Hidden Moth-Chapter 542 - 309: The Baoguan Observing Body Can See Through Bones

The Bone-Penetrating Treasure Mirror is the Sect’s Sacred Artifact of the Observing Body Sect, but like the Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Furnace, it was lost long ago during internal turmoil within the Magic Sect a thousand years ago, and its whereabouts are unknown.

Li Xiuyuan has read about it in records and heard some Jianghu legends, but has never seen the actual object.

In contemporary science fiction works, there’s often mention of a high-tech device called a healing chamber. No matter what injury or disease one suffers, you can lie inside, press a button, and get healed. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

The mysterious function of the Bone-Penetrating Treasure Mirror is similar to the healing chamber in sci-fi works. With this divine artifact, even the most difficult-to-detect hidden injuries, including various lurking risks in the body, can be clearly revealed.

It can not only be used for diagnosis; as long as life persists, any injury or illness can be treated. This requires a high-level master to use great mana to control the artifact, with a beam of light emitting from the mirror to envelop the whole body for treatment.

Of course, these are all Jianghu tales and historical legends. Even Elder Li is uncertain about its exact function, as no one has truly seen it.

The treasure mirror used by assassin Feng Li today is almost exactly like the Bone-Penetrating Treasure Mirror described in records, but it clearly isn’t the divine artifact, likely a replica.

If this person truly came from the Xiao Alliance, seeing this replica would confirm that the Bone-Penetrating Treasure Mirror also ended up in the hands of the Xiao Alliance.

Li Xiuyuan had already taken the mirror for research and believed this replica to be extremely sophisticated. The level of its creator is not inferior to artifact refining masters like Guo Qianhuai, likely also from one of Xiao Alliance’s historical ancestors.

The Xiao Alliance has been around for a thousand years and might well have produced a few artifact refining masters. Unfortunately, without reaching the legendary Tier Nine cultivation, no matter how high their level, they cannot create divine artifacts.

He Kao wondered, "Since the Bone-Penetrating Treasure Mirror is a divine artifact for healing and treatment, this replica almost cost me my life."

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said, "No matter how mysterious a magical treasure might be, it depends on how the person uses it. Moreover, the wondrous use of the Bone-Penetrating Treasure Mirror is only a legend, and I don’t know the specifics. The replica cannot be exactly the same.

Take it back and refine it well to understand for yourself."

The curious He Kao further asked, "What exactly is a Sect’s Sacred Artifact, and why have I never heard of it before?"

Li Xiuyuan showed a bitter smile, seemingly reluctant to discuss the topic, but eventually introduced the origins of the so-called Sect’s Sacred Artifacts to He Kao.

Despite He Kao not having cultivated Technique for long and not having broad connections within the Magic Realm, he had high-level interactions and had seen more than one divine artifact, such as A Cloud, Heaven-reaching Feather, Rainfall Divine Sword...but these aren’t Sect’s Sacred Artifacts.

Since the inception of the Magic Sect, the founding ancestor created a divine artifact for each major sect, passed down with Techniques as a symbol of guarding the sect and sustaining its legacy. Its importance is self-evident.

Even the essence of each sect’s Techniques is contained within the wondrous use of the Sect’s Sacred Artifacts.

The power of Rainfall Divine Sword may not be inferior to the Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Furnace, but it is not the Sect’s Sacred Artifact of the Alchemy Sect because the furnace’s wondrous use encompasses the mystical realm of Alchemy Cauldron Skill.

Why have almost all the current disciples of the Magic Sect never heard of these things? The reason is simple; the higher-ups are embarrassed to mention it again! Out of the eight Sect’s Sacred Artifacts, four were lost a thousand years ago; half weren’t kept!

The Hidden Moth Sect, whose Dharma Successors are extinct, surely lost its Sect’s Sacred Artifact. As for the other three, they are the Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Furnace of the Alchemy Sect, the Bone-Penetrating Mirror of the Observing Body Sect, and the Zhanghua Divine Seal of the Qi Observation Sect.

The Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Furnace has now returned to the Alchemy Sect. Seeing today’s replica mirror also provides clues to the whereabouts of the Bone-Piercing Mirror. These two divine artifacts were lost during the internal chaos and division of the Magic Sect a thousand years ago.

There is no record in today’s Magic Sect about what the Hidden Moth Sect’s Sect’s Sacred Artifact was. But He Kao speculates it should be the painting "Tan Xian’s Walking Stick Painting," or it might not have originally been called that, as the portrait of Tan Ancestor seems to have been added later.

As for the Zhanghua Seal of the Qi Observation Sect’s Sect’s Sacred Artifact, it was lost even before the Magic Sect’s internal chaos.

At that time, the Qi Observation Sect leader went out with accompanying disciples and disappeared without a trace, unknown to have encountered some accident, and the Sect’s Sacred Artifact carried alongside also disappeared without a trace.

Thus, the later Sect Law Hall ceased mentioning the Sect’s Sacred Artifacts, and only higher officials above steward level understood the related information. As for the remaining four Sect’s Sacred Artifacts, each sect has ruled that they must not be taken out of the Sect Grotto Heaven to prevent such events from happening again.

After hearing this, He Kao further asked, "What are the other four Sect’s Sacred Artifacts, and what wondrous uses do they have?"

Li Xiuyuan shook his head, "You’re not a Sect Law Hall elder yet, you have no privilege to know this."

He Kao protested, "I’m the Sect Leader of the Hidden Moth Sect."

Li Xiuyuan replied, "Wait until the Hidden Moth Sect formally returns, and you are among the Sect Law Hall before speaking." And he then instructed, "This mirror, though not a divine artifact, is a rare treasure nonetheless. You should refine it well and avoid any fanfare."

He Kao glanced at the sunset, silently putting the mirror into his backpack.

Elder Li called out, "Let’s go."

He Kao asked, "Where to?"

Li Xiuyuan replied, "Same place, take me to Dragon Scale Slope. Seize the moment before anyone else knows about this place; I want to be the first to pin down Zhao Ci. I guess he hasn’t realized it yet."

He Kao asked, "And me, after taking you there, should I still follow Uncle Jiang’s and your arrangement to take tomorrow’s high-speed train?"

Li Xiuyuan frowned, "Though I don’t want anything unexpected to happen, yet you encountered an accident. As I’m not around the next step, there’s no need for you to take the high-speed train. Go wherever you will, just enter the Flower Shocking Grotto Heaven tomorrow night."