Chapter 1623: Do you wish to…

Seeing as how there was nothing else that could be done about what he had already absorbed, he could only just ignore it.

Though there was a part of Lin Fan that was even wondering, "Is it because of the interference from the upper realm with the Emperor Dew Drop that made me unable to break through?"

If that was the case, it really would make more sense than something being laid out in the entire Dao Sect ruins.

It was certainly much harder to put an entire array in the Dao Sect ruins.

Putting this thought in the back of his mind, Lin Fan led his group to the next pavilion.

The only thing that mattered now was collecting the authority that he needed. Only with that authority would he be able to do something against the measures that the upper realm left behind.

After making their way through the mist and reaching the next pavilion, they weren’t able to figure out what this place was for.

After all, there weren’t any signs coming from this pavilion that gave them a clue.

As far as they could tell, this was nothing more than a normal building that didn’t have any defining features at all. So the only thing that Lin Fan’s group could do was move closer to see what they could find out about this place.

It was just that as they were doing this, there was something that suddenly changed.

"This is a familiar feeling, but what is it?"

Lin Fan looked at the other two to see if they could sense anything, but it didn’t seem like that was the case. The two of them were still looking around like they were trying to find something off about this place.

Since they couldn’t see anything, Lin Fan focused on this familiar feeling as he tried to find what it was that was giving him this feeling.

Though when he followed it, he was surprised to find that it wasn’t coming from inside of the pavilion. It seemed to be coming from outside of the pavilion.

When Lin Fan looked at it even more closely, he could tell that it was coming from behind the pavilion instead of anywhere near it.

He couldn’t understand why this sensation was coming from behind the pavilion, but there was no mistake that this was where it was coming from.

So in the end, Lin Fan decided to follow this sensation to see what he could find.

Both Ye Qing Huan and Xiao Mu looked at Lin Fan with confused looks as they wondered what exactly he was doing, but they still followed him without a word in the end.

It was their faith in him that made them believe that he wouldn’t be doing something like this for no reason. At the same time, they couldn’t help wondering what exactly it was that drew Lin Fan in.

From what they knew about Lin Fan, they knew that he wouldn’t do this unless it was something that was truly strange.

"It’s coming from here."

Lin Fan looked at the scene in front of him with a confused look.

He wasn’t the only one that did this since it didn’t seem like there was anything here.

Both Ye Qing Huan and Xiao Mu looked closely at the wall that was in front of them, trying to find the thing that had attracted Lin Fan to come to this place. But it didn’t matter what they did as they couldn’t find a single thing.

There was even something that changed with Xiao Mu’s eyes during this time.

Xiao Mu had unlocked more abilities as it progressed and one of them was a visual ability that allowed it to see through things more easily. It was currently using this on the wall to see if there was anything there.

But no matter how Xiao Mu tried, it wasn’t seeing anything.

However, Xiao Mu wasn’t disappointed when it saw this. In fact, it seemed like Xiao Mu was trying even harder because of this.

After all, this was different from not finding anything at all.

When Xiao Mu used its ability like this, it found that there wasn’t a single thing that was coming from the wall. It was as if there was something that was completely blocking it from analyzing this wall.

If that was the case, then that meant that there really was something strange about this wall. There was no way that someone would leave behind these kinds of defenses for a random wall.

After looking at the wall for a bit, Lin Fan decided to suddenly reach out and touch the wall.

He didn’t exactly know what to expect from this, but it felt like there was something that was drawing him in at the same time.

"Host, do you wish to absorb this?"

"Huh?" Lin Fan was completely caught off guard when he heard the voice of the system suddenly ringing out like this.

He didn’t expect the system to suddenly ask him something like this and he was even more confused about what the system meant by this. After all, it wasn’t as if there was anything there that would prompt the system to do something like this.

That was until Lin Fan started to realize what this thing might be.

If it was related to the upper realm, it seemed even more likely that this was what the system needed the most right now.

It was just that Lin Fan couldn’t understand why there was something like this that was hidden randomly in this place. It felt like this was some kind of mistake on the part of the upper realm...

"No, in the first place, how many people would even be able to detect these things?"

That was the main reason that the upper realm had confidence that they would be able to hide this thing from anyone that came into the Dao Sect ruins.

At the same time, it was the main reason why they were willing to put it this close to the wall.

Even though there were these defenses that had been placed here, it wasn’t as if they were strong enough. After all, Lin Fan’s system was enough to actually break through these defenses and steal this thing if he wanted it to.

"Do I want to though?" That was the main thing that Lin Fan was worried about.

If he were to actually go through with this and allow the system to absorb this thing, then he might run the risk of the system shutting down to the bare minimum function. After all, every time that he allowed the system to upgrade after absorbing divine fragments, it would always shut down like that.

"Do you know what this thing is used for?"

Though Lin Fan didn’t have any hope that the system would actually answer this question, he still asked it.

"It’s an immortal artifact that’s used to control the array that is monitoring these ruins."

When the system actually answered, Lin Fan was completely caught off guard.

This was the last thing that he had expected the system to do, but now that it had answered...

"So there really was something that was placed here to watch over these ruins. It’s only natural that they would do this since they were the ones that destroyed this place to begin with." Lin Fan couldn’t help shaking his head with a sigh as he thought this.

"The system will not upgrade from this alone."

When the system even said all of this, Lin Fan really didn’t know what to say.

It was even predicting what he was saying, so it made it hard for Lin Fan to deny its request to absorb this fragment. After all, that was the only reason that the system would go that far in the first place.

"Will they detect it if you absorb this?"

Since the system was pushing this hard, Lin Fan had no choice but to ask the questions that had to be asked.

He didn’t really want to do this, but it wasn’t as if these fragments were things that could be found anywhere. He had gone through all kinds of difficulties to find those fragments in the first place.

Now that there was one in front of him, Lin Fan didn’t want to let it go either.

"No, it doesn’t have this function. At the same time, the array will not weaken from the disappearance of a single artifact. It has many different immortal artifacts that are supporting it."

When the system wanted something, it didn’t seem to hold back at all when providing information to Lin Fan.

Lin Fan almost couldn’t help wishing that the system would act this way normally instead of ignoring him all the time. But he knew that this was impossible since the system had all those restrictions on it.

"No, don’t absorb it."

Though there was no sound that came from the system, Lin Fan couldn’t help feeling that there was this disappointed feeling that came from it.

But Lin Fan was firm on this.

Though the upper realm wouldn’t discover anything if he were to absorb this one fragment, it wasn’t as if he could absorb everything.

Right now, it was better to learn more about the various immortal artifacts that were placed in the Dao Sect. After learning about them, he would be able to figure out the best way to absorb them.

"Why didn’t you mention anything about this before now?"

"There were no signs of these immortal artifacts before this."

A wry smile appeared on Lin Fan’s face when he heard this.