Chapter 231: Ascending Monkey Mountain (1)

Chapter 231: Ascending Monkey Mountain (1)

“The divine artifact our clan guards is called the ‘Heart-Reflecting Mirror’. It’s a palm-sized mirror. I’ll draw it for you,” said Elder Ming Guang as he took out paper and brush to sketch the artifact.

Zhanyue and Yunyao received the drawing. It depicted a small crystal mirror, only palm-sized, with a handle attached below. It looked no different from the mirrors women carry for touch-ups.

“Chief, does the mirror have any magical properties?” Zhanyue asked.

Chief Ming Guang sighed and said, “It’s said to be one of the seven divine artifacts, but over all these years, we haven’t found anything special about it. Just... just that things reflected in it seem a bit clearer, that’s all.”

Zhanyue and Yunyao exchanged glances, thinking it was indeed as they expected. The so-called Sword of Courage had also been like scrap metal. The seven divine artifacts were merely seven clues to defeating the seven Disaster Beasts.

“Nothing special? Then can we make a replica?” Zhanyue asked again.

“Well...” The old chief walked to the bedside and pulled out a dust-covered box from underneath. Opening it revealed several mirrors inside.

“I almost forgot about these. Long ago, our clan had some Earth Spirit Clan craftsmen make a few identical mirrors. My predecessors took these replicas to travel, hoping to find information about how to use this mirror from the outside world. These mirrors are almost identical to the divine artifact,” Chief Ming Guang said. He realized he didn’t need to draw earlier if he had remembered these mirrors. He was indeed getting forgetful in his old age.

“So this is what the divine artifact looks like.” Zhanyue picked up one of the mirrors. “I plan to use this as bait to see if we can retrieve the real divine artifact.”

“What are you going to do?” Yunyao asked, puzzled.

“You’ll see later. I’m planning to go to Monkey Mountain first,” Zhanyue said. His plan might not succeed, but how would they know without trying?

Monkey Mountain was north of the Dreamlike Forest, a small mountain named for the many monkeys living there. As the seal weakened, the monkeys on Monkey Mountain increased in number and expanded their territory. One day, they would enter the Dreamlike Forest and affect the Spirit Eye Clan’s territory.

The white monkey bared its teeth at Zhanyue, issuing a warning, then transformed into a white light and attacked. Zhanyue couldn’t even react before the white monkey was on his face, its paws frantically clawing at his avatar.

Zhanyue hurriedly threw it off. His avatar’s face was in tatters, but it quickly recovered. This was just an avatar constructed from spiritual objects, not a real physical body.

“Good thing it was just an avatar, and a high-level one at that. If it had been my real body, I’d probably be disfigured. This monkey... its speed is incredible,” Zhanyue thought, feeling a bit scared.

With this first experience, Zhanyue became fully alert, ready to match wits with the white monkey. In his hand, he held the Thunder-Controlling Divine Whip obtained from the previous task. Lightning surrounded his body as the Ghost Shark avatar engaged the white monkey again.

This white monkey was indeed extraordinary. It showed no fear of the lightning at all. After just a few exchanges, the Ghost Shark avatar was defeated. The avatar fought while retreating, terrifying lightning sweeping the surroundings, setting the entire forest ablaze. The fire quickly spread.

Seeing its territory set on fire, the white monkey became furious. Finally, it took the mirror from its back and held it in front. Seeing this, Zhanyue knew trouble was coming and quickly ran downhill.

However, a strange light suddenly shot out from the mirror. Just as the light was about to hit Zhanyue, he withdrew his soul consciousness, dispelling the avatar technique. The Ghost Shark body disappeared, replaced by a piece of purple wood. The strange divine light shone on the wood, naturally with no effect.

Hiding underground, Zhanyue felt his heart racing. If he had withdrawn his soul consciousness even a moment later, he would have been hit. He had a very strong feeling that he absolutely must not be touched by that light.

The white monkey came to where the purple wood lay. Besides the wood, on the ground lay a weapon – the Thunder-Controlling Divine Whip – and a mirror.

Seeing the mirror, the white monkey clearly paused. Hadn’t it already buried this thing? How did it come back? How annoying.

The white monkey, carrying the wood, the divine whip, and the mirror, returned victorious with its spoils. As for how a living person suddenly turned into a piece of wood, it didn’t care.NewW novels updates at novelhall.com