Su Jiu had not examined her sea of consciousness in a long time. Now that she took a careful look, she discovered that it, too, had undergone earth-shaking changes.
Besides the half-open flower and the book on that strange white jade table, it now held twenty-four jade slips, a string of Buddhist Prayer Beads, and a pool of Spirit-Cleansing Pool Water.
Although she had hardly used them herself, there was no denying that they had been with her for quite some time.
Su Jiu first walked over to the Spirit-Cleansing Pool Water suspended above her sea of consciousness. The exceptionally clear pool rested quietly there, without so much as a ripple.
Little Pearl's true body, the Jade Bead Bracelet, was soaking in the Spirit-Cleansing Pool Water, seemingly quite fond of the clear pool.
Little Pearl seemed to notice Su Jiu looking at the bracelet and stopped sulking over their earlier disagreement. Su Jiu heard Little Pearl say softly, with a child's petulance, "The instant you were injured, I remembered my name. But I only remembered my original name. I still have no impression of anything else."
Su Jiu gave Little Pearl, who had left the bracelet, a surprised look.
"My original name was the Nine-Star World-Cleansing Pearl. Vaguely, I remember someone calling me Nine-Star. But if you're used to calling me Little Pearl, then Little Pearl is fine. It's only a name, after all."
Nine-Star World-Cleansing-a formidable name indeed.
In all the world, there were probably no more than three magic treasures that dared call themselves world-cleansing.
Moreover, the World-Cleansing Glazed Pagoda of the Zen Sound Temple and the World-Cleansing Splendor Garment of the Vast Righteousness Sect were both supreme treasures of their respective sects. Ordinary people rarely had a chance to see them.
Su Jiu looked again at the