"Thank you, Master."
Su Yuan hurriedly said, then eagerly opened the wooden box.
A flawless, perfectly round crimson pearl, about the size of his thumb, appeared before Su Yuan.
Though the pearl was currently dormant, Su Yuan could still feel the overwhelming Demonic Might emanating from it.
There even seemed to be mournful wails, like someone sobbing and pleading, burrowing into Su Yuan's ears.
There was no doubt about it: this was a top-tier magic treasure—or, more accurately... a demonic treasure.
"Master, this pearl is...?"
Su Yuan picked up the scarlet pearl and rummaged through the wooden box. Finding no instruction manual, he asked with a curious expression.
Taihua Tianji replied calmly:
"This demonic pearl is called the Jieyue Pearl."
"The materials used to make it were astonishing. After Spiritual Qi Resurgence, that ancient Nascent Soul Demonic Cultivator refined it using the moon of his world."
"The moon in that world was home to tens of millions of indigenous people, and that Demonic Cultivator refined them along with it."
"He was exceptionally skilled in the Way of Space. During the refinement process, he inscribed a great many spatial runes into the Jieyue Pearl."
"Many of those runes have immense research value. That Nascent Soul Demonic Cultivator deserves much of the credit for driving down the price of modern Storage Magic Treasures."
"By rights, no matter how well you performed during military training, the school would never have given you a reward like this."
"There are two reasons you were able to obtain the Jieyue Pearl. First, you made an immense contribution to the campaign against Yan He, the Golden Core Demonic Cultivator, so I put in a special request for you."
"Second, the Jieyue Pearl is too evil. Whenever the moon is full, it recklessly releases demonic qi that corrodes