"I wonder what rank of strange this stone tablet counts as. Good thing I discovered the truth today. Otherwise, if it one day nurtured some great demon, I might not even know how I died." Zhang Chen looked at the stone tablet, a hint of gravity in his eyes.
He did not dare feed it any more blood. At least until he had figured out the stone tablet's true nature, he would not dare continue feeding it.
"This is a strange entity—a genuine strange entity placed right before me for study. If I can uncover some mystery from it, I'll have a few more cards up my sleeve when dealing with that damned Fox Spirit in the future." Zhang Chen stared at the stone tablet before him, scrutinizing it as he pondered where to begin.
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Chen said to himself, "The only method I have right now is the Light of the Righteous God. I wonder whether my Light of the Righteous God can harm it?"
With that thought, Zhang Chen's heart stirred. The Light of the Righteous God within him burst forth, like a blazing sun carrying vast Divine Might as it shrouded the stone tablet.
But Zhang Chen was disappointed. After his Light of the Righteous God covered the stone tablet, there was no reaction at all.
"How strange! My Light of the Righteous God can only restrain Little Fox's soul; it cannot restrain her physical body. Even when Little Fox's soul is hidden within her body, my Light of the Righteous God cannot harm her at all. Yet this stone tablet is the same." Zhang Chen stood before the tablet as countless guesses flashed through his mind. "Or perhaps my Light of the Righteous God can only affect soul-type powers? Fox Spirit's body and this stone tablet are both matter from the real world, and my Light of the Righteous God cannot interfere with forces of the real world?"
Thoughts flickered through Zhang Chen's mind as he looked at the blood-red currents flowing over the stone tablet. Those currents seemed to flow outside it, but in truth they circulated within the tablet, gathering like countless tiny blood vessels into a mass, like some enormous organ. The blood-red currents were merely the power of the vast blood vessels inside the stone tablet reflected into the outside world, captured by his Dharma Eye.
"My golden light cannot interfere with matter, but what if I press my hands against it? What if I directly touch the strange entity's true body? Light has penetrating power, after all," Zhang Chen muttered to himself.
Light had penetrating power. For instance, it could pass through white paper or flesh. If someone covered a flashlight's beam with a finger, the whole finger would still glow.
"I wonder if my golden light can pierce its material body and shine upon the source hidden within." With that thought, Zhang Chen slowly pressed his palm toward the stone tablet. The next instant, his pupils contracted. Through his Dharma Eye, he saw his golden light invade roughly three to five millimeters into the tablet, directly shining upon the countless fine blood vessels within. Under the golden light, those vessels vanished into nothingness. Then two clusters of Experience Points fell from the wound, landing at Zhang Chen's feet.
"What?" Zhang Chen froze at the sight. He hurriedly pulled back his hand and looked at the two clusters of golden light on the ground: Experience Points +10, +15.
These were Experience Points!
Zhang Chen immediately collected the Experience Points, and the Golden Finger Interface before him refreshed:
Name: Zhang Chen 1 Skill (Tier 2): Light of the Righteous God (0/5000) 2 Skill (Unranked): Dragon Qi (0/2000)] Points: 3375
Zhang Chen stood there dumbfounded, staring at the stone tablet. Blood-red fluid had already begun slowly seeping out from it again.
"Strange entities can drop Experience Points when they are harmed?" A thought flashed through Zhang Chen's mind. To verify his suspicion, golden light flickered all over his body, and without another word, he pressed both palms against the stone tablet again.
"Buzz—"
As Zhang Chen pressed down, another patch of blood-red vessels beneath the stone tablet's surface disappeared. Two more clusters of Experience Points fell out:
Experience Points +16, Experience Points +8.
Zhang Chen withdrew his hands and looked at the Experience Points before him. His eyes lit up, sparkling as though they could shine:
Name: Zhang Chen 1 Skill (Tier 2): Light of the Righteous God (0/5000) 2 Skill (Unranked): Dragon Qi (0/2000)] Points: 3399
"As long as strange entities are harmed, they can drop Experience Points! This is simply heaven-sent news for me!" Delight appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes. At last, he understood why Black Wind had swept past that night—after he opened the door and heavily wounded Black Wind, Experience Points had fallen outside his door.
"So that's how it is! So that's how it is!" Zhang Chen looked at the stone tablet before him, excitement shining in his eyes. It was as though he could see an enormous amount of Experience Points. With this natural Experience Point extractor, why would he need to dig Ancient Tombs? He could simply squeeze them out of the stone tablet.
"Still, I need to be more cautious. Even a rabbit will bite when cornered. This stone tablet is a strange entity—who knows what bizarre abilities it possesses? If it catches me off guard and kills me, that would be a disaster!" Zhang Chen watched the stone tablet warily. He did not believe that a strange entity living on blood could be any harmless sort.
"I should have used my Dharma Eye to inspect it long ago. When it dropped the Dragon Qi skill back then, I should have taken a look!" Zhang Chen kept reflecting on himself. "Careless! I was too careless! In a world with strange entities, how could I be this careless?"
"From now on, I should open my Dharma Eye whenever I can. Open it a few more times, and peace will be assured. Nothing wrong with that!" Zhang Chen continued admonishing himself.
"I wonder which is stronger, this stone tablet or Fox Spirit?" Zhang Chen pondered silently.
He had now confirmed two things. First, strange entities could drop Experience Points as long as they were harmed. Second, his golden light could pass through matter and harm strange entities.
But the stone tablet was an inanimate object and could not move. If it were a living creature, it certainly would not let him press it so easily. Living creatures had physical bodies and Life Magnetic Fields; he did not know whether his protective divine light could penetrate them.
"But it is more than enough for dealing with this stone tablet!" Without hesitation, golden light erupted from Zhang Chen's hands again as he pressed them against the stone tablet.
These were free Experience Points!
Digging Ancient Tombs was far too difficult now! Those Ancient Tombs were hard as stone, and digging them took far too much effort!
Besides, Zhang Chen needed to take this chance to erase the stone tablet. It was wreathed in sinister energy from head to toe and did not look like anything righteous. Better to strike while it had only just revived and deal it a killing blow.
If he did not act now, was he supposed to wait until it grew stronger? He was not an idiot. This was also the perfect chance to study the essence of strange entities.
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