Qu Jianlei had his reasons for showing them the fragment of the Asura Nest.
He would have almost never considered making this choice with any other force in the Cangwu Realm—the time was not yet ripe.
But the Ji Family was an exception. This family had a sufficiently long history and had seen enough of the world! Since they had shown their Secret Treasure in earnest, giving them a fragment of the Asura Nest could also be considered "deep cooperation."
Most importantly, though, he could not casually give Space Stones to others anymore. There truly were only so many.
And using a Space Stone to repair a Secret Treasure might not even work better than a nest fragment—there was a high chance it would be worse!
Taking all factors into account, was he so full he had nothing better to do than give Space Stones away? The Ji Family members left the small courtyard and hurried through the night, their thoughts heavy.
Once they had left the street market, a Golden Core Realm cultivator finally asked, "Old Ancestor... is it serious?"
The people of Red Leaf Ridge did not know, but they all knew that the Old Ancestor had suffered a backlash when he performed the divination earlier.
"It is nothing," Ji Xiaohua sent through divine sense. "Red Leaf Ridge's foundations are far more complicated than imagined."
He strongly suspected that this force was connected to some Out-of-Body Realm existence. Otherwise, how could there have been such a severe backlash? Not to mention the fragment of the Asura Bubble, which could only have come from the upper realm.
A Golden Core Realm cultivator sighed. "It seems we really do have to gather those techniques."
He knew full well that the family was not lacking Nascent Soul Techniques, but... outwardly, they