"Not interested!" Han Shuo straightforwardly refused. Han Shuo did not believe that Akley would be able to bring him any path to riches. Moreover, Han Shuo was different from him. He didn't lack money.
"I'm being serious. It's very difficult to live on Elysium without crystal coins to use," Akley tried to persuade Han Shuo again when he saw that Han Shuo was unmoved.
"You should heal your injuries first. I'm really not interested in what you're talking about." Han Shuo shrugged and said with a smile.
Han Shuo had just regained consciousness and his emotions weren't very stable. Jeff, who was in charge of making divine tablets for them, was very displeased with Akley. He kept shouting for Han Shuo to leave as soon as possible, fearing that the wounds on Akley's body would dirty the place.
Akley ignored Jeff and staggered out of the place while cursing. His body was in a terrible state but he didn't seem to mind it. Instead of immediately finding a place to heal his injuries, he waited at the entrance.
"I really don't understand how such a person can exist!" Jeff shook his head and kindly advised Han Shuo, "Brian, it's best if you don't interact with him as much as possible. Given his temper, he will drag you down sooner or later!"
"I'll be careful. Alright, thanks for today's matter. Goodbye!" Han Shuo didn't have a favorable impression of Jeff, but neither did he have much hostility towards Han Shuo. Such characters were common everywhere. Besides, Jeff did not really harm Han Shuo's interests and had even apologized humbly after the incident. Therefore, Han Shuo didn't feel like bickering with Jeff.
"You are too kind. It is only natural that I put in some effort when it comes to Lord Dolores's orders!" Jeff didn't forget to flatter Dolores in front of Han Shuo.
Han Shuo walked out of the place and nodded at Akley with a smile. He planned to leave the valley and head for the City of Shadows.
"Wait!" Akley shouted weakly when he saw that Han Shuo was about to leave.
Frowning, Han Shuo became a little impatient. "I'm really not interested. Your injuries are also very serious. If you don't treat them as soon as possible, it will affect your future development. I think you'd better forget about your plan to get rich for now and treat your injuries first."
"I'll show you something. If you're still not interested in what I'm about to say after seeing this, I won't stop you anymore. What do you say?" Akley said to Han Shuo with a solemn expression after taking a few deep breaths.
After thinking for a moment, Han Shuo nodded and said, "Alright, I'll see what you have that makes you so confident that I'll go with you."
"Let's choose a secluded spot, shall we?" Akley looked around and seemed to feel that this place wasn't very safe.
"No problem!" Han Shuo agreed. He unfolded his consciousness and immediately chose a waterfall that was quite a distance away from where there were few people around.
"Give me a ride, I really can't walk anymore!" Akley begged Han Shuo with a bitter smile.
Without wasting any time, Han Shuo walked to Akley's side and lifted him up. He then used levitation and flew towards the waterfall that his consciousness had sensed.
The journey took Han Shuo half an hour. On one hand, it was because the gravity on Elysium was many times stronger than on Elysium. On the other hand, Han Shuo had to bring another person with him while using the divine energy of his avatar of death.
When they finally arrived at the waterfall, Han Shuo put Akley down. Akley first looked around vigilantly before carefully taking out an ancient scroll from his bosom. He handed it to Han Shuo and said, "I obtained this from a place on my home continent. In order to get my hands on it, I had to be hunted down for a long time before I finally arrived on Elysium through an interplanar transportation matrix. Be careful, don't damage it!"
Han Shuo's interest was piqued after hearing Akley's words. He looked at the yellowed scroll in his hand. First of all, he could tell that it was from an extremely ancient era. Some of the characters on the scroll looked like curved earthworms that Han Shuo couldn't recognize. There were also a few blurred drawings that Han Shuo couldn't make out what was written on them.
"How about it? Are you interested now?" Akley looked at Han Shuo excitedly and asked in a self-righteous manner.
"Erm … What kind of language is this? Why have I never seen it before?" Han Shuo looked at Akley and thought, You're not lying to me on purpose, are you?
"It's the Maha language, one of the earliest written languages. Some of the gods in the past used this language for written communication. You don't recognize it?" Akley looked as if he had suffered a great blow. He looked at Han Shuo with a strange gaze and asked, "Are you from a lower material plane and don't know the Maha language?"
