Cang Feng and Disarm were called the Twin Swordsmen by the Blessed Enclave when they were young. Their cultivation must have been no weaker than Wang Can and I.
To be able to cultivate to the Heavenly Master level meant that one's intelligence and temperament were the cream of the crop. Plus, they were blood brothers. To kill each other just because they were fighting over who was stronger … It sounded unbelievable.
Let's not talk about the fight between the two brothers for now. Let's talk about the woman in the vase.
In order to obtain information about her, Cang Feng had used the Disarm Sword in exchange. Disarm had discovered the woman the moment he appeared and called her a demon, wanting nothing more than to kill her with his sword.
This woman must have had a deep relationship with the Cang Feng and Disarm brothers.
Just as I was thinking, Cang Feng and Disarm seemed to have let go of their many years of grudges. Cang Feng stared at the Disarm Sword. He was no longer in a direct confrontation. His eyes were filled with sorrow and regret.
Cang Feng's gaze was heavy, but the Disarm Sword's movements were light. It waved its sword in the air and changed the topic from the past. "Guess what I found here?"
Cang Feng moved his feet and dodged the sword flower. The heaviness in his eyes dissipated slightly as he replied. "What?"
The Disarm Sword didn't answer. It floated a few steps forward and turned its tip to point at Qilin, who was snoozing nearby.
Cang Feng followed the direction pointed by the tip of the sword and glanced at the Qilin that was about the same height as him. He said lightly, "Qilin … Yesterday in the arena, this strange beast shocked everyone. Why are you pointing this Qilin to me?"
His tone was suspicious, but he realized something was wrong before the Disarm Sword could respond. He moved his gaze from Qilin to the vase on the ground.
"This is … Gu Yanran's aura?"
Cang Feng's murky eyes widened.
Gu Yanran?
That was the name of the woman in the vase?
The name sounded nice, and it didn't sound like the "demon" that the Disarm Sword had called her.
While I was curious about the woman in the vase, I couldn't help but feel awkward.
When Cang Feng saw the vase and thought about it, he would realize how much I had lied to him.
Even though I wasn't familiar with Cang Feng at the time and it was unintentional, I still lied to him. I didn't know if he would take his anger out on me when he realized it.
Temporarily putting aside the awkwardness in my heart, I lifted my eyes and continued to watch.
Because it was the body of the sword that he sensed the bottle, or rather, the woman in the bottle, he only shouted "demon" and sent out a stream of sword energy.
But I couldn't see his expression, so I couldn't feel his emotions.
However, Cang Feng was different. He was a real person, and his attitude towards Gu Yanran was completely revealed on his face.
His eyes widened, and the veins on his forehead bulged. After receiving confirmation that the armor had been removed, his entire body burned with rage. In his deepest, most hateful voice, he said, "So you were hiding here. Gu Yanran, it's been so many years. You've made it so hard for me to find you!"
After saying that, he panted heavily and stared fiercely at the vase.
A ferocious expression hung on that childish face, making it look rather strange.
No matter how long he stared at it, the vase was like a dead object. Under his fierce gaze, it didn't move at all.
After a while, Cang Feng turned to look at the sword with a burning gaze. He asked, "Can you break the seal on it and pull her out of the vase?"
Because Zai Jia had discovered this in advance, he was much calmer now. He turned his sword and told her about how he had discovered Gu Yanran and was about to attack with his sword aura, but Qilin had suddenly appeared and swallowed his sword aura.
"Qilin …" Cang Feng muttered. He looked at the Qilin with hostility. It was obvious he hated the Qilin as well.
Even though the Qilin had swallowed the sword energy from the armor, I knew that the Qilin had nothing to do with the vase or the woman in it.
It had already been in the palace for two days. During this time, the vase had been there the entire time, but the Qilin hadn't expressed any interest.
It had swallowed the sword energy earlier because the sword energy's trajectory had coincidentally moved towards the Qilin's body.
I was worried that Cang Feng and Cang Feng would fight the Qilin. Before they could do anything, I quickly walked over and shouted, "Seniors, the Qilin has nothing to do with the vase. Also, its cultivation is not low. Please don't fight it."
Hearing my words, Cang Feng turned to look at me. After frowning slightly, he pointed at the Qilin and signaled for me to take the Qilin away.
Seeing that he believed me, I heaved a sigh of relief.
However, when I turned to look at the Qilin, I also frowned.
Even though the Qilin was born from me, it didn't listen to me. It was obvious that I couldn't take the Qilin away by myself.
Helpless, I could only call Tong Tong out and have her take the Qilin away.
Tong Tong was a natural child. In the mortal world, she could cause a lot of fights. However, in the Blessed Enclave, she wasn't considered precious.
If she hadn't unexpectedly obtained the power of lightning, she wouldn't be much different from a normal spirit in the eyes of the people of the Blessed Enclave.
The people present were all people who knew me very well. After the pupil appeared, they only glanced at it before shifting their gazes away.
