"The Buddha Master left something behind back then. He said it was an item of the Devil Race.
"If the Devil Race ever came looking for it, it could be returned to them."
The barefoot monk said.
"Didn't you know?
"Part of the reason Yun Jian Temple exists, aside from preserving the Buddha Kingdom's final strand of bloodline, is to guard this item."
Xu Zimo nodded slightly.
He replied, "I truly didn't know about this. But since I'm here, I might as well see what this item is."
The barefoot monk walked to the very back of the temple.
Behind the temple stood a huge bronze cauldron.
It was filled to the brim with incense ash.
This bronze cauldron had once been where incense was offered.
Later, as more and more incense ash accumulated until it blanketed the entire cauldron, it was moved behind this jade Buddha.
Xu Zimo saw nothing unusual as he looked at the bronze cauldron.
The barefoot monk reached both hands into the ashes.
At once, ash flew everywhere. The barefoot monk searched through it and eventually found a jade box.
He handed the jade box to Xu Zimo.
"This thing has never been opened," he said. "The Buddha Master instructed us to handle it with the utmost care."
"As for what exactly is inside, I don't know either."
Xu Zimo took the jade box and examined it carefully.
There was actually a faint pulse of life within it.
It was so slight that ordinary people would not even be able to sense it.
Even when it had been inside the bronze cauldron just now, Xu Zimo had not detected it.
Only when he held it in his hand now did Xu Zimo sense a thread of life.
Like the beating of a heart.
"Interesting," Xu