The battle with Dong Shuye had left him feeling powerless, as a low-level cultivator, it was very difficult to survive when crushed by a high-level one.
But if he had had a defensive spirit artifact at that time, he might not have ended up so miserable, the defense spirit runes were good, but they consumed too much spirit force.
Without a doubt, the tiny bell spirit artifact was a decent defensive spirit artifact, so Lu Ye wanted to claim it for himself. However, after acquiring the tiny bell, he had tried to stimulate its power but unfortunately, this thing was very resistant to the infusion of external spirit force. When Lu Ye tried to channel his spirit force into it, he was clearly repelled by some force.
It felt like trying to open a storage sack that didn't belong to him.
So, Lu Ye guessed that this object might also have a restriction lock.