Those five old n, had left with their dying wills. For so, I can feel the slightest remnant of consciousness. Nothing that would take over my body, but sothing that would just be a tie into another place. The place where they went to, to be specific.
They all had a variety of wishes; things they wanted to see or do, that they now have to pass on to soone else.
Heres what they were:
The first old man was a normal, but frankly materially focused individual.
He collected so much wealth and items, but had pushed away anyone that he could trust to give it to. In the end, he was killed and snatched up, with no one to grab his stuff. As a stubborn peak core formation elder, he had even managed to hide this in the darkest corners of his soul, from the demonic cultivator. He doesnt want soone random to get it, so he leaves the code to bypass his remnant will left there to guard it.
Im a bit wary of this, as its pretty clich. However, everything checks out with the scan and motive. He literally had a chance to be resurrected, as I told him as much, along with the group. He chose to move on and leave this to .
Nonetheless, that doesnt an his remnant will, will feel the sa. Or anyone else coveting his treasures.
Moving on the second guy, then.
The second old guy just wants to see his son, one last ti. He cared deeply for him and considered him his heart. His son was abandoned by his mother and they grew up together, until coming into a golden opportunity at a minor sect. They lived well with the son reaching qi condensation and the old man foundation establishnt, until the old man was captured hundreds of years ago by the cultivator.
When and if I find his son, he will look out from my soul place, with his lingering consciousness and leave from there.
The third man was more of a mystic. Soone who cultivated to achieve deeper insights into himself and others. All he wants is for people to see the painting and music combination he would have made.
Alas, he never got to finish either of them.
He gives the information on painting and music that he would have used on the artworks, so I could finish it for him. Hes the only one to give sothing up front, that I could use.
A wealth of information on both subjects filled and was absorbed into my subconscious, before suddenly shutting off. If not for my experience with the scan, I might have been overwheld, but I am quickly able to compartntalize the information. Not only that, but when I need it in the future, Ill be able to pull it right up without issue.
While that man was only a foundation establishnt cultivator, the quality and effects of his work reach just beyond the range of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Its so high, that even touches slightly into the realm of arrays, with what it could provide to its viewers/listeners.
The fourth gentleman, just wanted to make sure his grandkids and their kids were doing alright. That when I et up with them, he would give a phrase that would remind them that he loved them dearly.
The last old man had the saddest wish. He just wanted to take his wife to the ocean, sothing they always talked about doing, but the constant drum of cultivation drew them away. Made them put it off for another day.
He wants to feel the sand on his fingers, while holding her hand and singing a song to her. To watch the sunset, one last ti with her. To tell her that he loves her like no other. To live her life happily and with soone she cares about.
Hell be able to feel through my hands, speak through my voice, and see through my eyes, if I allow him.
Other than the first guy, each of these people have a forlorn wish, that they desperately wanted fulfilled. They have no power to take my body over or constantly watch what I do (I checked), but are still able to see so things when I et so conditions.
While I wont make these wishes a priority I still want to do them. As long as I can make sure Im safe, Ill give it a shot.
Its just the right thing to do.
My mind drifts for quite a while after contemplating these wishes and thoughts.
Ultimately, I move on. Considering these wishes of these n and solidifying my resolve to finish my own.
Before I leave the soul space, I stop and think for a bit.
Do I really want to leave this space, without any assurances there is at least the barest hint of a handle on whats here?
Definitely not.
With this in mind, I send out the bare minimum taming contract, covering the swamp, air, and fog with it. My scan covers it, but only in the sense of identifying entities.
To my surprise, I get several pings that are extraordinarily tiny and ethereal.
All the creatures that ca through from mysterious realms were devoured. I did make an assumption, though.
Devoured doesnt an they are gone
So of those creatures were eldritch like beings, more similar to Dana, but different. These are more unfathomable than most things, so even sending out a contract doesnt exactly work, as their ways of thinking are different. This is part of why these creatures didnt accept the contract. They would go on regardless of my choices.
Now I know their nature, I could actually get rid of them. My scan identifies each one and though it would take ti, I could toss them as a group back through the portal with the Lings help.
This is an opportunity, though. As they are part of what is making this swamp grow well.
If allowed to stay here, they will get consud by the growing swamp and spawn more creatures. They are fine with this, for so reason.
So, I decide to lock in on the form their assistance to the swamp will take. Making sure that whatever is spawned, remains sowhat under my control.
Too much complexity in a contract wont work with these guys, so I change the contract to a simpler, mutually beneficial version. Still solid in legalese, but not as much to convey.
