You want to look at this Hexagonal Shield?” Liu Yan looked confused and asked quizzically, “The spirit diagram in this spirit artifact has already been destroyed. You can’t even pour spirit energy inside it anymore. What is there to look at?”
Liu Yan wasn’t the only one who looked confused. The entire Ling Family gave him a strange look as well. They did not understand his sudden interest in Liu Yan’s broken spirit artifact.
“Just curious,” Qin Lie indifferently said amidst doubtful looks.
Surprised, Liu Yan stared intently at Qin Lie’s youthful face before nodding indifferently; he then passed the one meter tall Hexagonal Shield over.
“It’s broken anyway, so you can look at it all you want. This shield… I exchanged two thousand contribution points for it. It took me three years to accumulate that much. And now, the shield broke, just like that; it hurts to even think about it.”
Under the crowd’s curious gaze, Qin Lie grabbed the Hexagonal Shield. In his hands, the shield felt incredibly heavy, and there was a strong and sturdy feel to it.
Setting it down, he began rubbing his fingers across the strange patterns on its surface, getting a feel for its textures. At the same time, he quietly released his spirit energy and a wisp of mind energy to probe the insides of the shield.
His mind energy slipped in, and the broken spirit diagram inside the shield appeared abruptly in his mind; it was a combined version of both the “Spirit Gathering” and “Amplification” diagram.
Compared to the “Spirit Gathering” and “Amplification” spirit diagrams inside the Soul Suppressing Orb, these two were much too simple and crude.
During the past few days he had been memorizing the “Amplification” spirit diagram inside the Soul Suppressing Orb whenever he took a break from cultivating.
Now, he had almost memorized the “Amplification” spirit diagram completely, so the moment he saw this simplistic version of the “Amplification” diagram, he immediately recognized it.
The two spirit diagrams took up a large amount of space inside the shield, and the “Amplification” diagram was embedded inside the “Spirit Gathering” one. On close examination, he could clearly see that only the “Spirit Gathering” spirit diagram was damaged…
Due to powerful attacks, some of its lines had been twisted into a clump which caused an obstruction where the spirit energy was supposed to flow through; that was why Liu Yan was unable to pour spirit energy into his shield.
If “Spirit Gathering” could not function, then it would not be able to conduct spirit energy and subsequently cause the embedded “Amplification” spirit diagram to fail as well. That was how this spirit artifact had turned completely useless.
In his eyes, the two spirit diagrams inside the shield appeared to be incredibly simple. Although they were just a small part of the “Spirit Gathering” and “Amplification” in his memories, they were able to accomplish their respective functions. If he could untie the knots and sort out the kinks, then the “Spirit Gathering” spirit diagram would function as it was meant to, and the spirit artifact would become usable once more.
Qin Lie frowned slightly with a serious look as he rubbed his fingers across the shield’s surface, thinking quietly to himself.
Liu Yan and the rest looked as doubtful as ever. They just felt that his actions were very peculiar and that it didn’t look like he was examining the Hexagonal Shield seriously.
“Brother Liu, those Shattered Ice Manor guys are still tracking us. It may take them much longer to find us at night, but we still shouldn’t dally around for too long,” Gao Yu suddenly said with a cold expression and then concluded, “I think we should keep moving.”
Liu Yan nodded and replied, “Right, we really shouldn’t stay at one place for too long.”
“Please continue to lead the way, Qin Lie. We’ll be right behind you.” This time it was Ling Xin who took the initiative.
Deep in his own thoughts, his words pulled Qin Lie back to reality as he returned the Hexagonal Shield to Liu Yan and said, “Let’s go. We’ll leave this place and find a new safe location.”
“Why is he the one leading the way?” A Gao Family member asked in dissatisfaction.
“Because under his guidance, even though we took a longer route, we neither encountered packs of spirit beasts nor lost even a single man!”
There was shock in both Liu Yan and Gao Yu’s eyes the moment he said those words. They glanced at each other once before Liu Yan said, “Alright! We’ll follow Qin Lie!”
“Then let’s go.” Frowning, Qin Lie led at the front once more. Occasionally, he would take out a map from his chest, glance at it briefly, adjust their path, and then continue to lead on.