Chapter 264: Chapter 264: Treasure Room (4) Chapter 264: Chapter 264: Treasure Room (4) And the spiritual energy in her fingers seemed to want to consume the spiritual energy within the stone as well.
At this very moment, the air around them quietly twisted.
Gu Qingfeng frowned deeply, staring intently at Gu Qiaoqiao’s hand, moving repeatedly over the Red Spirit Jade Marrow.
If not for seeing it with his own eyes, how could he believe that this stone, silent for hundreds of years, still possessed a spirit?
And it seemed like Gu Qiaoqiao was competing with the stone.
Gu Qingfeng was extremely worried, but he dared not even breathe heavily, fearing he might affect Qiaoqiao.
Gu Qiaoqiao’s heart was pounding; she had never encountered such a situation.
Her finger touching the Red Spirit Jade Marrow, a slight cool, warm breath spread from her fingertips.
Both forces were equally matched.
Neither could control the other.
But, she couldn’t stay stuck to the stone forever–sooner or later, that would cause problems.
Her fingers were a gift from the heavens; even if unused, she must protect them well.
Had it turned into a spirit?
Gu Qiaoqiao slowly curled the corners of her mouth, gathered all her energy, and with a thought, in a matter of moments, she removed her finger from the stone.
Then, with a snap, she closed the White Jade Stone Box.
Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.
Gu Qiaoqiao looked at her fingers, feeling they were even more flexible than usual.
This Red Spirit Jade Marrow was truly a good thing.
However, at present, she was unable to control it; unable to control it meant she couldn’t rashly carve the lotus petals.
Indeed, just as she had anticipated, the Mysterious Dragon Box was not so easy to open.
Once Gu Qiaoqiao’s expression returned to normal, Gu Qingfeng also felt a weight lifted from his chest.
Gu Qiaoqiao touched the White Jade Stone and smilingly said to Gu Qingfeng, “This Red Spirit Jade Marrow is a good thing, but let’s leave it here for the time being.”
“Why, don’t you want to open the Mysterious Dragon Box anymore?”
“Not for now,” Gu Qiaoqiao shook her head, “I’m not hiding it from you. On the Mysterious Dragon Box, there is a coiled black dragon, but the dragon has eye sockets without eyeballs. The eye socket is the mechanism, and it needs 81 lotus petals carved from the Red Spirit Jade Marrow to be placed inside to open the Mysterious Dragon Box…”
Gu Qiaoqiao was initially wary of Gu Qingfeng, but today, seeing him willingly share all his secrets with her, her last bit of guard vanished.
So, she shared the secret of opening the Mysterious Dragon Box with the Old Patriarch.
Gu Qingfeng looked at Gu Qiaoqiao in surprise; he had never imagined the secret of the Mysterious Dragon Box to be such.
Since he had taken over the Mysterious Dragon Box at age ten, he had examined it countless times, but he had never noticed a black dragon on it.
Neither had his son, Gu Kun.
“So, it’s –I’ve looked at it countless times and never noticed a black dragon on it, not even the stone’s texture,” Gu Qingfeng muttered.
“It’s normal that you can’t see it. I couldn’t either; I felt it with my fingers. That black dragon, if I’m not mistaken, must be formed by the spiritual energy accumulated by the Gu Family Ancestor. It’s tangible but has no substance. He left the Mysterious Dragon Box, probably to find a Successor for himself…”
What was inside the Mysterious Dragon Box intrigued Gu Qiaoqiao even more.
Unfortunately, she couldn’t open it yet.
“So you can’t carve the Red Spirit Jade Marrow right now because your fingers can’t control this stone?” Gu Qingfeng almost asked.
Gu Qiaoqiao said with some regret, “I can’t control it for now; I don’t have time these days. Let’s plan further when we get back.”
Gu Qingfeng nodded his head. He was not in a rush; hundreds of years had passed, a few more days wouldn’t matter.