"Good, good! I knew I hadn't misjudged you, my young friend."
After sensing the aura Ji Yuan had deliberately released, Mei Zhuang could not help stepping forward and clapping him hard on the shoulder. He laughed heartily.
The immense pressure on his shoulder told Ji Yuan that Mei Zhuang was still testing his true strength.
Even though Ji Yuan had said he had reached the Sinew Tempering Peak Realm, Mei Zhuang still did not believe him.
He would only believe it after testing Ji Yuan himself. What a cautious old schemer.
The Partridge Armor blocked most of the pressure on his shoulder. Only a little reached his body, and that was weaker than the energy eighty li into the Thunderstorm Zone. Ji Yuan's expression naturally remained unchanged.
Mei Zhuang looked even more pleased by his reaction.
"Good!"
Ji Yuan grew more deferential. Cupping his hands, he smiled and said, "I'm glad I haven't let you down, Manor Lord."
"Good! Your breakthrough deserves a celebration!"
Mei Zhuang swept a hand out, and a Storage Bag landed before Ji Yuan.
Ji Yuan looked up at Mei Zhuang without touching it.
Beside them, Lu Yingying covered her mouth and laughed. "Since Young Master is giving it to you as a congratulatory gift, just accept it."
Mei Zhuang smiled and nodded too.
"Then I won't stand on ceremony."
Ji Yuan accepted it with both hands and swept his Divine Sense through its contents. His eyes immediately lit up.
What lay inside was exceedingly simple.
There was only one kind of thing.
Spirit Stones!
Heaps of Middle-Grade Spirit Stones!
Ji Yuan scanned them with his Divine Sense and estimated there were roughly a thousand!
To Ji Yuan, that many Spirit Stones amounted to little. They were not even enough to tempt him.
But who would