I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 481 - 481 480. Handle with Care_1

Chapter 481: 480. Handle with Care_1 Chapter 481: 480. Handle with Care_1 Due to the temporal characteristics of the Silent Lands, it was entirely possible that a future Chosen by Gods could travel to the past of a Foreign Domain. If someone brought the Pure Fire from the Splendid Realm to Harmony Island and found a way to preserve it there, then what Lu Ban saw years later was not impossible.

This gave Lu Ban two insights: first, the Pure Fire was controllable. The methods used by the Chief Priestess of the Great Shrine of Harmony Island to control the Pure Fire were relatively primitive, requiring intense negative emotions to achieve control through Pollution.

Compared to that, storing Glaze Fire in a bottle was a piece of cake.

If the filth of Harmony Island could only be destroyed with Pure Fire, then the technologies and items of the Splendid Realm to control Pure Fire might potentially limit the destruction of Pure Fire on the world itself to an extent.

Of course, according to the Little Fish Man, the Splendid Realm had been destroyed; perhaps due to the uncontrolled Pure Fire?

To understand all this, Lu Ban first needed to know the anchors of the Splendid Realm, and also to use the power to travel through time, to go to the past of the Splendid Realm, before its destruction.

A heavy burden and a long road ahead.

“Wulagualahalagala-palaoa!”

Elsewhere, the Little Fish Man made a very miserable cry; most of his body had already been eaten by Feng Yu, leaving only his head.

Crunch—

Feng Yu quickly chewed up the Little Fish Man’s head and swallowed it.

“Tasty?”

Lu Ban asked.

“What do you think?”

Feng Yu wiped her mouth.

“I feel like it might not be tasty.”

Lu Ban felt his biggest flaw in life might be being picky, especially now, since he often ate Feng Yu’s cooking, which made him lose interest in some common foods.

“Let me try his memories.”

It seemed there was still something in Feng Yu’s mouth as she spoke and closed her eyes.

After a moment, Feng Yu opened her eyes.

“He indeed omitted some details.”

“You’re being quite cheeky, finishing reading them already.”

Upon hearing Feng Yu’s words, Lu Ban immediately responded.

“Otherwise, how do you think we perfectly replace someone without being detected by others?”

Feng Yu chuckled lightly.

“… Wait a second, so that means Feng Yu’s corpse actually…”

Lu Ban didn’t continue.

He saw Feng Yu’s smiling face, but there was a coolness in it that was colder than the sea water.

“Mom, did you find anything?”

Lu Ban promptly said.

“You’re already calling me old.”

The chill in Feng Yu’s smile receded, and she continued.

“There are many items from the Splendid Realm in that store at the Gate of Seclusion, and this guy had seen Du Danping during a mission related to the Splendid Realm.”

“!!!”

The exclamation point appeared on Lu Ban’s wound.

“According to the description, the Splendid Realm was once a powerful Foreign Domain, similar to the Silent Lands, ruling over many Foreign Domains, and it could even challenge the Pollution, but its destruction was nevertheless inevitable. The relics of the Splendid Realm were scattered across the Foreign Domains, some sealing the Ancient Overlords they fought against, others retaining the Extraordinary Powers of the Splendid Realm. It seems this Merman was often involved in missions related to the Splendid Realm,” Feng Yu said as if recalling.

“Able to challenge Pollution, that’s impressive?”

Lu Ban was somewhat astonished.

But upon reflection, those great beings, the Divine Beings of ancient days, indeed many were sealed away, and their interplay was one factor; is it possible that indeed this place called the Splendid Realm left its mark? For example, the entity behind the Gate of Seclusion in the Abandoned Capital, the Divine Beings on Aldebaran, or the Ancient Overlord sealed in the relic in the Pacific Ocean; so many ancient gods were sealed away, there had to be one to take the blame.

Perhaps the Splendid Realm itself was the abode of an even mightier Divine Being?

Want to solve the pollution problem in your own world, maybe researching the Splendid Realm could yield some results?

Lu Ban felt this was an unexpected windfall.

Furthermore, Du Danping was also pursuing this thing; he must be aware of these matters. Perhaps it was for this reason that he met his demise in that grand theater, under the gaze of an Evil God.

“You’ve been traversing Foreign Domains for so long, how come you don’t know about the Splendid Realm?”

Lu Ban asked again.

Logically speaking, having traveled through so many Foreign Domains, Feng Yu could not have completely missed hearing about the Splendid Realm.

“I only know what I know.”

Feng Yu did not answer; she seemed to be contemplating as well.

Lu Ban speculated that perhaps Feng Yu had heard or seen something of the Splendid Realm before without having the concept of it, and now she was piecing everything together.

“There is also this.”

Feng Yu handed the dagger over to Lu Ban.

Lu Ban saw the system’s cold, indifferent text appear above the dagger.

[Touch of Pain]

[Unidentified]

[Identification Price: 100 Silence Points]

Well now, an unidentified item.

Seeing this, Lu Ban suddenly felt a bit shortchanged.

“What’s wrong?”

Feng Yu saw Lu Ban staring blankly at the dagger and thought he had recognized something.

“No, I’m just wondering if the Little Fish Man we met earlier could be sold in the Silent Lands?”

Lu Ban pondered.

“…Living creatures are probably not for sale.”

Feng Yu’s lips twitched.

“Then what about making it into fish meat? For instance, selling things like ‘Polluted Delicacy Fish Meat’ or ‘Exquisite Fish Maw’?”

Lu Ban’s imagination ran wild, almost itching to grab a Little Fish Man and disassemble it right on the spot.

“Are you sure you’re not the reincarnation of some Evil God?”

Feng Yu quipped with a curl of her lip.

“I’m just helping them develop new product channels, optimizing industry structure, you know?”

Lu Ban’s gaze returned to the dagger, and he clicked [Identify].

[Touch of Pain]

[Corrosion]

[In the Misty City, it’s quite rare to have items with a physical presence]

[Some stones, swept up by the storms of the Misty City and polished within the vortex, eventually take on certain special shapes]

[These polluted stones, now have the capability to spread Pollution]

[Once wounded by it, one would suffer severe Pollution and ultimately descend into madness]

[“Handle with care!”]

Lu Ban placed it within the Silent Department Store to check the price, which wasn’t very high—just over six hundred thousand Silence Points.

He wasn’t in need of weapons; his crowbar was still very useful. And the idea of hearing the mumblings of an indescribable great existence and gradually going mad if scratched by it was rather dangerous for ordinary people.

As for why Lu Ban wasn’t mad despite being scratched? He believed it was probably because he had very positive moral values strong enough to resist the whispers of an Evil God.

Anyway, the item was of no use to Lu Ban and the price wasn’t great, so he decided to sell it.

He posted it in the Silent Department Store for a suggested retail price of five hundred fifty thousand. Lu Ban and Feng Yu decided to take back the [Mysterious Amusement Park].

It was time to go home.