"That's right, I am indeed from a lower material plane and I really don't recognize this so-called earliest written language." Han Shuo admitted frankly. After thinking for a moment, Han Shuo looked at the excited Akley and said, "Alright, tell me about the contents of the scroll. I want to see if I can cooperate with you."
"There's a divine essence mine there, a divine essence mine! Do you know what a divine essence is? The energy within a divine essence can be directly absorbed and converted into divine energy. Divine essences are extremely rare and precious treasures on all material planes. They are only produced in very few places. This scroll of mine says that there's a small divine essence mine at the place depicted on the scroll! "Akley said excitedly.
Han Shuo's eyebrows twitched. He was immediately tempted. Divine essences were indeed a wonderful crystal mine that could be directly absorbed and converted into divine energy. Back in the Abyss realm, Han Shuo had obtained three divine essences of death which greatly improved the divine energy of his avatar. It was all thanks to the three divine essences that he obtained that his avatar entered the mid-stage lowgod realm.
Han Shuo had long known about the scarcity of divine essences. No matter which material plane it was on, divine essences were sought after by everyone. Many large family clans would spare no expense in purchasing divine essences for the sake of rapidly improving their disciples. Divine essence mines of high purity would often lead to bloody battles between large family clans.
"Are you sure it's a divine essence mine?" Han Shuo asked in a deep voice.
"I'm certain that the words on the scroll are correct. The owner of the scroll discovered that divine essence mine. But before he could claim it for himself, he was dispatched to our Blue Ocean Continent to carry out a mission. On the Blue Ocean Continent, the owner of the scroll was unfortunately gravely injured. Before he died, he left behind this scroll which stated the location of the divine essence mine, "Akley explained.
"I wonder how many years it has been. That divine essence mine might have been discovered long ago. It might even have been emptied out!" Just by looking at the scroll, Han Shuo could tell that it was very old. After such a long period of time, anything could have happened.
"That is indeed a possibility!" Akley nodded. "But according to the scroll, that place is very remote. The owner of the divine essence mine was only discovered by a fluke. He said that the divine essence mine might have been preserved. I also think that we should go and take a look. Perhaps, it hasn't been discovered yet!"
A divine essence mine could set off a bloodbath on Elysium. Its preciousness was self-evident.
Han Shuo had just arrived on Elysium and didn't have any important matters to attend to. After hearing Akley's solemn and confident tone, Han Shuo thought for a moment and said, "Alright, I'll go with you. I don't have anything important to attend to anyway."
"About the divine essence mine, let me remind you that I am the only one who knows how to enter the mine. If you have any evil intentions and kill me along the way, you won't be able to enter at all!" Akley had a plan in mind. When he saw that Han Shuo had agreed, he hastily warned him, fearing that Han Shuo would suddenly kill him, take the scroll, and go alone.
"Thank you for your reminder. I reckon that by the time we reach the divine essence mine, your injuries will have mostly healed. By then, you won't have to worry about me anymore, right?" Han Shuo asked smilingly. He guessed that this was what Akley had in mind.
"That's right. Without the divine essence mine, we will go our separate ways. If there really is, I'll take sixty percent and you take forty percent. What do you think? " Akley immediately proposed the division of the divine essence mine after seeing that Han Shuo had agreed. He seemed to have thought about it long ago as he spoke very quickly.
Akley was the one who discovered the divine essence mine. Such a division of the divine essence mine could be considered generous. Han Shuo nodded in agreement and said, "Let's do it that way then."
"Alright. But first, I need to stabilize my injuries. During this period of time, please take care of me. When my injuries are stabilized, we will set off immediately! "Akley suddenly relaxed after seeing that Han Shuo had agreed.
"I'm not used to taking care of others. I'll leave it to you," Han Shuo replied honestly with a frown.
"I'm not asking you to take care of me. You just need to make sure that I'm safe. I'm afraid that my enemies will come after me from the Blue Ocean Continent," Akley said with a bitter smile.
"I'll do my best." He had no idea how powerful Akley's enemies were. From the looks of it, Akley should have come from a material plane with many gods. If there were any gods that Akley couldn't handle, Han Shuo wouldn't mind abandoning Akley. Even if he had to give up the divine essence mine, he would at least protect his own life.
"Don't worry. None of those pursuing me can take our lives. Hmph, they just have the advantage in numbers. Otherwise, I would have killed them all long ago! "Akley assured Han Shuo.
