Yang Qing carefully put on his universal enclave robe and the accompanying veiled destiny domain crystal and the necklace made from the 500,000-year-old green silkworm.
Despite being covered in Saint-grade artifacts from top to bottom, he was anything but assured. All he saw from them were cursed objects that had the capability to ruin him in mere moments and subject him to the depths of poverty he never thought possible.
However, those foreboding thoughts were soon pushed to the back of his mind as he focused on assimilating the Saint-grade treasures so they could attune themselves to his body.
Yang Qing took out a small wooden token that had the image of a swirling wave that was carved on the wings of some obscure creature that Yang Qing couldn't make heads or tails of what it was. But he could tell it looked humanoid and was slender in stature.
After getting the robe, and the other Saint grade artifacts, later during the day he was called back by assistant director Jun Pei to pick up the token. The reason he wasn't given before was that the token usually resided in the heart crystal mountain, the place the Spirit Council was located.
The token would help him in controlling the Saint grade artifacts and help them 'work together' for him.
Saint-grade treasures and artifacts were no different from a living organism since they had developed spirits of their own, and as such, being able to use them, especially when you were weaker than them, would prove to be a tough task not unless the artifacts or treasures themselves approve of you or the owner of said treasures or artifacts ordered them to assist the other party. In addition, Saint grade treasures and or artifacts always fought for supremacy against each other, so using two or more at the same time would prove difficult since they would always try to hinder each other.
The three Saint-grade artifacts Yang Qing had on hand had two problems, one was the vying for supremacy part and the other was the three Saint-grade artifacts had no owner so forcing their obedience to help Yang Qing was out of the question. External means would have to be employed so he could use them.
The only way he could use them was through circulating the five harmonious technique that would merge those artifacts into one mind and also there was a will imprinted on the token that would help smoothen the process.
The Order has held countless ceremonies over the years using the three artifacts, they have thus refined the process to make it as seamless as possible.
Yang Qing slowly circulated the five harmonious technique which created a small glyph that merged with the token. The swirling water wave on the token turned life-like as an intense whooshing sound was produced from it, with its blue color getting darker.
A huge wave of the densest qi was produced from that wave which merged with the glyph. The glyph turned into a small golden string that tied the blue universe enclave robe to both the veiled destiny domain crystal and the necklace from the 500,000-year-old green silkworm and lastly to Yang Qing's glabella.
Yang Qing was shocked at how dense that qi was, it felt like it could fill a whole ocean and even have some leftovers, and the nature of it, Yang Qing couldn't quite place it but it felt familiar to him.....
"Isn't this?" Yang Qing muttered, but he immediately freed his head of all distracting thoughts when he felt his mind get dragged into a massive dome-shaped hallway.
The hallway was filled with mosaic glasses that had the image of all kinds of auspicious beasts like; a dragon, a phoenix, a black tortoise, a white tiger, a vermilion bird, a Luan, a qilin, kunpeng, a golden roc, a giant Ao tortoise with a huge mountain on its shell among other beasts that would cause a huge shockwave in the world were they to be spotted.
Within the hallway there were 8 statues that had dressed as Daoists however their facial features were obscured, however, Yang Qing noticed one of them looked like he had crystal blue wings and was also a bit different from the rest of the statues. Yang Qing wasn't sure why, but he felt that statue was more life-like as if it could burst with life any moment.
His wondering thoughts however were pulled back when three figures appeared in the center of the hallway. One was a wizened old man with blue robes who looked to have the whole universe in his eyes. You could see the movement of the stars, the change of seasons, and time within his eyes.
Yang Qing took a nervous gulp when he saw him.
Next to the old man was a creature in a grey hooded robe that had all sorts of rotating glyphs. Yang Qing had to stop staring when he felt his sense of self disappear every time he tried to stare at what lay underneath the hood.
The last of the three was a green cocoon that was the size of a palm. Despite its size Yang Qing detected the densest aura of vitality and regeneration from it, It was enough to match that of a forest that had covered a whole rank 1 empire.
Yang Qing had no doubt if Ma Yuan stayed next to the cocoon for a month, even without his cultivation realm his lifespan would definitely rival that of a peak stage palace realm expert which was 25,000 years.
"Not bad," said the wizened elder as he stroked his beard while scrutinizing Yang Qing.
