Just after Li Ping left the palace with the Desolate Fire Sparrow.
Under Li Ping's control, Jia Er finally reached the low table.
The table was roughly a palm long and two feet wide. Three Jade Boxes, each a little over a foot long, sat in its center. They looked perfectly ordinary, like gifts the hall's master had deliberately left for those who came after.
The puppet paused briefly, then reached out and opened the leftmost Jade Box.
Click!
After that crisp sound, the Jade Box opened, revealing its contents.
Inside the first Jade Box was a blue-green Purifying Bottle about the length of a palm.
The puppet grasped the Purifying Bottle and shook it gently. Li Ping could sense liquid sloshing inside, but touch alone could not tell him what it contained.
He pulled out the stopper and examined the pale golden liquid within, yet still could not identify it.
Perhaps it's some kind of spiritual liquid, Li Ping guessed silently outside the hall.
After confirming that the contents of the first Jade Box posed no problem, the Jia Er puppet reached out and opened the middle one.
Its contents once again surprised Li Ping: a crimson-purple spirit fruit. He had no idea what methods the person who placed it there had used.
Even now, the spirit fruit brimmed with vitality, as though it had just been plucked from a branch.
Observing it through the puppet's eyes, Li Ping soon recognized the crimson-purple spirit fruit.
Once he did, surprise and delight spread across his face.
If he was not mistaken, this was none other than the legendary Purple Qi Fruit, one of the primary ingredients for refining an Essence Condensation Pill.
The Essence Condensation Pill was a renowned Core Formation Treasure, also known in the cultivation world as the