Chapter 549: Jade Stones 4

"Master/ Elder Su." Several voices echoed.

At the same time, a male cultivator hurriedly stood, and rushed to an old man’s side.

"Backlash..." The old man said while trying to smoothen his chaotic qi.

One hour felt like a lifetime.

After forcibly suppressing his qi, the old man sighed and wiped the blood at the corners of his mouth.

"Master, what’s going on?" One of the surrounding people asked.

"I suffered a backlash while trying to mark two of the four people who just left the jade shop." The old man answered with a solemn expression.

"Backlash? Master, you are an early stage great immortal realm cultivator..., how can you suffer a backlash?" Someone asked.

The old man sighed when he heard this.

"The backlash means that I hit an iron plate. Let’s not bother with that group." He said but several people were not convinced.

"How can we let them go?" A female cultivator asked and quickly continued.

"They left with two uncut stones. What if they contain priceless treasures?" She asked but someone refuted.

"One of the jade stones is a grey-black waste that’s barely better than an ordinary rock, while the other is a medium quality stone. It’s unlikely that either will yield a precious treasure."

"I agree with senior brother He. Why provoke great immortal realm cultivators for two mediocre stones?"

"Why did the two seniors insist on not opening the stones? Isn’t it because they are sure of their quality?" Someone asked.

"The sect master of our Eastern Immortal Palace is the most powerful cultivator in the lower Heaven, but not even he can see through the jade stones. It’s unlikely that the two seniors know what’s in the stones."

"Why did they insist on taking them away if they don’t know what’s inside?" Someone argued.

"We can sense it when a jade stone contains a suitable treasure. Maybe the treasures in the two stones are particularly suitable to the two seniors."

"Doesn’t this prove that the stones are valuable? After all, the two seniors are great immortals and suitable treasures should not be low level."

The surrounding people fell silent when they heard this.

However, the old man still insisted on not provoking the group.

On one hand, he was not a match for them and on the other, most great immortals had a force behind them.

If they confronted people without knowing their background, wouldn’t this create an enemy for themselves and the Eastern Immortal Palace?

After listening to the old man’s explanation, everyone calmed down and suppressed their desire for the unknown treasures.

.....

Back on the ship, Shen Xu, Zhen Yuan, Zhou Man, and Zhou Xuan registered their return before going to their room.

"I will retreat until the next stop." Zhou Xuan announced.

"I also want to retreat." Zhou Man said.

"Go ahead." Shen Xu nodded.

After that, the Zhou siblings activated defensive formation disks and went into seclusion.

Seeing this, Shen Xu winked at Zhen Yuan and activated an isolation formation disk around their beds.

When that was done, he released two puppets, gave the chaos flame space pendant to one, and left them outside to guard the Zhou siblings while he and Zhen Yuan entered the space.

"I am dying to know what’s in our jade stones." Shen Xu said, looking at the two stones in front of them.

"Open yours first." Zhen Yuan suggested and the double nodded.

A moment later, Shen Xu bit his right index finger, and dripped blood on his jade stone.

Instantaneously, the jade broke, and an egg-shaped item was revealed.

"It’s a weapon embryo." Shen Xu excitedly shouted.

Weapon embryos were natural treasures that could be refined into any growth weapon.

With just the embryo, Shen Xu could refine an excellent natal hammer with limitless potential.

However, over the years, he had collected many precious treasures, including a chaos stone that he planned to use when refining his natal hammer.

Now that he had the weapon embryo, combined with numerous precious materials, Shen Xu was more confident in refining a peerless natal hammer.

"Congratulations." Zhen Yuan said and Shen Xu smiled.

"It’s been years since I got the chaos stone but I haven’t refined a natal hammer because my strength was too low to refine the stone." He said and quickly continued.

"With the weapon embryo as the base, it won’t be difficult to use the chaos stone and other treasures. "

"Even if I am not able to completely refine the chaos stone, the weapon embryo will bind the materials, allowing me to slowly refine them over time."

"The weapon embryo is a good thing." Zhen Yuan agreed.

"Ayuan, open your stone." Shen Xu urged but suddenly frowned.

For him, losing a drop of blood was nothing, but Zhen Yuan was different.

Recalling this, Shen Xu looked at the grey-black jade stone and a trace of unwillingness flashed in his eyes.

Noticing his partner’s worry, Zhen Yuan smiled and rubbed the double’s hair.

"Don’t worry, I will use a soul mark." He said and Shen Xu raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"Will that work?" He asked.

After all, everyone used a blood drop to open the jade stones.

"It should." Zhen Yuan said and tested his guess.

A breath later, the grey-black jade stone broke apart, and revealed an obsidian stone.

"What is this?" Shen Xu asked, looking at the stone with curious eyes.

"It’s the three-life stone." Zhen Yuan answered and a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes.

"The one located next to the naihe bridge in the underworld?" Shen Xu asked with an incredulous expression.

"Mmh." Zhen Yuan nodded.

"Doesn’t the three-life stone record the past, present, and future lives of all souls? How can it be here?" The double asked but Zhen Yuan shook his head.

"I don’t know, but..." The man started with a thoughtful expression.

"But?" The double urged.

"This stone doesn’t seem to have any records. It only has the laws governing the past, present, and future." Zhen Yuan answered and quickly continued.

"Either way, it’s a priceless treasure for my cultivation." He said.

"Our stay in Jieshou city was not a waste." Shen Xu said, and Zhen Yuan nodded in agreement.