Chapter 1780: Are You Ill?

“So, the treasure I sensed earlier is the Earthly Sovereign Bell? No wonder! No wonder I could sense so much power of the Human Way earlier.”

The Divine Furnace of Nature’s remnant spirit did not panic, rage, succumb to fear, or even exclaim in shock as Ye Qing thought he would. Instead, he just stared at the Earthly Sovereign Bell and muttered incessantly, “Look at its design, its patterns, its profound light, its spirituality! Truly, it is a masterpiece of nature! It definitely deserves to be called a natural ultimate treasure! As expected of a sacred artifact of the Human Way. Wonderful, wonderful...”

“Wait, wait a second. It’s incomplete. Its origin power is missing, so its spirituality is lacking. It was seriously damaged before and so became flawed. Imperfect. Too imperfect!”

As expected of the Divine Furnace of Nature’s remnant spirit,

Ye Qing thought to himself. Despite being a remnant spirit, he had instantly identified the flaws in the Earthly Sovereign Bell. As expected of a divine artifact that forged countless divine arms and treasures. His insight in this regard was truly impressive.

That said, his reaction was undeniably strange. Normally, this was the part where the villain panicked, wept, and begged for mercy. Never had Ye Qing encountered someone who, knowing that death was about to claim them, calmly remarked about something that had absolutely nothing to do with their situation whatsoever. It felt wrong.

“Ahem...”

Ye Qing interrupted the remnant spirit’s musing with a cough. “Let’s focus on the important stuff, senior.”

“Important stuff?” The remnant spirit looked confused. “What important stuff? What can be more important than the Earthly Sovereign Bell?”

“Pretending, aren’t we?” Ye Qing let out a cold chuckle. “Have you forgotten about your situation, senior?”

“My situation?” The remnant spirit was completely unperturbed though. He said uncaringly, “You caught me. So what? Kill me or use me or whatever. I don’t care. Since I got to witness a sacred artifact of the Human Way and natural ultimate treasure such as the Earthly Sovereign Bell with my own eyes before my death, I have no regrets.”

The remnant spirit then ignored Ye Qing completely and stared at the Earthly Sovereign Bell infatuatedly. “What a treasure! What. A. Treasure! I have forged countless artifacts and witnessed innumerable natural spiritual treasures in the past, but only a handful of them could compare to the Earthly Sovereign Bell. What a beauty! What a beauty!”

If he wasn’t suppressed and immobilized by the Earthly Sovereign Bell right now, he would probably be groping the Strange Artifact all over like a pervert.

“The heck?”

The remnant spirit confused Ye Qing greatly. This was so out of the ordinary that he wasn’t quite sure what he should do.

“What should I do?” Ye Qing looked to Feng Qingyou for help.

𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Feng Qingyou gave the remnant spirit an indifferent look and said, “First, ask him how we can leave this place. Then, fulfill his wish and send him along his way.”

“That works.” Ye Qing shrugged before asking, “So, how can we leave the Profound Furnace Spirit Weapon Heaven, senior?”

Ye Qing repeated his question a couple times before the remnant spirit finally answered impatiently, “I didn’t trick you about this one. You can leave through the peak of the Divine Arms Peak. It’s just that you need to sacrifice a Strange Artifact that is Disaster-class or above before you can open the way.”

“Seriously? We have to pay a toll?” It wasn’t a cheap toll either. The Divine Court must be filthy rich back then.

Ye Qing did not think that the remnant spirit was lying though. After all, he was completely infatuated with the Earthly Sovereign Bell right now. He probably could not afford the brainpower to lie.

Besides, he simply needed to test out the method to find out if it was the truth.

Ye Qing was just about to put away the Earthly Sovereign Bell and test out the remnant spirit’s method when suddenly, the remnant spirit looked at him and asked, “Do you want to repair the Earthly Sovereign Bell’s damage and increase its potency?”

“Hmm?” Ye Qing paused in his tracks. “Do you know a method, senior?”