Compared to the Spirit Snake and the Qilin, the most outstanding thing about Tong Tong was that she was considerate. Moreover, she had a high EQ and knew how to read people's expressions.
Thus, when she came out and found that the situation in the Taoist Palace wasn't right, she didn't say anything. She obediently followed my instructions and went to the Qilin. She whispered in his ear for a while before bringing him to my side. Then, she returned to the jade bracelet.
Without the Qilin's obstruction, the two brothers didn't stand on ceremony anymore.
The Cang Feng's body flashed with a blue light, and a strong sword energy shot out.
This sword energy was different from the one I'd felt before. It was almost comparable to the sword attack I'd used in the arena.
How powerful is the vase's restriction spell? Why does it need so much effort?
With this thought in mind, I glanced at Officer Wang.
Although I'd told Cang Feng that the vase had a great relationship with me, it was only because I lived here and accidentally found it. So, only the owner of this place, Officer Wang, knew how powerful it was.
Officer Wang obviously didn't know that the restriction spell on the vase was so powerful. He just stared at the sword energy of the Cang Feng and didn't even notice me looking at him.
Since it was launched at a close distance, the sword energy fell on the vase in the blink of an eye.
Then, something even stranger happened.
Under the full attack of the Cang Feng's sword, the white porcelain vase only emitted a strong light, as if it had absorbed the sword energy. As the strong light dispersed, the vase was revealed.
Officer Wang didn't know how powerful the full attack of the Cang Feng's sword energy was because he hadn't seen my performance in the arena. But judging from the aura of the sword energy, he should be able to guess what it was.
Cang Feng, Huangfu Xiu, and I had seen it with our own eyes, especially me. That sword had absorbed all of my Taoist Qi and True Essence, so I knew how powerful it was.
Even Zhao Han, who had sacrificed his blood and lifespan to launch a full attack, was no match for it. But how could such a powerful attack have no effect on the fragile porcelain vase?
I'd observed the vase many times, but I hadn't found anything unusual.
Could it be that the woman named Gu Yanran had withstood the attack inside the vase?
Officer Wang and I found it strange, but Cang Feng seemed to have expected it. He and his sword began to attack the small vase again.
Even Huangfu Xiu looked calm, as if she had expected this result.
He looked at me and Officer Wang in surprise and explained to us, "I don't know the origin of this porcelain vase, but Cang Feng's granduncle told me that they found this vase next to the Cang Feng and Cang Feng swords. It seems to be a natural treasure!"
Natural treasure … What about the woman in the vase? Is she also a natural treasure?
Is she not a human but the spirit of the vase?
Artifact Spirits were miraculous. With the help of an Artifact Spirit, an ordinary Dharma Artifact's power would increase by more than several times.
That was why I'd been so excited when I'd found the snake spirit and the old compass in the old shop.
Innate treasures nurtured by the heavens were already extremely powerful, so how powerful would an innate treasure nurtured by the heavens with a Weapon Spirit be?
Or, how powerful would the spirit be?
No wonder even Cang Feng's full-power attack couldn't break the vase!
Huangfu Xiu seemed to know what I was thinking. He nodded at me and said, "The woman named Gu Yanran in the vase is the spirit of the vase.
When the two of them got the Cang Feng and Cang Feng swords, they found this thing not far from the swords.
At that time, Gu Yanran's power was very weak, but she was the spirit of a natural treasure, an old monster that had lived for thousands of years.
Don't you mortals always say that having an old person at home is like having a treasure?
That's what our Mystic Grotto-Heaven thought, too. To avoid causing a commotion among the other grotto-heavens, my elders suppressed the matter. The entire Mystic Grotto-Heaven treated the vase and Gu Yanran as treasures and worshipped them day and night. "
"One day, Gu Yanran suddenly showed up and asked us to cultivate. Our elders were very happy.
Back then, the Mystic Grotto-Heaven was just a small paradise. What it lacked the most was a knowledgeable elder to teach us how to cultivate.
Although Gu Yanran is only an artifact spirit, she is still an old demon who has lived for thousands of years. Anything she says will be greatly beneficial to our cultivation.
Immediately, the elders of the Mystic Grotto-Heaven reached an agreement with her. As long as she could teach the disciples of the grotto-heaven how to cultivate, we would fulfill all her requests! "
"In the beginning, Gu Yanran did a good job. She didn't ask for anything. She only focused on teaching the disciples of the Mystic Grotto-Heaven. In a short time, our grotto-heaven's power increased several times. We climbed from the paradise to the 36 minor grotto-heavens, and we even climbed to the top ten grotto-heavens.
My father and the elders of that generation were very happy. With that kind of momentum, it wasn't impossible for her to become the leader in the future. "
Huangfu Xiu didn't hide her words from Officer Wang, who was standing next to me. She sounded like she was looking forward to the future. However, her expression quickly disappeared and was replaced by annoyance and regret.