Advancing on All Fronts

The market.

The Appraisal Pavilion.

Chen Lin sat in a chair in the quiet room, watching the white-haired elder across from him.

The man was named Wutian Tai, the finest appraiser in Liangyi City. He almost never took commissions; only after Huang Liu introduced them had he agreed to make an exception.

His fee was outrageous.

Chen Lin had sought him out to appraise the remnants of the Light Orb.

Although Yang Zishi had said she had purified it completely, and he could sense no unusual aura from it—it was essentially identical to the Origin Orb he had once found in a treasure chest—he still felt uneasy. That was why he had risked exposing his secret to have the man appraise it.

After a long while, Wukai Tai set a bronze mirror treasure on the table and nodded. "There's nothing wrong with it. It's pure origin essence energy now. You can absorb it directly."

He capped the Spirit Storage Bottle and returned it to Chen Lin.

Then he marveled, "What a fortunate encounter, fellow Daoist! Origin essence energy this pure is something you might not find in a thousand years, and you have such a large mass of it. Its value far exceeds that of a spirit-transforming grade spirit treasure. If those prominent figures with top-tier talent abilities learned of it, you might even be able to trade it for a spirit-condensing grade spirit treasure!"

Chen Lin smiled. "It was indeed quite a windfall. But this came from the Nightmare Realm, and I have no chance of obtaining more, so I won't be selling it. I'll use it once I get back."

The treasure was far too rare. Even though they had signed a spirit pact, he could not guarantee that greed would not stir in the man's heart. He