"Very well. Then I hope your journey away from home goes smoothly, Master." I spoke as I summoned the Primordial Qi Heavy Water, separated the Catastrophe Waterdrop, and placed it at the center of the Tribulation Platform, as well as in front of myself.
"That is inevitable." Li Guxian knew that the separation required complete concentration, so she immediately returned to that Catastrophe Waterdrop and let me begin the ritual, using Qiuniu to replace her as the spirit of the Catastrophe Divine Sword.
Drawing formations and carrying out all kinds of transformations were indispensable—and extremely tedious—when replacing an artifact spirit. However, after performing the procedure several times, I had become so proficient that the chance of failure was pitifully low. In less than a day, Li Guxian emerged from within. Of course, she was still in a semi-illusory state; condensing a physical body would clearly take time.
Qiuniu had entered the Catastrophe Waterdrop. It changed from a watery state into the Catastrophe Waterdrop, then transformed into Qiuniu's appearance and raced around the Tribulation Platform, extremely cheerful. This fellow had rather unique interests. It had always been capable of transforming into countless things—flying birds, all kinds of animals, and so on. It used these transformations to bewilder its opponents during attacks and launch sneak assaults. Even the Primordial Chaos Iron had been made to perform all sorts of tricks by it back then.
Li Guxian, who had been cultivating nearby, smiled as she watched Qiuniu play around. With a beckoning gesture, she called Qiuniu back and placed it in her palm.
I thought she was going to praise Qiuniu properly, but instead she extended her slender finger and gave Qiuniu a thorough kneading. Only after quite some time did she say, "No, you have to turn into a rabbit for me.