Intents

"I… I was getting a headache because I was trying to remember the words on the stele?" Alex couldn't believe such a thing was even possible. "What do you mean the owner doesn't want me to read it?" 

"Sometimes when someone is particularly passionate about a technique and very good at it, if they were to write the technique down on something, they leave behind their intent."

"Sometimes this just happens, while other times it is intentional. However, it's usually only intentional if that someone is of a very high cultivation base." The artifact spirit started speaking.

The spirit was full of the black goo as Alex hadn't visited here in a white, but it still spoke clearly. 

Also, since Alex's mental strength was now far better than what it was years ago when he met the spirit, he didn't have to worry about being easily tempted. Not when the spirit was this weak.

"There are such intents too?" Alex asked.