Though Li Yan was disappointed, he thought of the other defensive formations, which were not bad either and were enough for him to use for now. One could not be too greedy, so he let it go.
But just as he was about to look at the other items, his movements suddenly halted.
"Something's wrong. This came from Liu Huaigu's storage space. He was a great late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator—why would he keep such a meaningless formation...?"
Li Yan immediately sensed that something was amiss. With a wave of his hand, a section of green ram's horn flew out from the ground. The horn was seven inches long, and the green light upon it had become incomparably dim, nearly invisible.
When Li Yan had first seen this object, he had thought it was a magic treasure. Later, after pouring spiritual power into it, he found that it could not be activated. Even using the Art of Myriad Laws Spiritual Communion, he could not control it.
After carefully examining it, Li Yan finally discovered that amid the complicated patterns on its surface, layered like piled wrinkles, there was actually a spirit stone slot hidden away.
Had Li Yan not enlarged it to seven or eight feet with spiritual power for close observation, he likely would have found it difficult to notice.
Only then had he realized that this object was an unusual formation compass, a formation artifact akin to an array plate.
Yet after testing the formation, it had appeared far too feeble.
When Li Yan finally realized that an item like this had been deemed worthy of Liu Huaigu's collection, he immediately knew something was wrong. But he had clearly shattered the formation's restrictions with a single punch—how was that to be explained?
For a moment, he sank into thought.