Chapter 1219 — The Storage Jade Pendant
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
"Elder Jiao, what was that benefit you spoke of before? You can tell me now, can't you?" Wei Zhao asked, smiling at Jiao Yazi.
"..." Jiao Yazi had not expected Wei Zhao's memory to serve him so well. Having broken through, the boy had not let the thrill of it go to his head; the very first thing he thought of was demanding his benefit! Jiao Yazi had never imagined Wei Zhao could break through at all, and now that he had, it left the old man rather at a loss.
This benefit was meant to be unlocked only after one cultivated the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art. But Wei Zhao had cultivated only the first layer, and so it could not be unlocked. Even if Jiao Yazi named it, for Wei Zhao it would be nothing but something to drool over — visible, but beyond reach.
"What's this? Elder Jiao, you're not going back on your word, are you?" Watching Jiao Yazi fall silent, Wei Zhao grew anxious. A benefit Jiao Yazi spoke of must surely be one of a kind; naturally Wei Zhao had no intention of letting it slip away.
"Going back on my word? Hardly. It is only that telling you now would serve no practical purpose." Jiao Yazi mused a moment, then said, "Do you truly wish to know?"
"Mm!" Wei Zhao nodded with certainty.
No practical use? Wei Zhao did not believe that for an instant. If Jiao Yazi could once describe it as "a benefit of tremendous magnitude," then it must be enormous indeed — nothing ordinary could possibly qualify.
"Very well. Since you wish to know, there is no harm in telling you." Jiao Yazi nodded. "The jade pendant space you now inhabit is in fact akin to a four-dimensional space. Within it, you may not only cultivate, but also use it as a storage room!"
"A storage room?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback.
"Exactly — a storage room! It is much the same as the storage rings, backpacks, and storage pouches in the online games you play. You may take objects from the outside world into this storage space and carry them with you,
"Oh?" At Jiao Yazi's explanation, Wei Zhao was at once startled and delighted. "So then this jade pendant can also serve as a storage jade pendant? I can put all my personal belongings inside it?"
"In theory, yes." Jiao Yazi nodded.
"Truly a benefit of tremendous magnitude!" Wei Zhao had once heard of such wondrous treasures as storage rings, storage pouches, and spatial rings, but most of them belonged to novels or games. Never had he imagined that one day he would possess such a treasure himself!
"All right. The benefit I meant has now been told." Jiao Yazi said.
"Wait, Elder Jiao — what must I do to take objects from the outside world into the jade pendant space?" Wei Zhao was no fool. Jiao Yazi had told him only of the space's function, never of how to use it, and that set him fretting.
"That, I do not know." Jiao Yazi only shook his head mildly, looking for all the world as though it were none of his concern.
"Huh?" Wei Zhao was stunned. "You don't know?"
"That's right. I told you of a benefit; I never said how that benefit was to be used!" Jiao Yazi smiled, a little slyly.
"...!" Wei Zhao glared at Jiao Yazi, at a loss for words. "If you don't know, what use is telling me of it? Isn't that the same as saying nothing at all?"
"This benefit requires you to open the next stone gate, obtain from within it the cultivation method of the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, and cultivate it — then you will naturally know how to use it!" Jiao Yazi explained. "This benefit was always one you would gain upon cultivating the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art. I have merely told you of it in advance."
"Uh... I see!" Wei Zhao was somewhat disappointed, yet also stirred to expectation. At the very least, the benefit Jiao Yazi had spoken of was no idle boast but something truly attainable — once he cultivated the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, he could bring it to pass!