Chapter 41 (2/2)

Chen Hao had become unreliable. This deity figurine that she had pinned her hopes on had also become unreliable. How could she continue this fight?

Chen Hao said with a sigh, “You can’t exactly say it’s completely useless. This Guan Yu figurine absorbed plenty of the power of incense a long time ago. It’s just that this figurine is precious and hasn’t been worshipped by the people as much as the clay figurines. Hence, it hasn’t accumulated much power of incense. It’s just being regarded as a precious artifact. Now that the power of incense has dissipated, the effects are very weak. It might be able to protect someone, but to use it to suppress the evil spirits, hur hur.”

Bai Ru was dumbfounded. The deity figurine that she had spent a bomb on, turned out to be the same kind of thing as the jade Buddha Chen Hao had sold her? Wasn’t she duped!

She merely paid ten thousand yuan for Chen Hao’s jade Buddha, whereas this Guan Yu figurine cost several hundred times more. What was the point of buying it!

“Master, is there still enough time for me to try and buy a clay deity figurine now?” Bai Ru, who was not an ordinary person at the end of the day, asked seriously after suppressing her panic.

Chen Hao shook his head and said, “If you’re doing it to vie for the top position, then there’s no longer the need to do it. When Master Long arrives, we will enter the tomb to check out the situation. If there’s no evil spirit residing in this Dragon’s Den, that means Xue Chuang has won. It’s another story if there is an evil spirit inside. If the evil spirit isn’t strong, we might be able to settle it. If it’s too strong, we’ll have to withdraw from this place. If that turns out to be the case, you can then try to get another deity figurine. But this way, the deity figurine you need to obtain won’t be an ordinary one. It has to at least be the kind worshipped at the Shaolin Temple or the Zhenwu Temple on Mount Wutang. There won’t be as many devout worshippers in an ordinary temple. Even the temple or Daoist priest in the temple might be fake. Those worshippers perhaps went with various impure motives. How much power of incense would there be in a deity figurine worshipped by such people?”

Bai Ru felt despair.

Her efforts had gone to waste. She was so far behind Xue Chuang now, and there was basically no chance of her turning things around.

Smack!

Rage exploded in her heart. Bai Ru threw the Guan Yu figurine on the ground fiercely. She then squatted down, put her hands on her head, and suppressed her sobbing sounds from being heard.

Chen Hao’s heart went out to her.

Damn. She threw something that cost several million just like that? Even if she has money and doesn’t care, that’s a great disrespect to the deities. Isn’t she afraid of Guan Yu taking offense!

He quickly picked up the deity figurine and checked it to make sure it wasn’t damaged.

But Chen Hao discovered, to his shock, its uniqueness.

Although it didn’t have much power of incense, there was a spirituality about it—a spirituality that changed things.

For ordinary deity figurines made of clay, even if they had accumulated much power of incense, the power was only stored in the artifact like energy in a battery. No matter how much power of incense it accumulated, its very nature wouldn’t change.

That wasn’t the case for this Guan Yu figurine. The hint of spirituality it contained drew it apart from 90% of the deity figurines around.

Chen Hao carefully examined it, deep in thought.

“Alright, stop crying. There should be some use for this Guan Yu figurine that you bought. But it won’t be used for suppressing the dark energy. Mm. Let’s not be anxious. We’ll see when we enter the tomb. Perhaps, this thing can help turn things around in your favor,” Chen Hao said.

Bai Ru instantly got up, staring in disbelief at Chen Hao with her teary eyes.

“Really? You’re not lying to me?”

Chen Hao said calmly, “Up to you to believe me or not. I’ll just leave it at that for now. I need to check out the situation in the tomb before I decide if this deity figurine can be used.”

Bai Ru gritted her teeth and said, “Then… Alright. I’ll enter the tomb with you, Master. I’ll bring this deity figurine with me and obey your commands.”

Chen Hao glanced sideways at her.

Fierce. In order to climb to the top position, she’s even risking her life.

This was truly a descendant of the rich. Chen Hao bowed in defeat to her.