Vivid emerald hues shimmered amid rising rosy radiance-
The Dragon-Whisker Carp swam a merry circuit through the lake, parting layer upon layer of jade-green waves.
Within the brocade box on its back lay a dark, blackened Iron Gall, covered in dragon-and-phoenix seal script and cloud-pattern inscriptions. Precious light flowed over its entire surface as it released strange sounds into the air.
It sounded like thunder striking stone, piercing to the ear!
Chen Heng's expression shifted slightly at the sight. His discerning eyes recognized that the Iron Gall was no ordinary Talisman Artifact, but a genuine Immortal Dao Dharma Artifact.
In the orthodox Immortal Dao, above Talisman Artifacts came Dharma Artifacts.
Only above Dharma Artifacts came Dao Artifacts and Immortal Artifacts.
The preciousness of Dharma Artifacts
needed no elaboration.
Even Golden Core True Persons in some small sects lacked the wealth to purchase such treasures, and could only make do with High-Grade Talisman Artifacts as barely adequate means of protection.
Yet upon closer inspection,
the Azure Firmament Tower steward felt a little surprised.
As the lotus's radiance swelled, the brocade box on the Dragon-Whisker Carp's back vanished instantly and was transported onto the jade tray in the room. The Talisman Coins originally piled on the tray also vanished, their destination unknown.
Thus, with its standing as a Dharma Artifact, this Iron Gall was indeed a precious item.
Had those Rou Xuan Prefecture disciples not possessed exceptional status, with guards certain to be supporting them in secret, and had people not been wary of Rou Xuan Prefecture's exalted position in the Eastern Sea,
such terrifying might
still remained fresh in Qin Tong's memory...
"This saves you some trouble as well, Steward. What do you say?"
But if he could attain the fourth realm while still in the Purple Mansion Realm, his origins