This Gift Might Be Too Precious for Tang San to Throw Away!

Dugu Bo stared at Gu Ling for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing. "No wonder you cleared out all the good stuff so thoroughly. You were leaving a trap for Tang San!"

"If he doesn't come back, he won't step into it." Gu Ling brushed the dirt from his hands and said gravely, "But if he's thinking of coming back to steal again, he'll have to pay a price."

Dugu Bo did not answer right away. He turned and walked behind the mountain wall. When he returned a while later, he held a dusty stone box.

When the lid opened, there was a palm-sized dark-red lingzhi inside. Its edges curled slightly upward, and damp soil still clung to its roots. At first glance, it looked unremarkable.

But the moment the box was opened, the Soul Power within both men shifted slightly. Gu Ling looked down and could sense that the energy inside seemed unusually active.

"Crimson Marrow Lingzhi. I found it in a dangerous place years ago and kept it because I wanted to understand its medicinal properties." Dugu Bo lifted the stone box so Gu Ling could see the dark patterns beneath the lingzhi.

"This thing can make Soul Power rise rapidly in a short time. The problem is that it consumes the user's own Life Origin."

Ye Lingling had been packing up the last few medicine boxes. Hearing this, she walked over curiously. "Will the body age rapidly after using it?"

"When you first take it, you'll actually feel full of strength. By the time you realize something is wrong, part of your foundation will already have been drained." Dugu Bo closed the lid, his tone turning more serious.

"How many years you lose depends on how much you consume and how much of the medicine's power