Han Shuo nodded indifferently. He did not dare to completely believe Akley's words. Akley was a mid-stage lowgod who cultivated in the edict of destruction. For him to be chased all the way from the Blue Ocean Continent and to be injured to such an extent, it was sufficient to prove that those who were pursuing him were not as easy to deal with as he had described them to be.
"Alright, it's pretty quiet here. I'm going to recuperate and stabilize my injuries!" Akley looked to his left and right. He was about to jump into the cold pond below the waterfall to clean up the bloodstains on his body.
"Take this and swallow it. It will help stabilize your injuries!" Han Shuo casually tossed a Pill of Rejuvenation to Akley. Before coming here, Han Shuo had refined some medicinal pellets using the materials he had on hand in case of emergencies. He had the most medicinal pellets for stabilizing injuries like the Pill of Rejuvenation.
"What is this? It smells pretty good!" Akley, half of his body submerged in the pond, pinched the medicinal pellet Han Shuo handed to him and examined it. He then asked Han Shuo with a puzzled expression.
"It's a type of medicine that's just right for you. Swallow it and you'll feel its effects!" Han Shuo casually replied.
He wasn't afraid that Han Shuo would harm him. As soon as Han Shuo finished his words, Akley swallowed the Pill of Rejuvenation and started cleaning the wounds on his body in the pond. At first, he didn't pay much attention to it.
But after a while, Akley suddenly let out a soft gasp. He looked at Han Shuo in astonishment and asked, "What medicine did you give me? It's really effective. My bleeding has completely stopped and I feel much better. Really, what kind of medicine is this? Where can you buy it? If I had it before, I wouldn't have ended up in such a sorry state." It was obvious that Akley was very astonished by the effects of the Pill of Rejuvenation. He clicked his tongue in wonder.
"I can't sell it. It was specially refined for me by an ancient pharmacist I know!" Han Shuo replied perfunctorily. He was the one who refined the Pill of Rejuvenation and he knew very well how effective it was. Akley's reaction to it was within his expectations.
"Alright, alright. Behave yourself and stabilize your injuries. Don't talk nonsense. Now is the best time to recover your divine energy after taking that medicine. Don't waste my medicine! "Han Shuo hastily stopped Akley and impatiently said when he saw that Akley was about to say something else.
Akley became well-behaved after Han Shuo's reprimand. He no longer said anything. After he cleaned up the bloodstains on his body, he calmed down in the pool. Little whirlpools appeared around him. Those little whirlpools revolved around him in a regular pattern, constantly changing their positions.
Han Shuo stood above the pond and observed the abnormalities in Akley's surroundings. He could tell that Akley was currently using the trajectory of the edict of destruction to regulate the injuries on his body. There were many different ways to utilize the edict of destruction. Akley's method was obviously different from that of Bolten and the other two. It was also different from the method that Han Shuo comprehended during the destruction of the Ninth Realm Mystical Yin Harvester.
After observing for a long while, Han Shuo secretly probed Akley's condition with his consciousness. He used his powerful consciousness to analyze some of the changes in Akley's divine energy and tried to circulate the divine energy of his avatar in his own body according to Akley's method.
Han Shuo's avatar of destruction sat inside the Cauldron of Myriad Demon. With one thought, several whirlpools suddenly formed inside his avatar's body. The whirlpools rotated rhythmically, keeping pace with the whirlpools around Akley. Han Shuo tried to comprehend the marvelousness of this method of utilizing the edict of destruction.
However, before Han Shuo could comprehend anything, he suddenly sensed a few people flying towards him from the direction of the valley.
"That youngster Akley is indeed here. I didn't expect that he would dare to come to Elysium. We have to quickly take care of this matter. Otherwise, if the experts on Elysium learn of this, none of us will be able to get our hands on it!" A deep and resounding voice sounded. Although he could lower his voice, Han Shuo could still faintly hear it through the Cauldron Spirit's energy.
"Dammit, what a troublesome fella. I didn't expect that someone would come after me so quickly. It seems that this divine essence mine is indeed not that easy to obtain! " Han Shuo sensed that among those people, there was a late-stage lowgod cultivating in the edict of destruction. The other two were mid-stage lowgods cultivating in the elemental energy of darkness.
Han Shuo could use Dolores to stop them. However, by doing so, the news of the divine essence mine might be exposed. After thinking for a moment, Han Shuo ignored the fact that Akley was still recovering. He grabbed him and flew out of the valley.
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