In truth, neither of them had ever seen True Essence Jade.
Spirit Martial Saint Land had never shown much kindness toward ascenders. They had simply set up a barrier in this mine, thrown the ascenders inside, and left them to live or die. They were no different from prisoners in a jail.
Want to leave? Pay one hundred True Essence Jades. It was practically robbery.
The only benefit was that it shattered the beautiful fantasies lower-realm ascenders held about the Upper Realm, making them realize just how powerless Divine Sea Realm cultivation was in the Upper Realm...
Judging from the full-bodied True Essence within those stones, they were very likely True Essence Jades.
However, taking True Essence Jade from beneath the eyelids of a level-twelve ferocious beast was probably no easy matter.
Luo Zheng's current strength allowed him to fight a Great Power of the Divine Sea Realm, but this level-twelve ferocious beast was equivalent to a Divine Extremity Realm powerhouse. Moreover, ferocious beasts generally lived far longer than humans. Not to mention that the Nine-Headed Serpent had been ranked among divine beasts. In a direct clash with it, Luo Zheng had no chance of winning at all!
As for Mu Mingxue beside him, she had only just broken through to the Divine Sea Realm. Perhaps she thought herself stronger than Luo Zheng, but Luo Zheng had no confidence whatsoever in her strength.
The two observed for a while, looking at that cluster of True Essence Jades and then at the sleeping Nine-Headed Serpent. Their hearts were caught in a fierce contradiction.
Give up? They truly could not bear to. But taking those True Essence Jades would likely mean risking their lives!
Just then, Mu Mingxue smiled faintly. "I've cultivated a concealment artifact that can hide more than ninety percent