PS: For the Ruined Sword's name in the previous chapter, I borrowed a suggestion from this chapter's comments. Fellow Daoists can go back and take a look.
After he spoke, the Spirit Treasure in his hand remained utterly ordinary, lying still without the slightest response.
Liu Yu knew this was because he had failed to gain its recognition.
Tang Tianbao had an innate karmic connection with this sword, which allowed him to become its master easily despite being only in the Foundation Establishment Realm.
He, however, had no such fortune.
Even though Tang Tianbao had personally handed the sword to him, gaining the "sword spirit's" recognition, let alone becoming its master, remained a distant prospect.
Still, the Spirit Treasure is already in my hands. I can take my time with this.
Affection is something that can be cultivated slowly!
Liu Yu smiled faintly.
Regardless of whether the sword agreed, he renamed it the Ruined Sword.
With that thought, he willed the Ruined Sword into his Storage Bag.
"..."
Yet even after quite some time, the sword had not budged, still lying quietly in his hand.
Liu Yu finally understood why both Zhou Ziwen and Tang Tianbao had carried the sword in their hands rather than putting it in a Storage Bag.
A Spirit Treasure's unique nature placed it between life and death. It was an inanimate object, yet not entirely so.
If its artifact spirit resisted, it truly could not be forced into a Storage Bag.
After pondering briefly, Liu Yu soon understood the reason and decided not to force the issue.
In any case, the Ruined Sword concealed its own divine splendor. Even a Nascent Soul True Lord standing before it would find it almost impossible to detect anything unusual.
He casually hung the Ruined Sword at an