Immortal Venerable's Order
Chapter 170 - 169: Yudie (2)

Chapter 170: Chapter 169: Yudie (2)

Yudie chuckled, "Marshal Yan, why the long face? Once you become my master, we can communicate mind-to-mind. Whatever I know, you’ll naturally know too. By then, as long as you have enough strength and my guidance, you can go anywhere in this vast universe!"

"Heh heh..."

Yudie’s laughter deeply mocked Yan Rufeng’s soul, making his little face turn beet red with shame.

"Ha ha!"

Yan Rufeng let out a cold chuckle, seemingly mocking himself.

"Little Butterfly, if you acknowledge me as your master, you won’t need to be placed on the wormhole mother ship as a navigation tool. How did I not think of this?"

"Hee hee..."

Little Butterfly laughed smugly, "That’s because you’re dumb!"

"Uh..."

Instead of getting angry, Yan Rufeng eagerly said, "Yudie, the sooner the better. Let’s start the master recognition now!"

"Not now!" Yudie replied.

"Why not?"

"Put me in your Purple Mansion first," Yudie said coquettishly.

Yan Rufeng didn’t know why Yudie insisted on going into his Purple Mansion, but he didn’t refuse. He immediately retrieved the Creation Jade Disc into his Purple Mansion.

Inside Yan Rufeng’s Purple Mansion, a bell-like laughter echoed in the Heavenly Court space.

"It’s so comfortable here..."

Yan Rufeng’s Divine Soul picked up the Creation Jade Butterfly and said, "Little Butterfly, can we start the recognition now?"

"Hmm..."

"We can." Little Butterfly replied.

Yan Rufeng gave a helpless smile and thought, "Last time, the Six Paths Reincarnation Plate forcibly recognized me as its master. My depleted essence blood hasn’t even fully recovered yet. Now the Creation Jade Disc wants to recognize me as its master too. For the sake of not getting lost while traveling through the universes in the future, I’ll have to go all out this time..."

Without much thought, Yan Rufeng immediately pinched a magic spell and sent a stream of essence blood onto the Creation Butterfly.

However, Yan Rufeng’s essence blood wasn’t absorbed by the Creation Jade Disc; instead, it dripped to the ground.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Yudie scolded.

Yan Rufeng was startled and asked in confusion, "Isn’t it a blood recognition? You have to know that my essence blood is limited; this is a huge waste."

Yan Rufeng looked at the essence blood on the ground, pained. If it weren’t for the sake of face, he might have licked it off the ground.

"Ha ha!"

Little Butterfly scoffed, "Rufeng, who said recognizing a master requires blood?"

"Then, what do I need to do?" Yan Rufeng asked.

"Marry me!"

"What? Yudie, did you forget that you’re an Artifact Spirit?"

Yan Rufeng shouted...

In the Cultivation World, Spiritual Artifacts refined at the Nascent Soul Stage can produce Artifact Spirits. However, these Artifact Spirits are merely consciousness bodies.

Spiritual Artifacts refined at the Emergence Stage can produce Artifact Spirits that have virtual bodies and can leave the artifact. Those with substantial bodies appear only in the Immortal World.

It’s common to be on good terms with an Artifact Spirit in the Cultivation World, but marrying one? That’s rare. Of course, some lonely cultivators married Artifact Spirits to fill an emotional void, but they often abandoned them after ascending to immortality.

From Yan Rufeng’s expression, it was clear that Little Butterfly’s words had startled him. Marrying an Artifact Spirit? Even if he didn’t have Yi Mu in his heart, he wouldn’t marry an Artifact Spirit.

"No, no, no..."

"Marry you? Yan Rufeng can’t do that." Yan Rufeng shook his head quickly.

"Heh heh!"

Little Butterfly laughed, "Look at you, even if you wanted to marry me, I wouldn’t fancy you!"

"Ha ha!"

Yan Rufeng sneered, "It’s best you don’t fancy me. I already belong to someone."

"Heh heh!"

Yudie laughed, "Just teasing, sister will recognize you as the master now."

Yan Rufeng looked at the Creation Jade Disc and asked, "What do I need to do?"

Yudie said earnestly, "Brother Yan, relax your body first. I’ll extract your Divine Soul, and that’ll do."

"Extract my Divine Soul? Is this recognizing a master? Sounds like you plan to take over my body!" Yan Rufeng shouted.

"Tch!"

Yudie scoffed, "For recognizing a master, I can only extract the master’s Divine Soul, unlike items and artifacts that use essence blood."

"Then forget it, I won’t take you in," Yan Rufeng declined.

"No, I have my eye on you. You must be my master," Xuedie insisted.

"Ha!"

Yan Rufeng, trembling, said, "Yudie, even if you are an Innate Treasure, how could I dare to be your master now?"

Yudie growled, "You don’t have a choice anymore. It’s not easy for me to find a Hongmeng Saint Body. I won’t miss this chance for great fortune. I’ve recognized you as my master."

Yan Rufeng clearly felt something was off. He wanted to withdraw the Creation Jade Disc, but he found he couldn’t use any mana anymore.

Inside Yan Rufeng’s Purple Mansion, in the Heavenly Court space, radiant light shone everywhere. The Creation Jade Disc floated in front of Yan Rufeng’s Divine Soul, spinning rapidly, causing his Divine Soul to start twisting.

"Yudie, what are you doing?" Yan Rufeng yelled in shock.

"Heh heh..."

"What do you think? Recognizing you as my master, of course," Yudie said sinisterly.

"No, I, Yan Rufeng, don’t want to be your master. Stop your crazy behavior!"

"Too late now. Just accept it!"

"Ha ha..."

"Ah..."

"I feel... empty..."

"Pain... it hurts... stop... no..."

Yan Rufeng kept screaming. After a moment, all the light vanished, and the Creation Jade Disc stopped spinning.

Yan Rufeng’s Divine Soul looked like a wilting eggplant, without any spirit.

"Heh heh..."

Like a silver bell, Yudie’s laughter floated in the Heavenly Court space, as a graceful figure drifted before Yan Rufeng.

"Yudie greets Master,"

Yudie respectfully bowed to Yan Rufeng’s Divine Soul.

With vacant eyes, Yan Rufeng howled at the sky, "Heaven, Earth, why, why are you doing this to me? First, the Six Paths Reincarnation Plate drained my essence blood, now the Creation Jade Butterfly extracts my Divine Soul. Master, you did me no favors..."

A cultivator’s Divine Soul is fragile compared to their body. Even Ascension Stage experts wouldn’t easily use their Divine Soul in battles because a single mishap could lead to complete destruction.

For the Creation Jade Disc to recognize its master by extracting the Divine Soul would usually result in death and destruction. Fortunately, Yan Rufeng was a Hongmeng Saint Body with cultivation at the Divine Separation Stage, where his Twelve Nascent Souls had transformed into Divine Souls and fused with an Immortal Venerable’s Divine Soul...

"Hee hee!"

"Master, Yudie has recognized you as her master. You should be happy instead of making that face."

"Ha ha..."

"Happy..."

Yan Rufeng glared, "Yudie, you absorbed six of my twelve Divine Souls, and even took nearly half of the Immortal Venerable Divine Soul. How can you expect me to be happy?"

Yan Rufeng practically shouted the last sentence...