There were still three days until the Posting of examination results for the County Examination. With nothing else to do, Jiang Hao took out the Purple Gold Gourd he had obtained earlier, preparing to test it.
"Zhu Guang, stand guard for me," Jiang Hao said.
"Yes, Young Master!"
Zhu Guang took out his butcher's knife and stood to one side with his hands tucked into his sleeves. His face was solemn, and he truly looked the part of a guardian.
Sitting cross-legged with the Purple Gold Gourd in hand, Jiang Hao cautiously sent his consciousness inside. Spiritual power flowed through the formation runes, and he suddenly entered a pitch-black space. The space was vast and empty, with no discernible up, down, left, or right. After examining it, Jiang Hao discovered that the gourd contained three formations, though he did not yet know their functions.
Withdrawing from the gourd, Jiang Hao pondered for a moment and formed a few guesses. The formations could be activated with spiritual power, but as for their functions... Jiang Hao raised his eyes toward Zhu Guang, who stood beside him.
"Zhu Guang, when that Daoist used this gourd to capture you that day, what did it feel like?" Jiang Hao asked.
Zhu Guang scratched his head. "That Daoist pointed the gourd at me and chanted an incantation. Suddenly, I felt as if an invisible giant hand reached out from the gourd and grabbed me. My entire body was restrained, and I couldn't move at all. That hand dragged me toward the gourd. If the Body Protection Talisman you gave me hadn't erupted, I probably would have been pulled into the gourd in moments."
Even now, as he spoke of it, Zhu Guang still felt lingering fear.
Jiang Hao thought to himself that one of the three