Chapter 2445: Capture the Artifact Spirit

Upon hearing the child's words, several people initially had no reaction.

"Oh, you were born here, then where are your parents?"

"What does 'parents' mean?"

"It means father and mother, you don't have parents? Ah, how pitiful..."

One of the Heavenly Family disciples was still sighing there, but his companion beside him suddenly woke up, shouting with a strange look.

"What a load of crap, this kid is the artifact spirit of the Myriad Soul Banner!"

He's been here since childhood, meaning he was born in the Myriad Soul Banner; he doesn't even know what parents are—what other explanation could there be?

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present, including those who hadn't paid much attention before, turned their gazes over.

Myriad Soul Banner artifact spirit? This child is the artifact spirit of the Myriad Soul Banner?

No one had thought of this before, but now, after someone reminded them, everyone suddenly realized.

Moreover, the more they looked, the more it resembled.

Yeah, inside the Myriad Soul Banner, aside from this group of living people, there's nothing but endless resentful souls and vicious ghosts.

Suddenly a child appeared, with no cultivation at all; before it just seemed strange, but now thinking about it, damn it, other than being an artifact spirit, what else could it be?

I never expected to actually draw out the artifact spirit of the Myriad Soul Banner.

Looking at that delicately carved child, everyone's gazes turned fiery.

This is their hope of escaping the predicament.

As an artifact spirit, this child surely has a way to let them leave.

"Capture him."

Immediately, someone shouted, and the others present also snapped to attention, hastily attacking the Myriad Soul Banner's artifact spirit from all directions.

They hoped to capture him in one fell swoop.

But just as the people's attacks arrived as expected, the next second the Myriad Soul Banner's artifact spirit mysteriously vanished from the spot, leaving no trace.

Everyone searched all around, but in the end found not a trace.

Within the Myriad Soul Banner, as an artifact spirit, this child likely can move about freely; trying to capture him is probably not easy.

After the first attempt failed, everyone was resentful.

"Damn it, I should have realized earlier—what kind of child would appear in the Myriad Soul Banner? This kid must be strange."

"Enough already, with your pigbrain, what could you possibly think of?"

"What did you say?"

"Alright, stop arguing; first think about how to capture him, then we'll talk."

"Right, right, right."

Just now our attack failed to capture the Myriad Soul Banner's artifact spirit, allowing it to escape successfully.

Now the artifact spirit must already be on guard; whether it will show up again is uncertain, and trying to capture it now is clearly even harder.

The urgent priority is to think of a way to make the artifact spirit appear; otherwise we can't even see it, let alone discuss anything else.

But regarding this, everyone was at a loss.

They knew little about Fairy Artifacts; it was only before heading to the Thousand Lakes Sect that they hastily crammed, reading some ancient texts on Fairy Artifacts.

Let alone knowing about the artifact spirit of a Fairy Artifact—they knew even less.

They didn't know where to start; just as everyone was stumped, someone suddenly spoke up.

"Wasn't this artifact spirit previously drawn over by Senior Brother Ye's food?"

"Huh???"

Upon hearing that, the others were stunned, but then gradually reacted and came up with an idea.

Ye Zhangqing's food was so tempting that even the Myriad Soul Banner's artifact spirit couldn't resist, involuntarily appearing to beg for a bite.

That makes things simple.

For a moment, gazes fell upon Ye Zhangqing.

Understanding everyone's meaning, Ye Zhangqing smiled and said.

"I'll give it a try; if I can lure it out, that would be best."

Saying that, Ye Zhangqing began cooking again, and the aroma wafted out once more.

But this time, the Myriad Soul Banner's artifact spirit didn't appear again; everyone waited a long time without seeing that petite figure.

"As expected, we scared it just now."

"Is the artifact spirit of a Fairy Artifact really this timid?"

"I heard the Old Ancestor say that Fairy Artifact spirits have different natures, just like people—each has its own traits; the Myriad Soul Banner's artifact spirit is probably just more timid and cautious."

"Huh??? The Myriad Soul Banner's artifact spirit is timid and cautious?"

"However you say it, it sounds weird—this is an extremely evil Fairy Artifact!"

"It once made the entire Immortal Realm tremble at the mere mention of its name; can its artifact spirit be cautious and timid?"

"But right now we haven't even seen a shadow; all we can say is that its courage seems indeed small."

Another delicious meal, and everyone could only digest it themselves.

And from beginning to end, they never saw the Myriad Soul Banner's artifact spirit.

Although they were unwilling, at least they got to eat another bowl of rice, which could be considered some consolation.

Next, everyone tried many methods to lure out the Myriad Soul Banner's artifact spirit, but all attempts failed without exception.

Within the Myriad Soul Banner's space, the artifact spirit refuses to show up, and everyone truly has no way.

There's nothing to search for, after all the artifact spirit is inherently one with the Myriad Soul Banner; if it wants to hide, not finding it is normal.

As for Ye Zhangqing, he still had one meal a day; he had also tried searching earlier, but to no avail.

They realized that unless the banner's spirit showed itself voluntarily, the only way to locate it would be to utterly destroy the myriad souls banner—or to gain control of it.

If they could accomplish either of those, finding the spirit would no longer matter.

After all, by then the banner would no longer be able to trap them—they could leave safely whenever they wanted, so what need would there be for the spirit?

With no other options, everyone could only channel their grief and anger into hunger.

After three more meals, the time should have been about three days, though they weren't certain.

It wasn't until the fourth meal that the banner's spirit, which had remained hidden and never appeared, finally showed up again before everyone.

But it kept its distance, clearly being very cautious and unwilling to approach rashly.

Seeing the banner's spirit reappear, everyone couldn't help but feel delighted; yet, seeing its wary expression while it kept its distance left them momentarily speechless.

At that distance, there's simply no chance to attack.

Before an attack could land, they'd probably just let this guy flee again.

They had already startled it earlier; if they attacked now, they'd likely frighten it even more into staying hidden.

So, for a moment no one dared to act rashly; who would have thought the banner's spirit would be so cautious and careful.

Quite unlike its outward appearance.

You're a demonic weapon—shouldn't you be reckless and lawless? How did its spirit become so timid?

They lacked the confidence to attack and didn't dare; helpless, they could only observe carefully, waiting for an opportunity.

The banner's spirit remained vigilant and wary of everyone, yet wore an expectant look, even drooling as it gazed at Ye Zhangqing.

It had been craving those three meals already, but because of the earlier attack it dared not appear, enduring the hunger.

But after enduring it for so long, it could no longer hold back, so it chose to reappear, just wanting a bowl of the food Ye Zhangqing made.