Chapter 822: Death By A Single Sentence
Amazingly, the furnace actually shrank to about one meter in height.
“Huh? Smaller, make it even smaller,” Li Xiaofei quickly said.
The furnace spun and shrank again. Now it was only about twenty centimeters high. It now looked like a miniature pagoda in his palm. Li Xiaofei was delighted.
Could this thing be a spiritual treasure like the Ruyi Golden Cudgel? One that could change size at will?
He experimented a bit more. Sure enough, the furnace could grow and shrink according to his will. While thrilled, Li Xiaofei couldn’t help feeling a bit puzzled.
What’s going on?
It was clearly responding to his control. But he hadn’t performed any refining or binding rituals, had he? Holding the now-miniature furnace in his palm, he turned toward the skeletal remains of the young Daoist.
He could more or less infer what had happened. The child must have hidden in the well to escape a terrifying pursuer. Unfortunately, his injuries were too severe, and the poison from the black substance too deadly. In the end, he didn't survive.
He must have been someone from Heaven. But what kind of creature could not only kill him, but leave claw marks strong enough to shatter the furnace?
A Reaper?
Li Xiaofei pondered for a long while. Finally, he gently and carefully laid the child’s skeleton back in the hidden chamber.
“Rest well, senior,” he murmured. “I will take the treasure you guarded with me. I’ll use it for righteous purposes.”