Black Cat had the girl hold the piece into which no hair had been tucked in her other hand, leaving the one wrapped around a clump of black hair, swollen into a little dumpling, on her forefinger.
Then his jade eyes turned toward it, and spiritual fire quietly kindled beneath it.
Li Piaoqing's pupils abruptly contracted!
She stared motionlessly at the pad of her finger.
In that instant, the dumpling-like piece of Jade Ke vanished into thin air, leaving not the slightest trace of its existence. At the same time, a tiny speck of coolness landed on the pad of the girl's finger.
Li Piaoqing slowly shifted her gaze to her other hand and gently opened it. The little dumpling wrapped around the black hair lay quietly in her palm.
"Like water merging with water, as long as they're within the Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Profundities, they can travel freely without obstruction. And once a Spirit Profound-level connection is established between two pieces, they'll race toward each other." Black Cat's calm voice sounded beside the girl's ear. "This is a marvelous property naturally formed by profound qi. After breaking this material down thoroughly enough, a spellcaster can reproduce the same effect with the most basic spiritual and profound energies-though, of course, that takes considerable talent."
"...What are these materials used for?"
"Generally, they're commonly used in artifact crafting, alchemy, formations, and related disciplines."
Li Piaoqing remained somewhat silent. "Brewing pills and refining artifacts... would take time."
Black Cat nodded. "Yes. A formation."
With only one Martial Profound grandmaster in her sect, the girl was indeed rather unfamiliar with such spiritual matters. "This material feels very light. Eighty jin of Shuiyang Yuke... must make for a very large formation. Where could they set it up-"
She quickly recalled their earlier exchange-"Don't go into