The stone chamber was not large, roughly thirty feet square, and its four walls were made of the same blue-gray stone.
At its center stood a stone platform.
Above the platform floated three clusters of spiritual light, their radiance shifting and flowing.
The first glowed amber. Within it, a pill the size of a longan flickered in and out of view. Its body was smooth and round, with three distinct cloud patterns winding across its surface.
Three pill markings. This was a high-grade Barrier-Breaking Pill, refined specifically to overcome bottlenecks between minor cultivation layers. It was especially precious.
The second cluster glowed blue-green and was slightly larger. The pill within was perfectly round and shimmered with jade light. Rich plant essence seemed ready to shine straight through it.
This was an Azure Origin Pill. It contained pure spiritual energy that could greatly boost cultivation and shorten the time a martial artist needed to train.
The third cluster looked unremarkable. It held only a translucent pale-blue jade slip that recorded a remarkable life-saving art, the Water Origin Technique.
In a hollow on the platform lay a small pool of viscous liquid, blue as sapphire. A pure aura drifted from it. This was the Water Spirit Essence needed to cultivate the Water Origin Technique.
Lin Chen glanced over the three clusters, then read the annotations beside them. He immediately understood what opportunity each held.
"This really was the Four Seas Merchant Guild's handiwork."
Lin Chen murmured the words.
Even with the treasures before him, he remained composed. In this Water Mansion, he held the upper hand.
Beside him, Yan Feixue's gaze swept over the three clusters, and her breathing quickened slightly.
That life-saving Water Origin Technique looked rather good too.
But...
Yan Feixue's eyes shifted toward Lin Chen. The choice was not