Having heard of the Second Princess's name and the Peak Grade Immortal weapon she had, Lin Mu was intrigued.
After all, each Peak Grade Immortal weapon had its own weapon spirit and was not easy to handle. And due to having a weapon spirit, the weapon could choose its owner. It was seen in the case of Feng Baxing when he used the Shearing Hurricane Fan and summoned the Great Hurricane Falcon spirit within.
He could only use it due to the special restrictions put on the weapon, and if he went past a certain limit he wouldn't be able to use it anymore.
Feng Baxing's last attempt at summoning the Weapon spirit had basically exceeded that limit and the fan had become dormant after that. Lin Mu had sensed the change in the fan and knew that it would only awaken when someone strong poured their Qi into it, or if it actually chose a suitable owner.