Chapter 2973 Cheating


    "Oh, is that so?


    All right, then, you can keep them under your control now," Austin replied, both surprised and delighted


    at this revtion.


    He didn''t expect that he could acquire part of his ves'' spiritual soul energy.


    In that sense, the stronger his ves were, the more beneficial it would be for his spiritual soul.


    Austin began to understand why the members of the spiritual race had such strong spiritual souls. He


    also realized how they could dominate the universe by solely relying on their spiritual soul energy.


    The reason was simple. All of the members in this race mastered the secret skill—the Puppet Strings.


    "How dare you use the Puppet Strings to subdue us, Lange? I won''t let you off the hook!"


    The thirteen spirits were livid. They protested, aghast that they their own skill was being used against


    their own race.


    However, no matter how much they struggled, they couldn''t do anything since they were restrained by


    Austin''s spiritual tree.


    After a while, Lange kept the thirteen spirits under his control. He eventually became their master.


    He looked at his ves andughed. He had waited for this moment for a very long time.


    "You had never seen thising, had you?


    Back then, you were so mean to me. You robbed me of cultivation resources and tried to take me out. I


    even had to run away from you.


    Humph! All of you get down on your knees now!" Langemanded. He was in a particrly good


    mood right now, he even allowed a small smile spread through his lips.


    Now that he finally had the chance to retaliate on the people that once bullied him, he felt ted and


    triumphant.


    "Master, please spare us!


    It was all our fault. We shouldn''t have been so mean to you.


    From now on, we will be loyal to you and serve you wholeheartedly!"


    Scared for their life, the thirteen spirits knelt down and begged Lange for mercy.


    Their lives were in his hands. Lange had them by the palm of his hand because they were controlled by


    the Puppet Strings. They had no choice but to swallow their pride and bow before him.


    "You are wrong.


    I''m not your master.


    From now on, this gentleman is your master.


    Pay your respects!"


    Lange boomed on the thirteen spirits.


    ''How could it be possible? He is merely a human brat. Was Lange controlled by this guy?


    That''s impossible! The Puppet Strings is a secret skill specially made for our race. Technically


    speaking, we are the only ones who could master it.


    Even if creatures from other races know how to practice it, they won''t be able to grasp it.''


    Terribly confused with the whole situation, the thirteen spirits ransacked their minds of possible


    reasons.


    Right now, the best course of action was for them to obey Lange. After all, he had their lives at the


    palm of his hands.


    "Master!"


    They all kowtowed before Austin and approached him with utmost respect.


    "How about you? What are you waiting for? You bettere over here and greet your new master, or


    you will suffer grave consequences."


    Lange looked at the creatures in the town and gave them a re.


    There were approximately more than one hundred thousand creatures in the town. All of them were


    ves of the thirteen spirits. And now that the thirteen spirits have pledged allegiance to Lance, the


    rest of them were left with no choice but to answer to him as well. Moreover, Austin was Lange''s


    master.


    Therefore, there was a rigid hierarchy rtionship between them.


    Since Austin outranked them, they all had to serve under hismand.


    The creatures immediatelyprehended the power dynamics between them. Hence, they swarmed


    forward and simultaneously knelt down before Austin.


    "Master!" all the creatures called out in unison, respectfully regarding their new leader.


    Lange, along with the thirteen spirits, also knelt down before Austin.


    "Alright. Rise."


    Austin waved his hand upwards, motioning for his ves to stand back up.


    "Seriously? We haven''t been here that long, and yet you already have followers in this ce?


    Amazing! I can''t believe even the members of the spiritual race have be your ves,"


    the Heavenly Majestic Pot eximed.


    "I had never seen thising as well.


    But the credit is all due to the spiritual tree.


    I didn''t expect that the spiritual tree is a holy tree of their race.


    If I did not have the spiritual tree, I could at most eliminate them instead of keeping them under my


    control.


    Well, I feel like I have cheated in the second test of the Primordial Road with the spiritual tree,"


    Austin quipped.


