Chapter 532: The Eye of Truth
After a careful inspection, Feng Qi was about to set the vessel down and examine other items when he noticed distorted characters slowly emerging on its surface, gradually transforming into Chinese script.
Mystic Turtle Urn
Item Details: Crafted primarily from the shell of a millennia-old mystic turtle. The vessel is inscribed with 36 miniature spiritual energy gathering arrays and 3 spiritual energy compression formations.
Item Function: Automatically absorbs spiritual energy from the environment, condensing it into spirit liquid. The longer the liquid is stored, the higher its quality becomes.
Damage: 16.788% (Spiritual energy gathering efficiency reduced by 28.542%)
Feng Qi’s eyes widened as detailed information about the device in his hand materialized before him.
Surprised, he quickly turned his attention to the other devices laid out on the ground.
First, he examined a black, metallic stone. As he scrutinized it, distorted characters reappeared, gradually transforming into Chinese.
Black Essence Stone
Description: A unique, high-quality spirit mineral from the eighth layer of the demon prison world. Highly compatible with all spirit materials, it is suitable for forging weapons and armor, as well as various engineering projects.
Overall Quality Rating: 89
Compatible Natural Attributes: Fire, Thunder, Wind, Qi Blood
Incompatible Natural Attributes: Water (Spiritual Energy Conductivity reduced by 56%), Wood (Spiritual Energy Conductivity Efficiency reduced by 32%)
Spirit Mineral Properties: Hardness (Level 12), Resilience (Level 4), Spiritual Energy Conductivity (Level 5)…
After reviewing the black stone’s detailed attributes, Feng Qi’s gaze shifted to the jade-colored leg bone fragment lying nearby.
Focusing his mind, the relevant information quickly surfaced:
Fallen Ghost Leg Bone (Fragmented)
Description: A body part dropped by the fallen ghost chieftain during battle in the seventh layer of the purgatory world.
Properties: Anti-Magic
Uses: Alchemy, Weapon Forging, Engineering Projects, Decoration…
After examining several items in succession, Feng Qi discovered that by focusing his mind and concentrating intently, detailed attribute descriptions would materialize on the objects’ surfaces.
This truly astonished him.
If I’m not mistaken, the mastermind behind the Dark City must possess a miracle item. This item’s function is to analyze the properties and origins of all things. It’s precisely under the influence of this item’s granted abilities that the Dark City experiences no language barriers or literacy issues, and the detailed attributes of all objects are clearly visible.
The Narrator’s thoughts aligned perfectly with his own.
Such an extraordinary ability could only be explained by a miracle item.
Perhaps the miracle item in the Lord of the Dark City’s possession evolved from a Pillar God with near-omniscient and omnipotent powers, granting the item its innate ability to analyze all things.
With this realization, Feng Qi immediately conceived a plan to seize the miracle item.
If he could truly obtain it, he would be able to preemptively discern the abilities of domain creatures during future hunts.
Moreover, entrusting the miracle item to the Scarlet Research Institute would significantly enhance their research efficiency.
Just think about it. Don’t actually try anything. If the city’s owner dares to openly use a miracle item, it means they have the power and confidence to protect it. Charging in with your current strength would be no different than suicide.
Hearing the Narrator’s snarky comment, Feng Qi felt a pang of shame.
He might yearn for it, but he was acutely aware of his own limitations.
He was merely daydreaming; he had no real intention of trying to seize it.
At that moment, Feng Qi looked up at the stall owner, who wore a fanged mask, and picked up the Mystic Turtle Urn. “How much for this?” he asked.
“3,500 bloodstones or 20 primordial bloodstones!”
Feng Qi was familiar with bloodstones.
These were blood cores formed by condensing and solidifying blood from living creatures. Old Mist had taught him how to make bloodstones, which served as one of the common currencies in the domain world.
In the past, the Mist Clan had kept blood slaves not only for consumption but also to produce bloodstones for cultivation purposes.
Compared to the credit-based currency used in the human world, bloodstones were a more practical form of currency.
As for primordial bloodstones, he immediately thought of miracle bloodstones.
Miracle bloodstones had the ability to continuously generate small primordial bloodstones, each possessing a slight effect on enhancing bloodline strength.
Old Mist had once given him an example, saying that obtaining a fragment of the miracle bloodstone was like acquiring a money-printing machine.
He didn’t know exactly how many fragments of the miracle bloodstone existed.
But it was clear that primordial bloodstones were also a common currency among the domain races.
Buying one was out of the question; he had no money.
After gathering information about the currency, he set down the Mystic Turtle Urn and stood up.
At that moment, the Lord of the Mist whispered in his ear:
“This city is too strange. Every item here has a detailed description.”
“You noticed that too?”
“Yes, but the descriptions are limited to items. I tried to examine the stall owner, but I couldn’t access any information about him.”
Hearing this, Feng Qi immediately turned his gaze to the stall owner.
After a careful examination, he confirmed that he couldn’t access any information about the stall owner.
Just as Feng Qi was puzzling over this, the Narrator’s voice echoed in his mind:
That doesn’t make sense. If items can be analyzed in detail, why not living beings? I suspect the master of Shadow City deliberately blocked inter-racial probing, but they themselves can definitely access detailed analyses of other life forms.
“That makes sense!”
Meanwhile, at the heart of Shadow City…
Countless Lantern Jellyfish swarmed around a crimson-yellow tower that stood nearly a hundred meters tall at the center of the city. A pink crystal embedded at the tower’s apex radiated concentric ripples outward.
Inside the tower’s top floor, the ground was piled high with rare treasures and spirit materials. No artificial light was needed; the room glowed brightly from the inherent radiance of these extraordinary artifacts.
At the far end of the chamber stood an exquisitely adorned throne.
A humanoid figure clad in a long robe patterned with ghostly green patterns sat motionless upon the throne, his gaze piercing through layers of obstruction to focus on Feng Qi and the Lord of the Mist, who were still parading through the streets below.
First, he turned his attention to the Lord of the Mist.
As he scrutinized the figure, a ghostly green light swirled in his right eye, causing the world before him to transform in a wondrous way.
The world dissolved into a tapestry woven from countless iridescent threads, each connected to every object and living being. These threads acted like historical records, preserving all information about their subjects from birth to the present moment.
His gaze followed the threads, automatically compiling the recorded history into concise summaries.
Soon, the Lord of the Mist’s information materialized before his eyes:
Mi Yun (Mist Clan):
Details: The current clan leader of the Mist Clan in the Second Layer of the Spirit Domain, widely regarded as the most innately talented leader in the clan’s history, and the sole surviving member of the Mist Clan.
Tags: Deeply loyal and devoted only to family; ruthless in pursuing personal gain; cautious and strategic.
Bloodline Potential: ???
Abilities: Mist Body, Qi-Blood Control, Soul Parasitism…
Carried Items: Will of Creation (Fragmented) (??? Unable to provide detailed analysis of transcendent item)
All other information was irrelevant to You Ying, but when he saw the final entry regarding the carried item, an uncontrollable greed flashed in his eyes.
An item that couldn’t be analyzed by the Eye of Truth could only mean one thing:
The carried item was a miracle artifact.
You Ying’s gaze then swept toward Feng Qi, who stood beside the Lord of the Mist, his expression filled with anticipation.
(End of the Chapter)