Chapter 1297: Chapter 488: Eyes in the Temple_3

It thought that Zhou Xuan wanted Incense Fire Tao or the strongest and hardest Magic Artifact, but never expected that Zhou Xuan actually wanted a Magic Skill for concealment.

"Mr. is too generous." Hua Bao did not think that the Magic Skill for concealment was so incredibly mysterious.

She further advised, "If you want incense, with the elixirs in your hand, ’Heaven and Earth’ can help you condense an incense stick,

If you want a Magic Artifact to hide, ’Heaven and Earth’ can provide a Divine Weapon, indestructible and far superior to the Bone Teeth in your hand,

Mr., you should reconsider."

Hua Bao feared Zhou Xuan would suffer too great a loss and regret it.

For such a formidable Dan Officer, not only Bai Yujing wanted to win him over, but ’Heaven and Earth’ also did.

To ensure that future ’transactions’ occur frequently, each transaction must satisfy both parties.

Yet Zhou Xuan decisively shook his head,

Condense an incense stick, and Zhou Xuan would become ’Eight Incense Sticks’, with combat power almost invincible in the human world of Jing Country, but his potential opponents might not be in the human world.

The Bai Yujing in the sky, the Heavenly Fire Clan,

Entities like the Dream Realm Heavenly God at the Heavenly God Level,

The Realm Master of the Buddha Country Thirty-Three Heavens,

Even ’Heaven and Earth’,

If one day he turned against these figures, could Eight Incense Sticks save his life?

As for the Divine Weapon?

If he can’t save his life, no matter how powerful the Divine Weapon is, it would merely serve as someone else’s gift.

Seeing Zhou Xuan’s insistence,

Hua Bao said, "Since Mr. is already determined, I won’t persuade you further,

The Magic Skill for concealment you want, ’Heaven and Earth’ happens to have one,

Indeed, ’Shanshui Jian’ appeared in Jing Country before, unfortunately, the Wisdom Demon refined by alchemy seems to have been innately deficient and sat down for eternity in Tianwei Mountain, though its remains were preserved."

"So, what you’re giving me is its remains?"

"Exactly," Hua Bao said, "I always said that because the physique of ’Shanshui Jian’ was unique, it could hide among Heaven and Earth, unbeknownst to anyone. Its remains were obtained by ’Heaven and Earth’, never seeing the light of day. Now giving it to Mr., it serves its purpose well."

Upon saying this,

Hua Bao sent out a roaring sound, and hundreds of vines grew from the land of Xie Family’s Cave,

Then these vines exerted strength, buried underground, extending who knows how far, and then, puffing and pulling a stone temple out of the ground.

This stone temple, rather than being a temple, looked more like an ordinary stone house, able to accommodate about ten people.

"Mr., the true form of ’Shanshui Jian’ is this stone temple. You may inspect its concealment ability."

"Of course, I need to inspect it."

Zhou Xuan swaggered into the stone temple, and with a thought, the temple began to sink,

No one knew how long it sank, Zhou Xuan pushed his Perception to the extreme and released it outward.

His Perception, stronger than a God’s, hit a wall and quickly rebounded, unable to penetrate the stone temple in the slightest.

"Wonderful treasure, wonderful treasure."

Zhou Xuan was greatly delighted.

He needed a Magic Artifact for hiding, not just to save his life—more importantly, he had a Dan Demon.

Regarded as the ’Cicada Shell’, the Broken Palm Golden Pill was already a highly pleasing elixir to both Bai Yujing and ’Heaven and Earth’. In contrast, this ’Golden Cicada’ Dan Demon was something unseen by people.

He couldn’t gauge its value, and without a ’Golden House’ to hide this ’jewel’, Zhou Xuan always felt uneasy.

However, releasing Perception was merely the first step for him in inspecting the item.

He lowered his head and said to the Secret Realm, "Well, come out and verify the goods for me."

The costly goods certainly had to be verified by a connoisseur who ’understood the ropes’.

Blood Well, after all, was more of an expert than Zhou Xuan.

