"Speaker Baker, what's this blackened Firewood Stick?"
Xiao Tian took out the "Firewood Stick" she had obtained in the first secret realm from her Space Ring and casually tossed it onto the table in front of Cindy Doppler.
"Careful! You can't just throw that around!" Cindy Doppler hurriedly caught the wooden stick in fright.
This was a treasure found using the Treasure Map. If it broke from a fall, that would be a disaster!
After catching it, he raised the stick close to his eyes and carefully inspected it, studying the patterns on its surface.
The stick looked utterly ordinary, just as Xiao Tian had said—like a Firewood Stick.
Yet through the grain of the wood, Cindy Doppler keenly noticed that several lines of grain near the middle formed a tiny "vortex."
At the very center of the "vortex," a minute fiery-red spot could be seen if one looked closely enough.
That spot was incredibly small, even smaller than the tip of a needle. It would be impossible to notice without close inspection.
"I know what this is!" Upon seeing the vortex-shaped wood grain and the red dot at its center, Cindy Doppler shouted excitedly.
"You know? Is it a treasure?" Xiao Tian's spirits rose as well.
Naturally, she did not want all her long effort to have been for nothing. Getting a treasure would certainly be wonderful!
"I can guarantee with 99% certainty that this is a piece of Dragon Soul Wood!" Cindy Doppler declared confidently. "My heavens, such a thick and long branch—this should be a main branch from a Dragon Soul Tree, right? Human, you've really hit the jackpot this time!"
"Dragon Soul Wood? What's that?" A cute little question mark seemed to pop up over Xiao Tian's head.
However, Cindy Doppler did not answer her immediately.