Chen Qing returned to his residence on Wanfa Peak.
The main building stood three stories tall, with flying eaves and interlocking brackets. The quiet room lay in the deepest part of the top floor, its walls built from a mixture of black iron and frost jade. The floor was paved with green jade bricks, while Everburning Lamps quietly burned at the four corners, releasing the faint sandalwood incense that calmed the spirit and settled the mind.
Chen Qing sat down cross-legged and took a deep breath.
He did not begin cultivating immediately. Instead, he first took out his gains from this journey one by one and placed them before him.
Inside a Crimson Jade Bottle, three drops of dark-red Dragon Heart Essence Blood, gleaming like gemstones, floated quietly. Even through the jade bottle, he could sense the immense power of blood and qi contained within.
Inside a palm-sized jade box lay the Dragon Inner Pill. A speck of dark light swirled deep within its core, as profound as the night.
The other two jade boxes held the Green Dragon Entwining Heart Vine Fruit and the Mysterious Yin Soul Condensing Grass respectively.
Chen Qing's gaze passed over his gains in turn as he weighed them in his mind.
"I've already obtained the Green Dragon Entwining Heart Vine Fruit Bai Xi wanted. I can just give it to her when the time comes."
"The Mysterious Yin Soul Condensing Grass... this can nourish and strengthen the divine soul, stabilize the Sea of Consciousness, and greatly benefit my cultivation of Myriad Phenomena Return to Origin, allowing me to further refine the Sea of Consciousness."
Chen Qing picked up the dark-blue spirit herb. "However, this medicine leans toward frost. If I take it directly, I may need to spend a great deal of true essence