Soon, the stone door closed, completely shutting out all sounds from outside.
Inside the secret chamber, Gu Qinghe leaned against the stone door, his chest heaving violently.
He clutched the two jade boxes containing the Earth Spirit Fruit and Dragon Marrow Zhi tightly in his arms, his fingers curling slightly.
The scene he had just witnessed in the Martial Training Plaza kept replaying in his mind.
Han Yu and Lu Chang'an's severe injuries, and the weakness their pale faces could not conceal.
Both had risked grievous injury to bring the medicinal ingredients out of the secret realm.
Gu Qinghe drew a deep breath and gently set down the two jade boxes.
The Gu Household had once treated him as a pawn to be discarded at will, even sending Deathsworn to kill him mercilessly during his escape.
Back then, he had thought he would spend his entire life in that residence as a pill-refining tool, until every last drop of his worth had been squeezed out.
The Eternal Life Martial Sect had saved him and taken him in. Su Yueli had given him a chance at a new life, and Han Yu and Lu Chang'an had risked their lives to win him this Heaven and Earth Spirit Flame.
"I can't waste it. Not a single grain of medicinal potency can go to waste."
Gu Qinghe spoke quietly. The weariness in his eyes swiftly receded, replaced by pure obstinacy.
He raised his right hand, and the fire-and-wood dual-attribute spiritual power within him abruptly began circulating.
Boom!
A mass of pitch-black Netherflame Earthfire surged fiercely from his palm.
Gu Qinghe lifted his hand and opened the jade box.
The Fifth-Tier Supreme-Grade Dragon Marrow Zhi was exposed to the air, and potent fluctuations of qi and blood instantly filled the entire chamber.
Crimson-gold patterns