The Wealth of a Ninth-Rank Serpent Demon

"Due to certain reasons, the clan's top-tier Floating Continent Essence Core differentiation secret arts cannot be passed down externally. This Three-Part Return-to-Origin Method can only be considered middling among such secret arts..."

In the main hall of the Yaoguang Star Tower, Whitebrow, logged in with her true body, handed Song Chi a green tortoiseshell etched with mysterious energy.

The green tortoiseshell was inscribed with countless law-script characters, recording the Three-Part Return-to-Origin Method Whitebrow had mentioned.

The Three-Part Return-to-Origin Method was a mid-tier Floating Continent Essence Core differentiation secret art. Once successfully comprehended, it allowed one to expend vast resources to split the Essence Core of a designated floating continent into three portions.

Likewise, it could naturally fuse with up to three Star Sea Marvels afterward. As far as Song Chi knew, the Changsun Clan of the Grand Tang Dynasty used a differentiation secret art of this very level.

Though Song Chi was excited as he accepted the green tortoiseshell, he did not behave discourteously. His gaze merely swept over it once before quickly returning to Whitebrow's face.

It would be a lie to say he was not grateful for everything Whitebrow had done. He had only made a tentative inquiry through the Yao Guang Star Token, yet she had immediately responded—and had even come in person with the Three-Part Return-to-Origin Method. How could he not be grateful for such trust and support?

Yet after considering the resources he currently possessed, Song Chi realized that aside from Gold Apples and seventh-rank Time Realm Fruits, he had nothing else he could offer as repayment.

More importantly, he did not currently have any mature eighth-rank Gold Apples. He did, however, possess two seventh-rank Time Realm Fruits.

At that thought, Song Chi seemed to have reached a decision.

He said,

"Whitebrow, I've received your