The Greatest Disciple of the Evil Sect
Chapter 272- Murder Murder!!

Chapter 272: Chapter 272- Murder Murder!!

The thought had just arrived inside his mind when he shook it away. In any case, whoever that girl was and whatever was after her, was none of his business.

Yang Chen was just about to turn his head around, when suddenly from the corner of his eyes he saw an item fallen on the ground.

Bending over, he picked the item in between his fingers when he realised that it was a hairpin. The hairpin was made of some exquisite jade and had a blue phoenix carved on it.

When his eyes were drawn into that phoenix, he sensed some kind of peculiar energy being released by the hairpin. What’s more, when that energy came in contact with his fingers, he could feel stabbing pain being transmitted over.

"An artefact!!" His eyes immediately shone with a lustre.

Why would it not? After all, the hairpin that he found was no ordinary item, but an artefact. Artefacts are items which are inscribed by an inscription master and possess unique properties.

For a practitioner, often having an artefact could decide the victor of the battle. A practitioner who possesses an artefact will have an edge over the one who doesn’t in a battle.

A powerful artefact can raise the power of a practitioner and allow them to fight opponents stronger than them. Some raise the owner’s defences thus allowing them to soak damages from powerful opponents without getting hurt and some possess mysterious properties that make the item extremely unpredictable.

In this regard, the weapons from his shop were also considered artefacts.

In any case, the hairpin in front of him was clearly a defensive item moreover, it did not just provide any ordinary defence but a very powerful one at that.

"Hoh, would you look at that? This is some decent item"

Even Amon who was usually quite fussy and demanding about these things, was of the same mind and praised the artefact.

"Haha, you see it too right? This thing is definitely a treasure. Who knew that I would find a treasure even before arriving at the desert ruin" Yang Chen laughed, clearly pleased with his find.

"Don’t be so happy yet. This artefact is quite special. Clearly, it was dropped by that girl when she bumped into you"

Sitting on top of his shoulder, Amon smirked. Hearing what was said, Yang Chen’s eyes twitched. Of course, he was aware that the artefact dropped from that girl. In fact, that was the only logical explanation.

However, such a fine artefact, even he was a little unwilling to give it back.

[Ding... you committed a mischief... 50 points awarded].

Incidentally, he also got rewarded by the system, probably because he was thinking about keeping the artefact. That being said, the amount he got was pocket change for him right now.

"I know... I know, I will give it back. But, who would have expected you to be such a virtuous saint? Don’t you take pride in calling yourself a demon?" Yang Chen grunted.

"Hmph, don’t compare me with you brat. Your little schemes can’t hold a candle against my evil acumen. Of course, I have my own reason for wanting you to give it back to her"

"Perhaps, when you grow up a little more and experience many different things, you will naturally come to thank me one day" Amon laughed condescendingly. The next second though, his eyes turned serious—

"Apart from the reason as mentioned earlier, there is another reason why I told you not to celebrate too early. When you touched that artefact earlier didn’t you feel a kind of a stabbing pain being transmitted to you through your fingers?".

Yang Chen thought for a second before answering honestly "Now that you said it, it did feel like the energy inside this artefact was attacking me".

"Correct, the hairpin did attack you. This hairpin is a soul artefact, that is to say, it contains a faint amount of consciousness. Not only that, it also has an imprint of that lass inscribed on it. As such, you who are not its owner, received a backlash when you tried to hold it"

"And before you ask anything stupid like can we remove the imprint on the hair pain, then think again. The imprint was inscribed on this artefact through the help of an expert who has surpassed the Battle Overlord realm. So you could imagine the difficulty of removing such an imprint"

"Though if you insist, there are some items in the shop that can help you in this regard. However, let me warn you beforehand that using this technique will clearly anger that expert who helped that lass leave an imprint on this artefact. Removing it would be tantamount to making enemies with them. The instant you remove the imprint, they will be able to sense you" Amon explained.

When Yang Chen heard that, his eyes instantly turned grave. Indeed, when he heard that there was an imprint left in such a good treasure, the thought of removing it did pop up in his mind for a second.

However, Amon’s later words caused him to instantly disperse such a notion. A realm above Battle Overlord, what kind of concept was that? Yang Chen couldn’t even imagine it right now.

For the him right now, even dealing with a Battle Overlord was a great headache. Not to mention a realm above Battle Overlord. At his current level, he really can’t afford to offend such an expert.

"I get it, I get... I will return this artefact to that girl"

Yang Chen looked in the direction where the girl ran off to. He was just about to chase after her, when suddenly a couple of figures appeared from the corner where the girl first appeared from.

"Hmmm?! Where did she disappear to?"

One of the men spoke, he had a tall figure and wore simple clothes. His unkempt goatee was the only unique feature about him. The man looked extremely ordinary.