Stone of Immortality

As Zhang Tie brushed the dust off one counter and saw what lay inside, Gri and Sem, driven by immense curiosity, swiftly cleared the dust from a counter beside him as well, revealing the true appearance of the items beneath.

Even after a thousand years, protected by the counter's intact seal, the objects inside bore very little dust, making everything plainly visible.

Under the greenish glow of the three men's fluorite lamps, the treasures within the counters shone even more brilliantly, like a deep, secluded dream buried for a thousand years.

"Th-these things are..." At this point, both Gri and Sem were no longer certain. A possibility flashed through their minds, but faced with the counters on the first floor packed full of such items, that thought suddenly became terrifying. They could scarcely believe what they were seeing was real.

Zhang Tie was stunned as well. He felt much the same as Sem and Gri, hardly daring to believe he could have such luck. Even in this day and age, there were often swindlers around the flea markets near Black Rock City's train station, using green or dark-colored glass trinkets to pass themselves off as this costly special gemstone, found only in the East, to lure fools dreaming of getting rich into their trap.

Even before the Great Cataclysm, this precious gemstone had been a symbol of status and wealth for a small number of people on the Eastern Continent—or, more precisely, among the Hua Clan. In this era, with the emergence of Alchemists, it had been granted another, even more earth-shaking significance.

This precious gemstone was called jade!

Jade unlike any other.

In this era, beyond the Eastern Continent, this gemstone had another name—the Stone of Immortality.

Before the Great Cataclysm, this gemstone had been precious, but not outrageously