Jiang Yan could not help shaking his head. He had originally thought the thing this Daoist boy had specially delivered would be some spiritual material.
Who would have thought it was a wisp of golden Qi?
Speaking of this Qi, its name did sound precious, much like the refined gold Qi extracted from refined gold.
But this golden Qi was actually of little use.
It was merely extracted from ordinary gold and used only in certain obscure Dao Arts and ritual altars.
Still, the storehouse-keeping Daoist boy would naturally not shoot an arrow without a target and deliver something useless.
When cultivating the Fire-Walking Cloud art, this golden Qi really did have a use.
That was because volcanic smoke Qi took the form of black mist.
After volcanic ash marrow was blended into it, according to the Jade Tube, the Fire-Walking Cloud ultimately refined would mostly be dark red, with a few turning out reddish-black.
But if a wisp of golden Qi was added during this process, the finished Fire-Walking Cloud would take on a faint reddish-gold color, making it considerably better-looking.
The academy storehouse's Daoist boy had probably wanted to offer a gift to curry favor with him but had nothing rare on hand.
Only then had he found this wisp of golden Qi somewhere and brought it over-nothing particularly valuable, but still somewhat useful.
Setting it casually aside, Jiang Yan felt that the finished color of the Fire-Walking Cloud was unimportant.
Otherwise, he would have asked Muling Daoist Boy to find this golden Qi along with the other materials earlier.
Still, since he had it, there was no harm in using it. That would save him from refining a reddish-black cloud that might make people think he belonged to some evil Dao.
With Muling Daoist Boy present, Jiang