“Why?”
“Why what?”
As they walked out of the jade carving studio, Xiao Ya suddenly asked.
Qin Xuan returned the question, then chuckled under Xiao Ya’s glare. “I just couldn’t stand his arrogant demeanor earlier.”
“Now that I had the chance, I decided to show him a thing or two and bring him back to reality.”
“As for why I still handed the jade to him for carving…”
“It’s because I’m lazy, of course.”
“You didn’t see the detail drawings. There were an insane number of tiny details!”
“If I had to meticulously work on each one, we wouldn’t get anything done this morning!”
Xiao Ya: “……”
After briefly arranging Shang Ya’s work, Xiao Ya took Qin Xuan back home.
Qin Xuan retrieved the jade pendant from the cabinet and also woke Chen Xuan from his recuperation.
“Master, this is the jade pendant.”
“When I found your stone ring and the Body Refining chapter’s secret manual, this jade pendant was right beside them.”
“But just like them, I have no idea what this jade pendant is used for…”
After introducing his girlfriend to Chen Xuan, Qin Xuan truthfully explained how he found the jade pendant.
Chen Xuan picked up the jade pendant, also looking puzzled.
Since arriving on Blue Star, his conscious moments had been few and far between.
Yet, this jade pendant left no impression in his mind. How could it have been placed with his stone ring and the Body Refining chapter’s secret manual?
After examining it several times, Chen Xuan still couldn’t discern anything special about the jade pendant.
Handing it back to Qin Xuan, he frowned and said, “It seems to be just an ordinary jade pendant. It has no spiritual fluctuations, nor any hidden mechanisms.”
“How about this, try dripping some of your blood on it.”
“If this thing has a spirit, it might recognize you as its master.”
“Alright.”
Qin Xuan complied, using the Shapeshifting Divine Artifact to cut his finger and drip a drop of blood onto the jade pendant.
However, several seconds passed, and the drop of blood remained on the jade pendant, showing no sign of being absorbed.
“It doesn’t absorb blood, so this object might be soulless.”
“Let go, and let me try using my spiritual energy again.”
“If the jade pendant shatters under the strain of the spiritual energy, then it’s just a common jade artifact with no secrets.”
Chen Xuan levitated the jade pendant and told Qin Xuan to step aside.
Qin Xuan nodded and moved away from the jade pendant.
*Hum~*
With a barely audible sound, visible spiritual energy instantly struck the jade pendant.
But the jade pendant neither absorbed nor repelled it.
It lay perfectly still in mid-air, as if the spiritual energy didn’t exist at all.
Chen Xuan, unwilling to believe it, immediately increased the output of his spiritual energy.
Yet, even so, the jade pendant remained unmoved.
“Strange, the jade pendant is soulless, yet it can ignore my spiritual energy.”
“This thing is rather interesting.”
“Xuan’er, you should put it away for now.”
“Perhaps when your cultivation is higher, you’ll be able to uncover some secrets from it.”
“Understood, Master.”
Transforming the Shapeshifting Divine Artifact back into a storage ring, Qin Xuan willed the jade pendant into it.
However, no one present noticed that the blood that had been on the surface of the jade pendant moments ago had not fallen off with its movement.
Instead, at some point, in a lapse of everyone’s attention, it had quietly merged into the jade pendant.
After storing the jade pendant, Qin Xuan also inquired about Xiao Ya’s cultivation progress with Chen Xuan.
It had been over two months since he taught her the Body Refining chapter, yet Xiao Ya still couldn’t break through to the second level of Body Refining.
She could only endure the first movement of cultivation for a few minutes.
This was vastly different from his own situation back then.
“This is quite normal.”
“The body refining techniques I created are not easily mastered, are they?”
“Do you think everyone has extraordinary talent like yours?”
“But my Senior Masters also mastered it!” Qin Xuan was still somewhat unwilling.
Chen Xuan chuckled, “Silly boy, your Senior Masters are among the best on the entire Blue Star. Do you think their talent would be poor?”
“Then is there no way for Xiao Ya to cultivate?”
“Of course there is, but it’s very difficult on Blue Star.”
Qin Xuan: “……”
Chen Xuan’s words immediately plunged Qin Xuan into silence.
Although he had the important task of reviving Chen Xuan, it wasn’t that urgent.
Chen Xuan had been dead for who knows how many years, so another hundred years wouldn’t matter.
But now, it was different.
If Xiao Ya couldn’t cultivate, she couldn’t extend her lifespan.
Forget about achieving immortality and roaming the heavens together; she might not even be able to live a hundred years or stay with him for a lifetime.
“Then what if she cultivates the techniques created by my Senior Masters?!”
After a period of silence, Qin Xuan asked Chen Xuan again, still unwilling.
However, Chen Xuan didn’t follow up on his question, merely smiling at him.
“So, it’s not possible either…”
Qin Xuan sighed in disappointment, though he had somewhat expected this outcome.
After all, Chen Xuan had said that his other three masters had extraordinary talent, which allowed them to create their own techniques and even cultivate the Body Refining chapter.
As for Xiao Ya, her talent was mediocre, and she couldn’t compare to them.
“Alright, don’t be so troubled.”
“If it’s not possible, then so be it. I only want to spend my life with you.”
“Whether this life is a hundred years or ten thousand years doesn’t matter, as long as you are by my side.”
Seeing Qin Xuan’s dejected state, Xiao Ya stepped forward and gently took his hands.
She had never spoken such sweet nothings to Qin Xuan before, as it felt too mushy and she couldn’t bring herself to say it.
But when her feelings overflowed, she spoke these words.
And not only did she say them, but she also said them in front of Qin Xuan’s master.
“Hahahaha, youth is wonderful!”
“In my day, I was surrounded by beauties, living a life of pleasure.”
“Alas, after millions of years, beauties turn into vipers, and rosy cheeks into withered bones!”
Seeing the couple being affectionate, Chen Xuan was reminded of his own experiences and spoke with emotion.
After his感慨, he gently patted Qin Xuan’s shoulder and said with a smile, “Foolish child, don’t overthink it.”
“I’ll give you a prescription later. Get the medicine according to it.”
“It might not extend Xiao Ya’s life by ten thousand years, but it should be able to add over a decade without issue.”
“However, although there are lifespan-extending pills, they are not omnipotent.”
“A person can only take three of these pills in their lifetime; more will be ineffective.”
“You, on the other hand, should find a way to the cultivation world as soon as possible.”
“Understood, Master!”
Upon hearing that there was a prescription for lifespan-extending pills, Qin Xuan’s expression immediately changed.
From a moment of deep sorrow and utter dejection, he instantly became cheerful, beaming like a blooming flower.
Seeing this, Xiao Ya was also delighted.
Although she was content with spending a hundred years together, who wouldn’t want to live longer if there was a way to extend their lifespan?