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Chapter 443 Gods and Dragons (First Update)

Before Lukan could answer, his sister Camilla had already come over enthusiastically.

"I know, I know, it's a Soul Stone."

"Soul Stone?"

A look of confusion appeared on Li Chuan's face.

Camilla immediately explained:

"Soulstones are a very precious type of crystal and an indispensable material for enchanters to create magical items. They can also be used to replenish the power of magical weapons."

Yours is a small soul stone filled with soul energy, which is usually worth 80 gold coins.

If a super-sized soulstone can be found, then just one can sell for 1200 gold coins.

"Do you sell soul stones here?"

Upon hearing that it was an essential material for crafting magical items, Li Chuan immediately became interested.

The boss, Lu Kan, shrugged:

"This kind of thing is rare, and ordinary people don't need it at all, so I usually don't stock it here. If you want to buy it, you have to go to a store in a big city like Whiterun."

Or go directly to the Winterhold School of Wizardry; the wizards there have plenty.

Not to mention ordinary people, even lower-level adventurers can't use it.

Because magical weapons that can be enchanted are not something that low-level adventurers can afford to buy or use, and even low-level adventurers are very rare in his town.

Therefore, they naturally wouldn't spend a lot of money to buy soul stones that would just gather dust at the counter.

However, he seemed to have thought of something soon. He rummaged through the cabinet at his feet and took out a soul stone that was about the same size as the soul stone in Li Chuan's hand, but was completely transparent.

"Oh right, I almost forgot, this is a blank soulstone that I got from an adventurer a few months ago. I can sell it to you for 25 gold coins if you need it."

"A blank soulstone?"

Li Chuan picked up the soul stone and compared it with the one in his book. The blank soul stone clearly had no soul energy.

Although Lu Kan was puzzled that such a powerful adventurer as Li Chuan was unaware of these common-sense facts, he still patiently explained:

"When Soulstones are mined and manufactured, they are just ordinary crystals. Only a mage can use a spell called Soul Trap to extract the soul from an animal and put it into the Soulstone."

Alternatively, if you have a weapon enchanted with the Soul Trap spell, you can extract the soul of an animal after killing it and place it into a Soul Stone.

Therefore, blank soulstones are much cheaper.

"Okay, then I'll buy it."

Without hesitation, Li Chuan took out 25 gold coins and placed them on the table.

Meanwhile, Camilla quickly grabbed five gold coins and stuffed them into Li Chuan's hand, then turned and glared at Lu Kan, saying:

"Brother, you said you'd give him a 20% discount!"

"Okay, then it'll be 20% off."

Seeing this, Lu Kan twitched his lips and put the 20 gold coins into the cabinet.

I'd rather not have this sister!

"Thanks."

Li Chuan smiled at Camilla, then picked up the blank soulstone, left the trading post, and re-entered the Sleeping Giant Inn.

He had booked a room at the hotel, which would allow him to rest and read the books he had in his hands.

"The Creator God and the Extraterrestrial Gods"

Leaning against the wooden plank bed covered with soft animal fur, Li Chuan picked up the first book and quickly browsed through it.

This is a book that explains the differences between the gods and demons.

The general idea is that ordinary people easily confuse deities, but in reality, there are two types of deities.

One type is the creator god, which is the deity who created the world and participated in its creation.

For example, Rokhan is considered the main creator god, and most of the nine holy spirits are gods who were mortals who ascended to the realm of light and became holy gods, and are not considered creator gods.

Another type is the alien gods, or demons, who did not participate in the creation of the world, such as Azura, Boyesia, Calavicus Ville, and Merunes Dagon.

Of course, demons are not necessarily evil gods; some are extremely evil, some are kind, and some are somewhere in between.

The book argues that the gods represent stillness, while the demons represent change. Therefore, the gods can be killed, as evidenced by Rochan's body transforming into two moons after his death. The demons, on the other hand, can only be banished, not killed.

However, what is recorded in the book is not necessarily the truth, and Li Chuan felt that it could only be used as a reference.

After all, there are too many races in this world, and much of what is in history and mythology is highly controversial.

Unfortunately, the book only introduced the differences between the gods and demons, without recording their related deeds and abilities, making it impossible for him to judge the extent of their strength.

If I were to encounter this situation, would I be able to handle it?

After closing "The Creator and the Extraterrestrial Gods," he opened "The War of the Dragons."

This book was quite interesting and gave him a clearer understanding of dragons in this world.

To summarize, a man named Isgramo led his people from a continent called Atmora to the continent of Tamriel.

They also brought the beliefs from that continent.

It is a form of animal deity worship, in which they worship eagles, wolves, snakes, moths, owls, whales, bears, foxes, and dragons as gods.

Historians have determined that those animals are actually incarnations of the Holy Spirits.

This reminded Li Chuan of the patterns he saw on the stone walls when he explored the Desolate Waterfall Ancient Tomb during the day; they were indeed depictions of human worship of animals.

Moreover, the carvings on those mechanisms depict several of these animals.

The book says that the most powerful deity is the dragon, and later these dragons actually appeared on the continent of Tamriel.

In order to worship the dragons, humans built temples for them and prepared offerings. The dragons also shared some of their power with some of the humans, and these humans were the dragon sacrificers.

Everything was harmonious at first, but later a certain dragon priest became ambitious and wanted to rule and enslave all of humanity through ruthless means, which led to resistance.

Finally, it involved dragons, turning into a war between dragons and humans.

At first, humans were no match for the powerful dragons and suffered heavy casualties. But for some reason, some of the dragons sided with humans and taught them how to use magic.

Thus, the scales of victory tipped in favor of humankind. Dragon priests and many dragons were killed, while a small number of dragons were driven away to places far from humankind.

The surviving loyal followers of the dragons built dragon tombs for the dead dragons, believing that the dragons would eventually return.

As for why a small number of dragons would betray their own race and help humans.

According to the priests of the Nine Gods at the time, it was the great Time Dragon God Akatosh who personally intervened in this matter.

The Time Dragon God Akatosh is not described in detail in the book, but Li Chuan also learned about him from Locke's memories. He is the chief god among the Nine Holy Spirits, the first god, and the legendary father of all dragons, who wields the most powerful laws of time.

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(End of this chapter)