Chapter 2251 — What Treasure
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
The stone's appearance was most peculiar—like a piece of jade, or perhaps a piece of glass, and yet neither!
In his search for pure yellow jade, blue crystal powder, and other materials for refining jade pendants, Wei Zhao had consulted a great many texts, yet he had never seen such a strange substance—jade-like yet not jade, crystal-like yet not crystal. It resembled amber somewhat, and yet it was not amber either.
"What a beautiful stone!" Sun Jingyan could not help exclaiming at the sight of the strange stone in the box in Wei Zhao's hands.
"It certainly is beautiful." Wei Zhao nodded, but his attention was not fixed on how lovely the stone was. Something hailed as the treasure of a sect could not be prized merely for its beauty; to these ancient sects and cultivators, however beautiful gold and silver and jewels might be, they were still just gold and silver and jewels—mere external possessions, of no great use!
Money could be earned anywhere; there was no need to muster a great force, come to an ancient sect to rob and kill for a treasure, still less to leave a Heaven-Rank expert guarding this place for so many years, just to wait for someone of that sect to return and retrieve it.
So this thing was surely not as simple as it appeared on the surface. Only—what use was it?
Wei Zhao reached out and carefully took the strange stone from the box, weighed it in his hand, and examined it closely.
The stone felt very cold to the touch, and yet it gave Wei Zhao a curiously familiar sensation. His heart stirred faintly, as though he and the stone had exchanged some slight interaction, some resonance—which surprised him.
"What is it?" Seeing Wei Zhao frown, Sun Jingyan asked at once. "What on earth is this thing?"
"I don't know yet..." Wei Zhao shook his head, carefully savoring that fleeting sensation. It had come and gone in an instant, leaving him unable to catch hold of it.
Seeing Wei Zhao sunk in thought, Sun Jingyan did not disturb him. She sat quietly to one side, hugging her knees, waiting for his answer.
So much had happened in the past two days. It had brought Sun Jingyan and Wei Zhao closer, and at the same time left her both physically and mentally exhausted. This journey through the Ulanghot Mountains had been simply too perilous; even now it made her shudder with lingering fear.
Wei Zhao, unable to recapture that faint sensation, reached out and grasped the stone, slowly channeling his true qi into it... In that instant, a flicker of surprise crossed his face! The stone actually repelled the true qi he sent into it!
And when Wei Zhao circulated the mantra of his internal art, a continuous stream of true qi came surging out of the stone and into his body!
In that moment, Wei Zhao finally understood: this stone was much like his own jade-pendant space—it could supply a cultivator with an unending flow of energy!
Of course, compared with the energy in the jade-pendant space, the stone's energy was like a drop in the bucket—nowhere near as pure, and its transfer far slower... (To be continued)