The sun rose and set, day and night cycled, and the seasons changed. Time passed like this, year after year.
In the blink of an eye, nearly twenty years had passed since Xiao Yu and the others arrived on Green Spirit Island.
On this day, a flash of light suddenly appeared in a stone peak at the center of the usually barren, tranquil Green Spirit Island. A streak of silver light shot out and sped into the distance.
The silver light moved incredibly fast, streaking across the sky like a meteor and vanishing over the horizon in the blink of an eye.
Seen up close, that streak of silver light was a giant vulture over a hundred feet long. Its entire body shimmered with silver light, and threads of silver lightning occasionally crackled across its feathers.
On the giant vulture's back, eight or nine figures could be seen sitting or standing. They were the women closest to Xiao Yu.
"Husband, let me show you something!" Xiao Yu and Yuan Yao stood shoulder to shoulder at the very front of the giant vulture's back. With a radiant smile, Yuan Yao took out an exquisite jade box sealed with several talismans and handed it to him.
"What is this?" Xiao Yu accepted the jade box and looked questioningly at Yuan Yao's smiling face.
"Open it and see!" Yuan Yao said with a smile.
"This is..." At her words, Xiao Yu lightly pointed a finger, and the lid opened on its own. The moment he looked inside, delight spread across his face.
A thumb-sized crystal lay quietly inside the box, so vividly green it seemed ready to drip.
He reached out with his right hand, gently pinched the spirit stone between his thumb and forefinger, and held it before his eyes for a