As she watched Lin Sheng sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, his palms, soles, and crown facing heaven, thoughts flickered through Yue Hongya's mind. She took a palm-sized, antique iron box from inside her robes.
She opened the box, revealing a Red Crystal the size of an infant's fist. Though called a crystal, it was covered in hair-fine black markings.
She took out the Red Crystal and held it in her palm. As she poured energy into it, it soon emitted a red glow, then floated out of her hand.
It drifted toward Lin Sheng, who sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, and stopped a foot above his head, hovering motionlessly.
Yue Hongya's eyes brimmed with anticipation as she stared intently at the Red Crystal, hoping to see the result she wanted.
This was a relic left behind by the First-Generation Hall Master of the Iron Bone Boxing Gym. It could detect blood core talent, and if Lin Sheng truly possessed that talent, it would reveal it.
Time trickled past. The Red Crystal hovered above Lin Sheng's head, shining red. As he continued drawing in and absorbing cosmic energy, the Red Crystal finally began to change.
The hair-fine markings embedded within it slowly began to writhe, emitting a faint scarlet glow.
At the sight, Yue Hongya clenched her fists, her face lighting up with delighted surprise.
Yet the next moment, the scarlet glow from the hair-fine markings suddenly went out. Even the faintly glowing Red Crystal rapidly lost its luster. As though abruptly drained of strength, it fell from the air and was caught by a hand with well-defined knuckles.
"How could this happen? How could he not have it?!"
Disbelief filled Yue Hongya's face, even twisting it slightly. She stared fixedly at the unresponsive Red Crystal in her palm,