Chapter Forty-Five: The Legend of the Idol

  Chi Huang didn't directly tell Luosi Qi the origin of this statue, instead he let Luosi Qi carefully observe the appearance of these two statues and guess the deeper meaning behind them.

  Since Chi Huang wouldn't tell her directly, Luosi had to guess. She pointed at the statue with a big smile on its face and holding something round in its hand, saying: "Judging from his expression, he seems very happy. I don't know what's in his hand, but judging from his look, it should be something important to him." Then she turned her finger to another statue, saying: "This statue doesn't seem to have any expression. He is looking at the happy statue with the corner of his eye, one hand on his chest and the other behind his back. I really can't understand why he's doing this."

  Chi Huang listened to Luo Siqi and finally told her: "You said you don't understand why this statue is like this, I'll tell you, it's because he also wants to get something from another statue, so he became like this."

  Luosi thought for a moment and asked Chi Huang, "He's expressionless because he's jealous of the other god getting that thing, so he can't show his excitement. He's not happy, so he wants to snatch it back without letting the other side guard against it, so he can't show his anger either. Then why is one hand in front of his chest and the other behind his back?"

  Chi Huang told her to go behind the statue and see what its hand was holding. Lucy went to take a look and found that the hand behind the statue's back was tightly grasping a small dagger. She understood somewhat, came back and asked Chi Huang: "She put one hand on her chest, on the one hand to make the other party relax their vigilance, on the other hand also for the hand behind her back to launch a surprise attack more easily?"

  Chi Huang nodded in satisfaction and said: "Miss, you are indeed clever, no mistake, these two statues are the gods of jealousy, the Noy brothers!"

  Luo Siqi had never heard of the Nuo brothers before, so she asked Chi Huang who they were and why they were called the gods of jealousy.

  Chi Huang told her: "It turned out that after Pangu opened the sky, the world was not peaceful. After Nuwa created humans, she lost in a battle with Zhu Rong and accidentally knocked over Mount Buzhou. To save the living beings on earth, Nuwa had to use stones to mend the sky. Since she didn't know how many spiritual stones were needed to repair the sky, after Nuwa finished mending the sky, there were some small leftover spiritual stones that weren't used. These spiritual stones, having been imbued with her own spiritual power, possessed extraordinary abilities. Afraid that these spiritual stones would be exploited by evil spirits, Nuwa scattered them across various parts of China and entrusted their safekeeping to people she had personally chosen."

  As time passed, the world changed, and some of those chosen by Nüwa lost their way due to having no descendants or encountering unexpected events. The Noi brothers were among the descendants of one such person. Their father only told them about the secret of the spirit stone before he died, saying that the stone had powerful spiritual energy and abilities beyond human imagination. He instructed them to take good care of it and not let it fall into others' hands. The two brothers' surname was Suo; one was called Suono, and the other was called Suoyi. Although Suono was the older brother, he wasn't much older than Suoyi. Their father should have only told him about the secret, but because the place where the spirit stone was hidden was fraught with danger, their father feared that only one person wouldn't be able to reach it. So, he gave both brothers the map leading to the location of the spirit stone, hoping this would be more secure.

  Who would have thought that as the older brother, Sonno revealed a secret that should have been his alone to his younger brother, making him very unhappy. The two of them followed the map and rushed towards the location of the Ling Stone, but along the way, due to Sonno's discontent in his heart, contradictions began to arise between them. When they finally arrived at Yunmeng Mountain where the Ling Stone was located, these contradictions finally erupted completely.

  Because the Ling Stone is in a stone cave at the top of Yunmeng Mountain, and the map shows two mountain roads leading to the top, one is farther away and looks more flat and easy to walk, while the other road is more rugged but is a shortcut to the top. Because the shortcut is too dangerous, Suono pretended to be generous and asked his younger brother to choose first. Suoyi, being younger, naturally chose the shorter but more treacherous path after quarreling with his older brother. Suono agreed.

  In his view, although he walked a bit further, it was a safer and more straightforward path. Soyi chose the shortcut, but the road was treacherous, and with one careless step, she might fall into the deep ravine and never climb out again.

  So the two of them divided the map in half and each took away the part marked on the map as their own route.

  Sonno was walking swiftly on the Tan Road, and although his younger brother might be in danger at this time, he couldn't care less about it in order to obtain that piece of Ling Stone filled with mysterious power. However, heaven still favored those who dared to take risks like Sonno, when he arrived at the cave, he saw Soni holding the Ling Stone, and then there was the scene depicted by the ancient temple's statue.

  Luosiqi saw Chi Huang say to here not say, busy ask what's next, she can't stand others telling stories halfway, let alone from the expression of the god statue, Sonno with a hidden dagger has a great advantage, and Soi, who is immersed in joy, may be killed by his own brother because of this stone.

  However, Chi Huang did not continue to speak in a hurry. He asked Luosi Qi: "You heard this, do you know why I want to tell you the origin of the statue at this time and not talk about what happened after him?" As he said, he pointed to Shi Xiaofu.

  Luosi heard Chi Huang say this, and suddenly realized that Chi Huang's mention of the statue was indeed related to what happened next with Shi Xiaofu. She tried to answer Chi Huang: "You mean that after Shi Hong brought back the black witch grass for his tribe, he should have become the chief, but was instead usurped by his jealous brother through underhanded means, and the spirit stone is almost as important as their position as chief?"

  Chi Huang nodded and said: "You are indeed exceptionally clever, worthy of being the owner of the Seven-Colored Linglong Stone!"

  Luosiqi was shocked when Chi Huang suddenly mentioned the name of the Seven-Colored Linglong Stone, and she stuttered: "You...you know about the Seven-Colored Linglong Stone?"

  He smiled, satisfied with the look on Luosiqi's face. "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid," he said with a smile. "I won't snatch your treasure. Besides, this stone needs to be fully activated to exert its power. To activate it, one must break through their seven emotions, so the process is extremely difficult. If it's not fully activated, it's not much stronger than an ordinary stone. Even if someone has already fully activated a stone, only the person who fully activated it can wield its power. If the owner loses it or it gets stolen, the new owner can only activate the stones that haven't been fully activated yet to gain power. If all seven stones have been fully activated, then even if others obtain them, they will be useless."

  This is a new secret about the seven-colored Linglong stone that Qingyuanzi has never told her, and Luoxi doesn't know whether Qingyuanzi really didn't know or just didn't tell her. Luoxi still likes this kind of magical treasure very much, but now she can't even activate one piece of stone, just like Chi Huang said, these seven-colored Linglong stones are just ordinary stones for the time being.

  She faintly felt that Chi Huang's story about the statue was not only related to Shi Xiaofu's affairs, but also had some intricate connection with the seven-color linglong stone in her hand.

  Luosiqi wasn't wrong, Chi Huang's next story indeed revealed the origin of the seven-colored Linglong stone.