working hard to benefit someone else and won't get anything in return!

Zheng Qian's eyes darted around, and he urged, "Then you can just talk to that spirit beast directly! It's only right to pay back debts, isn't it? You went through the trouble of spending money to save it, and even if it doesn't repay the debt of saving your life, it still has to pay you back, right? Otherwise, if it keeps being trapped inside, won't it starve to death?"

"It seems...it seems to make sense..."