Old Lady Jia saw the black stone and frowned slightly, looking thoughtful.
Qu Jianlei's attention wasn't on the stone. Instead, he picked up a palm-sized brown Wooden Tablet.
There were around a dozen such wooden tablets, plus four that were slightly smaller.
Paranoid was briefly stunned at the sight. Then he took out Ke Zhe's Item-Storing Talisman and retrieved a similar Wooden Tablet.
However, this one was rectangular and had a base. It looked utterly worn-out, with cracks running through many places.
The two kinds of tablets differed quite a bit, but their materials appeared similar.
He asked tentatively, "Is this the treasure you mentioned... the one used to nourish souls?"
Qu Jianlei nodded. "I'm not entirely sure, but... it should be."
Back in Shenzhou, this tablet was unmistakably in the form of a God Lord Tablet.
Qu Jianlei had read quite a few Taoist Canons on Blue Star, and he did know that such objects were said to possess soul-housing properties.
"Then that's great," Paranoid said with a smile. "We won't have to worry about running short of these things anymore."
Then he realized something. "So this tablet was the original, and the others were all... imitations?"
Qu Jianlei shook his head. "I'm not sure about that, but it's highly likely."
Other than these, there was nothing else worth mentioning.
Both the Qi Gathering Array and the Gathering Spirit Array had been set up, but no one had much need for them.
Only after that night's battle had everyone expended a great deal of Inner Breath and spiritual energy, so they needed to replenish themselves.
From the standpoint of cultivation, Old Lady Jia was the only one with an urgent need for the arrays, since she needed to maintain her peak condition.
So after seven or eight days, everyone