Chapter 242: [body Of The Great Holy Grail]
Meng Xiyue curiously took the glass flask, then weighed it in her hand; it had some weight and felt quite heavy.
When she lowered her head to observe, she found it was a [Round-bellied Sealed Bottle]. The body was round like a little apple, and the mouth was cylindrical. On both sides of the glass stopper, there was a pair of metal latches that locked the flask from the outside.
“It looks just like an ordinary ‘alchemy flask.’ Huh? It feels warm to the touch; what’s this…?”
The moment she took it, Meng Xi sensed something unusual about this ‘flask.’
“It’s [Holy Light]! I added an ever-lasting [Solid-state Holy Light Structure] to the flask’s material! This is an unprecedented brand new ‘Holy Light material’!”
Yuan Zhu explained passionately beside her like a salesman.
Meng Xiyue rolled her eyes upon hearing this: “Trying to fool an idiot? Do you think there are no items with [Constant Holy Light Enchantment] on the market? Let’s put it this way: necklaces and jewelry made from soul crystals—which ones don’t have eternal Holy Light attributes? Aren’t they purer than your garbage?!”
Yuan Zhu was immediately speechless and choked up.
Using ‘soul crystal jewelry’ as a counterexample directly?! Have you considered the feelings of the person involved?
Reject animal trading! No buying and selling means no killing. [Soul Crystal] is soul crystallization, the ‘revival life box + data storage’—a person’s most origin, most essential thing. I only have one myself, okay.
Seeing Yuan Zhu silent, Meng Xi curiously asked: “Why did you suddenly stop talking?”
Yuan Zhu’s gaze darted around, not daring to meet her eyes: “Nothing, just a bit scared.”
The latter took the initiative to admit her mistake: “I spoke without thinking and didn’t consider your feelings. But things like [Soul Crystal Talismans] on the black market are indeed very popular. Your [Holy Church] still has something in ‘sacred protection and pollution expulsion.’ Besides, you’re not the only one in that situation; our [Knowledge School] gets hunted and decapitated frequently too, made into top-tier [Servers] for others to use. You’ll get used to it.”
With that, Meng Xi tiptoed and patted Yuan Zhu’s shoulder to comfort him: “By the way, what exactly is this warm flask for? It looks pretty ordinary; I didn’t perceive any ‘space’ attributes. How did you mess it up?”
Meng Xiyue fiddled with the ’round-bellied flask’ repeatedly, even actively opening the stopper and peering inside with one eye, then sticking her finger in to rub and touch the inner wall back and forth, but found nothing unusual about the flask.
The internal space was as large as it appeared, not a space item. Only the ‘glass’ material of the body emitted a weakened version of ‘Holy Light’ attributes, maintaining a level that wasn’t harmful and just slightly warm to the touch.
Even [Holy Light] was weakened to a ‘harmless’ level; this ‘flask’ truly looked mediocre. She had a faint ominous premonition in her heart: her investment had gone down the drain!
Yuan Zhu began to explain: “I did indeed have an enlightenment of a [Spatial Ability], but it needs to rely on this ‘flask’ to use smoothly.”
Meng Xiyue suddenly raised her index finger: “Wait! You comprehended a space system ability that requires a ‘flask’ to cooperate, so this ‘flask’ isn’t your ability?”
“No, the two are complementary; only when combined is it the space ultimate skill I comprehended: [Holy Flask. Demon Seal Wave]!”
With that, Yuan Zhu’s expression returned to its weird half-crying, half-smiling state. Instead, Snake Snake shouted loudly: “Boss is awesome!”
Although Du Ling Star’s history had many ancient figures suspected to be Earth transmigrators who plagiarized (created) a large amount of Earth literature, Meng Xiyue didn’t understand the Dragon Ball reference.
So she asked with a puzzled face: “[Holy Flask] I’ve seen; is it this flask? Then what is the other half [Demon Seal Wave]? You have to be responsible for my investment.”
Yuan Zhu: “If the flask is used alone, it’s just an ordinary Holy Light enchanted flask. But its own materials and composition contain the potential of ‘space attributes.’ Once I use [Demon Seal Wave], I can compress and seal any [pollutants, polluting energy, pollution sources] without resistance ability inside it, and they will constantly suffer burning from the flask’s inherent ‘Holy Light.'”
“Those ‘pollutants’ burned and refined will automatically transform into new ‘weakened Holy Light’ to nourish and consolidate the flask’s strength, replenish the consumed Holy Light for the [flask], precipitate and store the excess, and start a new round of refinement and weakening. If the flask can’t purify the [pollution], it can at least stalemate with it, sealing it inside.”
Meng Xiyue frowned as she listened, complaining: “So, your so-called [space attributes] aren’t embodied in the flask itself, but rather sealing ‘larger-scale pollution’ beyond the flask’s volume inside it? This is a Holy Light attribute seal?”
Yuan Zhu nodded: “Pretty much!”
Meng Xi’s expression changed wildly, feeling more and more ripped off: “This… you… my damn investment is a total loss! [Storage Pumpkin], how did it produce such a crappy thing? I can’t figure it out!”
