I'm in Yellow Maple Valley, and I have one equipment slot!

With a flick of the finger, one is instantly transported to the exciting world of Chapter 243, "Heavenly Fire Divine Chain! Encountering the Grand Elder of the Ancient Sword Sect!"

Soon after.

The intense clash of light around it Suddenly, it trembled violently.

Followed by.

The distinct pink and silver light on its body changed like a tide.

The pink light seemed to have encountered its natural enemy, quickly dimming and fading, finally disappearing completely with a reluctant, silent shriek.

It transformed into its original fox demon form.

At this moment, the silver light suddenly intensified, like mercury spilling onto the ground, instantly occupying every corner of the fox demon's body, completely dyeing it into a silver statue.

The light shimmered, carrying an aura of cool elegance and ethereal grace.

After a moment, the silver light gradually receded, no longer so dazzling.

Only then did I see that First, his fingers twitched slightly, and then his limbs seemed somewhat stiff as he tried to slowly support his body.

It first knelt down.

Then, trembling as if he had just learned to walk, he tried to stand up.

But after taking only two steps, his front legs gave way, and he collapsed to his knees with a thud.

Clearly, he was extremely unaccustomed to his newly acquired fox demon body, finding it difficult to coordinate between human and beast forms.

"Take human form."

Zhou Yuan's voice rang out calmly.

"Yes, Master!"

In the silvery light.

A clear and melodious response came from Yinyue.

Before the words were finished, the ground... Its body, in a flash of silver light, rippled like water, and instantly shrank and deformed.

Once the light stabilized, a woman who looked exactly like the one before appeared before Zhou Yuan.

His posture was noticeably more natural and fluid, without the stiffness and awkwardness of before.

She stood respectfully with her head bowed before Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan looked closely and saw that the woman's appearance was exactly the same as before she was possessed, still as exquisite and gentle as ever, wearing a pale yellow dress.

The only difference was that her eyes, which had originally shone with an eerie green light, were now clear and black, bright and lively.

She has lost that eerie and resentful air, but gained more of the intelligence and spirituality that belong to Silver Moon.

It seems that once a demon beast takes human form, the chosen human form cannot be easily changed unless it undergoes another major transformation or reshapes its physical body.

"From now on, you will be the spirit of my natal magic weapon."

Zhou Yuan looked at Yin Yue and said calmly.

His Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword is a set of seventy-two top-tier magic weapons with immense power, but it has only been forged for a short time and has not yet had time to cultivate its spirit.

If a suitable spirit resides within the flying sword, it can not only greatly enhance the sword's spirituality and power, making it more responsive and versatile, but also fully unleash the potential of the magical artifact.

As for Yin Yue, as a spirit of a magical artifact, her main spirit resides in the wolf-headed jade ruyi. However, she can actually separate herself using a secret technique to temporarily act as the spirit of other magical artifacts, especially those whose attributes do not clash with hers.

Making her the spirit of the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword is a win-win situation.

It can not only enhance the power of magic weapons, but also, through the close connection between the natal magic weapon and the weapon spirit, completely control the life and death of Yin Yue with one's own will, making it more direct and secure than the binding of the ancient jade ruyi.

"Yes, Master! Silver Moon obeys."

Yinyue agreed without hesitation.

She knew that her new master was no ordinary person, possessing both skill and potential.

Following such a master may bring even greater opportunities in the future.

Moreover, she seemed to remember something: if the owner of the vessel could cultivate to the legendary Nascent Soul stage, and at the moment of ascension to the upper realm, if the vessel spirit could receive a bit of the owner's favor or opportunity, it would be highly likely to break free from its restraints and regain its freedom.

That's why she was willing to submit.

"Alright, let's put your physical body away for now."

Zhou Yuan took out an empty spirit beast pouch. He knew that Silver Moon, being a special artifact spirit, could temporarily separate his soul from the fox demon's body that he had possessed, sealing the body inside the spirit beast pouch to allow it to sleep and be nurtured. He only needed to release it periodically to cultivate and stabilize it.

