Chapter 147: Ancient Artifact
Chapter 147: Ancient Artifact
When Li Si saw the last piece of information, he calmed down completely. His heart became still like undisturbed water, with no ripples or waves. His entire spirit ascended, and he thought, “This trivial thing dares to disrupt my cultivation?”
Without showing any emotion, Li Si glanced around and quickly, quicker than lightning, collected that small pile of True Immortal’s Dust from the ground. This thing was amazing. The True Immortal’s bones should have weighed at least several hundred pounds, but now only 999 sparkling, translucent grains remained. Each grain had a different shape, yet they were all extremely harmonious.
Only after he put them away did more detailed information appear.
[True Immortal’s Dust: Formed from the remains of a deceased True Immortal, extremely rare and precious]
[Obtaining condition: Must perform one task for the deceased, or ferry them to the Pure Land of the Underworld]
[Effect 1: When thrown into the Fate Forge, it can yield 999 units of Azure Fortune]
[Effect 2: Can be exchanged for Immortal Spirit Power, providing 999 points of Immortal Spirit Power]
[Effect 3: Can be used to refine the Seven Emotions Great Medicine]
[Effect 4: Can be used to transform Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, totaling 99,999 strands (Note: Each strand of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy can be exchanged for 1,000,000 points of Magic Power)]
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“Hiss!”
Li Si wanted to say, “So terrifying!”
Who would have thought that by paying just two pages of the [Book of Life and Death], he would receive such a huge harvest.
One piece of Purple Qi Luck Fortune Fuel was equivalent to one unit of Golden Fate.
But Li Si wasn’t foolish enough to break it down. Accumulating it to obtain Purple Qi Luck was much better, wasn’t it?
Moreover, this True Immortal’s Dust actually gave him 999 units of Azure Fortune. It was an incredible profit.
Li Si quickly calmed down and recalled his recent experience. He had already figured out the general situation.
The place he had just visited on the Mist Boat was probably a world that had been completely eroded and swallowed by the mist. Even a True Immortal had died there, and above the city, there was such a huge head watching over it.
Without the Mist Boat, he wouldn’t have known how he died.
By bringing back that True Immortal’s bones, he essentially guided his true spirit back. This deal was very profitable, but it was also more dangerous.
The Mist Boat was completely random. It seemed to automatically sense where there were spirits needing ferrying and then directly go there, like a minivan that could travel through worlds…
In any case, Li Si didn’t plan to continue risking his life.
Whether it was the Pure Land of the Underworld or the fake [Book of Life and Death] pages, these were things he didn’t understand for now.
Wouldn’t it be better to use this Pure Land of the Underworld to undergo the Seven Emotions Tribulation instead?
Still, he needed to visit the first guest in the Pure Land of the Underworld.
Li Si headed towards the small courtyard chosen by the True Immortal’s soul. Before he could get close, his expression turned strange. Earlier, the True Immortal’s soul wasn’t even visible as a shadow, but now, for some reason, it had transformed into a burly man. Even the layout of the small courtyard where he lived had been changed by him. At that moment, the man was in the courtyard, huffing and puffing while playing with a pair of stone locks.
Then, the burly man turned his head and looked at Li Si, giving him a simple and honest smile.
But Li Si stopped in his tracks. He stared at the burly man for a long time before turning around and leaving.
The burly man showed no change at all. He just watched Li Si’s figure disappear down the street before turning his gaze back and continuing to play with his stone locks.
From beginning to end, he never stepped outside his small courtyard.
Returning to the Mortal Realm’s Eastflow City, Li Si looked at the bustling streets with crowds of people passing by and the bright sunlight above. For some reason, he felt as if he had grown moldy.
However, after standing under the bright sun for a while, that feeling quickly faded away.
Without lingering any longer, Li Si quickly teleported back to the Yunhua Sect’s base. It was already noon. Unknowingly, he had spent several hours in the Pure Land of the Underworld and that bizarre Mist World.
By then, he had noticed the very rich Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy at the Yunhua Sect’s base. The mountains that had been barren for hundreds of years had already gained a layer of green in such a short time. Almost all the Anomalous Weeds and Alien Trees were quickly withering, but even more vibrant plants were growing in their place.
“Strange, was the commotion this big?”
