105: Sleep

Regarding Mo Yi's suggestion, knowing that the other party was looking out for him, Xu Yan nodded and agreed without hesitation.

Receiving an affirmative reply, Mo Yi put away the ghost spirit attribute mystic realm origin on the table, took out another Black Crystal and several materials Xu Yan had never seen from his Storage Device, and placed them into the boundary bearing monument.

Looking at the Black Crystal, which was a size larger than the original one, and the materials that Xu Yan hadn't seen but Mo Yi kept in his Storage Device, Xu Yan opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

But in the end, the words he wanted to say were reduced to just four: “Thank you, Teacher.”

After finishing all this, Mo Yi looked at Xu Yan and said, "Release your Shadow Light Spider."

Hearing this, Xu Yan immediately summoned Zhu Yan from the Beast Taming Space.

Zhu Yan, emerging from the Beast Taming Space, was habitually preparing to enter Xu Yan's shadow when it seemed to sense something, abruptly looking towards the boundary bearing monument Mo Yi held in his hand, and expressing an intense desire to Xu Yan through their Contract.

Seeing Zhu Yan's reaction, Mo Yi chuckled softly. He walked over to Xu Yan, looked at the shadow Xu Yan cast under the light, and tossed the boundary bearing monument in his hand toward Xu Yan's shadow.

The boundary bearing monument landed on the ground without making any noise, silently merging directly into Xu Yan's shadow.

As the boundary bearing monument merged, Xu Yan felt his shadow become much denser. Through the connection between himself and his shadow, he could vaguely sense a space being nurtured within it.

Then, Mo Yi's voice entered Xu Yan's ears.

"Ultimately, there are still some innate deficiencies. I have done everything I can; the rest must be slowly compensated for by time. Since your Shadow Light Spider likes to stay in your shadow, let this mystic realm be nurtured within your shadow. It will also help suppress your shadow.

Next, let the Shadow Light Spider enter it."

Hearing Mo Yi's words and looking at Zhu Yan, who seemed eager in its eyes, Xu Yan nodded.

The next moment, Zhu Yan's body transformed into a patch of shadow and merged directly into Xu Yan's shadow.

Feeling the satisfied emotion transmitted by Zhu Yan through the Contract, a gentle smile appeared on Xu Yan's face.

After dealing with the mystic realm, Xu Yan turned his attention to the three remaining items on the table.

Leaving aside the Ghost Infant's Crystal Core for now, Xu Yan's focus was mainly on the remaining destiny crystal, and the bottle containing the Gold-Black Ghost Mist and Crystal Core left behind after the Fate-Playing Ghost's death.

Both of these items were obtained from the Fate-Playing Ghost and are materials related to the Fate Attribute.

And Xu Yan's own Heavens Mandate Guidance Innate Talent also has intricate connections with the Fate Attribute.

However, whether it was because Xu Yan's strength was too weak, or because the domains involved were different, facing these two Fate Attribute materials—even the destiny crystal he had sensed back in the Eerie Secret Realm—he no longer felt any urge to devour or absorb them, nor did the sudden epiphany phenomenon occur just by looking at them.

Even so, since Xu Yan was not lacking resources temporarily, he decided to keep these two items for now.

Nevertheless, to prevent being tricked, before deciding to keep these two materials, Xu Yan still requested Mo Yi to help him check them to see if the Fate-Playing Ghost had left any hidden schemes inside.

Hearing Xu Yan's request, Mo Yi smiled and nodded, then scanned the two items on the table with his Spiritual Power. As the Spiritual Power swept over the two materials, Mo Yi's brow furrowed very slightly, then relaxed again.

At the same time, Xu Yan seemed to hear a soundless wail near his ear. However, this sensation quickly vanished.

Afterwards, Mo Yi said, "Your guess was correct. That Fate-Playing Ghost did leave hidden schemes on both items, but I have wiped them away. You can now use them as normal materials."

After thanking Mo Yi once more, Xu Yan put away the items on the table, bid him farewell, left the Experimental Building, and returned to his dormitory. After a simple wash-up, Xu Yan lay down in bed and quickly drifted into slumber.

The next day, Xu Yan, rising from his bed full of energy, felt a fluctuation in the Contract between himself and Zhu Yan.

Through the Contract, Zhu Yan indicated that it had sensed an opportunity to break through the Bloodline Shackles in the space within Xu Yan's shadow, and wished to enter a period of slumber and transformation there, hoping Xu Yan would agree.

Upon receiving the message, Xu Yan immediately looked into his shadow through the Contract. Peering through the space, Xu Yan could see that Zhu Yan was currently in a space filled with both Light and Dark elements.

For Zhu Yan, as its strength increased, the closer its level approached its Bloodline Limit, the slower Zhu Yan's rate of power growth became.

Meanwhile, Wuxiang and Xiong Nian, who originally had a significant strength difference from Zhu Yan—the former possessing an Evolution Innate Talent and the latter having a high enough bloodline level—did not experience the same issue as Zhu Yan. Under Xu Yan's feeding regimen of treating spirit food as common meals, their strength steadily and rapidly increased, and the gap between the three Spirit Beasts grew smaller and smaller.

Naturally, Zhu Yan was extremely unwilling to accept this.

Therefore, after sensing the opportunity within the nurturing space in the boundary bearing monument that might allow it to break free from the constraints of its Bloodline Limit, Zhu Yan decisively informed Xu Yan of this discovery, hoping Xu Yan would agree to let it begin its transformation.

Receiving the information transmitted by Zhu Yan through the Contract, Xu Yan briefly pondered, but ultimately chose to stop thinking. When facing uncertainty, he would directly use Heavens Mandate Guidance.

As the Golden Thread on his wrist burned out completely, Xu Yan received the answer and expressed his approval of Zhu Yan's idea through the Contract.

At the same time, he took out the youming marrow—which Mo Yi had previously given him to gain insight into the balance of Light and Dark—from his Storage Device and cast it toward his shadow, integrating it into the mystic realm being nurtured within the shadow.

On Zhu Yan's side, upon receiving Xu Yan's approval, it immediately began its transformation.

Curling up all its spider legs, large amounts of black and white Spider Silk were ejected from its abdomen, slowly wrapping itself up.

As the Spider Silk completely enveloped Zhu Yan, Xu Yan sensed through the Contract between them that Zhu Yan's previously very active spiritual fluctuation gradually calmed down until there were no fluctuations left.