Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 1393

Shannon's words rendered Lexie and the others solemn.

Neither Harlan nor the villagers had any big reactions. Instead, they looked at Shannon's group with a soft gaze. "Yes."

Harlan confessed, "The vast majority of the artifacts in this village were returned to their homeland after a long journey from the Eldoria Museum."

Lexie's eyes widened in shock as she commented, "But there isn't any news online regarding any artifacts going missing."

While speaking, she suddenly thought of something and looked at Emeralda, pondering, "Don't tell me… All the artifacts in foreign museums are forgeries. That can't be!"

As if reading her mind, Emeralda quickly dismissed her guess. "The artifacts in the Eldoria Museum are real."

She paused and then continued, "But so are we."

Lexie was confused at that point. "What does that mean?"

How could both sides contain the real artifacts?

"This is the reason why they're half-spirits." A flash of sorrow passed through Shannon's eyes as she said, "You severed your soul from your true forms."

The villagers stayed quiet, while Harlan only squeezed out a dry smile. "You see—that was the only way we could return to our homeland."

Lexie's eyes reddened. "Why? You guys are already spirits! You could've returned when you'd decided to! Why leave your true selves in a place like that?"

Although Lexie didn't specialize in artifacts, she knew well that thousands of priceless cultural relics were taken from their homeland through theft and plunder.

For years, they had been cramped and imprisoned in a foreign museum, treated with neglect and disregard.

She couldn't understand—if they had the ability to transform into spirits, why hadn't they simply returned with their true forms?