Chapter 616 – Master, Servant, and Artifact Spirit
”Seeing the feats and divine abilities you displayed today, when you were captured by the early stage JieDan stage me in the Void Sky Hall that day, you were saving yourself to let me have the Jade Ruin?” Han Li did not answer the young woman directly, instead asking with both eyebrows raised.
Silvermoon was stunned at these words, but then smiled as her eyes flowed.
”As a Jade Ruin Artifact Spirit, I am unable to drive the host artifact to fly for long periods of time. In order to leave that Void Sky Hall, a cultivator must carry the Ruyi on his body. That day when I was charged by you, on one hand, it was indeed because I didn’t fight against you with all my might, and on the other hand, it was because breaking through that Void Sky Cauldron had caused me to lose a lot of my cultivation. Even if I had really fought for my life, I would have ended up in the hands of those YuanYing stage cultivators. If that’s the case, it would be better for me to fall into the hands of a JieDan cultivator.” Silver Moon smiled and explained.
”It’s not like I was the only one who was a conjugation cultivator that day, wasn’t there another two? How could you have chosen me?” Han Li pondered slightly, not relaxing in the slightest and said in a deep voice.
”You’re talking about the young man with the surname Wu who died successively for the sake of competing for the Void Sky Cauldron and the fellow who cultivated the Ghost Dao Technique?” Silvermoon asked rhetorically under a twitch of her complexion.
”Not bad!”
”They, ah, I don’t see eye to eye! One is eerie and covered in a ghostly aura, and the other is withered and thin and strangely ugly. Although you’re not Jade Woods Wind, you can still catch the eye after all. I don’t know if this reason is okay?” Silver Moon pursed her cherry mouth, smiled sweetly and said, both like a serious, but also like a joke of words.
Han Li couldn’t help but cry and laugh at this.
”Since Daoyou is unwilling to speak, Mister Han will not force himself. I’ll ask the most important question again. After I brought this Jade Ruin out of the Hall of Void Heavens, was it possible that you, Daoist Friend, had watched everything I did over the years in your storage bag?” As soon as he spoke of this matter, Han Li’s voice chilled at once, and even the temperature in the room seemed to have instantly dropped by three points.
”Not bad. Regardless of Brother Han’s feats and magic treasures, I’ve looked into all of them, both small and large, without detail. Even that mysterious heaven-reversing vial, I know everything about it as well.” The young woman’s face converged with a smile, revealing the same look of gravity.
Although his heart vaguely guessed a few points, but really heard the young woman’s words, Han Li still changed greatly, his expression instantly gloomy. He looked icily at the young woman across from him in silence, seemingly pondering what countermeasures to take again.
”Fellow Daoist Han could it be that you are killing people to silence them? After all, if those great Immortal Cultivation Sects knew that such a heaven-defying grade treasure existed, I’m afraid that Brother Han would truly die without a burial place.” Silvermoon ignored Han Li’s icy expression as if it were not there, and still said with a faint smile.
Hearing these words from this woman, Han Li’s eyes narrowed slightly, his gaze becoming as sharp as a sword.
”Since Fellow Daoist Silvermoon knows it in her heart and dares to say it so blatantly, she isn’t afraid that I’ll just destroy your host artifact. If your form and spirit are destroyed, naturally you won’t be able to leak anything out anymore. Could it be that you have some other means, thinking that I’m not capable of killing you?” Han Li said with a fierce look on his face.
”With Brother Han’s current magical treasures and divine abilities, it’s more than likely that I wouldn’t be a match for you before I cast my Soul Snatching. Now, after performing Soul Devouring, the cultivation of the body of the vessel spirit has lost most of its cultivation after taking over the body, so if the two of us were to fight, I would have a 30% chance of winning, which is not bad at all. What’s more, the host artifact is still in your hands, making me go up in smoke is just a matter of your whim.” Silvermoon shook her head, calmly speaking about matters concerning her life and death, appearing calm and unruffled.
Han Li coldly grunted without saying anything, while the young woman continued without caring, “Fellow Daoist Han’s ability to endure until now and not suddenly kill me has made Silvermoon very satisfied. Fellow Daoist may not be considered a righteous person, but it’s obvious that you can still see the matter of grudges very clearly. If I hadn’t stepped in to block that demon fox’s strike just now, I’m sure Brother Han wouldn’t have given me the chance to say so much nonsense at all.” The corner of this woman’s mouth curled slightly, a faint smile appearing on her face.
”Even if I give you a chance, if I can’t be convinced, I’ll still strike. I won’t let the existence of knowing about the vials be out of my control.” Han Li didn’t deny the other party, but instead coldly and frankly admitted it.
”Good, Brother Han’s words are exactly what Silvermoon intended. If you, Dao Friend, weren’t a murderous and resolute person, you wouldn’t be able to get out much further in the Immortal Cultivation World, and I wouldn’t have stepped in to save you just now. After all, I don’t want to just worship someone as my master and have that person hang up right away.” Silver Moon spoke with an appreciative look on her face.
