"Little fellow, what's the origin of this broken pot that makes you treasure it so much?"
Lin Fan took the Golden Silkworm Gu from his head.
The little fellow, with a swift movement, burrowed into the broken pot.
"You think you're worthy of knowing the pot's origin?"
The Golden Silkworm Gu's tone was full of disdain.
Lin Fan, instantly annoyed, grabbed it and pulled it out. "Let's go, ten acres are still unplowed. If you don't finish today, you won't eat or sleep!"
"Your grandpa!"
Having spent a long time with humans, the Golden Silkworm Gu had learned to curse fluently.
Its chubby little face was filled with anger. It opened its mouth to bite Lin Fan, but Lin Fan squeezed it with such force that its intestines nearly ruptured.
"I'll talk! Stop squeezing!"
The Golden Silkworm Gu quickly begged for mercy.
"I don't know its specific origin either, but I can sense an extremely powerful energy within this pot, which is of great help to me."
Its small eyes held a hint of cunning.
Lin Fan saw through it at a glance; the creature wasn't telling the whole truth. "Ten acres!"
"I curse you to die by a woman's hand in this life!"
"Thank you for your blessing."
Completely defeated, the Golden Silkworm Gu said dejectedly, "It's from too long ago. I can't sense which era this pot belongs to."
"However, apart from the divine radiance remaining inside, I also sense a trace of spatial power contained within the pot."
"Spatial power?!"
Lin Fan was astonished. This was the first time he had heard of such a power.
The Golden Silkworm Gu nodded slightly. "The Witch race has many secrets. The three supreme arts of the Witch sect you know, Witchcraft, Witch Medicine, and Witch Physiognomy, are merely the most basic abilities of the Witch race."
"Beyond these foundations lie many powerful abilities, and spatial power is one of them."
Lin Fan scoffed, "How powerful is it? Can it be more powerful than me?"
"Who do you think you are!" the Golden Silkworm Gu retorted.
Without giving Lin Fan a chance to act, it continued, "The pot itself has no power. It's more like an artifact that has retained spatial power. Try dripping a drop of your vital blood onto it. If it can recognize you as its master, we'll know everything."
Lin Fan didn't hesitate. He did as the Golden Silkworm Gu said, bit the tip of his index finger, and dripped a drop of vital blood into the pot.
The vital blood was instantly absorbed upon contact with the pot.
Fragmented information, like a fleeting lantern show, flashed through Lin Fan's mind.
He saw a dilapidated ruin, where the broken pot lay quietly.
Time flew by, years passed.
After an unknown number of years, a little girl arrived and took it home.
The scene shifted to Liu Qinghui's treasure vault.
Then, it was taken away by himself.
These scenes were intermittent, with much information lost in between.
Lin Fan guessed it might be due to the immense passage of time.
The divine radiance of the broken pot itself had been steadily fading, losing too much of its ancient memory.
As the Golden Silkworm Gu had said, the pot itself possessed no special energy.
The residual spatial power within was due to its former owner frequently using it, as was the divine radiance.
Lin Fan was shocked. How powerful was the former owner of this broken pot?
Even after hundreds or thousands of years, power still remained within.
He wondered if the former owner was alive or dead.
"Collect!"
Lin Fan's divine sense moved, and the broken pot vanished into thin air.
The next moment, it appeared within his dantian.
Purple spiritual energy flowed like rivers, circulating quietly.
The broken pot floated above it, drifting with the current.
"Sumeru space!!!"
The Golden Silkworm Gu suddenly jumped up excitedly. "Damn, you've hit the jackpot! The inside of this pot is a Sumeru space. Hurry, let me go in and see how big it is!"
With a flash of purple light, the Golden Silkworm Gu was drawn into the pot.
"This place is... a Witch mountain!"
The Golden Silkworm Gu's astonished exclamation echoed in Lin Fan's consciousness.
Curious, he transmitted his divine sense into the broken pot and found himself in a beautiful environment.
Not far away, a black mountain peak stood tall, and a babbling brook flowed before him.
Flowers and grass gave off fragrance, birds sang and butterflies danced, truly a paradise.
Most importantly, Lin Fan felt that the spiritual energy here was several times greater than in the outside world.
Not only was the quantity immense, but it was also extremely pure.
Ahead, the Golden Silkworm Gu burrowed into the ground.
A moment later, it emerged with a small piece of ginseng, which it swallowed in one gulp.
"The owner of this pot is too extravagant, treating hundred-year-old earth ginseng like radishes and discarding them. Fortunately, the spiritual energy here is abundant, so even though the earth ginseng has been removed from the soil, its medicinal properties haven't evaporated."
The Golden Silkworm Gu muttered as it chewed.
Lin Fan turned around and discovered that the surrounding grass was scattered with many spirit-infused medicinal herbs.
Some were planted in the ground, while others were carelessly discarded to the side.
"Could this guy have treated the Sumeru space as a trash dump..."
Looking at the treasures strewn everywhere, Lin Fan's eyes widened.
Each of these spirit herbs could be refined into high-grade pills, yet they were casually discarded here. What a waste!
Counting them, there were over a dozen discarded spirit herbs.
Lin Fan treated them as treasures, replanting them one by one into the soil.
"Little fellow, don't you dare lay your eyes on these treasures."
He admonished the Golden Silkworm Gu.
The Golden Silkworm Gu quickly changed the subject, "They are on the verge of withering, and their medicinal properties have mostly dissipated. If they can be revived, perhaps a top-grade pill can be refined."
Lin Fan let out an "oh" and then crouched down to examine the babbling brook.
The water was clear to the bottom, and the fish swimming within were clearly visible. He wondered how many years they had lived.
Lin Fan took a sip of the stream water; it was refreshing and sweet.
He could clearly feel the water converting into pure spiritual energy within his body, slowly flowing into his dantian.
"I've really struck it rich! Even the water can increase cultivation!"
Lin Fan was overjoyed and then looked towards the distant mountain, thinking of going to explore it.
"Xiao Fan, come out for a moment, I need you for something."
Just then, Gao Lu's voice came from outside.
Lin Fan sighed and had no choice but to exit the Sumeru space.
"Lulu, what's wrong?"
He withdrew his divine sense, just as Gao Lu entered from outside.
Gao Lu smiled and said, "My best friend knows I'm divorced and knows about us. She wants to treat us to a meal. On one hand, she wants to congratulate me on escaping the sea of suffering, and on the other hand, she wants to assess your character and make sure I don't get deceived again."
"Your best friend? I like best friends the most. Is she pretty?" Lin Fan teased.
Gao Lu gave him a glare. "I warn you, be careful later. She's a police officer who despises evil. Watch out, or she'll arrest you!"
Hearing this, Lin Fan suddenly had a bad premonition.
The dining location wasn't a fancy restaurant in the city, but rather at Xiao Fan's Medical Clinic.
This way, one could get a comprehensive understanding of a person.
Including their reputation in the village, family background, character, and so on.
Gao Lu bought a pile of ingredients and cooked herself.
"I wouldn't have thought a female entrepreneur could cook too."
Lin Fan praised her as he watched her busy figure in the kitchen.
A happy smile appeared on Gao Lu's face, and she said nothing.