"The Sun Gold Sutra should be here," Evelyn looked at the statue of Death, "According to legend, there is the Sun Gold Sutra under the feet of Death."
"So, the Sun Gold Sutra is hidden here?" Chen Xu reached out and touched the bottom of Death's feet. It was a huge stone sculpture.
"How can we get the Sun Gold Sutra out?" Chen Xu looked at O'Connor and Jonathan behind him. In the movie, it was O'Connor and Jonathan who took out the Sun Gold Sutra. Therefore, Chen Xu deliberately went around in circles to find Jonathan who was transporting gold.
"I told you that Imhotep has been killed by me. We don't need to find any Sun Gold Sutra." O'Connor said impatiently.
"Even if there is no Imhotep, we still have to find the Sun Gold Sutra. Don't forget that this is my dream." Evelyn looked hopefully at O'Connor.
Under Evelyn's hopeful gaze, O'Connor surrendered and said: "Okay then, what should we do now?"
"The Sun Gold Sutra should be inside this stone block with some kind of mechanism," Evelyn said as she searched for it... "I found it!"
"It's inside this slab! The slab is hollowed out so just dig out the Sun Gold Sutra from inside," Evelyn exclaimed excitedly.
"Help me!" O'Connor shouted helplessly as he grabbed onto one end of the slab and pulled outward. "I can't do it alone; I need someone else - Chen Xu come over here."
Chen Xu hesitated for a moment before placing his Book of Dead on top of a rock and grabbing onto one end of the slab like how O’Connor did while pulling hard outward together with him.
"Come on! Come on!" Evelyn cheered them on from beside them.
"That’s strange..." Jonathan’s eyes fell upon the Book of Dead. He grabbed it and asked, "Did you learn magic from this Book of Dead?"
"Don't touch my things!" Chen Xu's face changed when he saw what was happening. He stood up directly and snatched the Book of Dead away from Jonathan, saying: "This thing is mine."
The Book of Dead was his treasure, and he did not allow anyone to touch it - especially someone like Jonathan who had more failures than successes in life. This person was simply a walking disaster; anything that he touched would unexpectedly disappear.
"Taking it doesn't matter." Qiong Nasen sneered and said disdainfully, "This black thing is made of unknown materials. It's not as precious as the Sun Gold Sutra, which is said to be made entirely of gold."
"Then you go dig up the Sun Gold Sutra." Chen Xu pointed to the stone slab below and said, "The Sun Gold Sutra made entirely of gold is right there. Go ahead and dig!"
"Me?" Qiong Nasen pointed at his own nose in disbelief and shouted. After getting a nod from Chen Xu, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
"This is hard work."
"There are camels outside that can carry a lot of gold. I don't need those things. How about it?" Chen Xu tempted him.
"Don't lie to me. There are no camels outside; they've all been eaten by locusts," Qiong Nasen sneered.
"I know magic spells. Even small locusts can be controlled by me," Chen Xu lied shamelessly.
Of course, those camels were dead, killed by locusts' mouths, but he didn't care because he had achieved his goal. With the Necromancer's Black Scripture in hand, he ruled over the desert like controlling his own hands and feet with ease.
After thinking for a while, Qiong Nasen was still more tempted by gold than anything else and decided to go digging up the scripture after expressing some concerns: "Okay then... You better not cheat me."
"Of course I won't cheat you."
With Chen Xu's words encouraging him, Qiong Nasen became motivated and rushed forward to grab onto the stone slab with O'Connor so they could pull it outwards together.
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"Oh yeah...Chen Xu? Did you ask me for advice just so you could learn spells from The Necromancer's Black Scripture?" Evelyn hesitated for a moment and asked.
"This woman." Chen Xu unexpectedly glanced at Evelyn. She was much more outstanding than he had imagined, as she could still recall his previous actions and guess his intentions even in such a terrifying situation.
"You could say that or not," Chen Xu organized his words and explained, "I said I wanted to contribute the gorgeous poems recorded in The Necromancer's Black Scripture to the world. Do you remember?"
"At that time, I was learning ancient Egyptian with this idea."
"As for learning spells, it was actually an accident. Have you heard of Chinese Taoists? Taoists are similar to your priests and priests; they're all the same kind of people."
"In fact, my father is a Chinese Taoist. I've been studying Taoism since I was young... Well, Taoism is similar to your magic; you can think of them as the same thing."
"Then, I encountered locusts with you all, but at that time I couldn't run away, so I stayed there and used Taoism. As for these magic spells, I learned them later."
