Artifact recognizes its master

“Alright, alright, stop crying. You should be dripping your essence blood onto the Divine Artifact, not trying to make it recognize you as its master with tears. Take advantage of the fact that Han Ya hasn't returned yet and quickly have the Divine Artifact recognize you as its master. If we wait any longer, I'm afraid more complications will arise.”

Xiao Feng stroked Su Xueqing's head and said this with a smile, after which Su Xueqing's eyes turned even redder, and she threw herself directly into Xiao Feng's arms.

“Xiao Feng, thank you!” Su Xueqing's muffled voice sounded.

Xiao Feng couldn't bring himself to push her out of his arms, so he could only hold Su Xueqing and gently soothe her emotions.

Xiao Feng shoved the Divine Artifact into Su Xueqing's arms once again.

This time, Su Xueqing did not refuse. She withdrew from Xiao Feng's embrace, sat down beside him with the Divine Artifact, and prepared to begin.

This time, the Divine Artifact finally had some reaction.

It probably didn't expect that, as a Divine Artifact, it would be passed back and forth between the two, and it was a little bit angry.

After Xiao Feng shoved it into Su Xueqing's arms this time, before she could even draw the sword from its sheath, the longsword unsheathed itself.

It then cut Su Xueqing's palm, letting her blood drip onto its blade.

Su Xueqing had just begun to meditate and hadn't yet realized what was happening when she felt a slight pain in her fingertip, and then the Divine Artifact longsword was already floating in front of her.

Su Xueqing subconsciously looked towards Xiao Feng, but the next second, her Divine Sense was drawn into the world of the Divine Artifact.

In a vast, white space, Su Xueqing and the small sword floating in front of her stared at each other.

“Are you... the sword spirit of the Divine Artifact?” Su Xueqing hesitated before speaking to test the waters.

“Hmph! Stupid, ignorant human! How dare you pass this Divine Artifact back and forth! If it weren't for the fact that I know I can't escape, I would have killed you both!” This little sword spirit had quite a fiery temper.

“It wasn't passing you back and forth; I just felt that since I wasn't the one who obtained you, I felt a bit embarrassed to take you. Are we going to undergo the trial now? I am ready.”

Su Xueqing hadn't expected the Divine Artifact's sword spirit to be so lively, and that it had developed such a mood because of her and Xiao Feng passing it back and forth.

“Hmph! Woman, the reason I let your blood drip onto my blade is not because I acknowledge you; I just don't like that man. But if you cannot pass my trial, I still won't recognize you as my master!” the little sword spirit said haughtily.

“I know. I will not let his painstaking efforts go to waste, and I will definitely pass your trial!” Su Xueqing said firmly.

“Very well, then let me see how long you can hold out!” The sword spirit puffed out its cheeks, made a face at Su Xueqing, and then its figure disappeared from the Divine Artifact's space.

In the void of the Divine Artifact's space, the humming of a longsword was soon heard.

Su Xueqing turned around, and a phantom of a longsword was flying rapidly in her direction.

Su Xueqing dodged swiftly and took the opportunity to draw her own longsword, shattering the longsword phantom.

Before Su Xueqing could rest, two more longsword phantoms flew towards her from different directions.

Su Xueqing raised her hand and shattered them again.

Four longsword phantoms flew in from the distance...

Xiao Feng watched Su Xueqing, whose eyes were closed and whose Divine Sense had clearly entered the Divine Artifact's space, wondering if she would be able to pass the Divine Artifact's trial.

For the first few minutes, Xiao Feng saw that Su Xueqing's expression was calm, and the magical power on her body was also very stable, without any excessively violent fluctuations.

Xiao Feng thought, perhaps Su Xueqing would be able to gain the sword spirit's approval?

However, just as this thought crossed Xiao Feng's mind, Su Xueqing's face turned pale, and she spat out a mouthful of blood.

Xiao Feng hurried forward.

Su Xueqing's body trembled slightly, and the magical power on her body began to surge.

But Su Xueqing's Divine Sense had not yet emerged from the Divine Artifact's space.

Xiao Feng dared not speak easily, fearing that he might disrupt the process of Su Xueqing gaining the sword spirit's approval, so he could only watch over her anxiously from the side.

As time passed bit by bit, just after a quarter of an hour, Su Xueqing spat out another mouthful of blood, and her complexion turned even paler.

Xiao Feng could no longer sit still, as he felt the magical power on Su Xueqing's body was rapidly draining away.

Xiao Feng finally made up his mind and slowly channeled his own immortal power into Su Xueqing's body.

Feeling that his immortal power was not being rejected within Su Xueqing's body, Xiao Feng sat cross-legged directly behind her.

Whenever he felt any fluctuations within Su Xueqing's body, Xiao Feng would immediately use his own immortal power to smooth out the Qi in her body.

The two sat like this for three days and three nights.

When Han Ya returned, he happened to see Xiao Feng with his eyes closed, fully focused on regulating Su Xueqing.

At this moment, the two were completely unguarded.

Han Ya stopped his footsteps, stood in the distance, and hesitated.

He had already completed the task Xiao Feng had asked him to do.

But should he take another gamble for himself?

Under these circumstances, if he attacked, he was guaranteed to land a hit, and these two would definitely not survive!

That way, not only would he be able to obtain the Divine Artifact, but he wouldn't have to worry about being hunted by Xiao Feng. Han Ya was shamefully tempted.

“As long as I make a move, they are currently completely unguarded and will definitely die! Xiao Feng currently cannot spare any mental energy to observe the situation of the surroundings!”

“He doesn't even know that I have already returned. Once I get the Divine Artifact, I can successfully leave the Secret Realm. Should I, or should I not, make a move?”

Han Ya's mind was also at war.

On one hand, he felt that with his strength, a surprise attack on the unguarded Xiao Feng and Su Xueqing would definitely succeed.

But on the other hand, the things Xiao Feng had accomplished over this period of time, which he thought were impossible, made Han Ya somewhat wary of Xiao Feng.

Moreover, the idea of wanting to make a move against Xiao Feng had just occurred to Han Ya.

That sense of danger made him feel as if all the scales on his body were about to stand on end.

It was as if every cell in his body was screaming at him not to make such a stupid decision.

After a long while, Han Ya sighed silently.

“In the end, I dare not take action against him. Forget it, forget it; perhaps this is my fate. Who knows if this brat is deliberately setting a trap for me? I had better just behave myself!”

After soothing the unwillingness in his heart, Han Ya approached the direction of Xiao Feng and Su Xueqing, preparing to act as a Protector for the two.

However, just as Han Ya looked up, he saw Xiao Feng staring at his direction with a smile that was not quite a smile.

Xiao Feng had unexpectedly withdrawn his Spiritual Qi without him knowing when!

Han Ya only felt a chill rise in his heart, and he was immensely grateful that he had come to his senses and had not taken action against Xiao Feng and Su Xueqing just now.

He just knew it, that heartless, black-hearted ghost, Xiao Feng!

He must have been deliberately digging a pit for him!

If he had dared to make a move against him, Xiao Feng would have been able to seize the opportunity and directly drain away all of his magical power.

He had almost fallen for Xiao Feng's trick.

But Han Ya didn't know that he had actually wronged Xiao Feng in this matter.

If it weren't for the System's reminder, Xiao Feng truly hadn't expected Han Ya to return so quickly.

For these past two days, he had completely forgotten about it.