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Chapter 8 Immortal Artifacts, How to Use Them?
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The distant floating island was also shrouded in heavy rain.

"...This comb even has words engraved on it?"

On the high stone platform, Wu Yun sat cross-legged on a thin cloud, using ice crystals to form a canopy to shelter from the rain, and looked at the gold, silver and jade artifacts they had dug up that day with the minks.

A dozen or so minks surrounded Wu Yun, each holding a peach, craning their necks, and staring wide-eyed, inspecting the goods with the boss.

Engraving?

They couldn't answer the boss's question.

After all, a sable certainly can't read.

"The words on the comb are 'beauty'."

These two characters are of course not Chinese characters, but this dream seems to have given Wu Yun a certain ability to understand written language. He can understand the characters of the immortal realm, understand the speech of Liu Mian, Liu Ye and others, and even understand a small amount of the language of the mink.

He put away the comb, then picked up a jade ruyi and a silver wine cup that had just been shipped that day and examined them briefly. Finally, he grabbed a short black stick and examined it carefully.

However, the stick has a simple design.

It's light and airy, like it's hollow.

"Something's wrong..."

The key point is... Wu Yun gently rubbed off the dirt on the surface of the short stick, revealing more engraved runes... These runes are too many and too detailed, aren't they?
Anyone who frequently collects antiques knows that without inscriptions, it's worthless! The more inscriptions, the more authentic it is!
This short stick is covered with countless tiny, rice-grain-sized runes!
He could even clearly feel that as the short stick approached, the cloud beneath him trembled noticeably, becoming lighter and more active!
Those who frequently read online articles know what this means.
This means the goods have been shipped!
We've found something truly amazing!

"Legendary celestial artifact? Divine artifact? Magic weapon?"
"But how do I use it?"
"You can't exactly use it to hit someone, can you? What's the difference between that and a regular knife?"

Wu Yun was puzzled.

The nineteen minks around them all frowned... Right, how do we use it?

After thinking for a moment, Wu Yun simply took a wine cup, put a small wisp of cloud into it, and handed it to Diao Baibai.

"Here, you can use this detector."

"If the cloud in the cup suddenly becomes more active, it means there's something similar to the short stick nearby!"
"You can try to find it."

Before Diao Baibai could recover from his surprise, he quickly took out more than a dozen cups and made more than a dozen detectors, distributing them to each of the ferrets.

"From now on, we will no longer need these ordinary gold, silver, and jade artifacts."

"Everyone, concentrate on searching for things similar to short sticks!"
"Although I don't know what this is or how to use it, based on my years of experience reading novels, it's probably something good."

"Go now and get a feel for the situation. See if the detector works well and if there are any more of these kinds of things."

"Tell me before it gets dark."

A dozen or so minks, each holding a cup of different sizes and shapes, gazed at the wisps of white clouds within the cups, their eyes hardening.

"Hey!"

"Ow!"

The boss has provided them with new equipment!

And they were given new tasks!

What does this mean?
This shows that the boss treats them more like his own people!
"嘤嘤嘤!"

"Ouch!"

The minks immediately turned around, grabbed the detectors the boss had just given them, picked up their lotus leaf umbrellas, rushed out of the ice crystal canopy, and plunged into the heavy rain!
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Under the cover of dark clouds and amidst the torrential rain, the South Heavenly Gate stands tall amidst the clouds.

At the foot of the South Heavenly Gate, Liu Mian and the others, wearing soaked robes, descended from the clouds and received silver notes from the examiners.

After receiving the money, he did not rush to leave. Instead, he stood to the side, either taking out a handkerchief from his pocket to wipe his hair clean, or leaning against a pillar to pour out the water from his boots, or sitting on the ground to take off his already soaked robe.

At the South Heavenly Gate, the examiner remained silent.

The others also looked utterly humiliated and remained silent.

After being soaked in the rain for such a long time, I was cold, wet and miserable, but I didn't get a single point more!
What a waste of time!

"Thank you so much, Your Excellency! I've suffered for nothing!"

It was Liu Mian who spoke, breaking the silence.

But he had already tidied his appearance a little, smiled, and bowed to the examiner.

The examiner was silent for a moment, then spoke slowly, his voice hoarse.

"What are you thanking me for?"
"Isn't it normal for the weather to have wind, clouds, rain, and snow?"
"Clouds rise on sunny days, clouds rise on cloudy days, clouds rise on rainy days... all of these are within the scope of the assessment."

"I'm just setting questions as usual. How well you answer them and how many points you get depends entirely on your own abilities."

"not my business."

Liu Mian nodded and smiled ingratiatingly.

“Ah, yes, yes!
"Your Excellency is right!"

In truth, he cursed inwardly. For this rain, the Liu family and this old man had made a great promise and given a generous gift, sparing no expense!
Although it's true that you'll lose everything... that's a different story.

After considering for a moment, Liu Mian continued.

"Your Excellency, I wonder if it will rain again tomorrow?"
"This downpour really made us look like a mess, haha..."

The examiner maintained a lukewarm tone.

Whether it rains or not, you'll find out tomorrow.

Below the South Heavenly Gate, the other scions of noble families quickly tidied themselves up and stood behind Liu Mian, listening quietly. Although the examiner's words were not pleasant, they dared not make the slightest mistake.

Liu Mian still had a smile on her face and bowed deeply.

“Your Excellency, I’ve heard from my elders that there is actually a second examiner for this assessment.”

"I wonder when she will appear?"

The examiner had already closed his eyes and was no longer looking at Liu Mian.

"When will she show up...? Go ask her."

The atmosphere grew increasingly awkward.

Liu Mian had no choice but to bid farewell to the examiner, and then, with a group of followers, she boarded the flying cloud again, flew away from the South Heavenly Gate, and flew into the vast rain curtain.

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Rain fell from the sky, enveloping the floating island.

whoosh...

It was Wu Yun, who opened the windshield and rode the clouds, circling in the rain, looking down from mid-air to observe the island.

I arrived early today, so I still have some time to look around carefully.

However, the outer perimeter of the island was covered with densely packed ruins, including collapsed roofs, broken beams, and weathered walls, which were gradually covered by lush weeds, making it look like a former residential area.

The roads extending from the residential area lead to the island's center, which is surprisingly a recessed, circular canyon.

What kind of place is this?

Within the canyon, there are dried-up streams, collapsed stone pillars, shattered houses, withered giant trees, and barren fields... But if viewed from above, all of this, whether buildings or vegetation, streams or rocks, is surprisingly symmetrical! Circle after circle, layer after layer, arranged in an inexplicable pattern!
"Is there an island owner with obsessive-compulsive disorder? Did he deliberately plan it like this?"
"No, it's not..."

Looking at the river from high above, Wu Yun saw that the winding river in the canyon looked more and more like a circuit diagram or some kind of rune.

The stone pillars and houses built along the river resemble components on a circuit board.

"Or rather, this enormous canyon is a... machine?"

The more Wu Yun looked at it, the more convinced he became that his guess was correct.

The most important thing on the entire floating island is probably the canyon in the center of the island, and the strange machine in the canyon.

Everyone on the island lives around this canyon, exists for the sake of the machines in the canyon, and serves the machines.

(End of this chapter)