Li Yun looked at the nine Heavenly Venerables, whose faces were full of confusion.
He took that stone again and, right before their eyes, squeezed hard. In an instant, the stone crumbled into ash.
The expressions of the nine Heavenly Venerables changed in unison!
They cried out, "Li Yun, what are you doing? You... you... how could you crush it?"
Li Yun sighed.
"You all couldn't tell?"
"It's only right that you couldn't!~"
"That was just a stone that had lost every trace of spiritual essence. It was no different from an ordinary stone anymore..."
The nine Heavenly Venerables froze, then flew into a rage.
"Deputy Hall Master, are you toying with us?"
"How is that toying with you? Do I look like I've got nothing better to do?"
Li Yun glared at them.
"Actually, that stone was not originally like this. When I obtained it, it was milky white, crystal-clear on the outside, with dense clouds and mist condensed within, concealing endless mysteries!"
"At first, I didn't know what it was for. It was only after I first condensed the Immortal Venerable Dao Fruit that I refined it and learned that it was a peculiar immortal stone called the Immortal-Connecting Divine Stone. Through it, one could temporarily draw upon the power of the Supreme Immortal Gate's true body and gain control over the Immortal Gates of some cultivators below the Earth Venerable realm!"
"What?"
"The Immortal-Connecting Divine Stone?"
"There is actually such a thing in this world?"
"How have we never heard of it?"
The nine Heavenly Venerables were filled with shock and suspicion. Clearly, they did not quite believe Li Yun's explanation.
"Is it strange that you haven't heard of it?"
"Can you possibly know every mystery in this world?"
"Come on, which one of you dares claim