Bonus Chapter 22)
Bai Residence's rear courtyard.
"Brother Jiang!" Bai Luoyu, dressed in loose home attire, came forward to greet him.
"Brother Bai!" Jiang Ning smiled as well.
"I knew Brother Jiang would honor the invitation!" Bai Luoyu said delightedly.
"Since Brother Bai invited me, how could I possibly not come?" Jiang Ning said with a smile.
Led by Bai Luoyu, the two sat down in wicker chairs.
A maid beside them soon served them a pot of hot tea.
"I wonder what this good thing Brother Bai mentioned yesterday is?" Jiang Ning chose to cut straight to the point.
Xiao Emei's message had informed him that Xiao Qiushui might step into the third rank and become a Heaven-Man Grandmaster.
With that hidden danger looming over him, he had little leisure to linger here in idle chatter.
"Brother Jiang is certainly impatient!" Bai Luoyu smiled, not taking offense.
He rose to his feet. "Brother Jiang, wait here. I'll fetch it from inside!"
Jiang Ning picked up his tea, scraped away the froth floating on the surface, took a light sip, and waited quietly for Bai Luoyu's return.
What exactly was this good thing?
The thought could not help flashing through his mind.
A moment later.
He saw Bai Luoyu emerge from the room carrying a sandalwood-colored wooden box.
Jiang Ning recognized the box.
It was made from millennia-old purple-gold wood.
This kind of wood resisted dampness, insects, and corrosion.
For the same weight, it cost more than gold.
Only families of immense wealth and status would be willing to use boxes made from millennia-old purple-gold wood to preserve precious objects.
Bai Luoyu came before Jiang Ning and set the sandalwood-colored wooden box down in front of him.
"Brother Jiang, please take a look!"
As he spoke, he opened the wooden