Encountering a Calamity

Faint runes flickered in and out of view on the cauldron's surface, lending it an air of mystery.

Lu Yuan held the small cauldron in his palm, turning it over and examining it carefully by the campfire.

He also tried channeling his qi force into the cauldron.

Yet the qi force vanished like a clay ox sinking into the sea, and the small cauldron gave no response whatsoever.

"This thing really doesn't play by the rules!"

Lu Yuan muttered.

Then he pressed the Demon-Seeking Orb against it.

But the orb neither glowed red nor green.

Lu Yuan focused and listened to the sounds within the cauldron. It was utterly empty inside, without the slightest sound.

He tried quite a few methods, but the little cauldron remained like a dead object.

"Hey... I took such a huge risk for this. Don't tell me it's just an ornament!"

Refusing to believe it, Lu Yuan circulated the Great Desolate Tyrant Emperor Body and gathered its power in his right palm.

His five fingers hooked around the cauldron like iron talons.

Then he suddenly exerted force.

With his current strength, he could leave finger marks even in refined iron. Yet the small cauldron did not budge in his hand, and not even a faint white mark appeared on its surface.

Lu Yuan took out the Rusty Saber and tapped the small cauldron with it. There was barely any sound, as though the noise had been swallowed whole.

"Hard enough. It should be able to smash plenty of people to death."

Lu Yuan murmured. It seemed that he could not yet fathom the small cauldron's secrets.

Still, Lu Yuan did not force the matter.

After hiding the little golden cauldron against his body again, Lu Yuan took out a martial arts manual with a dark