bookandnovel Chapter 48 The Column of Strange Objects, The Eye of the Raven God
Chapter 48 The Column of Strange Objects, The Eye of the Raven God
[Oddities Section (Tier 1, 30%)]
Number: 1 grid
[Rare Item]: Eye of the Raven God (Hundred-Eye Level)
[Quality]: Mid-grade, Rank 7
[Status]: Not equipped
[Description]: 1. The outer shell is made from a human eye and was blessed before the statue of the Raven God. The sphere is polished with "Raven Soul Crystal" and contains a dried raven eye inside; 2. The main eye is the size of a fist, floating on the chest. It has no eyelids, and the pupil is a rotating blood-red vortex. The iris is engraved with a miniature pattern of the Ten Thousand Bone Pit; 3. The secondary eyes are two smaller eyes, distributed on the palm and waist. When closed, they show grayish-white skin texture, and when open, they ooze black pus; 4. The bottom of the sphere is inscribed with talismans drawn in human blood and fixed with gold thread. It needs to be nourished with fresh human blood every seven days, otherwise the eyes will wither and lose all their efficacy.
【Equipment Requirements】: 1. Bathe in the blood pool of the Raven God statue for blessing; 2. Sacrifice three hundred living souls before the Raven God statue; 3. Consume forty-nine drops of Raven God's blood.
"What an eerie thing!"
"This Raven God is clearly an evil god!"
Upon seeing the description of the Eye of the Raven God, Chen Yu couldn't help but frown.
Looking at the equipment requirements, they are either heinous or extremely bizarre, and each one is closely related to the Raven God.
"It's too bloody, this thing can't be kept!"
"We have to find a way to destroy it!"
Next, you'll see the equipment effects of the Crow God's Eye.
【Equipment Effects】: 1. Raven's Bite - Turbid Stream; 2. Raven's Bite - Withering and Flourishing; 3. Raven's Bite - Transfer.
【Crow's Devour - Turbid Flow】: 1. Locking onto a target for more than 0.5 seconds will generate a "Turbid Flow Core" in a spherical area of 5 zhang in front of the target. The center is a miniature black hole that pulls all objects/creatures within the range toward the center to devour them. 2. The closer the target is, the stronger the pull. The area within 1 zhang of the center is the "Absolute Devour Zone", which causes devouring damage and causes the target to lose 1% of its maximum health per second.
【Raven Devouring - Withering and Flourishing】: 1. Activates the "Time Acceleration" effect within a 5-zhang radius centered on the user, affecting all non-user targets within the range; 2. Targets experience a century of time passing in 1 second, causing metal rusting, cloth weathering, and stone loosening effects on non-living things, and aging, depletion, and death effects on living things. It has no effect on divine/mythical targets; 3. When used in conjunction with Turbid Flow to activate a combo skill, it can cause a double stacking effect of "aging + devouring".
【Crow's Devour - Transfer】: 1. Consumes 5% of your life essence to instantly transfer to the location locked in your line of sight, with a 3-second cooldown; 2. After transferring, you are stunned for 0.3 seconds and cannot attack or defend during this time; 3. You can transfer to any surface, including the ground, walls, ceiling, and water; 4. Transferring will be interrupted if the target moves out of sight or is blinded by strong light.
[Comment]: A hundred years in a glance, devouring all things.
Under the gaze of the Raven God, there is nowhere to hide, nowhere to escape.
When all 30,000 souls have gathered, the gaze of the Raven God will fall, the three eyes will merge into one, and the Soul Ship will sail into the Pit of Ten Thousand Bones.
"All three skills are so powerful..."
After seeing the equipment's effects, Chen Yu instantly changed his mind.
"This Eye of the Raven God is extremely useful; it absolutely must not be destroyed."
"Although it's an evil thing, as long as my intentions are pure and I use it for good, there's nothing to worry about!"
As for the possibility of being targeted by the Raven God, Chen Yu was not worried at all.
Since we're already entangled with a red-clad demon, what harm is there in having another one?
Perhaps it can even allow the two of them to check and balance each other.
