Chapter 28: Mandate Bone Armor

"I indeed should not have hesitated at this moment."

After a brief silence, Xi Luo suddenly stood up from the clay statue, her eyes becoming resolute.

"That old thing was right; perhaps you are the destined person my sister has waited a thousand years for."

As Xi Luo spoke, she slowly lowered her head and spat out an object.

It was a crystal-clear white disk.

No larger than an ordinary coin, yet warm and smooth like jade.

When Xi Luo spat out that white disk, the air within the entire Mountain God Temple seemed to grow much warmer.

Especially the Valkyrie statue behind Xi Luo, which appeared as if it had come to life, its eyes revealing a glimmer of light.

"This is the treasure my sister left behind—the Mandate Bone Armor."

"It is bone armor polished from my sister's own thoracic vertebrae, inscribed with all the maxims she comprehended throughout her entire life."

"As long as one holds the Mandate Bone Armor, anyone can temporarily borrow my sister's Mandate divine abilities."

Seeing Li Li Boyang and Big Girl looking utterly confused, Xi Luo decided to personally demonstrate how to use this Mandate Bone Armor.

"For instance, like this: I think it will rain tomorrow."

Having said this, Xi Luo suddenly tossed the Mandate Bone Armor into the air, then let it fall freely.

"When the Mandate Bone Armor lands face up, it means I guessed correctly; conversely, it means I guessed wrong."

When the Mandate Bone Armor landed face up on the ground,

Li Li Boyang fell silent, while Big Girl still scratched her head with a look of confusion.

"So... does this mean I guessed right or wrong?"

"Will it really rain tomorrow?"

When Xi Luo heard Big Girl ask this,

she only then realized that whether it would rain tomorrow seemed indeed impossible to verify on the spot?

【Let's change the question then!】

【Your question not only cannot be verified immediately, but it is also not rigorous.】

【You should ask whether it will rain near Flying Peak during the day tomorrow to obtain a more accurate answer.】

【Big Girl, pick up the Mandate Bone Armor and ask whether we came to Flying Peak in the morning or at noon.】

Already intrigued, Big Girl immediately picked up the Mandate Bone Armor from the ground and obediently did as told.

"Oh Bone Armor, oh Bone Armor!"

"Did my little brother and I come to Flying Peak in the morning, or at noon?"

"If we came in the morning, land face up; if we came at noon, land back up."

After muttering these words to herself, Big Girl carefully tossed the Mandate Bone Armor into the air.

As soon as the Mandate Bone Armor hit the ground, Big Girl immediately widened her eyes and shouted excitedly.

"It's back up! It really is back up!"

"This bone armor is truly spiritual!"

Seeing that Big Girl still intended to continue tossing the bone armor,

Xi Luo immediately leaped down from the clay statue and snatched the bone armor right out of mid-air.

"Knowing the accuracy is enough; don't keep throwing it. This is not your toy."

After casting an annoyed glare at Big Girl, Xi Luo turned her head and spoke to Li Li Boyang.

"What we just tested was only the most basic usage method of the Mandate Bone Armor..."

"The reason I was willing to bring you to Flying Peak today was also told to me by the Mandate Bone Armor."

"In reality, the true usage method of the Mandate Bone Armor is far more profound than this."

"As long as you can truly learn the 'Nine Chapters of Divination Secrets,' there will be very few things in this world that you do not know."

Pacing over to Li Li Boyang's side, Xi Luo reluctantly tossed the Mandate Bone Armor into his embrace.

"From today onward, you are the true master of this Mandate Bone Armor."

"However, you must keep it safe; after you die, I will have to take it back!"

Rolling his eyes very swiftly, Li Li Boyang never expected that having been born for such a short time, someone was already plotting his affairs after death.

【Maxims?】

Carefully examining those maxims inscribed on the Mandate Bone Armor,

Li Li Boyang was somewhat curious: did the ability of the Mandate Bone Armor originate from these maxims, or was it an inherent attribute of the Huaijiang Witch's thoracic vertebrae?

【However, with this Mandate Bone Armor, I now know how to resolve the crisis at Black Cloud Marsh.】

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At the same time, inside Black Cloud Marsh.

Rolling black smoke continued to billow endlessly from the alchemical furnace, though it was much thinner compared to previous days.

Near that alchemical furnace, the Corrupted Beasts eroded by the black mist were lining up continuously to jump into the furnace.

The reason why the black mist of Black Cloud Marsh had stopped expanding outward

was partly due to Li Li Boyang and Xi Luo's continuous slaughter during this period, which was certainly a major factor.

But a considerable portion of the reason was that the Corrupted Beasts were becoming fuel for this alchemical furnace.

Whoosh!

The flames, already ignited by evil qi, now burned even more vigorously and surgingly after devouring life.

Faintly, one could even hear a low, mighty roar resembling that of a wild bull emanating from within the alchemical furnace.

"Heaven and earth return to the origin; evil ghosts form the pill."

He appeared silently directly in front of the cauldron.

This time, the old man finally emitted a human voice, rather than those meaningless wails of ghosts and howls of wolves.

This meant the old man had regained his sanity, becoming a Ghost King in the truest sense.

"You thought I was a mindless evil ghost, so you dared to look down on me?"

"How does it feel to capsize in a sewer?"

"Are you not furious, in agony, and longing to scatter my soul directly?"

"Pity that the more you suffer and struggle now, the greater the boost you provide me!"

Listening sideways to the roars from within the cauldron, a cold smile surfaced on the old man's face.

Relying on this Earth Fiery Flame, along with those corrupt beasts leaping endlessly into the cauldron, the old man was confident he could completely refine this Ox-Head Yin Deity into a Ghost-God Egg.

By then, he would only need to swallow this Ghost-God Egg, and the old man would naturally transform into a true Ghost-God.

Although Ghost King and Ghost-God differ by only a single character,

the two symbolize a life-level gap as vast as that between heaven and earth.

In any era, those worthy of bearing the title 'God' are supreme existences.

Yet even that was far from enough; the old man's ambition extended beyond this.

"To truly return to the living, I still lack a physical body..."

Thinking thus, the old man suddenly recalled Li Li Boyang—recalling that golden sword pellet which had several times thwarted his schemes.

"A sword soul capable of bearing the 'Divine Thunder Sword'; your body in this life should be quite suitable for my return to the living!"

"Come to think of it, I owe much of my success today to you."

"Otherwise, where would I have gained the experience of 'Cauldron Fire Soul Refining,' and how could I have refined a true Ghost-God Egg?"

Gnashing his teeth as he recalled the experience of his death, the evil fiend on the old man's body abruptly transformed into substantial, murderous flames.

Compared to the Fiendish God of Malice, Rui Fu, who had been sealed for a thousand years and remained in a weakened state throughout,

these flames displayed an overwhelming advantage in both ferocity and resentment.

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