"Could something have happened? Even Senior Brother Xin Chengying is gone, and my Primordial Yang Divine Lamp ended up in Madam Hu's hands. She must have been here. Still, Marquis Wu has his hands full right now. He couldn't have taken everyone in the village away."
Thoughts churned in Tang Changsheng's mind. How strange. The situation seemed to be growing more and more bizarre!
After a moment's reflection, he thought, With things this strange, I'd better turn my resources into strength as soon as possible.
With that, he hesitated no longer. He lit the Primordial Yang Divine Lamp again and, following the method Madam Hu had taught him, held a piece of Hollow-Void Purple Jade over its flame. Fine wisps of purple qi rose from the jade, only to be burned by the Flame and merge into it.
The purple qi was no thicker than a strand of hair, yet once it burned in the Flame, it spread into great clouds of purple. Rather than drifting away, it sank, seeping little by little into the Wind-Polished Copper body of the Primordial Yang Divine Lamp.
At the same time, the light shone into Tang Changsheng's Sea of Consciousness and Spirit Terrace, tinting his Heavenly Heart Light a faint purple.
Under that purple glow, the Spirit Terrace swelled as though it had swallowed a powerful tonic. In the blink of an eye, it doubled in size.
Tang Changsheng was astonished. Most of the purple qi from the Hollow-Void Purple Jade had gone into the Primordial Yang Divine Lamp; only a negligible wisp had entered the Heavenly Heart. Yet it had provoked such a tremendous reaction in his Sea of Consciousness and Spirit Terrace.
"The purple qi of Hollow-Void Purple Jade really is Primordial Purple Qi, just as the legends say. Such a