As soon as I put it on, I met a sickly man

The treasure chest lay there quietly, emitting an alluring golden light all over, like a sleeping giant beast, exhaling an ancient and mysterious breath.

However, danger is hidden beneath this beautiful appearance. A layer of restriction that is almost invisible to the naked eye covers the treasure chest like a spider web, emitting heart-pounding energy fluctuations.

Ding Chen took a deep breath, slowly stretched out his hand, and tried to touch the mysterious treasure box.

As soon as his fingertips touched the restriction, a strong electric current instantly spread throughout his body, as if tiny poisonous snakes drilled into his meridians and bit him wantonly.

Ding Chen groaned and retracted his hand as if he had been electrocuted. His arm felt numb and there was even a faint charred color at the base of his palm.

"Young Master!" Xiaoxuan exclaimed, and hurried forward to support Ding Chen, checking his injuries with concern.

Seeing this, Yingfeng frowned and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

He drew the dagger from his waist and said coldly, "This restriction is very strange. Let me cut it open with my sword!"

"No!" General Lin hurriedly stopped him. "This treasure chest is made of special materials. If we rashly use brute force to break the restriction, we might damage the contents."

"What should we do?" Ah Hu scratched his head and said in a muffled voice, "We can't just stand there and watch, can we?"

The atmosphere was tense for a moment. Everyone expressed their opinions, but none of them could do anything about this strange restriction.

Ding Chen rubbed his numb arm, staring at the treasure chest, his mind racing, trying to find a way to crack it.

The white-haired sage remained silent. He slowly walked to the treasure chest, his bony fingers gently brushing the runes on the lid. A gleam of light flashed in his cloudy eyes...

"Wait," his hoarse voice broke the deadlock.

The white-haired wise man narrowed his cloudy eyes, and his skinny fingers gently stroked the intricate runes on the treasure chest lid as if caressing a lover's skin.

He was muttering something, and the obscure syllables echoed in the cave, as if it came from ancient chants.

As the last syllable fell, the golden restriction covering the treasure chest slowly dissipated like the morning mist, revealing the ancient box underneath.

"You are indeed a wise man!" General Lin praised, with admiration gleaming in his eyes.

Others also exclaimed in amazement, and admired the ability of the white-haired wise man.

Xiaoxuan hurried to Ding Chen, gently lifted his injured arm and examined it carefully.

She opened her cherry lips and blew gently on Ding Chen's wound, trying to relieve his pain.

Ding Chen looked at the concerned eyes of the beauty in front of him, and a warm feeling surged in his heart. He held Xiaoxuan's hand and said softly, "I'm fine." Xiaoxuan's cheeks flushed and she lowered her head shyly.

A rare smile appeared on Yingfeng's stern face. He put away the dagger, bowed to the white-haired wise man and said, "Thank you for your help, wise man." The white-haired wise man nodded slightly, his gaze fell back on the treasure chest, and a trace of imperceptible depth flashed in his eyes.

After losing the restraint of the ban, the lock of the treasure chest seemed to have lost its supporting force. It made a slight "click" sound and popped open by itself.

Everyone held their breath, waiting for the treasure in the treasure chest to appear.

However, just as the lid of the box was about to be fully opened, the white-haired wise man's face suddenly changed drastically. He suddenly stretched out his hand to block everyone and shouted sternly: "Be careful!"

The lid of the treasure chest slowly rose, but instead of the gold, silver and treasures that everyone had expected, several black shadows shot out.

When everyone looked closely, they found that they were actually several small mechanical puppets!

These puppets were made entirely of unknown metal, flashing with cold light, wielding sharp blades in their hands, and attacked the crowd.

"What the hell is that!" Ah Hu exclaimed, and his heavy body was almost knocked down by a puppet.

General Lin reacted quickly and shouted, "Be careful!" He swung the long sword in his hand, and the sharp sword wind went straight to the puppet in the front.

The puppet was extremely agile. It dodged the attack and turned to attack Ah Hu.

Although Ah Hu was extremely strong, he was a little flustered when facing this flexible puppet and could only wave the wooden stick in his hand to barely resist.

Yingfeng's figure was like a ghost, shuttling between the puppets, his dagger flashing coldly, looking for their weaknesses.

Xiaoxuan calmly took out some herbs from her medicine bag, quickly made a simple smoke bomb, and threw it at the puppets to disrupt their vision.

While dodging the attacks, Ding Chen carefully observed the structure of these puppets.

He discovered that the puppets' power source seemed to be in the core behind them.

A bold idea emerged in his mind.

"Attack the core behind them!" Ding Chen shouted and took the lead in attacking the back of a puppet.

Upon hearing this, the others also changed their strategies and focused on attacking the core of the puppet.

Sure enough, once the core of the puppet is damaged, it will stop moving and turn into a pile of scrap metal.

After a fierce battle, everyone finally repelled all the puppets.

Inside the treasure chest, a scroll lay quietly, with strange runes flickering on it, like the twinkling stars in the night sky, mysterious and unpredictable.

The white-haired wise man slowly walked forward, stretched out his skinny hand, and picked up the scroll.

He took a deep breath and slowly unfolded the scroll...