Chapter 1276 - 645: Heavenly Artifact Stone Axe
She was pondering when Boss Kun there continued: "At that time, the person already said clearly that this underground palace is not a place ordinary people can enter, even those land immortals might avoid it. We want to safely enter and exit, unless we hold this object." He opened his palm, inside lay a rectangular thin-edged stone blade, only the length of a finger, not as wide as two fingers together, roughly polished, with repeated grinding marks at the blade tip, not looking sharp, it probably wouldn’t hurt a person even if it sliced the palm. If there was something unusual, it was that it still emitted a dim green light in the dark.
She asked curiously: "What is this?"
Boss Kun shook his head and said: "I don’t know. That person gave each of us one, originally we were skeptical, after all this thing initially looked just like ordinary stone pieces, but after entering the underground palace, it started glowing."
Changtian suddenly interjected: "This is not a stone blade, but called a Stone Axe, originally used by ancient ancestors for meat cutting and bone stripping, later evolved into ritualistic tools for sacrifice to Heaven, with at least twelve pieces per set. Every piece is a ritualistic tool with great wish power, possibly granting innate Divine Skills, known as Heavenly Device, extremely rare in the world, and possesses uniqueness. This set of Stone Axe has probably been used by barbarians for a long time to communicate with Heaven and Earth, and over time, has gained its own Divine Skills, perhaps it’s the power of not being tainted by evil."
The Evil Qi in the underground palace is the force of blood debt and evil between heaven and earth, if one has this Stone Axe for protection, even mortals indeed can enter and exit freely. However, the efficacy of this treasure stops here, the various changes in the underground palace still need people to handle themselves.
But why does the person possessing this treasure not come themselves, but rather entrust mortals to fetch the item? She shook her head and said: "Things haven’t even started yet are already full of mystique. You dare to take on this kind of job?"
Boss Kun smiled wryly and said: "I have traveled far and wide for so many years, have yet to encounter such a sinister matter. But the price that person offered, I truly couldn’t refuse, besides enough gold and silver for several generations of descendants, there was also the Kun family’s long-lost secret book, which recorded many Heavenly Master’s Techniques, I couldn’t resist being tempted, and there’s also..." He coughed softly, showing a bit of embarrassment on his aged face, "He said he had a medicine in his hand, that if I took it, I could sire a son..."
Being childless in middle age is a mortal’s greatest regret. People die for wealth, birds die for food. The benefits thrown out by that mysterious employer were irresistible bait for Boss Kun.
As for seeing things in the dark, hiding one’s own scent and breath, for a Heavenly Master, such things are not difficult, they normally require this when catching ghosts and exorcising demons, otherwise if evil ghosts smell the scent of living people, what odds would Heavenly Masters have? Talking about this, Boss Kun noticeably relaxed, and other Heavenly Masters also joined in the discussion.
Almost every school of Heavenly Masters has their own methods of concealing breath, they can close all pores to prevent scent leakage, some can even hold their breath for a long time, even just using skin to breathe, the method used by Boss Kun and others is to wear dried Xiao Lingxiang Bean. The size and color of this bean are almost like red beans, they can be harvested after autumn and processed to form a filter on the body surface, keeping foul air out. The air in the underground palace is very thin, which is when Xiao Lingxiang Bean takes effect.
Mortal’s skills are truly not to be underestimated. Ning Xiaoxian found it amusing, took a handful of beans and put them in the fragrance bag to wear, indeed after taking two deep breaths, the air felt much fresher. As for that Stone Axe, she also asked Boss Kun for two, gave one to Changtian. With this item in hand, she immediately felt the pressure around her being swept away, the originally pervasive, thread-like, serpent-like Evil Qi instantly avoided her, that oppressive and uncomfortable feeling vanished. Lord Divine Monarch naturally doesn’t need this item to ward off Evil Qi, but if acting, of course, one must do it fully.
While speaking, everyone could see the shadows cast on both sides of the Bronze Avenue, actually, there were many low stone houses, yet no one had the inclination to explore them. Ning Xiaoxian curiously said: "This underground palace was cracked open a small gap due to an earth tremor, seeing daylight again. How then did your employer get the map to this place?"
Boss Kun shrugged his shoulders and said: "That I do not know. The map he gave was not detailed, just marked the broad outline, several places were even wrong. Like the Water Room in the corridor, it wasn’t marked on the map. Unfortunately, I can’t take it out for you all to see now, that person made me memorize it and then burnt the map right in front of me." He pointed to his own head, "So, the map is in here now."