Qing Chen raised a hand to catch it, and the Jade Box landed securely in his palm, cool to the touch, as though a clear spring flowed through it.
The instant his fingertips touched its surface, he felt a gentle medicinal potency spread in fine wisps along the pads of his fingers;
mingled with a faint fragrance of grass and trees, it even made the Golden Core within his Sea of Qi tremble slightly, as though in resonance.
His heart stirred. With a light flick of his fingers, he lifted the lid.
A pill the size of a pigeon's egg lay quietly inside. Its amber body was crystalline and translucent, with a faint spiritual glow flowing over it.
"This medicinal potency..."
Qing Chen gently inhaled its fragrance and felt warmth surge through his nose, instantly spreading throughout his body. Even his True Essence showed faint signs of circulating, as though about to break through its shackles.
Just as Gong Shisan had said, the Yu Yu Profound True Pill's ability to aid a breakthrough to the late Golden Core stage was no empty claim.
A twenty to thirty percent chance of a breakthrough-how many Golden Core cultivators had been stuck at this bottleneck for over a century, searching desperately for an opportunity in vain, all for just such a sliver of hope?
Its value was indeed no less than that of a mid-grade Magic Treasure, and perhaps even greater.
Qing Chen looked up at Gong Shisan. His expression remained as calm as still water, as though what he had handed over was not some rare Treasure Pill but an ordinary Magnetic Crystal, utterly unconcerned.
"Brother Gong, your word is as good as gold. You certainly do what you say." Qing Chen closed the Jade Box, his tone a little gentler than