Wen Chao couldn't make Pan Long an artifact that would block the connection between the Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Nine Provinces Grand Array, at least not yet. But if he left the replica separate from the Classic and merely turned it into a storage item, that was no trouble at all.
He fetched some spiritual materials and set up a Formation. After a brief ritual, the Scroll Painting became an unremarkable wristguard—identical in appearance to the pair Pan Long had worn before.
It was the result of consulting Pan Long. For someone of the Martial World, a wristguard was the most convenient storage item: it wouldn't affect his grip like a ring, yet it remained close to his hand.
Of the pair Elder Ren had given him, one was a storage item. Now the other wristguard, which had served as camouflage, had been replaced with a storage item too.
Pan Long could proudly say that while his hands were nothing special, the things he wore on them were worth a fortune.
The wristguards alone were valuable enough. As for what the new one held... he had no doubt that if word got out, the people who came to kill him and seize his treasures would overflow several Qiaonan Towns.
"Since you're going home, you ought to bring gifts for the young and old alike," Wen Chao said, taking out one thing after another. "Take ten of my homemade Heavenly Longevity Elixirs. Remember, you must watch them swallow the pills yourself. Afterward, have them soak in hot water for twenty-four hours. Bury the bathwater when they're done. You can plant some ginseng or reishi mushrooms over it, but whatever you do, don't pour it into a river."
"Children can't take those. Hmm... give them Marrow-Washing Pills instead. I