Chen Lin read through the contents of the pages, committed them to memory, then set them aside for the time being.
Comprehending a cultivation technique was not something he could accomplish overnight. He would first see what else was in the chest.
After sorting through it, he found five items in all.
A Bamboo Slip, a scroll, a broken saber, and a fist-sized Black Object.
The last item was a strange statue.
The statue was the reason such a large chest had been used. The other items were all quite small.
Chen Lin picked up the statue first and examined it carefully.
It was about a chi and a half tall, humanoid, with a pair of black wings on its back. Its overall proportions were fairly normal.
But aside from its mouth, its entire face had only a single vertical pupil, giving it an uncanny, sinister appearance.
Chen Lin drew a breath.
He rummaged through his ring, took out a box, and opened it to reveal a roll of paper.
Blind Girl had given him this paper roll long ago. On it was a portrait copied from a giant statue worshipped in the Secret Realm of Mo Qingtong's Family.
He unrolled the paper.
Chen Lin looked at the portrait, then at the statue beside it, his brows drawing together slightly.
The other parts of these two statues differed greatly, but their solitary eyes were exactly alike!
Both had golden pupils, black irises, and red eyelids.
They were exceptionally eerie.
And extremely similar to Xiao Luo.
After studying them for a while, Chen Lin set them down with a look of uncertainty and surprise, collected himself, and continued examining the other items.
He picked up the Bamboo Slip first.
He was very familiar with this sort of Bamboo Slip. Elder Ancient