Chapter 146: Starlight Ice Crystal

  Mercedes VII took out a staff from the space ring and handed it to Li Xie: "The gift promised at the beginning, please accept it with a smile, Duke Xie."

  This staff is about two meters long, thick at the top and thin at the bottom, with a pure white body, made of unknown materials. The top of the staff is carved into a blooming life flower, and in the center of the life flower, a fist-sized, transparent rhombus crystal floats.

  This crystal is suspended in the center of the flower and does not touch the staff, it should be fixed by a magic array. And this crystal is constantly peeling off blue star points, just looking at something constantly peeling off, but the crystal doesn't seem to get smaller.

  Li Xie saw this crystal stone, his eyes bulged out and he exclaimed: "Divine aura!"

  Mercedes VII was taken aback: "Is this God's?"

  People don't know what God looks like, so Mercedes VII was a bit surprised. The crystal on the staff in his hand is actually the legendary God?

  "No, no." Li Xie thought of Hai Huang's warning not to speak rashly and hastily said: "I'm talking about the gods! This thing is too beautiful! What is it?"

  "This staff is called 'Hymn to the Goddess of Life', and with this purest Star Crystal inlaid, it can not only store magic and amplify magical power, but also store divine light! This is a weapon that even demigods would fight over, and of course, it's also the most coveted artifact for priests who lack attack power!"

  Starry Ice Crystal?

  Li Xie didn't pay much attention to the staff itself, but rather more to this so-called Star Crystal.

  This is clearly a divine artifact!

  However, who can use divine aura to make a staff? Even if it's a demigod, touching the divine aura will purify the magical fighting energy on their body. Moreover, who would be willing to take the divine aura and make it into a staff?

  Mercedes VII saw Li Xie staring blankly at the Star Crystal, so he pushed him: "How is it? Is this gift from me satisfactory to you, Duke Xie?"

  "Who made the staff?" Li Xie understood that if a god's staff was made by a god, then it must be a god. But if it was made by an ordinary person, did that mean this person could touch a god's staff without being purified by magic and aura? Or had this person already grasped the secrets of the gods' staff?

  Li Xie is concerned about this issue because on the side of Hai Huang, there is a divine aura waiting for him to merge with. If he can unlock the secrets of the divine aura, he may be able to become a god!

  Mercedes VII said: "This is something that even I don't know, this staff was found by the previous king when he explored ancient ruins, who specifically made it is unknown."

  "How did you know about the hymn of the Goddess of Life, and that this crystal is also called Stellaluna?"

  "Evil Duke, true love is just a joke." Mercedes VII laughed and said: "The hymn of the Goddess of Life was named by the previous king. As for this crystal, it is recorded in ancient books that its name is Starlight Crystal, a kind of crystal that can store divine light."

  Uh...

  You said I love to talk and laugh, but actually you are saying I am a rookie.

  Li Xie felt a bit depressed, but seeing one of Mercedes-Benz's actions made Li Xie extremely surprised.

  Mercedes VII stroked the Star Crystal and sighed, "Such a beautiful crystal, even if it weren't for the sake of the staff, would be enough to move any woman's heart."

  Li Xie stared at Mercedes VII's movements, his eyes almost bulging out of their sockets.

  Mercedes-Benz 7th unexpectedly touched God's frame, and there was no scene of Hai Huang touching God's frame on that day.

  This star, isn't it divine?

  Li Xie suddenly realized that between this star crystal and the divine aura, something seemed to be missing.

  All right! Seductive power! A mesmerizing seductive power that seems to suck people's souls in!

  This discovery made Li Xie hastily concentrate his spirit and look towards the Starlight Crystal.

  No blood can!

  The divine being is filled with countless blood energies, while the star crystal has no blood energy!

  This is not divine!

  But that's not right either! The appearance and the constantly falling star points are no different from the divine! It's also called Starlight Crystal, and the stars of the Gods' Continent are actually divine spirits! Moreover, Starlight Crystal can store divine light, which is almost inseparable from divine spirits!

  Could it be...

  Li Xie had a bold guess in his mind.

  The divine body is the crystal left after the death of the gods, this staff was obtained from the ancient ruins, in the ancient times, the living spirits rebelled against the gods and fought with them, there should be fallen gods, at that time, the divine body was not as high and inviolable as it is now, so it was not called a divine body, but was named Starlight Ice Crystal, just a crystal of stars.

  That is to say, Xīng Chén Bīng Jīng is actually the Divine Vessel! But why did Mercedes Seventh touch the Divine Vessel without incident, and this Divine Vessel doesn't have any blood energy?

  Blood can be said to be the vitality of living spirits, and when a demon beast dies, it leaves behind a demon crystal that stores its vitality. Similarly, when a divine spirit falls, it leaves behind a divine shell that also possesses blood energy, which means that the divine shell also stores the vitality of the divine spirit!

  But once the magic crystal is cut and polished, its vitality will be lost, manifesting as a lifeless crystal. So, has this Starlight Crystal been processed or not?

  No!

  This star crystal is identical to the divine one I've seen, without any difference. It shouldn't have been processed. What made it lose its blood energy? Also lost the power that the divine one possesses?

