Chapter 1219 — The Storage Jade Pendant

"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, without adding any weight, and draw them out again whenever you have need of them!" Jiao Yazi explained.

"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!

Just thinking about it made Wei Zhao feel how useful it would be. Then he could perform magic tricks for Tang Yun and Feng Xiaoxiao...

Had Jiao Yazi known that Wei Zhao meant to use this benefit for conjuring tricks, he would likely have been caught between laughter and tears! This benefit was what countless cultivators dreamed of, yet Wei Zhao thought only of using it to do magic — a sheer waste of heaven's gifts!

"Yes. Each time you open a stone gate, what opens along with it is not only the gate, but also my memories!" Jiao Yazi said. "You know that I am now only a phantom, not my true body. Certain things in my memory are suppressed and sealed, and they open as the stone gates open. So after you opened the first stone gate, my memory gained a few things concerning what lies within the first gate — and, of course, a portion of memory concerning what lies within the second. That is how I came to know of this benefit."

"So that's how it is!" Wei Zhao nodded in sudden understanding, thinking to himself: no wonder Jiao Yazi knew only fragments of certain things, and those dimly at that — his memory too was restored as the stone gates opened! No wonder, when he had asked about the jade pendant's power of foresight, Jiao Yazi had not been clear on it either! Perhaps that too was one of the jade pendant's benefits, but the time had not come to reveal it, or it would only be revealed in the cultivation method of the third or even the fourth layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art. Yet for some reason, this function had opened a small part of itself ahead of time!

"All right. I have said all that needs saying. The particulars will only be known once the second stone gate opens. Only do not let it slip past you." Jiao Yazi said.

"I understand!" Wei Zhao nodded, and pressed the benefit down to the bottom of his heart for the time being. To brood over it endlessly would unsettle his temperament, and that would do his cultivation no good. Better to let all things take their natural course; sooner or later the benefit would be his, and it could not run away.

Wei Zhao steadied his mind and returned from the jade pendant space to reality. Today's cultivation would have to come to a pause. Having just broken through, he must first consolidate his strength; to be thinking already of breaking through again would be truly reaching beyond his grasp.

After all, a tower ten thousand feet high rises from the ground; haste makes waste.

The union of toil and rest is the one truth that never changes.

Opening his eyes, Wei Zhao saw darkness all around. It was not yet light; night still held. Beyond the window all was pitch black, lit only by a hazy moon.

Looking at Feng Xiaoxiao asleep before him, a faint smile flickered at the corner of Wei Zhao's mouth. This girl really was rather lovely when she slept!

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