Chapter 63: Wasting Heaven’s Resources?

AhHHHH! The sharp scream came from Shang Xi, and Shang Xia tripped over himself as he tossed the sword in his hand to the side and ran back up the pavilion.

When he arrived, Shang Ke, Shang Quan, and Yan Qi were already present.

They wanted to barge into the room when Shang Xis enraged voice rang through the air. You little brat! How dare you waste precious resources?!

Shang Xia heaved a sigh of relief after noticing that nothing was wrong.

Shang Quan and Yan Qi gasped in shock while Shang Ke shook his head helplessly. It seemed as though there was no hiding Shang Xias secret anymore.

Yan Nier seemed to be in a state of extreme fright when they entered. Shang Xi was holding the nest in her hand and the little bird was chirping desperately at it.

Shang Xi couldnt be bothered with the little bird as she glared at Shang Xia who just entered the room.

Forcing a smile, Shang Xia asked, Aunt, what What is going on?

You Do you not know how precious the Rain Swallow Fur is?! How dare you make it into a nest?! Shang Xi snapped.

Shang Ke moved quickly as he approached Shang Xis side. He looked at the ball of fur in the nest and his eyes widened in shock.

Shang Quan walked over and his lips trembled uncontrollably. They thought her screams had something to do with the appearance of the Mutated Rain Swallow but from the looks of it, it was something way more important.

Behind Shang Xia, Yan Qi was also craning his neck to look into the nest.

It really is a ball of Rain Swallow Fur Its huge! Shang Quan rubbed his fist together as though he was about to pluck out the entire ball from the nest. His actions were met with aggressive chirps from Yan Nier.

Shang Ke coughed lightly, Ahem, we expected as much, but didnt think that the brat would be able to gather such a huge ball of it so quickly

Shang Xi looked at Shang Ke and asked, Fifth Uncle, what do you mean?

This little brat showed off in front of Yan Suer, Ji Wenlong, Shang Bing, Yun Yishi, and myself back at the Spiritual Swallow Peak. He brought out an entire flock of Mutated Rain Swallows. All of us expected him to gather a bunch of Rain Swallow Fur eventually.

What?! A flock of it?! And you even allowed someone else to see it! Wait a minute Did you say that the little brat summoned it to show off? Shang Xis voice grew higher and higher as she spoke.

In her shock, she handed the nest over to Shang Quan. She reached over to twist Shang Xias ear in a fit of rage. Little brat, look at what you have done now! Our Shang Clan could have kept it all for ourselves Look at what youve done!

Shang Xia gnashed his teeth and cried, Aunt, I was wrong! Can you at least tell me why its so precious?

Shang Xi twisted his ear and snapped, Why? Little brat, werent you always envious of my Embroidered Cloud Case? Youve been scheming to get your hands on it for a while now havent you? Theres no need to come up with weird ideas to obtain it anymore. Now that you have such a huge ball of Rain Swallow Fur, its more than enough to create a massive spatial pouch!

Huh? Shang Xia felt his eyeballs popping out of their sockets. He looked at the ball of fur before looking at the elders standing beside him. Is this what you use to create spatial artifacts?!

Shang Ke smiled at the side, giving Shang Xia the answer he needed.

It didnt take a genius to know that spatial artifacts were extremely rare. As one of the four great clans, the Shang Clan only had three Embroidered Cloud Cases when they pooled everyones resources together.

That was also the reason why Shang Xia had lusted for Shang Xis Embroidered Cloud Case.

It was too bad she never gave him a chance to get his hands on it.

The family had five graded weapons in total and Shang Xi had the authority to let Shang Xia take away two of them to flaunt his wealth in the institution. However, she refused to allow him to get close to the Embroidered Cloud Case.

When Shang Xia saw the look on Shang Xis face, he turned to look at Yan Nier slowly. He didnt know if he should ask his fifth grandpa or someone else, but he eventually decided to get Shang Quan to enlighten him. Uncle Shang, is the Rain Swallow Fur really required to create the Embroidered Cloud Case? What did she mean by a Spatial Pouch?