Thinking of this, he went back to check the equipment requirements.
"Blessings and blood offerings are fine, but sacrificing living souls is really hard to accept..."
After a moment's thought, Chen Yu suddenly had a flash of inspiration and came up with a good idea.
"What would happen if I offered three hundred followers of the Raven Cult to the Raven God? Would that be considered valid?"
"For example, that incense master who was just beaten to death has done a lot of heinous things."
"Offering such a wicked person to the Raven God is something I can do without any guilt!"
The more Chen Yu thought about it, the more sense it made.
"After the sacrifice, I can unlock the equipment requirements, and they will be able to see the Raven God in person."
"This is actually a win-win situation!"
"I believe they would also be happy to return to the embrace of the Raven God!"
With his plan in mind, Chen Yu added the Eye of the Raven God to his inventory of rare items.
Currently, there is one slot in the Oddities inventory, but it does not meet the equipment requirements, so it cannot be equipped.
However, you can store items in this slot first.
After putting away the Eye of the Raven God, Chen Yu continued to rummage through Xu Lingyan's robes.
[Unusual Item]: Crow Feather Robe
[Quality]: Mid-grade Tier 1
Status: Damaged
[Description]: It is made of human hair and crow feathers, making it difficult to be harmed by ordinary swords and blades, and impervious to water and fire.
Upon seeing this description, Chen Yu sneered inwardly.
"Ordinary swords and blades can't harm you, huh? Then what about my virtue and wolf claws?"
Turning it over and over, they found that there was indeed something good hidden inside the raven-feathered black robe!
It is a white jade porcelain bottle.
Three inches tall, smooth and lustrous like jade, yet its interior is pitch black, impenetrable to light.
The pattern on the bottle is made of a blend of human hair and gold thread, intertwined to form the shape of a three-eyed raven with its wings spread, the wings still trembling slightly.
The bottle mouth was sealed with a human bone stopper, on which the birth date and time of the sacrificer were engraved.
The writing was done in raven-red ink, and its brightness changed with the moonlight.
The bottom of the bottle is engraved with a line of small characters: "Crow's Nest, Pool of Ten Thousand Blood, Batch 231".
[Rare Item]: Blood of the Raven God (3 drops)
[Quality]: Mid-grade, Rank 7
Status: Not used
[Description]: The liquid is as black as ink and as thick as glue. Occasionally, blood-red ripples appear on its surface, as if it is breathing. When shaken, the light spots inside flow, collide, and wail. The souls of a hundred people are compressed into a small space and emit silent screams.
【How to use】: 1. Drink directly or drip into the eyeballs; 2. At the same time, draw the "Raven God Talisman" on the chest with human blood and chant the title of the Raven God.
【Usage Effects】: 1. Instant effect: Permanently increases all attributes by 5%, gains the passive skill "Raven's Vision", ignores darkness, fog, and invisibility, can penetrate some obstacles, and can see "the aura of death". "Raven's Vision" lasts for a maximum of three-quarters of an hour; 2. Negative effect: Raven phantoms continuously appear at the edge of vision, and occasionally "things that should not be seen" (demons, sealed objects, ancient god projections) will be seen. There is a 5% chance to establish a visual connection with them during Raven's Vision and be monitored in reverse; 3. Hidden effect: Each time a drop of Raven God's blood is consumed, a judgment will be made. If the judgment is successful (willpower not lower than 90), one becomes a "Raven God's vessel", and one's own soul is corrupted by 1%. If the judgment fails (willpower lower than 90), one degenerates into an ordinary human and permanently loses 30% of maximum health.
[Comment]: This is not blood, but a solidified soul.
Each drop is the essence of a hundred souls, each drop a glance from the Raven God.
"Although it's risky, it's also a good thing, as it can permanently increase the attribute cap."
Chen Yu uncorked the bottle and glanced inside.
The inside of the bottle is semi-transparent.
You can vaguely see countless human faces pressed against the inside of the bottle, mouths open, eyes open, scratching, trying to escape.
"That's terrifying. Unless absolutely necessary, it's best to avoid drinking this stuff for now."
