This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered
Chapter 203 - 198: The Broken Sword

Chapter 203: Chapter 198: The Broken Sword

"Young man, please follow me, you need to retrieve this kind of item yourself."

The spirit of the Treasure Vault pretentiously adjusted its appearance, its spiritual energy condensed into a small arm that beckoned with a solitary hand.

After signaling Liang Yi to follow, the little arms and legs of the Treasure Vault’s spirit retracted into its body, and a small ingot turned into a streak of golden light and flew swiftly into the distance.

Liang Yi was quick to react. In the instant the Treasure Vault’s spirit took flight, he too deployed the Great Five Elements Escape Skill and followed closely behind.

Although the Treasure Vault’s spirit wasn’t big in size, it seemed to hold considerable authority within the Vault. There was hardly any fluctuation of spiritual power, yet its flight nearly outpaced Liang Yi. Even at the speed of the Great Five Elements Escape Skill, it took roughly a dozen breaths before the ingot ahead finally came to a stop in front of a transparent barrier.

The see-through barrier seemed to extend to the top of the great hall, its height indiscernible to Liang Yi as he looked up from midair.

"Stop looking. This entire great hall was transformed by the Grand Ancestor using his astounding mana from a vast Secret Realm. The hall is as tall as the sky, and as large as the Secret Realm itself."

The spirit of the Treasure Vault once again conjured hands and feet and proudly introduced the details to Liang Yi, who was still looking up at the great hall.

"Oh~"

Liang Yi uttered a flat exclamation of admiration, frustrating the Treasure Vault’s spirit which had hoped to see a surprised expression on his face.

"So, where is the item I need?"

Liang Yi surveyed his surroundings but did not see any treasure.

"All treasures within the Vault are stored within their respective Boundaries, which are Realms within Realms." The spirit of the Treasure Vault pointed towards the pure barrier behind it.

"You just have to stretch your hand in and silently recite the name of the treasure. This Boundary here contains materials related to forging; you can change your mind and ask for something else if you wish."

"This Boundary can only be opened with my permission. No one else can shake it unless they possess the power to shatter the whole world."

"I see," Liang Yi realized in sudden enlightenment. Piling all the treasures together would indeed be unsightly and searching would be exceedingly troublesome, this method simplified the process a great deal.

After a simple investigation confirming there were no dangers, Liang Yi slowly approached the pure barrier and gradually inserted his right hand.

As his right hand pushed in, the barrier rippled like the surface of water, and Liang Yi didn’t feel any resistance at all, just as if it were a real water surface.

While Liang Yi had some trust in the words of the Treasure Vault’s spirit, adhering to the principle that practice is the sole criterion for testing truth, he still silently recited the names of all the previously mentioned materials.

And sure enough, as he expected: not a single response.

"Hey, hey, I’m the spirit of the Treasure Vault. This whole Vault is my body, do you think I can’t hear you muttering to me?" the spirit behind him complained discontentedly.

Now this was awkward...

But Liang Yi continued with his eyes closed, choosing to ignore the living treasure.

When you find yourself in an awkward situation, as long as you are sufficiently resolute in your heart, you can reverse the situation and make the embarrassment fall on the other party.

The small hand of the Treasure Vault’s spirit stretched out in midair, somewhat at a loss. It really wanted to shout:

"Give me some reaction, pay me some mind, won’t you? Don’t you feel this is making me very embarrassed?"

But that would make it look as if the spirit of the Treasure Vault is rather lowly, so it could only sullenly retract its hand. This was an embarrassment unknown for ten thousand years, making the little ingot blush as it pretended that nothing had happened.

How did things turn out this way?

"Immortal Crystal."

After futile attempts with other desired items, Liang Yi decided not to waste more time and went straight for the secondary core item.

Just as he silently recited the name, Liang Yi felt the hand he had inserted grasp a cold and smooth Crystal Stone.

Realizing this was the very Immortal Crystal he needed, Liang Yi withdrew his right hand.

Looking down, in the palm of his right hand lay a black Crystal Stone adorned with colorful markings, its profound hues captivating the gaze of the beholder.

