Chapter 339: Renting an Artifact

A flash of crystal light, and the nascent iron dissolved into nothingness.

It seems that artifacts and raw materials crafted here from external materials are not recognized by the Taiyuan System and cannot be directly replicated in the silver hall.

If so, another question arises.

Can artifacts made from external materials be taken out using the silver talisman?

If yes, would the materials and artifacts replicated within this space also work?

As Wang Yu pondered this, he reached out with one hand, and a palm-sized silver mirror coalesced from crystal light; he then pointed at the silver bottle's phantom.

A sheet of silver mist spewed from the bottle, sweeping back around him.

The pale red flying knife and the mirror in his hand vanished simultaneously, absorbed into the bottle.

"Taiyuan, exit interface."

Wang Yu stared at the distant phantom bottle and uttered a low command without hesitation.

The next instant, blinding white light flooded his vision, and his form blurred within the silver hall.

With a "whoosh," the silver bottle's phantom suddenly transformed into a burst of silver light, hurtling toward him and embedding itself as a talisman into his brow.

The white light vanished before his eyes!

Wang Yu, seated in the sealed chamber, opened his eyes and immediately spat out the silver talisman; it spun once, then transformed into the phantom silver bottle.

He formed a hand seal, sent a thread of spiritual sense into the bottle, and his expression shifted slightly.

"Puff."

Silver light spewed from the bottle's mouth, and several objects surfaced at once.

A black-green liquid mass, a white bone banner, pale red metal, and a blue talisman!

These items were identical to what he had brought into the login interface.

The poison and banner aside, the Great Wind Talisman and the iron had already been consumed within the silver hall.

Moreover, the iron flying knife crafted earlier in the silver hall and the mother-child floating mirror he had brought out with him were gone entirely, leaving not a trace within the bottle.

As expected!

After scanning the bottle's internal space with his spiritual sense, Wang Yu exhaled slowly, unsurprised.

Just as he had suspected.

Everything created within the Taiyuan login interface was merely a virtual replication by the Taiyuan System's spiritual energy—no true object could ever be removed from it.

Now it appeared that the silver talisman's process of bringing real-world items into the login hall was itself merely a virtual replication of those items.

And these replicated virtual objects could bypass the login interface's "creation rules," manifesting directly within the silver hall—this silver talisman was indeed mysterious and unfathomable.

This was the first thing he had ever encountered that could ignore the Taiyuan System; its origins must be extraordinarily significant.

I wonder where that green-robed dwarf obtained this talisman?

Judging by how the demonic scoundrel previously used it to collect the green-back insect poison, he likely never discovered the talisman's true mystery.

As Wang Yu contemplated this, he pointed again at the phantom bottle.

Instantly, the bottle trembled slightly, then transformed back into a talisman shape, wrapped in silver light, and landed in his palm.

He ran his fingers over the weightless talisman.

Was it his imagination, or did the spiritual patterns on its surface seem fainter and duller than before?

Wang Yu was uncertain; after thinking, he transformed the silver talisman back into the bottle form, tapped his storage bag, and pulled out another pile of spiritual herbs and forging materials to begin a new round of tests.

Over the next incense stick's time.

He brought these items into the login interface hall multiple times, retrieved them intact, then used the talisman to store and retrieve them seven or eight times.

Only then did Wang Yu reach his final conclusion.

Indeed, the mysterious talisman, like all other talismans, incurred some degree of wear with each use.

If used solely to store items, this wear was negligible, nearly imperceptible.

But each time items were carried into the login interface hall, the talisman grew fainter—and the more items carried in, the more visibly degraded it became.

Yet if no items were carried into the login hall at all, the talisman would still appear in the silver hall without any wear or change.

Thus, he dared not lightly bring items into the login hall again—but he now had a way to rid himself of this strange talisman.

As long as he fully wore it down, the talisman would naturally cease to exist.

Had he not discovered that this talisman could bring items into the login hall, he would have removed it from his spiritual sea without a second thought.

Now, there was no rush.

Anything capable of resisting the Taiyuan System was undoubtedly an object of extraordinary rarity!

This object could bring real-world items into the Taiyuan login interface hall—did that not mean it could bypass the Taiyuan System's rules, allowing him to repeatedly test in the silver hall things previously impossible with real-world materials?

For instance, the refining of rare pills.

Previously, certain pills could not be refined in the login hall due to lack of ingredients; now, he could use the mysterious talisman to directly bring the required herbs into the hall for refining.

The same applied to artifacts requiring especially precious materials.

Although the talisman's wear limited how often such trials could be conducted, it was still an invaluable opportunity—truly the ideal auxiliary tool for the Taiyuan login interface.

Moreover, he now knew how to wear it down; if he ever discovered any danger from the talisman, he could destroy it then.

He must find a way to uncover the talisman's origins, obtain more of them if possible, or even learn how to craft such talismans himself.

With sufficient mysterious talismans, his cultivation would soar to the heavens, and nothing could block his path to the Dao.

As Wang Yu thought of this, his heart burned with excitement—but he forcibly suppressed it with reason.

He could only remain in the Sunset Sect for three years; within this period, he must first master the first stage of the Chiyang Great Art, or he would permanently miss this powerful technique leading directly to Golden Core's later stage.

Before that, even becoming a second-rank pill alchemist or second-rank artifact crafter must take second place.

Wang Yu exhaled softly, made his decision, flicked his wrist, and the silver talisman transformed into a streak of silver light, sinking into his brow and appearing within his spiritual sea.

He tapped his waist storage bag again, and the jade slip recording the first-layer incantation of the Chiyang Great Art reappeared in his hand.

"Overclock."

Wang Yu's eyes glowed with crystal light as he entered the overclock synchronization mode.

He must fully comprehend the Sunset Sect's first-layer incantation as quickly as possible, then visit the Sunset Sect's Artifact Hall to rent the third-rank artifact, "Qingyang Lamp."

Three days later, in a massive crimson pavilion within the Sunset Sect's inner district, a low exclamation rang out.

"What? To use the Qingyang Lamp to cleanse the meridians, besides the three thousand contribution points for rental, I must also pay two thousand contribution points to hire two senior members of your sect to activate the artifact." After hearing the red-robed man's words, Wang Yu stared, dumbfounded.