The remnant spirit replied immediately and urgently, “Indeed. The worldly essence of the Five Phases Treasure Gate Heaven is a piece of Five Phases Thick Earth True Metal. It will help repair its damage. There is a Spirit Call Treasure Spring in the Spirit Spring Treasure Call Heaven. It would improve the Earthly Sovereign Bell’s spirituality.”

“There is a wisp of Taisu Divine Qi in the Taisu Yin Moon Heaven. It will refine the Earthly Sovereign Bell’s air of spirituality. The Profound Yellow Boundless Heaven is filled with rich and refined Profound Yellow Air of Spirit and Thick Earth Essence. It will help restore the Earthly Sovereign Bell’s potency. There is a Tushita Flame and Old Lord Furnace in the Tushita Cyan Bull Heaven. If you refine them, it will dramatically increase the Earthly Sovereign Bell’s power...”

The Divine Furnace of Nature would not stop ranting for a time. His voice was full of urgency and longing.

At first, Ye Qing narrowed his eyes thinking that the Divine Furnace of Nature’s remnant spirit was making up shit to bargain for his life. Then, the remnant spirit added, “Oh, there is also me. I am the remnant spirit of the Divine Furnace of Nature and a wisp of sapience and origin of this Heaven. If you refine me, you can restore the Earthly Sovereign Bell’s spirituality and potency to an extent.”

“What?”

The statement was so unbelievable that Ye Qing forgot what he was about to say.

“What the hell are you waiting for? Refine me already! Come on!” The remnant spirit urged when he saw that Ye Qing wasn’t doing anything.

Ye Qing finally asked, “Are you ill?”

Like seriously ill.

The remnant spirit looked confused. “What do you mean? I’m not ill.”

Ye Qing said, “If you’re not ill, then why are you in such a hurry to commit suicide?”

“Oh, that’s what you mean!” The remnant spirit finally understood his meaning. “I’m going to die anyway. If I can become a part of an ultimate treasure and sacred artifact of the Human Way before I die, then I will truly have no regrets.”

“Er...” Ye Qing scratched his nose. “Don’t you want to struggle before you die?”

The remnant spirit countered, “Would you let me live if I did?”

“You wouldn’t know if you try, right?” Ye Qing said a little shiftily. Frankly, he wasn’t planning to let the remnant spirit live. He was just annoyed with the guy’s attitude.

If the remnant spirit had rebuked him, wept, panicked, or even tried to trick him as he had done at the beginning, then he would have no qualms about this whatsoever. However, it was as if the remnant spirit had undergone a total personality change the second he set his eyes on the Earthly Sovereign Bell. To say that Ye Qing was dumbfounded and speechless would be an understatement.

It almost felt like the remnant spirit was belittling himself.

Scratch that, he

was

belittling himself. He was simping for the Earthly Sovereign Bell right now!

It was at this moment the remnant spirit said indifferently, “No need. I have made up my mind. Stop hesitating and refine me already.”

Ye Qing: “......”

This was the first time he encountered someone who actively wanted to die. It was quite the novel and confusing experience.

“Well, if you say so...”

Try as he might, Ye Qing saw no reason to refuse the remnant spirit’s wish any longer. If he let him live, then what would even be the point of all this?

But before he could finish, Feng Qingyou interrupted, “Your loyalty toward artifact forging is as pure as a child’s heart, senior. You are even willing to sacrifice yourself just to improve an artifact a little more. This junior is impressed!”

“That said, don’t you think it’s a waste to die and disappear into nothingness just like that?”

The remnant spirit said uncaringly, “What waste? This is what I want.”

“Besides, I’m not as good as you seem to think I am. I know exactly what kind of trash I am.”

Wow, he just called himself trash without even batting an eyelid. What a personality,

thought

Ye Qing while shaking his head.

He did not interrupt their conversation though. Feng Qingyou never acted without a reason. All he needed to do was to watch her do her thing.