Chapter 1481: Chapter 1511: An Evolving Artifact Spirit

Jiang Fan took the stack of documents handed over by the Six-Path Masters.

He muttered as he looked them over, "Don’t be giving me any kind of beauty profiles."

"I’m not that kind of person, you know."

However, upon closer inspection, Jiang Fan exclaimed in surprise, "This is... the whereabouts of the Beixuan Sword Master’s Nine Swords?"

The Six-Path Masters rolled their eyes, "You thought I was going to get you some beauties!"

"Sorry, but I’m no longer the Six-Path Masters I was yesterday."

"I am now the Commander who upholds justice in the world!"

Jiang Fan was completely immersed in the documents, letting the words in from his left ear and out his right.

"The Beixuan Sword Master forged nine swords, named the Heavenly Slaying Nine Swords."

"Six of them are broken, and three have fallen in different places."

"The Tingxue Sword is suspected to have fallen onto the Continent."

"The Thunder Lord Sword is suspected to have fallen in the Heavenly State."

"The Thousand Illusion Sword is suspected to have pierced the body of a Giant Emperor and its whereabouts are unknown."

Jiang Fan nodded silently.

Judging from the whereabouts of the Tingxue Sword, the information seems quite reliable.

After all, the Tingxue Sword is indeed on the Continent.

In that case, the Thunder Lord Sword is in the Heavenly State, and the Thousand Illusion Sword should be in the Heavenly Realm.

These two swords are hard to find indeed.

Especially the Thousand Illusion Sword, which is even more elusive than finding a needle in a haystack.

However, there is at least some clue.

"Old timer, you’ve really put your heart into it," Jiang Fan said gratefully.

The Six-Path Masters was about to say something when he suddenly frowned and couldn’t help looking deeper into the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion.

"What is your Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion up to?"

"Creating such a strong evil aura? And it’s getting more intense."

He used to be an Evil Spirit, so his sensitivity to evil aura is much sharper than ordinary people.

Huh?

Jiang Fan was slightly surprised.

Getting more intense?

He had an ominous premonition in his heart and quickly flashed towards the cave.

Before long.

He returned to the secret chamber.

Looking at the Evil Sword, which was shaking continuously and emitting a strong evil aura, his heart sank.

He quickly took out Mo Dingqian.

"Ah?"

"How come it has an Artifact Spirit?"

Mo Dingqian immediately sensed the change in the Evil Sword and exclaimed, "You caught a suitable Artifact Spirit so quickly?"

Jiang Fan’s face darkened, "I didn’t touch it!"

"A soul went in by itself."

Mo Dingqian’s expression changed drastically and immediately pressed against the Evil Sword to sense it.

After a moment, he showed a complex expression.

"There’s good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

Jiang Fan said in a deep voice, "Let’s hear the bad news first."

Mo Dingqian said, "This is just a Nascent Soul Realm spirit, too low in level, totally unfit for the Evil Sword’s grade."

Damn!

Jiang Fan’s face turned black on the spot, and he exclaimed angrily, "Where the hell did this worthless spirit come from?"

"How could it occupy the position of my Evil Sword’s Artifact Spirit?"

"Can it be removed?"

Mo Dingqian shook his head, "It’s very troublesome. We’ll need our Great Venerate to refine it all over again."

"The effort required is almost as much as creating a new one."

Jiang Fan really wanted to swear.

What the heck?

Where did the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion conjure this soul from, and how did it just happen to get into the Evil Sword?

Mo Dingqian said, "However, the good news is, this spirit is extraordinarily compatible with the Evil Sword."

"Its resentment is so deep that it’s hard to find a spirit more suitable as an Artifact Spirit."

"Although the level is low, the compatibility is very high. It’s hard to say if this is good or bad."

Jiang Fan was still quite displeased.

He held the Evil Sword and lightly swung it towards the stone wall of the cave.

A surge of overwhelming evil aura burst out, which was a characteristic of the Evil Sword’s very material.

But surprisingly.

After the stone wall was easily sliced open, a strand of Sword Qi persisted at the cut, continuously slicing into the wall.

In a few moments, a whole stone wall was completely shattered.

The strand of Sword Qi only stopped after it was exhausted.