    "Master, this is rather amusing!


    I can''t believe you gathered this many ves!"


    Violet skimmed her eyes on the people bowing before Austin, and pped her hands together. At this


    rate, they were going to do rank high on the second test as well.


    The gnome, the small infinity beast, the divine silkworm, Suzie and her brother was delighted about


    Austin''s progress in thispetition.


    "All right.


    Hand in all your cultivation resources to your new master,"


    Lange ordered the thirteen spirits.


    "Yes, sir." Without hesitation, the thirteen spiritsplied.


    After a while, the ves exchanged whispers and murmurs as they pointed towards the sky.


    Then, blue crystals fell from the sky like a downpour.


    Mountains of these azure crystals filled the whole town. Everywhere they looked, it was filled with


    shimmering crystals.


    "Spiritual crystals!"


    As heid his eyes on the crystals pouring out like showers from the sky, Austin couldn''t help but feel


    amazed.


    These were spiritual crystals!


    Austin had seen spiritual crystals before. During his stay in the Divine Continent, he had explored the


    Spiritual Tower in the Angel City of the East Maind. In there, he obtained a lot of these things.


    Later, he became the owner of the Spiritual Tower.


    That particr citadel was exactly the ve Tower!


    Therefore, Austin immediately recognized the blue crystals upon seeing them.


    "Huh? How did you know these are spiritual crystals, master? Have you seen them before?" Lange


    asked, curious.


    The thirteen spirits also looked at Austin for they also wanted to know how he was familiar with these


    crystals.


    "Yes, I have seen spiritual crystals in my world. Moreover, I have refined lots of them before."


    Austin still had his gaze fixed on the cerulean downpour of crystals and nodded.


    "Master, the spiritual crystals is a specialty of our universe.


    They could onlye into existence here because of thew power.


    Also, the spiritual crystal is the most important cultivation resource for our race.


    Butter, our universe was intercepted by the gods of your world. It has be a trial ce now.


    I guess the spiritual crystals you have seen before must be some participant who had brought it back to


    your world,"


    Lange guessed.


    "Yes, you have a good point."


    Austin looked at Lange and pondered over his presumption. He did make a valid argument.


    ''I can''t believe that the spiritual crystals I got from the Divine Continent belonged to some cultivator who


    lived in ancient times and took his test in this negative world.


    And now, I''m here to take my test.


    The world is full of surprises and coincidences. You will never know what will happen next, '' he mused.


    "Well, I will refine some spiritual crystals. You can leave now,"


    Austin ordered, motioning for all the ves to take their leave.


    The thirteen members of the spiritual race had rued a rather great wealth.


    Austin examined the spiritual crystal in heaps. He was surprised to find that there were countless of


    them that they managed to flood the streets and the alleys in the town.


    Lange told him that the thirteen spirits had collected those spiritual crystals for over tens of thousands


    of years.


    Austin gave some of the spiritual crystals to hispanions including the Heavenly Majestic Pot and


    Violet.


    Each piece of spiritual crystal possessed a very rich amount of spiritual soul energy, which was very


    useful for cultivators who wanted to improve their spiritual sense.


    After collecting the spiritual crystals, Austin and his team began refining them.


    Since the thirteen spirits lost all of their treasures that they had gathered in their whole lives, they were


    frustrated and dispirited.


    "Humph! Liven yourselves up!


    Our master is intelligent and very quick on his feet. Aside from that, he has the spiritual tree.


    We are all familiar of its power.


    With the spiritual tree, our master can do whatever he wants in this universe.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    I have this intuition that anytime soon, he will definitely achieve big things here.


    We are his ves now. As long as we are loyal to him, this whole thing might even be beneficial


    for us,"


    Lange tried his best to encourage the thirteen dejected spirits. He truly believed that Austin was going


    to be their salvation.


    "Well, you make a good point!"


    Hearing Lange''s sound argument, the thirteen spirits felt more at ease. They had hoped that this would


    turn to their advantage.