Chapter 473 - Relic

Chapter 473 - Relic

“Do you want that, sir? It's a new item here," asked the eunuch while staring at Li Huowang with his bronze coin eyes. The eunuch's voice wasn't androgynous but was like a confused mixture of a male and female voice.

“Yes. How many lifespan pills do I need to exchange for it?”

The eunuch's smile widened, “Yo~You are very discerning, sir. You just need thirty pills for it.”

“It's that expensive?” Li Huowang was shocked. He was aware of just how precious lifespan pills were.

“Haha, that’s why I said that you are very discerning, sir. This veil is rare even in Si Qi. Let me tell you its effects. Upon putting it on—”

“It’s fine. No need to explain it to me. I want it.” Li Huowang detached the gourd hanging from his waist and poured out thirty lifespan pills for the eunuch to take.

“Thank you for your patronage~! This is yours,” the eunuch said, accepting the pills graciously with both hands. His eyes were shining and were evidently filled with greed.

Li Huowang wore it and felt safer with the weight on his face. Then, he looked at the eunuch’s face and remarked, “Those coins... are you praying to the God of Wealth? Does the Bureau not care about that at all?”

“Hehehe~ surely, you jest, sir. Who doesn’t pray to the God of Wealth? Who would decline more money? Hehehe~”

Li Huowang decided to drop it, as it seemed like the eunuch would not answer his question. Moreover, he was here for something more important.

“Hm~ You want something that will heal a blind? I’m sure we have that, but... follow me. I will let my subordinates search for you.”

Li Huowang followed the eunuch into the depths of the vault. Rows and rows of drawers stretched into the distant darkness; the sight gave Li Huowang the creeps. The deeper they went, the older the drawers became; some of them were even moldy. Li Huowang didn’t know whether it was a false alarm or not, but he felt like someone was watching him as he walked past the moldy area of the vault.

Under the guidance of the eunuch, Li Huowang soon found himself standing before a moldy wall on the left side of the vault. There were numerous holes in the moldy wall. The source of this content no/v(el)bi((n))

Li Huowang was about to start asking questions when the eunuch took out a brush and wrote something on a piece of paper. Then, he rolled it and placed it in a bamboo tube before throwing it into the hole in the wall.

Eventually, only a few treasures remained. Li Huowang was hesitating whether or not he should just use the Sacred Eye Bead when the eunuch suddenly said something interesting.

“The eighth one is a piece of relic from the body of a monk who lived during the Great Qi. The monk had gathered a ton of merit, so his relic is extremely powerful. Swallow it with some ungrounded water, and you'll obtain the Mind's Eye.

"In other words, you'd still be able to see despite being blind."

“That's interesting,” Li Huowang remarked. Li Huowang thought that he had encountered a dead end, but Bai Lingmiao didn’t actually need an eye. She just had to be able to "see" her surroundings to be able to work properly.

The Mind's Eye was great, as it seemed to be able to see through invisibility and illusions.

Bai Lingmiao would actually become even stronger upon cultivating her Mind's Eye.

“I want that.”

“I'm not done explaining, kind sir. It's not something that anyone can do. It can only be used by someone kind. The kinder they are, the stronger their Mind's Eye. They have to be kind, or they might get exorcized by the relic."

“Kind? No problem. I want that.” Bai Lingmiao was definitely one of the kindest people Li Huowang had met so far.

The eunuch was puzzled, and he cast a doubtful gaze at Li Huowang. He sized up Li Huowang and took note of his bloody Daoist robes as well as his bag of torture tools before asking, “Sir, are you really kind?”

The eunuch was convinced that Li Huowang would try and use it for himself.

“Why can't I be kind? I want it, so stop the nonsense and get it for me,” Li Huowang said, frowning.

The eunuch went silent and turned around to guide Li Huowang into the forest of drawers again.

They had taken just a few steps before the eunuch turned around and looked at Li Huowang. “I forgot to tell you something, sir. The relic costs four hundred lifespan pills. Can you afford it?”