Ye Lin stood in the Void, holding the Supreme Purity Mystic Bell.
The little bell was no bigger than his palm. It was dark gold all over, its surface covered in densely packed runes.
The runes belonged to no known script. They moved slowly across the bell like living things, gathering and scattering in turn, and gave off a faint hum.
Fine cracks also covered the bell, but they were not damage. They were natural patterns, like the veins of the earth or the paths of the stars.
The Supreme Purity Mystic Bell trembled slightly in Ye Lin's palm, as though a colossal beast that had slept for countless ages had finally opened its eyes.
Yuan Zhou's dozens of eyes fixed on the little bell at once, their pupils contracting sharply.
He sensed the aura emanating from it.
It was not the aura of an ordinary magic treasure, or even that of an Acquired Spirit Treasure.
It was the aura unique to an Innate Spirit Treasure: born alongside heaven and earth, resonant with the Great Dao.
"An Innate Spirit Treasure? You actually have one?"
Yuan Zhou spoke after seeing it clearly.
His voice trembled slightly.
The gap between an acquired object and an innate one was no small thing.
One could even say that anything beneath the innate was merely a dead object.
Even if it had a spirit, it was still a dead object.
But innate objects were different.
They could commune with the Great Dao of heaven and earth and bring about Great Dao Resonance. Their power was on another level entirely.
Ye Lin gave no answer to Yuan Zhou's question.
He gently ran his fingers over the bell. Sensing his aura, the runes began to move faster, their hum growing louder and more insistent.
"It really is