Su Yuchen immediately started calling the system in his mind, ‘System? Hello, are you there?’

He tried to call the system when it first appeared in his mind, there was no response from it then and he stopped bothering about it after sometime. He thought that the system might only be a lifeless tool with a single function of sign in.

However, if an artefact could give birth to sentience and grow a spirit in this cultivation world, then his system might also have a spirit of its own.

‘System! Can you hear me?’, he asked in his mind with a sense of urgency.

‘System, respond to me!’, he shouted in his mind.

‘System, please respond to me!’

Su Yuchen’s face turned bad as he got no response from the system after he waited for a while. He lowered his head to avoid others noticing his bad mood.

‘System, lets communicate. Don’t make me stand on an edge.’

‘We can discuss cooperation. You are not giving me all these resources for free, are you?’

‘System, are you fresh out of factory? You didn’t have the time to grow a spirit?’

‘Don’t you have any AI?’

Su Yuchen continued to ask questions in his mind and tried to get a response from the system. However, there was no reply from the system.

He became even more uncomfortable.

He calmed down, and began to concentrate on the conversation of his senior disciples.

Su Yuchen decided to learn more about spirit weapons.

Later, he followed them to choose a beast for Jin Tianlong. Jin Tianlong chose a rare flying white tiger with small golden marks on it as his beast mount.

After Third Elder’s disciples left the mount stable, they returned to the counter.

Senior Brother Li looked at Su Yuchen and said, “I will ask someone to look into the portrait and find who drew it. You might not be dragged into the conflicts anymore, the people behind this incident should have already stopped using you. I will make sure that is the case.”

“Thank you, Senior Brother Li, this help means a lot to me.” Su Yuchen clasped his hands and bowed to Senior Brother Li.

“It is nothing. I am doing my duty as your Senior Disciple.” Senior Brother Li shook his head and said.

“Senior Brother Li what is a spirit artefact?” Su Yuchen asked him with a curious look.

“Hmm, spirit artefact? They are the most powerful weapons cultivators can wield. Being able to wield a spirit artefact also means that you are among the most powerful cultivators in the world.” Senior Brother Li started to speak about spirit weapons.

“Spirit artefacts are Heaven grade artefacts that has gave birth to a spirit. It is rare for Heaven grade artefacts to give birth to spirits. These spirit artefacts can function on their own and also attack other without a cultivator controlling it. Cultivators can also maintain a connection from long distances and control these weapons to attack others.”

“Most importantly, these spirit artefacts will help a cultivator in their cultivation. The spirit artefacts can become a cultivators second mind. That’s the reason it is important when a spirit artefact chooses their master. Only when both the spirit artefact and the cultivator work in harmony can the spirit artefact provide its master with help in their cultivation.”

“If you ever have the luck and fortune to come across a spirit artefact choosing its master, try your best to coordinate with it. Even if the artefact is not a water or earth element artefact, it can guide you in your cultivation and protect you.”

Su Yuchen listened to senior Brother Li’s explanation carefully and learned everything about the spirit artefact. The intelligence of a spirit artefact made him frown.

He asked Senior Brother Li, “Can the spirit artefact attack its owner if its that intelligent?”

Senior Brother Li shook his head, “No, it is impossible for spirit artefacts to attack their masters. To make a spirit artefact as his own, a cultivator must use his soul while refining the artefact. The spirit of the artefact and the cultivator’s soul will then be in a synchronised state from that moment. If the cultivator is attacked by the artefact, it will only hurt itself. The spirit artefact can’t try to self destruct like a cultivator if it decided to die together with its master. So no, there are no methods for the spirit artefact to attack its owner.”

Su Yuchen asked, “Can the spirit artefact leave its master?”

“Yes, when the spirit artefact is dissatisfied with its master, the synchronisation weakens and both parties can choose to separate.” Senior Brother Li answered him.

Su Yuchen nodded and asked, “What do the spirit artefacts look like? Just like a regular weapon or furnace?”

Senior Brother Li asked, “They can be both weapons and other items. There are spirit weapons in the form of swords, spears and there are spirit items in the form of furnaces, gourds. Heaven grade Artefacts are made in many forms, a spirit can grow from all of them.”

Su Yuchen continued to ask him, “Brother do you know any spirit artefact that has not acknowledged a master till now?”

Senior Brother Li looked at Su Yuchen and grinned, “There certainly are spirit artefacts which have not acknowledged a master till now. Do you want to try your luck with them, Junior brother? I have to remind you, some of them are bloodthirsty.”

