Only after hearing Huang Xiao's words did Senior Ji notice that a piece was indeed missing from the center of the spirit crystal.
He had not noticed it earlier either.
"The core inside should have been high-grade spirit crystal at the very least, shouldn't it? I was even wondering whether it might have been top-grade spirit crystal," Huang Xiao said.
He hoped Senior Ji could discern something from this.
"Top-grade? Huang Xiao, you're underestimating it far too much. A spirit crystal this enormous is truly staggering. I've never seen one. But I have seen one half the size of yours, and the core extracted from it back then was top-grade spirit crystal. Yours far surpasses that one in both quality and size, so I suspect top-grade spirit crystal is no longer an adequate description. It must have been the legendary spirit crystal marrow," Senior Ji said.
This was the first time Huang Xiao had heard of spirit crystal marrow.
But none of that mattered. He only needed to know that it was even more astonishing than top-grade spirit crystal.
"A wondrous treasure of nature like this was probably worth no less than those Supreme Treasures of yours," Senior Ji continued.
The corners of Huang Xiao's mouth twitched involuntarily.
Such a treasure had been right before his eyes. Unfortunately, his discernment was limited, and he had failed to recognize any of it.
But even if he had known, Huang Xiao felt he could not have done much more.
He could not directly move the spirit crystal marrow out from inside, and probably even the Patriarch could not have managed it.
"Alas, I never thought someone else would reap all the benefits in the end," Huang Xiao sighed.
Although he had discovered such a treasure, it seemed he was not destined to