"What's happening?" Almost the moment the child made a sound, Ji Xuan felt the power in his body ebbing away, absorbed back into the armor. He could hardly feel any connection between himself and this set of armor.
He had some idea of the armor's origin; its owner was a being who transcended this world, having visited it a century ago and explored the Ancient Cave Heaven. During this adventure, the armor was lost by accident, and unable to find its owner, it was left behind in the Ancient Cave Heaven.
Initially, the artifact spirit of the armor was unwilling to accept Ji Xuan as its new master. However, Ji Xuan's persistence wore it down, and he skillfully appealed to the spirit's psychology, saying he was willing to help it find its master, and in the meantime, he might need the armor's power for tasks related to that search.
If the armor found its master, Ji Xuan promised to return it immediately, without coveting its power.