Li Si was a bit puzzled. He remembered that this morning, after burning so much Fate, he had only triggered a response from one unit of Fortune of Heaven and Earth. But now, it seemed that at least 100 units of Fortune of Heaven and Earth had been activated.
One hundred units of Fortune of Heaven and Earth—he thought the total amount of spiritual energy around the Yunhua Sect’s base, spanning hundreds of miles, should have almost reached the level it was a thousand years ago.
Previously, Herb Gatherer Xia Xiaowan had allocated only 1,000 units of Purple Qi Luck to him, plus the 100,000 units of Azure Fortune brought by the Calamity-Bearing Human King. That was the collective wealth Li Si could mobilize to a limited extent in the Mortal Realm.
Yes, in the Mortal Realm, Fate was like a country’s currency. It had to be anchored by some entity of equivalent value.
The amount of physical wealth determined how much currency could be issued.
Earlier, Li Si, with his identity as the Calamity-Bearing Human King and a population of 500,000 as collateral, along with the Yunhua Law Seal as a guarantee, had passed Xia Xiaowan’s review to attract 1,000 units of Fortune of Heaven and Earth.
But for this Fortune of Heaven and Earth to flow into the market, it needed to be exchanged for resources of equivalent value. Otherwise, inflation would occur…
If money became worthless, Fate would become rootless and float away, resulting in a complete loss.
That was why Li Si found it strange now. A full 100 units of Fortune of Heaven and Earth had entered the Mortal Realm. How was that possible without a large volume of valuable items as collateral?
With this question in mind, Li Si summoned the Yunhua Law Seal. After a brief search, he immediately understood.
Wow, his Fairy Leader, Jiuxuanzi, and Shendanzi were really crazy. They actually chose to enter the market at this time, and they directly used their Dao Foundation Immortal Body as shares. That was bold.
If they gambled correctly this time, not only could they rebuild their Dao Foundation Immortal Body in the future, but each of them would also profit a considerable amount of Fortune of Heaven and Earth.
However, the risks were also huge, enough to reflect how difficult the path ahead would be for them.
“Strive to cross, strive to cross. If you don’t strive, even a True Immortal can die just like that. If they Ascend to the Land of Infinite Vastness, even masters as powerful as those of the Five-Tone Ruins and the Seven Emotions Medicine Field were still struck down.”
Li Si’s heart felt very heavy. So, how could he relieve his worries? Only by fighting monsters.
Hmm, wait.
He had an idea. He took out the more than one hundred stone arrowheads and that large stone sword from his Storage Pouch. He still needed to study them carefully. It seemed the Fate Forge hadn’t identified these items, so no information had appeared.
“Eh?”
Not long after Li Si took out the stone arrowheads and the large stone sword, he noticed that the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy was rapidly changing, being frantically absorbed. In an instant, it almost formed a vortex of spiritual energy.
Startled, he quickly put the large stone sword away. As for the 132 stone arrowheads, they continued to absorb for about ten seconds, taking away at least 132 strands of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy from Li Si. Based on each strand of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy being exchangeable for one million points of Magic Power.
In just ten seconds, he had lost over a hundred million points of Magic Power.
However, these stone arrowheads underwent a significant change. They were no longer dull and gray. The mysterious and complex patterns on them lit up, and then they automatically formed a glowing shaft behind the arrowheads.
Li Si casually picked up one arrowhead and immediately felt as if he were holding the eye of a typhoon. An extremely terrifying power seemed to radiate from it, capable of destroying everything at any moment.
Moreover, after these stone arrowheads transformed into terrifying weapons, the Fate Forge’s identification information finally appeared.
“Obtained Ancient Artifact: Soul-Chasing Arrow × 132.”
“Usage condition: Requires a large amount of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy for replenishment and recommends a minimum cultivation level of the Nascent Soul Realm to attempt use.”
“Release effect: Requires a locking-type Divine Ability to mark the enemy. After marking the target, the Soul-Chasing Arrow will pursue the target across heaven and earth, through the Mortal Realm and the Illusory Void. It is advised not to exceed a range of three thousand miles. It can be misled or intercepted, so it is recommended to fire nine arrows at once. Can effectively attack the target’s soul and Illusory Void-type targets. Capable of severely injuring Evil Immortal or Ghost King-level targets but ineffective against powers involving laws.”
“Note: Single-use item.”