Shadow of Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 274 The Three Divine Artifacts

Hu Xiaobei was overjoyed and, without hesitation, controlled the Shadow Wings to fly towards the cave ten meters away.

His spiritual sense was firmly locked onto the location of the three divine artifacts, and even though they were buried under thick layers of mountain soil, they could not escape his "divine eye" detection.

As the distance closed, the perception became clearer—within a radius of three feet, a container constructed of some mysterious material isolated it from external erosion.

The surface of the container is decorated with pale gold runes. The edges of the runes are slightly concave due to the erosion of time, but they still retain sharp engravings, as if they were seals personally engraved by a priest a thousand years ago.

The Yata no Kagami is embedded in the central groove of the container. The bronze mirror surface gleams with a faint light, and twelve cloud and thunder patterns meander along the edge. Although the star map inlaid on the back of the mirror is covered with patina, it is still clearly visible.

The eight-foot-long magatama hangs above the mirror. Its mutton-fat jade is warm and smooth, with a trace of crimson vein flowing between the fine cracks on its surface, like congealed blood.

The cord at the top of the jade body had long since turned yellow, but the worn silk threads at the knot still retained a trace of its former splendor.

The Kusanagi sword lay horizontally at the bottom, its scabbard, wrapped in black sharkskin, gleaming coldly, with slightly raised scale-like patterns.

Although the gold wire wrapped around the hilt has oxidized to a dark brown, the cloud pattern is still neat, as if telling the story of its past brilliance.

Of the Three Sacred Treasures, the Yata no Kagami is made of bronze, the Yasakani no Magatama is made of jade, and the Kusanagi no Tsurugi is forged from an unknown metal.

These materials are inherently corrosion-resistant and wear-resistant, and with the protection of specially made containers, they have remained relatively well-preserved over the long years.

Standing outside the buried cave, Hu Xiaobei used his spiritual sense to perceive the three divine artifacts little by little through the thick soil and rocks.

After seeing the legendary Three Divine Artifacts with my own eyes, I spent several minutes observing and contemplating them before my excitement gradually subsided.

To be honest, he was somewhat disappointed.

At this point, the three sacred artifacts had not been baptized by spiritual energy and were merely antiques.

These three items are unremarkable in appearance, and without any historical significance, they would hardly fetch a price even in Panjiayuan Market in Beijing.

Leaving aside the bronze artifacts from the Western and Eastern Zhou dynasties, even the artifacts from last week were in much better condition.

Even so, Hu Xiaobei did not dislike them, but he was not planning to dig them up now.

Although with his shadow abilities, he could easily dig up the three artifacts and was very confident that he could pass through security undetected.

However, firstly, there was no need to take the risk, and secondly, the three of them were still enjoying their leisure time on vacation, so carrying such a bag around would be inconvenient.

It would be better to leave the three divine artifacts where they are, since so many years have passed and no one has been able to find them.
There's no rush. We can come and pick it up after they return to their home countries.

The three magical artifacts from his memory are integrated in offense, defense, and support. With them, Hu Xiaobei is more confident in facing the future.

However, he is still living in the Beijing Film Academy dormitory, which is crowded with students, has a low safety level, and is not very convenient.

Unfortunately, he hasn't even bought a single property of his own yet, so how to collect the three magical artifacts is a problem.

In fact, Liu Xiaoli had always advised Hu Xiaobei to buy property.

However, considering the need to maximize investment returns, he didn't take it to heart.

Now that we have valuable items like the Three Divine Artifacts, we can consider this issue.

Hu Xiaobei let out a long breath, suppressing the greed in his heart. Then he soared into the air, looked around, memorized the place, and then flew to Tokyo at top speed without any hesitation.

With the ability to conceal himself and the cover of night, he was not worried that flying to Tokyo would attract the attention of the local authorities.

In just five or six minutes, Hu Xiaobei flew over a hundred kilometers to reach his destination.

He hovered in mid-air, looking down at the buildings below.

