Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 37: A Mysterious Object, Seeking Protection from Fan Wu?!_1
The Destiny Coffin is operating?
This sentence made Fan Wu frown involuntarily. Could this thing actually operate automatically? In this world of gods and mysteries, there really were a multitude of odd and bizarre things!
The shock in Shen Ji Yue’s voice didn’t seem feigned; it was as if the operation of the Destiny Coffin was a big deal.
Shen Ji Yue immediately turned her head and looked towards Xie Jiu Yi, "You didn’t completely seal it?"
Xie Jiu Yi’s face was full of confusion; he also didn’t know what the current situation was: "It shouldn’t be... None of my talismans are damaged, and I didn’t misspeak a single word of the Sealing Spell. With my mana, it should have been enough to seal it for five hours."
"I sealed it once every five hours on the way to Bai He County. This time, there shouldn’t be any issues, right?"
"Moreover, even if the seal failed, why didn’t it choose to escape again? Instead, why is it opting to operate on its own?"
It seemed that the Qintian Division was not particularly familiar with the Destiny Coffin.
They probably just followed routine procedures to try and use this Destiny Coffin.
Now, there was a problem with the Destiny Coffin.
Neither Shen Ji Yue nor Xie Jiu Yi knew how to handle it.
Should they attempt to seal the Destiny Coffin again? But what if they accidentally made a mistake and damaged it?
After all...
No one had ever tried to seal the Destiny Coffin while it was in operation.
"The Destiny Coffin can divine mysterious events and answer the doubts in peoples’ hearts, and it possesses a certain consciousness. Its current autonomous operation may be an attempt to tell us something."
Shen Ji Yue was the first to calm down; she had already placed her hand on the Xuanhua Axe slung at her waist.
How that heavy ax head hung securely on her waistband, heaven only knew.
Shen Ji Yue paused, then continued, "Let’s see what it wants to say first... If there is danger, we need not worry about its rarity and uniqueness. Just chop it into scrap. Then report the truth to our superiors and await punishment."
Xie Jiu Yi nodded helplessly.
In such a situation that he did not know how to resolve, this was all he could do.
At this moment... the sound of the mechanism inside the Destiny Coffin became even clearer.
A crisp "click" echoed out.
A drawer had actually popped out from one side of the Destiny Coffin, inside which lay a piece of parchment, perfectly still!
The parchment carried a strong Yin Energy!
The dense Yin Energy had materialized, enveloping the entire piece of parchment in a white fog of Yin Energy.
It was filled with an ominous aura.
If an untrained ordinary person dared to touch something engulfed in this Yin Energy...
At best, they would be seriously ill for several years.
At worst, they’d be lying on a wooden plank next month!
Shen Ji Yue took a deep breath; one hand was tightly gripping the Xuanhua Axe, while the other, completely unguarded, reached out to take the piece of parchment.
After taking the parchment into her hands.
She felt as though she was holding a block of ice, but she paid no attention to these details and focused her eyes on the parchment instead.
She was stunned.
"What does it say, Division Head? What does the Destiny Coffin want to tell us?" asked Xie Jiu Yi, with apprehension.
Shen Ji Yue turned the side of the parchment with writing on it toward Xie Jiu Yi, revealing it just enough.
Xie Jiu Yi leaned in for a look.
He too was stunned.
The parchment had only four characters written on it in an unknown scarlet pigment that looked blood-drenched, extremely creepy, and utterly shocking!
Although Fan Wu was not interested in the Destiny Coffin, with his tall stature all he had to do was look down to see those four characters.
— Hurry, take me with you!!!
"What... what does this mean? Is it... revealing some information to us from the Destiny Coffin? ’Hurry, take me with you’? Who does the ’me’ refer to in this message?" Xie Jiu Yi was somewhat baffled.
Although he brought the Destiny Coffin all the way to Bai He County, he also knew the procedure for using the Destiny Coffin.
He was just a minor flag-bearer of the Qintian Division.
Having him deliver the Destiny Coffin was meant to keep the target from seeming too significant, making others not think that a mere Qintian Division flag-bearer would be transporting such a special object.
When faced with sudden and extraordinary situations, even if Xie Jiu scratched his head bald...
He couldn’t come up with a solution.
"Could the ’I’ inside this... possibly refer to the Destiny Coffin itself?" Shen Ji Yue ventured a guess, albeit uncertainly.
The two of them fell into a moment of silence.
If ’I’ really referred to the Destiny Coffin itself, then it would mean the Destiny Coffin was asking for help from the outside.
But why would it be asking for help?
Surely no one would mean to harm it, right?
The Destiny Coffin, strictly speaking, is a special and mysterious artifact.
Who would harm a mysterious artifact?
The Destiny Coffin is basically sealed all the time; how could it possibly have any conflicts of interest with anyone?
This makes no sense...
Hmm?
Wait a minute!
A thought seemed to flash through the mind in an instant.
Shen Ji Yue and Xie Jiu abruptly came to an alarming realization, exchanging looks as if they had come to the same conclusion at the same time.
"I remember you mentioned earlier that, before you brought the Destiny Coffin to Bai He County with those escort masters from the Tiger Power Escort Bureau, you encountered a powerful strange entity on the way. That powerful entity, it specifically stated it wanted the Destiny Coffin, didn’t it?"
Shen Ji Yue asked.
She was asking Xie Jiu.
Xie Jiu’s expression turned grave as he nodded, took a deep breath, and replied, "Indeed, as I told you, my lord, that strange entity was formidable, and by my own power, there was absolutely no way I could match it."
"At that time, if it weren’t for Mister Fan’s presence, I might not have had the chance to even make it to Bai He County. Perhaps, I would have been a corpse by the wayside."
"What do you mean, my lord?"
Shen Ji Yue clenched her teeth and said, "The strange entity you encountered on the road very likely has accomplices! The Destiny Coffin itself sensed a crisis, so it was sending us a warning and asking for help!"
"Previously, the Destiny Coffin must have sensed the danger targeting it getting closer, which is why it wanted to escape."
"I think its encounter with Mister Fan was not a coincidence but rather it went to him on purpose!"
Shen Ji Yue’s expression was extremely serious as she glanced at the Destiny Coffin lying on the floor, speaking solemnly, "It may be indirectly telling us—the approaching danger is terrifying!"
"With the power of the Bai He County Qintian Division, it cannot be fully protected. In the eyes of the Destiny Coffin, only Mister Fan in the whole Bai He County can protect it!"
"It didn’t encounter Mister Fan by accident, and just now, it didn’t try to attack Mister Fan."
"It... was seeking Mister Fan’s protection!!"
Just as Shen Ji Yue’s voice fell, the flickering candlelight in the inn went out at the same time.
The entire inn...
Plunged into complete darkness.
The atmosphere turned exceedingly eerie.
"Not good!!!"
The expressions of the two Qintian Division members changed drastically.
They rushed out of the inn only to be shocked to discover that the exterior of the inn had undergone a transformation.
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