289 What You See May Not Be True

Seeing Lin Ran draw his sword empty-handed, Ye Jin’s eyes lit up in shock. Seeing Lin Ran standing there rooted to the ground, she asked suspiciously, “What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?”

“No, I’m using my divine sense to probe this Heavenly Iron, but…”

Halfway through his explanation, Lin Ran suddenly stopped. A conflicted expression appeared on his face, as if he didn’t know how to describe it.

Ye Jin was a little anxious. Lin Ran clearly felt it too. He stopped thinking about how to organize his words and pulled Ye Jin back a few steps. Then, he raised his hand and slashed at the metal.

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Sharp sword energy surged out and instantly disappeared into the ground. Countless soil and gravel immediately surged out like a fountain.

“What are you doing!”

Ye Jin exclaimed, “This will destroy the heavenly iron. We should dig a little first before…”

“That won’t happen.”

Lin Ran interrupted Ye Jin firmly with a puzzled and conflicted expression.

Ye Jin was about to say something when Lin Ran slashed out a few more times. Countless sharp sword energy pierced into the ground, and more soil was dug out.

This process seemed simple, but it required terrifying meticulous control over every sword energy.

Even for the current Lin Ran, it was not easy to complete this operation.

In at most five minutes, the flying gravel calmed down.

Lin Ran raised the Yin-Yang Sword again and suddenly thought of something. He looked at Ye Jin and said, “Are you ready? What’s down there is very strange.”

Ye Jin blinked blankly. “What is it?”

“I don’t know.”

Lin Ran shook his head and whispered in a voice only he could hear, “I hope it’s not what I think.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the Yin-Yang Sword drew an arc in the air and another sword energy pierced into the ground. However, this time, no soil was dug out. Instead, it was soft soil that bulged, as if something was trying to break out of the ground.

Ye Jin, who had never seen a martial artist in action, was so frightened by this scene that her face turned pale. She subconsciously grabbed the corner of Lin Ran’s clothes and asked softly, “What is that?”

Lin Ran still didn’t say a word. He just stared at the growing bulge. Apart from vigilance and confusion, there seemed to be a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

Finally, when the bulge was about a foot high, the soil that was clinging to the surface began to collapse because it lost its support. A large piece of silver metal slowly rose from the ground.

When the metal block was lifted up by the sword energy and completely rose from the ground, Ye Jin’s expression began to become strange. “This is… a coffin?”

The metal block was ten feet tall, with one end big and one end small. The widest part was about five feet, and the narrowest part was about three feet.

There were no patterns or cracks on the surface, but this shape was indeed very easy to associate with a coffin.

“Coffin” was just what they associated this thing with. As for what this thing really was, neither of them had a clue.

However, one thing was certain. This huge metal block was definitely not heavenly iron because its shape was too regular.

After a few minutes of silence, Lin Ran pursed his lips and asked, “Are you sure this is what your father asked you to find?”

“I don’t know.”

Ye Jin scratched her neck. “But I don’t think so. If it was the material my father wanted, he would definitely tell me.”

Lin Ran nodded and didn’t say anything. He waved his hand and dispersed the sword energy. The huge metal block immediately dropped into the ground with a bang. The soft soil sank more than a foot deep. It was obvious that this thing was not light.

Then, Lin Ran took a few steps forward and reached out to gently stroke the metal surface. The first thing he felt was smoothness. When he knocked gently with his knuckles, he could actually hear a faint echo.

“It’s empty?”

Ye Jin asked in surprise. As she spoke, she took a few steps closer and reached out to touch it like Lin Ran.

“Don’t act rahsly.”

Lin Ran held Ye Jin’s hand up, his eyes clearly more vigilant. “It’s very unusual for this thing to appear here. It might be dangerous. I’ll use my divine sense to probe first.”

Ye Jin nodded and took a few steps back. Lin Ran took a deep breath and pressed his palm on the metal. After circulating his internal energy through his, he released a wisp of his divine sense to probe the inside of the metal block.

However, the result stunned him. There was nothing.

This huge metal block was standing in front of him. Lin Ran touched its smooth and cold surface. He could even feel the pressure when he closed his eyes, but when he probed with his divine sense, there was nothing inside.

Lin Ran couldn’t help but gasp. He quickly adjusted his mindset and tried a few more times, but the result was still the same.

“It’s really strange!”

Lin Ran muttered and turned around to look at Ye Jin, wanting to ask her if she had any clues, but he realized that Ye Jin was scratching her neck hard.

When Lin Ran saw it, there was already blood on Ye Jin’s fair neck, but she didn’t seem to feel it at all. Instead, she scratched it even harder.

“What are you doing?”

Lin Ran grabbed Ye Jin’s hand and asked in confusion. As he spoke, he leaned closer to take a look at the scratches. They were already quite serious. If she continued to scratch her neck, they would bleed.

“I don’t know either.”

Ye Jin twisted her neck in pain and replied, “My neck has been itching. It’s so uncomfortable…”

“Stop scratching. Let me take a look at you.”

As Lin Ran spoke, he pulled open Ye Jin’s collar slightly. He thought that a worm had crawled in, but when he looked carefully, he didn’t see anything. Under the clothes was only the necklace left behind by Ye Jin’s mother.

“I don’t see anything. Why don’t you go and—”

Lin Ran wanted Ye Jin to hide behind the tree to take off her clothes and check again, but halfway through, he suddenly thought of something. His expression changed and he reached into Ye Jin’s collar.

“Argh!”

Ye Jin screamed and slapped Lin Ran’s face. Then, she grabbed his collar and scolded angrily, “I knew you weren’t a good person!”

“What nonsense is that?”

Lin Ran covered his face with his hand, his eyes filled with grievance. “I realized that your necklace is heating up, so I wanted to check it. If you don’t believe me, look at it yourself!”

Ye Jin looked suspicious, but she still reached into her clothes to touch it. The suspicion on her face was instantly replaced by surprise. She tore off the necklace and said in surprise, “It’s really heating up! But how is this possible? This is just an ordinary necklace!”

“It seems that it’s not as ordinary as you think.”

Lin Ran rubbed his face and said softly. His eyes lit up as if he had understood something.