Tantai Xuefei on the stage was also slightly stunned. Though she came from the Tantai Family and had broad knowledge, she did not recognize the item at once. She merely instinctively sensed its extraordinariness. The Dao aura it emitted even made her soul feel a comfortable heat and stirring tremor.
Yet inside the Heavenly Armor private room—
Gu Sheng, who had remained steadily seated in his grandmaster's chair and had shown no obvious reaction even before Saint Realm divine weapons, the Heavenly Profound Dao Fruit, and the Hellfire Immortal Lotus, suddenly shuddered the instant he saw that scarlet bead—especially when he sensed the unique "nirvana" Dao aura it radiated!
"Whoosh!"
He actually rose directly from his chair! His usually calm, profound eyes were now filled with undisguised shock and disbelief! It was even more intense than when he had confirmed that Jin'er cultivated the Myriad Beings Way!
"Th-This is...?!"
A barely perceptible tremor entered Gu Sheng's voice. Though he suppressed it in an instant, the shock that came from the depths of his soul could not escape Miss Tantai, who stood right beside him.
"Brother Gu Sheng?"
Miss Tantai was startled. She hurriedly stood as well, supporting Gu Sheng by the arm as she asked with concern.
"What's wrong? That bead... what is it? Is it very precious?"
She had never seen Gu Sheng lose his composure like this.
Gu Sheng took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed his turbulent emotions, but his gaze remained fixed on the scarlet bead atop the tray. His voice was low and slow, every word seeming to weigh a thousand pounds.
"Precious? It is far more than merely precious..."
He paused, as though searching for appropriate words to describe it. In the end, he spoke in an almost sighing tone.
"If I were the