Origin Crystals

For artifacts tightly wrapped in Spirit-Sealing Restrictions like these, anyone could tell at a glance that the contents could not come into contact with Spiritual Qi.

However, such Restrictions often had a small switch that, once activated, allowed spiritual sense to penetrate inside.

Yet what Luo Hong saw with his spiritual sense was a transparent crystal grain, merely one-tenth the size of a grain of rice, sitting within the palm-sized jade bottle.

This transparent crystal grain was so faint as to be nearly invisible. His spiritual sense could detect not the slightest aura from it. It was exceedingly strange.

There was no trace of this item in any records from the Mortal World, yet Luo Hong recognized it at a glance.

"What is this? Bear has never seen or even heard of it before. Don't tell me the Jade Bottles in your hands also contain transparent crystal grains?"

The Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear withdrew his spiritual sense and looked at Luo Hong and the others with furrowed brows.

"This item is so tiny, yet Lord of Taiping Prefecture stored it separately in nine Spirit-Sealing Bottles. It must have held some special significance for him. Its origins are likely far from ordinary."

Yi Xitian pinched the jade bottle in his hand, his tone filled with uncertainty.

"Humph! Even Lord of Taiping Prefecture himself likely failed to comprehend such an ancient oddity. It would be even less likely to be of any use to us!"

The Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear tossed the jade bottle aside without interest, then drew over a wooden box for inspection.

"Hiss! This Prefect actually preserved parts of ancient beasts' internal organs so solemnly. Could he have had some peculiar hobby?"

The wooden box had no strict Spirit-Sealing Restriction. The Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear directly slid open its lid, revealing an