"What's this?"
There weren't many things in the secret room, just a few wooden shelves.
Weapons, medicines, books, bottles and jars, and other items were placed on it.
However, none of these things attracted Lu Qing's attention.
He was immediately drawn to something in the very center of the secret room.
It was the size of an egg, perfectly round, with wisps of yellowish-brown beads on its surface.
It is also the only item in the secret room that is not placed on a wooden shelf.
Because what supported it was a black iron base with a slight indentation in the middle.
As soon as he entered, Lu Qing's intuition told him that this item was extraordinary.
He immediately focused his attention on the yellowish-brown bead.
Then, after several breaths, no information about the bead appeared.
Lu Qing was even more delighted.
Based on past experience, the longer it takes for a supernatural ability to detect information about an item, the more valuable the item is.
He waited patiently, continuing to stare at the bead without moving.
After a dozen or so breaths, finally, a faint purple light of supernatural power emerged from the surface of the bead.
"A purple-glowing item!"
Lu Qing's mind went blank for a moment, and he quickly looked at the several pieces of information that had appeared.
【Earth Spirit Orb: A magical orb born from the very essence of earth, possessing numerous wondrous and extraordinary abilities.】
【Legend has it that only in the deepest parts of the earth, where the power of earth is most concentrated, can an Earth Spirit Orb be born.】
【Containing the power of the Earth element, it is the finest natural spiritual artifact embryo.】
【Weighing as much as a thousand pounds, the bead, though small, possesses an astonishing weight.】
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"The Earth Spirit Orb! It's actually the Earth Spirit Orb!"
When Lu Qing finished reading the information about the yellowish-brown bead, his feelings were beyond just surprise.
The Earth Spirit Orb is also recorded in detail in the Li Huo Sect's heritage.
This is a strange bead born from the essence of earth element power, possessing various unique powers and extremely rare.
Even in the era of cultivation, it is an incomparably precious treasure, and once it appears in the world, it will surely attract a lot of cultivators to fight over it.
Such a treasure of earth element, I never expected that one of them would be kept in the Zheng family's secret vault.
"It seems that the tens of thousands of years of spiritual energy depletion have truly caused countless spiritual objects to be covered in dust. If it were the era of cultivation, how could the Zheng family have gotten the chance to collect such a treasure as the Earth Spirit Pearl?"
Lu Qing looked at the Earth Spirit Orb and sighed inwardly.
Now he understood why the Zheng family had placed the bead on a separate iron stand.
Because it contains the laws of earth, the Earth Spirit Pearl is naturally very heavy, and ordinary wooden frames simply cannot support its weight.
He reached out and grasped the Earth Spirit Orb, trying to pick it up, only to find that although it looked small, it was actually quite heavy.
Without unleashing his inner energy, even with his cultivation level, he found it difficult to raise his spirits for a while.
With a surge of thought, the power of his blood and qi suddenly erupted, and the veins on his hands bulged slightly. Only then did Lu Qing grab the Earth Spirit Orb from the iron seat.
"Good heavens, this tiny pearl weighs no less than a thousand pounds."
Lu Qing weighed the Earth Spirit Orb in his hand for a few moments, and was somewhat taken aback.
In other words, his physical abilities are several times stronger than those of an ordinary martial arts master.
Otherwise, a weaker martial artist probably wouldn't even be able to lift it.
After all, the bead is so small that you can only pick it up with the strength of your fingers. Most martial artists at the Inner Strength Realm probably don't have such powerful finger skills.
No wonder the Zheng family would openly display such a treasure in such a prominent position in the center of the secret room.
Perhaps this is because they don't understand the true nature of the Earth Spirit Orb.
However, it's also likely because the item is so heavy that stealing it would be extremely difficult.
Even if someone were to manage to bypass the guards in the mansion, sneak into the secret room, and retrieve the bead, it would be extremely difficult to smuggle it out successfully.
Infiltrating the Zheng mansion alone is worlds apart from escaping with a thousand pounds of belongings.
Not to mention the weight of the Earth Spirit Orb; ordinary cloth bags simply cannot support it, and at most, one can only hold it in one's hand.
However, if one is carrying a heavy object weighing thousands of pounds, even a powerful expert at the Innate Realm would not be confident in sneaking out without alerting the guards.
"Luckily I have the Qiankun Qi Bag, otherwise it wouldn't be easy to bring this thing back."
As Lu Qing pondered this, with a slight thought, he laboriously stored the Earth Spirit Orb into his Qiankun Qi Bag.
The "heaviness" of the Earth Spirit Orb is not only manifested in its physical form, but also in the extremely strong sense of oppression it brings to the soul.
If Lu Qing hadn't condensed the Divine Soul Talisman, he probably wouldn't have been able to store it in the Qiankun Qi Bag.
After collecting the Earth Spirit Pearl, Lu Qing turned his attention to the other items in the secret chamber.
However, after acquiring the Earth Spirit Orb, a supreme treasure of the earth element, other things no longer offer such a pleasant surprise.
Although there were some golden items among them, Lu Qing's heart had calmed down considerably.
He didn't examine them closely, but instead collected them all, intending to sort them out slowly when he got back.
After looting everything from the secret room, Lu Qing looked at the middle-aged beauty standing in the corner.
At this moment, the middle-aged woman's face was still somewhat pale, but her expression had calmed down considerably.
Seeing Lu Qing looking over, she trembled and asked in a shaking voice, "Is it impossible for me to survive?"
"Oh, why do you think that?" Lu Qing asked, somewhat surprised.
"I knew it the moment you conjured something out of thin air in front of me and took out that long sword," the middle-aged beauty said bitterly.
As if creating something out of thin air, Lu Qing took out a long sword and just now conjured up so many things in the secret room out of thin air.
Such methods are truly too mysterious.
Even as the matriarch of the Zheng family, she had never heard of a martial artist possessing such supernatural abilities.
Even a martial artist at the Innate Realm like our ancestor didn't possess such miraculous abilities.
But the middle-aged beauty knew that all the secret techniques of martial artists were used as trump cards, and the fewer people who knew about them, the better.
Since Lu Qing used it in front of her without any concealment, he was obviously not worried at all that she would reveal it.
As for who can keep a secret, it's naturally the dead.
"Madam, you are a smart person," Lu Qing praised.
But the meaning behind those words was self-evident.
"Please spare me! I swear I will never reveal a single thing I saw today!" the middle-aged woman pleaded, her face pale.
"Madam, if it were you, would you be willing to take this risk?" Lu Qing said calmly.
"Besides, do you really think you're some kind of innocent white lotus? In this Zheng mansion, there must be quite a few maids and servants that you've personally beaten to death."
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman's eyes widened suddenly.
But the next moment, Lu Qing appeared in front of her, his finger gently touching her brow.
The force was released, and the middle-aged woman's body trembled violently, her gaze became unfocused, and she gradually collapsed to the ground.
