novelraw Chapter 958 - 526: Treasure Bowl
Chapter 958 - 526: Treasure Bowl
Only then did it become clear just how useful Tu Jin really was. If he were here, a simple Soul Searching Technique would reveal this woman’s entire life story, eliminating the need for such verbal exchanges. Speaking of which, could she also learn the Divine Skills of a Soul Cultivator?
"I recognize the elixir in your hand as the Lifespan Extension Pill. As for this bowl... I don’t know its name, but I suspect the Magic Artifact’s ability is to copy whatever is placed inside the bowl? However, earlier you used it to hold various items, and they didn’t get copied, so I guess, hmm, certain conditions are needed to activate it?"
"The golden liquid you poured into the bowl, I happen to recognize as well. It’s essence blood extracted from the entire body of mortals. You have three drops of it in your bottle, meaning it’s the Life Essence of three people. I’ve heard that this town has been very peaceful lately, apart from live human sacrifices during rain rituals and occasional raiders, basically, no one’s died. So I guess... these three Life Essences came from this afternoon’s three human sacrifices?"
Ning Xiaoxian stroked her chin thoughtfully, "However, your rain praying ritual was indeed successful. So, each time you pray for rain, you actually only need the essence blood of two people, right? I don’t know if you discussed it with the town mayor, or kept him in the dark, using each rain ritual as a cover to harvest three lives and extract their essence to pour into this bowl."
Upon hearing this, the witch could barely keep her expression unchanged, only her eyes showed some retreat.
"At first glance at your rain praying, it seemed a bit unbelievable to me. Even for human cultivators, those below the Nascent Soul Stage can’t produce such abundant rain barehanded. But thinking back to the Tengshe River twenty miles away, where the water level is still high, I carefully recalled the oracle bone script you drew with the Peach Wood Sword, and the key seems to be the word ’borrow’, right?" Ning Xiaoxian said calmly, "You’re not actually using the Rain Praying Technique, but rather the technique of transporting rain, siphoning Tengshe River’s water twenty miles away to the town and turning it into rainfall. Ha, no wonder you don’t venture deeper into the mainland, because in those inland towns, the rivers within tens of miles have dried up. You can’t ’borrow’ any water and naturally can’t impersonate as a witch to perform any rain rituals. Am I right?"
The witch remained silent, still refusing to speak.
"The Sacrifice to Heaven technique is ancient, different even from existing Divine Skills, seemingly not something you could master. But even the divine art of transporting rain, how could a mere mortal, without Spiritual Power or demonic power, perform it unless a certain price was paid." She recalled the "Storm" Divine Brush in her Storage Ring, how Duanmu Yan, in order to utilize its divine effects, sacrificed two-thirds of his physical Life Force, "I guess this price was your Life Force. But you used a mysterious technique, transferring this price to others, the live human sacrifices, who took on the burden for you, right?"
The Divine Woman finally raised her head, hissing, "You’re a cultivator!" but her voice lacked respect.
"I am." Ning Xiaoxian raised an eyebrow, evidently, this Divine Woman had some insight. Otherwise, mortals often referred to cultivators as Immortal Masters. She continued, "From now on, you’d better answer my questions truthfully, otherwise tomorrow morning, everyone will know your true colors. What will those whose lives you ruined do to you then?"
The Divine Woman glanced at her, still unwilling to concede, "Do you think they’ll believe you?"
Ning Xiaoxian chuckled, "You know I’m a cultivator, how could you not know I have the means of a cultivator? Mortals are inclined to rely on the strong, proving I’m stronger than you is hardly difficult?" She gestured to the Hidden Guard Faceless beside her, "Though I didn’t bring an Executioner on this outing, this one has skills in dealing with people. If you fall into its hands, within twenty breaths, it will extract everything I want to know and all I’m disinterested in. Want to try?"
As if to confirm what she said, the Faceless, initially humanoid on the table, suddenly turned back into liquid metal, wrapping around the Divine Woman’s arm like flowing mercury. Enduring the cold sensation, she realized this strange entity climbed to her neck like a snake, then transformed into a silver chain, bristling with thorns, not at all inferior to the vines of the Devouring Demon Vine Meat Ball.