Poison God's Heritage

Chapter 711: Symbio Metal

Astonishingly, the metal that made the cauldron was something that I had thought to not exist in the beyond. But taking a closer look, it was in fact not.

It was made of a very similar material to the rock formation pillars. But it was a bit different. If the rock formation was iron, the cauldron itself was like steel.

The base is the same, but something was added to it. And I need to figure out what that something is.

But that was not my worry for now, since I needed to understand what the full inscription inside the cauldron even meant.

Setting up a cipher for the strange letters was easy. Since it's all systematic, it only took me about half a day to figure out what each letter meant. Using basic mathematical and arithmetic theory I was able to deduce every letter and how it is used.

Though I only had a small sample to work with in this cauldron, the fact that the letters themselves were used multiple times all over it allowed me to understand them.

I then began applying the formulas and was able to finally come up with a working inscription that allowed spatial extension and contraction.

Meaning, I managed to figure out how to enlarge a space and contract it. Which was the only fully functional formation on the cauldron. The second formation which was spatial displacement was missing a few key letters that's why it would cost an insane amount of Qi to operate.

So, I wasn't going to tamper with that for the time being. Only after I fully understood the functionality of this new language.

I then began applying the formation on a piece of Neutron Steel which was one of the toughest metals I own. However, the entire thing immediately collapsed upon itself the moment the inscription was finished.

The power of the inscription was more than capable of fully collapsing even Neutron Steel which was already extremely durable.

"It seems that the inscription is too powerful to be applied to something like this…"

I called one of the puppets who were working on carving the metallic rock formation and asked it to bring me several kilos of the material to work with.

Once I placed them in front of me, I began by applying the formation on a piece of this metal. The moment I was done with inscribing it, I activated it by using a bit of my Qi, only to notice that some of my mental power, although minuscule was also sucked out of me.

The metallic bar however immediately shrunk while keeping its structure. It still looked like a steel bar, but it was just a dozen times tinier.

However, the metal bar soon fractured and broke apart, and the pieces which were linked by the metallic formation soon grew back to their original size.

"This is very interesting," I muttered to myself.

I propped out the cauldron to further inspect it. And the more I look at it the more confusing it became.

the entire thing was actually not made of a single piece of metal.

Using my divine sense, I was able to look far deeper into the cauldron, far past the inscription and into the seams of the cauldron itself. At almost a microscopic level I was able to see tens of millions of small cubes, the same as the ones the Blue Sun had printed on all of the cultivators here.

These small metallic cubes were what created this cauldron, set next to each other like a… tissue. Like an organic tissue, only made of cubes. And once I applied a small bit of Qi on them, they absorbed it inside them.

However, due to the crack in the cauldron, the energy that was absorbed dispersed immediately.

This begs the question, if the energy one needs to use the cauldron's ability to change places is exhausted, where does the energy needed to enlarge or shrink the cauldron come from?

Upon further inspection, I noticed a small group of cubes in the center of the cauldron's bottom, it was different from the rest of the cubes. These were darker in color, and by applying Qi on them, they absorbed it and didn't transfer it anywhere else.

I kept my eyes on that group of cubes and pressed the enlarged function of the cauldron. The small group of dark-colored cubes instantly released energy from within themselves to the rest of the cubes. And soon, the small cell-sized cubes began growing and growing until the entire cauldron almost broke my laboratory. I stopped the cauldron and shrunk it back.

I took notes of all that happened.

The cauldron itself was made of cubes that are affected by Qi.

Each cube has an inscription on it which altered its size and its position.

The energy inside the cauldron is too volatile due to the large crack and the missing cubes. Experience the adventure on m|vl_em|p_yr

And the formation to do spatial displacement is missing a few key pieces to fully function.

Thanks to the cypher, I could easily deduce the missing formation.

Since I didn't have the materials needed to repair the cube, I thought of something else.

Why not recreate the same spatial displacement formation?

Seeing as how this metal is able to absorb not only Qi but mental power to function, means that it's pretty special. Almost as if it is alive.

"I wonder how making a puppet made of this metal would look like…" but I immediately removed the thought from my mind. The number of cubes I'll need to make something like that will be astronomical.

I'd need to have at least a few hundred of those metallic rock formation composites dug out. Which isn't the worst idea in the world.

For now, I began by cutting the metal into thumb sized cubes.

Which was surprisingly easy, the metal was as mellow as gold. But once exposed to Qi, it becomes harder than diamond.

So cutting it was the easy part.

And after I was done cutting a few thousand pieces of equal size, I began inscribing them with the size changing formation.