Chapter 44: End of Volume: Faith from a Thousand Years Ago

The next day, inside the Mountain God Temple on Feilai Peak.

After passing through the Zhudian, a complex of buildings covering several hundred square meters came into view.

And to the right of this building complex, in a small courtyard separated on its own, Xi Luo was conversing with Li Li Boyang and Da Youtou.

"So, that Ox-Head left without saying anything?"

Staring at Li Li Boyang with a strange expression for a long while, Xi Luo finally asked in a lowered voice.

"And He even left this big trouble for you?"

Following Xi Luo's gaze, one could see the Prison Soul Cauldron standing prominently right in the center of the courtyard.

The alchemical fire, which seemed forever unable to burn out, was now blazing fiercely within the cauldron.

"To be precise, it should be called a 'trophy'."

Correcting Xi Luo's words, Li Li Boyang also looked at the Prison Soul Cauldron with some worry.

If this were a normal novel protagonist, regardless of whether this thing was useful or not, even storing it as a collection would be fine.

However, Li Li Boyang never overestimated his own abilities.

Nor did he like collecting dangerous items that looked like "bombs" at first glance.

A god or ghost that died young was already so difficult to deal with; let alone the Prison Soul Cauldron capable of refining such a god or ghost.

When Li Li Boyang opened the third eye in the center of his brow, he could clearly see colorful primordial energy pouring into this Prison Soul Cauldron.

That unceasing alchemical fire was burning with that primordial energy as its fuel.

Thinking of the black mist that had erupted after the Prison Soul Cauldron overturned, Li Li Boyang had the illusion that he was holding a time bomb.

If the Prison Soul Cauldron overturned again, it would truly mean a massacre of living beings.

In fact, it was precisely out of such concerns that Li Li Boyang chose to place this Prison Soul Cauldron on Feilai Peak.

At the very least, Xi Luo was here to help watch over it—although this Mountain God was not very reliable either.

"I don't know if it's my illusion, but I always feel like this thing is alive..."

Reaching out to pat Da Youtou, who was trying to touch the Prison Soul Cauldron, Li Li Boyang glared at her impatiently.

Li Li Boyang was currently being carried on Da Youtou's back, so he could clearly see all of the girl's actions.

"Alive?"

Looking at Li Li Boyang with some surprise, Xi Luo blinked her eyes in slight confusion.

"Hmm, not the 'alive' of a living creature..."

"It's that feeling of 'treasures having spirits'; the feeling it gives me is like it is choosing its own master."

"If it is not acknowledged by it, forcibly using this Prison Soul Cauldron will most likely lead to the same fate as You Xiao..."

Hearing Li Li Boyang say this, Xi Luo's gaze at the Prison Soul Cauldron became somewhat wary again.

A powerful treasure and a treasure that actively brings misfortune to its holder naturally receive very different treatment.

Even Xi Luo, who had a collecting obsession, kept her distance from such a treasure.

"Then why did you bring it back?"

"Aren't you afraid it might set my Feilai Peak on fire one day?"

Widening her eyes and staring tightly at Li Li Boyang, Xi Luo's tone was full of complaint.

"There was no other way; you can't expect me to keep throwing this Prison Soul Cauldron into Heiyun Ze, can you?"

Li Li Boyang's voice was still childish, but his expression appeared unusually firm.

"Besides, this Prison Soul Cauldron is not just You Xiao's personal treasure."

"According to that Ox-Head, this Prison Soul Cauldron is a national treasure of the Guifang State..."

"If it is not hidden, who knows what dangerous figures it might attract."

While saying this, Li Li Boyang gently tossed the Destiny Bone Armor in his hand into the air and caught it with one hand.

"Will it really attract some dangerous guys?"

Looking at the Destiny Bone Armor with its front side facing up, Xi Luo's eyes widened even more.

"Originally, it would have attracted some ruthless characters, but now the risk has decreased."

Looking at the Destiny Bone Armor in his own hand with thoughtful expression, Li Li Boyang gave an answer that was not entirely certain.

At this moment, the disadvantage of the Destiny Bone Armor, this divination divine artifact, was revealed.

Li Li Boyang knew nothing about the Guifang State and was also unclear about the specific origin and abilities of this Prison Soul Cauldron.

Therefore, his divination could only use himself as a baseline, predicting whether he and Feilai Peak would attract a crisis because of the Prison Soul Cauldron.

As for more detailed situations?

Unless Li Li Boyang truly learned the Nine Chapters of Divination Secrets and possessed the knowledge and ability to see the essence through phenomena, he could not conduct further divination and prediction.

"So what exactly is the situation with You Xiao?"

"And what identity does that Guifang State Grand Priest have?"

"According to common sense, he, who possesses a national treasure, could not possibly have disappeared for so long without anyone searching for him, right?"

Xi Luo's confusion was also Li Li Boyang's question.

Why had You Xiao been missing for so long, yet no one from the Guifang State had come to search for this Grand Priest?

"You Xiao... seems to be a traitor of the Guifang State?"

His eyes gradually becoming deep, Li Li Boyang's Primordial Spirit reflected his memories from before his reincarnation at this moment.

At that time, Li Li Boyang had just transmigrated to this strange world, only to be pierced through the heart by a sword from You Xiao, and then had his head forcibly cut off.

In the moment before his own death, Li Li Boyang seemed to have seen an expression of panic and shock on You Xiao's face.

Obviously, You Xiao had never expected that someone would appear in the mountain forest where he was hiding.

And what surprised You Xiao even more was that this visitor was not a tracker from the Guifang State, but a mortal who could not tie a chicken and looked even weaker than an ordinary mountain villager.

After that, Li Li Boyang's memory seamlessly transitioned to the moment he was refined into the sword soul of the Shenxiao Sword.

The Primordial Spirit could help Li Li Boyang sort through his past memories, but it could not fabricate memories that did not exist.

The period from when his physical body was killed to when he became a sword soul.

Li Li Boyang remained unconscious throughout the entire process, so naturally, it was impossible for him to know what exactly happened during that time.

"A traitor of the Guifang State?"

"The Grand Priest of a nation becoming a traitor?"

She did not doubt Li Li Boyang's judgment; Xi Luo was merely shocked by this outrageous news.

"Stop making such a fuss..."

"Tell me, what exactly is the situation with the Guifang State?"

He interrupted Xi Luo's shock with considerable helplessness.

Li Li Boyang now only wanted to know more information and intelligence regarding the Guifang State.

The more he understood this world, the more Li Li Boyang discovered that it differed from any era he knew.

By now, he could not even determine whether the Guifang State and the Hundred Lands Mountain Range where he currently resided had any relationship of subordination.

Or, more precisely, which power did the mountain villages near the Hundred Lands Mountain Range actually belong to?

"You also know I haven't left here in a long time; my understanding of the Guifang State remains stuck a thousand years ago..."

"Back then, the Guifang State was merely the Guifang Tribe, a small tribe my sister encountered during migration that specifically worshipped the 'Houtian Clan'..."

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