Damn it! Let's smash the darkness together!-Chapter 1147 - 112: Bizarre Buddhist Characters

Xie Xiaochan said, "What you mentioned is old news. In this era, of course it’s the Ghost Three Families who possess this ability. The corpse driver and boatman can both perform transcendence for ’Mang’, so in the Night Parade of Hundred Demons, these two professions are indispensable. Naturally, since the boatman can act as a ferryman, they are more popular."

"Is there really such a thing..."

Xu Shu’s eyes rolled around, and he couldn’t help but glance at the small jade Buddha.

Since the "Half-step Primordial Spirit" can be transcended, could the small jade Buddha also be transcended?

Is the "Primordial Spirit" actually similar to a wandering soul?

The feeling is completely different. If one must say it’s a wandering soul, it’s clearly "Yin God" that’s more fitting, for instance, my own Third-tier Curse Mark has a "Yin God" skill, which allows the soul to leave the body.

Hmm, it feels like this transcendence isn’t traditional transcendence; there must be another reason behind it! Xu Shu didn’t think much of it, but suddenly caught a blind spot in Xie Xiaochan’s explanation and asked, "Wait a minute, wasn’t it the Ghost Three Families, why are only the boatman and corpse driver able to transcend the mermaid? Why can’t the Spirit Communicators do it?"

Xie Xiaochan shook her head, "How would I know? This has all been gradually researched within the last month, it’s intelligence on ruins that I bought, and now I’m telling you, you’re getting to benefit from it for free."

"Intelligence on ruins, huh?"

Xu Shu smacked his lips, only then realizing that he indeed saw people peddling and hawking things like [Night Parade of Hundred Demons Latest Strategies] on the Ascension Network.

However, he never bought them, not because he was poor this time, but because he believed wholeheartedly that the world where the [Night Parade of Hundred Demons] ruins are located was shaped by his two legendary transformations.

Whether it’s "Superman" in the Divine Valley First-class or "Spirit King" Arthur, they both once fought for years in that world.

Logically speaking, the person who should be most familiar with this ruin should be himself!

But who would have known, although the map within the ruins hasn’t changed, some old acquaintances from past legends have indeed reappeared in deceitful monster forms, yet some inexplicable things have emerged?

This can only be said to be a lapse in a meticulous plan, it seems in the future when entering similar ruins, one should not be so confident...

Xu Shu silently mocked himself, glanced at Ning Zhaoxuan’s transcendence almost completed, and took the opportunity to say softly: "By the way, there’s one more thing, when I was fighting Mang earlier, I discovered two very strange characters on her, they seemed to be ’eight’ and ’尺’ (chi), do you have any clue?"

Mysteriously speaking, Xie Xiaochan nodded, and nonchalantly said, "Oh, ’八尺’ (eight chi)? A second-tier Mang, not weak, but quite common."

Upon hearing this, Xu Shu’s eyes lit up instantly, and he asked eagerly, "Is there something special about this?"

"Yes, within all ’Mang’ bodies, there are such strange characters imprinted, they can be sold for money, after transcendence you’ll see them emerge.

These characters have a texture like gold foil yet also like wood, their specific utility is unknown, but people from the Buddhist Sect are purchasing them, some rare characters fetch quite high prices, common ones like eight, 尺 (chi), 也 (ye), 甘 (gan), etc., sell for tens of thousands per character. Rare ones can go over a million, for instance, a senior sister of mine once got a ’提’ character, which was bought for two million."

Xu Shu squinted his eyes, "Oh, is there such a thing? Why have I never seen this on the Ascension Network?"

While appearing surprised, Xu Shu thought to himself, it seems the people of the Buddhist Sect indeed know more secrets.

They certainly know, the mermaid is a monster polluted by Buddhist nature!

So, these characters are essentially manifestations of "Buddhist nature" in some way?

Also unknown are what all these characters concretely mean.

Heh, thinking they’re profiting with tens of thousands, two million?

This involves stuff related to the Buddhist nature of "Primordial Spirit·Yan Fu", who knows what great secrets could be hidden, it’s not something money can measure.

The monks appear honest but in their bones are quite shrewd...

Xu Shu glanced at Xie Xiaochan, pondered and said, "Sister Chan, I’m curious about this thing, could you hand me the two characters later? I can pay to buy them."

"What do you want them for? It’s not considered transcendent material, and the Buddhist Sect controls the prices strictly, you won’t earn a markup," Xie Xiaochan said strangely.

Xu Shu insisted, "I’m just curious, anyway it’s not expensive."

Xie Xiaochan said, "Alright then, you wait."

With that, she shook her twin ponytails and hopped off into the crowd.

By this time, Ning Zhaoxuan had completed the transcendence, the mermaid vanished completely, leaving only a puddle of clear water and two faintly golden characters behind.

Xie Xiaochan spoke to her teammates, then brought back the two characters and stuffed them into Xu Shu’s hands, "Here, everyone agreed to give them to you directly."

"Much appreciated." Xu Shu received them without hesitation, without the slightest politeness—Xie Xiaochan already said these character sheets sell for only tens of thousands each, for one as mighty as a Third-tier Expert, being overly grateful for such items would instead raise suspicion.

He accepted the character sheets, felt them a few times, sensing the texture slightly rough, like paper yet not paper, unable to be torn, burned, or soaked, quite peculiar. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Though this time he had enough opportunity to observe, the ’八’ and ’尺’ characters were recognizable, seemingly akin to a child’s doodle.

Xu Shu suspected there must be more to it than the literal meaning, perhaps needing other characters to decrypt the complete message.

This was not the place to study them, he tucked the character sheets into his storage bag, expression unchanged, "Let’s go."

This round, though they transcended a mermaid and killed a group of "Corpse Spirits", everyone refrained from asking Xu Shu about the loot.

The reason is simple, as everyone judged based on past experience, they knew there would be no spoils.

"Corpse Spirits" don’t drop anything, and the golden characters within a mermaid hold little value, naturally not worth mentioning.

No one knew, the genuine "Que Yin" had already been pocketed by Xu Shu, completely assimilated.

Now, with the monsters cleared, the team discussed and immediately set off.

This trip’s primary purpose was really the special trigger item in Xie Xiaochan’s possession.

In Xu Shu’s previous legend, he personally experienced that legendary event with Xie Xiaochan, knowing that item is half of the Demon Sword "Inch Stop".

The other half rests with the peculiar Evil Spirit ’Yin God·Love’.

That Yin God is an old familiar, a third-tier peak Yin King, Qi Lixiang!

Back then, Xu Shu, within the [ruins of the dead], "Arthur" once battled them, ending in a draw, neither side overcoming the other.

Now, after brief planning, the team left the bar, heading to a marked point north on the map.

——Of course, this was the teammates’ goal.

For Xu Shu however, his primary objective was trying to connect to his two Waymarks.

According to memory, One Source Waypoint "Divine Valley First-class", and Two-source Waymark "Arthur" both reside within this ruin.

Though the two "me’s" have already perished in the legend, that doesn’t hinder Xu Shu from reclaiming them, like Wang Teng did.

Dying in the legend isn’t an issue, even legends can appear in the ruins!

Thinking this, Xu Shu and the others walked across the street.