The Ghost King held the foot-long Fire Poker before him and examined it closely, supporting it with his right hand while the five slender fingers of his left gently stroked and tapped the body of the rod, with the utmost care.
Zhang Xiaofan knew the roots of his own magical treasure, so he was not afraid the Ghost King would see through it. In any case, a blood-refined treasure could be used by no one but its owner.
After quite a while, the Ghost King handed the Fire Poker back to Zhang Xiaofan.
"May I ask, little Brother Zhang, whether this magical treasure contains your blood essence?"
Seeing the certainty in the Ghost King's eyes, Zhang Xiaofan nodded. His "Fire Poker" was a blood-refined object; this was no longer a secret in Azure Cloud.
"This bead was a relic of Blackheart Elder, the founding ancestor of the Demon Sect, eight hundred years ago. It is called the 'Bloodthirsty Orb.' This rod is extremely heavy with baleful energy, its black light lustrous yet restrained. If a person draws near, before they come within three zhang, all their blood and qi will be forced by this baleful energy to flow backward into the heart and kill them."
"The short staff was originally a thing of great innate ferocity, called 'Soul Eater.' Yet it is not a thing of the Demon Sect. For several thousand years it never appeared in the world, and only a few records of it exist in ancient scrolls and lone surviving copies. Brother Zhang is deeply blessed by fortune, to actually obtain these two supreme treasures of the world." The Ghost King slowly explained the origins of the Fire Poker in full, but when his eyes turned to Zhang Xiaofan, he found that Zhang Xiaofan still wore the