You should know that the bodies of those who practice Great Cultivation are no longer ordinary. Although she is only at Qi Cultivation Level Seven, a single drop of her blood, which contains all her essence, could cure diseases and strengthen the body if used on a regular person!
The beautiful woman was only happy for a moment. Even though Gu Shi Yi's abdomen had swollen, looking about four or five months pregnant, it had not changed since then and the object had not emerged. The woman was now in a difficult position and secretly regretted,
"Had I known earlier, why would I stoop to argue with this girl? I could have just bribed her with some Elixirs or Gold and Silver to coax her into handing it over willingly. Wouldn't that be better than forcefully seizing it!"
It seems that the treasure might already have developed some Spirit Communication and had been in the girl's body for a long time, fusing with her flesh and blood. Wanting to extract it by force, with my current mana, is indeed not sufficient. Looking at the situation, only a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage could easily take it.
But it's no use regretting now. With no other choice, the beautiful woman struck herself three times, truly injuring her own Vital Energy. After the three drops of blood, her complexion was as pale as white paper, and a faint black aura veiled her brows. Her breath was disordered, and her forehead was drenched with cold sweat, looking as if she had been struck by an acute illness and would fall down dead any moment,
"Go!"
Three drops of blood fell,
"Hum..."
The thing inside Gu Shi Yi finally moved again. Amidst the brilliant radiance, the entire hall shrouded by the Array began to tremble. The woman looked up anxiously at the blue Light Shield,
"With such a commotion from the treasure's appearance, I wonder if this Array can hold!"
She had indeed underestimated the thing hidden inside the girl; initially assuming it was just a remarkable Magic Artifact, it now seemed likely to be a Spiritual Treasure!
The beautiful woman gritted her teeth, pinched a Magical Incantation with her hand, and released the last bit of her mana. As the white light entered Gu Shi Yi's abdomen, the woman's legs gave out, and she fell to her knees on the ground. At the same time,
"Hum..."
The whole hall seemed to suddenly light up with a bright moon, the space filled with the majestic light of moonlight. The woman lifted her head in amazement, even she, a cultivator, dared not look directly and had to turn her face away until the intensity had passed, only then did she look up closely,
"Ah..."
She screamed in disbelief,
"The Tongxuan Bright Mirror!"
It was actually it!
This treasure also had some renown in the Great Cultivation World; enthusiasts had ranked Magic Artifacts and treasures in this realm, and the Tongxuan Bright Mirror was ranked in the last hundred. Though it was at the end of the list, it wasn't because it was not powerful, but rather it was an Immortal Artifact left by the Immortal Sects.
The problem lay with that ordinary person from the Tongxuan Sect, who, relying on being a descendant of that Immortal, placed a Prohibition on this treasure with his bloodline power before dying, so that others could not use it, causing its rank to plummet greatly!
Seeing that it was this object, the beautiful woman was greatly disappointed. She could never have imagined that, after exhausting all her mana and squandering ten bottles of Elixirs, what she retrieved was this very thing. She couldn't use it, and even if she offered it to the elders of her sect, likely no one would accept it!
This... This was nothing but a chicken rib, wasn't it?
Just then, the beautiful woman felt a surge of blood rushing to her chest,
"Wa..."
So angry that she spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, truly injuring her Vital Energy!
But her run of bad luck was not over yet. Above her, the small mirror the size of a palm gradually receded in brilliance and began to slowly fall back toward Gu Shi Yi's abdomen. It had been inside her for twenty-five years, already integrating into her flesh and blood. If the woman still had strength, she might have been able to forcefully subdue it, but she was already drained of mana and couldn't even cast a simple Object Attracting Spell, powerless to do anything but watch it be attracted back into Gu Shi Yi's body.
Even though she was so angry that she vomited blood, she couldn't just watch the treasure she had obtained at great cost to her own Vital Energy, which wouldn't recover for three to five years, fall back into the original owner's hands. Although she had no more mana, she still had some strength left. Turning her head, she saw a small porcelain bottle she had thrown on the ground. Picking it up, she threw it at the small mirror,
"Clang... clang..."
The porcelain bottle knocked the mirror off course; the mirror grazed Gu Shi Yi's thigh and fell onto the ground...
The beautiful woman, kneeling on the ground, watched as the mirror's brilliance faded and it turned into an ordinary-looking small mirror lying quietly on the ground. She gave a bitter laugh and said,