"How should I address you?" Lu Ye suddenly realized this was a problem.
A hollow voice rose from within the pure white Spiritual Light. "You may call me whatever you wish."
"Hat?"
Judging by its shape, the Heaven's Mystery Disk truly resembled a hat resting atop the Nine Provinces. It simply existed in a state imperceptible to the naked eye; even when viewed from the starry sky beyond the Nine Provinces, one could not see that hat's true existence.
Lu Ye could clearly sense that Heavenly Mechanism was somewhat dissatisfied with that name. Though it was an Artifact Spirit and had no real need for names, after sheltering the Human Race of the Nine Provinces for so many years, it still knew which names sounded pleasing and which did not.
Lu Ye smiled. It seemed Heavenly Mechanism was not the sort of cold, emotionless Artifact Spirit without needs. This was somewhat different from the Artifact Spirits he knew.
That was a good thing. With emotions and needs, it would not be too rigid. What he was experiencing now undoubtedly proved as much. If it truly had been an inflexible Artifact Spirit, it likely would not have concerned itself with so many matters, much less led him here to show him the many changes in the Nine Provinces.
"Since you are an Artifact Spirit born from merging with part of the Nine Provinces' World Will, I'll call you Little Nine."
"Fine!" Heavenly Mechanism swiftly approved of the name. It might be simple, but it was far better than something like Hat.
Through the doorway opened by Little Nine, Lu Ye left Immortal Yuan City.
He appeared in a stretch of wilderness.
The Bug Disaster had swept through the Nine Provinces for several years, leaving the land barren everywhere. Yet with Heaven