"Oh? A Third Grade Azure Jade Branch? Nephew, please come up to the stage and let us all have a look."
A flicker of interest rose in Lu Xuan's heart. He had once seen this Third Grade Azure Jade Branch in a classic in the Scripture Pavilion. It was exceedingly rare; within Heaven Sword Sect, there were no corresponding Spirit Seeds available for exchange.
The gloomy-looking young man took a strangely shaped branch from his Storage Bag.
The body of the branch was long and slender, dark green in color, with fine twigs at the tip like a coral thicket. They resembled pale green jade, giving off a crystalline texture.
Sharp-eyed, Lu Xuan noticed that on those jade-like fine twigs were many tiny cracks, almost impossible to see. The naked eye would easily overlook them.
The cracks were simply too fine, and the paths along which their patterns extended were extremely natural, unlike something caused by human force.
"May I ask, Nephew, how long has this Azure Jade Branch been in this state?"
Lu Xuan asked curiously.
"Less than three days. I'm not too clear on the specifics either. I only discovered it by chance today."
The gloomy-looking young man replied flatly.
Hearing this, Lu Xuan nodded. He kept turning the Third Grade Azure Jade Branch in his hand, thoughts churning in his mind.
"What could have caused it? Judging from the way the patterns are developing, the possibility of external force is minuscule. The focus still has to be placed on internal causes."
"Then what could it be? The intrusion of an Evil Spirit's aura? Or an unknown Strange Insect? Or could it simply want to split open on its own?"
"Martial uncle, have you seen where the problem lies?"
The gloomy young man had grown somewhat impatient from