Who Brought Him into the Cultivation World?

How are Spirit Bodies born?

This question left the Wood Spirit a bit dumbfounded.

”You don’t know either, do you?”

With a headache, Han Yu wondered if these Spirit Bodies had no clue about their own origins.

”Yo yo yo...”

The little deer was quiet for a moment, seemingly organizing its thoughts, then an elegant voice rang out.

”Spirit Bodies are just born from their main bodies.”

Qing Wan explained crisply beside him.

Well, it seems the commonality among Spirit Bodies is indeed confusing; this fellow is a scatterbrain too.

Han Yu pat his forehead; of course he knew Spirit Bodies are born from their main bodies, the key was how to accurately describe it.

He came here hoping to get some insights, see if he could gain some experience.

”There’s a high chance this silly spirit doesn’t know either.”

The Artifact Spirit grumbled in the Sea of Consciousness.

”Stop saying that, you’re a silly spirit too, making fun of others here?”

Han Yu replied, half laughing, half crying.

But just as he was about to give up, the Wood Spirit’s little deer called out again, stopping him.

”I do have memories of being born...”

The Wood Spirit’s birth was triggered when suddenly a consciousness emerged from the mountains.

”Yo yo yo...”

”Mountain Spirit said that back then, a thought suddenly appeared one day from its buried main body in the mountains.”

Qing Wan translated the deer’s words slowly beside him.

When the thought was born, it began to develop a clear consciousness, with the passing of days, this consciousness grew stronger.

Until one day, this consciousness suddenly detached from the main body.

It then began to give birth to a Spirit Body, gaining a form.

This was an extremely mysterious state; the main body and it could separate or merge at any time.

When separated, it appeared in the form of a Spirit Body, no longer confined by the main body’s restrictions and inconveniences.

Upon merging, with the Spirit Body’s presence as an entity derived from the main body, it could more greatly unleash the potential of the main body.

”After all, that was originally the Mountain Spirit’s body; no one knows their own body better than it.”

Qing Wan summarized for the little deer.

”That’s it?”

Even though Han Yu heard quite a bit, he didn’t find anything useful.

Or the situation with the Artifact Spirit seemed different.

After all, the formation process for the Wood Spirit was gradual, while the Artifact Spirit had an existing consciousness early on, and after being unsealed, it could only gradually shape through feedback from Qi Fortune or pills.

It seemed to skip the process of being reborn from a bottle or jump over this process directly.

This seemed to offer no reference value.

”Why not ask if it felt anything during the shaping process back then?”

The Artifact Spirit frowned, persistently asking.

When Han Yu asked the deer this question, it too tilted its head, pondering for a long time, seemingly submerged in thoughtful recollection.

”Yo yo yo...”

”Mountain Spirit said, independence, control, breaking free from constraints, those are the feelings, just like that moment breaking free from a cage.”

Qing Wan continued to speak crisply.

The man and the spirit left with that answer, their expressions odd, leaving Qing Wan and the Wood Spirit somewhat baffled.

Independence, control, and other factors sounded somewhat unreliable.

Moreover, Han Yu couldn’t impart such feelings to the spirit!

”Well, to me, authority belongs to me, and you and the bottle are just my lackeys; isn’t that independence and control?”

The Artifact Spirit suddenly jumped up with gleaming eyes.

Lackeys?

A lot of nerve, didn’t expect this rascal to have such ambitions, contemplating usurping power!

Han Yu’s face darkened immediately.

”Why not give it a try, after listening I feel the method is the problem, not the lack of energy.”

The Artifact Spirit hoped.

”But I somehow feel it’s not an issue of authority.”

Han Yu muttered, stroking his chin.

After all, it’s not that the Artifact Spirit hasn’t touched authority; each time the West River Pill is born, authority must first be given to it to refine pills.

If authority were really the issue, it would have shaped long ago when the authority was with it in the morning.

So this final step might not just be about authority.

”Isn’t there another step?”

The Artifact Spirit curled its lip; past shapings were always in the Sea of Consciousness, with surprises every time, molding into awkward shapes.

It wondered whether the shaping should have started from within the bottle from the outset.

This bizarre approach was something Han Yu had never thought of.

”Are you saying you want to go into the Glazed Bottle to reshape yourself?”

