Everyone's on a time-travel adventure! I'm raising city beasts in a post-apocalyptic world

Lin Feng stroked his chin. Just looking at these things was awe-inspiring and incomprehensible. These mysterious things could actually be artificially crafted. This was gathering the essence of heaven and earth to create a magical treasure to suppress all the heavens.

What kind of world is this? The origins of these things, which are called strange objects, are all more frightening than the last.

And this lineage... something just doesn't seem right. Aside from a basic cultivation method called "Qi Gathering," it only contains techniques for gathering various types of Qi, as well as methods for creating corresponding items using the gathered Qi. Moreover, these Qi can be cut off after being refined, which is very confusing.

Lin Feng closed his eyes again and reviewed the inherited content in his mind once more. The cultivation method was fine, the crafted items were reasonable, and the cultivation steps and problems encountered were clearly marked. There were no traps, and everything seemed perfect. But that was the problem: it was too perfect.

Suddenly, Lin Feng realized that the price to pay for repairing this thing was far beyond what one person could accomplish. It would probably take hundreds of millions of people and countless years to repair this Ziwei Star Palace.

That would require a huge amount of effort to build other palace complexes, and what if the palaces were to disappear after they were repaired?

Thinking of this, Lin Feng opened his eyes, a thought forming in his mind.

"contract!!!"

The Beast Taming talent emerged from the depths of his consciousness, and the invisible power of the contract silently permeated every part of the Star Palace's floor and walls. At the core of the Star Palace, that power of the contract touched a faint but very clear consciousness.

It was the guy who had just sent him the message. The guy tried to avoid it, but the drop of blood on the chair seemed to be the medium. When he recognized Lin Feng as his master, he was already branded with Lin Feng's mark, and now he had no way to avoid it.

"What are you doing? Stop!" A wave of emotion surged from the consciousness, carrying instinctive resistance and panic, but the power of the contract had already bound it. The voice changed from urgent to angry, "No...don't do this...stop! Do you know what you're doing?"

The voice clearly reached Lin Feng's mind, but it grew weaker and weaker towards the end. After a moment, the resistance completely subsided, and Lin Feng could already sense the presence of the other end of the contract.

With a thought, Lin Feng saw a phantom appear before him. It was a young girl dressed in a magnificent palace gown, her dress layered and dazzling like starlight. The cuffs and collar were embroidered with golden patterns, and her long hair reached her waist, with a strand held up by a white jade hairpin.

She was formed from a semi-transparent halo, with a slender figure. She first looked at her hands, then looked up at Lin Feng, her expression indescribably complex.

"You... you actually signed a primordial contract with me?" Her tone was full of resentment and disbelief.

"It's over, it's over, if you die I'll die too..."

"I knew something was wrong." Lin Feng pulled the girl out and sat her down in a chair. "How could such a treasure not be coveted? Tell me, what are you up to? Make me your laborer to repair the palace?"

The girl turned her head away and refused to pay attention to him.

Lin Feng waited a few seconds, then threatened, "Speak quickly, or I'll force you to lie on the ground and say it."

The girl's shoulders visibly trembled, and she finally turned her head back unwillingly: "I didn't lie to you. I am the spirit of this Ziwei Palace, and my inheritance is real. My master has long since perished, and my purpose in asking you to repair the palace is also real. I will assist you throughout this process."

Her voice lowered slightly at the end: "But after the repairs are complete... I plan to... I plan to escape into the void and find my master..."

"Didn't your master perish? What are you looking for?"

The girl resumed her self-righteous tone: "That's impossible. My master's power overwhelms countless worlds. Even if he perishes, he still has a chance to be reincarnated and cultivate again. What if?"

Hearing this, Lin Feng said irritably, "You ungrateful wretch! I worked so hard to build your palace, and you want to run away with all my hard work? Your master must have vanished long ago!"

"The master cannot completely disappear," the girl's voice suddenly rose, her eyes widening as if she would pounce on Lin Feng and bite him if he said anything bad again.

Lin Feng looked at her serious, almost stubborn expression, paused for a moment, and changed the subject.

"What's your name?"

The girl was stunned, not expecting Lin Feng to suddenly ask this question. She lowered her eyes, somewhat saddened, as if recalling something: "Sister Ziwei called me Ziling'er!"

"Zi Ling'er?" Lin Feng stared at her for two seconds. "Your master is a woman?"

Zi Ling'er glared at her: "What kind of look is that? Take that lewd gaze away."

"My master is a great emperor who suppresses all the heavens, not someone a nobody like you can covet."

Lin Feng shrugged: "I just want to ask you one question, why are you reacting so strongly? What if you're going to be an extremely ugly woman for the rest of your life?"

"That's impossible! Sister Ziwei's beauty is unparalleled in all the heavens..."

"Alright, alright," Lin Feng said, seeing her sullen expression, and decided not to tease her anymore.

"I know about your situation. Now I'm telling you, you can't possibly take advantage of me. This strange object is mine now, and no one can take it away. If you dare to run, I'll make sure you never find Ziwei's reincarnation in this lifetime."

"However, if you work hard for me, I might be able to help you find people. I might even be able to provide cultivation resources. What do you say?"

In the end, Lin Feng still offered her a pie in the sky.

"Really? If you're willing to help my master, Sister Ziwei, I'll tell you how to use this Star Palace. Its abilities are beyond your imagination."

"Okay, deal."

Lin Feng readily agreed, "Then tell me first, what is the most lacking material for this palace, and what's the fastest way to get it?"

"Furthermore, I think the cost of the repair is astronomical. Can the cultivation method of gathering Qi and those techniques be popularized? If they can be popularized, then things will be much easier."

Lin Feng's idea was to mobilize everyone in Xuanfeng City to help him collect essence to repair the palace. Lin Feng had just looked at the Ziwei Star Palace after the contract, and it was not impossible to repair it by consuming evolution points, but the amount required would be astronomical.

While it's possible to use regular evolution points, it would require 1 million points to repair a single building. Unlike beast taming, this thing doesn't have levels. The complete Ziwei Star Palace is laid out with the stars of the celestial sphere, with 365 main halls, 14800 secondary palaces, and a vast number of other buildings. How could anyone afford that?

Lin Feng waited for a while, but Zi Ling'er still hadn't spoken.

"What? Is it not allowed?"

"Of course it's feasible. This Qi-gathering technique has a causal restriction. As long as you're willing, you can pass it on to others and have your people help you gather Qi. You can then sit back and enjoy the benefits. As long as it's a living thing, it can be practiced, and basically everyone can master it. However, it depends on aptitude, and the power of the techniques that each person can cultivate is different. Some people are suitable for gathering the essence of the earth, while their efficiency in gathering other things is very low..."