Chapter 52 (1/2)

Up since dawn, the scaly horse had run all night and could no longer bear it. Breathing heavily, it staggered and fell onto the ground.

Lin Xun jumped off the horse’s back and landed solidly onto the ground. He looked at the sweaty horse feeling so sorry for it. He had only thought of his own life and nothing about the horse’s well-being, which made him riddled with guilt.

“Bro, I owe you big.”

Lin Xun took out some spiritual materials and fed them to the scaly horse. Seeing it munching joyfully, he smiled.

The scaly horse was a fierce beast, but once tamed it was extremely obedient. Without its help, it would be impossible to travel between the Green-sun Tribe and Feiyun Village.

Finding a place to rest, Lin Xun took out the spirit refining liquid, gulped it down, and then took out the purple jade belt stripped from Liu Yukun.

It was a precious artifact, which was not only engraved with exquisite and intricate spiritual tattoos, but also inlaid with small pieces of pearls and jade. It was not a common luxury.

However, in Lin’s view, these decorations were far too flashy and impractical. He would never make a storage artifact so dazzling, for fear it would attract the attention of thieves.

He opened the purple jade belt, revealing its storage space. Much to his surprise, inside the vast space of the artifact, there stood no other items except for a bronze case about 1/3 square meters in size.

Lin Xun felt a little disappointed but couldn’t stop himself from staring at the bronze case.

The case displayed the ancient and clumsy color of time, with the four tattoos of moire, landscape, beasts, and sun and moon engraved respectively on its four corners. Around its body were carved several mysterious spiritual tattoos, radiating an obscure yet horrifying appearance.

“It seems to be a spiritual tattoo formation that is specially used for sealing.”

A trace of revelation flashed in Lin Xun’s black eyes. Even with his knowledge of spiritual tattoos, it was impossible to understand these inscriptions. Even so, it could be roughly seen from the aura it released that it had to have some kind of sealing power!

Only a master of spiritual tattoo could make a spiritual tattoo formation. Who would go to such great efforts to carve a spiritual tattoo formation on a bronze case?

It would cost too much!

However, it was possible that this bronze case had been designed to seal some precious treasures.

Thinking of this, it hit Lin Xun that Liu Yukun was not a man with a simple background. He thought of the time his party was hunted crazily by the golden flame beast. Maybe it was the treasures sealed in the bronze case that led to the series of events?

Then, what on earth was hidden in this bronze case?

Lin Xun continued to examine it. Suddenly, he gasped in astonishment. On the opening of the bronze case was a spiritual tattoo restriction, which was a special spiritual tattoo formation used to form a shield. Only a powerful spiritual tattoo master could accomplish this.

A spiritual tattoo master enjoyed a status even nobler and more superior than a spiritual tattooist.

The bronze case alone was priceless. It was not only engraved with a special spiritual tattoo formation, but it was also inscribed with a spiritual tattoo restriction on the opening.

So, what treasure could be in the bronze case?

Unfortunately, Lin Xun couldn’t open it with the spiritual tattoo restriction on. This was not meant as a criticism of his skills. Even a spiritual tattoo master couldn’t open it if the mystery of the restriction was not unveiled.

“Well, it will have to wait until there is a chance to open it later.”

Lin Xun thought about it for a long time, but finally gave up. Although his knowledge of spiritual tattoos was slightly better than those of other spiritual tattoo apprentices, he still couldn’t be considered a qualified spiritual tattooist, let alone a master of spiritual tattoos.

The criteria to become a spiritual tattooist was quite simple, namely to finish a spiritual tattoo formation all by yourself. However, the truth was that it would be hard to achieve that without cultivation of Gang Spirit Realm. The spirit and soul power of practitioners at Martial Realm was simply not enough to complete a spiritual tattoo formation.

Of course, this was under normal circumstances. There were still some exceptions.

Lin Xun happened to know that Master Lu once let it slip by accident while drunk that he once could skillfully inscribe a complete set of spiritual tattoo formations. He rose to be one of the youngest spiritual tattoo masters of his time, achieving his status when he was still at the eighth level of Martial Realm.

If Master Lu could do it, Lin Xun believed with hard work, he could most certainly accomplish it, too.

Regaining his wits about him, Lin Xun took out the bronze case.

Bang!

To his surprise, the bronze case weighed at least ten thousand catties and caused a great hole in the ground.

However, this only strengthened Lin Xun’s belief that there must be some extraordinary treasures sealed within it.

Without hesitation, he put the case into his storage ring. He immediately felt a sense of relief.

After resting for an hour, the scaly horse had regained its strength. Lin Xun determined which direction to go and set off again.

Along the way, there weren’t any more dangerous storms. But as he passed a volcano crater, Lin Xun stopped and threw the purple belt into the rolling lava.