Silence fell over the room.
For both Yuan Tian and Zhang Yuanrang, once Chen Qinling had been taken away and their surge of anger had subsided, only confusion and emptiness remained.
Yuan Tian also felt guilt.
As Xu Tong had explained, if he had not invited Chen Qinling to treat his daughter in the first place, things would never have become so dire.
But what was done was done. He could only bury those thoughts in his heart, yet his guilt did not diminish in the slightest.
Just as everyone stood in silence, a soldier rushed in.
"City Lord, I've brought it."
At the sound of his voice, Zhang Yuanrang and Xu Tong both turned their heads.
Although his divine sense could also show him what was happening behind him, Xu Tong preferred to look with his own eyes, just like an ordinary person, and see what this world used to test talent.
When he turned around, he saw the soldier holding something that resembled a luminous pearl.
This pearl, as large as a human face, was a Jade Crystal made specifically for testing talent.
"Senior, this is the item used specifically to test talent. May I ask what you intend to do with it?"
Yuan Tian asked the question. Xu Tong had just explained the problem afflicting his daughter, which made him all the more puzzled as to why treating her required a Jade Crystal.
Zhang Yuanrang, meanwhile, studied the Jade Crystal closely. Although he was the head of a family, he had never seen anything as rare as this.
As the head of the Zhang Family, he had actually had opportunities to obtain access to a Jade Crystal. However, that would have required him to pledge the Zhang Family's allegiance to a family that possessed one, so he