Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Li Zheng opened his eyes, and Miriel leaned closer with concern, asking, "What just happened?"

Yan Bujin moved too quickly; Miriel only saw a golden light enter Li Zheng's brow, but she couldn't see the true nature of that golden light.

"It's nothing, just a little brat who thinks too highly of himself." Li Zheng felt a bit amused and exasperated. He released Yan Bujin from the Dark Realm and asked, "What were you thinking, trying to possess me?"

After leaving the Dark Realm, the effectiveness of the contract was greatly reduced, and Yan Bujin's eyes regained their sparkle.

He snapped back to his senses, his heart filled with great fear: "This subordinate has been disrespectful, please punish me, my lord!"

wrong!

He roared inwardly, "That's not what I meant to say!"

This person is indeed not an immortal, but a great demon!
He even dared to learn the forbidden technique of Soul Control; this great demon is truly courting death!

"Is this the thing that just ran into your head?" Miriel looked at it curiously for a few moments, then asked in confusion, "It looks like a highly condensed spiritual entity, and... it seems to be much stronger than the nodes we condense."

She asked Li Zheng, "Isn't it similar to your spiritual form?"

Li Zheng nodded absentmindedly: "Yes, almost the same."

At this moment, most of his attention shifted to the Dark Realm. The contract runes that Yan Bujin had just inscribed suddenly lit up and emitted a high temperature that could be clearly perceived by his spiritual body.

He had a premonition that if he didn't stop it, the contract rune would be burned by the high temperature.

"I have so much to say!" Li Zheng looked indifferently at the golden figure and said softly, "I'm giving you a way out, but you won't take it. Don't blame me for being impolite!"

Yan Bujin's heart trembled, and he immediately dissipated the power he had used to break free of the contract, saying dejectedly, "Thank you, my lord, for sparing my life."

Li Zheng's eyes turned cold. He released his spiritual power, condensed it into a needle, and forcefully pricked Yan Bujin's small palm.

Although Yan Bujin was only a "Nascent Soul" left, he had almost all the pain that an ordinary person should have. This time, he was stabbed and his whole body trembled. If he didn't have a physical body, his back would probably be soaked with cold sweat.

"This is a punishment. If you dare to do it again, I will not let you off easily!" Li Zheng shouted sternly, "Remember that?"

When Yan Bujin appeared, he didn't distinguish right from wrong and immediately tried to possess him, which shows that his character is probably not upright. Therefore, Li Zheng felt no psychological pressure at all when he was ruthless towards Yan Bujin.

If Yan Bujin hadn't still harbored secrets that hadn't been uncovered, given Li Zheng's current temperament, he would have crushed Yan Bujin in his mind the moment the possession attempt failed.

"I...I remember!" Yan Bujin nodded repeatedly, feeling extremely remorseful.

He clearly didn't understand the meaning of immortal runes, yet he still rashly tried to inscribe them. Now he's fallen into the opponent's trap. It can only be said that his greed led to this, and he has no one else to blame but himself.

The main problem is that Yan Bujin's current state is too dangerous. His Nascent Soul has lost its physical body and its strength has been greatly reduced. If he encounters other cultivators, let alone Golden Core cultivators, even Core Formation cultivators could capture and refine him.

The refined nascent soul is a great tonic, capable of accelerating the formation and breakthrough of other cultivators' cores.

Therefore, any nascent soul that has lost its physical body will try every means to hide away, and dare not easily appear in the world, not even its closest relatives.

To avoid being refined, these Nascent Soul cultivators can only try to find a way to become a Dissolution Immortal.

Unfortunately, this method is extremely rare in the world. It can only be comprehended when certain powerful beings open their caves or when strange phenomena arise spontaneously in the world. No actual techniques have been passed down.

In other words, there are many Nascent Soul cultivators in the world, and even more who fail to transcend tribulation and disintegrate, but very few who manage to cultivate a Loose Immortal body are truly rare. "I'll make a deal with you." Li Zheng saw through the unspoken thoughts in the words and said calmly, "As long as you follow me from now on and cooperate with me in researching some spiritual bodies... that is, the key points of Nascent Soul cultivation, if there is an opportunity in the future, it's not impossible for me to create a physical body for you."

"Sculpting the physical body?"

Yan Bujin subconsciously didn't believe it. He had already suffered a loss once, how could he fall twice in the same place? So even with the contractual restrictions, he still had doubts about Li Zheng.

"That's a true divine technique, can you do it?"

"I can't, but someone can."

Li Zheng smiled slightly, took out the inscription card and sent a message to the terminal: "Something's up, take me to the central hub!"

He then enveloped Yan Bujin with a wave of his hand, and in a flash, he appeared in the central hub.

The terminal seemed to be in a bad mood, and said impatiently, "What nonsense do you have now? I've reached a critical stage in my research and need to keep a close eye on it. If it fails, are you going to take responsibility?"

"What kind of experiment is so important?... Never mind, whatever the experiment is, let's put it aside for now and show you something fun." Li Zheng opened his arms, his words seemingly endless.

"what is this?"

"What is this?"

Both the terminal and Yan Bujin pointed at each other in surprise, exclaiming, "It can actually talk!?"

"Nascent Soul?" The terminal recalled a term.

"A spirit?" Yan Bujin used a term he could understand to describe the terminal.

"Huh?" Yan Bujin's expression suddenly shifted, then he looked extremely surprised and turned to look at Li Zheng: "This artifact spirit looks exactly like the master. Is this the master's magic weapon?"
"And my lord, you clearly have your own appearance, so why could I only see my own image in your spirit just now?"

He muttered to himself, recalling a rumor he had heard when he first started cultivating.

It is said that some people in the world have special constitutions, and those with special constitutions are often able to get ahead in the path of cultivation and shine brightly.

One type of physique is considered the most superior, capable of being compatible with any cultivation method, and the resulting primordial spirit is like a mirror, reflecting the appearance of others.

This constitution is called: the Formless Body!

It is said that those with the Formless Body are favored by the Heavenly Dao. As long as they can overcome difficulties and obstacles in the process of cultivation, they will eventually become prodigies who ascend to the Immortal Realm!

"I almost possessed a Formless Body?" Yan Bujin muttered, filled with resentment. "Why? Why is he so strong? The Formless Body! The Formless Body!!!"

The contract runes started to heat up again. Li Zheng knew that Yan Bujin must have a rebellious streak. He immediately gathered his spiritual power, swung it around, and slapped the other party hard across the face, waking Yan Bujin up.

Yan Bujin covered his face and shuddered, quickly suppressing the inappropriate thoughts in his mind, and dared not utter a sound.

"Did you pull this idiot out of the box?" The terminal stared at him for a moment. "Did you interrogate him? Where did he come from?"

“I asked him, and he’s illiterate. He doesn’t even understand the concepts of planets and universes.” Li Zheng explained briefly, then said, “I’m starting to doubt that he’s an intelligent species in this universe.”

“He’s definitely not!” Terminal said with certainty. “Because the Blue Planet people are the last remaining intelligent race in this universe. If they are also wiped out, this universe will be completely finished. The survivors of all races can only eke out a living in the Matrix and the outer city, waiting for the day of complete annihilation.”