northernbook Chapter 122 Over time, even the magical artifacts have become damaged.
Chapter 122 Over time, even the magical artifacts have become damaged.
Huanhuan and Lele were delighted to see the several magical treasures. Although they were all incomplete, they were all of the ninth grade, or even celestial artifacts.
The prayer beads were missing three beads, which made them very unhappy, and they all clamored to find them again.
Zhong Chun suggested, "Xin Xin, why don't you make a temporary contract with the prayer beads and use them to sense their properties? That should make them easier to find."
Zhong Lingxin followed his instructions and made a contract with a Buddhist rosary.
The prayer beads trembled incessantly in Zhong Lingxin's sea of consciousness, as if they were mourning.
Zhong Lingxin summoned the Buddhist prayer beads and held them in her palm.
Soon, the prayer beads began to struggle in one direction, as if a trace of joy was entering Zhong Lingxin's consciousness.
Zhong Lingxin released the binding array, held the Buddhist beads, and slowly moved forward in the direction in which the beads struggled.
After walking only about ten zhang, the prayer beads began to fall to the ground.
Zhong Lingxin channeled her spiritual power, creating a large pit about ten feet in diameter.
The prayer beads trembled in the pit, as if Zhong Lingxin was being urged to continue shoveling soil.
Zhong Lingxin flipped it twice more, revealing a jet-black bead covered in cracks.
The prayer beads fell next to the dark bead and trembled even more violently.
A wave of sorrow washed over Zhong Lingxin, and her eyes welled up with tears. She carefully picked up the black bead and placed it in a jade box.
The prayer beads were already tainted with evil energy, so she dared not put them directly into the Nine-Story Pagoda and could only keep them separate.
The prayer beads seemed to know that Zhong Lingxin was looking for his companion. Seeing that Zhong Lingxin had put the prayer beads away, he struggled in another direction.
Soon, Zhong Lingxin found another jet-black Buddhist bead.
But the last prayer bead could not be detected no matter what it did; it trembled and wailed, yet it could not be found.
Zhong Lingxin lingered on the dry riverbed with the Buddhist beads for three days, turning every place the beads stopped at even slightly upside down.
During this time, they found many more fragments of spiritual treasures, but no matter what they did, they could not find the last Buddhist bead.
The prayer beads sadly fell to the ground and lay motionless. He could not find his companions; he was no longer whole.
Zhong Lingxin sensed the sorrow in the Buddhist beads, as if they were dying, and gently lifted them up. After thinking for a long time, she finally said, "You have other companions."
Those two, tainted by malevolent energy, are waiting for you to save them.
Your companion may have already been picked up by someone else, or it may be buried somewhere, waiting for you to find it.
You need to pull yourself together, or he really might not come back.
The prayer beads trembled slightly. His master was right; he had to pull himself together. His companions were waiting for his rescue.
Zhong Lingxin sensed the prayer beads activating. She took a thin string, threaded it through the small hole of the beads, and wore it around her neck. She whispered to the beads, "I'm wearing you so you can sense your companion. Let's find him together."
The prayer beads trembled slightly again, as if in response to Zhong Lingxin.
In the distance, there was another fluctuation of spiritual energy. Zhong Lingxin dared not delay. In the past few days, she had been very careful in order to find the Buddhist beads and had avoided several groups of evil cultivators.
Judging from the spiritual energy fluctuations approaching from afar, it was clear that a large group of evil cultivators were heading towards Flying Dragon City.
After the evil cultivators left, Zhong Lingxin followed them at a distance, listening to their conversation.
"Brother Yu and the others should be arriving soon. I have two brothers with him, and they haven't replied to my messages these past two days."
"They might have already entered the city and are fighting with the cultivators from the righteous sects."
"That's right, that's right. We've been traveling for over a month, we should be there by now."
"Who knows? We've only heard of Flying Dragon City, but no one has ever been there. We've heard that the city is huge, and we don't know how many good things they've found there."
"We need to hurry up. Only those who go in first can find good stuff. If we go in late, we won't find a single thing."
"This ancient battlefield is amazing! The treasures I've acquired over the past few years are things I've never seen before. It's a pity that my pills are almost gone. I hope to snatch some pills from the righteous sect cultivators when I enter Flying Dragon City this time, otherwise I'll have to leave."
"Me too. If I hadn't snatched two bottles three months ago, I would have been out by now."
"Who isn't? This ancient battlefield is great in every way, except that you can't buy any pills or magic treasures. Next time I come in, I'll definitely buy more pills and talismans."
"You're still thinking about getting out? By the time you come back in, there won't be any left. Just rob it. Speaking of which, Brother Yu and his gang robbed the most. I heard they've killed several thousand cultivators from righteous sects."
"When was this ancient battlefield? No one knows for sure. We can't communicate with the remnant souls here. It's all fighting when we meet. If only we could talk to them, we could find out where there are more spiritual treasures."
"You wish! You've already picked up more than enough. Be content."
Upon hearing this, Zhong Lingxin couldn't help but touch the Buddhist prayer beads around her neck.
This ancient battlefield is filled with broken spiritual treasures and remnants of souls; not a single one is intact. Therefore, no one can say for sure when this ancient battlefield originated.
None of the records from various sects that have explored the continent match this ancient battlefield.
She hopes to find the last Buddhist rosary, nurture it, obtain its memories, and understand everything that happened on the ancient battlefield.
The evil cultivators in front were still chatting and laughing when another group of evil cultivators arrived behind them.
The two groups of evil cultivators met up and discussed their gains from entering the ancient battlefield.
Zhong Lingxin understood.
These two groups of evil cultivators were among the first to enter the ancient battlefield, so they reaped the most rewards.
Although they are all damaged treasures, they should be worth a good amount of spirit stones if sold.
Another heretical cultivator raised a question: "It's really strange. We've been here for several years, but we haven't seen a single jade slip, or even a single animal skin record. If we could find a jade slip, it would be wonderful to obtain a cultivation technique."
The heretical practitioners were extremely interested in this topic; they were desperately lacking in good cultivation methods.
“I also paid attention. I even went into a cave of a remnant soul. Inside, there were many spiritual herbs and minerals that they had mined, as well as many fragments of spiritual treasures, but there wasn’t a single jade slip. I didn’t give up and searched that broken hole three times but still couldn’t find one.”
“I’ve been looking carefully, but my cultivation method can only reach the Nascent Soul stage at most. I’m in a hurry to find a cultivation method. I’ve been looking with my eyes wide open for the past few years, but I just can’t find one.”
"Do you think those cultivation technique jade slips have all broken because of the long time that has passed?"
"That should be true. Think about it, if the spiritual treasure is already in pieces, then those jade slips must all be ruined too."
"That's right, that's right. Ever since we entered the ancient battlefield, we haven't found a single intact spiritual treasure. How could all the spiritual treasures have been destroyed in battle? It must be that the spiritual energy was too violent, and over time, the spiritual treasures were all damaged. Don't you all agree?"