Chapter 66: The MoYun Vine Submits

Luo Feng reached out and caught the silver glint, lowering it into his palm to reveal an ordinary silver ring.

He was far too familiar with spatial rings. After all, didn't Bai's usual methods involve spatial storage? Moreover, Bai's storage technique could even store living creatures, making it vastly superior to this spatial ring given by Babata, which could only hold lifeless objects.

However, once I possess it, I won't need to trouble Bai every time I want to store some everyday items... Luo Feng thought to himself.

"Spatial rings are extremely precious in the universe. You can merge this one directly into your skin. For now, first channel your spiritual Nian-energy into it and leave your spiritual imprint. Once you do that, only you will ever be able to open and use this ring," Babata reminded him from the side.

Following Babata's instructions, Luo Feng first imprinted his spiritual mark, and then, with a single thought, the silver ring on his finger melted like quicksilver, blending seamlessly into his skin in a rather wondrous display.

Luo Feng sensed the inner spatial dimensions of the ring: approximately 612 meters in length, 521 meters in width, and 108 meters in height.

"The space is so small," Luo Feng thought to himself.

With this amount of space, a few larger king-level monsters would completely fill it up.

On the other side, seeing Luo Feng lost in thought without speaking, Babata assumed he was stunned by the vastness of the spatial ring and immediately spoke with a smug tone, "Well? Isn't the space inside the ring huge?"

"Yeah..." Luo Feng replied quietly.

This was because, just a moment ago, after analyzing the structure of the spatial ring, Bai Chen had expended a tiny fraction of energy to expand the ring's internal space 'just a little bit.'

It now possessed a cubic capacity of one kilometer in length, width, and height.

The overall spatial volume had expanded by more than 29 times.

It wasn't that it couldn't be expanded further; it was simply that Bai Chen felt no need to waste the energy. This space was already more than enough for Luo Feng to store his personal belongings. If he ever truly felt it wasn't enough in the future, Bai Chen could always expend more energy to expand it at any time.

Of course, the energy consumed for this would be billed to little Luo's personal account... Usually, minor expenses were charged to little Luo's tab, while major expenditures, crucial investments, or costs beyond Luo Feng's personal means were the only ones for which Bai Chen would willingly tap into reserve energy. On this matter, Bai Chen and Luo Feng had essentially reached a tacit understanding.

"What kind of attitude is that?" Babata bared its teeth and gnashed them in frustration at Luo Feng's lukewarm, perfunctory response, roaring, "Do you have any idea how difficult it is to forge a storage artifact? You literally have to carve out a patch of space and fuse it into a vessel! In the universe, ordinary Universe-level powerhouses usually only possess storage items with tiny spaces. If those powerhouses found out you had this ring, your little life would be forfeit!"

"Is it really that precious?" Luo Feng paused. Having watched Bai effortlessly expand the spatial ring by dozens of times, he had assumed that while spatial rings were valuable, they were nothing special.

Now it seemed he had fallen into a misconception—or rather, having grown accustomed to Bai's omnipotence, he had started taking things that should have been utterly shocking completely for granted.

"You, oh you, you really are a clueless blockhead." Babata shook its head, torn between exasperation at Luo Feng's personality and sheer speechlessness.

Sighing, Babata figured it had just wanted to flex a little and vent fifty thousand years of loneliness and emptiness; why did such a simple endeavor have to be so mentally exhausting?

"Come, let's go store the 'Cloud-Contact Vine' I've kept inside the spaceship."

Too lazy to show off in front of Luo Feng any longer, Babata bluntly stated, "Powerful beings in the universe generally cultivate plant-type lifeforms as their companions. The Cloud-Contact Vine is one such plant lifeform, and a powerful one favored by cosmic powerhouses and their disciples alike. Your teacher possessed a Cloud-Contact Vine cultivated all the way to the Immortals realm, and that vine protected your teacher through numerous life-or-death crises."

While explaining, Babata led Luo Feng to a room where two two-to-three-meter-tall Cloud-Contact Vine saplings stood in the center.

"Choose one and start the blood-binding ritual. The Cloud-Contact Vine you choose will likely accompany you for the rest of your life, just like me... Though, according to the master's orders, for me to acknowledge you as my master, you'll have to wait until you reach the Domain Lord level," Babata said with a hint of emotion, its expression somewhat complex.

Luo Feng nodded. It was completely normal for a inheritance to have trials; not only did Babata's ownership have conditions, but to claim the wealth left by senior Huyan Bo in the Universe Galaxy Bank, he also needed to reach the 'Star Traveler level,' 'Universe level,' and 'Domain Lord level' respectively.

Watching Luo Feng select a Cloud-Contact Vine, Babata couldn't help but say, "I originally planned to casually cultivate one of these vines and use it as bait to lure Earth's powerhouses to gather here. But since you arrived here by a twist of fate, accepted the inheritance, and became my master's pupil, well..."

"Can't I bind both of them?" Hearing Babata's previous explanation, Luo Feng had realized just how precious and powerful the Cloud-Contact Vine was, prompting him to ask.

"...What are you dreaming about? Do you have any idea how much wealth is required to nurture a single plant-type lifeform? Nurturing that Cloud-Contact Vine to the Immortal level cost your master fully half of his accumulated wealth! The fortune it consumed is more expensive than the F-grade pure metal spaceship beneath your feet!!" Babata rolled its eyes, utterly speechless at Luo Feng's greed.

"Listen to Babata first. Bind one to yourself, and leave the remaining one for me to experiment on."

Bai Chen's voice suddenly echoed in Luo Feng's mind.

Since Bai had directly given the answer, Luo Feng hesitated no longer. With a single thought, he manipulated the flying knife separated from the Soaring Sky Shuttle to slice open his wrist.

The sharp blade parted Luo Feng's skin, and blood mixed with pale golden specks gushed out, landing upon the Cloud-Contact Vine sapling on the left. The vine reacted as if it had encountered some supreme tonic, greedily sucking down the blood.

Babata, watching from the side, froze in shock. Pale golden blood?

If it remembered correctly, human blood on Earth was red, wasn't it?

Could it be that Luo Feng possessed some special bloodline?

However, Babata had to temporarily suppress this question. The most important matter right now was the cultivation of the Cloud-Contact Vine. A blood-red, grape-like fruit suddenly materialized out of thin air, dropping directly onto the sapling that was currently drinking blood. The vine immediately extended numerous slender tendrils to wrap around it, covering and absorbing it entirely.

Streaks of blood-red lightning began to crackle and dance across the body of the Cloud-Contact Vine sapling.

Luo Feng stood nearby, watching while listening to Babata's explanation: "The initial cultivation of a Cloud-Contact Vine is crucial. What it devours during its first feeding determines its future developmental potential. The fruit I used is called the Life Fruit, an extremely precious fruit used specifically for nurturing plant-type lifeforms."

Within the spatial dimension, Bai Chen looked thoughtfully at the Cloud-Contact Vine devouring the Life Fruit, but made no move.

There was no help for it; even though he had analyzed the structure of the Life Fruit, the energy reserves he had accumulated were still far too short to enhance it.

An item like the Life Fruit was something ordinary World Lords couldn't even get their hands on. It was extremely rare in the universe, and acquiring one usually required participating in auctions at exorbitant prices.