Manager Wu, being an experienced and shrewd man, saw through things without saying much. He was curious to ask what "deep facial care" meant, but knowing the young master often spoke in riddles and sensing the awkwardness of the moment, he decided to let it go and nodded quietly in agreement.

Thinking about how Fang Feixue would soon be living under the same roof with him, Gu Feng felt a tinge of excitement. He quickly dismissed the improper thoughts in his mind and took a large gulp of tea handed to him by a maid.

"Qiong Feng Pavilion is a restricted area of the Sequence, unauthorized personnel are not allowed inside!"

"I need to see the Sequence, I have urgent matters to report, let me in quickly!"

A commotion suddenly erupted outside the door. Manager Wu immediately stepped out, displeased, and asked, "Who is causing a ruckus outside the gate?!"

"Manager Wu! It's Li Zongwen from the Artifact Crafting Department! I have urgent matters to report to the Sequence!"

Li Zongwen?!

Gu Feng remembered this was the insightful artifact refiner from the Artifact Crafting Department whom he had rewarded before. He promptly instructed, "Let him in."

Li Zongwen, still dressed like a scholar, ran into the courtyard of Qiong Feng Pavilion with a face full of joy, nearly tripping several times.

Gu Feng's door was wide open, facing the courtyard. As Li Zongwen approached the entrance, he dared not enter further and knelt down, beaming with pride, "Greetings to the Sequence, congratulations and best wishes!"

Looking at him suspiciously, Gu Feng thought, I haven't even become Dao companions with Fang Feixue yet, what's this guy congratulating me for?

"What are you congratulating for, speak quickly," Manager Wu asked from the side.

Li Zongwen raised his head, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and replied, "The Immortal Spirit Communication artifact has been refined!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Feng sprang to his feet. He had been waiting for this day!

"Quick! Let me see it!"

Li Zongwen scrambled to Gu Feng's side, hurriedly pulling out two black boxes from his storage pouch.

Upon closer inspection, Gu Feng thought the items looked remarkably like two bricks at first glance.

Picking one up for a closer look, the black body had a matte texture, with no extra buttons. The front had a large rectangular mirror-like surface, smooth enough to reflect his image.

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Weighing it in his hand, Gu Feng felt the device had a similar heft to the early 90s mobile phones from his previous life. He didn't expect it to fully replicate the appearance of a smartphone from his past life, as cultivators in this world had no basic concept of digital aesthetics.

The key was, how did it function? Was it practical?

After fiddling with it for a while without figuring it out, Gu Feng asked urgently, "How do you turn it on?"

"Uh?" Li Zongwen and Manager Wu looked puzzled.

Rolling his eyes in exasperation, Gu Feng impatiently said, "I mean, how do you operate it?"

"Ah... ah! Allow me to demonstrate for the Sequence!"

Li Zongwen suddenly understood, quickly picking up the other box. He pointed a finger at the bottom of the box, slowly channeling True Core energy into it.

The black box trembled, and the mirror-like surface on the front suddenly emitted a faint white light. The next moment, a strange sound came from the box!

"May the Sequence enjoy eternal blessings and longevity as vast as the heavens! May the Sequence enjoy eternal blessings and longevity as vast as the heavens..."

Manager Wu jumped in shock, exclaiming, "Oh my, this artifact can recognize its master? Could it have developed a spirit?!"

A spirit is a type of entity that only forms in Earth Rank or higher artifacts.

It requires the artifact and its owner to fight side by side for years, and over time, the artifact absorbs the owner's spiritual energy, developing its own consciousness.

Artifacts with spirits possess unparalleled power and are rare treasures.

Jiu Long, standing nearby, raised an eyebrow. With his extensive knowledge, he had already seen through it: "No, this item is crudely made, with no trace of spiritual energy. It can't possibly house a spirit."

Gu Feng silently rolled his eyes. Of course, he knew this was the voice function he had asked the artifact refiner to include, using the simplest sound storage formation principle, just like the recording function from his past life!

It's just a damn startup sound effect!

Seeing Gu Feng's expression, Li Zongwen sheepishly scratched his head and said, "Hehe, please don't blame me, Sequence. It was a sudden decision during testing, and I took the liberty of using this phrase."

Not bothering to blame this fool, Gu Feng quickly began testing the various functions of the Immortal Spirit Communication with him.

The voice function was perfectly realized through the sound storage formation;

The communication function was achieved through the sound transmission formation;

The display function was realized through the mystic light mirror formation;

...

Gu Feng eagerly verified each function with Li Zongwen, growing more excited with each success.

The advent of the Immortal Spirit Communication officially opened the door to the internet business structure in this cultivation world. With it, Gu Feng's subsequent plans could be smoothly implemented.

The Immortal Spirit Communication was the foundation of everything.

"Sequence, please look!" Li Zongwen wiped the sweat from his forehead and pointed to a sword-shaped icon on the Immortal Spirit Communication's screen, saying, "This is the Sharing Flying Sword formation you asked me to develop. Just click this formation icon and inject a bit of True Core energy to activate it."

"And here! As per your instructions, I specifically reserved a small Absorbing Spirits formation, directly connected to the top of the artifact's Great Cosmos Soul Capturing formation."

Picking up the Immortal Spirit Communication, Li Zongwen flipped it over in front of Gu Feng. Sure enough, at the bottom of the back, there was a small spiral formation, with a visible formation pattern running through the back, extending to the top of the Immortal Spirit Communication, where a complex divine sense formation was clearly visible.

Li Zongwen had always had questions in his mind.

The Absorbing Spirits formation wasn't new; it was usually used by elders in large cultivation families to transfer True Core spiritual energy to younger members when they were nearing the end of their lives.

Although he didn't know why Gu Feng wanted this formation in the artifact, what was more puzzling was the Great Cosmos Soul Capturing formation directly connected to the top of the artifact!

This formation had no other use; its only purpose was that many demonic cultivators used it to control others' destiny divine sense, to intimidate, coerce, and manipulate them at will.

Li Zongwen had no idea of Gu Feng's plans. He was merely speculating based on his understanding of these formations as an artifact refiner, and the thought of what Gu Feng might do made him shiver with fear.

However, he knew his lowly status and focused on doing his job, knowing that the schemes among these big shots were none of his business.

So he didn't ask further questions.

"Well done!"

Gu Feng gave him high praise and instructed Manager Wu to reward Li Zongwen with a bag of Spirit Stones.

Seeing the Spirit Stones, Li Zongwen completely forgot his earlier doubts.

Who cares! Whoever gives me Spirit Stones is the boss, and it's none of my business if someone gets unlucky!

Thinking this way, Li Zongwen felt completely at ease.