A swirl of blood appeared in the stone house, then the blood spread, covering the entire stone temple, pouring into every crack and hole.

After a while, the red tide receded.

Zhou Xuan immediately focused his Heart Spirit and entered the Secret Realm.

In the Secret Realm’s City God Temple, the gate was open, and Zhou Xuan entered the temple.

Snow began to fall inside the City God Temple, sketching five characters on the ground.

"Good stuff!"

"Has an eye."

"Good stuff" was Blood Well’s approval of this ’Shanshui Jian’ stone temple.

"Has an eye" indicated Blood Well pointing out the ’stone temple’s’ flaw.

Zhou Xuan knew what "eye" meant—it was like someone had put surveillance in the newly traded house.

"The stone house has an eye. If Blood Well hadn’t helped me find out, I would foolishly use the stone house for hiding, not knowing I’d been tracked."

Zhou Xuan further asked, "Can the eye be removed?"

Snow fell again, sketching two words—Black Water.

Zhou Xuan clapped his hands, and it was settled.

The Black Water in the Secret Realm could remove the eye in the stone temple, then the stone temple became the most powerful hiding tool in Jing Country’s Heaven and Earth.

He immediately exited the Secret Realm, linked his Heart Spirit with the stone house once more, and returned to the surface.

He walked out of the stone house, looking "extremely displeased",

Hua Bao courteously asked, "How was it, Mr.? Is this item not of the highest quality in the world?"

Zhou Xuan immediately summoned the turtle shell.

His turtle shell, originating from the brow bone of Turtle Thousand Years, usually kept the gavel, folded fan, and Bone Teeth hidden behind it.

He pointed forward, the gavel and folded fan suspended in midair, while Bone Teeth, like a hissing venomous snake, aimed at Hua Bao, signifying a "big commotion".

"Mr., what are you doing? Aren’t we having a peaceful business conversation?"

"As a Dan Taker, Zhou Xuan knows deception well and thus detests liars the most—you lied to me, our business is off, henceforth, I won’t give ’Heaven and Earth’ a single elixir, whether good or bad, scram!"

"Mr.’s words perplex me?"

"You’re still pretending innocence? Your stone house has a ’eye’, selling me a stone temple with an eye, what’s your intention?"

Zhou Xuan "furiously" revealed the fault of the stone house.

Hua Bao was taken aback, but then incredulously smiling, she said, "Mr., calm down, I also mentioned the ’Shanshui Jian’ stone temple hasn’t been used for years. Perhaps, that ’eye’ was set up long ago, unrelated to us."

Zhou Xuan internally scoffed, thinking Hua Bao’s blame-shifting was quite skilled, lying off the cuff,

But he didn’t expose her, nor spoke, waiting for Hua Bao’s next words—compensation!

As expected, Hua Bao said as Zhou Xuan anticipated, "Though it’s unrelated to us, since there is an ’eye’, it’s our negligence for not examining beforehand... Alas... to appease Mr.’s anger, I represent ’Heaven and Earth’, willing to offer another treasure as compensation."

"Humph, better not be secretly fitted with another set of ’eyes’, right?"

"Absolutely not, absolutely not."

Hua Bao immediately said, "Mr. wants the stone house to remain hidden, not to be seen by anyone, even ’Heaven and Earth’ could not trace you."

"And then?"

"Speaking of concealment, I have another concealing Magic Artifact, perfectly matching your character, Mr."

"What Magic Artifact?" Zhou Xuan asked.

Hua Bao didn’t immediately answer but asked, "Mr., when the Dream Realm Heavenly God impersonated an Incense Fire Taoist God, did you directly perceive its falsity?"

"Not at that time."

Zhou Xuan judged the Incense Fire Taoist God to be counterfeit not through Perception but through understanding the character of an Incense Fire Taoist God.

"Precisely, the Dream Realm Heavenly God can transform into anyone in the human world, showing no flaws in appearance."

Hua Bao said, "How is he capable of this? It’s through the ’Hundred Human Phenomena’."

"So?"

"Thus, as compensation for Mr., we’re willing to offer the ’Hundred Human Phenomena’."

Hua Bao stated...