Long Chen sighed as he heard her words.
"Finding an Artificer itself is going to be tough, let alone finding a Heaven Grade Artificer. Even if I do find one, whatâs there to stop them from lusting after my Spirit Sword instead? I will go to Earth Grade Artificer. They should be weaker, as well. Itâs better in a way, I guess," Long Chen muttered as he nodded his head and ultimately found the positive in the negative.
"I can upgrade the sword further after that when Iâm ready," he continued.
Long Chen was walking in the long and dark hallway while Xun was floating beside him. Suddenly, Xunâs expressions turned even graver as she started frowning.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Wait. Something is wrong here," Xun told Long Chen as she stopped.
Long Chen stopped as well after hearing her words. He looked towards her, waiting for her to continue.
"Look at the floor ahead carefully," She said to Long Chen as if she was telling him to be careful.
Long Chen listened to her as he started frowning as well, wondering what it was that she noticed, and he didnât.
He also looked at the floor ahead and tried to observe it carefully. After a few seconds, a look of enlightenment appeared on Long Chenâs face as he nodded his head.
"Youâre right. The floor ahead is different. The floor so far has been completely plain, but the floor ahead is uneven. There are a lot of spots that are slightly above the ground. I think that might be a trap," Long Chen let out.
"Youâre right. There are definitely traps ahead. From what I know, there are a few traps like this. As soon as you step foot on the uneven surfaces, the trap will activate, and youâll be in danger," Xun said to Long Chen.
"That does make sense, but I think thatâs not right. Why would anyone make traps like this? Why would they make it that obvious? They couldâve made it even on the floor, and no one wouldâve known. They didnât need to make it uneven for the traps," Long Chen muttered with a thoughtful look on his face.
"Wait, are you saying that..." Xun let out as understanding shone on her face.
"Yeah. This might be a trap, indeed but not the trap that you thought. They made it obvious intentionally. It must be to check the intellect of the people coming in. From what I believe, the elevated spots are the actual safe spots here that wonât activate the traps. The most obvious place that people would find suspicious is safe here, and the safe-looking place is dangerous," Long Chen let out as he smiled.
He realized that he was onto something.
"That is also a possibility, but what about another possibility? What youâre thinking is exactly what they wanted intellectual people to think and intentionally step on the most obvious of traps. It might be them messing around. What could be better than killing intellectuals with the stupidest of traps that the intellectuals think to be complicated?" Xun said as she raised another possibility.
Her words made Long Chenâs face twitch as he hadnât thought of this possibility at it. Now he was again confused. Was the obvious trap the trap, or was it the safe place?
"Now that I think about it, that could be a trap, and no place is safe, or it could all be safe, and they just made to laugh at the people coming in," Long Chen let out as he smiled wryly. All these possibilities made his head shake.
"Whatever. Instead of walking, Iâll just fly instead," Long Chen muttered as he threw away the thoughts and decided to take the unorthodox route. He wasnât even going to walk at all. Instead, he was going to fly on his Spirit Sword.
Long Chen brought his Spirit Sword out of his storage ring. The Sword was missing its hilt, but itâs Spirit was still safe. It was perfectly able to fly; thus, Long Chen wanted to use it but what happened next was completely unexpected.
The Spirit Sword came out of the Ancient Ring, not as soon as it came out, it fell down on the ground. It wasnât flying. Long Chen couldnât feel any link to the sword at all.
Long Chen was gravely concerned. He looked at Xun.
"I canât feel the link with it at all. Is this because of that poison? You said that the Spirit Inside wasnât harmed. Why canât I feel it at all then. What happened?" Long Chen asked Xun.
"Donât worry. Itâs nothing to be concerned about. The Spirit inside the sword is still fine. Thereâs no change in your Spirit Sword compared to what it was outside," Xun told Long Chen.
"Why is it happening then?" Long Chen asked Xun with a deep frown.
" I can feel some strange aura surrounding the sword, and itâs coming from this tomb. It might be possible that the tomb restricts the usage of Artifacts? Thatâs why you canât even sense the sword, let alone use it?" Xun explained to Long Chen.
"That shouldnât be it. I can still use my artifacts. The Ancient Ring and the Fake words ring are still fine. I can still feel my link to them, but with the Spirit Sword, heâs completely dead," Long Chen let out, shaking his head.
"You canât compare your normal artifacts to the Fake World Ring? The Fake World Ring is a precious item of the Immortal World. Itâs almost impossible to find even there. I donât think this small tomb should be able to affect it," Xun started explaining to Long Chen.
"As for the Ancient Ring, do I even have to explain? Itâs something made by my Ancient Master. Let alone this tomb or some formation; even the Immortal Emperor shouldnât be able to stop it from activating," she continued.
"So youâre saying that it only affects low-grade Treasures?" Long Chen asked Xun.
"Yeah. The Spirits Sword might be a rare item here, but in the Immortal World, you can see one everywhere," Xun replied.
Even though Long Chen believed her words, he still tried to test it himself. He had many treasures that he had robbed from many places. He tried to bring them out and use them, but it didnât work.
The Treasures didnât work just like Xun had predicted. The Kingâs Sword was still working, though, but that was just about it. Only three of Long Chenâs items were working nowâ the Kingâs Sword, the Fake World Ring, and the Ancient Ring.