Chapter 352: Choosing the Treasures

"I see..." Yi Chen replied while staring at the eye’s sketch that had started to feel more and more disturbing with each passing second.

Turning to the next set of pages, which were filled entirely with characters, he finally finished browsing through all the sheets of paper that were present.

"How about it? Were you able to figure anything out?" Feng Haoran asked with amusement in his voice.

"Well, it appears I’m not as special as I thought I was in the end..." Yi Chen said while feigning an embarrassed expression.

"Haha, there’s no need to be embarrassed about something like this. Maybe these writings don’t mean anything in the end, and we’ve all been speculating all these years for nothing." Feng Haoran gently patted Yi Chen on the back and said, "Now, let’s go and check the other treasure artefacts then. Our main motive for coming here is yet to be completed."

"Ah, yes." Yi Chen nodded while remembering why he had entered the treasury in the first place and began going through the other remaining artefacts alongside Feng Haoran.

"This one here is an interesting artefact named the Thousand Replica Mirror." Feng Haoran introduced an arm-sized mirror that was placed on a wooden table and continued, "It has the ability to create a physical replica of any item that is placed in front of it. However, not only does it take weeks to form the replica, but it also costs a lot of spirit stones to create it."

Feng Haoran paused and continued, "And after all that effort, the replica formed doesn’t even last for more than an hour’s time."

"Only an hour?" Yi Chen asked with a frown.

"Indeed. The replica breaks into dust the moment the time limit is crossed. Therefore, although interesting, this artefact really isn’t of any use." Feng Haoran said while pointing towards the artefact that was placed beside it and began his explanation.

Meanwhile, Yi Chen’s attention was still focused on the Thousand Replica Mirror, and not listening to Feng Haoran’s explanations, he decided to check the mirror’s status panel.

====== STATUS ======

Name: Thousand Replica Mirror

Usage: Place an item in front of it and wait while pouring Qi every day

Remark: A failed artefact made by a passionate Treasure Refiner [Regenerate: 10,000 EXP]

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[Remark (2/3): Has a well thought out foundational runic structure to build upon (15,000 EXP)]

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[Remark (3/3): With Advance Stage Runic Knowledge, the limitations can be countered]

After going through the three remarks, Yi Chen seemed to have made his decision and interrupted Feng Haoran, who was in the middle of explaining the other artefact.

"P-Patriarch... I’ve decided on the first item." Yi Chen stated the next second and pointed in the direction of the Thousand Replica Mirror, "This Thousand Replica Mirror is going to be my first choice."

"This..." Feng Haoran couldn’t help but frown when he saw his choice and asked, "...Are you sure? Although it possesses an interesting function, it is of little effectiveness because of the constraints it has, and it also doesn’t have any offensive capability."

"Y-Yes, I’m sure. I feel that someday I just might find a very good use of this artefact." Yi Chen answered after a pause.

"If that’s what you wish for..." Feng Haoran nodded and said, "Then let’s continue looking for the other artefacts."

Yi Chen nodded and, together with Feng Haoran, began looking around once again.

’I can’t let him choose another useless artefact; otherwise, the two elders would end up disparaging me in front of him later...’ Feng Haoran thought to himself while actively looking for an artefact that would suit Yi Chen’s needs the best.

This time, he deliberately avoided explaining a lot about the artefacts which wouldn’t be of any help to Yi Chen.

Lucky for him, Yi Chen too agreed with that conjecture after confirming the same from the artefact’s status panels.

’Yes, this would truly catch his eye.’ Feng Haoran thought with widened eyes and introduced the cloak that was resting on a wooden pole to Yi Chen, "There, this will definitely interest you. It’s among the most expensive artefacts which we have in our treasury."

The following words immediately attracted Yi Chen’s attention as he focused on the cloak which Feng Haoran was pointing towards.

"It’s called the Shadow Cloak and is an artefact coveted by many in the Qi Absorption Stage." Feng Haoran said in a way to raise Yi Chen’s interest and asked the next second, "Since you’re already at the Ninth Meridian Refinement Stage, you must have already heard about the spiritual energy, right?"

"Yes, I have." Yi Chen nodded his head at those words.

"You won’t know it now, but you definitely would have experienced it when one has enough spiritual energy at the Qi Absorption Stage. They gain the ability to probe things using just their spiritual energy.

I’ve also used that to check your cultivation a few times, and I believe many others have also done the same."

"Indeed." Yi Chen nodded in acknowledgement after hearing those words.

"So, what this cloak does is very simple. Generally, because the spiritual energy possesses no affinity, it becomes very difficult to understand whether one is being probed by it or not. As a result, it’s actively used to spy on others.

However, since it’s a double-edged sword, the spies also carry the risk of being easily found out by the other party once they are alerted in any manner...a problem which the Shadow Cloak effectively solves."

Feng Haoran stated with a proud expression, seeing the subtle changes that were taking place in Yi Chen’s eyes, and continued, "Once worn, the external probing using the Spirit Sense is no longer able to detect the other party. As a result, within the entire Qi Absorption Stage, they cannot be discovered by anyone unless they are right in front of their eyes."

"This..."

Hearing these words, Yi Chen was immediately reminded of the time when he was discreetly following Cao Li and the Emperor.

At that time, he was completely bewildered seeing twenty men clad in black clothes appearing out of thin air. Despite constantly using his spiritual sense, he was unable to discover them at all earlier.

However, now, after learning about this artefact, it all started to make sense to him.

’...So they all had this cloak on them,’ Yi Chen muttered inwardly with his eyes fixed on the Black Cloak.

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