Chapter 617: Only Golden Core
The pale ring was warm.
Leon placed his hand where the examiner indicated and felt the artifact sweep through bone, marrow, and the bond between body and soul. He held his foundation still and allowed it to see what it had been made to measure.
Age. Integration. Possession. Reconstruction.
It passed over his second heart without understanding it. The dimensional world remained deeper still, untouched by the ring's awareness.
Three lines appeared upon the stone.
Bone Age: Twenty-Two Years
Body–Soul Integration: Unbroken
No Possession, Reconstruction, or Age Concealment Detected
One junior official inhaled sharply.
Elder Wen turned his head. "Twenty-two?"
"Yes, Elder."
"Again."
The second reading took longer. It reached through Leon by another route and returned the same three lines.
