This left Li Ximing speechless. Suspicion stirred at once. The Mountain-Charging Sea-Pacing Tiger in his hand was of mid-grade quality; perhaps it was even elevated to that level while in Changxi's possession. 0

Yet Changxi immediately cut off his doubts. "I had thought to refine it further in years past, but it was something of a chicken rib to me, neither useless nor truly useful. It required vast quantities of materials, and such things are scarce across the mainland. I received little and used most of it for other refinements."0

He pointed to the jade at his chest, which Li Ximing had long noticed. "This is the Essence Stone Devil Fetus. I began refining it two hundred years ago, spending more than half of my life's fortune. Were it not for the spiritual aura of the Dwelling Heart that Charges Profundity restraining me, and the Falling Water...0