This scene fell into the eyes of the woman surnamed Xiao, and her expression grew uglier still. Faint black flames lit in her hands.
"Wait, Fairy Xiao. Our strength is roughly equal. Even if we fought a great battle here, it would be hard to decide victory or defeat. True Spirit Blood is precious beyond measure, but I did not take much of it. Is Fairy truly prepared to attack this Marquis over such a small displeasure?"
Marquis Heaven Origin seemed to have anticipated her move already, and his voice entered her ears without him even lifting his head.
"Hmph, not much? The True Spirit Blood had fused into this soil, and you forcibly snatched half of it from This Palace's hands." The woman surnamed Xiao's vicious voice rang out. With her sharp and mean temperament, she had always been the one taking advantage of others. When had she ever suffered such a huge loss?
She was indignant to the extreme, but the brief exchange just now had truly made her a little more wary of Marquis Heaven Origin. Compared with last time, this old fellow had cultivated several more secret arts so powerful they were almost inconceivable. Although she also had skills she kept at the bottom of the chest, the odds of victory were still only fifty-fifty.
Since she had no confidence in winning, attacking him would be somewhat unwise. But to shake hands and make peace like this left her unwilling to the extreme.
"Fairy's words are mistaken. This True Spirit Blood was originally an ownerless thing, so how could it become something I stole from you? Since you and I discovered this treasure together, naturally everyone who sees it gets a share," Marquis Heaven Origin said with a smiling expression.
"Twisting words and forcing logic. Without