Chen Mo closed his eyes and sent a thread of true qi into the spirit stone.
The instant his true qi touched the stone's surface, the energy inside seemed to find an outlet and surged into his body along that thread.
The energy was gentle and pure, unlike the impure yin qi drawn from the world, which had to be refined before he could use it.
The energy in the spirit stone seemed to have already been refined. It flowed straight into his dantian, skipping every intermediate step.
He could even feel his magical power increase a fraction at that moment.
It was an insignificant fraction, but it had undoubtedly increased.
Chen Mo opened his eyes and stared at the spirit stone in his palm for several breaths.
This thing was far more precious than he had imagined.
After all, his cultivation speed was hardly slow.
But every time he absorbed yin qi, he had to spend a great deal of time removing its impurities.
Out of ten wisps of yin qi, he would be lucky to refine one usable wisp.
Spirit stones were different.
The energy inside them was pure and ready to use, with almost no loss.
That meant that with enough spirit stones, he could cultivate ten times faster than he did now, or even dozens of times faster.
"Master Chen, is this a spirit stone?"
Ghost Banner Daoist had also picked one up and examined it for a long while before cautiously asking.
"Mm." Chen Mo set the spirit stone back on the table.
Ghost Banner Daoist held his stone under the lamp and turned it over several times. In the end, he even stuck out his tongue and licked it, a complicated expression crossing his face.
"Good stuff. Truly good stuff."
He put the spirit