Although Meng Xiyue couldn’t figure it out, Yuan Zhu, who had personally incinerated the [pumpkin] and fed it bit by bit to produce this spatial supernatural ability, still understood very well.
Although the skill point went astray, it was reasonable; upon review, he felt there was nothing wrong. Though he missed the path to getting rich quick, he wasn’t too regretful.
If operated properly, this [Holy Flask. Demon Seal Wave] had quite broad uses. It just tested personal operation a lot.
So he comforted her: “I know you’re anxious, but don’t be hasty; listen to me. This [Holy Flask] still has a lot of technical content. Not only can it preserve fleeting [Holy Light Energy] in a brand new solid-state structure; it has also been endowed with the implicit space attributes of a [Sanctuary]. It looks like ‘glass,’ but it’s actually materialized ‘spatial barrier,’ or the prototype of a [Sanctuary].”
Because of her teammate relationship, Meng Xiyue had also proactively learned about the [Holy Light System] and browsed the [Space of Gods. Exchange List] for [Sanctuary] holy seal information.
[Sanctuary] is a Holy Light barrier with space attributes that can manifest a ‘small temple’ for defense, protection, and amplification. Now, Yuan Zhu claimed this ‘flask’ was an infinitely bankrupt watered-down version of a [Sanctuary].
So Meng Xi flicked the flask body with her finger, producing a crisp echo. Just from the touch, it indeed felt different from glass, seeming more tough and solid. So she used all her strength and smashed it toward the ground.
Crack!
The flask was successfully shattered by her into several pieces, drawing curious gazes from Zhou Chu, Lu Rang, the captain, and others. Why are you two infighting before the mission even starts?
Meng Xiyue angrily looked up, glaring at Yuan Zhu with her eyes: What the hell did you say? This is a materialized [spatial barrier], solid-state [Holy Light]? With this strength!
Yuan Zhu bent down without any embarrassment and picked up the broken pieces of the cup, which had no fine shards: “You used a bit too much force, and it also has to do with me economizing on materials.”
As he spoke, the [Holy Mark] on his wrist began to burn. Glowing and heating up like a fanned spark, it released white Holy Light, wrapping and covering the broken ‘flask.’
Then, a blinding white light erupted from his palm; the cup fragments were like glass melted at high temperature, then reshaped and cooled into a new round-bellied flask.
“Ha? You’re melting glass?”
Yuan Zhu: “Pretty much. The [Holy Grail] can be seen as a simple ‘artifact crafting technique,’ or as a ‘solidified Holy Light shaping technique.’ The core principle is using calcined [Little Pumpkin] holy remains powder as ‘raw material,’ combined with one’s own double-seal reinforced [Holy Light] to generate ultra-high temperature, mixed with a small amount of ‘soul embers’ purified and filtered from one’s own [soul crystal], and finally using [Holy Seal. Sanctuary] as a mold to cool and shape the high-temperature melt, producing the [Holy Grail].”
“The final product’s material is similar to ‘glass.’ Using [Space Pumpkin] ash as raw material, transforming [Holy Cough particles] and [soul embers] into [chemical bonds] with Holy Light attributes. Under high temperature (Holy Light) and pressure ([Sanctuary]) conditions, thoroughly solidifying and shaping. Ultimately inheriting foundational [Holy Light] attributes and the spatial potential of [Sanctuary].”
In Yuan Zhu’s analysis, the space concept of the [Holy Grail] was embodied in three places:
First, the raw material for melting glass must be [Little Pumpkin] ashes. These ashes themselves carry space concepts.
Second, Yuan Zhu’s [Holy Light, soul embers] are naturally imbued with spatial potential due to the influence of the holy seal (double).
Finally, the skill nurtured by the [Holy Seal], after being fed a large amount of ‘space embers,’ inherited the essence of the [Little Pumpkin]’s one body, internally self-contained closed stable space.
Now, the flask handcrafted from ‘Holy Light + Little Pumpkin ashes + soul embers’ was like the [Little Pumpkin]’s Holy Light (impure earth) reincarnated.
Looking plain and unremarkable, with the internal storage space gone; in reality, it hid profound mysteries, and under cooperation with [Demon Seal Wave], it erupted with ‘sealing’ potential.
In sealed state, it could compress ‘sealed objects’ to the flask body’s size for long-term storage. It was also an alternative form of ‘storage,’ truly with an internally self-contained stable space.
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After hearing Yuan Zhu’s introduction, Meng Xiyue’s eyes went dull: “Well said, but [Sealing Technique] can only be used with your ‘Holy Light.’ If this flask falls into my hands, it’s just an ordinary Holy Light flask!”
“No! Setting aside your greed for ‘storage equipment.’ Just its contained ‘Holy Light’ attributes alone make this flask stand out! Fill it with pure water, then hold the flask and casually channel in some energy, and it can transform into ‘weakened Holy Light’ to bless (erode pollution) it, producing [Holy Water]!”
“Additionally, although people other than me can’t activate its latent ‘space attributes,’ I can provide sealing services! Or, pre-seal various polluted monsters and pollution sources into the ‘flask’ and sell them as finished products or carry them conveniently. In battle, smash the bottle to release an [Extreme Warrior], command it to cover a retreat and die for you! Not touched?”