Uh~

Jiang Fan wondered, "Is this a feature of the Artifact Spirit?"

Mo Dingqian’s eyes lit up, "Indeed! This Artifact Spirit makes the released Sword Qi continually attack the enemy until it’s completely spent."

"This feature is excellent!"

"It can keep enemies occupied, causing them to lose focus during battle."

"Or it can ensure that wounded enemies are continuously attacked, resulting in secondary damage."

"This is a rare trait, with excellent practical combat effects!"

"Aside from its low level, this Artifact Spirit is flawless in every other way!"

Is it?

Jiang Fan’s expression finally eased a bit.

At this moment.

The Six-Path Masters also arrived, looking at the Evil Sword with astonishment.

"This is a Top-grade Spirit Sword?"

"But it’s too eerie, like the source of all evils, you’d better not be harmed by it."

"I’m still counting on leaving my daughter in your care when I die."

Just as he finished speaking.

The Evil Sword suddenly trembled and emitted a stronger evil aura.

Mo Dingqian had a strange look, "Why has the Artifact Spirit’s resentment suddenly grown stronger?"

"But it only increased a little."

"If the resentment is deep enough, the Artifact Spirit’s level could continue to rise."

"If it reaches a certain limit, it might even elevate the grade of the Evil Sword, turning it into a Quasi-Realm Artifact or even a World Artifact."

What?

Jiang Fan was surprised, "Can the upgrade of an Artifact Spirit change the grade of the Evil Sword?"

Mo Dingqian nodded, "That’s the theory, but in reality, very few Artifact Spirits can upgrade their levels."

"Generally, their level is fixed when they become Artifact Spirits."

"At least in the history of Central Earth, there have been very few such Artifact Spirits."

"Don’t hold too high expectations."

Jiang Fan sighed in disappointment.

He really was quite greedy.

Having a Top-grade Spiritual Artifact wasn’t enough, he was eyeing a Quasi-Realm Artifact and even the legendary World Artifact.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

At this moment, several figures darted over.

The commotion from the dispersed evil aura had alerted the people of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion.

Fairy Yun Shang was the first to arrive, and as if sensing his presence, her eyes immediately found Jiang Fan.

Her bright eyes shimmered with brilliance.

Jiang Fan had been away for a whole month this time, longer than any time before.

She ignored the presence of the Six-Path Masters, and flew into his arms, her eyes full of tender waves:

"Husband! Why were you gone so long?"

Her fragrant softness in his arms, Jiang Fan, who had missed her dearly, embraced her tightly, saying, "I was held up by some matters."

"I made you worry."

Fairy Yun Shang shook her head, looking at Jiang Fan with eyes filled only with his reflection:

"I’m sorry I couldn’t help you share the burden."

"All the pressure is on you alone."

She remained as gentle as ever, like the spring breeze of April, soothing his restless heart.

Jiang Fan held her silently, savoring the brief tranquility.

Whoosh.

A silhouette in purple also arrived, none other than Liu Qingxian.

Seeing Jiang Fan and Fairy Yun Shang holding each other tightly, her smile waned, and she stood still, saying:

"Sorry, I came at a bad time."

Jiang Fan looked at Liu Qingxian, feeling a pang of guilt.

He had neglected Yue Mingzhu, and hadn’t he also overlooked the senior sister who accompanied him all the way from the Nine-Sect Land?

He released one arm, offering one side of his chest, and said:

"No, you came at just the right time."

Liu Qingxian beamed and with a lift of her skirt, she ran over and embraced him.

The Six-Path Masters beside them laughed and chided:

"You’ve got the fortune of Qi’s men!"

"You rascal, you’ve hogged all the world’s blessings!"

Clang, clang, clang~

Suddenly, the Evil Sword began to tremble again without warning.

Mo Dingqian fixed his gaze, his eyes nearly popping out, "Damn it!"

"The Artifact Spirit’s resentment has grown even stronger!"

Uh~

Jiang Fan was stunned, how did the resentment deepen out of nowhere?

What happened?

The mention of entrusting his daughter to Jiang Fan made the Artifact Spirit’s resentment deepen a bit.

Now that he was basking in the fortune of Qi’s men, the resentment deepened again.

Jiang Fan pondered, and a vague speculation formed in his mind.

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