Chapter 673: Divine Essence Mine (1/2)
GDK 673: Divine Essence Mine
“Not interested!” Han Shuo declined without wasting another moment. That wretched appearance of Akley’s had made Han Shuo very skeptical that Akley could show him a path to riches. Besides, unlike Akley, Han Shuo was in no shortage of money.
“I’m dead serious. You do know that it’s very difficult to get by on Elysium without an abundance of crystal coins, right?” Akley tried to persuade Han Shuo.
“I recommend that you put it off until you have recuperated from your injuries. About that matter you propose, thanks but I really am not interested,” Han Shuo shrugged and smiled.
As Akley had just woken from a brief coma, he wasn’t in a stable state of mind. Jeff, who was in charge of handling their divine tablets was unwelcoming towards Akley and hasted him on leaving the premise, lest that the wounds on Akley sully his place.
Akley didn’t bother staying and dragged himself out while cursing and swearing. He did not seem to mind that his body was in a terrible state and did not immediately seek a safe location to heal from his injuries. Instead, he waited outside at the front door.
“I truly couldn’t figure, how could a person be as obnoxious as he is!” Jeff remarked scornfully while shaking his head. He then turned to Han Shuo. “Bryan, I would advise you to cease contact with him. Otherwise, given his temper, he will encumber you sooner or later!”
“I’ll take note of that. Alright, thank you. Goodbye!” Although Han Shuo did not hold a favorable impression towards Jeff, he did not hold much hostility either. A character like Jeff could be found almost everywhere in the universe. Besides, as Jeff did not truly jeopardize Han Shuo’s interest and he had given his humble apology, Han Shuo was not motivated to bicker with him.
“You are most welcome. I’ve merely been doing my duty of carrying out Lord Dolores’ orders!” Jeff did not forget to flatter Dolores in front of Han Shuo.
Han Shuo did not engage in any further conversation with Jeff and walked out from the premise with the intention of leaving the valley right away for the City of Shadows. He smilingly nodded at Akley when he walked past him at the front door.
“Wait!” Akley shouted with his weak voice when he saw that Han Shuo was leaving.
Han Shuo creased his brows as he really was getting somewhat annoyed. “I have said that I’m not interested. Besides, the injuries to your body are very severe. It will affect your development in the future if you do not treat them soon. From how I see it, you better forget about your mega-project for the time being and properly treat your injuries.”
“Let me show you something. If you remain uninterested after seeing it, I will not bother you anymore. What say you?” Akley took a few effortful deep breaths before saying to Han Shuo in a solemn manner.
After thinking for a moment, Han Shuo nodded and said, “Fine. Let’s have a look at it. I hope it will be as convincing as you expect.”
“Can we go to somewhere with more privacy?” Akley glanced all around and felt that it wasn’t quite safe to reveal his secret object at the location.
Han Shuo expanded his consciousness and immediately found a rather secluded spot near a waterfall some distance away.
“Please carry me along. I really can’t move!” Akley put on an awkward smile and asked.
Han Shuo wasted not a word. He walked over to Akley, picked him up, rose him into the air with a levitation spell, and flew to that waterfall.
This journey took Han Shuo half an hour. He had taken so much time because of the very high gravitational acceleration on Elysium, having to fly using the energy of his avatar of death, and having to carry Akley on his back.
When they finally arrived at the waterfall, Han Shuo put Akley down. He vigilantly observed all around him before he carefully took out an ancient scroll from his chest. He handed the scroll to Han Shuo and explained, “I obtained this from a place on my homeworld. Because I’m in possession of it, I was hunted for a long time until I escaped here using an interplanar transportation matrix. Be very gentle with it!”
After hearing those words, Han Shuo got a little intrigued. It was obvious from the excessive yellowing that the scroll was exceedingly ancient. The characters inscribed on them resembled earthworms. There were also several fuzzy drawings on it. However, Han Shuo couldn’t understand a thing.
“So? Piqued your interest, have I?” Akley asked excitedly in a big smile.
“Err… What language is this? I have never seen anything like this,” Han Shuo said while looking at Akley. He was thinking, You aren’t trying to scam me, are you?
“It’s Voyniscript, one of the earliest languages. Ancient gods commonly use this in speaking and writing. Don’t you recognize it?” Akley put on an expression as though he had suffered a major blow. While looking at Han Shuo with rather strange gazes, he asked, “How could you not be familiar with Voyniscript? Have you come from an even lower level material plane?”
“That’s correct. I hail from a very low-level material plane and know nothing about whatever ancient language this is,” Han Shuo calmly admitted. After thinking for a bit, he continued, “Alright, why don’t you tell me about what is written on this thing?”
“It describes a divine essence mine! In case you don’t know what divine essence is, they are crystals containing energy that can be directly absorbed to form divine energy. They are extremely valuable in every material plane and they can only be found in very few places. This scroll suggests there exists a small divine essence mine!” Akley reported excitedly.
Han Shuo’s eyes opened wide. He was instantly tempted. Back then, Han Shuo had discovered three pieces of those miraculous crystals back at the Void of the Abyss realm. Those divine essences of death allowed Han Shuo’s avatar of death to greatly advance in divine energy. His speedy advancement to the mid-stage lowgod realm was mostly thanks to the boost from those three pieces of divine essences.
Han Shuo had long been aware of the fact that divine essences were a rare commodity. In any material plane where gods were commonly found, there were items that everyone would vigorously seek to procure. Many of the big family clans would spare none of their financial resources to acquire divine essences as to allow members of their family clan to rapidly improve in strength. Discovery of high-purity divine essences mines would more often than not lead to bloody battles between large family clans.
“Are you certain that it’s a divine essence mine?” Han Shuo asked in a deep voice.
“I’m sure that the words written on the scroll cannot be wrong. The original owner of the scroll discovered that divine essence mine but he was dispatched to my Blue Ocean Continent before he could take possession of it. He had unfortunately suffered serious injuries while carrying out his mission at my homeworld and wrote this scroll right before his death, describing the location of the divine essence mine,” Akley explained.