Although Meng Zhao possessed extraordinary insight and vast learning, he still found no breakthrough with the wood in his hand. He could not identify its origins and could only use his Primordial Spirit senses to probe it and roughly determine its effects.
Through the perception of his Primordial Spirit Power, this black chunk of wood was saturated with an aura extremely similar to Netherworld Deathly Qi, yet fundamentally different from it.
If Meng Zhao had to give this aura a name, it would probably be "ghost"—Ghost Qi.
This Ghost Qi resembled Netherworld Deathly Qi, but it possessed an added thread of resilient vitality. It was especially extraordinary in its effects on the Primordial Spirit, mental strength, divine thoughts, divine consciousness, and the like.
For instance, if this wood were carved into a wooden sword or wooden saber and used to activate Primordial Spirit sword arts or saber arts, it would greatly amplify their power. It was equivalent to an amplifier and possessed exceptionally great magical power.
Conversely, anyone who treated it as an ordinary Divine Weapon or Sharp Tool and wished to fight with its hardness or sharpness would surely be deeply disappointed.
It was precisely because of this wood's special nature that it could nourish and nurture the Primordial Spirit beyond ordinary treasures. It was like a shell analogous to the physical body, something capable of carrying the Primordial Spirit.
The Primordial Spirit and the physical body had to become one before one could walk the true Great Dao. Otherwise, once the body was lost, unless the Primordial Spirit had truly reached great attainment and merged with the Great Dao, it would merely be duckweed without roots, destined to be exhausted sooner or later.
This wood was certainly far less compatible with the Primordial Spirit than one's own real