Qu Jianlei did not evade Ji Xiaohua's question, because it was something they would have to face sooner or later.
He answered frankly, "We extracted it ourselves. Some rare materials can be refined from certain things."
Ji Xiaohua nodded slightly. He did believe that, but he still had to ask, "For example...?"
Qu Jianlei answered casually, "Void Beast corpses, Asura bubbles, things like that."
"Damn..." Ji Xiaohua narrowed his eyes slightly. "So your side tracked the Tiger-Men all the way into the void?"
As that great battle drew to a close, the Tiger-Men had withdrawn rather calmly.
Afterward, quite a few Human Race cultivators had pursued them to investigate whether they had truly retreated.
It was not until seven or eight years later that the Eastern Prosperity Continent began setting up a grand formation to seal off the void.
During that period, cultivators from all sides had been relatively chaotic and disorganized in their movements.
So, it was objectively possible that someone had pursued them and fought the Tiger-Men.
Not to mention that they had a Tiger-Human Nascent Soul corpse in their possession, which could serve as evidence.
As for encountering a Void Beast... the possibility was very low, and the possibility of returning alive was even lower, but it was theoretically possible.
Qu Jianlei smiled upon hearing that, answering with a question instead. "Why couldn't it have been Asuras, or something else?"
"That... is true." After thinking it over, Ji Xiaohua still nodded.
He knew that Ridge Lord Qu did not wish to reveal secrets, but when it came to foundations, the Ji Family had a deeper understanding than ordinary clans.
Although Asuras had never appeared in this realm, it was not as though no cultivators from the upper realms had ever descended to Cangwu.
So he genuinely understood