Shang Qingzheng held the little box as she explained:
"This box was originally enshrined on a ritual altar. The Mystic Shield over the altar had lost its protective power with age, so retrieving it took little effort. Most of the things inside had already lost their wondrous properties, but this pill had an extra layer of talismans sealing it, so it was preserved intact without losing any potency..."
"According to the records left on it, this pill should be called the Mystic Fortune Illumination Pill. It was refined from a Spirit Treasure of the Official Fortune Qi path, which is rarely seen these days."
Shang Qingzheng looked at Jiang Yang and said:
"In ancient times, this pill could resonate with the Literary Star and Chief Dipper, elevate literary fortune, and advance one's cultivation. But now the fortune of the years has dimmed, so those effects can no longer be put to use..."
"Still, it has quite a few other wondrous properties, such as adding blessings and extending life, improving aptitude, delivering one from the scourge of calamity qi, and healing injuries caused by baleful qi. Those were all merely secondary effects."
Understanding dawned in Jiang Yang's heart. His master, Xuan Guang, had mentioned that the Official Fortune Qi path was not faring well these days either. The rise and decline of a Dao Lineage could even affect the efficacy of its elixirs.
This pill had clearly been specially refined for cultivators of Official Fortune Qi. Others who took it would not benefit as much as cultivators of that Dao Lineage.
Then Shang Qingzheng said solemnly:
"With the changes in heaven and earth, most of its original wondrous effects are no longer usable. Its lesser, secondary effects have become the main ones instead. These days, this Grand Pill's greatest use is