“Hehe, just kidding.”
Seeing how irked the two girls were, Xu Xiaoshou immediately shrank back.
He tossed the white stone into the air and caught it. He’d never expected such a plain-looking stone to actually be a treasure comparable to that scabbard he’d found at the Black Waterfalls.
Counting the “Spirit Mark of Life” in his possession, this stone was the third treasure he’d encountered.
He figured there were probably twelve of such treasures throughout the Tianxuan Gate, and he’d already gotten his hands on a quarter of them. Given that they still had a day to spare, he figured he might just be able to get himself one more.
“So what can this thing do?” Xu Xiaoshou then asked. “Since it has sealing attributes, could it seal the grey mist thing?”
“Can’t do,” Mo Mo answered. “At most, that would only delay its awakening. Furthermore, to truly put this thing to use, one has to smelt it first.”
She sighed. Where could one find a smelting pot in the Tianxuan Gate?
Even if she was able to bring that thing out with her by the time they could exit Tianxuan Gate, it wasn’t like she could ask the elders of the spirit palace for help.
It was something she’d stolen, after all, so there was no way she could just go about announcing to others about her find.
As such, using the “Sealing Stone” against the grey mist figure was simply impossible.
The reason why she’d chosen to hand the stone over was simply that she wanted to give it to Xu Xiaoshou while that thing was still dormant.
It would be nothing short of a source of disaster if it were to stay in her hands.
“Smelt?” Xu Xiaoshou’s interest was piqued as he recalled his own Infernal Heavenly Flames. “How do you go about doing that?”
Mo Mo shook her head and said, “Not something one could do here. Not only would doing so require special means, but one would also require flames of extremely high temperatures…”
She then immediately recalled the woods that Xu Xiaoshou had ended up burning when he was fighting the grey mist figure.
Crackle.
Xu Xiaoshou reached out his hand and started burning the stone with his Infernal Heavenly Flames.
“I don’t dare to make claims, but when it comes to flames of high temperatures, I dare say that, besides for two people, no one could claim they can ignite flames of higher temperatures than mine.”
Mu Zixi stuck her head out and said, “Two others. Shouldn’t it be one?”
Whack!
Xu Xiaoshou immediately whacked her across the head and retorted, exasperated, “You forgot about your own master, eh?”
Mu Zixi said nothing.
Cursed, Passive Point +1.
Mo Mo stared at Xu Xiaoshou’s palm for quite a while before finally scanning it with her spiritual sense. The feedback “scorching” was sent back to her.
There was so much joy in her eyes that her voice rose a pitch. “So you could really smelt this ‘Sealing Stone?’”
“Indeed.”
Xu Xiaoshou then continued, “But that special means you mentioned…”
He was feeling rather troubled. Given his utter lack of talents, such means wasn’t something he could easily pick up.
“No need to worry about that. I’ll do it.” Mo Mo grinned and continued, “Just smelt that thing, and when you get it into shape, I’ll be the one to do the sealing.”
“That should do it.” Xu Xiaoshou was pleased to hear this. The longer he could keep that thing sealed the better, as he was really afraid the grey mist figure would wake up as soon as they got out of Tianxuan Gate and come after his head.
But, well, even after they left, Elder Sang and the others would still be around, so that thing probably wouldn’t dare.
However, a thief setting their sights on someone was still more terrifying than said thief actually making a move.
“Is there any way to solve the problem once and for all, like completely removing it from your body?” Xu Xiaoshou asked.
“I wish that were possible…” Mo Mo turned rather glum.
“Heh, well, sealing it is better than nothing. We’ll deal with it one step at a time.” Xu Xiaoshou wasn’t going to get his hopes up. If it were actually that easy to get rid of, it would’ve been gotten rid of a long time ago.
He held the stone in his hand and asked. “So how do you want the process done?”
“Melt it into liquid form as best you can. I’ll just infuse the sealing means into it before it becomes solid again,” Mo Mo answered.
“Need my help with anything?” Mu Zixi butted in, feeling that if she kept quiet any longer, the two would forget that she was still there.
Xu Xiaoshou stepped back for a bit and took out his bathtub. He put it on the ground and said to the girl in a serious tone of voice, “There is something.”
“What’s that?” Mu Zixi flipped her pigtails, pleased to find that she was needed.
Xu Xiaoshou pressed on her head and said, “Stand aside and don’t get in my way.”
Arrghhh!
The girl was p*ssed and flailed about in frustration.
It was too bad that Xu Xiaoshou had a longer reach and had had the foresight to press down on her head beforehand, preventing her from being able to get to him.
Cursed, Passive Points +1.
“Alright, quit it already.”
Xu Xiaoshou pushed her backward and put the bathtub between the two of them. He glared at the girl and then pointed at the stone in his hand, signaling to her that he needed to get to work.
Mu Zixi pouted and continued to mumble to herself under her breath. Xu Xiaoshou saw his Information Bar continue to refresh and felt the scene was rather amusing.
“Can we begin?” He looked at Mo Mo, who then nodded.