The Spirit-Communicating Pearl flew out of the Eight Trigrams Formation and landed directly in front of Yang Qing.
The pearl was not as translucent as they had imagined. Instead, it seemed coated in something gray and hazy. Combined with the fishy smell emanating from it, this briefly made them think they had found the wrong thing.
But Wood said with absolute certainty, "This is the pearl. There's no mistake."
According to legend, the Spirit-Communicating Pearl was dull in color and fishy in smell, and could not be judged by the standards of ordinary objects.
As they watched the Spirit-Communicating Pearl roll about on the ground, gathering an ever-thicker coating of dust, none of them would have believed that the thing before them contained such immense power if they had not kept their eyes on it the whole way.
"The Spirit-Communicating Pearl can take the form of anything, but it only retains its true form for the first hour after it emerges. We need to put it into its special box as soon as possible."
Otherwise, if the Spirit-Communicating Pearl changed into something else, finding it again would be an enormous hassle.
Wood had brought one of those special boxes with him. However, after handing it to Yang Qing, he reminded him, "This box requires your heart's blood to open, Young Master."
It was precisely because it required heart's blood that the box could contain the Spirit-Communicating Pearl.
But heart's blood could not be offered carelessly. Someone whose resolve was weak would not only fail to open the box, but would be dragged down by it, their health plummeting from that moment onward.
In other words, the box carried a soul-devouring aura. Ordinary people could not subdue it and would instead suffer its harm.
"You must think this through, Young Master.