The wealthy landowner greeted Tang Changsheng with a show of respect. After offering incense with great devotion, he presented a generous donation of incense money.
It truly was generous. Even Tang Changsheng, with all his wealth, could not help but be moved.
The man presented two pieces of white jade, ten bright pearls, and a pouch of gold dust with grains the size of little fingertips.
Tang Changsheng knew quality when he saw it. The pearls were natural gems as large as pigeon eggs, while the white jade was crystal clear, with a faint blue mist curling within it.
"Warm jade gives rise to mist beneath Lantian's sun... This is genuine Warm Jade Mists..."
The wealthy merchant called Shen Bancheng laughed. "You have a keen eye, Mage!"
Tang Changsheng could have passed on other gifts, but he could hardly put down this superb warm jade.
Such precious jade was no ordinary thing. It was ideal for cultivation, containing a remarkable amount of spiritual qi that could stabilize the Primordial Spirit and heal injuries to the Spirit Terrace and Heavenly Heart.
The pearls were much the same. They likely contained the power of moon essence, making them more precious than anything else to Tang Changsheng, who cultivated the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Heart Method.
By comparison, though the small pouch of gold dust weighed several pounds, it hardly counted for anything in Tang Changsheng's eyes.
I've already used up the Jade Purity Pills I took from those two Hemp-Robed Daoists. I was wondering where I could find more pills to aid my cultivation, and now the opportunity has come to me.
Fine jade was the chief ingredient of the Jade Purity Pill. But although those two Hemp-Robed Daoists were skilled swordsmen, they were wandering Daoists through and through, with no fixed abode