Shang Quan looked at Shang Xi and saw her turning her face away in a huff and he chuckled, Spatial artifacts are split into different tiers. Rain Swallow Fur is the most important ingredient when creating them.

Shang Quan didnt answer Shang Xias question directly. Instead, he talked about how precious the treasure was before adding, The Embroidered Cloud Case can be split into different grades according to how much space they contain. They are usually one, two, or three cubic feet large. Thats the limit of an Embroidered Cloud Case.

Shang Quan sucked in a long breath before continuing. Shang Xis case is three cubic feet large, and its the largest storage item in our family."

How much Rain Swallow Fur is needed to make that? Shang Xia asked.

Shang Quan waved his hand to dismiss Shang Xias impatience and he continued, If nothing goes wrong, five maces of Rain Swallow Fur is required to create an Embroidered Cloud Case one cubic feet large. One tael of it is required to make an Embroidered Cloud Case two cubic feet large. Two taels of it are required to make one three cubic feet large.

Shang Xia looked at the ball of fur in the nest and saw that it was three taels at the very least. According to what Shang Quan said, that was more than enough to make an Embroidered Cloud Case three cubic feet large.

Hiss

Shang Xia finally understood why Shang Xi was so agitated.

He also realized that he was truly wasting resources.

However, he thought of the other thing Shang Xi mentioned. Whats a Spatial Pouch?!

Calm down. I was just about to explain what it is. A Spatial Pouch is different from an Embroidered Cloud Case. The case is created with the Rain Swallow Fur on the interior, and even though the fur is the most important ingredient, we still require other treasures to create it.

As for a spatial pouch, its created entirely by the Rain Swallow Fur.

Of course, there are also secret techniques involved in the creation process. From what I know, we need to inscribe a tine rune on each thread. These runes will interact with each other to form a massive formation to increase the space contained.

Seeing the look of confusion on Shang Xias face, Shang Quan continued, Theres no need to be surprised. Thats just the outline of it. No one knows if the institution has a complete manual on how to craft one. Even if they do, the craftsmen in the Hundred Profession Pavilion might not be able to do it.

Looking at Shang Xias disappointed expression, Shang Quan continued, Even though its difficult to create a spatial pouch, every single one of them contains five cubic feet of space. Its said that spatial pouches at the peak level would be able to store up to ten cubic feet! An Embroidered Cloud Case is nothing more than a toy in front of it.

Gulping, Shang Xia asked, How much Rain Swallow Fur do we need to make one?

Three taels! Shang Quan chuckled mischievously.

That was the exact amount Shang Xia had!

However, from what they said, creating a single spatial pouch was a difficult task. If they failed Geett the ltest vels on no/v/elbin(.)c/om

When Shang Xia was deciding if he should risk it all to request for a spatial pouch, he sighed softly.

How long does it take to obtain three taels of fur from a flock of Mutated Rain Swallows? Everyone else was shocked by Shang Xias sudden question.

Shang Quan eventually replied, Did you really find this on a cultivator of the Martial Realm?

Shang Xia finally realized how weird it was, but he nodded in affirmation. Yeah.

Once again, he recounted what happened when he obtained the ball of Rain Swallow Fur. He also spoke about the other items he recovered.

Shang Quan shook his head slowly, Even if they were hunted down by our patrol squads, items of such importance would be held by an expert at the Martial Intent Realm or higher! Unless The others didnt know of its existence!

Thats the only possible explanation. We can confirm that the group of cultivators attacked a nest of Mutated Rain Swallows. The fur should have been obtained by the cultivator secretly when rummaging through the Lightning Birds stash. He might or might not know what it was, but he chose to keep it for himself. Shang Xi deduced.

Everyone nodded and seemed to agree with Shang Xis guess.

What do we do now? There isnt an expert capable of creating an Embroidered Cloud Case on the Tongyou Peak Shang Quan spoke while looking at Shang Xia.

Scratching the back of his head, Shang Xia asked uneasily, Since I havent thought of what to do with it, why dont we allow Yan Nier to keep it to incubate her eggs?

Chapter end