After the formalities were completed.
Dongfang Ming took out another Purple-Gold Treasure Casket, supported by the phantom images of two Golden-Armored Eunuchs, its surface bearing the Directorate of Ceremonial's seal and the Inner Cabinet's stamp.
The lid opened.
Rich spiritual qi immediately spread through the air.
At the very top, a Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone floated quietly, crystalline and flawless.
Qing Chen already had nine of these, but the more such treasures, the better. Not only did they contain abundant spiritual qi, they could also seal away wisps of the power of laws and various rare artifacts. They were true hard currency.
Right now, he could use it to seal those Crystal Mo Tribe Cores he had obtained in the Nine Netherworlds Forbidden Grounds.
Although he had a Low-Grade Spirit Crystal, that thing might prove immensely useful in the future, so he certainly could not use it carelessly.
To the left of the Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone were three high-grade Fortune Crystals. They could be combined with a Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone to produce a wisp of fortune power, which was quite good too.
At his current station, two hundred years of stipends amounted to a single high-grade Fortune Crystal.
On the right were two jade bottles. One held a Nascent Soul Formation Pill, its medicinal aura trembling faintly like an infant's cries. The other, a White Jade Long Bottle engraved with nine-aperture cloud patterns, held none other than a high-grade fourth-tier Nine-Aperture Cloud-Brocade Pill.
At the very center was a Purple-Gold Small Box.
The box opened a mere crack, and three purple pill markings transformed into spiritual clouds and floated out. Within their radiance, the faint image of a Purple Mansion, a spiritual sun of the Nascent Soul, and Three Spirit Bridges of Ascension could be seen, a spectacle so wondrous that