The sudden turn of events left everyone stunned. Even Xiao Ran had never expected it.
When he looked again at the crystal in the box, it had once been crystal clear, its brilliant five-colored light flowing across its surface. Now it had turned gray and dull, like an ordinary chunk of plaster by the roadside. Fine cracks had even appeared across its surface, and all its otherworldly properties were gone.
The jade of the bracelet, once warm and smooth, had turned scorching hot. The five tiny dragon engravings seemed to have come alive.
The eyes of one dragon flickered. Xiao Ran could feel a meridian inside him becoming active in response to the blinking eye.
It was as if some energy was slowly being stirred.
But the sensation gradually faded after only a moment. When he looked at the Five Dragon Bracelet again, its light had gone out.
The crystal's energy must have been completely used up.
Seeing this, a glint flickered in Xiao Ran's eyes. The crystal was clearly connected to his Five Dragon Bracelet in some way.
Thinking this, Xiao Ran looked at Qi Jinguang. "Sorry. This crystal seems to have some special connection to me, which is why I absorbed it. I can compensate you with something else."
To Xiao Ran's surprise, Qi Jinguang remained calm. He even smiled. "Uncle-Master, there's no need to stand on ceremony. We couldn't figure out what the crystal was, either. Now that it's in your hands, perhaps that's where it was meant to end up."
Qi Jinguang was so magnanimous that he seemed not to mind the matter at all.
Such magnanimity was indeed unusual. No wonder Zhang Daoye had made an exception and taken him on as his final disciple.
But Xiao Ran also keenly noticed a change in the