"Why can’t I take it if it’s here?" Xiang Shaoyun questioned.

He was looking at pitch-black stick resembling charcoal more than wood. It did not look special at all. Yet this very pitch black stick was the most valuable treasure of the Medicine Hall, lightning strike wood.

The so-called lightning strike wood originated from a unique breed of tree that could easily attract strikes of lightning. These trees had a certain degree of innate immunity toward lightning, and had the ability to regrow again and again after being struck by lightning. Legends said that after being struck by lightning 81 times and undergoing 81 rebirths, the tree would finally transform into a divine lightning wood that would henceforth be completely immune to lightning.

More importantly, using this wood,...