Time flew, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.
With nothing to attend to lately, he had gone nowhere. He either practiced his swordplay outside the Courtyard gate or sat cross-legged regulating his breath, preparing to change cultivation methods at any moment.
Jiang Yang had received Shang Qingzheng's reply and was positively glowing inside. He secretly read it two or three times, making Bai Tang curl her lip beside him.
He was just about to take up his brush and write back when he heard the voice of his fourth senior brother, Bi Xingjian, outside.
"Are you here, Fifth Junior Brother?"
Jiang Yang immediately set down his brush and went out, greeting him with a smile.
"Greetings, Senior Brother Bi. Here I am."
They exchanged brief cupped-hand salutes. Jiang Yang invited him into the little Courtyard, and Bi Xingjian could hardly wait to speak.
"Come and look, junior brother. See what fine thing I've brought you!"
"Oh? What is it?"
Seeing how mysterious he was being, Jiang Yang hurried closer.
Bi Xingjian took a long Jade Box about the length of a forearm out of his Storage Bag. A yellow talisman was affixed to its surface to seal it, and an icy chill rose from it.
Bi Xingjian placed the Jade Box on the table, slowly peeled off the talisman on top, then opened the lid.
"Look. This is the [Moon-White Spirit-Clear Elm]."
Jiang Yang looked inside. Amid the swirling cold mist lay a jade-white sapling some two feet long. The instant the Talisman came off, Spirit Vigor began gathering within it.
"What a treasure. This... must be a Foundation Establishment spirit root."
Jiang Yang spoke hesitantly.
Even though it was only a sapling, the phenomenon before him was probably beyond anything a Qi Refining Level One