Chapter 1477: Lacking Spirit Vessel

After resolving the hidden danger of the Hell-bound Beast, Jiang Fan arrived at his private chamber.

Out of habit, he still checked his surroundings.

Only after confirming there were no issues did he close the secret chamber.

He took out the recently acquired ten-foot long Evil Sword!

As a sword, a ten-foot long greatsword was not convenient to wield, but it posed no problem for the Grand Derivation Sword Array.

The only pity was that this sword possessed an evil aura but no special abilities.

It must be lacking a spirit.

But how could a spirit be created for it?

He remembered that he still had a Spirit Transformation realm soul from the Divine Weapon Province.

Immediately, he summoned the Divine Wood that made people scream when struck with his left hand, and took out the soul body from the Ethereal Soul Crystal with his right hand.

Seeing the Divine Wood, the soul body shivered.

He had personally witnessed how the Soul Shadow Demon Monarch, after being hit by a single blow, was in such agony he forgot everything.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang," the soul body said, "we are all civilized people. Let's talk this through."

Jiang Fan glanced sideways at the broad-shouldered, round-waisted, red-skinned, clearly rough-looking soul body, and couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"You weren't so civilized when you tried to kill me to silence me back then," Jiang Fan retorted.

The soul body gave an awkward smile and said, "Isn't it true that we often become friends after a fight? Allow me to introduce myself, I am Mo Dingqian, one of the ten great artifact forging grandmasters of Divine Weapon Province. People call me Grandmaster Mo. Of course, Fellow Daoist Jiang can just call me Old Mo!"

Jiang Fan scoffed.

"We're not that familiar with each other! Old man, I'll give you two choices. First, you can be annihilated, body and soul, right now. Second, you can help me as much as possible. If you can help me kill many enemies among the Ancient Giants, after the war ends, I will find you a body for you to seize and cultivate anew. Choose."

Mo Dingqian gave a bitter laugh and said, "Who wouldn't know how to answer such an easy question? Fellow Daoist Jiang, if there's anything you need my help with, please don't hesitate to say so."

He didn't actually believe Jiang Fan would release him.

Judging from how Jiang Fan killed the Soul Shadow Demon Monarch, this fellow, though young, was absolutely brutal when killing.

Even if the war with the Ancient Giants ended with the Central Land's victory, and Jiang Fan fortunately survived, he might not necessarily keep his promise.

He was merely trying to appease Jiang Fan now, just to prolong his survival for a while and wait for an opportunity to escape.

Jiang Fan pointed to the Evil Sword nearby. "Do you recognize this sword?"

Mo Dingqian looked over. At first, he was slightly stunned, then immediately became surprised. "This, isn't this the Evil Sword forged by our Great Venerable? I even assisted in its forging. How did this sword end up in your hands?"

Jiang Fan replied, "It was originally made for me."

Mo Dingqian was greatly astonished, and then his face revealed extreme envy.

"This sword," he explained, "was forged using our Great Venerable's most precious extraterrestrial evil meteorite. According to the Great Venerable, this extraterrestrial evil meteorite has a very significant origin, comparable to the immortal mountain where the Purple Lightning was forged in Starfall Mountain back then. Not only would the spiritual artifact forged from it be an unparalleled weapon of slaughter and evil, but it also contained an opportunity of unknown fortune or misfortune. To think, this sword would eventually fall into your hands. It's truly enviable."

An opportunity of unknown fortune or misfortune?

The spirit of Purple Lightning, it was said, was also a soul fragment of a Heavenly Realm Overlord.

Jiang Fan nodded slightly and asked, "Do you have a way to make this sword produce a spirit?"

Mo Dingqian had long guessed Jiang Fan's intention and replied without hesitation:

"There are two types of artifact spirits. One type is natural, like the Purple Lightning of Starfall Mountain, but they are extremely rare. The other type is artificial. It requires imbuing a powerful living creature's soul into the artifact, to utilize the characteristics of that soul and bring forth the special abilities of the spiritual artifact."

This was largely as Jiang Fan had expected.

An artifact spirit wouldn't just grow out of a spiritual artifact like a cabbage from thin air.

It would definitely require using a living creature's soul to artificially create an artifact spirit.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but size up Mo Dingqian.

