Chapter 539-2: Martial Emperor’s Daily Records, Blue Dawn Corundum (2)
[Seeing your disappointed and lonely expression, the administrator feels somewhat complicated.]
[When he asked you for help, you handed over all the gains obtained from the instance without another word. But when you asked him for help, he could not help you because of rule restrictions.]
[Now he does not have to be punished, but this somehow feels a little…]
[The Librarian thinks for a long time, and finally seems to make up his mind. He says, Apostle, we have known each other for quite some time. Do you believe me?]
[You frankly say that the administrator has helped you many times, and is completely different from that iron-faced and impartial true body. Of course you believe him. Otherwise, how could you so easily return all the extra gains you obtained?]
[If a different administrator avatar had come, you would definitely have squeezed a layer of oil out of him.]
[The administrator knows that what you say is the plain truth. After all, when you first met, that is exactly what you did.]
[Now, you returned the extra gains because he has sincerely helped you all along.]
[The Librarian says, Since you believe him, then he will now settle the trial rewards for you.]
[The administrator removes the monocle from his face, then takes out a glowing bookmark from his robes and hands it to you.]
[You have obtained Librarian’s Monocle (item)!]
[You have obtained Invasion Bookmark (item)!]
[The administrator says seriously, These are the two physical rewards from the trial mission. In addition, there is one intelligence reward.]
[In Vermilion Yanjing’s Forbidden City, the Daily Records Official is an official responsible for recording the emperor’s words and actions. He wrote a book titled Martial Emperor’s Daily Records.]
[This book records Martial Emperor’s daily words and actions, as well as major events of Vermilion Kingdom. Later, because it involved some top-secret matters, it was secretly destroyed. Even the Daily Records Official who wrote this book disappeared.]
[Now, perhaps only the descendants of the Daily Records Official still have an incomplete handwritten copy.]
[As Vermilion Kingdom’s founding great emperor, Martial Emperor was grandly talented and strategically brilliant, mighty, strong, wise, and virtuous. He expanded territory and opened frontiers, causing Vermilion’s prestige to spread far and wide, and the four seas to submit. He can be called a heroic ruler of his generation.]
[He devoted himself to governance, revered rites and ceremony, even establishing new rites, composing music, and issuing standards of weights and measures, causing all under heaven to submit greatly. Thus, he has the fine reputation of having civil governance and martial achievements, an Immortal Emperor.]
[If you can find Martial Emperor’s Daily Records and read through it, learning some profound principles from Martial Emperor’s daily words and actions, you will be able to glimpse the bearing of this Immortal Emperor…]
[After speaking, the Librarian winks at you and waves goodbye.]
[He silently recites a spell, and his figure becomes transparent, then disappears…]
If Lin Xun had not borrowed Lu Wu’s power to remove Mahakasyapa Buddha in advance, this trial mission’s difficulty could be described as extremely hard.
However, after passing such a difficult trial mission, the administrator had only given an Invasion Bookmark that did not have much use, and the most basic reward, the monocle.
According to precedent, at the very least, he should have given a rare item like an Easter Egg Bookmark or Relic Bookmark.
Or perhaps, the original reward for passing the trial might have been a rare bookmark, but now the administrator had used his authority to temporarily change the reward.
The total value of the current rewards definitely would not be lower than the original. Excluding the two lackluster items, the value of the remaining piece of intelligence was undoubtedly immeasurable.
“Descendants of the Daily Records Official… Martial Emperor’s Daily Records.”
[As the Librarian leaves, the strange power enveloping the Scripture Hall gradually fades.]
[The White Elephant Demon says to you, Junior Brother, why did you return all those spoils?]
[Was it inconvenient because that fellow countryman of yours was here just now? Now, why not have Wondrous Sound Bodhisattva bring those things back again?]
[You shake your head without hesitation. This is a gentleman’s agreement between you and the administrator. After the two of you helped each other, how can there be any reason to burn the bridge after crossing it?]
[Furthermore, the value of the information the administrator gave you definitely will not be lower than Mahakasyapa Buddha’s Shell.]
Lin Xun had wanted Mahakasyapa Buddha’s Shell not for the Shell Quality, but for the Shell level.
However, Shell level could be made up for by clearing a few more cities and using incense malice, but if he missed similar top-secret information, there would be no second chance.
Just like when he privately traded with this administrator for the first time, back then, the administrator had cryptically told him the locations of the Nine-Tailed Fox and Shuten Doji, allowing him to finally subdue shikigami pets.
Now, he was quite looking forward to what extremely valuable thing was hidden inside Martial Emperor’s Daily Records.
[You and the White Elephant Demon do not leave the Scripture Hall immediately, but search here for books that record the Heavenly Dragon Grottoes and Blue Dawn Corundum.]
[When Wondrous Dharma Bodhisattva hears those two names, She suddenly says excitedly to you, Venerable, are you speaking of this item?]
[She takes out a piece of emerald uncarved jade from Her robes. Its texture is hard yet contains inner spiritual elegance. Its color is jade-green like rosy clouds, lustrous and smooth.]
[You have discovered Blue Dawn Corundum (Material)!]
“Uh… why is this thing on Wondrous Dharma Bodhisattva?”
The corner of Lin Xun’s mouth twitched. He had a feeling like he had searched for it a thousand times in the crowd, only to suddenly look back and find that person in the dim light.
[Wondrous Dharma Bodhisattva looks as if She is seeking credit, and explains to you…]
[Bingzhou is Her mortal Incense Power dojo, so She has some understanding of the nearby territory.]
[Heavenly Dragon Grottoes is located at the border of Yongning Province, hidden among mountains and waters. The grottoes are towering and grand, like a coiling azure dragon, with scales and claws dense and lifelike, hence the name Heavenly Dragon.]
[Later, Vermilion Kingdom regarded dragons as evil and ominous things, and all things with the word dragon in their names had to be renamed.]
[Therefore, if Venerable browses and searches records using the four words Heavenly Dragon Grottoes, you will not obtain any clues.]
[Later still, that mortal Martial Emperor learned that the Blue Dawn Corundum produced in the grottoes was something needed by the remaining demon race dragon children, so he gathered a mortal army and destroyed the grottoes, then offered all the Blue Dawn Corundum produced in the grottoes to Buddha Ancestor.]
[This Blue Dawn Corundum is not a material for refining ritual implements. To gods and Buddhas, aside from being beautiful, it is completely useless. After Buddha Ancestor accepted a large amount of Blue Dawn Corundum, He bestowed one piece to each disciple under His seat. Mahakasyapa also received one piece, and later Mahakasyapa rewarded this item to Her.]
[After speaking, Wondrous Dharma Bodhisattva sticks out the tip of Her tongue and licks the corner of Her lips, showing a seductive posture of asking Venerable to bestow a reward.]
“If I had killed Wondrous Dharma Bodhisattva earlier, wouldn’t I have obtained this material long ago?”
Lin Xun was in an excellent mood. Now that he had gathered the final material, he could build Dragon-Gazing Altar and go to Origin Dragon Divine Palace.
Toward meritorious contributors, he had always been generous with rewards. After accepting the material, he fiercely rewarded Wondrous Dharma Bodhisattva.