Not long after Xu Yi took his seat, a Brocade-robed Young Master stepped forward and clasped his hands in salute. "All of you are renowned experts of this age. To have you gather here today for my father's sake is a blessing for the Wei Family and a rare occasion. And since it is such a grand occasion, how could we not mark it with a grand gesture? I, Wei Xiang, am but a humble junior, yet I have a difficult question and would ask you great experts to take a look and see if you can help me solve it. If you can, that would be a grand gesture worthy of this gathering."
As he spoke, a dark, inky ball the size of an egg appeared in his palm. "This Sea King Gall came into my possession by chance. As everyone knows, the Sea King Gall has the miraculous effect of strengthening one's qi and blood and repairing the soul. But before it can do so, a renowned alchemist must use a secret art to inscribe alchemical patterns upon it. Only then can the Sea King Gall's miraculous effects be brought forth."
"I was fortunate enough to search far and wide and eventually find a master of the Way of Alchemy to inscribe alchemical patterns on this Sea King Gall. But my cultivation was insufficient, and I could never light them."
"Now that I have the good fortune to meet all of you great experts, this is surely a rare opportunity. Of course, I won't take advantage of you for nothing. Anyone who can light the alchemical patterns on this Sea King Gall, even by the slightest amount, will receive ten mid-grade Spirit Stones from me."
The protectors the Wei Family had invited were all Yang Venerate experts at