God of Pets

Chapter 630 Selecting the Secret Treasure
"Could it be that to bring clay sculptures to life, the participation of vital energy is required?" Chen Guan pondered to himself as he looked at the barking five red dogs.

Soon after, Chen Guan refuted this inference.

"If all that's needed is vital energy, why hasn't Huangni Island absorbed any of the abundant natural treasures piled up here, each containing a large amount of vital energy, and why hasn't it shown any reaction?"

"We also put in some flesh and blood of the Mystic Spirits before, which also had a high content of vital energy, but it still didn't trigger the porcelain to become a living thing."

"It seems that it's not just a matter of vital energy; at least, not all kinds of vital energy can have such an effect."

"How is the primordial energy I expel different from the primordial energy in rare and precious materials? Theoretically speaking, my primordial energy is a different kind of primordial energy, which is spiritual power. The spiritual power has undergone nine screenings by the Reverse Primordial Technique. Although the expelled spiritual power is all inferior, that is relative to my own spiritual power as a reference."

"Even these inferior spiritual energies contain a vital energy that is not much worse than that of rare and precious materials. In fact, the spiritual energy released in the last few times even surpasses the purity of most rare and precious materials."

"Moreover, the amount of spiritual energy I expelled was enormous. Of the ten billion yuan of spiritual energy I released earlier, over 99% ended up in Huangni Island. In other words, it would take over nine hundred million yuan of spiritual energy to achieve this effect..."

Chen Guan continued to deduce and listed several possibilities.

Firstly, it must be related to vital energy. A large amount of vital energy is needed for the porcelain to come to life.

This amount far exceeds the upper limit of the vital energy of an ordinary living being.

Chen Guan speculated that the amount of vital energy required to transform living beings was enormous, and it was not as simple as a one-to-one ratio.

The energy of a single live sheep is not enough to transform a clay sculpture into a live sheep here. It would likely require the energy of thousands, or even more, of live sheep to transform a single live sheep.

If there is insufficient energy, you can successfully convert a live sheep into a live sheep by using the live sheep itself as the energy source.

This is why those who directly use the Great Dao Mouth can replicate what they want, but they will soon age and die.

That's because they didn't expend enough energy, and they themselves were sacrificed as energy.

Secondly, the vital energy needed by Huangni Island is not ordinary vital energy.

When Fu Tianji and the others used the Great Dao Mortar, they didn't die immediately; they all aged rapidly at first.

Because Fu Tianji possessed the ability of an immortal being, he was unaffected.

Therefore, based on these clues, Chen Guan deduced that the vital energy required for replication should possess the attribute of life, or be related to it.

Therefore, if we continue to speculate, the primordial energy attribute of the Soul Devouring God should also include the attribute of life.

It can accelerate the growth of rare and precious materials, which is clearly related to its inherent life-giving properties.

Chen Guan's spiritual power possesses the attribute of devouring spirits, which he used to save Zhi Xian and has many other wonderful uses. Now, he has turned these porcelain pieces into living things, which also meets the condition of being related to the attribute of life.

Third, the things Chen Guan sculpted were not exactly the same as the model, which shows that the function of the Great Dao Mortar was not simply to copy, but could be adjusted.

These five red dogs, modeled after those from the Warring States period, varied in appearance due to Chen Guan's poor craftsmanship; some were good, some were bad, and some were handsome, while others were ugly.

Fortunately, they were all in pet form. With a thought, Chen Guan put away the five red dogs and the somewhat ugly flower fairy.

Then Chen Guan discovered that their attributes varied, some good and some bad. The better the clay sculpture Chen Guan sculpted, the more it resembled the Warring States period, and the closer its attributes were to the Warring States period. Conversely, the worse the attributes and abilities, the better the clay sculptures would resemble.

Among these five red dogs, the most beautiful one was of exceptional quality.

But there was only one; most of the others were ordinary, and it was hard to find even a rare one.

Chen Guan took a closer look and found that the exceptionally high-quality five-red dog did indeed resemble the Warring States period, specifically a bear version of it.

Chen Guan thought back for a moment and then remembered that this Five Red Dog should be the last one he made, and it was made based on the bear version of the Warring States period.

Both in terms of proficiency and templates, they are the best.

Therefore, Chen Guan summarized it.

To create a truly good sculpture, you need a good reference object, and you also need to sculpt it well. Ideally, you should be able to sculpt it very realistically, capturing the essence of the subject. The better the sculpture will be.

Then, a large amount of vital energy containing the attribute of life is needed before one can finally use the yellow clay to mold the desired object.

"There's no need to worry too much about the vital energy. Once I level up a few more times and my vital energy increases, I can use my spiritual power to create things."

"Templates are not a problem. I have paper figures, Mingfei, rouge, etc. as templates, so the things I make won't be bad. If all else fails, I can look at other people's good works and then make them by comparison."

"So the last remaining problem is how to sculpt something that looks like the real thing and captures its spirit. Otherwise, not only will you waste your energy, but you'll also end up with useless junk."

Like these five red dogs, most of them are useless, except for that one peerless five red dog which is somewhat useful.

"I need to learn how to sculpt clay figures, otherwise I won't be able to make good use of such a treasure." Chen Guan didn't dare to directly replicate it using the Great Mortar and Pestle, for fear of causing problems, so he could only try to improve his clay sculpting skills.

This isn't a difficult task; you can just find a clay sculpting master to learn from later.

Chen Guan chose to release them, letting the five red dogs and the ugly flower fairy stay on Huangni Island to live with Zhaocai, as playmates.

The Great Dao Mortar is indeed an extraordinary treasure. It is only at the third level of enlightenment, not the fourth level. It can ignore the restrictions and enter the cave on Huangni Island, which shows its magic.

However, Zhaocai is almost at the fourth awakening stage. It has consumed a lot of rare and precious materials here, practically eating them as food. If it weren't for its low aptitude, it should have reached the fourth awakening stage long ago.

There was no other way. Although the little panda's aptitude wasn't particularly high, its abilities were too strong. Chen Guan was determined to raise its level no matter what. In the future, if he wanted to get any other pets, he would still have to rely on Zhaocai.

Having figured everything out, Chen Guan didn't immediately start sculpting clay again.

"I need to level up first, and then find a clay sculpting master to learn how to sculpt clay figures. That's the proper thing to do." Chen Guan pondered whether he should sculpt more Mingfei figures in the future.

After much thought, I still need to decide first which secret treasure to use for the Five Senses.

"Should I choose the Divine Cauldron or the Great Dao Mortar?" Chen Guan hesitated only slightly before choosing the Great Dao Mortar.

After all, this thing has a strong intelligence, and Chen Guan doesn't have complete control over it. While the Great Dao Mortar's spiritual consciousness hasn't recovered and it's still dormant, he directly refines it into his own destiny treasure. Then it won't be able to disobey him.

(End of this chapter)