This Small Pouch must be some extraordinary treasure! Xiao Hua's heart stirred as he took out the Sword Pellets and the Small Pouch together. Perhaps... they might be of some use?
When Xiao Hua took out the Small Pouch, it was completely different from when he had previously taken out True Person Mingjian's flying sword and the seven Sword Pellets. He had taken out those earlier items deliberately, knowing they would certainly have some effect. But this Small Pouch... he was purely trying his luck, merely testing it out, without harboring the slightest hope.
Who would have thought that flowers planted with care would not bloom, while willows stuck in the ground without thought would grow thick with shade? After the Small Pouch was taken out, there was initially no reaction at all. Yet when Xiao Hua raised it above his head, right where the sword qi, sword intent, and Golden Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi were pouring in, "Buzz!" A faint hum, nearly impossible to hear, sounded from the Small Pouch. All the sword qi, sword intent, and Golden Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi fell into it, without a single shred leaking away!
"Ah!!! No way, right?" Xiao Hua could scarcely believe his own eyes. "It... it was this simple?"
"How could it possibly be that simple? This Small Pouch might burst from being overstuffed in a moment! I'd better get out of here!" Without even thinking, Xiao Hua rose to his feet. Unfortunately, he had barely moved. He could ignore the celestial phenomenon of condensing a core—at worst, he simply would not condense one—but the heavenly lightning's confinement did not cease just because he had given up on Core Condensation. Instead, his movement caused it to pin him down even more firmly, leaving him utterly unable to move!