Chapter 16: Rhinoceros Horn of Resonance

Can this stupid cat's belly still hide things?

And what is this thing? Is it an animal's horn?

Watching that exquisite rhinoceros horn settle onto himself.

While Li Li Boyang was still wondering what Xi Luo was doing, he suddenly heard a childish voice emerge.

Huh?

What is this sound?

Why does it sound... like I am speaking myself?

Instinctively widening his eyes, Li Li Boyang seemed to realize something and immediately turned his gaze toward the civet cat on the cradle.

As expected, Li Li Boyang saw Xi Luo baring her teeth, looking utterly ferocious.

"Who are you calling a stupid cat?"

"Only a brat like you is a fool!"

"Control your inner thoughts! I don't want to say this to you a second time!"

"This is the Rhinoceros Horn of Resonance; it allows the holder to speak their inner thoughts without opening their mouth."

"The only drawback is that if you cannot control your thoughts, all sorts of nonsense will blurt out!"

Blinking his eyes, Li Li Boyang instantly understood what was happening.

However, controlling the thoughts in one's heart sounds simple, but doing it is truly no ordinary feat.

Wait... I must focus... I can't let this stupid...

No, Mountain God... but she is just a stupid...

Damn... I can't think it...

Heart like ice, unmoved even if the sky collapses. Heart like ice, unmoved even if the sky collapses.

When the intermittent thoughts in his mind turned into genuine inner thoughts that rang out.

Li Li Boyang could only choose to silently recite the "Ice Heart Art," barely managing to control his inner thoughts.

During this process, Li Li Boyang clearly felt his vital life energy flowing continuously into the Rhinoceros Horn of Resonance.

If not for the external evil qi continuously serving as replenishment.

Li Li Boyang felt this Rhinoceros Horn of Resonance could drain all the vital life energy from his body in a quarter of an incense stick.

In fact, it was only until Li Li Boyang consciously cut off the flow of vital life energy that the thoughts in his mind stopped turning into inner thoughts and emerging.

It was only at this moment that Li Li Boyang had time to look down and examine this Rhinoceros Horn of Resonance.

It was a small, exquisite, pure white little horn, looking as if carved from jade and railings.

And inside this little horn, a faint thread, hard to see clearly, ran through the entire horn, almost splitting it in two.

"You... you..."

By the time Li Li Boyang raised his head again, Xi Luo was staring at him with a face full of shock, as if looking at some kind of monster.

"You can actually actively control the flow of 'Primordial Qi'!?"

For a Mountain Spirit like Xi Luo, 'Primordial Qi' is actually a very abstract concept.

Heavenly and Earthly Evil Qi, the essence of the sun and moon, and vital life energy can all be regarded as types and branches of 'Primordial Qi'.

There are not no lives in this world capable of inhaling and exhaling 'Primordial Qi'—Xi Luo herself possesses a similar ability.

But the problem is that Xi Luo has never seen anyone who can cut off the flow of energy as precisely as Li Li Boyang does.

Is that difficult?

Hearing this, Li Li Boyang actively sent a wisp of energy into the Rhinoceros Horn of Resonance while simultaneously controlling his brain to bring forth this thought.

This dual-line operation was a bit difficult, but fortunately, it did not stump Li Li Boyang.

"It's not a matter of difficulty..."

"For example, can you humans arbitrarily control the flow of blood within your bodies?"

Deliberately lowering her voice, Xi Luo vividly described the heaven-defying nature of Li Li Boyang's action.

Then, Xi Luo, still in shock, noticed the other party's skin color, which was obviously different from normal people.

"Wait, what is going on here?"

Under the bright moonlight, Li Li Boyang's skin displayed a crimson hue, as striking as a fierce ghost.

"You are actually using the 'Curse' of the Ruiru to absorb evil qi?"

Seeing through what Li Li Boyang had done at a glance, Xi Luo opened her mouth in shock once more.

The evil qi curse that ordinary people avoid, Li Li Boyang not only endured perfectly but even allowed his body to absorb part of the evil qi.

That crimson skin was precisely the evidence of being tempered by fierce evil qi.

What's the big deal...

Vaguely realizing he seemed to have achieved something astonishing, Li Li Boyang did not understand why there was anything worth making a fuss about.

"You really are a freak!"

Seeing this, Xi Luo knew there was no point talking to such an "outsider" and could only helplessly roll her eyes.

"Fine, since you can make good use of this Rhinoceros Horn of Resonance, I will lend it to you for now..."

Unfortunately, before Xi Luo could finish this sentence, Li Li Boyang's inner thoughts emerged again.

Just lend it? Truly a stingy fellow...

Under the intimidation of Xi Luo's glaring eyes.

Li Li Boyang quickly reined in the spreading thought, then grinned slightly awkwardly.

Li Li Boyang swore that the thought just now was absolutely not intentionally transmitted by him—it was just that he momentarily failed to hold back the thought in his heart.

"What do you mean by a stingy fellow!"

"Do you know how precious this Spirit-Horn is?"

She gave Li Li Boyang's small head a vicious pat, then bared her claws to threaten him.

"This is the horn of a Sky-Piercing Rhinoceros; it is a precious treasure throughout the Nine Provinces and Four Seas, the Eight Desolations and the Extreme Poles!"

"If it weren't for teaching me to speak, my sister wouldn't have entrusted this thing to my care!"

Mentioning her sister, Xi Luo, who had been fierce and imposing just moments before, suddenly wilted, her voice becoming weak and breathless.

"Never mind; what do I have to argue with a child like you for?"

"Just remember this: I can lend this thing to you for now, but it is not a gift for you!"

Li Li Boyang nodded obediently; he was not the type to gain a benefit and then act ungrateful, so naturally he did not contradict Xi Luo's words.

He was merely curious: what exactly was the background of this civet cat's sister?

Was she perhaps the Valkyrie enshrined in that Mountain God Temple on Flying Peak?

【What happened outside?】

【What were you just fighting?】

【Today during the day, a Deceitful Hare came near the village...】

【It said that recently the spirits in the mountains, affected by the 'Earth Vein Turmoil', all plan to migrate outward; is this true?】

Suppressing his extraneous thoughts, Li Li Boyang finally grew serious and asked.

These were the questions Li Li Boyang most urgently wanted to know, and they were also the original reason he had sought out Xi Luo in the first place.

"Speaking of this matter, it actually has some connection to you."

Gazing at Li Li Boyang with a complex expression, Xi Luo remained silent for quite a while before speaking.

"I do not know if you still remember the experiences of your previous life..."

"But before you became a human infant, you killed a person, a shaman who seemed to have mastered some strange arts?"

"His soul now lingers in Black Cloud Marsh and has transformed into an evil ghost."

"No one knows exactly what happened inside."

"The only thing that can be confirmed is that a Yin God entered and never came out again."

"Even the previous escape of Nifu seems to be related to that evil ghost..."

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