”Worshiping someone as Lord? What is the meaning of those words? Could it be that you think that if you verbally recognize me as your Lord, I will let you off the hook.” Han Li froze, but then said with a cold smile.
”Of course it’s not something so simple. As far as I know, your Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword doesn’t have an artifact spirit yet, right? Silvermoon can remove the main Yuan Shen from this Ruyi Ancient Treasure and temporarily act as the artifact spirit of your flying sword. In this way, brother Han’s original magic treasure not only greatly increased in power, and my life and death is really in your hands. This should not worry me. After all, as your spirit, if I have the slightest thought against you, you can sense it. And even if I have a physical body, it’s impossible for me to leave you too far away, so you don’t have to be afraid that I’ll suddenly leave without saying goodbye.” The young woman’s bright eyes flowed with beneficial colors as she spoke words that left Han Li stunned.
Han Li frowned tightly at the words and pondered for a long while before asking noncommittally, “Can an artifact spirit detach itself from the host artifact? Even if you can, I wonder why exactly you are willing to be my Artifact Spirit? Don’t tell me that you’re doing this to repay my gratitude for bringing you out of the Void Sky Hall.”
”Other artifact spirits are dim and naturally unable to detach themselves from their host artifacts. But I’m different, with my willingness and the assistance of fellow Daoist, it’s completely possible. Of course, the separation of the artifact spirit will definitely cause me to suffer greatly, but that’s no concern. As for the purpose of why, naturally, after taking over the body, I don’t want to be some kind of artifact spirit forever. Don’t feel that my words are a bit contradictory, I’m willing to be your artifact spirit right now just so that I can have a truly free body in the future.” The young woman sighed before slowly saying.
”What do you mean, can you be more detailed?” Han Li’s heart stirred as he said with a slightly slower expression.
”I’m not too clear on the specifics, only but the residual memories vaguely tell me that if I were to regain possession of my body and cultivate some sort of secret method, it seems that I would be free in the moment when the owner of the host artifact cultivates to the rumored Transformation of Spirit Stage realm and enters another realm. Until then, I will be at your disposal. Of course, if you die halfway through the journey or if your time is up, I will find another cultivator. However, in my opinion, Brother Han, who possesses such a supreme treasure as the vial, is the most likely cultivator to fulfill my wish. So even if you don’t mention it, I will still take the initiative to request to be your magic treasure’s artifact spirit.”
Han Li’s face clouded over when he heard these words, and only after a long while did he exhale a long breath and say, “Regardless of whether what you said is true or false, I really don’t have a better means to control you other than this method. Since you took the initiative to be willing to be a servant and be my artifact spirit, I naturally won’t push back. But now I have to put a temporary restriction on your body first, after all, the materialization of the spirit is not something that can be accomplished in a hurry, I have to make some preparations before saying anything. By the way, how far can you leave the host artifact after seizing your body?”
Han Li seemed to have thought of something else.
”I can only move within a hundred miles of you right now, but as this demon fox body’s cultivation grows in the future, this range should still be able to be expanded.” Seeing that Han Li had agreed to his request, a joyful look appeared in Silvermoon’s eyes as she very obediently replied to Han Li’s words.
”If it goes beyond this range, what will happen?” Han Li asked very thoroughly with a cautious expression on his face.
”If this range is exceeded, the Yuan Shen will be summoned by the host artifact and will automatically fly back to the magic treasure. However, Fellow Daoist doesn’t need to worry about the inconvenience of carrying me. I know a secret technique that allows me to temporarily seal my physical body into a Spirit Beast Sack while remaining unharmed. As long as you release your physical body when you are practicing and ordering me to do something, you can do it. As for the usual confrontation with the enemy, I can either appear as an artifact spirit or directly use this fox demon flesh body to help you defend yourself against the enemy, which can completely depend on the situation.”
Hearing Silvermoon’s reply, Han Li revealed a look of satisfaction before nodding and saying, “Good, in that case, I’ll …… go ahead.”
”Not good, my spiritual energy is depleted and I can’t support my person anymore.” Ling Yue suddenly interrupted Han Li’s words as her face changed.
Then silver light flowed from her body, and her figure drastically shrunk in front of Han Li’s eyes, and in the blink of an eye, she transformed back into that small white fox. The body was still wrapped in what seemed, at this time, to be a huge and unusual Han Li’s clothes.
When Han Li saw this, his heart burst into a bitter smile, but his hand suddenly pinched the spell without hesitation, and several green-colored silk awns flew into the white fox’s body in a flash, temporarily casting a restriction on it.
”In a moment, I will carry you out and temporarily hand you over to those few Falling Cloud Sect disciples. But wait until the moment we part ways, then you can slip away on your own. After all, escaping from a few of their Qi Refining Stage disciples is no effort at all for you. And I’ll be waiting for you on the way.” Han Li lifted the white little fox’s neck as he said to it nonchalantly.