Artifact

Su Yu froze, then immediately shook his head when he realized that he is thinking about Duan Yuan again. He is getting distracted many times lately, and Su Yu knows that it is not good, especially in his current situation. He can't even afford to delay a second to eat the midnight snack that he bought from the grocery store earlier before going to the Purple Old Manor.

Now that he recalled it, he was with Duan Yuan earlier when buying them. That was their first meeting…

"Ugh!" Su Yu grunted and shook his head when his mind drifted again to Duan Yuan.

Even if he can control his mind right now inside this memory of the past, Su Yu has to concentrate on what is going on. He has to find a clue! Not only to get out of his current predicament but also to get out of the Purple Old Manor with Duan Yuan!

"… oh, no…" Su Yu closed his eyes. He can't believe that he just thought of Duan Yuan again. What is going on with me?! He thought and was about to pull at his hair when suddenly, he… or the owner of this body, yelped in pain.

"Ah!" the child cried as he fell to the ground. Fortunately, there was a thick blanket of leaves to cushion his fall.

Su Yu felt the child's heart beating very fast due to nervousness because the child thought that he was going to die earlier had there been any sharp objects hidden underneath the leaves. Su Yu also felt nervous. He knows that if something happens to this kid, he would also suffer with this kid, especially since he still hasn't found a solution how to protect his soul.

As a former immortal lord and demon lord, Su Yu naturally knows many kinds of spells. The one that he is experiencing right now is similar to Memory Viewing in the past. The immortal realm uses this in trials to not only show one's crime but also to judge whether the witness is telling the truth.

But, unlike what Su Yu experienced when he touched an object to which the memory was attached, the immortals did the Memory Viewing using an orb here the person would hold it and their memories would be shown inside the orb which will project the memories in mid-air for everyone to see. The orb doesn't need to be fed with spiritual energy to be used. This is the advantage of artifacts.

And Duan Yuan's ring is an artifact. As to how an artifact like that kind, which is rarest of the rare in the immortal land where Su Yu came from, got into this world that lacked spiritual energy, Su Yu doesn't know. But, from the looks of Duan Yuan, Duan Yuan should not know about the ring's value. So, he must have inherited the ring from his family, which Su Yu heard has a long history.

At first, when Su Yu saw that Duan Yuan is wearing a ring, he thought that the other might be engaged, or that Duan Yuan only wear it as a fashion. Su Yu only noticed that the ring is actually an artifact after he sensed it used its power earlier to break down the wall. If he noticed it earlier, then he wouldn't have worried about Duan Yuan so much.

As to why Duan Yuan's ring is the rarest among the rare artifacts, it is because of its special nature. To which is that it only recognized its master. That means that it has its own spiritual consciousness, and might be able to manifest a human form later. Unfortunately, with this world lacking in spiritual energy, then this should not be realized.

Anyway, since the ring has been passed down from one generation to another, this means that this ring should still not have been awakened. Also, it should be very picky with its master. Su Yu doesn't know if it could accept Duan Yuan as its master, since for Su Yu, looking at Duan Yuan with no bias, Duan Yuan's only flaw is his disability – which actually could not be regarded as a flaw since it wasn't Duan Yuan's fault that he was born like this.

However, even if the ring won't recognize Duan Yuan as its master, the ring still has benefits that it could give Duan Yuan. And that is, it could protect whoever is holding it. Of course, protecting its holder has a limitation. One is, its holder should have a kind nature and a pure heart. One that would never hold or think of any ill intention, and is also filled with justice. Second, even if it didn't recognize its holder as its master yet, it still could activate on its own if it wanted to protect its holder which it deemed worthy of saving.

And this must have happened earlier before Su Yu and Duan Yuan were reunited. The ring, perceiving that its holder was in danger, activated on its own and smashed down the wall so that Duan Yuan could escape. Maybe, the ring sensed Su Yu, so it also want to send Duan Yuan to Su Yu to keep Duan Yuan company.

Since Duan Yuan didn't act strange earlier when Su Yu found him, then Duan Yuan must not have seen the ring activating on its own. Which is reasonable since Duan Yuan can't see! Since Duan Yuan could only hear, then Duan Yuan must have thought that the wall has broken on its own. Which is possible considering how old the Purple Old Manor is.

Wait! I am thinking about Duan Yuan again! Su Yu thought as he closed his eyes tight. He has to get out of this memory first! Since Duan Yuan has a ring artifact, then Duan Yuan would be fine. So now, Su Yu should focus on how to get out of this kid's body. If he can't, then he should find as many clues as he could while thinking of a solution!