"You’re questioning my judgment? That’s an insult to my ghostly dignity!"

"How could this be acceptable?"

"I must prove to you today that this is real!"

Right now, his mindset is just like that of an old man at the Hua Mountain sword-fighting and treasure-evaluating event, holding a fake item and arguing with the experts.

"Even if the thing in my hand isn’t quite right, today it must be genuine!"

The Old Ghost blocked the way of one person and one ghost, grabbed the Sacred Beetle, Peach Wood Sword, and Cross in his hand, and loudly began chanting:

"Thus have I heard. At one time, the Buddha was in Savatthi, at Jetavana Grove, joined by a thousand two hundred fifty monks. At that time, the World Honored One, at meal time, donned his robe and carried his bowl into Savatthi city to beg for food. In the city, going from house to house, received his meal, returned to his place. After the meal, he collected his robe and bowl, washed his feet, prepared his seat, and sat down..."

Ju Li felt a bit overwhelmed by his act of holding three different faiths’ magical artifacts but reciting Buddhist scriptures.

Yet she said nothing.

After all, years of experience told her that if ignored, after a while, the other person would naturally find it boring and give up this pointless endeavor.

However, in the next moment, the ancient silver cross suddenly erupted with incandescent brilliance!

The pure Holy Light was comparable to the Holy Light Shield of the Radiant Sect.

Lu Wenwu transformed into a stream of light, instantly arriving in front of the Old Ghost, reaching out to snatch the cross that had yet fully unleashed its power, and swiftly shoved it into his personal space.

Luckily, he was quick enough, otherwise, the Old Ghost would have been purified on the spot.

Ju Li, who was waiting for the other side to make a fool of themselves, was now dumbfounded.

An Old Ghost without any spiritual cultivation, using a passage from the Diamond Sutra to trigger the Holy Light hidden within the Holy Cross???

Does this even make sense? 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Her body reacted faster than her mind could.

The Yin-413 Illumination Shotgun immediately clicked into place, directly aimed into the Old Ghost’s mouth.

"Raise your hands! I suspect you are illegally possessing a highly powerful offensive Enlightenment Spiritual Artifact!"

That Old Ghost was himself startled, couldn’t care less about the gun barrel already stuffed in his mouth, and quickly raised his hands, returning to his previous state of shivering in fear.

Ju Li suddenly became serious, began calling for the Beiyin Mountain City God Temple to send some police officers for support to investigate, and confiscated the Old Ghost’s Peach Wood Sword and Sacred Beetle for questioning.

Meanwhile, Lu Wenwu took out the ancient silver cross for a closer examination.

Unbelievably, the thing turned out to be made of pure mithril, with old inscriptions and symbols from the Radiant Sect etched on it.

Having conversed with Aiken for a while, Lu Wenwu could somewhat discern that it was indeed an antique.

Apparently, some Brother Fu sponsored sect activities ages ago, ended up with this item, and somehow it found its way into the hands of the Old Ghost.

Activating it with Buddhist scriptures was indeed feasible.

For ordinary persons using magical artifacts, to put it simply, it’s like pre-charging or auto-charging, capturing the "thoughts" emitted by ordinary persons and unleashing fixed spells inscribed within.

As a magical artifact intended for use by ordinary people, its activation is simple—solely recognizing "thoughts," or a certain extent of spiritual power.

Given the level of technology at the time, demanding that a magical artifact be equipped with a voice recognition module was clearly asking too much.

So, its operation logic is even more straightforward.

As long as it detects that the holder has thoughts like "Move it!" or "Save me, damn it!" it automatically kicks into gear, and the stronger the thought, the greater the power.

Ultimately, it’s a shield, so nothing major should go wrong.

The Diamond Sutra, when recited by the Old Ghost, must have met the "Move it!" minimum standard, hence the activation.

Theoretically, if there’s a steadfast devout soul holding this thing aloft shouting—Raise your hands! Surrender and no harm!—

It would light up just the same.

Who knows, with such powerful steadfast conviction, the Secret Silver Cross might even run at overcapacity...