A single wisp of the flame was actually cut off. The candle dimmed for a moment, then reignited. Wen Caishang remained motionless, flicking her sword back towards the source. The White Snake Soft Sword held a wisp of the flame, stabbing towards the candle behind her. Like a white snake with its mouth open hunting fire, the sword tip’s flame grew even larger. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

She flicked seven or eight times in a row, cutting a wisp of flame from each candle around her. Then she reversed the sword edge, retracting the White Snake Soft Sword, and saw the sword tip bright and slowly burning. She placed the flame beneath a jade seal.

After waiting for a moment, the jade seal came alive. It gently vibrated, and then a green dragon-shaped carving pattern wriggled, starting from the dragon’s tail and gradually extending to its head. The jade seal contained nine dragons, signifying the "Supreme Nine Dragons." Among the nine dragon-shaped carvings, eight emitted green light, while one was dim and without light.

The extension of the green light varied in speed. The fastest reached the dragon’s abdomen, the slowest barely crawling past the dragon’s tail. Wen Caishang was not in a hurry, glancing at Li Xian, observing him immersed in Martial Arts, unaware of external matters, requiring time to comprehend. A day of sitting, two days perhaps, she waited calmly.

Approximately two hours later, the fastest wriggling green light reached the "dragon’s neck." The slowest had gotten to the "dragon’s abdomen." The flame burned slowly, and after another hour, the first green light reached the dragon’s head and crawled out from the mouth—it turned out to be a green insect.

That insect was the length and thickness of a finger joint, wriggled very slowly, and gleamed green. After crawling out of the jade seal, it crawled toward the golden jade dew. Wen Caishang thought, "Rumors indeed are true! My search in the tomb wasn’t in vain, even though these waiting tasks arose. Although my fate isn’t fortunate, stealing the dragon diminishes luck, crossing danger always brings rewards back." Overjoyed, she pinched her fingers together, and before long, a white silkworm crawled out from her sleeve.

It crawled along her fingers to the candle stand, toward the green insect. The green insect turned to escape, but its speed was so inferior that the Ancestral Silkworm devoured it on the spot. Wen Caishang pinched her fingers together again, returning the Ancestral Silkworm to her sleeve.

After more waiting, the second green insect, the third, the fourth... all could not escape doom, crawling out of the jade seal only to be devoured by the Ancestral Silkworm. Over the course of nearly a day, the Ancestral Silkworm consumed six green insects.

It turns out...

This jade seal is called "Nine Dragon Seal," inherited through generations of You Country. It conceals the "Jade Dragon," a rare insect, reputed to be immortal, possessing astounding healing effects, capable of recovery on the brink of death. The "Jade Dragon" lies in long slumber, awakening during intense heat, delighted by the scent of "Jade Dew."

Wen Caishang had once offered incense at a temple, attracting "Golden Rain Jade Dew" to descend from sky. She conveniently stored it in a flask, never expecting to use it here. Even if there were no "Golden Rain Jade Dew," she had other methods to force the Jade Dragons out of the seal.

The Ancestral Silkworm, by devouring the Jade Dragons, elevated its bloodline, quality, toxicity, and extraordinary effects several levels higher. This gain was abundant. Later, she planned to establish a new estate, leveraging the Ancestral Silkworm to cultivate silk, improving texture and effectiveness.

Wen Caishang contemplated, "The Ancestral Silkworm consuming six Jade Dragons is a great opportunity, but great nourishment also brings great poison—it must digest and transform. In coming days, it should not be employed. This seal still has two living Jade Dragons and one dead Jade Dragon, which remains uncooked and awake, likely due to some cause already having perished."

She observed Li Xian for a moment, sighed softly, muttering, "When would I willingly give away benefits? But it’s this young man that makes my love and hate uncontrollable. So be it. These two living Jade Dragons shall be hidden behind his back. In needed moments, they may save his life."

When the remaining two Jade Dragons crawled out from the seal, she pinched her fingers together, gesturing lightly behind Li Xian, the Jade Dragons merged into his body, nesting on his back. Li Xian forged his spine like a divine mountain, and the Jade Dragons attached to the mountain, with unique nature, gradually falling asleep.

This action was exceptionally light, Li Xian, focused on comprehending "Only I have a Heart Skill," unaware of being bestowed a great opportunity. Wen Caishang gazed at him profoundly, her expression complex: "I seem to truly love him, as he delves into Martial Arts, unaware of external matters. Even if I monopolized this treasure, he hardly perceived it. Though he is bright and perceptive, his experience is somewhat shallow, and he wouldn’t recognize such an object as the Jade Dragons."

"Oh, Wen Caishang, why leave it on your person for your own safety? Why... why think of giving it to him? Even if you were giving it to him, clearly there are two Jade Dragons—you could give him one and keep one for yourself, wouldn’t that be better? And yet... you gave them both."

Wen Caishang helplessly sighed, "This matter... better not inform him. Giving him the Jade Dragons, only wishing his life to be untroubled. If he knows where the Jade Dragons are, with his daring and reckless nature, inevitably he would become even bolder. Just hope he never needs to use the Jade Dragons."

She felt no regret. Selfish by nature, able to flay flesh in gentle words, whether in business or Martial Arts. Given ten percent profit, she’d find a way to reap twelve. Yet at this moment defies her nature, the price of Jade Dragons unquantifiable, silently granted.

The red walls hung with totems. This item possesses collectible value far exceeding practical worth. Wen Caishang waited idly as Li Xian contemplated, meanwhile examining the totem, feeling its inner meaning. Suddenly, she thought: "A thousand people have a thousand appearances, each unique. What is deeply cherished by Dugu Boryan, in my eyes, is but ordinary. The value of this totem is not low, yet is unremarkable compared to Only I have a Heart Skill, Nine Dragon Seal, Jade Dragon longevity insect... indeed, quite ordinary. They were all acquired effortlessly. But to Dugu Boryan, perhaps Martial Arts, jade seals, wealth... all are not as precious as this totem. On his deathbed, he observed the totem until his last breath."

Wen Caishang rolled up the totem. She placed it into her bag, circled Mr. Li Laire slowly, contemplating: "Mr. Li Laire possesses unparalleled talent; though I browsed history books, I dare not claim profound learning, but my insights are relatively decent. Dual Appearance... although rarely encountered, throughout history such individuals did appear. However, simultaneously possessing the Heavy Pupil Appearance and Perfect Appearance, indeed Li Xian is the only one known. Historically, there were none, and none shall appear in the future."