Li Yan felt that his judgment could not have been wrong. Yet what happened after he took out the great cauldron was completely beyond his expectations—the cauldron had actually sucked in the Ornamental Pendant on its own! Looking at the azure great cauldron before him, whose color had entirely changed, it was utterly unlike the lifeless cauldron from before, as though they were two completely different "cauldrons." Li Yan immediately swept his divine sense toward one of the cauldron's legs facing him.
It was on the inner side of the angle where a leg joined the cauldron body. That entire leg was now perfectly intact. This somewhat damaged great cauldron had originally had several missing patches on its body, as though its paint had flaked away in mottled chunks.
Some damaged spots had been only half a fingernail or a fingernail in size, while others had been as large as half an infant's fist. Coupled with the cauldron's blackish-gray color, it had looked even more dilapidated, nothing like the freshly renewed impression it gave now.
Li Yan clearly remembered that one of the cauldron legs had been missing a piece, as though it had been smashed off. It had been the largest missing portion on the entire cauldron body, roughly the size of half an infant's fist.
But where he was looking now, where was there any damage left? One cauldron leg was completely whole. Moreover, after turning azure, even its sheen had gained a tangible texture. Li Yan hurriedly moved his divine sense to inspect the other two legs, afraid that he had checked the wrong location. Very quickly, Li Yan confirmed it—the other two legs had no damaged portions either.
"This Ornamental Pendant truly is related to the great cauldron. It was one of the portions that had