To be honest, this was a clumsy lie. If someone were to check Chen Xu's words, the lie would easily be exposed. However, at this moment Evelyn obviously couldn't check it out so whatever he said was what it was.
"So you've been dabbling in magic for a long time!" Evelyn lowered her head and didn't know what she was thinking.
"It's here." Jones happily shouted as he and O'Connor pulled out a box together and then opened the box and the cloth inside to reveal the Sun Gold Sutra inside.
"Wow...it really is made of gold." Jones fondled the Sun Gold Sutra lovingly while drooling over the gold.
Chen Xu's gaze focused on the Sun Gold Sutra with excitement in his heart.
This book was exactly like The Book of Undead except for its color.
"This seems to require a key." Jones couldn't open the Sun Gold Sutra no matter how hard he tried.
"The key is in my hand." Chen Xu took out the key from his pocket and threw it to Jones.
He no longer needed keys since The Book of Undead had come into his hands; there was no reason not to see daylight anymore.
Jones took over the key, placed it on top of the Sun Gold Sutra, gently twisted it open.
"This is supposedly The Sun Gold Sutra!" Evelyn could not contain her emotions as she pounced on it and flipped through its pages.
O'Connor also looked curiously at its text but soon became annoyed: "What language is this? Don't recognize any of it."
"This is ancient Egyptian," Evelyn said. "Just like The Book of Undead above. Let me read some."
"Don't."
"Don't."
O'Connor's voice and Chen Xu's voice sounded at the same time, stopping Evelyn's thoughts.
O'Connor looked strangely at Chen Xu and then said to Evelyn: "Don't you remember that you summoned a monster? If this Sun Gold Sutra resurrects something, it would be bad."
"My opinion is the same as O'Connor's," Chen Xu agreed.
"I second that," Jones also jumped out to agree. "I don't want to go through that locust experience again."
"Okay then." Evelyn couldn't twist their arms so she could only watch silently.
Chen Xu stared intently at it as he followed along with Evelyn flipping through its pages.
The so-called Sun Gold Sutra was just like what Chen Xu had imagined; it recorded magnificent hymns praising gods. The first page praised Ra, the second page praised Osiris, the third represented redemption, the fourth recorded the true names of deities, the fifth recorded Anubis' true words of power, and sixth recorded Thoth (the god of wisdom and moon)’s true words of power. Pages seven and eight were both poems praising Osiris while pages nine through thirty contained secrets about all gods including those who ruled over everything in existence.
"As expected, just like I imagined - this Sun Gold Sutra records deities' true names and words of power," thought Chen Xu. He became even more eager to obtain The Sun Gold Sutra.
However, he understood that it was not the right time yet. If he were to seize the Sun Gold Scripture at this moment, he would offend O'Connor and Evelyn, and might not be able to obtain the Death Bracelet and Judgment Spear later.
"No, I have to figure out a way to take the Sun Gold Scripture without turning against them," Chen Xu's gaze fell on Jonson before moving away.
"We should go after Imhotep once we find the Sun Gold Scripture," Chen Xu said. "Imhotep has been in this world for too long from the underworld. He should be sent back."
"I told you, I killed that mummy," O'Connor became annoyed when Chen Xu mentioned the mummy again. "How many times do I have to say it?"
"Nobody can kill Imhotep without relying on the power of the Sun God's golden book," Chen Xu said word by word. "Cutting off his hands, cutting off his feet, piercing his heart, smashing his head, even throwing him into fire cannot truly eliminate him. The only way to do so is to strip him of his powers with the Sun God's golden book and send him to hell."
Ah...
Screams followed one after another from above, as if a group of people were experiencing a massacre.
"It should be Imhotep killing people," Chen Xu said in a deep voice.
Imhotep lost both the Book of Dead and the Sun God's golden book. It seemed that sacrificing was the only way for him to restore his powers.
However, as a high priest who worshipped gods and held sacrificial ceremonies, Imhotep must have more experience than Chen Xu in offering dead bodies to Anubis for magic power. He could do it even more ruthlessly and quickly than Chen Xu.
"If he kills people for sacrifice purposes, he will soon regain his former magical powers or become even stronger." Chen Xu said coldly. "We must stop him before he regains them."
"Let's go."
Chen Xu led the way up.
"Should we follow?" Jonathan asked.
Evelyn felt scared when she thought about Imhotep but since she was responsible for releasing him herself, she had no choice but grit her teeth and say: "Let's go."
"I've killed Imhotep once already; I want to see where else he can find another mummy," O'Connell also went up with them.