Beneath that gaze, Yang Qing felt like all his secrets were laid bare.
"Mmh, the Order's standards are getting better and better. Young man if you keep up, I see a good future ahead," said the hooded figure. Even though Yang Qing understood clearly what the figure said, he felt like the figure didn't use words to communicate and his brain interpreted whatever form of communication the creature used, into words.
"This means soft life Yang Qing may be born finally after years of tireless efforts," thought Yang Qing in glee as he mulled over the words of the hooded figure.
It didn't take too much for him to guess the identities of the three newcomers. They were the spirits of the Saint-grade artifacts. He had no idea where the dome-shaped hallway came from but if he had to guess, it was more than likely from the wooden token he had.
The wizened elderly man before him with the universe for eyes was likely the spirit of the blue universe enclave robe, while the hooded figure was no doubt the spirit of the veiled destiny domain crystal which had skills in karmic spells. The fact that it said Yang Qing had a good future ahead meant Yang Qing may very well live his dream in the future.
"Thank you very much seniors for your generous appraisal of this junior. I know I'm lacking in many areas, but I will make sure to live up to your expectations," Yang Qing said as he cupped his fists to them.
"Mmh, " the elderly spirit of the blue universe enclave robe nodded in acknowledgment.
"A good worker indeed," said the spirit of the veiled destiny domain crystal in appreciation.
Yang Qing who was all smiles almost fell over during his bow to the both of them.
"Whaaat?!" said Yang Qing who was unable to contain himself after what he just heard.
"Forgive me, seniors, I am beside myself at being in your radiant presence," Yang Qing said with an embarrassed smile.
"Senior, I don't know how I should address you?" Yang Qing politely asked as he forwarded the question to the spirit of the veiled destiny domain crystal.
"Well, we haven't used any names in the past 200,000 years. Mmmh you can just call us what Fei always calls us. I'm Veiled Destiny, this is Blue Universe and she is Green Cocoon," said Veiled Destiny as he pointed to the spirit of the blue universe enclave robe and the spirit of the necklace made from 500,000-year-old green silkworm respectively.
"200,000 years?! Who's Fei?" Yang Qing wondered as the person in question seemed to have a deep relationship with the three Saint grade treasures seeing how whoever they were could give them ridiculous names and they looked to be fine with it.
As for 200,000 years, he wasn't surprised since treasures and artifacts, as long as no irreparable damage happened to their main bodies, they were virtually eternal.
"Excuse me senior Veiled Destiny, when you said I have a good future ahead did you mean that I would be a good worker or did you mean something different?" Yang Qing cautiously asked.
The 'good worker' comment had sent him on edge even more than the fines he would incur should he delay returning the Saint grade artifacts back to the internal logistics department.
"I wonder about that?" said Veiled Destiny in a playful tone which was the first time Yang Qing detected any emotion from it.
"Mmh, life..aura..not...known...yet...time...maybe... curious."
The last member of the group finally spoke up, when Yang Qing was contemplating how to get more out of Veiled Destiny.
"This is rare, Green cocoon who hasn't spoken up for the past 400 years, finally has?" said Blue Universe with clear surprise in his tone.
"She may have taken interest in him because of his nature, though that part is unclear even for me," said Veiled Destiny.
Yang Qing stood there puzzled at what the green silkworm said. Its voice was that of a young child who had just begun teaching herself to speak.
"Is she a new spirit," wondered Yang Qing. The incoherent speech pattern was a common thing to newly formed spirits.
"She is several times older than all of us, if I was to use human terms, I would call her our great great great great great great grandmother.
Her speech pattern is because she is lazy and she doesn't speak much. She could go for thousands and thousands of years without talking. Over the past 50,000 years, she hasn't said more than 400 words," said Blue Universe seemingly reading Yang Qing's thoughts who was currently shell-shocked at such a revelation.
"But isn't she 500,000 years old and you have been around for atleast 200,000 years l?" Asked Yang Qing.
" The 500,000-year-old thing was just a cheeky ruse done by Fei to avoid troublesome situations. Green cocoon has taken naps that were atleast that long. But I'm afraid I can't tell you more kid," said Blue Universe with a gentle smile.
Yang Qing couldn't help but warily stare at the unassuming green cocoon in Infront of him.
"What is she?" He wondered
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