Chapter 84: Chapter 83: Incredible Harvest!
The phoenix hairpin was born from a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Jade Vein, carved from the very Essence of Jade. The Essence of Jade is to jade what a Spirit Beast is to other beasts! It gathers the Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth, making it immortal and indestructible. It absorbs the world’s essence, and its abundant Spiritual Qi never dissipates. Wearing it grants immunity to all illnesses and protects one from the extremes of heat and cold. For a Martial Artist’s cultivation, it helps them achieve twice the results with half the effort. It also has a storage function of three cubic meters.
Jade was something people sought after and cherished, both in his previous world and in this one.
And as for Ten Thousand Year Spirit Jade, the name alone was enough to convey its immense value.
To think that this hairpin before him, carved into a Phoenix with wings poised for flight, was actually made of Jade Marrow from a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Jade Vein!
Jade Marrow was like the heart of a person. A heart’s function is to create blood, while Jade Marrow’s function was to create jade! If you buried Jade Marrow deep within a mountain, over the years, the surrounding stones and soil would slowly transform into jade! Therefore, any master who mined for jade knew that while a jade vein might not necessarily contain Jade Marrow, a place with Jade Marrow was guaranteed to have a massive jade vein!
Even a piece of ordinary Jade Marrow the size of a fingernail was of incalculable value, to say nothing of Jade Marrow from Ten Thousand Year Spirit Jade. And someone had actually carved it into a hairpin!
’What kind of woman could possibly be worthy of it?’
At that moment, two stunningly beautiful faces flashed through Qin Li’s mind. One was his mother, Qin Hanyue; the other was that pale blue face he always thought of on sleepless nights.
’Shiyu should be fully recovered by now, right?’ Qin Li suddenly thought, a determined glint flashing in his eyes.
Shaking his head slightly, his gaze fell upon another section of the counter. There lay a single, jet-black ring. Its cold, inky blackness seemed to devour all light. There were no fluctuations of Spiritual Power coming from the ring; if it hadn’t been on display here, anyone would have overlooked it.
Next to the black ring was a piece of fine Xuan paper, upon which a single line of text was written: Storage Ring, activate by infusing with Spiritual Qi!
HAHA!
Qin Li couldn’t hold it in any longer and burst out laughing. What had he just found? He’d discovered an incredible treasure trove!
Amidst his delight, Qin Li couldn’t help but wonder about something. Why hadn’t that Adventurer from long ago been able to reach this place? If he had found it, there was no reason he would have left anything behind for him!
With a hint of doubt, a trickle of drool escaped the corner of his mouth as he put on the Storage Ring and began to frantically plunder the jewelry store, wishing he could dig three feet deep into the floor.
"This... is mine! And this... this is mine too!"
If anyone could have seen Qin Li’s current state, they would have been stunned speechless. The calm and composed Qin Li was gone, replaced by a treasure-crazed fool who had just stumbled upon a mountain of gold!
This wasn’t a mountain of gold before him, but a trove of incredible treasures worth far more than gold!
This was the definition of priceless. *These*... were truly priceless treasures!
Qin Li searched the entire jewelry store from top to bottom. Including the ring now on his finger, he found only five pieces of jewelry in total!
And every single treasure possessed its own miraculous and powerful effects.
Needless to say, the phoenix hairpin was carved from Ten Thousand Year Spirit Jade. As for the Black Iron Ring now on Qin Li’s finger, when he infused it with Spiritual Qi to investigate, he discovered it had a space of ten cubic meters inside! This completely exceeded his expectations. He originally thought it would be great if it was just the size of a backpack, which would at least save him from carrying a huge pack on long journeys. He never imagined the surprise the Black Iron Ring had in store for him would be so much greater!
In addition, there was a pair of Jade Bracelets made from Ten Thousand Year Spirit Jade. Wearing them would repel insects, protect from the extremes of heat and cold, and nourish the body. Most miraculously, this pair of Jade Bracelets also had a storage function!
Although it was only three cubic meters, for a woman, that much storage space was more than enough!
Because it was obvious that such Jade Bracelets were not intended for men!
There was also a Necklace forged from Extraterrestrial Metal. Wearing this Necklace could greatly increase the power of a Cultivator’s Fire Attribute Combat Skills! More importantly, its color was like a Rainbow—it was seven-colored!
Especially under the light, the seven-colored glow flowed like water, making the entire Necklace seem like a living creature!
Never mind women; even a grown man like Qin Li was completely mesmerized by it!
The Necklace’s pendant was a piece of Ten Thousand Year Spirit Jade Marrow the size of a fingernail! It had also been fashioned with a one-cubic-meter storage space. Although it seemed small, it was definitely enough to hold some clothes and other items!
From these pieces of jewelry alone, it was clear that the person who crafted them must have been an individual of extremely high cultivation who had studied the laws of space to the Supreme Realm!
Otherwise, how could they possibly have added a storage function to every piece of jewelry?
Qin Li examined the jewelry over and over but couldn’t find any mark that might reveal the creator’s identity. He suddenly smiled. ’For someone capable of making such items, worldly fame is probably nothing more than passing clouds, right?’
To think such a large shop... only had five pieces of jewelry on display!
Qin Li gazed reluctantly at the counter. He didn’t know what kind of wood it was made from, but after so many years, it showed no sign of decay. Instead, it exuded a faint, pleasant fragrance. One could only imagine how valuable it was.
But his ring’s space was too small. Ten cubic meters seemed like a lot, but when he considered that he had only been through one shop, and there was still an entire city waiting to be explored... Qin Li had a feeling that ten cubic meters wouldn’t be enough. He’d have to make use of the other four pieces of jewelry as well!
What surprised Qin Li a little, however, was that after leaving the jewelry store, he walked for a long time without finding a second shop. The houses lining both sides of the street were completely empty. There was no trace of furniture or any items of daily life. Qin Li even had a feeling... ’Could it be that no one ever lived in these houses?’
If that was the case, then what was the deal with the jewelry shop? Moreover, how this city had sunk to the bottom of the lake was still a mystery. Too many years had passed. Yellow Sand City’s prosperity was only a matter of the last thousand years. What exactly happened here in the Ancient Era? Why were these precious pieces of jewelry left perfectly arranged on display? And why, after wandering this ancient city for half a day, hadn’t he found a single skeleton?
Countless questions plagued Qin Li’s mind.
Finally, after Qin Li had walked for a few miles, a three-story building appeared before him. It was quaint and classical. On the plaque above the entrance, a few large words were written with flamboyant elegance: Wu Family Library!
’It seems the City Lord of this city back then was from the Wu Family,’ Qin Li thought as he pushed the door open. The first thing he saw was row upon row of bookshelves. There weren’t a huge number of books on the shelves, but the room seemed to be protected by a strange power that kept it perfectly clean, without a single speck of dust.
Qin Li had been worried that after so many years, the books would have weathered away. He tentatively took one out and found that it was like new. The quality of the paper was astonishingly good! It was many times better than any paper he had ever encountered in either his past or present life!
The book was a journal of sorts. The handwriting told Qin Li that it was not only a handwritten copy but very likely the only one in existence!
And its contents could be crucial to unveiling the secrets of this ancient city, which had lain dormant for countless millennia.
And so, at that moment, Qin Li forgot all about the danger. He patiently sat down on a chair near the library’s entrance and began to read intently.
Meanwhile, far above the ancient city, at the very spot where Qin Li had entered, a fierce battle was raging!
