Chapter 456: The Secret of the Belt

Not long after Lingyun won the bid for that Stone Belt, the door to the room was knocked upon.

Chen Jing opened the door to see an attendant standing before it, holding a tray. Beside him was a middle-aged man of about forty, who looked like the manager of this place. And on the attendant's tray sat the very Stone Belt from before.

Seeing Chen Jing open the door, the manager revealed a perfectly measured smile: "Greetings, guests, this is the auction item you won!"

As he said this, the manager's gaze swept rapidly over the people in the room. When his eyes passed over Aiweier, a trace of doubt appeared in them; he had unexpectedly sensed an aura of kinship from that girl.

"Oh!" Chen Jing nodded, then took out a Magic Crystal Card and swiped it gently against a small machine on the attendant's tray, transferring one hundred gold coins.

The function of the Magic Crystal Card was similar to bank cards on Earth, capable of storing and paying gold coins. Lingyun had only obtained this Magic Crystal Card after arriving at Norton Imperial City; after all, using a spatial ring to pull out money and the like was simply too eye-catching.

Taking the Stone Belt from the tray, Chen Jing smiled at the two men, then closed the door.

"Lingyun, that manager just now seemed to be probing us," Aiweier said to Lingyun.

"They were just a bit unwilling to let it go. After all, they must have studied this belt for quite some time, yet they still couldn't find any useful information, which is why they put it up for auction. Now that we've won the belt, they naturally want to probe whether or not we know the secret of this belt!" Lingyun said.

The two people who had delivered the belt to Lingyun and his group had already reached the back of the auction house and were conversing.

"Uncle Sen Nuo, did you discern any useful information?" the person dressed as an attendant asked the manager beside him.

"No, I'm afraid they don't even know what secret that belt holds themselves. I saw their expressions when they saw the belt earlier; it wasn't the secret joy of winning a bid at a low price, but rather pure interest. That expression didn't look faked. I feel that the boy was likely just interested in those things on the belt that we call Inscriptions," Nuo Sen said. "What I'm most interested in now, instead, is the silver-haired girl beside him."

"The silver-haired girl?" the man muttered. "To be honest, I also feel that the silver-haired girl is somewhat strange. On her, I can sense an aura of kinship, as if I had met one of my own kind."

"Young Master Jier, you have this feeling too? Then my guess should be correct; that girl is likely a half-Spirit in disguise," Nuo Sen said.

"A half-Spirit in disguise, following a young Human, interesting, interesting!" A dazzling brilliance flashed over the attendant's body, and he transformed into Jier, who had presided over the auction earlier.

"Young Master, do you need me to go and investigate this person's information?" Nuo Sen asked.

"No, there's no need. My intuition tells me that I will see them again in the future! Besides, if this matter were known by my kin, it wouldn't be a good thing." Jier waved his hand. "Alright, you continue to look after the auction here; I am going to report the situation to my father."

After closing the door, Chen Jing impatiently took the belt and crowded in front of Lingyun.

"Lingyun, why did you suddenly want to win the bid for this belt? Could it be that this belt has some extraordinary quality?"

Looking at the Stone Belt in Chen Jing's hands, Lingyun couldn't help but cough lightly, recalling a certain period of his "chuunibyou" past. They say that if one isn't a bit "chuunibyou," one hasn't lived their youth; this belt was one of the products of his "chuunibyou" phase.

"Well, just watch and see!"

Lingyun waved his hand, and an Array instantly enveloped everyone present. This Array not only had the effect of shielding against outside prying, but also had a disguise effect. If anyone outside were to pry into the situation in this room using Mental Power, they would only see the four of them studying the Inscriptions on the belt.

Lingyun pressed his hand onto the belt, and Source Power poured continuously into the Stone Belt. As the Source Power was infused, the Stone Belt began to emit specks of golden light.

Subsequently, the Source Power in Lingyun's hand suddenly transformed into Five Elements Power, turning into five long dragons that surged into the Stone Belt. The Stone Belt held in Lingyun's hand began to tremble violently, and wisps of five-colored light flashed and vanished from the Inscriptions on the belt.

"Crack, crack!" Countless cracks instantly appeared on the Stone Belt, and golden light shone through the fissures.

The Source Power in Lingyun's hand shifted again, unexpectedly transforming into Yin Yang Power, which seeped into the belt through the cracks.

With a "Boom," the stone skin on the exterior of the Stone Belt shattered completely, and a golden, extremely ornate belt appeared in Lingyun's hand.

"This belt, why does it look so familiar?" Su Wanyue stared at the belt in Lingyun's hand and said with some confusion.

"Hmm, it does look a bit familiar!" Chen Jing also nodded.

"Uh, this thing, why is it so similar to the belt of the Emperor Hero in Armor Hero?" Su Wanyue examined the belt in Lingyun's hand earnestly, and a glimmer of light suddenly flashed in her eyes.

"Ahem, as for this, you can consider it a replica made based on his belt!" Lingyun waved his hand, and the belt in his hand instantly turned into countless golden light particles.

Seven rays of different colored light darted out from the light particles, winding around Lingyun's wrist and transforming into a Bracelet. On the Bracelet was a Taiji Diagram, and surrounding the Taiji Diagram were five Inscriptions of different colors.

"Eh, it got smaller!" Aiweier looked at the Bracelet in Lingyun's hand with great interest. Just a moment ago, she had sensed power overflowing from that belt that even she in her prime would have had to steer clear of.

"Oh, right, there's also this!"

Lingyun snapped his fingers lightly, and the Seven-Colored Light circled before him, finally transforming into a belt exactly the same as before. Subsequently, gray began to spread over the belt, and in a short while, it became exactly the same as the previous Stone Belt.

"Lingyun, what are you doing?" Aiweier asked with some curiosity.

"Just making some things that can deceive people. There will always be some people who want to reap without sowing, won't there?" Lingyun grinned, but Aiweier sensed a bloody aura from it.

"Lingyun, you just said that your belt was made as a replica of the Emperor Hero; could it be that it can also summon armor?" Chen Jing asked curiously.

Lingyun pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly.

"Really? Can you transform and let us see? I've never actually seen a living Emperor Hero!" A strange glimmer of light flashed in Chen Jing's eyes.

"Ahem, that won't work right now. After all, it has been stone-sealed for so many years; how could it be usable just after recovering?" Lingyun immediately waved his hand and said.

"Oh." Chen Jing nodded with some reluctance, but looking at her expression, she likely wouldn't give up on that idea.