Another half hour passed, and the Metal Egg stopped absorbing any more spiritual energy.
Its shell had now turned silvery white, and paired with its golden patterns, it looked perfectly matched and pleasing to the eye.
Ji An drew a deep breath. Nearly a century of waiting was about to reveal its answer. This strange Metal Egg would soon show its true face. He felt somewhat excited as he imagined what might be inside.
Filled with anticipation, he extended his divine sense, only to discover that the shell had formed a dense membrane. His divine sense had actually failed to pierce through it at once.
"Hmm, is it feeling shy?"
Ji An chuckled twice. Rather than being alarmed, he was delighted.
He increased the output of his divine sense. After a moment, he finally pierced slightly into the outer shell and caught a glimpse of what lay within.
This seemingly metallic shell was actually formed from earth-element and metal-element spiritual power. Moreover, earth-element power held absolute dominance, accounting for fully seventy percent, which greatly piqued his interest.
Maintaining the intense output of his divine sense, he spent roughly an hour before finally breaking through the thin yet exceptionally resilient shell.
A tremendous change had taken place inside. Something resembling a seed lay quietly within, complete with structures such as an embryonic bud and embryonic root. Metal Element divine intent lay dormant inside it.
This metal-element power contained both yin and yang, yet what it displayed was stable Xin Metal, while Geng Metal power remained hidden and unseen.
As a cultivator who had obtained the Gathering Origin Tree and Fusang Tree, Ji An understood that he had picked up another treasure this time. He had no idea which unlucky fellow's Void Stone it had come from.
To obtain this seed, it