Lu Shang held the Wolf-Headed Jade Ruyi before his eyes and examined it closely.
"Artifact spirits really are rare. Even something as powerful as my Silver Frost Dragon Halberd doesn't have one. Even Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasures or Profound Heaven Supreme Treasures rarely have artifact spirits, yet... yet this ordinary-looking jade ruyi actually has one."
Even if she had been forcibly sealed inside, it was still strange.
This Wolf-Headed Jade Ruyi was far too weak. Never mind his Silver Frost Dragon Halberd-even compared with some Ancient Treasures, it was...
And so Lu Shang kept staring at the Wolf-Headed Jade Ruyi.
For a full hour.
At last!
The artifact spirit could stand it no longer.
She backed away a little, then transformed into a white fox.
The fox looked part wolf and part fox, and was as large as a wolf.
Then she turned her fox head toward Lu Shang. It was impossible to tell what expression this strange fox wore.
After circling Lu Shang once, she appeared before him again and slowly shrank until she was the size of an ordinary fox.
"You possess intelligence, don't you?"
Lu Shang's startling words made the white fox flinch, and she looked at him.
"Although you're only at the Core Formation Stage now, with strength around the fifth or sixth rank, I'm not talking about an infant's level of intelligence," Lu Shang continued, seemingly talking to himself.
"How did you know?"
A youthful yet composed female voice came from the artifact spirit before him.
"I was bluffing to see what I could shake out of you. They say artifact spirits possess considerable intelligence from the moment they're born, let alone you, who spent who knows how many years nurtured inside the Void Sky Cauldron."
The white fox fell silent, circled around behind Lu Shang,