A Record of A Mortal's Journey to Immortality

Chapter 790: Occupation

“What’s the matter?” Han Li turned his head to glance at Silver Moon, a strange expression flashing through his eyes.

“Since being accepted by Master as an artifact spirit, Master seems never to have allowed me to enhance the flying sword’s power in artifact spirit form, nor summoned me as an artifact spirit to fight. I wonder if Master could tell me the reason,” Silver Moon asked slowly.

“Why do you suddenly ask about this?” Han Li furrowed his brow, somewhat surprised.

“Nothing much. I was just asking casually. After all, Silver Moon’s true identity is just an artifact spirit,” Silver Moon lowered her delicate head and spoke softly.

“Artifact spirit? Do you think you’re an ordinary artifact spirit? Common artifact spirits don’t have intelligence, so how could they ask such questions? Actually, summoning an artifact spirit to take shape greatly increases the magical treasure’s power, but it consumes a lot of essence from the artifact spirit itself. There have even been cases where an owner uses the artifact spirit too frequently, causing it to dissipate on its own. As for me, having you appear in the form of a demonic fox has helped me quite a bit. Unless absolutely necessary, I won’t have you transform into an artifact spirit to fight. After all, that damages your cultivation base, and it's not good for me either,” Han Li said lightly after a moment of silence.

Then, saying nothing more, he turned and left the hall.

Left alone in the hall, Silver Moon blinked her bright eyes a few times. A contemplative expression appeared on her jade-like face, as if she was lost in thought.

After a while, she lowered her head to look at the jade box in her hand, then a faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth as she quietly left.

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The next day, Han Li appeared in the secret chamber of his secluded mansion, preparing to begin cultivating the great supernatural ability of the second nascent soul.

Ordinary secret arts simply couldn’t compare to such great supernatural techniques. Therefore, Han Li had actually started preparing for today’s cultivation a long time ago.

Now, Han Li sat cross-legged on the ground, holding a pale cyan Jade Slip in his hand. It seemed he was immersing his spiritual awareness in it, studying something.

This Jade Slip recorded the “Mysterious Male Nascent Soul Transformation Great Technique.”

After a moment, Han Li withdrew his spiritual awareness, then closed his eyes and pondered a bit. With a hand seal formed by both hands, he murmured several low incantations. His body stiffened, remaining motionless.

At the crown of his head, azure light flickered, and a baby wrapped in azure light suddenly appeared there. It was the nascent soul Han Li had painstakingly cultivated for more than two hundred years.

This nascent soul looked a little sturdier compared to several years ago. Its dark and clear eyes were full of intelligence.

Since Han Li’s refined nascent soul was only a few years old, he only dared to let it leave the body in such an extremely safe place for a short while. Otherwise, if anything unexpected happened, the nascent soul would be extremely fragile.

After sitting on Han Li’s head for a while, the nascent soul tilted its neck and glanced around the secret chamber. A flash of azure light appeared on its body, transforming into a spiritual light orb that floated up. Then it slowly began flying around the chamber.

At first, it seemed a bit clumsy, but gradually it mastered the flying method. The azure light moved faster and faster. Eventually, the entire chamber was filled with a ghostly azure light flickering unpredictably, astonishing to behold.

After a while, the nascent soul suddenly stopped its light-speed flight and floated in a corner of the chamber. It seemed to recall something. With both tender little hands forming a hand seal, spiritual light flashed. The nascent soul instantly disappeared from its original spot and reappeared above Han Li’s head. Its little face was a bit pale, seeming to have consumed a lot of vital energy.