"You must close your eyes when you drink it; I really don't want to see this horrifying sight."
Chen Yu gasped, put the jade bottle into his robes, and continued his search.
Soon, they found five more human skin drawings and a talisman.
These two items have no direct connection with the Raven God, therefore they are not considered divine substances and cannot be analyzed using the Oddities section.
Chen Yu picked up the human skin drawing and examined it carefully.
This thing is made of human skin pieced together in different shades of color.
The edges were stitched with black hair, the stitches as fine as a spider web.
Each sheet is three feet long and one foot wide, drawn with human blood, and can remain unfaded for three years.
The four drawings respectively record the formula for the Burmese iron scimitar, the mechanism diagram for the divine crossbow, the material for the iron bowstring, and the method for imitating the armor-piercing cone.
On the back of the blueprint, the craftsman's name, place of origin, and date of death were written in his own blood.
And the forced blood oath that read, "I am willing to offer my body to the god of crows."
On the fifth human skin, only an altar was drawn.
Above the nine-tiered staircase of human bones, at the top of the altar, stands a statue with a crow's head and a human body, pieced together from ten thousand human bones.
Below the altar is a small inscription: "Crow's Nest, Ten Thousand Bones Pit, Thirty Thousand Living Souls Can Be Completed".
The Incense Master's Token is a black iron token.
It is about the size of a palm and not very thick. The front is engraved with the three large characters "Xiangzhu Ling" and the back is engraved with the name "Xu Lingyan".
"This old guy's name is Xu Lingyan..."
Finally, they also found a parchment scroll.
Unfortunately, it was all written in grassland script, which Chen Yu couldn't understand at all, so he had to put it away for the time being.
Around the ferry crossing, there is also a pile of human treasures.
This included Han Feilong and a dozen or so henchmen on the cargo ship.
These henchmen who sank to the bottom of the water are definitely impossible to search.
"Let's take a look at Han Feilong first. He's been committing crimes for so many years, he must have some good stuff!"
Han Feilong's body was embedded in the willow tree, already stiff as stone.
Chen Yu picked up a knife and pried open the leather rope around his waist.
"Ring ring—"
The seven bronze keys slipped out instantly.
The keys have different tooth patterns, and the handles are engraved with seven small characters: salt, ore, knife, gun, bow, crossbow, and person.
"It's probably a key to a warehouse or trading point."
Chen Yu picked up the key.
Han Feilong still had half a piece of willow bark in his arms.
On the inside of the bark, the words "Three days later, at Luoya Ferry, Xu Lingyan will personally arrive" were carved with the tip of a knife.
"This is evidence that Han Feilong is secretly colluding with the Cold Crow Sect."
"There's a bit too much stuff."
Chen Yu stripped Han Feilong's clothes to use as a bundle and stuffed all the collected items into it.
A total of eight thousand taels of silver notes and three boxes of loose silver were found on Xu Lingyan and Han Feilong.
"It's a pity there aren't any martial arts techniques or secret manuals."
Chen Yu was slightly disappointed.
"But that's normal, who carries one of these things when they go out on business?"
After putting everything away, Chen Yu noticed two problems.
One is that the carriage under the old camphor tree is gone.
"Did Hou San run away? In the chaos of the battle just now, no one paid attention to him."
"But it's not a big problem. He has nowhere else to go except for the Sword Forging Manor. Anyway, he can't leave the city. We'll catch him sooner or later."
The other problem is more serious.
The flock of blood-eyed crows that had been circling overhead had disappeared.
After Xu Lingyan was killed, the group of cunning beasts instantly flew away into the distance.
"These crows seem to be able to share vision with humans. It would be troublesome if the Crow Cult found out."
Although Chen Yu was worried, there was nothing he could do.
He currently lacks methods to target high altitudes, so even if he finds the crows, he cannot stop them.
Just as I was pondering this, the sound of galloping hooves came rushing in.
Chen Yu looked up and saw a dozen or so men dressed in official uniforms.
The one in the lead was actually Duan Yufeng.