Seeing Cao Jin's eager look as he presented his treasure, Li Yun couldn't help smiling.
"What good thing have you hidden in that box this time?"
"You even kept it in another room?"
"And you're only telling me after all these years... What, were you afraid I'd steal it?"
Cao Jin looked a little embarrassed.
Truth be told, he had stored this treasure separately precisely to keep it from being stolen. He wasn't about to put all his eggs in one basket.
But over the past few years, under Li Yun's guidance, his strength had advanced by leaps and bounds. He had also come to understand that the Cao Family's so-called treasures were nothing in Li Yun's eyes.
Yet he truly didn't know what else he could offer to repay Li Yun.
In the end, he decided to bring out this treasure.
"My lord, you jest... How could the few things our Cao Family owns catch your eye? But what is inside this box truly is unusual."
"When my ancestor was still alive, he warned me again and again: anything else could be lost, but not this."
Li Yun was slightly surprised.
"What do you mean?"
"Are you saying what's in this box is more precious than the Sky-reaching Sword Dao and that ancestral Red Gold Divine Medicine?"
Cao Jin nodded, then shook his head.
"I'm sorry, my lord. I don't actually know," he said. "But my ancestor gave me exactly that warning. He told me that no matter what, I must never let anyone else know this treasure exists."
"If I had no other choice, I could hand over the Sky-reaching Sword Dao, even the Red Gold Divine Medicine... but not this treasure."
"Well, now you've got me interested. Is it another Divine Medicine?"
"N-no, it isn't Divine Medicine.