Memories of Ancient Times

The old man manifested by Sea Bearing Venerable half-closed his eyes. After roaming through his vast, smoke-like sea of memories, he found a few scraps of useful information.

"Old Turtle may have heard a thing or two about this amber-like object in the past."

Reminiscence flickered in Sea Bearing Venerable's eyes as he slowly said, "Back then, I was still a little turtle newly embarked upon the path of cultivation. By good fortune, I earned a Daoist Master's favor and became a trinket for him to play with."

"On one occasion, the Daoist Master was discussing the Dao with an itinerant monk, and he casually brought me along."

"Their discussion of the Dao was far too obscure and difficult to understand. No matter how I listened, I could not make heads or tails of it, and soon my head was spinning as I drifted into a daze..."

"Yet just as I was on the verge of falling asleep, the two great figures brought up several amusing tales, pulling me back from my muddled state."

"Among those tales, the two great figures spoke of a kind of heavenly Spiritual Item that had already nearly vanished in that era: Heavenly Heart Wood."

"It was said that, at an even earlier time, some great power had brought this item into Canglan Continent from an outer domain, intending to propagate and cultivate it here. Yet they discovered that it was incompatible with our Azure Waves, and in the end, unable to acclimate to the soil and water, the attempt failed."

"Later, when that great power gave up on cultivating it, the item swiftly withered away. Only a very small portion barely adapted to the environment of our Canglan Continent through degeneration."

"Unfortunately, as time flowed on, even those surviving degenerated Heavenly Heart Woods gradually