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[Jade Cauldron Celestial Crystal]: Third Grade orange material, priceless treasure. It is condensed from a celestial stone from beyond the heavens atop Jade Cauldron Mountain. After absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon for a millennium, and being smelted by the undersea volcano for a hundred years, all impurities within the celestial stone are removed, and ultimately it forms a piece of celestial crystal.

"Indeed, it is the Jade Cauldron Celestial Crystal." Liang Yi weighed the substantially heavy crystal stone in his hand, then turned to speak to the Treasure Vault Spirit.

"Could it be that I would deceive you with a fake one?" The Treasure Vault Spirit was clearly struggling to put aside the awkwardness Liang Yi had just shifted onto him, and now his tone was somewhat unpleasant.

Liang Yi merely smiled slightly, not minding at all.

Looking again at the barrier that had been like water just moments before, it had now turned into a solid wall of copper and iron. Liang Yi knocked on it twice to determine that he might not even be able to leave a mark on it with all his might.

Seeing that Liang Yi had already obtained the Jade Cauldron Celestial Crystal, the Treasure Vault Spirit no longer paid attention and turned around, intending to lead Liang Yi out of this place.

"By the way, Little Ingot, there must be many treasures in the national treasury that have already awakened their spirits. What happens to those magical treasures?"

Liang Yi’s curious voice came from behind the Treasure Vault Spirit.

"Hmm... Magical treasures that have awakened their spirits?" The Treasure Spirit scratched his head, which lacked hair.

"Magical treasures taken into the Realm within Realm would naturally be suppressed by the Great Formation of the Immortal Dynasty, and the spirits within the magical treasures would also fall into a slumber, until someone awakens them."

"Is there a chance they could wake up on their own?"

"That’s impossible. What kind of magical treasure could withstand the pressure from the fate of the Immortal Dynasty? If there were any, they would be guarded by Grandfather Pixiu in the inner vault." Little Ingot waved his hand dismissively, considering the situation the young man mentioned to be impossible.

"Really?"

Liang Yi expressed disbelief.

"Really!"

Little Ingot was very certain.

"Then what do you make of this?"

The Treasure Vault Spirit turned to follow the direction of Liang Yi’s pointed finger, and beside the Boundary of the forging equipment, another Boundary held a silvery-white broken sword floating quietly on that end of the Boundary.

The broken sword was about two fingers wide, and less than two feet long, emitting an aura of deathly stillness.

Although it was just a sword, both Liang Yi and the Treasure Vault Spirit could distinctly feel that the sword was watching them.

"Is the sword in your belly starting a rebellion?"

Liang Yi laughed, jibing at the clear slap in the face.

The Treasure Vault Spirit was a bit stunned, what’s going on with this broken sword?

"There’s no need to panic, uh... this is just an accident." The Treasure Vault Spirit hurriedly mobilized the power from the Great Formation that enveloped the entire Secret Realm, pressing against the sword, trying to force it back into slumber.

However, as the Treasure Vault Spirit increased the power, the trembling of the broken sword also intensified, as if it might shatter in the next second.

It was resisting with its broken form against the entire power of the Treasure Vault!

"Hey, hey, stop for a moment, it’s no use pressing it further; even if the body of the sword shatters, it will not submit."

Seeing that the Treasure Spirit couldn’t suppress the broken sword, Little Ingot’s anger rose, and Liang Yi stepped forward to pat it.

"The sword is the king of weapons, better broken than bent. You’re being too forceful trying to subdue it, it’s definitely not happy."

After hearing this, Little Ingot, though unwilling, could still sense the indomitable spirit contained within the broken sword, indicating that it would rather break than yield.

With no other choice, he had to let go and stopped using the power of the Great Formation to forcibly suppress it.

However, for a treasure within the Treasure Vault to think of rebelling, it would first have to see if the boss here would agree.

Little Ingot raised his head, took a deep breath, and bellowed to the sky:

"Grandfather Pixiu, a magical treasure in the Vault is bullying me!!!"

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