Traveling Ten Thousand Miles Together

"Your discerning eye does you credit, Tower Master. It is indeed this item." True Person Yanghe nodded slightly. "This is Vast Mountain's mountain-suppressing treasure. Even our founding patriarch obtained only a few of them.

"It is said that if this item can draw upon the Earth's core fire for a thousand years, it may hatch a divine beast—the Fire Lotus Qilin. Legend has it that this beast possesses boundless divine might, but..."

He sighed. "Our founding patriarch and every successive sect master have buried these seeds deep within volcanic lava, hoping to hatch a divine beast.

"Yet after generations of sect masters and hundreds of years, though the life force within the seed remained, it had always lain still as a dead thing, without the slightest sign of hatching.

"Alas—Sacred Embryos live only a little over two hundred years. Who could wait out a thousand years? Thus, this legend has remained only a legend. No one has ever witnessed it."

His tone shifted as he looked toward Zhang Sanxian.

"Still, though this seed is difficult to hatch into a divine beast, it remains a rare treasure that seizes the creations of Heaven and Earth. It contains an immense amount of pure life essence. If refined and absorbed, it can extend one's lifespan by a hundred years.

"However, the fire force contained within this seed is far too tyrannical. Without the body of a peak Sacred Embryo, one simply cannot endure it. If forcibly swallowed, one's internal organs will turn to charcoal in an instant.

"But Hero Zhang, your divine arts are unmatched, and you have already reached the utmost pinnacle of this world. To others, this seed is a death warrant—but for you, it is exactly right."

A hundred years of lifespan. Shen Mobai narrowed his eyes at the tiny