"Eh?" Qu Jianlei was genuinely puzzled. Have I really seen a ghost?
But without sealing it, there was no way to put it into an Item-Storing Ring. The Broken Blade's Fierce Qi was enough to destroy an Item-Storing Ring.
So he secretly contacted the Artifact Spirit with his divine sense again. "Please take a look. Does this thing actually have a blade spirit?"
"No," the Artifact Spirit answered without hesitation. "Just seal it directly. Whatever you're feeling isn't important!"
Was that really so? Qu Jianlei was deeply skeptical.
But among all the people and non-humans he had encountered, the Artifact Spirit had the greatest authority on whether a blade spirit existed—without question.
After thinking it over, Qu Jianlei decided that the probability of the Artifact Spirit deceiving him was infinitely close to zero.
So he gritted his teeth, braced himself against the overwhelming baleful aura, and sealed the Broken Blade once more.
Yet just as the Artifact Spirit had said, the Broken Blade seemed extremely unwilling, but it ultimately accepted the Seal obediently.
Even so, Qu Jianlei still did not feel that it definitely wasn't a blade spirit—at the very least, he could not deny it with absolute certainty.
So he quietly asked Jiao Daoren whether there was some particular explanation for this. However, the Beast Taming Sect elder sounded rather hesitant this time.
"You saw the power of that strike. Why bother dwelling on such trivial details?"
"So you were scared too," Qu Jianlei sneered. "Looks like there really is a blade spirit. It just doesn't seem very bright."
The Great Serpent fell silent. After a long while, it flicked its tongue. "Fine. As long as you're happy."
Before long, they entered the place that had once been covered by the Light Orb, and the scene immediately changed.
Although