Shen Luo's gaze swiftly swept over the labels on the wooden shelves. He found that many of them had been mentioned in books he had read before; they were all highly useful spiritual pills. He hurriedly began inspecting them carefully.
Unfortunately, the bottles were either completely empty, or the pills inside had been stored for too long and had lost their efficacy, crumbling away.
Though disappointed, he still harbored a trace of hope and continued searching throughout the stone chamber. Perhaps Heaven truly did not disappoint those who persevered, for he eventually discovered a black jade bottle in a corner.
The jade bottle felt icy cold to the touch and seemed to have been crafted from some kind of Cold Jade. It looked fairly new. Its mouth was tightly sealed, with a green talisman affixed over it, indicating that its contents had been stored with exceptional care.
A faint green glow flickered across the talisman. It had not yet lost its effect.
Shen Luo took the jade bottle. After a brief moment of contemplation, golden light blazed from both his hands and enveloped the black jade bottle.
Only after making these preparations did he remove the green talisman. Then, he carefully gripped the stopper and yanked it out with force.
With a soft pop, the stopper came free. Before he could see what was inside, a stream of black gas emerged first.
Shen Luo's eyes narrowed. The golden light in his hands surged, trapping the black gas within and refusing to let even a wisp escape.
The Huangting Scripture was Fangcun Mountain's supreme sect manual. Not only was it immensely powerful, it also strongly countered poisons, miasma, and similar substances. Containing this black gas should have been a sure thing.
Yet the instant the golden light touched the black gas,