"Just now, when I was chopping down trees in the jungle, I suddenly came across an old tree with a human face growing on it. It was terrifying."
Qian Gongyu made a grimace. It was unclear whether she was showing the foolish look she had worn after being frightened or imitating that old tree. "But I kept my cool in the face of danger. I didn't leave. Instead, I started talking to it. It said that as long as I gave it fifty spirit jades, it would gift me a cultivation manual."
"After I threw fifty spirit jades into its mouth, it chewed for a while, then actually spat out a manual! Once I finished reading it, I immediately mastered advanced boxing techniques. Then I underwent a second class advancement and became an Iron Claw Herald. My blood and qi surged, my strength soared, and my speed rocketed! But that old tree turned into an ordinary tree. It didn't even react when I chopped it down."
Although Qian Gongyu had done her best to describe the process as thrilling and dangerous, no matter how one listened to it, it was simply a story about her getting unbelievably lucky. The ending, however, completely refreshed everyone's understanding of her. Some unknown existence had just given you a cultivation manual, and you actually dared to chop it down? You're even more reckless than Jiang Shi.
Jiang Shi also told them about encountering the Spirit Gathering Stone Seat and took out the jade pendant to show everyone. The difference between ordinary relics and rare relics was extremely obvious. Ordinary relics had no luster, while rare relics glowed blue.
"You're saying that the Spirit Gathering Stone Seat can enhance any ordinary relic into a rare relic?" Shang Xin Lei placed heavy emphasis on the word