CHAPTER 413: CHAPTER 189: LIGHTSPEED NO. 2

"Cut him." Li Xiu directly commanded the Jedi Knight.

The Jedi Knight raised his blade, ready to strike at the Spirit-Eating Tree, when the tree’s face hurriedly shouted, "The thing I mentioned is the Suihou Bead, one of the two treasures most cherished by the First Emperor."

"Continue, my patience is limited. This is your last chance." Li Xiu stopped the Jedi Knight and spoke coldly to the tree’s face.

In fact, Li Xiu didn’t know what the Suihou Bead was; he had never even heard of it.

"The First Emperor had two treasures; later generations only know about one of them, the Heirloom Seal of the Realm, but few know about the Suihou Bead," the tree’s face dared not keep secrets and clearly explained the origins of the Suihou Bead.

During the Spring and Autumn period, there was a small country called the Chu Kingdom. While traveling, the ruler, Suihou, saw a wounded large snake on the road. Seeing the snake in extreme pain, he couldn’t bear it and helped treat the snake and released it.

Then followed the well-known story of the spirit snake repaying kindness. That night, the snake returned with a bead in its mouth, presenting it to Suihou as a token of gratitude.

The bead shone brightly at night, emanating a strange radiance.

Legend has it that the bead was the inner core of the snake, so some called it the Spiritual Snake Bead, but most still referred to it as the Suihou Bead.

Later, the Chu Kingdom was conquered by the Qin Dynasty, and the Suihou Bead fell into the hands of the First Emperor, considered one of his most treasured possessions, as famous as the Heirloom Seal of the Realm.

After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, the Suihou Bead disappeared along with the Heirloom Seal of the Realm. Later, the Heirloom Seal frequently appeared, but the Suihou Bead was never seen again, its whereabouts unknown to this day.

So there was not much information about the Suihou Bead to begin with, and it was normal for Li Xiu not to have heard of it.

The tree’s face continued, "Many people think the Suihou Bead might be an ordinary Luminous Bead or something similar, but that’s incorrect. The Suihou Bead is a kind of Gemstone, a Gemstone that glows on its own."

"Do you take me for an illiterate? A stone that glows on Earth might suggest it has radiation. If the First Emperor wore a radioactive Gemstone, was he tired of living?" Li Xiu frowned and said.

Common Gemstones reflect light but don’t emit it themselves. Many naturally glowing Gemstones are likely to contain radioactive elements, making them harmful to wear.

Gemstones with excessive radiation are often seen as beautiful, like natural zircon. The color and fire are very attractive, but natural zircon can have excessive radiation, so unless tested by a professional, they should not be worn casually.

"A stone that glows on its own doesn’t necessarily have radiation; it might also be a Demon Spirit Gemstone. That Suihou Bead is a Demon Spirit Gemstone, and the spirit within is extraordinary, completely different from regular Demon Spirit Gemstones."

The tree’s face looked at Li Xiu and asked, "The Demon Spirit Gemstones you’ve seen, don’t the spirits they form usually take humanoid forms?"

"Correct." Li Xiu nodded.

"But the spirit formed by the Suihou Bead is a white snake," the tree’s face said.

"Even if the Suihou Bead exists, as a Demon Spirit Gemstone, how does this relate to you and prove you are from the Qin Dynasty?" Li Xiu asked, looking at the tree’s face.

"The Suihou Bead disappeared when the Qin Dynasty fell. Do you know why no one has seen it for thousands of years?" The tree’s face smugly said, "Because that Suihou Bead was stolen by me during the chaos when the Qin Dynasty fell, always kept by my side, it’s naturally impossible for it to circulate."

"My first Gem Demon Spirit came from the Suihou Bead, a genuine Radiant Demon Spirit. That White Snake Demon Spirit has accompanied me for thousands of years, advancing to S-rank. It has saved me from countless disasters. If you spare me, I can give you the Suihou Bead," the tree’s face said.

"You can’t not know that a contracted Gem Demon Spirit cannot bond with a second person unless the owner dies, right?" Li Xiu said.

"Do you think I still count as a living being now?" The tree’s face laughed miserably.

"That’s true. Where is the Suihou Bead?" Li Xiu laughed.

"The Suihou Bead is not on me, but I can tell you where it’s hidden; you can go retrieve it yourself," the tree’s face said.

"You’ve really gone to great lengths to create such a story to save yourself; I almost believed it," Li Xiu coldly stared at the tree’s face and said.

With a contracted Demon Spirit Gemstone, the Gemstone can automatically return to its owner. If the Suihou Bead was indeed contracted by this strange person, how could it not be with him?

"That old thing wanted to harm me. If I had the Suihou Bead on me at the time, do you think he wouldn’t have seized it? You wouldn’t even have a chance," the tree’s face sighed. "I was always on guard against that old fellow, but I still lost in the end. However, before I was imprisoned in the Paradise Elixir Bottle, I used some strategies I had prepared beforehand to separate the Suihou Bead from me and hide it in a place. If you want the Suihou Bead, you’ll have to fetch it yourself. Even if you wanted to kill me, I couldn’t get it here," the tree’s face said.

"Where is the Suihou Bead?" Li Xiu pondered.

"The place used to be called Rolling Dragon Slope. There’s a crooked old tree on the slope, and the Suihou Bead is buried beneath it..." the tree’s face said in great detail, elaborating on the name of the region where Rolling Dragon Slope was located.