In the secret world.
Ram knew that he had a lot of time here, so he took out the ancient copper bowl he had traded with the leader of the wooden village.
Name: Ancient Copper Bowl
Quality: Basic/Divine
It's an ancient copper bowl that has been corroded due to improper handling over time, and some of its properties have been lost and can't be used. When this copper bowl was fully operational, it had the quality of the divine and could store the purest form of prana of any particular area, and the cultivator could use this prana directly without any further refining through any cultivation method. Now the bowl is only of basic quality and can still hold the purest prana inside it, but the quantity has been reduced and it cannot be used for cultivation directly. This bowl is still not useless; it can still be restored to its previous state after letting it absorb various pranas.
Ram saw this description and smiled. When he first saw this product during the trade, he knew that due to the supreme truth eye, the real value of this product and time were what he had, as he could store this product in the secret world and let it be recovered to its original state over time.
Then he took out the Spiritual Cultivation Scroll that he had just gotten from the system and tore it.
Whoosh…
The golden light came out of the scroll and entered his mind. He closed his eyes for a few seconds to absorb the full information, then soon opened his eyes and sighed.
"So I was right. It is just like getting a beast and making a mutual equal contract with it, and then the cultivator and the beasts could cultivate together on a single path."
Ding!
"Host, you are not entirely right; it's not only a beast; it could also be spirits, ghosts, or a weapon, and it could even be a particular element."
Ram nodded, though he said beast, but he understood from the scroll that there was basically any thing or being that could be used for the equal contract, and he also understood that before he makes a contract or even thinks in that direction, he first needs to see other spiritual cultivators in action, as there was only one contract that could be made for life, and if the contracted beast or thing died, the cultivator's cultivation journey on the same path would be stopped. The cultivator would have to choose either to stay at the same cultivation level for the rest of his life or switch to another type of cultivation and begin from scratch.
"System, I remember you saying that most people prefer spiritual cultivation; with this major drawback, why do cultivators even prefer to go down that path? At least they could try some other cultivation."
"Host, though there is a major drawback to this cultivation, it is also to be noted that the cultivator and his contracted spirit would cultivate together on the same path, so it's like two people cultivating together in the same body. So this is one of the reasons why the cultivation speed here is so fast compared to other types of cultivation, but the main reason is that most of the cultivators are only able to cultivate using this method; they do not have the choice, only through some Heavenly treasure, are they able to switch to other types of cultivation after their spiritual cultivation is abolished."
After hearing this, he felt his confusion clear, but he still wanted to see something before he thought of getting into spiritual cultivation. He felt spiritual cultivation was like a double-edged sword; if he was not careful, it could harm him.
He then took out the marble ball and observed it for some time. After ignoring what the Supreme Truth's eyes were displaying, he entirely focused on the design and the details of the marble ball, and after spending a few days in the secret world on this task, he was sure about how this thing worked.
"System, correct me if I am wrong. Isn't this heat marble ball a normal piece of jewellery that has somehow fire law inserted in it?"
"Host, you are a genius." But if you had focused on the information provided by the Supreme Truth Eyes, this much was available."
Ram heard the system, ignored its sarcastic comment, and continued
"So my guess is that Blazing Ice Queen used a fire law on something and inserted it inside this marble ball and stopped the fire law from destroying this marble ball, yet the fire law continued to generate heat."
"Host, you are right, and I am sure this shouldn't have taken a few days to figure it out."
Ram disrupted the system and continued.
"And is it some kind of rune technique used?"
"Yes, host it due to the rune technique."
"It should be more than one rune, I am guessing." One for holding the fire law, one for stopping it from destroying the marble ball, and maybe one even for making this hot marble ball be able to be carried easily even after containing the fire law."
"Yes, host, there are multiple runes on this product."
Ram waited for some time, then waited more, and then said
"System, shouldn't I get some Rune knowledge scroll for figuring this out?"
Ding!
"Congratulations, host! You are rewarded with 'nothing'."
"What? Why? Didn't I just figure out the rune being used here on this product?"
"Host, I think you are mistaken; just because you know that there is a rune used on a product doesn't get you the Knowledge Scroll; you need to see the rune being created or being used in action."
He raised his lips into a thin, sinister smile after hearing this. At last, he had figured out the way to trigger the knowledge scroll; even if he is wrong today, he at least now knows how to get the scroll.
"System, I understand you, but can you explain then why I got the spiritual cultivation scroll? I never saw it in action; I only heard that Prakhar used this cultivation method to take the hot marble ball from me."
"Host, due to your cultivation technique, you were already cultivating the spiritual; you just needed a single spark of information about what it is or what it is being used for to trigger the knowledge scroll."
Ram nodded after listening to the system, and now he was absolutely sure about how to trigger the knowledge scroll; at least he would be able to control this to a higher degree.
He, after taking some time to process all that he had learned just now, said:
STATUS.