Chapter 36
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Chapter 36: Sweeping the Jade Pavilion
"Who is it? Who are you?"
The screen roared, vaguely revealing a figure, but the next moment, the screen collapsed, and the figure disappeared.
Li Hui found the situation too bizarre. Thankfully, the silver snake bracelet gave him confidence: "The treasure that the elder Chen Mengde fought hard to obtain, the Demonic Essence, was devoured. Why would a mere screen be this volatile? If it were truly important, it wouldn’t be displayed so openly. While the golden bell is still effective, I need to swiftly grab some benefits."
“Boom!”
A loud noise erupted from the ground, illuminating a series of symbols. Liu Feng looked on in disbelief, saying, “This is a teleportation array? When did the sect set a teleportation array in the Jade Pavilion?”
Waves of tremors came from beneath Li Hui’s feet, filling him with inexplicable anxiety. Fortunately, the symbols on the wall were affected by the cracks caused by the previous Golden Sword Talismans, failing to form a complete array and even causing the cracks to widen.
“This is outrageous. It’s impossible to teleport…” The law enforcement elder of the Hidden Sky Sect, Hu Haiquan, was furious, his fists cracking loudly as he clenched them.
Li Hui’s heart nearly jumped out of his chest. This Jade Pavilion clearly concealed secrets, and the screen seemed to be something of great importance. However, no matter how significant, it had already vanished like dust in the wind, becoming nothing.
He finally rushed to the opposite side and, under the powerful protection of the golden bell, raised his hand to press against the guqin.
“Boom…” The guqin trembled as if it had faced a deadly enemy; it was too weak in the face of the silver snake bracelet’s devouring.
“Hmm, why is this so much weaker? It only has a few hundred points of brilliance.” Li Hui thought this guqin should be on the same level as the screen, but judging by the quantity of brilliance, the difference was striking.
Having made such gains on the first level, Li Hui was filled with anticipation for what was next, so he pressed onward, charging towards the second level.
The Jade Pavilion had a total of six levels. The silver snake bracelet had devoured meat; surely, he could get some broth too? He still had Blood Ignition Talismans on his waist; he wondered how much enhancement they could achieve.
Upon entering the second level of the Jade Pavilion, Li Hui could hardly believe his eyes. The vast hall was planted with rice, and a golden fireball hung overhead, blinding to behold.
“This isn’t ordinary rice; it’s spiritual rice, which requires spiritual soil and spiritual water for cultivation, along with suitable sunlight.” Li Hui looked up at the golden fireball, unsure whether it was a magical artifact or some natural material.
“Quick! The Jade Pavilion is not right; if we delay, there will be changes.”
“Yes, I still have Spirit Sense Talismans. Let’s see how much enhancement they achieve through the silver snake bracelet.” Li Hui felt anxious. The numerous large symbols that had appeared in the first level were unusual, and the phenomena that occurred when the screen was destroyed indicated that this place was unsafe to linger.
When he drew a Spirit Sense Talisman from his pocket, the talisman paper twisted and coiled, the runes drawn upon it seemed to come alive, stretching their limbs and moving their joints. The back of the talisman paper, which had originally contained just one crease, now bore increasing folds until there were nine, slightly trembling, causing all the lines to crack open as if nine divine eyes were opening.
“God! What has the silver snake bracelet consumed? Just holding it changes the runes I drew, as if rewriting them! The Record of the Four Gods and Demons states that a Spirit Sense Talisman can reach a maximum of four patterns, yet this one has reached nine patterns, and those nine have transformed into eye patterns. It feels such a waste to use it.” Li Hui suddenly had an idea and took out the remaining Spirit Sense Talismans and Blood Ignition Talismans.
“Buzz…” The talismans in his hand trembled, and two more Spirit Sense Talismans transformed into Nine-Patterned Anomaly Spirit Sense Talismans. Afterward, the silver snake bracelet seemed to show signs of exhaustion, illuminating only one Blood Ignition Talisman. The talisman paper turned completely blood-colored, with purple symbols drawn upon it, and the lines on the back increased to nine but did not transform.
“Is this all?” Li Hui scratched his head. Compared to what the silver snake bracelet had devoured, these four talismans might not even be a drop in the bucket.
“What a miser! Elder Chen Mengde must have died of frustration; otherwise, he could have lived for many more years.” He grumbled in his heart as he activated the Nine-Patterned Anomaly Spirit Sense Talisman.
To Li Hui’s surprise, this talisman did not transform into talisman light and dissipate. Instead, it slowly floated up and adhered to his forehead, instantly altering his vision.
Lines intertwined, shadows overlapped, and any objects within his field of vision could be seen through for two or three feet. With just a thought, he could observe fine details and see even the tiniest parts.
This was no longer merely a Spirit Sense Talisman, but a composite talisman blending the qualities of a x-ray talisman, clarity talisman, microscope talisman, perception talisman, and more.
With a quick glance around, he spotted a palm-sized jade turtle shell buried beneath the rice field. The spiritual soil and spiritual water in this place had formed around this jade turtle shell.
“Hahaha, fantastic, let’s get to work!”
With this talisman, it was almost like having divine assistance.
Li Hui dashed over, not caring about the mud, and began to dig furiously, quickly unearthing the turtle shell.
This turtle shell was not whole; it was just a piece of the back, and after many years, it had become jade-like. Holding it in his hand felt particularly comforting, allowing his internal spiritual energy to recover quickly.
“Such a good thing!” Li Hui was overjoyed, finally obtaining a highly useful treasure. The silver snake bracelet was indeed a scam; it hardly contributed to any magical artifacts or treasures, except for that last screen, which would have certainly been a remarkable item.
Moments later, the second level of the Jade Pavilion dimmed, and the golden fireball hanging high extinguished, becoming food for the silver snake bracelet, yet still inferior to the earlier guqin.
Li Hui darted up to the third level, instantly greeted by a rich scent of medicine.
Three alchemical cauldrons were nurturing spiritual pills, and along the wall sat various medicinal materials, with four small gourds placed in the most conspicuous spots.
The gourds were labeled: Tranquility Pill, Spirit Nurturing Pill, Bone Refinement Pill, and Toxic Removal Pill. Upon opening them, he found only a single pill pattern inside. It seemed the disciples of the Hidden Sky Sect had taken away all the pills during their ambush on the Jade Symbol Sect, leaving behind these that they deemed unworthy.
As the silver snake bracelet devoured, the cauldrons instantly disintegrated, dropping the nurturing spiritual pills, coalescing into two pill patterns, which upon smelling, he recognized as the most commonly used Dew Pills.
After gathering the pills, Li Hui dashed quickly to the fourth level, where he came face to face with bookshelves and a bookshelf. His gaze swept across like a blade, analyzing every material, he casually took two inconspicuous jade tablets, and without pausing, charged up to the fifth level, leaving the shelves behind.
As the human-shaped scripture hall of the Jade Symbol Sect, the books in the Jade Pavilion were hardly sufficient; he grabbed the two jade tablets because of their unique structures.
“How interesting, these two jade tablets actually conceal traces of talismans.” In an instant, he reached the fifth level, where a gigantic corpse lay displayed.
“I wonder where the Hidden Sky Sect dug this thing up. It resembles a snake, somewhat like a lizard, stretching over fifty zhang long. Could it be a dragon? Wait, what’s this?” Li Hui gasped in shock as he noticed that this severely damaged corpse was accumulating corpse energy in its belly to cultivate six zombies. However, hidden along the large spine bone was a pearl embedded in the seventh vertebra.