It is more convenient for her to appear in the form of a spirit when facing enemies or when she is needed to do something.

"Yes, Master."

Silver Moon bowed again.

Immediately, the silver moon mark between his brows flashed, and a faint phantom emerged from... "It floated out from the shell, vaguely resembling a miniature silver wolf, and disappeared into the wolf-headed jade ruyi at Zhou Yuan's waist."

And that body that had lost the control of its main soul... The physical body's eyes dimmed, and Zhou Yuan took it into his spirit beast bag and put it away safely.

After dealing with the matter of Silver Moon, Zhou Yuan still had no intention of leaving the cave immediately.

Having gone through all this trouble to get here, we should naturally maximize our profits.

His gaze returned to the corpse demon's body on the stone platform, which had been pierced by silver chains and was now completely devoid of its spirit, reduced to an empty shell.

This is an excellent material for refining top-tier corpses!

Its Nascent Soul stage foundation in life, coupled with its powerful physical body and dense corpse demon yin energy after transforming into a corpse demon, would be enough to create a corpse with enormous potential if given to a cultivator skilled in corpse refining, making it invaluable.

This material is an excellent choice for crafting top-tier defensive magic weapons or as the core skeleton of high-level puppets.

However, removing these silver chains, which are deeply embedded in the mountain and pierce through the corpse demon's body, will likely require some effort.

This thing is too hard. Even if he uses the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword, which is mixed with Geng metal, to cut it, it will probably take a lot of time and magic power to cut it off one by one and take it out.

After a moment's thought, Zhou Yuan suddenly remembered something.

Back in the Void Heaven Palace, the Spirit Eye Spring was protected by a massive restriction, but he succeeded in "equipping" it.

Although the silver chain was sturdy, it didn't seem to have any restrictions on active attack or countermeasure; it was just made of a special material...

You might as well give it a try.

He focused his mind and tried to attach his divine sense to the silver chains, silently reciting "equipment".

The next moment, something miraculous happened.

The crisscrossing silver chains on the stone platform, along with the parts deeply embedded in the mountain rock, simultaneously emitted a faint glow. Then, like illusory shadows, they "peeled" themselves from the corpse demon's body and the mountain, transforming into a silver stream of light that disappeared into the equipment slot.

The equipment menu interface automatically appeared in his mind:

[Equipment Slot 3: Heavenly Fire Chain]

(Effect: Increases the speed of cultivating metal-attribute techniques and supernatural abilities...)

"It's a success!"

Zhou Yuan was overjoyed.

This troublesome thing was removed so easily, saving the trouble of chopping it up.

Then, he took out a specially made storage bag with a spirit-sealing talisman and carefully put the corpse demon, which had lost its silver chain restraints but still exuded a strong corpse aura, into it.

After doing all this, Zhou Yuan took one last look at the empty cave, which now only had a rough stone platform, and turned to leave.

Leave the Green Footprint Swamp.

Zhou Yuan flew for about two hundred miles, and when he passed through a relatively desolate area, his figure suddenly stopped above an inconspicuous mountain.

Ahead, atop an ordinary mountain peak no more than a hundred feet high, a person was sitting cross-legged on a smooth black boulder!

The man had his back to Zhou Yuanlai, but from his back, he appeared to be exceptionally tall and strong, with broad shoulders and a thick back. He wore a loose, gray-white linen robe, and his long hair, which was not tied up, was gray-white and tangled like steel needles.

He did not turn around.

But a calm and steady aura, yet containing a hidden sharpness, was already subtly locking onto them.

Zhou Yuan's pupils constricted slightly.

He was flying just now.

My divine sense has been naturally spreading out!

It wasn't until they flew close that this aura suddenly "appeared" in their divine sense!

Clearly, the other party also possessed a sophisticated technique for concealing their presence, thus evading conventional spiritual detection.

At the same time Zhou Yuan noticed the other party, the other party obviously also noticed him.