Immortality from Taming Elephant-Chapter 224 - 137: Shadow Soldiers Pass Through, Death Buddha Country, Mysterious Bronze
After diving over a hundred meters, Xu Guang finally saw the bottom, with traces of the Jiao Ape’s presence.
The Shadow Soldiers hadn’t caused much damage to the Jiao Ape’s lair; even the Fierce Ghost’s Ghost Heart previously stolen by the Jiao Ape was left behind, as if they came solely for the Buddha Head.
The Jiao Ape’s cave was in a dark crevice at the bottom of the water, like Yin giving birth to Yang, with a faint presence of Yang Qi belonging to living creatures.
A hidden area below revealed a space of about three to four hundred square meters, somewhat cramped for the Jiao Ape. In the far corner, there was a massive ice platform.
It seemed to be constructed of some kind of jade, emanating a slight warmth.
A rare treasure indeed!
Could this be the Jiao Ape’s bed?
The Demon Beast’s dwelling was in disarray, with various messy items haphazardly placed in the cave, though this Jiao Ape had some decency, not defecating randomly in its lair.
The treasures in the Jiao Ape’s domain were plentiful after years of hoarding, including spiritual materials from the Fierce Ghost and weapons used by many human Martial Artists, as well as human remains.
Among these weapons, even Xu Guang thought some were exceptional.
Surely, the owners of such weapons were not simple individuals in life.
This demon beast is truly ferocious.
There were also a large number of Spirit Crystals it hadn’t absorbed in time, roughly numbering three to four hundred, making it seem like the Jiao Ape was something of a recluse demon.
Xu Guang, feeling a sense of appreciation, packed up everything to take away.
The Jiao Ape’s bed was also smashed by him, a helpless move, as the jade bed spanned over thirty square meters, weighing more than a hundred tons; Ah Wei could carry it, but it seemed too burdensome to the elephant.
When he extracted the Jade Heart from within, it was faintly exuding an indestructible aura.
This thing could bear the Qi Force of the Fifth Grade!
It’s immensely valuable.
Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly noticed a small black fissure near the shattered jade bed, with faint chanting of Buddhist sounds emanating from it, carrying into his ears and making one irresistibly immersed.
Buddhist sound?
Xu Guang was puzzled, how could there be a Buddhist sound here?
Has the hand of Buddhist Teachings reached this far?
His heart was tinged with curiosity, and he scanned with his Divine Thought.
This Black Pool was mysterious, its origin unknown, capable of isolating the transmission of Divine Thought.
After some thought, Xu Guang removed the Jade Cicada Robe, sending his Divine Thought Avatar into the black hole.
Feeling disoriented, even his main body felt a sense of vertigo.
Then he witnessed the most shocking sight of his life!
An enormous Great Heroic Hall like the sky, surrounded by countless Buddhas, with a multitude of kneeling believers blanketing the ground...
Like a country within the Buddha!
What kind of eerie place is this?
The only relief was that the Buddhas and believers in this incomprehensibly large bronze Great Heroic Hall seemed all lifeless!
The entire Great Heroic Hall conveyed a lingering atmosphere of death, accompanied by the Buddhist chanting, inducing a sense of sorrow in the heart.
’All the Buddhas of the World are dead!’
It was too bizarre, utterly bizarre!
Xu Guang, shocked, couldn’t help but want to withdraw his avatar.
But just then, his eyes were drawn to something unusual, and his whole demeanor suddenly shifted!
That was...
A familiar Buddha Head!
The very Buddha Head previously escorted back by the Shadow Soldiers.
So...
Is this the internal world of that tomb mound?
What identity did this mound’s owner have in life? Such grandeur in death, he had never seen an actual ancient tomb, but he could tell, this magnitude was beyond what even the greatest Third or even Second Grade masters of the present day could achieve.
The Buddhist chant continued, the atmosphere it carried seemed a world apart from modern-day Buddhist Sect.
Xu Guang dared not look further. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly noticed on the edge of the Great Heroic Hall, a piece of bronze covered in patina!
This bronze piece did not match anything in the Great Heroic Hall, like an outsider.
As if guided by inexplicable forces, Xu Guang had his avatar pick up the bronze piece, though calling it a piece, it was half a person’s height, with an inexplicable sharp aura, as if dismantled from some weapon.
Then, swiftly retreating like a thief.
To his relief, leaving was not forbidden here.
Watching the Jade Cicada Robe avatar hold that seemingly ordinary, but impenetrable to Divine Thought bronze fragment, Xu Guang’s heart pounded.
He didn’t touch it directly with his main body, instead letting the avatar leave the bronze piece in the Jiao Ape’s lair, along with the Jade Cicada Robe.
He planned to wait, to see if the Shadow Soldiers would emerge for it.
...
At the edge of the Black Pool, Jiang Zi Yun looked intently at the water’s surface. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Suddenly, a head emerged, the figure akin to a demon surfing on waves as Xu Guang landed.
Jiang Zi Yun finally smiled.
"How did it go?"
Xu Guang, with barely contained joy, said, "The haul was enormous!"
The two sat down right there, with Xu Guang immediately starting to split the spoils with Jiang Zi Yun.
Jiang Zi Yun really knew a lot, and he wanted to find out who the original owners of those weapons were to avoid future vengeance.
"This seems to have the forging style of Yongzhou, likely a disciple of the Ten Thousand Laws Sect, with a generational name Fantanxi, at least sixty years old."
"This should be from a predecessor of the Xu Family from Shouyang Prefecture, though that person seemed to have some discord with the main family, so using it should be fine."
"This one..."
Xu Guang was frankly bewildered by how Jiang Zi Yun knew so much about these things, some used by masters from over a century ago, but could still recount their origins, truly remarkable.
