The Bronze Prison.
On the Bronze Sparrow Platform.
Xu Taiping glanced at the enormous octagonal jade mirror before him, then at the wooden box in his hand, before asking the boy with considerable curiosity:
"May I ask what would make my Arena Wager Item meet your Black Prison's requirements?"
The boy smiled and explained to Xu Taiping:
"This Nine Luminaries Mirror of Primordial Unity can sense the source qi of spirit herbs, pills, or magic artifacts. You need only place your Arena Wager Item before the jade mirror. Once it senses the item's source qi, immortal light will pour from within the mirror."
"This immortal light comes in nine colors. Mundane objects produce red light, treasures produce orange light, spiritual objects produce golden light, Immortal Items produce purple light, divine objects produce dark light, and Xiantian Spirit Treasures produce white light."
"If an object has been tainted by an evil presence, what pours from the jade mirror will instead be foul qi."
After this introduction, the boy paused briefly before continuing:
"Under the Black Prison's requirements, you need either one Arena Wager Item that makes the Nine Luminaries Mirror of Primordial Unity emit golden immortal light, or three treasures that make it emit orange immortal light."
"That will qualify."
Xu Taiping nodded, then thanked him:
"Thank you for clearing that up, Boy."
The boy immediately gestured for him to proceed and said with a smile:
"Please, Daoist Priest."
Xu Taiping gave a slight nod, then walked straight toward the Nine Luminaries Mirror of Primordial Unity with the wooden box resting on his palm.
Chu Zheng, who was currently being treated by the Tianxing Bureau's Old Siming, watched Xu Taiping's retreating back in his Primordial Spirit form and muttered bitterly:
"Master, I can't accept this! I was clearly just one step