Chapter 201: Cloud Artifact
Swallowing a few spiritual pills, Qin Sang felt no change in his Qihai, just as he had expected.
He shook his head, dismissing any lingering hope, and refocused. Reaching into his Mustard Seed Pouch, he took out the brocade handkerchief.
The handkerchief was palm-sized, with four coarse, square corners. Woven from what appeared to be tree bark, it lacked any fine patterns, looking like an unremarkable artifact.
Strangely, it emitted a faint layer of grayish-white aura, giving it a somewhat eerie presence.
This object, which seemed like an artifact but not quite, was a type unique to the Ancient Immortal Battlefield, known as a Cloud Artifact.
As the name suggests, Cloud Artifacts were crafted from the evil spirits bound to Cloud Beasts.
According to widespread belief, the Ancient Immortal Battlefield held the corpses of countless ancient immortals whose bodies remained incorrupt over the ages. The lingering willpower of these powerful beings eventually transformed into a type of malevolent qi, coalescing into the Cloud Beasts—peculiar entities created within the battlefield.
During the formation of these beings, the malevolent qi coalesced into Cloud Beast essences, which would then attach themselves to various objects.
These might range from ordinary rocks or blades of grass to spirit herbs, spiritual wood, or minerals. In some cases, even animals or demonic beasts native to the battlefield would have entire populations tainted by these Cloud Beast's essences. Over countless generations, these beings mutated, evolving into strange Cloud Beasts.