The talisman had barely entered his hand when Su Shi'er recognized it at a glance as a message from Ning Caiyun.
However, though he gripped the talisman tightly, he did not hurry to examine it. His attention instead returned to the Spiritual Embryo before him.
At a time like this, within Sunset City, nothing was more important than the Spiritual Embryo.
A full hour passed.
The profound aura emanating from the Spiritual Embryo suddenly vanished, and the cave dwelling's space, which had been faintly rippling, returned to stillness in an instant.
"It's here!"
Su Shi'er let out a quiet cry.
Inside the secluded cultivation chamber, Li Piaoyue and the other six were instantly roused as well, unconsciously holding their breaths.
Under the gazes of all seven, the Spiritual Wisps that had been endlessly expanding and contracting atop the Spiritual Embryo froze at this moment.
"Crack, crack, crack..."
Something seemed to shatter soundlessly in the air.
After no more than a dozen breaths, countless azure wisps of spiritual energy, like clouds and mist, suddenly drifted out from within the Spiritual Embryo.
Those threads of mist looked insignificant, yet the dense spiritual energy they radiated left everyone present utterly astonished.
"Hiss..."
All seven gasped sharply at once.
As the wisps of mist entered their lungs, the expressions of the seven changed again.
"This... is the pure spiritual energy born when a heavenly spiritual treasure emerges?"
"Terrifying! This spiritual energy is pure to the extreme. It can be refined with hardly any effort."
"In just this single breath, it feels like my cultivation has risen a little again."
"More than that. A single wisp of mist contains spiritual energy comparable to an entire mid-grade Spirit Stone, yet absorbing and refining it is even easier than using Spirit Stones."
"And before us now are