A powerful soul?

Wasn't Mo Dingqian exactly that?

"Hey, hey, I haven't finished yet," Mo Dingqian quickly interjected, a chill running down his spine from the scrutiny. "The artifact spirit also needs to be suitable for the spiritual artifact. Only then can it activate characteristics compatible with the artifact. For this Evil Sword, only a soul filled with deep resentment can adapt to the evil aura within the sword. Otherwise, its consciousness will be eroded by the evil aura."

Jiang Fan frowned.

Deep resentment?

Where would he find a soul filled with deep resentment?

Wang Chongxiao certainly held deep resentment towards him, so his soul should be suitable.

But he was in the Heavenly Realm, and Jiang Fan wouldn't be able to find him anytime soon.

The souls of the Giant Kings would also be good, as they were all filled with deep resentment. However, as soon as they died, their souls would drift towards unknown places and could not be retained.

Jiang Fan rubbed his brow and said with difficulty, "This artifact spirit is really hard to find. If I find one, what should I do? Should I just infuse it directly into the spiritual artifact?"

"Of course not," Mo Dingqian replied. "You must first erase its consciousness, so it becomes a mindless soul body. Otherwise, it could control the spiritual artifact and turn the tables on you. If it betrayed you at a critical moment and bit its master, that would be terrible, wouldn't it?"

That was true.

Sealing a soul within a spiritual artifact was equivalent to helping that soul seize a body and cultivate anew.

Destroying its consciousness was a necessary step.

"In my spatial storage device," Mo Dingqian said, "there's a bottle of Soul-Destroying Lye Water. Pour it into the Evil Sword. If you find a suitable vengeful spirit, infuse it directly into the sword, and the Soul-Destroying Lye Water will destroy its consciousness."

Jiang Fan searched and indeed found a bottle of cloudy white liquid.

After a moment's thought, Jiang Fan decisively poured it onto the Evil Sword.

If Mo Dingqian wanted to live, he wouldn't deceive him on such a trivial matter.

As expected.

The white liquid immediately merged into the Evil Sword.

Now, he just needed to find a suitable soul, and he could seal it within.

Jiang Fan contentedly opened the Heavenly Thunder Stone, preparing to put the Evil Sword inside.

Mo Dingqian, however, said, "This sword, before it has a spirit, it's best not to keep it in a storage device for too long. The evil aura it automatically emits will accumulate over time and damage the spiritual items in your storage device."

Jiang Fan was startled and quickly checked the Heavenly Thunder Stone.

And sure enough, in just the short time he had returned, there was a faint, almost imperceptible trace of evil aura in the Heavenly Thunder Stone.

He quickly used lightning baptism to completely expel the evil aura.

Looking at the Evil Sword before him, Jiang Fan was somewhat speechless.

"This broken sword has become a burden," he muttered.

He looked at Mo Dingqian and said, "Alright, if I find a spirit, I'll credit you for it."

Mo Dingqian smiled. "A suitable artifact spirit is hard to come by. You just need to wait patiently. Also, don't let ordinary souls get close to the Evil Sword. Lest they mistakenly enter the sword and occupy the spirit's position; that would be troublesome."

Jiang Fan nodded.

He put Mo Dingqian back into the Ethereal Soul Crystal.

Where would there be souls in the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion? There was absolutely no need to worry about that.

Just then, he suddenly sensed a group of quite powerful auras approaching the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion.

Among them, there was also an aura of an Eight-Aperture Nascent Soul!

He couldn't help but frown slightly.

How strange.

When he was away, everything was peaceful.

As soon as he returned, unknown dangers arrived.

Everyone was in seclusion and couldn't be disturbed.

Jiang Fan immediately flashed away.

As for the Evil Sword, this ten-foot long sword could not be placed in a spatial storage device, making it inconvenient to carry. He simply left it in the private chamber.

At the same time, in Nangong Xiaoyun's private chamber.

She looked at the Nourishing Soul Wood, where Chen Jing sat cross-legged with a peaceful gaze, feeling very relieved.

After a month of her guidance, Chen Jing finally let go of the resentment in her heart. She decided to turn over a new leaf, live as a mortal once more, and spend the rest of her life in peace.