  From ancient times to now, after experiencing a long and silent years, is it because the time is too long?

  Li Xie made an even bolder conjecture - there is a distinction between "living" and "dead" gods!

  This star crystal is the divine body of a dead god, while the divine body in the hands of the Sea Emperor should be the divine body of a fallen god during the Great War of Gods, which is a living divine body!

  The living divine, the divine power remains, so it is not allowed for ordinary people to touch, so the person who merges will be driven mad by the remaining divine power of the divine!

  Then what about the dead gods? If you merge with a dead god, won't you go crazy?

  Li Xie's heart suddenly started racing wildly.

  If one were to merge with this Star Crystal without going mad, wouldn't they immediately become a deity?

  Temptation!

  "Evil Duke! Evil Duke!" Mercedes VII called out twice as she saw Li Xie stunned.

  Li Xie regained his composure and took the Life Goddess's staff in hand, saying in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, who else knows about this staff?"

  Mercedes VII smiled: "Don't worry, Evil Duke. Except for the king and Left Minister, we understand the temptation of this staff and won't spread it around."

  Li Xie nodded: "Then thank you Your Majesty, I will go and deliver the gift, farewell."

  Li Xie put away the Life Goddess's gift of praise, walked out of the grand hall, and flew up into the sky.

  From the air, it can be seen that many places in the imperial capital are filled with black-armored Imperial Guards. It seems that people from the Panzen and Right Chancellor's households will not be able to escape the imperial capital. Mercedes VII won't give them such an opportunity. It can even be imagined that the days of frequent Imperial Guard deployments will continue for a while, because Mercedes VII is not just eliminating the Panzen and Right Chancellor's households, but also anyone associated with the two families - he probably won't let any of them off.

  The Pan and Xiang families are doomed to perish, Li Xie can finally rest easy, but he is still considering the problem of Starlight Ice Crystal.

  Should we try to merge after all?

  Success makes one a god, superior to mortal men.

  Moreover, according to speculation, perhaps the deceased gods, when merged together, will not drive people mad.

  Li Xie was entangled all the way, and flew to Duke Evier's mansion before laughing at himself: "I am now the Grand Duke of Tudor, with territory and private army, my strength is constantly increasing, basically no different from the Emperor, what can threaten me? Why bother to pursue becoming a god? What if I'm wrong, the dead god will still drive people crazy, won't I be at a loss? Ah, mediocre people are self-inflicted, Pan Sen's family and You Xiang's family were destroyed, I can live freely, hehe... If I take down my dream girl Mona again, being an immortal is nothing special, why bother becoming a god? Haha..."

  The more he thought about what was to come, the brighter Li Xie's smile became.

  Now the bright moon is in the sky, I wonder what Duke Aivia is doing, will he keep Li Xie behind and let Li Xie transform from a pure-hearted little boy to a real man?

  The Duke of Avril's mansion is very elegant, mostly gardens and ponds, all that meets the eye are flowers, grass and trees, until deep inside, a European-style mountain villa building comes into view, this is the residence of the Duke of Avril.

  The family of the Duke of Avril now only has her, and she is also a nun, living a simple life, so there is no need for luxury, and even the servants are few, so when Li Xie comes to the residence, no one knows.

  Of course, a large part of it is because Li Xie sneaked in secretly.

  "I don't even know if Meng Na has slept." Looking at the sky with four bright moons hanging directly above, Li Xie's right mouth corner rose high: "Sneaking a peek at my woman, shouldn't be considered shameless, should it?"

  The Duke of Avril's room was simply decorated, with a jade-like large stone serving as the bed, two high-legged chairs holding potted plants, and a square table holding a crystal-made aquarium, raising several palm-sized rainbow fish.

  There is also a bookcase with a sculpture of the goddess of life on it.

  Duke Avril had just finished praying and sat on the windowsill, facing the copper mirror, looking out the window.

  "What is Your Highness doing now?"

  Avril murmured to herself and picked up the wooden comb, combing her long, pale purple hair, with a pair of eyes revealing tenderness.

  "Will His Highness think of me? How does he know I've been thinking of him all along?"

  When Li Xie first left the Imperial Capital, he made Duke Elwes think of him every day. The simple-minded Duke Elwes believed in Li Xie's words as a so-called divine strategist and really spent one or two hours thinking about Li Xie every day.

  Thinking of someone is like faith, the more you think about it, the deeper it gets. That's why long-distance relationships between couples are easy to break up, but unrequited love will find that even though they are separated by thousands of miles, the longer the time, the deeper the thoughts become!

  Avril and Li Xie aren't even a couple, at most it's just a godstick deceiving a pure-hearted little believer.

  But Duke Avril thought about it day and night, thinking became a habit, and love naturally sprouted.

  This love was almost like a faith, just as Duke Avier's fervent belief in the Goddess of Life, she had fervently fallen in love with Li Xie.

  In fact, even without the gift of the Goddess of Life sent by Mercedes VII, Li Xie's arrival could have completely captured the heart of Duke Elwes.

  "Your Highness, if you don't come find Meng Na, Meng Na will go find you. Meng Na misses you!"

  "Sleep Master is above, Goddess of Life is above! I miss you too!"