Xu Yi lowered his head and looked at the thing that could be seen and touched, yet not sensed. It was a three-inch Dark Gourd hanging around his neck.
At some point, its color had changed from dark yellow back to black.
Seeing the Dark Gourd, Xu Yi stood dumbfounded, unable to understand how the treasure he had once risked his life to obtain, yet failed to get, was now hanging safely against his chest.
After a long while, he finally collected himself and sent out his divine sense to probe the gourd, but he still couldn't sense it.
Xu Yi carefully stroked the gourd with his large hand, growing ever more delighted. Although he could neither sense nor use the Dark Gourd, he could just barely feel a faint connection to his mind if he stared at it intently.
Apart from that, it was nothing more than a useless ornament.
But Xu Yi knew all too well that among the vast treasures in the Heavenly God Hall, this Dark Gourd was the most valuable.
To have obtained such a treasure, he felt the many rare treasures he had expended in the Heavenly God Hall had been well worth it.
Suddenly, his heart clenched. He remembered that the Dark Gourd wasn't his—it belonged to Auspicious Duck.
The duck had made it perfectly clear: once Xu Yi obtained the treasure, it would tell him where Xia Zimo was.
Forget whether Auspicious Duck knew Xia Zimo's whereabouts. This was a condition Xu Yi simply couldn't refuse.
Even if only because of his promise, Xu Yi couldn't bring himself to keep Auspicious Duck's Mystical Treasure.
At that thought, his spirits sank. Even though he knew he could ask Auspicious Duck for compensation equal to the enormous cost of obtaining the treasure,
the regret