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Chapter 757: Chapter 425: Space

Li Shiming initially thought there was some problem, but soon he felt that the Silver Corpse had not died, the Contract Pattern with him was still intact.

It was just that the control of consciousness at that location was severed, causing him to detach from within the Silver Corpse’s body.

As long as there was no danger, he did not dwell on it further.

’Inches Apart, Worlds Away’ activated, the power of Vajra flickered on his body, and his ’Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill’ operated to its utmost limit.

He entered into the void and soon afterward reappeared in the real world.

He felt the abundance of Spiritual Energy, which was the same as the space he was in before, here too existed Nascent Soul Level Spiritual Energy.

The space was extremely narrow, the Silver Corpse had occupied a small half of it, and his re-entry left almost no space.

And he also discovered the source of the Spiritual Energy, it was emanating from a folding fan.

”Fourth-Grade Magical Treasure?” Li Shiming murmured to himself with some uncertainty.

The folding fan he sensed was affected by a surge of Spatial Energy; it seemed to be very close, yet as though it were incredibly distant.

He tried sending out a strand of Divine Thought, which passed through the Spatial Energy, making contact with the fan itself.

Indeed, the fan was right before his eyes, close enough to touch with an outstretched hand.

Upon contact with the fan, his Divine Thought immediately sensed a feeling of joy.

”Artifact Spirit!” Li Shiming concluded that this will was not a true sentient being, but rather an Artifact Spirit that had developed within the fan.

The Artifact Spirit of the fan seemed fearful that he would leave. It proactively opened the Ownership Mark, signaling him to establish ownership quickly.

Although Li Shiming could not be certain of the fan’s grade, he could affirm that its grade was at least fourth-grade.

It should be known that his own Artifact Refining creation, the ’Flowing Light Star Meteor’ sword treasure, had already reached the pinnacle of third-grade treasures; having withstood the Heavenly Tribulation upon its formation, it had achieved the might of the fourth-grade with third-grade quality.

Yet, even a third-grade treasure like ’Flowing Light Star Meteor’ had not developed an Artifact Spirit.

Therefore, it was not without reason that Li Shiming judged the fan’s grade to be at least fourth-grade.

Li Shiming did not suspect the Artifact Spirit of any ill intent, as an Artifact Spirit was a very special life form. It was only mentioned in his inheritance of Artifact Refining, without any method of creating one.

But one thing was for certain, the Artifact Spirit was born out of the magical treasure, and the owner of the magical treasure was the master of the Artifact Spirit.

As long as Li Shiming established ownership of the fan, he would naturally become the master of the Artifact Spirit.

As he was pondering this, his Divine Thought already left a Spirit imprint within the Ownership Mark.

Though it was just a Spirit imprint that had just established the connection between him and the fan, he immediately received information from the Artifact Spirit.

The fan was named the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan; the Artifact Spirit did not know how long it had existed, for it had awakened only after the fan had fallen to this place, with its memories completely blank upon awakening.

The Mountain and River Qiankun Fan was a fourth-grade spatial magical treasure. Because it possessed an Artifact Spirit, even though Li Shiming was only at the Golden Core Stage, he could control the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan with the help of the Artifact Spirit.

This was a special ability possessed by treasures with an Artifact Spirit. With the cooperation of the Artifact Spirit, cultivators who had not yet reached the strength to control it could still wield its power.

With a wave of his hand, the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan flew into his grasp.

Li Shiming tried to communicate with the Artifact Spirit and realized that its level of wisdom was equivalent to that of a five-year-old child.

However, the Artifact Spirit was very familiar with the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan. Through their communication, he now knew where the space he was in was located, not understanding why the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan had ended up underground. The fan had suffered damage.

When Li Shiming unfolded the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan, he saw a sword mark on the surface of the fan.

This sword mark, after innumerable years, still retained a whiff of Sword Intent; it was this Sword Intent that had caused an issue with the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan.

The destruction from the Sword Intent had caused the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan to leak Spatial Power. The resulting Spatial Power enveloped the fan’s body, trapping it in this minuscule space.

The Artifact Spirit told him that after it had awakened, it had no master and no previous memories. It chose self-rescue, wanting the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan to extricate itself from its current space.

Having wisdom, it knew loneliness and did not wish to be confined in this tiny space forever.

Therefore, it had opened up the damaged space to the real world, which was the only way to connect with reality.

However, over countless years, although some cultivators discovered the space opened by the Artifact Spirit, none had found the true form of the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan, and due to the influence of the Sword Intent in the sword mark, the Artifact Spirit could not affect that area.

It was not until Li Shiming found the true form of the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan that the Artifact Spirit eagerly wished for him to establish ownership.

Li Shiming’s mind entered the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan. Each surface of the fan was a separate space, each space contained fifty acres of spirit field, and a square at the heart of the spirit field, spanning one acre, had fourth-grade quality.

With nine surfaces to the fan, this meant he now owned nine sections of fourth-grade spirit fields.

However, the space required for planting Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicine was somewhat large; one section of fourth-grade spirit field could only plant two stalks of Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicine.

But this was already an incredibly remarkable thing, as Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicine was typically impossible to cultivate.

The inner space of the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan had undergone special treatment, with its material incorporating a variety of extremely rare and even extinct spiritual materials, combined with spatial capabilities beyond Li Shiming’s understanding, to create the special capacity of the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan for growing Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicine.