I Come to Teach You Cultivation-Chapter 44: End of the Volume: Faith from a Thousand Years Ago
The next day, inside the Mountain God Temple at Feilai Peak.
After passing through the main hall, what appeared before them was a complex of buildings covering hundreds of square meters.
And right beside this building complex, in a separately isolated small courtyard, Xiluo was talking with Li Boyang and Big Girl.
"So, that Ox-headed left without saying anything?"
Staring at Li Boyang with a peculiar expression for a long time, Xiluo lowered her voice to ask.
"And he left you with this big trouble?"
Following Xiluo’s gaze, one could see the Prison Soul Tripod standing prominently in the center of the courtyard.
The seemingly unending Pill Fire was currently burning fiercely in the Pill Furnace.
"To be precise, it should be called ’spoils of war’."
Correcting Xiluo’s wording, Li Boyang also looked at the Prison Soul Tripod with some distress.
If he were a typical novel protagonist, regardless of its usefulness, it would at least be good to store it as a collectible.
However, Li Boyang never overestimated his own abilities.
He also disliked collecting items that were obviously "bombs" filled with danger.
A Ghost God that died young was already so troublesome, let alone a Prison Soul Tripod capable of refining such a Ghost God.
When Li Boyang opened the third eye on his forehead, he could clearly see the colorful Primordial Qi surging into the Prison Soul Tripod.
The ever-burning Pill Fire was burning using that Primordial Qi as its fuel.
Thinking about the black mist that emerged once when the Prison Soul Tripod toppled over, Li Boyang had the illusion that he was holding onto a ticking time bomb.
If this Prison Soul Tripod were to topple again, it would indeed lead to devastation and ruin.
In fact, it was precisely due to such concerns that Li Boyang chose to place the Prison Soul Tripod on Feilai Peak.
At the very least, there was Xiluo to help keep an eye on it—although this Mountain God wasn’t very reliable either.
"I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but I always feel like this thing is alive..."
Reaching out to stop Big Girl who was trying to touch the Prison Soul Tripod, Li Boyang glared at her.
Right now, Li Boyang was being carried on Big Girl’s back, so he could clearly see all of her actions.
"Alive?"
Looking at Li Boyang with some surprise, Xiluo blinked in slight confusion.
"Hmm, not ’alive’ in the biological sense..."
"It’s more like a ’treasure with a spirit’ kind of feeling, like it’s choosing its own owner."
"If you forcefully try to use this Prison Soul Tripod without its acknowledgment, you’d most likely end up like that Ghost Owl did..."
After hearing Li Boyang’s words, Xiluo looked back at the Prison Soul Tripod with more caution in her eyes.
A powerful treasure and a treasure that actively brings misfortune to its holder naturally receive different treatments.
Even Xiluo, who had somewhat of a collecting habit, preferred to keep her distance from such a treasure.
"Then why did you bring it back?"
"Aren’t you afraid it might burn down my Feilai Peak someday?"
Staring wide-eyed at Li Boyang, Xiluo’s tone was filled with grievance.
"There’s nothing that can be done. You can’t just let me leave the Prison Soul Tripod in Black Cloud Marsh, can you?"
Li Boyang’s voice was still youthful, but his demeanor was exceptionally firm.
"Moreover, this Prison Soul Tripod is not just the treasure of the Ghost Owl alone."
"According to that Ox-headed, the Prison Soul Tripod is a national treasure of the Guifang Kingdom..."
"If it’s not hidden away, who knows what kind of dangerous beings it might attract."
As he said this, Li Boyang tossed the Celestial Destiny Bone Armor in his hand into the air and caught it.
"Would it really attract dangerous folks?"
Looking at the upward-facing Celestial Destiny Bone Armor, Xiluo’s eyes widened even more.
"Originally, it would have attracted some formidable figures, but the risk is reduced now."
Also pondering, Li Boyang gave an answer that was not entirely certain.
This is when the shortcomings of the Celestial Destiny Bone Armor, an artifact of divination, became apparent.
Li Boyang knew nothing about the Guifang Kingdom and wasn’t clear about the specific origin and powers of the Prison Soul Tripod.
Thus, his divination could only use himself as a basis, predicting whether he and Feilai Peak would face crises due to the Prison Soul Tripod.
As for more detailed information?
Unless Li Boyang truly mastered the "Nine Chapters of Divination" and acquired the knowledge and ability to see the essence through phenomena, then further divination and prediction could be conducted.
"What’s actually going on with Ghost Owl?"
"And who exactly was that High Priest of the Guifang Kingdom?"
"From a logical standpoint, someone possessing a national treasure wouldn’t just disappear for so long without anyone looking for him, right?"
Xiluo’s confusion was also Li Boyang’s question. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Why had Ghost Owl been missing for so long, yet no one from the Guifang Kingdom came looking for this High Priest?
"Ghost Owl...seemed to be a traitor of the Guifang Kingdom?"
His gaze gradually deepening, Li Boyang’s Primordial Spirit at this moment reflected memories from before his reincarnation.
Back then, Li Boyang had just crossed into this unfamiliar world only to have Ghost Owl pierce his heart with a sword, and then forcibly behead him.
In the moment before his death, Li Boyang seemed to have seen a panic-stricken and bewildered expression on Ghost Owl’s face.
Clearly, Ghost Owl hadn’t anticipated anyone would show up in the forest where he was hiding.
Even more unforeseen for Ghost Owl was that the newcomer was not a tracker from the Guifang Kingdom, but an ordinary person who looked even weaker than the typical mountain dweller, wielding no power whatsoever.
After that, Li Boyang’s memory seamlessly transitioned to when he was refined into the Sword Soul of the Shenxiao Sword.
His Primordial Spirit could help Li Boyang sort out his past memories, but couldn’t fabricate memories that didn’t exist.
From the time his physical body was killed to when he became the Sword Soul.
Li Boyang was unconscious the whole time, so naturally couldn’t know what exactly happened during that period.
"A traitor of the Guifang Kingdom?"
"A national High Priest becomes a traitor?"
Never doubting Li Boyang’s judgment, Xiluo was merely shocked by this outrageous revelation.
"Stop being so easily startled..."
"Why don’t you tell me what exactly is going on with this Guifang Kingdom?"
Interrupting Xiluo’s shock with some helplessness.
Li Boyang just wanted to know more information and intelligence related to the Guifang Kingdom.
The more he understood this world, the more Li Boyang realized it was unlike any era he had known.
At this point, he couldn’t even ascertain if the Guifang Kingdom had any jurisdiction over where he was in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.
Or more accurately, which power did the villages of mountain people around the Hundred Lands Mountain Range actually belong to?
"You know I haven’t left here for a long time, my knowledge of the Guifang Kingdom is still a thousand years old..."
"At that time, the Guifang Kingdom was just the Guifang Tribe, a small tribe my sister encountered during a migration, one that specifically worshipped the Heaven-Howling Clan..."
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