“So, what on earth is this thing?”
In the room, one person, one cauldron, one beast, and one spiritual root gathered around the dusty grey stone. After studying it for a long time, they still couldn't make head or tail of it.
The Chaos Spiritual Root said with absolute certainty, “I don't know, but it's definitely a treasure.”
Xue Mingzhao: “...”
You don't even know, yet you sound so confident?
Cang Jue turned the stone over and over to examine it several times, but he couldn't figure anything out either. He could only shake his head and place it back on the table.
Xue Mingzhao turned to look at Baize. “What about you? Can you tell what this is?”
Baize stared at the stone for a moment and said uncertainly, “It might be a fragment of an extremely precious ancient material.”
The Chaos Spiritual Root immediately mocked, “How useless. Did you give yourself the title ‘Knower of All Things’?”
Baize turned its head, too lazy to pay attention to it.
Its master was still carefully studying it, and it didn't want to lower itself to the level of this noisy fellow who had neither eyes nor a mouth.
Xue Mingzhao recalled that the Chaos Spiritual Root had previously mentioned this stone shared the same origin as it.
Since they shared the same origin...
In the cultivation world, when in doubt, try dripping blood first.
She simply bit her fingertip and let a drop of fresh blood fall onto the stone.
As soon as the blood droplet seeped into the stone's surface, the entire stone suddenly began to vibrate with a buzzing sound.
The dusty grey outer crust began to crack and flake off like peeling debris.
Before Xue Mingzhao could react, the stone suddenly erupted with a blindingly bright light.
Immediately after, a terrifying suction force pulled from inside the stone.
“Wait—”
Before she could finish her sentence, Xue Mingzhao, the beast, and the cauldron were sucked inside all at once.
The room instantly fell silent again.
Only a few flakes of the grey outer crust that had just fallen off remained on the table.
Once the light before her eyes faded, Xue Mingzhao slowly opened her eyes.
Beneath her feet was lush green grass, and in the distance, continuous green mountains stretched as far as the eye could see.
The rocky layers of some peaks were exposed, glittering brightly under the sunlight.
Xue Mingzhao stared at them for a long while, her heart pounding.
If she wasn't mistaken, those seemed to be spirit veins, right?
Not far away, a clear river gurgled past. Countless smooth spirit stones lay at the bottom of the river, densely packed like a bed of glowing gems.
Xue Mingzhao walked quickly to the riverbank, bent down to scoop up a handful of water, and drank it.
It tasted sweet and refreshing.
The moment the water slid down her throat, it immediately transformed into a warm current that rushed to her limbs and bones, nourishing her meridians.
The effect of this water was actually stronger than that of the spiritual spring on Chiyang Peak!
The Chaos Spiritual Root comfortably absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy, exclaiming, “As expected of a treasure that shares the same origin as me. The spiritual energy here is at least a hundred times that of the outside world!”
“This is where I truly belong!”
It had finally found a nest worthy of its noble status.
Xue Mingzhao summoned the Azure Ripple Leaf and carried everyone to fly a circle around this space.
As it turned out, they flew for an entire shichen, yet they still couldn't see the boundary.
They saw not only continuous mountain ranges, but also forests, deserts, and even a boundless sea.
This place was practically a miniature version of the cultivation world.
Mountains, rivers, oceans, forests, spirit veins, spirit stone mines—it had everything.
The only strange thing was that in such a vast world, there was not a single human figure to be seen, nor was there even a single living creature.
Cang Jue recalled his experiences over tens of thousands of years, his expression growing increasingly solemn.
He had never heard of any spatial magic treasure that could accommodate such a massive world.
Cang Jue turned to look at Baize.
Baize also had a blank look on its face and slowly shook its head.
From ancient times to the present, spatial magic treasures that could hold living things were extremely rare.
Even if they did exist, their internal space was usually not this immense.
Just as Xue Mingzhao was flying at high speed, a small figure suddenly appeared ahead.
“There's someone ahead!”
Xue Mingzhao abruptly stopped the Azure Ripple Leaf.
A massive inertial force hit her, causing her body to sway, and she almost flew right off.
After finally stabilizing herself, she could see clearly that the one blocking the way was a little girl.
The little girl looked only five or six years old. She wore her hair in two round bun-knots on her head. Her cheeks were fair, tender, and chubby, like a freshly peeled lychee.
She wore a small white and blue dress, its hem adorned with soft cloud-patterned ribbons that swayed gently in the spiritual breeze.
The little girl kept a straight face, maintaining a cold and profound expression.
But she was simply too adorable.
There was a bit of coldness.
But cuteness made up ninety-nine percent of it.
Xue Mingzhao reacted extremely quickly. “Are you the artifact spirit of that stone?”
The little girl frowned. “What stone? I am the Qiankun Heaven-Locking Bracelet, born at the dawn of heaven and earth...”
Hearing the words “dawn of heaven and earth,” Xue Mingzhao believed her instantly.
Every time the Chaos Spiritual Root bragged about its origins, it also started with those words.
Items from the same origin even shared the same opening line.
Xue Mingzhao patiently listened to the little girl finish, finally understanding the origin and function of this treasure.
That dusty grey stone was actually the Qiankun Heaven-Locking Bracelet.
The bracelet contained its own world within, which could not only store various items but also accommodate living creatures.
Even more absurdly, the Qiankun Heaven-Locking Bracelet was its own small world, possessing independent rules of space and time.
Ten days inside the bracelet equated to only one day in the outside world.
Baize's heart shook violently.
This kind of treasure absolutely should not exist in the cultivation world.
The Qiankun Heaven-Locking Bracelet was at least an Immortal Artifact!
The little girl stretched, tilted her head to look at Xue Mingzhao, and asked, “Are you the one who woke me up?”
Xue Mingzhao nodded. “Since we've formed a covenant, I'll call you Xiao Qian from now on.”
The little girl immediately refused. “Even though you are my master, I do not accept this name.”
Xue Mingzhao felt a bit embarrassed.
She was indeed terrible at naming things.
She really couldn't think of any good name at the moment.
She asked tentatively, “How about Xiao Kun?”
The little girl remained expressionless.
“Xiao Suo?”
The little girl's eyelid twitched.
“Xiao Tian?”
The little girl clenched her fists.
“Xiao Zhuo?”
Cang Jue, Baize, and the Chaos Spiritual Root stared at Xue Mingzhao in shock at the same time.
Was this how a normal person came up with names?
The little girl remained silent for a long time before finally closing her eyes in resignation.
“Forget it.”
“I will be called Xiao Qian from now on.”
At least this name sounded somewhat tolerable.
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