True Immortal Bu Hu had long known that the Broken Axe contained a heroic spirit's obsession, most likely at the out-of-body realm as well.
But communicating with the heroic spirit inside a ritual artifact was... even harder than having an out-of-body realm Old Ancestor in one's clan!
Normally, only dedicated personnel could communicate with ritual artifacts. As for a damaged ritual artifact... surely that would be even harder?
Her thinking was entirely correct. Otherwise, how could Qu Jianlei have gone so long without discovering the obsession inside the Broken Axe?
The heroic spirits had eventually agreed to communicate with him mainly because he had confirmed through the Artifact Spirit that it was a ritual artifact and had taken the initiative to offer sacrifices.
Sacrifices did benefit ritual artifacts somewhat, but that was not particularly important.
What mattered was that Qu Jianlei had been utterly sincere, and everything he offered had been spoils taken from the Alien Race, including an Alien Race Great Venerable.
He was only in the nascent soul realm! Leaving aside how difficult it was to kill someone in the out-of-body realm, doing so meant staking his life! Yet he had offered those spoils without hesitation, apparently giving everything he had! The two sides had never even met before, and Qu Jianlei had received no benefits from them.
For ritual artifacts, receiving sacrifices was only natural, and those offering sacrifices all wanted something in return! Thus, Qu Jianlei himself was the only one who did not know how difficult it was to win the heroic spirits' favor—even True Immortal Bu Hu knew! Precisely because she knew, Bu, Immortal Maiden had never considered the heroic spirits.
She and the Third Pavilion Lord fell silent, but True Immortal Jin Ge pondered for a moment before asking with a frown, "Wouldn't