The True Dragon Ancient Sword had long since reached seven patterns, the highest limit ever attained in the history of the Human Race.
The Half-Sages had ways to find some dragon qi, but the problem was that once a Tongue Sword advanced into a sacred sword, the amount of dragon qi needed to form a dragon pattern multiplied countless times. As a result, the sages strengthened themselves in other ways rather than seeking out the exceedingly rare dragon qi.
Fang Yun was still unsure how much dragon qi the four jars he had obtained here contained, but one thing was certain: after absorbing all four jars, his sword would have at least eight dragon patterns, becoming the first eight-pattern True Dragon Ancient Sword in human history. Moreover, they would be true dragon patterns, not the void dragon patterns others possessed.
The only frustrating thing was that the True Dragon Ancient Sword was not alone in absorbing the dragon qi. As before, the Literary Palace Coiled Dragon absorbed it too.
While absorbing the dragon qi, Fang Yun stared at the four Heavenly Gift Jade Monkeys on the tree.
He studied them carefully. Each of the four monkeys was different, but their true differences could not be discerned from appearance alone.
The star script contained no record of how to choose a jade monkey, either. The whole process seemed to consist of coming in and picking one at random-so casual it was absurd.
Among humans, a grand ceremony would surely have been held, and the treasure would only have been taken after the ritual offerings were complete.
Fang Yun studied the jade monkey fruits for a long while without discovering anything, so he continued contemplating the other star script, hoping to gain more useful information.
He repeatedly read the passages concerning the