Tian Qingyun saw Su Yun accept his promise, and a relieved smile spread across his face.
He raised a hand and gave a gentle wave.
Three streaks of light flew from the sleeve of his phantom and hovered in midair, slowly turning.
The light faded, revealing three treasures.
The first was a palm-sized jade brocade box.
Its lid sprang open by itself, revealing ten flawless spirit stones, white as jade and shimmering with restrained light.
A faint spiritual glow curled around their surfaces. As soon as Su Yun drew near, a wave of spiritual energy, pure to the extreme, washed over him, and even the surrounding air seemed to grow warm and mellow.
The second was a mid-grade spirit artifact: a Spirit Boat.
Crafted entirely from dark-grained ancient wood, its hull was etched with simple wind-riding array patterns. Its lines were smooth, and though it was small, it possessed the substantial heft unique to fine artifacts.
The third was a palm-sized, black jade plaque. Its surface was covered in interwoven patterns, its material indestructible, and a steady defensive glow flowed around it. It was a high-grade defensive spirit artifact.
The three treasures lined up in a row, their rich aura of treasure filling the entire stone platform.
Su Yun's gaze swept over them, and his heart jolted.
I've struck it rich!
In the cultivation world, spirit stones came in four grades: low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and top-grade. The gulf between each grade was immense.
A single top-grade spirit stone was worth a hundred high-grade spirit stones. Converted into the low-grade spirit stones used most commonly, it was worth a full million.
An ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator spent no more than a few thousand low-grade spirit stones on cultivation in a year.
Even a Nascent Soul True Lord wouldn't normally use top-grade