[Urvenk Obelisk]
Rank: Radiant
This stone obelisk is a central component of an ancient ritual chamber that has been used for great workings in the past. A powerful human astrologist called Urvenk has taken advantage of the materials and the formations of the ritual chamber to seed planets with life, alter the trajectory of moons and hasten the demise of stars.
The Urvenk Obelisk only comprises a part of the working mechanisms of the ritual chamber.
The System's description of his prize was short and left out a lot of information that Ves really wanted to know.
However, from what Ves could interpret from the description as well as his preliminary examinations of the obelisk, his lottery prize fully met his essential requirements!
Even if this ancient obelisk was not a prize that was at the same level of the Grand Dynamo Elixir, it complemented the Imaginary Universe Method extremely well!
It could improve upon the internal rules and laws of the internal space by ensuring that spiritual energy could replicate the properties of matter.
The Urvenk Obelisk may even be able to increase the efficiency of the energy-to-matter conversion process!
Of course, Ves needed to be able to harness the potential of this object, and he wasn't sure whether he could do so with his homebrew cultivation method.
He spent a few more hours examining the obelisk. He tried to touch and manipulate in several ways.
The obelisk channeled enormous amounts of energies once upon a time, and Ves could vaguely infer what happened by studying the traces and examining the transformed matter.
Too much time had apparently passed for any imprint of this mysterious 'Urvenk' to pass the test of time. Ves could only get a vague impression of this so-called astrologer from the techniques he employed and the characteristics of the remnant energies.
Ves became convinced that Urvenk used to be a True God. This explained why one of his tools transformed so much and became so charged with power.
Age may have caused it to erode and weaken to an extent, but the passing of time also caused its essential properties to become more settled and defined.
Ves could do much with such an ancient relic. He almost found it wasteful to use it up just to activate Blinky's powerful new cultivation method.
He did not change his plans, though.
Perhaps he may be able to get a lot of use out of the Urvenk Obelisk in the short term, but Blinky would be able to provide much greater benefits in the long term!
The sooner Blinky got started in the Imaginary Universe Method, the less Ves had to wait to start earning profits from his companion spirit!
"Let's get this done as soon as possible."
Ves used the information he gained from his examinations to modify and expand his self-created cultivation method. He wanted to ensure that the properties of the Urvenk Obelisk would somehow be able to permeate the entire imaginary universe, thereby making it much easier to form more complex stellar objects and phenomena.
"Energy is everything in this universe." He grinned as he adjusted the parameters of his cultivation method according to his shallow understanding of cultivation and a lot of guesswork. "The absence of matter should not be a reason to deny the formation of stars, planets and even life that completely consists of different forms of spiritual energy."
The line between energy and matter was a little blurred when it came to their spiritual variety. It was actually a lot easier for them to acquire opposing properties.
This offered a lot of convenience to Ves as it became a lot easier to realize his ambitious vision.
Once he completed his adjustments, he went over the entire cultivation method and concluded that he had done the best he could on his own. Ves did not have the experience or theoretical understanding to produce anything better at this time.
"Is this my limit, though?"
Ves recalled that he could obtain a lot of knowledge by ingesting the right enlightenment fruits.
He became a lot more willing to spend big on fruits compared to the past. Not only was he and his clan in considerably greater peril than in the past, but he could also get a lot more use out of different cultivation methods.
What he needed was more templates and components. The examples his mother gave him were not enough. He drooled at the thought of obtaining more sophisticated and multi-layered cultivation methods that contained plenty of inventive processes and techniques!
Ves could deconstruct each of them and selectively make use of useful bits and pieces to construct all kinds of useful cultivation methods for his dependents!
He already had a general idea on what he needed to learn.
"I should grab at least one qi cultivation method, one deity cultivation method and one artifact cultivation method." He resolved. "It would be helpful to pick up stuff related to contract cultivation and body cultivation as well, but it is not completely essential. Each of these methods should be as versatile and general as possible. They should not be too simple, but I don't want them to get muddled up with too much mystical nonsense."
These were harsh demands. Ves did not expect to be able to obtain an ideal set of fruits.
As Ves reached the Tree of Possibilities, he patiently examined all of the fruits that dangled from its branches.
He spotted a few familiar ones that he saw in a different light given all of the changes that took place in his life.
[Puelmer Mid-Level Transphasic Weapon Principles]
Price: 850 Ascension Points
Imparts a comprehensive set of essential theories and design principles related to the most widespread transphasic weapon types mastered by a mid-level weapons engineer of the puelmer race. The knowledge applies to weapons at every scale, from small arms to battleship armaments.
"I want this real bad."
The high price of this enlightenment fruit reflected its value!
Even if exotic radiation would cause a lot of contemporary puelmer technology to become outdated in the medium to long term, the fundamental theories and design principles would still remain highly relevant in a lot of different projects!
Ves did not have to go through the trouble of finding another mech designer who specialized in ranged weapons to develop the Larkinson Clan's next rifleman mech.
He could take care of all of the work himself with the help of this powerful fruit!
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