Tian Shu took the wooden block, and after examining it with her divine sense, she raised an eyebrow in surprise. She placed the wooden block in her palm and examined it carefully.
Although the wooden block was ordinary, Qing Xuanzi could sense a faint trace of spirituality within it.
Once he had figured out what he was thinking, he asked Qing Xuanzi with great surprise, "Where did you get this?"
Qing Xuanzi was slightly taken aback, but then he did not hide anything: "I obtained this in the deep mountains. At that time, I could not penetrate the wood with my divine sense and could not see the wood grain. I felt that this wood might have some special function, so I brought it out."
Tian Shu nodded, flipped the wooden block a few times, and gently rubbed the texture of the wood with his fingers, feeling the barrier force contained within.
After a while, Tian Shu finally spoke: "This is a piece of Hidden Spirit Wood. This item is extremely rare. It is a divine wood that can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in its natural state. It can conceal its aura and avoid being noticed by others."
Qing Xuanzi was shocked: "This is the Hidden Spirit Wood?"
According to ancient records, Hidden Spirit Wood is an extremely rare type of spiritual wood that can absorb and store the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
More importantly, it possesses a unique ability to conceal itself, which can hide its own existence and even shield it from external divine sense detection.
Adding some powder when drawing invisibility or stealth runes will make the effect several times stronger.
This ability makes it a priceless treasure in the cultivation world, especially in situations where concealment and protection are needed, where the Hidden Spirit Wood plays an almost irreplaceable role.
Moreover, it is very popular with spirit-devouring insects.
The Spirit-Eating Insect is a kind of spirit insect that can sense the existence of all spiritual objects. It will devour anything that contains spiritual energy, making it the nemesis of the Hidden Spirit Tree.
They are also very annoying, just like mosquitoes and flies; everyone who sees them wants to get rid of them.
They like to burrow into the Hidden Spirit Tree to make their home, lay eggs and reproduce inside. More importantly, if their eggs fail to hatch and are kept in a place with spiritual energy for a long time, they will turn into fossils.
This fossil can automatically store pure spiritual energy. After being absorbed by cultivators, it can help to solidify the spiritual energy within their bodies and make their cultivation more solid. Therefore, it is regarded as a treasure by cultivators.
However, such fossils are extremely difficult to obtain because the eggs of the Soul-Eating Insect have a very high hatching success rate, and the chance of them turning into fossils is extremely slim.
Moreover, it's very difficult to find a place for the Soul-Devouring Insects to settle down, so anyone who finds even one or two is extremely lucky.
Thinking of this, and of the spirit crystals in his pocket and the hidden spirit wood in his space, Qing Xuanzi's heart pounded.
If he were over seventy years old, a peak Xuan Master, his composure would be somewhat lacking.
He tentatively asked, "Senior, do you think there might be fossils of spirit-devouring insects inside this Hidden Spirit Wood?"
Tian Shu smiled slightly, a hint of approval flashing in his eyes: "You are quite meticulous. However, we still need to carefully examine whether there are fossils in this Hidden Spirit Wood. The fossils of the Spirit Devouring Insects are extremely precious, and if you can obtain them, they will greatly benefit your cultivation."
As he spoke, Tian Shu produced a small bronze mirror in his hand. With a gentle shake, a faint light flashed across the mirror and then shone on the Hidden Spirit Wood.
Light penetrated the wood, faintly revealing its texture and internal structure.
Tian Shu stared intently at the image in the bronze mirror. After a moment, she nodded slightly: "Just as I expected, there are indeed Spirit-Devouring Insect eggs in this Hidden Spirit Wood. However, they have not yet hatched or formed fossils. If you want to obtain fossils, you need to properly preserve this piece of wood and wait for it to form naturally."
Qing Xuanzi was overjoyed, but he thought to himself that he would have to grind all the Hidden Spirit Wood into powder when he got back to make sure that all the insect eggs could be found.
He quickly thanked him, saying, "Thank you for your guidance, senior!"
Tian Shu nodded and continued, "This Hidden Spirit Wood can not only be used for refining weapons, but also to enhance the effects of talismans. If you can grind it into powder and add it to talismans, the effect will be several times stronger than ordinary talismans. However, Hidden Spirit Wood is extremely precious and should not be wasted easily."
“Senior, I have another question.” Qing Xuanzi hesitated for a moment before asking, “How can the Hidden Spirit Wood be preserved so that the Soul-Devouring Insect eggs can successfully turn into fossils?”
Tian Shu smiled slightly: "Place them in the powder of Hidden Spirit Wood, then find a place with abundant spiritual energy to provide stable spiritual energy to the Hidden Spirit Wood, which will also protect the Spirit Devouring Insect eggs inside. When the time is right, they will naturally form fossils."
Seeing that Qing Xuanzi was very interested, Tian Shu shook his head and poured cold water on him: "Don't be too happy. With the current concentration of spiritual energy in this realm, it would be impossible to wait for them to form fossils in less than several hundred years."
Qing Xuanzi was very disappointed, as he would probably have turned into a pile of dust by then, but he still thanked him.
Tian Shu waved his hand and said calmly, "Cultivators believe in cause and effect, and should not always be attached to certain things. Besides, even if they have not turned into fossils, they still have many uses."
Qing Xuanzi suddenly understood and bowed again, saying, "Thank you for your guidance, senior." He then pushed the piece of Hidden Spirit Wood he had taken out to Tian Shu, saying, "Senior, I am Qing Xuanzi from the Xuanqing Sect. Thank you for your guidance. This is a gift to thank you for your help. Please accept it."
Those who cultivate themselves do not want to incur karmic debts, so he gave this piece of Hidden Spirit Wood to Tian Shu, which can be considered as repaying her for her guidance.
As for the advice she gave to Rong Jiaojiao, Rong Jiaojiao will be the one to repay her in the future.
He shouldn't have accepted the Heavenly Pivot's insights for Rong Jiaojiao, but the insights of a Heavenly Master were too rare, so he accepted them for her.
If the apprentice is unable to repay the debt in the future, then the master can repay it himself.
Tian Shu understood Qing Xuanzi's meaning. He knew that if Qing Xuanzi was willing to give such a large piece, he must have even more. That was good.
Thinking this way, he didn't refuse, and accepted the Hidden Spirit Wood with a smile, saying, "In that case, I'll accept it. This Hidden Spirit Wood is indeed very useful to me, thank you."
After Qing Xuanzi left, Tian Shu made some mental calculations with his fingers. After a while, he withdrew his hand and said incredulously, "This girl is actually not bound by the Heavenly Dao of this world? Why can't I foresee her future?"
Somewhat incredulous, she took out her ancestral divination tools, which she hadn't used in a long time—an ancient copper coin and a tortoise shell—and began to perform divination again.
The copper coins were gently tapped on the tortoise shell, producing a crisp sound, and some blurry hexagrams gradually appeared on the shell.
Tian Shu stared intently at the hexagram, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.
The information revealed in the divination shocked her—Rong Jiaojiao's future was shrouded in mist, completely unpredictable. This was something she had never encountered in her many years of divination practice.
"This child..." Tian Shu murmured to himself, "Her fate is so extraordinary that even the heavens cannot fully predict it. Just who is she?"
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