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Su Yuchen raised his hand and refused, “No, I am not after them. I just want to know about these tools that can have their own spirit.”

“Senior Brother Li, please tell me more about these spirit artefacts.”

Senior Brother Li laughed and said, “Sure. I will start with the spirit artefact that is best suitable for you according to your affinity. The Fallen Star Umbrella, it is a spirit weapon which is suitable for water element cultivators. The Fallen Star Umbrella can make storms. It can also turn the rain droplets into sharp weapons and hurt its enemies.”

He looked at Su Yuchen with a solemn look and said, “When the enemy bleeds, the fallen star umbrella will begin drawing out more bleed from them and then use the blood as blades to continue attacking.”

“This is the best water elemental artefact known to anyone. Because of its effects, the fallen star umbrella was one of the most sought after weapon in the world. But the spirit artefact never acknowledged any master, even when another spirit artefact user attacked it and damaged it, the fallen star umbrella refused to acknowledge that person.”

“Junior brother, do you want to try subduing this weapon when you grow up? I am sure it will suite you and sync with you.” Su Yuchen was asked by Senior Brother Li with a laugh.

Su Yuchen said in a flat, insincere tone, “I will get that umbrella. I only ever used a straw umbrella to protect myself from rain and sun in the village. Now in the sect, I need to hide from others who keep on staring at my beautiful face, so I will get this umbrella for security. Senior Brother, you can also share it with me when we have to walk outside. Handsome men are not safe even when walking in daylight.”

“Ha-ha-ha”

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In the practise hall, Mount Stable.

Senior Brother Li’s fist was falling on Su Yuchen’s head. Suddenly, he made a shift movement to the falling fist and changed its direction at the last moment to hit Su Yuchen on his chest.

Su Yuchen reacted instantly, he turned his body to his left and used his right shoulder to bear the attack of the fist.

When the fist fell, Su Yuchen felt a pain from his shoulder, he lost his body balance in the next moment and began to fall, he quickly came to his senses from the pain and tried to move his feet to balance himself.

Senior Brother Li did not gave him a chance to steady himself and kicked at his knees with a side kick.

The kick hit Su Yuchen’s knee and made him fall down.

Senior Brother Li continued to make a heavy stomp beside Su Yuchen’s face, causing him and the floor to shudder.

Senior Brother Li retracted his leg, looked down at Su Yuchen and said, “It’s good that you are only showing your reactions before my attacks fall on you, but not everyone is going to attack you carelessly. Like the way I changed my attack at the last moment, others would also react according to your reactions and change their attacks at the last moments.”

Senior Brother Li pulled Su Yuchen from the floor and continued to speak, “I will surprise you with these attacks from now own. You must first learn to counter attack them on your own.”

Senior Brother Li put some distance between them. After both of them got ready, he began to attack him.

When an attack was about to fall on Su Yuchen’s face, he quickly turned his head and counter attacked with a punch to the chest of Senior Brother Li.

Senior Brother Li took a back step, Su Yuchen’s eyes followed the movement of his legs. Senior Brother Li immediately stretched his right hand in a claw form and attacked at Su Yuchen’s throat, but a fast kick headed towards his hip and landed on him.

Senior Brother Li quickly retracted his claws, while adjusting himself, he used his left hand and punched towards his heart. Su Yuchen dodged to his right.

Senior brother Li kicked his left leg at Su Yuchen’s knees.

Su Yuchen counter kicked his legs. A sharp shout came out of his mouth from the pain.

Senior Brother Li stomped his leg and stretched his left claw at Su Yuchen’s face.

Su Yuchen moved his head to the side while trying to use his left hand to hit the ribs of Senior Brother Li. Senior Brother Li instantly changed the direction of his left claw when Su Yuchen started to move his head and grabbed Su Yuchen’s throat.

Although Su Yuchen was surprised, his fist still continued the attack at the ribs, but his hand was caught by Senior Brother Li’s right hand. The back of his knee was kicked and he fell to the ground.

“You didn’t even react, right now. Concentrate more during the fight.” Senior Brother Li said while taking a back step.

Su Yuchen coughed while getting up. “I am concentrating.”

Su Yuchen fell down five more times while only seeing the attack change in midair twice.

“You are deciding your counter attacks only after knowing my target. Just decide on dodging if you are doing that. From now on, make decisions after I moved a body part, and then proceed with an attack. Change your attacks in midair when you think of your attack as a mistake.” Senior Brother Li instructed loudly. “You will be changing your attacks at the last moment from now on.”