Simply put, theyll guide the growth of the swamp in a positive direction for myself and not seek to hurt or those I care about. As their human type intelligence grows, they can make adjustnts. When they expire, the contract will deepen for their children, improving cultivation, as per the normal contracts. It will transform into the normal contract that I have for my tad creatures that were raised from simple creatures.
Seems weighted heavily towards , but it seems there is a reason for this. Things are more random for these creatures. This provides a baseline. It also seems to be sothing that isnt translated in human ways of thinking. Sothing close to propagation, but not exactly.
These guys are very close to the amount of intelligence that humans have, just different. The contract has a small base level cost to add human type of thinking to their type of intelligence over ti, which includes empathy. My scan wont give much information on this, but does show that it should be a safe/good action.
The combined cost on this is crazy low, even less than my other tas. Mostly because of the tis theyre speaking of, which is several hundred years or so. So, I approve my side of the contract and they theirs. I feel the slightest twinge to sothing bigger, but it disappears almost instantly without a trace.
With the contract in place I see no change in the swamp.
It continues as before.
Well. At least, Im doing so prevention. Now I have sowhat of a care taker for this place and while the swamp would already be optimized/purified, I can target how things progress now.
Before I leave, I use an extra two months ti to look into quite a few things, to give a deeper understanding of different concepts and of Privilon.
This is the ti I didnt have before. And Id be a fool not to use it.
Theres still danger in this, though, as Im completely helpless in the real world. For another 10 minutes.
I focus on filling in gaps in my skills and knowledge. Anything that could have been a bad idea to look into, I didnt.
I also realized that the lifespan contract for the eldritch creatures that had hundreds of years in it would be much shorter in real life. Less than a month of real ti, actually. Probably should have thought that one out, but still beneficial as there is succession/dostication built into the contract.
But in this period, I expanded in myself with the scan the breadth of skills that I didnt know on Earth and here on Privilon. Things like wine tasting, what to look for in clothing, and other cultural skills. Unfortunately, I didnt have the ti to go in-depth. My knowledge, is wide with a decent amount of depth.
The goal for this is to increase my ease for different situations. Despite the dangers of this world, people have different interests which keeps them happy and going. So, the more ways I can naturally connect with people, the better.
I also, of course, went over the skills and abilities Ive acquired from the evil cultivator. Simple arrays, talismans, and secret alchemical recipes. Things that would be difficult to find and extrely painful with the scan. These took the most ti, as I had to sort through countless evil knowledge to find sothing I wouldnt feel completely terrible about using.
Fighting against that cultivator provided firsthand knowledge from my exposure to his soul. A boon in any sense of the word.
Sadly, even the good stuff has so trolling aspects to it. Ill have to limit my usage of any of it. This will mainly be for making ntal connections when exposed to it officially. If going through a truth test, Ill honestly be able to say I didnt steal this, as our souls were technically sharing knowledge. Thats also a downside, though, because that infers that Im deeply connected to demonic cultivators.
The last thing I do, is allow the Bie You Ling to reside here with a long term and low mana contract that has even stricter restrictions than the normal taming ones. They accepted gladly and promise to be good servants for their Master. To grow strong, so they can be of use to .
Calling Master gave tingles.
With the level of security in that version of the contract, I feel completely safe healing them completely and giving them so cultivation tips, that I gained from the scan. They are actually at the foundation establishnt tier, but with the healing and a detailed description of the inner working of their bodies and how it works, they will be able to more effectively progress through their cultivation.
The looks they gave after it, made feel like I need to leave or sothing great would happen to .
With these completed, I end up taking a last look around, knowing it will be a long while before I can return to this soul space, before jumping back into the real world.
The soft sounds of two people talking co to my ears, as I erge from the soul space.
Look at him Even though hes not moving and his face looks like a blank slate, those wolves are cowering before him.
He seems so imposing like that, almost as if hes about to fly into the air. How does he maintain such stillness? I dont even think hes breathing
Dont disturb him, this might be one of the ways hes trained that crazy body of his.
Ooo, maybe well get benefits by sharing this thod with the Huang Clan. The magnanimous senior must be showing us this, to have us to spread it
I awake to these words and realize that while my ti in the soul space was three months and should have translated to 15 minutes, my adjustnt from coming out of that space took much longer.
My body had stood straight up and assud a T-Pose in the ti that I was in the soul space and then coming out of it, for a total of 3 hours of real ti.
The final pack of wolves that were originally hunting the fallen people around have their backs against the ground and belly exposed towards , with their legs dangling in the air. They are laying down in a circle around .
I can feel the amused gaze of one of the cultivators watching over the proceedings on .
How the hell am I supposed to explain this?
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