Ah!
This...
As everyone saw the object in the box, their expressions were a little stunned.
This is more precious than the Crimson Heart Fruit?
"Hahaha!"
Seeing this, Lin Zifeng burst into laughter, looking at Ye Ming with mockery. "As expected of a rare treasure! Hahaha!"
"This..."
Even Nangong Qianyu was dumbfounded upon seeing this old, worn white jade, at a loss for words for a moment.
In the crowd, perhaps only one person did not doubt Ye Ming's previous words.
That would be Fang Junxue.
The reason for this needs no further explanation.
Seeing Lin Zifeng's mocking smile, Ye Ming did not bother with him. Instead, he slowly walked up to Nangong Li and asked softly, "Grandpa Nangong, you are an ancient martial artist, aren't you?"
Ancient martial artist!
Nangong Li looked at Ye Ming in confusion at the question, wondering why he would ask.
Ancient martial artist might be unfamiliar to ordinary people. However, for those present, it was not a secret.
"That's right!" Nangong Li admitted directly.
The others present were not surprised. They had evidently known this for a long time.
What's more, everyone present knew that Nangong Li had already reached the realm of Martial Master three years ago.
As for his current level, it was unknown.
"Alright then!"
After receiving the reply, Ye Ming took out the old white jade from the box and handed it to Nangong Li, smiling. "Grandpa Nangong, please try to infuse a trace of your True Qi into the white jade."
True Qi!
This was something possessed by ancient martial artists who had stepped into the Martial Master realm.
As for the Martial King realm above Martial Master, they could even project their True Qi externally, killing without a trace.
When Nangong Li held the white jade, he only felt a cool touch. Beyond that, he found nothing special.
"You kid, I see what you're up to!" Nangong Li shook his head helplessly.
Then, he extended a finger, and a wisp of blue gas suddenly appeared out of thin air, swirling around his fingertip.
This was True Qi!
"Go!"
Under Nangong Li's control, the wisp of blue True Qi directly entered the white jade.
After a few seconds, the white jade seemed to show no change.
"Tsk! Putting on a show! I thought..."
Just as Lin Zifeng was about to mock him fiercely, a miraculous scene unfolded.
At this moment, fine cracks appeared on the surface of the white jade. Through these cracks, a faint emerald green glow emanated.
"Crack!"
With a soft sound, the surface of the white jade began to slowly peel away, and in the blink of an eye, a piece of pure emerald jade appeared before everyone's eyes.
"This..."
Only now did everyone realize that this emerald jade needed True Qi to be unsealed.
"What is this?"
At this moment, someone suddenly asked.
Indeed, although they had seen the true appearance of this jade, another question arose.
What kind of jade was this?
However, while everyone was focused on the emerald jade, they overlooked Nangong Li's expression at this moment.
Had anyone noticed, they would have seen that Nangong Li's face was one of disbelief.
Even his aged body trembled slightly.
Like everyone else, he did not know the information about this jade. But this did not prevent him from feeling its value.
Because he could clearly feel that when he held this jade, the True Qi in his body began to circulate autonomously, without him needing to guide it.
This phenomenon meant that even if he did nothing, as long as this jade was near him, his cultivation would slowly increase.
And this was not the most terrifying part.
If he cooperated with this jade, the cultivation effect would definitely increase manifold.
"This..."
At this moment, Nangong Li's heart was already in turmoil. He couldn't believe such a divine object existed.
Concurrently, Nangong Li was not the only one who looked shocked. There was another person in the crowd.
That person was none other than Hua Tianmin, who had not been high-profile from the beginning.
In fact, as soon as the jade revealed its true face, Hua Tianmin's expression began to change.
At that time, he had already formed a guess in his heart.
Then, with his extremely keen senses, his expression changed drastically.
Clearly, he had guessed correctly.
The jade was, as he had speculated, the "Dao Heart Jade" recorded in ancient texts.
The reason he knew this information was entirely due to a chance encounter.
Hua Tianmin, as the top leader of Minghai City, had once had the opportunity to enter the provincial ancient martial arts library.
It was that chance encounter that allowed him to learn much information unknown to ordinary people.
Dao Heart Jade!
This was something he had learned about then.
According to the book, the Dao Heart Jade was a divine artifact that aided ancient martial artists in their cultivation.
The lower the realm, the more terrifying its auxiliary effect.
For the Martial Disciple realm, it was more than tenfold.
For the Martial Master realm, it could reach fivefold.
For the Martial King realm, it could also reach twofold.
Even for the Martial Sect realm, it could increase by onefold.
From this, one could see the terror of this Dao Heart Jade.
...
At this moment, Nangong Li and Hua Tianmin were the only two people present who understood the true value of this jade.
But clearly, neither of them intended to reveal this information to the crowd.
They understood better than anyone that once the news of the Dao Heart Jade spread, the consequences would be beyond their control.
He feared that not only would Martial Kings, who were rarely seen normally, appear, but even terrifying existences of the Martial Sect realm might show up.
Therefore, keeping silent was the best solution.
However, they did not know that someone did not wish to grant them their way.
After all, there was still one person present who understood the true value of the Dao Heart Jade.
That person was Ye Ming!
Since he had brought out the Dao Heart Jade, he naturally had his reasons.
"Grandpa Nangong, this jade is called Dao Heart Jade, and it greatly aids in the cultivation of ancient martial artists. That's why I brought it to show my filial piety to you," Ye Ming explained, feigning an expression of worry that Nangong Li might not know the true value of the Dao Heart Jade.
And his eyes, which were explaining to Nangong Li, were as pure as could be!
"You..."
Just as Nangong Li was thinking about how to explain this jade to the crowd, he never expected Ye Ming to speak up directly.
At this moment, his mind went blank, and he could only vaguely hear a "buzzing" sound.
He had only one thought now: to strangle Ye Ming.
Now that Ye Ming had exposed it, it was no longer realistic to hide the matter of the Dao Heart Jade.
Hua Tianmin, not far away, also frowned deeply, quite perplexed.
He also did not understand why Ye Ming would make such a big fuss about the Dao Heart Jade.
It was as if he were afraid that no one present would know.
Hua Tianmin could not imagine what kind of storm would brew in Minghai City tomorrow at this time.
After much deliberation, Hua Tianmin had only one guess about Ye Ming's actions.
"Could it be that Ye Ming has an enmity with the Nangong family?"