Ru Jijie said with certainty, "It is exactly as recorded in the ancient texts. This is undoubtedly a Withered Sea Essence Stone."
Huang Helou said anxiously, "I know it's a Withered Sea Essence Stone. What I mean is, is this really worthless jade?"
Qian Meng explained, "Since ancient times, wherever Withered Sea Essence Stones have appeared, the spiritual energy within several li of their surroundings would be drained dry, eventually turning the area into a dead land."
Huang Helou asked doubtfully, "Doesn't that prove just how powerful the Withered Sea Essence Stone is? How could it be worthless jade?"
Qian Meng said regretfully, "Although the Withered Sea Essence Stone possesses a formidable ability to absorb spiritual energy, it is precisely because it is too powerful that its body bears an immense burden and becomes extraordinarily fragile. It absolutely cannot be used for laying arrays."
Ru Jijie took over and elaborated further, "There was once a great master of the array world who took a fancy to the Withered Sea Essence Stone's immense reserves of spiritual energy and tried to use it as an array core to power an array. But after painstakingly setting up the array, the instant the Withered Sea Essence Stone activated, violent and boundless spiritual energy surged out like a mad tide, instantly washing away everything he had carefully arranged. Even he himself nearly suffered grave injuries from that terrifying impact."
That great master's experience was still used by countless array masters to this day as a classic example when teaching their disciples about the peculiar existence known as the Withered Sea Essence Stone.
Qian Meng had naturally heard of it as well. She smiled and said, "Put plainly, this Withered Sea Essence Stone is like a fish bladder. Though it contains a sea of spiritual energy,