“Also, the flask’s material has constantly solidified ‘Holy Light’ and is an infinitely weakened version of a [Sanctuary] model. It itself has a ‘purification and refinement effect.’ Inject ‘polluting energy’ matching its tier into the bottle, and these [pollutants] will continuously receive purification; the impurity parts will be refined first… This is called purification in [alchemy]… Ultimately, a small amount of extremely pure ‘pollution essence’ will remain in the cup!”
Due to the [Holy Flask]’s insufficient sacred strength, if half a catty or eight ounces of [any pollution] is injected, it can only continuously erode the peripheral pollution impurities, instead achieving a ‘purification extraction’ effect.
After hearing this, Meng Xiyue’s expression also became weird, matching Yuan Zhu’s: “No wonder you’re so conflicted; it’s really grievance that you came up with so many uses!”
In her view, this thing was truly useless. No wonder the [Holy Church]’s cultivators never pursued hatching skills with [Holy Seals], but rather mature excellent [Holy Seals] for more advanced combinations.
Where did the Holy Church’s many [Holy Seals] come from?
Take silly Candle as an example: his first seal originated from [Sanctuary], pursuing ash purity and quality during seal casting, hatching [Holy Cough, Holy Breath]. Then, when he surpasses 3 seals or 6 seals, he can virtually slice [soul crystals] to create new [Holy Seal-Holy Cough], [Holy Seal-Holy Cup].
But compared to time-tested veteran mature holy seals ([Sanctuary]), these [Holy Cough, Holy Saucer] are outright useless garbage holy seals; any newcomer who accidentally brands them has ruined their life!
Yuan Zhu: “What do you think?”
“I think it’s not much!”
Although the [Holy Grail (hardware). Demon Seal Wave (software)] was useless and wasteful of energy in Meng Xi’s eyes, Yuan Zhu had a different view and was quite satisfied.
As the saying goes, what you dwell on will echo back.
Yuan Zhu being able to birth an ability like [Saucer] was largely because he desired to develop his own exclusive [Holy Light Breathing Technique]. To fix the bug where [Holy Light] rapidly dissipates once generated.
Additionally, when he started burning [Little Pumpkin] to absorb soul ashes, he frequently consulted [alchemy], the pharmaceutical industry, and recruited Frog Girl, successfully entering the [Frog-Type Warrior Modification] field, generating many ideas (miscellaneous thoughts) for [Body Tempering Fluid].
These miscellaneous thoughts also directly influenced the nurturing of the [ability]. The idealistic nature of [Holy Light] caused the nurtured skill to ultimately mutate into [Holy Saucer].
To outsiders, the saucer was just a saucer, at most with inherent [Holy Light] attributes, actually even less suitable for ‘alchemy experiments.’
Local supernatural research did require [Holy Light] participation, but that was in the stage of disinfection, sterilization, and eliminating rejection of [pollution]. Once the Holy Light irradiation was done, they would wait for it to naturally dissipate completely; surgical tools, experimental materials, white mice, and other experimental subjects would all be in a clean state.
However, the appearance of [Holy Grail, Holy Flask] would make [Holy Light] exist constantly, turning it into a ‘pollution interference source’ that prevents normal experiments.
Injecting hard-researched ‘supernatural potion’ into the [Holy Grail], well, one slip-up and it’s all purified clean by you.
However, for Yuan Zhu himself, this [cup/flask] was not only an essential item to open space seals. Only with this item paired with [Demon Seal Wave] could he seal ‘demonic creatures, materials, energy’ with pollution inside for long-term preservation.
Besides that, the [Holy Grail] itself contained an integrated ‘implicit space concept’ that didn’t have to act on ‘Space Pumpkin’ ashes for melting glass. It could equally be layered and branded onto his physical body!
That is, directly treating Yuan Zhu’s complete body as a sealed finished [Holy Grail]; or treating every microscopic cell in his body as a mini [Holy Grail].
Casting the [Holy Grail] ability this way required no external materials (pumpkin ashes); his body was directly ready-made raw material. Inject [Holy Light, soul embers] and pair with [Breathing Method] for self-transformation of the body.
Ultimately, successfully using the [Saucer concept] to capture, retain, and seal the [Holy Light] that could dissipate and vanish from his body at any time; even reinforcing and fortifying cell membranes or even the body as the [Holy Grail]’s cup walls!
Thus, every inch of his body was [Saucer (Dantian)]. Or: the person is the saucer, and the saucer is the person!
[Holy Saucer Breathing Technique], theoretically feasible! But not yet attempted.
Strength of the saucer walls ≈ physical body strength ≈ spatial barrier strength, linked to [Sanctuary]! Linked to the amplification effect of multiple seal castings!
The more [Sanctuary] is repeatedly forged, the higher the spatial barrier strength, the higher the defense, the higher the body strength! The higher the purity of the saucer body!
Snake Snake: “Could this be the [Innate Space Saucer Holy Body]?”
Yuan Zhu: “No, I prefer to call it the [Great Holy Grail Body]!”