This is a rectangular shrine, about 400 meters long and 250 meters wide, covering an area of ​​about 10 square meters. It is surrounded by walls and separated from the outside world. The main buildings are in the style of a small, traditional ghost shrine with three halls and one pavilion.

Hu Xiaobei quietly landed ten meters above the main hall, slowly circling the worship hall, the homage hall, and the Yushukan on the right, while surveying the structure and layout of the three halls and one building. After a full three minutes, Hu Xiaobei forced down his restlessness and slowly took off, flying towards the seaside in the direction of Hakone Onsen.

The food portions here are too small, and they keep adding more, which is a hassle to eat and easily attracts the attention of others.

Therefore, Hu Xiaobei has barely eaten his fill these past few days, and his energy supply and conversion have been much worse.

Only when night falls would he fly to the seaside, dive into the ocean, and catch some seafood to eat.

Calling it eating isn't quite accurate.

After all, these foods were raw, and Hu Xiaobei didn't eat them bite by bite; he swallowed them whole using his Shadow Devouring ability.

In this way, it doesn't matter whether it's raw or cooked, since it's all digested into energy to supply the body.

The Shadow Devouring ability is not only three times faster than Hu Xiaobei's normal digestion, but it also allows it to devour an enormous amount of food at once.

As long as it doesn't exceed Hu Xiaobei's own size, it can basically be swallowed whole, and the shadow won't be affected in any way.

Through this period of experimentation, Hu Xiaobei discovered that as long as the shadow's size does not exceed three times its own weight and volume, it can be swallowed up in one go and slowly digested.

However, as long as the volume of the food consumed exceeds twice its original size, the external shape of the shadow will become noticeably bloated.

Although it has no real effect on the shadow, it looks very strange when it is seen by people.

Therefore, whenever Hu Xiaobei comes looking for seafood, he never looks for food that is much heavier or larger than himself.

Based on the limits of digestive capacity, under extreme circumstances, even the strongest human might be able to digest around 5-8 kilograms of food in 24 hours.

Before Hu Xiaobei advanced to level three, his digestive ability was far greater than that of a normal person. After each advancement, his digestive ability also improved to varying degrees.

The food that Shadow swallowed at once, weighing over 100 kilograms, is now only enough to digest for about a day.

A few minutes later, he quietly flew back to his temporary lodgings at Hakone Onsen. After making sure he hadn't woken the two of them, he washed up and calmed his turbulent thoughts before finally falling asleep peacefully.

A few days later, the three returned home satisfied, concluding their week-long trip.

That same night, around midnight, after they returned, Hu Xiaobei spent nearly two hours secretly flying to Tokyo again.

He first went to a large gas station he had scouted out beforehand, and used his shadow ability to secretly absorb a large amount of gasoline.

Then it flew towards its destination, subtly using its shadow abilities to pour gasoline inside and outside the three halls and one building. (PS: Refer to the previous description of its shadow abilities when it entered the sea.)
They also installed several extremely simple, specially designed timed self-ignition devices in hidden places such as the roof beams.

This ensures that the fire will spontaneously combust at a set time without leaving any future problems.

The entire process was controlled by the shadow tentacles; Hu Xiaobei never touched the ground, so there were no traces left.

At 3 a.m., a fire broke out at the Jingguo Ghost Society, which instantly engulfed the three halls and one building.

After a night of firefighting efforts, the fire was successfully contained to a certain extent, but the Jingguo Ghost Society was completely destroyed by the fire.

An official investigation by the authorities revealed that the fire was caused by a large amount of gasoline, and the Jingguo Guishe fire was classified as a man-made incident.

However, to achieve such an unextinguishable fire, a considerable amount of gasoline would be required, which would inevitably be impossible to conceal from security personnel.

Moreover, the fires started almost simultaneously, and under normal circumstances, only insiders could have accomplished something like that.

Therefore, Xiao Rizi (小日子) kept the "truth" of the fire incident a secret, but secretly launched an extremely thorough investigation.

However, the incident was publicly reported as a normal fire, and the specific cause is under investigation.

The initial assessment is that it was caused by staff smoking, but the possibility of other causes cannot be ruled out.

(End of this chapter)