It sounded a bit strange. After all, the situation with the Artifact Spirit was unusual. It clearly had a fragmented Spirit Body, and now it thought of going back into the main body to reshape itself.

The steps are all messed up.

”Why not give it a try! Hand over the authority to me quickly.”

The Artifact Spirit looked at him pitifully, eyes full of yearning.

Han Yu, quite annoyed, decided not to hurry back. He found a secluded spot by the mountainside.

”Here you go.”

After he spoke, a key symbolizing authority dropped directly onto the Artifact Spirit’s head in the Sea of Consciousness.

”Then I’ll really give it a shot, okay.”

The Artifact Spirit was overjoyed, rubbing its hands together, then ran towards the bottle under Han Yu’s gaze.

The small body jumped up and grabbed the bottle’s neck, twisting and climbing diligently, using both hands and feet as it went higher.

After climbing to the bottle’s neck, it was all empty inside. Han Yu had always been most puzzled about this place.

The bottle is entirely glazed, and even from the outside, the inside is completely visible.

But he couldn’t figure out where the pills came from.

”Do you think the bottle might take the chance to kill me?”

Staring at the bottle’s neck, the Artifact Spirit suddenly looked strange. After all, as an Artifact Spirit, it had never been treated kindly by its main body.

Various types of withholding were the norm, not even giving it authority.

”Stop overthinking it, get going.”

Han Yu watched the Artifact Spirit adding unnecessary drama for itself and had no energy left to complain.

If the bottle really wanted to kill it, it wouldn’t have been born in the first place.

Besides, saying the bottle and the Artifact Spirit are one isn’t wrong; there’s no way they would kill each other.

”Then please keep an eye on me, don’t let the bottle harm me.”

Still not reassured, the Artifact Spirit asked a few more things before cautiously jumping in.

From the outside, the Artifact Spirit could still be seen falling into the bottle, shouting all the way down.

Sitting at the bottle’s bottom, the Artifact Spirit looked around, seeing nothing except countless runes faintly appearing on the bottle’s walls.

It immediately felt completely disappointed.

It already had Qi Fortune, authority, and now it’s inside the bottle. If it couldn’t do anything, it would be completely helpless.

Suddenly, a mist gradually rose, quickly filling the inside of the bottle.

The Artifact Spirit and Han Yu both got a fright.

”Crap, this damn bottle’s trying to kill me, Han Yu help...”

After only one shout from the Artifact Spirit, the mist covered even the bottle itself.

Han Yu was dumbfounded, could it really be that the bottle was going to take down the Artifact Spirit?

There was no reason!

”Can you still hear me?”

He hurriedly shouted, but in the vast Sea of Consciousness, there was no response.

All he could see was where the mist churned.

No matter how Han Yu summoned, he could no longer communicate with the Artifact Spirit.

Now Han Yu really panicked, even though the Artifact Spirit had many flaws, it stuck with him through thick and thin.

Not to mention, the last time he was killed by the bottle, the Artifact Spirit stood up for him against the bottle.

Emotionally, the Artifact Spirit held more weight in his heart than the bottle.

”Bottle, if you keep messing around, I’ll split with you, I swear I’ll blow up my Sea of Consciousness and toss you out, believe it or not!”

But no matter what Han Yu said, there was no response from the bottle either.

No, the bottle’s response was to spew more mist, which had already covered a large area of the Sea of Consciousness.

As time passed, Han Yu waited for half a day, transitioning from anxiety to strangeness, and finally to a state of waiting.

The anxiety was because the bottle’s sudden action scared him.

The strangeness was because it had been so long, eliminating the possibility of killing the Artifact Spirit.

Back then, it could kill him instantly; there’s no way it would take half a day to kill the Artifact Spirit.

The only possibility was that something was indeed changing inside the bottle, and the one undergoing change was definitely the Artifact Spirit.

Near dusk, a burst of hearty laughter suddenly came from the Sea of Consciousness.

”You scoundrel, I heard you were ready to face off with the bottle.”

The Artifact Spirit’s delighted voice came from the mist.

Han Yu felt a stirring in his heart and quickly looked towards the Sea of Consciousness.

He saw the mist swirling, a pair of small hands parting it, and then a little head popped out.

Han Yu’s initial joy instantly cooled, and he felt a chill in his heart.

You scoundrel!

He gritted his teeth, as the small head that emerged from the mist had clearly tied-up pigtails.

You bastard!