Full-Time Magister: The Calamity of Fire, the Emperor's Flame Burns the Heavens

Chapter 63 The Peculiar Wooden Fish!
Clearly, the plants here don't welcome people. Mo Fan is currently furious and will burn anything he sees, regardless of any rules about not setting fire to a mountain in a peaceful place.

The path began to ascend the mountain slope, and on a high platform extending to the edge of the valley, Mo Fan saw a very ancient brick and tile building. It was hidden under the dense canopy of trees and obscured by weeds and bushes. If it weren't for the faint path leading there, they might not have been able to find it.

"I'll do it, don't burn that tiled house down." Nan Jue hurriedly stopped Mo Fan when he saw him about to set the house on fire again.

Immediately afterwards, invisible sound waves rose out of thin air, instantly cutting down the surrounding weeds and bushes, and after this clearing, the dilapidated house was finally revealed in its entirety.

It was an open temple, very small, with three steps, a terrace, and then the main hall.

Mo Fan walked straight up, his gaze fixed on something covered in dust displayed in the main room...

"Whoo~"

Mo Fan blew on it and discovered that it was just a wooden fish, but the strange thing was that a wooden fish, which should be smooth and used to make sounds, had its curved end covered with patterns. The patterns intersected regularly, and within the small squares were strange characters. They didn't seem to be Japanese; they looked like more ancient magical characters!

When Mo Fan saw these, he felt a vague sense of familiarity, especially with the messy, twisted characters, which he felt he had seen before.

"Why is there a wooden fish here?" Mo Fan reached out to touch it, but the wooden fish was really strange. It released a bright yellow lightning thread, which quickly traveled to Mo Fan's fingers. Mo Fan subconsciously pulled his hand back!
"A restriction?" Jiang Shaoxu looked at the wooden fish, which resembled a discarded object, with equal surprise. His face was full of confusion.

Mo Fan could feel his fingers going numb, and his gaze was fixed on the lace on the object.

"It looks like a magical artifact. Strange, why would it be left here like this?" Nan Jue said.

Nan Jue was exceptionally skilled in magical artifacts. She walked over to the wooden fish and examined it closely.

Mo Fan was even more puzzled. He had never heard of a wooden fish magic tool. What use was a wooden fish magic tool? Did it mean that striking it would make enemies lay down their weapons?

Nan Jue hovered her palm over the wooden fish without touching it directly.

She closed her eyes and used her mind to sense the wooden fish. The yellow lightning bolts disappeared. Instead, they gradually softened.

“This should be a shield magic tool, but its function is not just as a defensive shield; it also contains other powers,” Nan Jue said.

"I just want to know if this thing has anything to do with them being possessed," Mo Fan said.

“I don’t know either. Give me some time. I might be able to decipher the writing on it. This thing is very ancient. I’ve only ever seen it in Hangzhou,” Nan Jue said, his expression turning serious.

There was probably no road ahead, so there was no point in continuing to explore. Since Nan Jue had said so, they could only sit aside and wait.

However, when Nan Jue mentioned Hangzhou, Mo Fan suddenly had a flash of inspiration!
Mo Fan remembered that Tang Yue had taken him to the island in the middle of West Lake. He remembered that there was an ancient pavilion there with various symbolic paintings and strange characters on its walls. The characters twisted and turned, unrestrained, and seemed to be somewhat similar to the characters on this big wooden fish.

"This restriction is quite strong. Can she break it?" Mu Ningxue, a knowledgeable person, asked Jiang Shaoxu beside her. Jiang Shaoxu knew Nan Jue quite well. Looking at Nan Jue's focused expression, she said, "She has studied array diagrams, restrictions, and ancient incantations quite well. I think there are very few restrictions that she can't break."

A restriction is essentially a type of magic that limits others from touching, approaching, and suppressing their power. Similar to a magic circle, it requires other elements as support.

Tools are often the best carriers of restrictions, so don't be fooled by the fact that this wooden fish is just covered with a bunch of strange ancient magic runes. In fact, it may be a tiny magic circle. Once someone touches it, it will release a very powerful force to resist it.

That yellow lightning bolt was quite powerful; even Mo Fan, who specializes in lightning, didn't dare touch it again.

Most importantly, a magical artifact is essentially unusable unless its restrictions are lifted.

The girl, Miyata, and the others don't know where she is. Right now, they can only hope that Nanjue can find something of value in this strange wooden fish.

After an unknown amount of time, Nan Jue let out a sniffle. It was clear that she was concentrating intently, and her brows would furrow occasionally, indicating that she had encountered a problem.

Nan Jue finally stopped investigating the wooden fish.

"How is it?" Mo Fan asked.

Mo Fan wasn't concerned about the wooden fish itself; what he was concerned about was whether it had anything to do with the girl, Miyata.

“I think the girl you saw is very likely a spirit of a magical artifact,” Nan Jue said.

"A spirit artifact? What is that??" Mo Fan was hearing about it for the first time, and his eyes widened in surprise.

“This is truly a very, very ancient creature, because the spirit of a magical artifact takes a very long time to develop… As you should know, the magical tools and artifacts we usually use are classified by level as mortal, spirit, and soul… Spirit level is said to have sentience, while soul level actually means that the artifact possesses a soul,” Nan Jue said.

Mo Fan understood this classification system; it was the same as the classification of elemental species: mortal species, spirit species, soul species, and so on.

“A soul-level vessel possesses its own inherent nature, also known as having its own soul. When this vessel has been accumulating for too long, and the soul within it receives exceptionally favorable conditions, it may cultivate itself and transform into a demon spirit… Demon spirits are very similar to elemental spirits; they are simply born from powerful vessels!”

In icy lands, when ice elements from several kilometers around gather in one area, not only will powerful ice species be born, but ice spirits may also emerge.

Mo Fan's Little Flame Princess is the same; she is a special creature from the northern corner of the Scorching Plains, a life born from the flames of heavenly tribulation.

Elemental spirits appear in the Elemental Lands, and some vessels themselves possess souls, so the spirits attached to those vessels also gain unique lives.

Mo Fan had never heard of demon spirits before, and he believed that no demon spirit class in any academy would ever mention such a life form. After hearing Nan Jue's explanation, he was even more amazed!
Damn, how could a beautiful and harmful young girl be born from just a wooden fish?!
(End of this chapter)