Urban Most Awesome Dad

Chapter 243 Growth-Type Magical Artifact_1

After escaping from the Spirit Space, Xu Fan set the Jade Pendant Necklace aside.

Actually, he didn’t have much hope for the three resentful spirits he sent to look for the Guardian Spirit of this damaged Spirit Jade Pendant. After all, he had no idea what the world on the other end of the teleportation formation would be like. If it were the Cultivation World Xu Fan had once been in, not to mention those three minor spirits, even if Xu Fan went himself, with his current strength at the Qi Refinement Realm, he would be nothing more than a sitting duck.

However, using these three resentful spirits as cannon fodder to scout the way was still much better than going in person. In this world, apart from himself, Xu Fan found it hard to locate another person possessing a true Primordial Spirit. Even the Martial Arts Grandmasters of this world, who mainly focus on physical combat prowess, did not cultivate spiritual power.

But to explore on the other side of the teleportation formation, besides spirits like resentful spirits which are purely spiritual beings, it would indeed be difficult for ordinary people to manage.

So this was also making use of the last bit of remaining value of these three minor spirits. If they were strong and lucky, and by a stroke of fortune found the Guardian Spirit, they could directly repair the Spirit Jade Pendant to its previous glorious state. If these three were unlucky and disappeared without a trace after entering, then Xu Fan would just consider it as waving his hand to eliminate three resentful spirits and think of another way to repair the Jade Pendant.

Anyway, Xu Fan had no loss and even cleared the house of resentful spirits. Now, there wouldn’t be any eerie incidents in the house because of these three spirits.

Afterward, Xu Fan took out the haunted Jade Token of the Southern Dynasty’s Prince and curled his lip, feeling like he had really become entangled with resentful spirits today.

No sooner had he dealt with three newly born resentful spirits, he now had to handle an ancestral one.

Xu Fan gently picked up the Jade Token, and his Primordial Spirit quickly merged into it.

Inside the space of this Jade Token was an ancient-style great hall, in the center of which sat a lonely child dressed in luxurious and elegant clothing.

This child appeared to be only five or six years old and looked quite adorable. However, his eyes were filled with resentment, giving off an unsettling feeling.

Xu Fan reached out with his hand and lightly beckoned, drawing the child to his side. This little ghost, having absorbed a lot of resentment for a thousand years, was far stronger than the three minor spirits he had faced earlier. When it released its towering resentment, its strength was surprisingly not inferior to a Martial Arts Grandmaster.

No wonder this little ghost was so formidable, causing such a strong reaction from just one touch that the people at the auction nearly wet their pants with fear. It turns out that, after a thousand years of accumulating resentment, the ghost’s strength had risen to the level of a Ghost Cultivator. Without any Cultivation Techniques, relying solely on the accumulation of resentment, it had managed to cultivate to a level near the mid-stage of Qi Refinement. This was indeed quite remarkable.

It was as if a person who knew no martial arts, by simply swinging their fists every day, managed to achieve the strength of a Martial Arts Grandmaster. This could only mean one thing: the person’s Cultivation talent was one in a million, a true genius.

Apart from relying on Cultivation Techniques, it was actually possible to slowly enter the realm of cultivators just by absorbing nature’s spiritual energy, although this process was extremely slow.

In the ancient times when ferocious beasts roamed, these wild animals and plants, after accumulating enough of nature’s spiritual energy, gradually became sentient. From beasts, they transformed into demons, which is to say, they became spiritually enlightened.

However, in modern society, the exploitation of nature has become more and more extreme, and it’s rare to find a primitive forest that has been untouched by humans for thousands or tens of thousands of years. Therefore, such instances of natural entities becoming sentient are now almost non-existent.

As for resentful spirits, they are somewhat similar to these spiritually enlightened creatures, except they don’t need to absorb Spiritual Energy, just resentment.

Seeing that this little ghost had grown into a ghost cultivator with combat prowess comparable to that of the Qi Refinement Realm merely by absorbing resentful energy, Xu Fan revealed a mysterious smile on his face.

“Let me go! This prince will kill you!” The little ghost, clad in exquisite clothes, struggled desperately with all his might after Xu Fan easily drew him over with a wave of his hand.

However, he had never learned any spells and only possessed an abundance of resentful energy. It was like comparing a laborer with sheer physical strength to a trained boxer—they might both be strong, but without the skill to harness that power, Xu Fan easily subdued him.

“Kid! What’s the point of cooping yourself up in this little house all day long? Don’t you want to go outside for a walk?” Xu Fan asked the child with evident interest.

“I can’t go out. If I leave this palace, I will vanish into thin air,” the child said, his voice trembling with fear as he spoke to Xu Fan.

It seemed he had certainly tried to venture out before, but as a resentful spirit, he couldn’t withstand sunlight. The palace was a space created for him by this piece of Spirit Jade.

And this palace merged with the little prince’s consciousness, taking on the appearance of the palace where he had spent his money.

Stepping out of this palace was akin to detaching from the Spirit Jade and exposing oneself to sunlight.

No matter how strong the little ghost’s resentful energy was, under sunlight, he would instantly be scorched, his spirit and form annihilated.

It wasn’t that ghosts couldn’t exist under sunlight; they needed certain techniques to survive. Although their strength would be severely weakened in sunlight, they wouldn’t die instantly upon exposure, as was the case for the little ghost.

“I can lead you into the threshold of ghost cultivation. Then, you will be free to come and go as you please. If your cultivation reaches a higher level, you could even transform into a living being and lead a normal life in this world,” Xu Fan said softly to the child.

Back when he was in the Cultivation World, Xu Fan had encountered many ghost cultivators, and he had even entered Hell’s Gate during a teleportation, so he had some knowledge of ghost cultivation techniques.

Although this little ghost was full of resentment, he had never intentionally harmed anyone and was, in fact, a prince who had died a wrongful death—a rather pitiful background.

Most importantly, the little ghost possessed an exceptional talent for cultivation. With a bit of nurturing, he could become an incredibly powerful ghost cultivator.

Xu Fan, now eager to expand his power, was willing to accept anything—human, dog, or ghost—with an open-arms policy.

This little ghost could be cultivated directly into the Artifact Spirit of this piece of Spirit Jade.

Although the little ghost’s current strength was very weak, with his superior talent and the formidable ghost cultivation techniques Xu Fan possessed, the little ghost’s growth rate was bound to be swift.

After being appointed as the Artifact Spirit, as the little ghost’s strength increased, the level of the Magic Artifact would also rise. It was essentially an automatically upgrading Magic Artifact, referred to in the Cultivation World as a Growth-Type Magical Artifact.