"Since the Stone Man Secret Realm was created, five peerless prodigies have obtained stone man essence. At least two of them successfully formed stone man clones."
Zhu Jingming spoke softly, longing written across his face.
Only six drops of stone man essence in six hundred years—its preciousness was easy to imagine.
As for forming a stone man clone, that was harder still.
"Does the Myriad Phenomena Hall have no records?" Qin Hao asked.
Zhu Jingming shook his head. "This is a closely guarded secret of the sect. It wouldn't be revealed lightly. Besides, those five peerless prodigies left many years ago, and no one knows where they are."
After a pause, Zhu Jingming continued, "Whatever the case, stone man essence is incredibly precious. We have to try to compete for it, no matter what."
"Stone man essence in the Stone Man Secret Realm?" A gleam flashed through Qin Hao's eyes, and longing rose on his face as well.
One drop of stone man essence every hundred years—how could he pass it up?
But...
"Stone man essence won't be that easy to obtain, will it?" Qin Hao mused. "Over the past year, I've hardly heard of anyone challenging the Stone Man Secret Realm. Could they all be waiting for it to open next month?"
Since entering the Myriad Phenomena Hall, Qin Hao had yet to hear of anyone challenging the Stone Man Secret Realm.
Now it seemed that they were all after the stone man essence!
Moreover, with only one drop forming every hundred years, the stone man essence was bound to be deeply concealed and difficult to find.
"Exactly!"
Zhu Jingming's expression turned grave as he said solemnly, "There are many formidable people on the Bronze Ranking. With their strength, they could easily clear the Stone Man Secret Realm."
"Especially